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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02
ChIIdren cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G a ST OR
EDITING AN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Strenuous Times In Getting Out an
Early French Work.

Strenuous Times In Getting Out an
Early French Work.
Many adventures befell the French
eighteenth century encyclopedia. More
than once the production Of that work,
regarded by authority as revolution
ary, had been stopped, eight days Of
Imprisonment in the Bastille for the
printer being one incident. At the
very last moment, after Diderot had
corrected the final proofs. the printer
and his foreman secretly slashed the
articles right and left, cutting out
everything that seemed even possibly
dangerous, and burned the manu-
script. Diderot discovered the atroc-
ity too late when referring to one OF
his own mutilated articles. But the
most remarkable point is that for
years very few persons knew of what
had happened, even the contributors
remaining In ignorance. They had
had enough Of their own articles when
writing them.
Voltaire tells a pleasing story OF
Louis XV.'s conversion to the mer-
its of the encyclopedia, according to
the London Chronicle The talk one
night at a Trianon supper turned on
| sport and thence to gunpowder, as to
the composition of which the party
could not agree. Nine. de Pompadour
lamented their all round ignorance
For instance, she herself did not know
what her rouge was made of or how
her silk hose were manufactured
"Tis a pity" said the Due de la Val
liere, "that his majesty contiscated oul
encyclopedias, which cost us 100 pis
toleS."
The king recalled that he had
copy, and three Wallets were sent fol
the twenty-one volumes and staggered
back with seven each. Gunpowder
rouge, silk stockings. were all found
there. Some found answers to lega
problems that troubled them. The
king discovered the rights of his
crown set forth, and in his satisfaction
he allowed the confiscated copies to b'
| returned
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02

body join the total abstinence
army and King Alcohol will die
a natural death and without the
hope of resurrection.
Jan. 80. AOB
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02

"Womanknd in Korea" Says z. G..
Kemp in The Face of Manrhuria,'
suffers from strange lack the hb
tence of names. A woman may pos
vess a pet name: otherwise she has
none Frequently she does not even
know her husbands name. If she be-
comes a Christian and receives bap.
tsm she acquires name. and this
must give her quite Il new sense OF
1ionitY"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02

The man fell in love with her figure,
The woman in love with his.
They married and now their figures to
keep
The chief care of both of them is
She with massage, with stay and with
pad;
He IL the street, plunging like mad.
-Pnnk
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02
Why She Pouted.

Il see that Andy Carnegie says that
only one woman in a million commits
a sin"
THAT explains it."
Explains whatW
"Mamies crouch. Last night l told
her she was one girl in a Million
Detroit Free Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02
Two Farming States.

W AAStS "SsS AAAAASACNN III NSlAONO
bulletins showing reduced popu-
lation in rural counties of agri-
cultural states is now proved in
the later and more detailed fig
ures dealing with the farming in
dustry. Illinois statistics show
that there are 13, ,298 fewer farms
in that state this year than were
listed there in the census of ten
years ago, the decrease being 5
per cent, while the decrease in
farm acreage under cultivation
was but per cent. The num-
Der of farms fell from 264, ISL to
25O, 1858, while the number of ac-
res under cultivation fell from
42,795, 900 to 80, AL, 900. The fig
ures show a continuing tendency
toward the more limited land
ownership which could be seen
in the figures of ten years ago.
This tendency is largely ex-
planned in the census statistics
dealing with farm land values in
the state. The average value
per acre in 1900 was $46.17, while
this year it is $94.90. This dou-
bling of the average value of
the farming lands in the decade
tells much of the story. Smaller
holders have been cleaning up
on the advance, many of them,
no doubt, for the purpose of ac-
quiring larger land holdings in
states where good lands are still
cheap. This movement is furth.
er and more clearly shown in the
figures showing the size of the
average Illinois farm. Ten years
ago the average Illinois farm in
cluded 124 acres. Now it includes
129 acres. Familiarity with con
ditions justifies the statement
that this average is not we'll dis
tributed, but grows out of large
purchases by a comparatively
small number of landholders
That their acquisitions are re
sulting in the widening of tht
area of farm work is shown il
the figures revealing that in face
of the decrease in the number O.
separate farms, the improved ac
reage in the state is approXim
ately half a million acres greater
now than it was ten years ago.
The statistics fer Missouri show
somewhatf the same conditions
The Missouri farm census bulle
tin discloses that the increase il
the average value of land per &C
re here, as in Illinois, was a lit
tie over 100 per cent, the actua
figures of increase being from
$20.46 to $41.76. In Missouri, az
in Illinois, there was falling of
in the number of farms, the de-
crease being from 284, 1896 to 276,
O81. The tendency in the one
state as in the other has been t
realize on advanced prices anC
reinvest in cheaper lands. This
tendency is more plainly showr
in the Missouri than in the Hin
ois figures, so far as they are ye
reported. The Missouri figures
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02
The 6iuei fIiIe.

The fertIizing matter which the riy
er Nile distributes in Egypt in time OF
food is estimated at lOO,OOO,OOO tons,
or enough to cover Il road from the
earth to the moon sixteen feet wide
by two and Il half inches deep.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02

The most unfortunate man is the
one who gets up in the morning with
nothing to do and nll day to devote to
It.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02

Sincerity is the way to heaven. To
think how to be sincere is the way Of
nan.-MencillS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02

The Worlds Deserts.
The deserts of the earth cover 4,130.-
900 square miles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-02
Gettysburg.

Rev. E. L. Motter Of our NJ. E.
church is continuing his revival
effort at Bradford all of this |
week and reports good success.
2. T. Myers returned home
last week from his tour through
Texas, Oklahoma and other south
western states.
Revival at Beech Grove is con-
tinuing this week.
Emanuel Hershey, one of the
pioneers of this township, will
celebrate his ninetieth anniver-
sary next Saturday. Mr.. Her.
shey is not as young as he used
to be, though have no doubt he
feels quite youthful for a person
of his age. He is yet able to do
considerable manual labor. and
does no small amount of clerical
work in writing up family biog-
raphies. He is a we'll preserved
man physically, considering his
age. His wife is living and is
about four years his junior.
Another pioneer is gone. The
remains of Joseph G. Miller, res
ident of this township for a part
of his life, but late Of Van Buren
township, were given burial in
the cemetery at this place, fun
eral services conducted by Rev.
ii. Winkler from our Presbyter,
ian church. He lived to the age
of Sc years and was the last sur.
viving member of his fathers
| family. An aged wife and sew,
eral children survive him. He
served several terms as Justice
of the Peace in Van Buren town
ship and was accounted an up.
right citizen.
| Will our legislature pass the
Dean amendment to the Rose
county option law? 1t is very
probable that the Senate will
but will the lower house concur
There is a hope entertained thai
| if the Senate passes it the lower
house will not. 1t is our wish
that this hope is we'll founded
In case both houses pass it ther
the query may be indulged will
the best governor the state ev
er had" approve the amendment
with his signature? Considering
the excellent gubernatorial char
acter Sof the man, he will not
Twill he veto it? If he does, HI
will embarass his presidential as
lpirations. This he will not like
to do unless he shall become con
vinced that the preponderance o.
weight is on the side of intem
Iperance. Men sometimes dC
things contrary to their senti
ments when satisfied that it i!
popular. The syren song of pop
ularity has often led men wrong
The sunshine of office matches {
strange brood some times. |.
LEO" could only succeed ii
leading every person into tota
abstinence the temperance ques
ton would be solved. We woulG
then have no need of saloons Oh
laws prohibiting them, They
would be out of business anC
IL1oo,,o;,,o. Nordo,,c of E5o,o ,..o,,lc
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We will pay S.
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Fifteen yearly
subscribers for
The JOURNAL,
with the cash.
You can work
in any part of
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OF the city. The
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and $1.l5 out
side the county,
For further in
formation, sam
pies, ETC., write
or call at this
Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

with fine piano wire. Every bit Of the
kite is carefully studied. Almost as
much care has been taken in selecting
the material as Edison takes in the
making Of a new tilament for an cleo
trio light. The elastic cord for the
brides is manufactured especially for
the weather bureau. and il consists Of
thin strips Of rubber about a quarter
of an inch thick tightly bound in a
cloth cover so that it forms a small
rope fve-eighths of an inch in diam
eter. The elasticity of the rubber pro-
tects the kite from sudden gusts Of
WIND by allowing 1t to take smaller
angie and thus diminishing the pull.
Inc kite cloth is often waterproof, con-
slstlng OF mercerized silk which
sneds the water better than the cam
bric Such kites are used on fogSy
days.
The pull of these kites is enormous No
Ordinary string or cord will hold them
and the man who would attempt to fiy
them by hand might find himself soaring
with them toward the clouds. The cord
used mere is the finest of steel wire which
Is wrapped around roller and reeled out
ana IN by means of "A powerful electric
motor.
The kites are flown from tho kitabo,eo
a little building which looks like a Dutch
windmill. save that it lacks the arms
winch excited Don QuiXote and made him
Imagine the mill a demon as they few
ABOUT through the air. inside this house
Is the reel with about ten miles of this
wire wrapped around it. The wire. I am
told. Is SO strong that "A single strand of
II will support two hundred pounds You
could fasten two of those wires to the
ceiling Of the east room Of the White
House and President Taft could swing
upon them ana be safe from falling.
Nevertheless. the wire is not AS thick as
darnng needle. and it is so flexible that
You can tie il like string.
In addition to the kites. Uncle Sam has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
Tale of an English Romeo
and a SiameSe Juliet
corrasnopaence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
BANGKOK, Siam, October Z, 1911.
r/ING VAIL RAVUDLI'S coronation,
II which is about to take place amid
gorgeous scenes of more than oriental
splendor," as Kipling has 1t. recalls ro-
mantle tragedy which happened here a
few years ago, the actors therein being a
young Englishman. big, fair and hand
cousin to his majesty. small lovely and
dark
William Anderson-this isn't his name,
but ii will do-the Englishman, had come
to Siam some years previously to take UP
a minor appointment in one of the uis
schools which had been built in different
parts of the country by the late King
Chulalongkorn, an eastern monarch Oh
enlightened ideas, who, having spent
some time in Europe. was quite aiive
to the advantages Of education. IN
short time he rose from his original
position to that OF adviser TO the min
lister of education, and TINS ooIised
him to live in the capital.
When he came to Bangkok he hau
small bungalow assigned TO him in the
gardens of one OF the royal palaces. on
the banks of the river. In the DIG paldce
near his modest dwelling lived Slanese
princess. d sister of the late KING. ana her
daughter, a lovely, dainty little maid OF
seyenteen with the clear olive complex
ion. soft dark eyes and delicate rose-coi-
ored cheeks so often seen among young
Monaghan women. Anderson, being IN
high favor at court soon became &C
quainted with the princess and her pretty
daughter, an acquaintanceship that, UNI
der the eastern sky, soon rpened INTO
love He used to take his Princess Rose
bud" as he called her, on the river In
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kites. and carefully take them to the
scientists when they fall.
1t is estimated that the weather
bureau saves to the people of the United
states something like $4,000. 900 a year.
This is 30 cents for every man. woman
and child in the country. 1t foretells
the storms, prophecies the advent OF
heat and cold, and gives you warn
ing of the cyclone or hurricane long
before it comes. Last year we had a
number of hurricanes. and the year be-
fore the air of certain parts of the
country was full Of them July Il,
1909. the Galveston hurricane occurred.
About a month later another great
storm struck the mouth of the Rio
Grande and in September there was a
third on the Louisiana coast Just
was felt at Key West. All of these
We're very dangerous, but owing to the
warnings of the weather bureau no lives
We're lost. Indeed it is said that by the
We're taken off the Florida East Coast
railroad, then being extended and
thereby saved from injury and loss of
life.
great saving was made through SIM
liar warnings at the time of the floods
on the Missouri and Mississippi. during
which something like S14.00,u0 worth OF
damage was done. These floods caused
the overlooking Of a million acres OF farm
lands and a loss in crops of more than
S. 100000 Nevertheless, Secretary VIII
son states that the warnings of the flood
saved property to the value of a million
dollars or more.
During my stay here at Mount Weather
| have been talking with Prof. A. J. Hen
ry, the superintendent of this station and
with the other scientists here as TO
weather forecasts and as to the expert
ments they are making along such lines.
Prof. Henry tells me. some remarkable
things about the winds and the changes
which they have according to their alti-
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theoretical place one of the three
equally powerful estates of the realm.
SO far he has interfered actively in po-
lltcal matters more than once. when his
grandmother or his father presumably
would have kept off. The most conspicu-
Gus instance was in the case of the par :
lament bill aholishing the veto of the
house of lords. 1t was the personal in
f1uence of the king that induced Arthur
Balfour and Lord Lansdowne to call off
the opposition to the bill by their fol-
lowers in the house of lords and even
to send some of them into the Hobbies to
save it from defeat by the wild men
Of the party. The king felt that the re-
lection of the bill by the lords might lead
to much more drastic measures in which
the crown would suffer equally with the
peers, and he threatened that if the lords
did reject it he would not hesitate TO
side with the commons and sign bill
abolishins the lords altogether.
The plan for appointing one of his sons
permanent viceroy in India, however, has
much more to recommend it than its in
fiuence in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
power of the crown. India is one of the
most difficult parts of the empire to gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

10 earn his living. Etiquette forbidS his
doing so in trade or profession, aud his
rank is hindrance rather than a help
IN the military and naval services. What
better job could be found for him than
ruling or presiding as the representative
of the king over one OF England's far
flung possessions?
Every one who has been in touch with
the court during the last year knows
that King George has a somewhat differ
ent view of kingship from that held by
his grandmother. Queen Victoria, or even
by his father. King Edward. Ever since
the days of the Stuarts the power OF the
throne has been declining. James III was
practically an absolute monarch His
successor William of Orange, exercised
almost as much real power. and Queen
Anne was also a queen in fact as well
as in name. With the coming OF the first
George, however, the situation began to
change. The English mobiles resented the
idea of being ruled by a foreigner, and
using the old whig party as an instru-
ment they proceeded to limit the power
of the throne in every possible way and
reduce it's occupant to the position OF a
hgurehead The early Georges, by COM
bining with the smaller country gentle
men, who formed the bulk of the tory
party in those days, managed to put up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
2~a A WEATHER BALLOON
The RECORDING MACHINERY Is IN The LITTLE
box BELOW THE BALLOON S- 4

lines of rcd and uses narrow red lines 10
enclose the areas where the changes have
been more than one-tenth OF All inch. lie
has another set of lines for those Of two
tenths and the result is that one can tell
in just what parts of the country tht
barometer Is rising or falling, That IL q
say just where il Is cooling and c"ntrac'
ing and thus allowing the warm wind
from others sections to flow in. TIL
barometer charts give some idea of III"
storm centers. and show YOU how til"
storms are forming.
There IL a third clerk who deals only
with the water in the air and with TIE
clouds He makes two charts. one -
these gives the humidity or Nater ia -"
air at various places. The other show
where the clouds are and which way
they are going.
X !.
The last or fourth clerk makes what +
called general weather chart, comhin-
ing much of the information recorded br
tie others. This gives the air tempera-
t,lre and pressure at each station, the
velocity and direction OF the Winds, the
amount of cloudiness, and the rain -
snowfall, since the last report TIE clei j
then draws isobars or lines over the map
through the places which have the same
barometric pressure writing the word
high IN the center of the region Of great
est pressure and the word low in the re-
gion OF the least pressure Air. like ~
other things, moves by gravity. aud u
flows from regions of greater pressure
tn those Of less. Ii Is by means of these
figures that one can tel just whore the
winds will go and whether they Will make
rain on not. Indeed. the work is beyond
description interesting II is also fairly
correct have asked Or. Moore what
percentage of his weather predictions
turn out 10 be true. He replied:
I'VE have figured that out TO a percent
age and we now know that we are right
in about eighty eight times out of hun
dred Tn s has been the average for the
last ten years. and ] think we are grow
ing better time goes on The people
appreciate us. We have many demands
for new weather stations. and # We had
the money, We could extend the service
with profit As il Is now the bureau has
become 80 valuable to the manufacturing.
agricultural and other interests that they
would be glad to have ii more widely
spread This IS appreciated by the au-
thorities here at WASHINGTON. and Con
gress promises to be even more liberal IN
its appropriations Of the future.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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KTES

now a system of balloon-recording Of the
weather. He makes balloons of different
kinds and sends them up at the various
stations over the United States TO bring
down records of the upper air. These
are sent up from day to day. and the re-
suits are telegraphed all over the coun-
try. 1t is partially from them that our
weather forecasts come. These balloons
are filled with hydrogen of a quahty
which is difficult to obtain. Indeed. there
are only one or two places in the country
where it can be had. The result is that
the government makes its own hydrogen,
and il has great machine TOT the Puf-
pose here at Mount Weather. Hydrogen,
you know. is one of the two gases Wnlcn
form water. The other gas is oxygen The
oxygen has to be taken out and only the
pure hydrogen left. This is done by
means of electricity. the machine FOR the
purpose having been imported from SWitZ-
erand The hydrogen is stored in little
round cylinders each about as thick and
long as the leg Of the average man. Inc
cylinders are sealed so that they are an-
solutely tight and are shipped by freight
to the various weather stations.
Returning to the balloons, many of
those which are now being sent up are
equipped with parachutes which extend
above them AS the balloon rises into
the upper air it finally reaches an alti-
tude at which it bursts 1t carries
with it one of these boxes containing
the fine instruments. This is attached
to the parachute. and for this reason
it falls so gently that the machinery
is not injured. Attached to the box
and also to the box kites are pieces of
writing. which state that a reward will
be given to any one who wi i send the
box tn the nearest weather station For
this reason the farmers watch for the
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Sftat EngNsh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN India.
IL Is H-thing less than the appointment
OF o.. II their younger sons as perma-
nert sdbemperor OF India. and the care
ful training and education of the boy for
that purpose. Moreover. the writer Is in
formed that the king would like to see
All the great elf-governing colonies ruled
by members of his Immediate family as
viceroys
There are. Of course. many reasons APP
parent 10 make such arrangement de-
sirable. but two are given which over
shadow all the rest. The first Is the king S
desire 70 increase the power of the crown.
which has been evident in many COM
paratively trifiing matters since he came
10 the throne, and the second is his often
expressed belief that even q prince ought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

IF lis Uncle Makes Good
1 IN Canada His Second Son,
Prince Albert, Will Be Espe-
cially Trained in the Hope of
Succeeding Permanently to
the Post-Prince Henry, Now
Only Eleven. Reported to Have
Been Chosen by His Father
as Candidate for India, Where
Caste Prejudices Would Be
Smoothed by Royalty-Sons
for Australia and the Cape,
Too, if the Scheme Works
Remarkable Indications of
British Monarch's Intention
to Aggrandize Royal Power,
and Get Back Influence Lost
to the Crown Since the DAYS
of the Stuarts.
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was q great sea of clouds and the Lou
douu valley on the opposite side was
covered with mist as with a blanket
little later the clouds rose and in bill
lowy waves seemed TO come TO our feet.
Yesterday there was storm and we
could see it marching across the valley
ar Virginia Today everything is clear
and ". shall fly some OF Uncle Sam
weather kites to test the velocity OF
the wind the humidity OF the atmos-
pherc and the temperature and other
qualities If the upper air This Is Uncle
Sans great weather experiment. station.
lie has more than 90 other places al
which corps Of scientists sit day and
night watching the storms and Gains
and predicting what the next days
weather viii he. Mount Weather is
purely experimental. Its business is TO
lind out new things about this great en-
veiope called the atmosphere which is
wrapped around the globe. 1t is doing
this with all kinds Of the finest of
changing temperature Of the bowels of
automatic Instruments to bring down
tie records of the heavens.
Ii seems small for our great Uncle Sam
% devote his valuable time TO kite flying,
bat our patriarchal relative does that
-very day. He is fonder of kites than
i Chinese mandarin, and he has great