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The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
Hs Cannot Ferass.

A musician. seated far out ON wind
swept pier at Atlantic City. was tell
ing stories about composers.
'Dr. Richard Strauss" he said, wis
tied America before he achieved world
fame. and the sapient. cock-sure crit.
les Of New York were very hard on
him. In fact. they were so hard on
him that DIR. Strauss had not yet
either forgotten or forgiven them. The
wound is' still raw. 1t still bleeds."
The musician regarding with an abb
sent smile the slow. lazy graceful
dives Of school of porpoises in the
tumbling water. continued:
Il had the honor last year Of attend-
Ing one OF DIR. Strauss rehearsals In
Munich. 1t was a new symphony. very
beautiful, but very bizarre. In the
middle of 1t the composer raped his
desk impatiently and called to the
double bassoon:
why don't you play the F sharp
that is marked?'
THE bassoon. = bullheaded sort Of
fellow. answered:
because 1t would sound wrong. that
ID why
.Dr. Strauss gave q harsh laugh and
shouted:
".Himmel! Are you = New York
critic in disguise?'" - Washington
Star.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
shlpesr's ooed.sy

The captain Of one of the crack"
American liners used to say that his
wife was always the last person he
spoke to on leaving port and the flrst
on returning. In = sense, though not
in the one understood by most Of
those who heard him make the state
ment. this was perfectly true, says
the Liverpool Mercury. His house
was on the banks of the Mersey. and
he never passed 1t without speaking"
It BY means OF the ships whistle. For
the occasions he had special code.
which none Of the crew, who all knew
of the practice, could understand. One
has under his control . powerful siren.
on which he blows three terrific walls
~ . signal to his wife. At night they
are sufficient to wake her from her
first sleep. Another captain. who re-
tired not long since. had . certain
whistle for goodby when he was drop
ping down the Mersey. and another
for ''all well'' ~ he was coming up.
and he Invariably blew one or the
other when passing = point to which
his thoughts often turned when he
was on the trackless deep. Both Of
these signals were well understood.
not only BY his wife and children. but
BY many Of his friends.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
Says Chinese Are Heroic.

c. Fl. Chu. evidently a Chinese s.
dent Of Columbia university. I'd
York, writes the New York Sun
contradict certain statements th|
have appeared in newspapers sind
the Titanic disaster, to the effect tn,
among Chinese in similar c!rcuH
stances the rule is men first" NJ
Chu asserts that "the teachings of Col
fucius all favor self-sacrihee. th
helping Of others than yourself. Col
fucius says that a man who in per
steals his own life instead Of dyin
under duty's call is less than mai
"There 10 nothing in Coniucianisui,
continues Mr.. Chu, 'iustifying AMI
man who saves himself by letting
woman or q child lose life.
1.-THE experience in China is thai
many, many times the noble rule \,
followed: Women and children hrstl
Sometimes OF course the men negec'
the higher law. and are severely blam
ed by the people in general II the!
do"
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
CHINESE NURSES.

One thing that you can't md IN
New York Is q professional Chinese
NURSE" a doctor said. Il had lie
town raked fore and aft for one not
long ago. A sick American recehtiy
come homo from the Orient declared
that a Chinese nurse was essential 10
recovery. and the doctors on the case
Instituted a thorough search for sucn
an attendant. Sometimes thinA
there ought to be a few OF them I'M
ported. In spite Of labor laws every
person | have met who has ever oeeh
attended by a Chinese nurse cannot
be satisfied with any other. There are
number of them in Chinese cities.
They have been trained by American
aud European nurses and mission
aries. but as soon as they get tne
hang of the business they go their In
structors one better in gentleness and
soothing ways. 1t is common Tor per-
sons who have known their admins
trations abroad to ask for them IN
New York. but they cannot be found.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
NEW strike METHOD.

A new sort of strike has been In
vented by the walters Of fashionable
cafe in Prague. The proprietor had
refused to raise their wages. As tney
had declared that they would not do =
stroke Of work until he did this. he
vas much gratified to see them all ar
-ive the very morning after their ul-
timatum. There was change In his
feelings when they all sat down at tho
little table for guests and facetious!y
called for drinks. Neither persuasion
aor threats could induce them to go.
and at last the proprietor had to call
IN the police and turn them out. They
we're not in the least daunted, and an
bounced that they would come back
the next day with a humber OF their
colleagues They hoped to be party
of FIVE hundred. The struggle is not
set ended. and the usual frequenters
Of the cafe are following Its develop
ments with Observation-Disclosures
Guardian.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
Ansedotss Of hsnnsr.

Nine. Steinheil's extraordinary me
moirs" contain some bits Of personal
anecdote In startling contrast to the
horrors she depicts OF the notorious
murder case. prison experience and
trial She writes Of Henner. the cele
brated painter Of milk white auburp
haired beauties unadorned.
Il never knew Henner to be en-
barrassed. But II he was never en-
barrassed he had embarrassing hab-
its, the worst Of which was that Of
examining the shoulders and arms Of
ladies' In decollette with unperturbed
inaistence. And not infrequently he
would say: ALLOW me, Just one sec
ond; want to feel the grain, the quail
ity Of your skin
And before the victim had time to
move he would press down his hairy
and grimy fOreanger on her bare arm.
or even on her neck.
withdrawing his fingers. he would
pass some such remark ~ this: It's
really wonderful. ! never grow tired
CT feeling flesh. 1t II all made OF lit.
tie dots-blue. white. green. pink. pur.
pie, yellow. That 10 what flesh is.'"
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
FOUND A SACRED LAKE
aoLpEN oRNAMGNrs RECOVERED
FROM oUArAvlrA eHoWN.
Treasures That Wers Thrown Into the
Watss BY indlans o. Colombia. In
Thslr Religious Rites. Before
the Spanish Conquest.

Scores of antiQuarians and others
Interested In the races that inhabit-
ed the American continent before the
coming Of the white man visited the
assembly room ut the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel to SEQ the relics recently taken
from the sacred lake Of Guatavita,
near Bogota. Colombia. and brought to
New York by Mr.. Hartley Knowles
Of London, the New York Herald re-
ports.
The story Of the finding Of the rel
ics, which consist Of gold ornaments.
emeralds and pottery, reads like .
romance. Ever since the Spaniards
conquered the Indian race that In
habited the fertile plateau In Colon
bia efforts have been made to re-
cover treasures sunk In the lake each
year by the Indians - . religious
rite. Spaniards undertook the task.
but draining the lake was too dimcult
for them. Another determined at
tempt was made In 1893 BY Capt.
Charles Stuart Cochrane. an English
man. but It ended in failure. In 1900
British corporation was formed. and
II tunneled the mountains aud drained
the lake. It has now begun to mine
the relics buried deep in the mud.
Lake Guatavita IL almost In the CEN
ter Of the Great Andean plateau that
was the homo Of the Chibch kingdom,
composed Of Indians who lived by AZ
riculture and who had civilised form
Of government. Ono Of their cities.
Usaquen, 10 said to have had more
than . million inhabitants.~
The Chibchas paid homage to two
gods. Tho sun was the bene1cent
deity. and tho antithesis Of the sun or
evil spirit they believed was . huge
serpent. which lived In the center Of
lake 0uatavita and which when an
gered brought storms, drought and all
the other evils which sometimes af-
fict an agricultural population. There
fore. though they hated the serpent
they pretended to worship him and
sought to propitiate his wrath by
gifts.
Four temples to the serpent stood
on the bank of the lake. which was
only . mile across. but very deep.
Once . year . great feast was given
tho serpent devil. The chief cere-
mony consisted of casting gold or
naments and other precious objects
into the center OF the lake. where
the god could get them. The exact
center was found by stretching two
hide ropes In the form Of = cross. from
the four templea. Rats were then
propelled toward the center OF the
lake, amid the din Of musical instru-
msnts and the cheering Of the multi
tude. One raft was occupied by the
ruler. whose body was covered with
gold dust. When the precious objects
were dumped overheard the ruler him
self jumped into the lake and washed
OF the gold.
The Arst SpaniArds to visit the coun-
try witnessed these ceremonies. and
the practice gave rise to the Spanish
legend OF Ell Dorado.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
kaissr's E.rly Ri.ino.

William II, emperor OF Germany.
Is an early riser and likes to have
everybody about him follow his good
example. He is up every day at 6
o'clock. ready to go to work or 20
take an outing on horseback. His
high officials complain that they are
torn too early from the soft delights
Ct sleep. Herr Won 'Bethmann-FIoll-
veg, who II q famous sleeper, 40.
commodities himself with dim.
Guilty to this strenuous regimen. He
only awakens after many calls from
his valet de chambre. and when
drawn from his bed makes his toilet
slowly and always arrives late at
the palace. to fnd the emperor await.
ing him with impatience,. Some dayp
ago. remarks the Cn de Paris, the
emperor, after having waited for
him until half past o'clock. decided
to 60 and surprise his chancellor IN
Frederick street. He found him IN
the bath. II wish to remind you. nv
dear chancellor" said the emperor.
that the day begins for you and 10
me at 6 o'clock. It II now going on
Z and you are not even shaved. An
hour lost each day will make tlfteen
days ina year and in fifteen days INV
grandfather won three Victories"
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
CORK TREE.

The cork tree is species Of oak
In Spain the outer bark il harvested
from the same tree once every nine
or ten years. The best cork comes
from trees that are so to 100 years old.
Instead Of injuring the tree. stripping
the bark seems 10 add impetus To the
growth OF a new coat. The yield Of q
tree varies from 80 pounds to 500
What is known as the cork bark elm"
in your section is also called the
witch elm" In some parts of Canada.
from the weird ghastly appearance OF
its boughs and trunk. Although some
what similar in appearance to the cork
oak. 1t has not the slightest value for
its bark. The Spanish tree would al.
most certainly not thrive in these lati-
tudes.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
Muss Aaastsr the Iron Clubs

Must Master the Iron Clubs
The true secret Of successful golf II
accurate iron play. A man cannot be
. really Arst-class player unless he 10
more or less . master Of all manner
Of iron clubs. Deadly accurate ap-
preaching will make up for many do
fects In wooden club play, and, In con-
sequence. It 10 the iron clubs above
any other with which player should
practice. am not going to say that
It IL necessary for . player to be .
complete master Of every class Of iron
shot and to have intimate knowledge
OF the correct way of playing them.
but will say that It II absolutely
necessary for player who IL anxious
to attain any great measure Of scccess
to have . good command Of his iron
caubs.-Harold H. Hilton. in the Out
ing Magazine.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
New Process for Making Rubber.

In 4 lecture before the Society o'I
Chemical Industry in London. frol'
w. H. Perkin of Manchester uniVers
ity described a process for the produc'|
ton Of rubber in the laboratory whien|
has been widely commented upon IN
technical and other papers IN Inc
United Kingdom.
It was stated by the lecturer 'ha'
the synthetic production of rubber o.
fers the probability of proit al .
price OF so cents per pound, Win a, a
possibility OF It's production at y
cents per bound or less.
There has been rivalry between
England and Germany in the effort 10
make synthetic rubber, and prior'u
of discovery is claimed by each coun'
try. It was contended by ProlessO'
Perkin that the English had ahticipav
ed the Germans by about 'n'e'
months.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
THE BARK OF THE ooo.

It il q fact that Wild dogs do not
bark. They whine, growl. howl. but
the true bark is never heard among
them. The explosive noise familiar to
us all in the bark Of the domestic dog
is undoubtedly an acquired faculty. In
word, the barking Of the domesti-
Gated dog is an effort on the animals
part to speak. which he derives from
his association with man. The dogs
bark Is. of course. varied In its express
sion. Anybody can tell the difference
between the bark of welcome that
the dog gives his master and the bark
Of defiance that be offers to the
stranger who falls under his suspicion.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
NOVEL USE FOR MUSIC
NAV BE MADE TO ExrlNoUlsH
FIRE - CLAIM.
san FraneIsee Man Makes the Asser-
zion. and Dasss Il on Vibration
Thsory-seisntIsts, UneenvInesd,
Listen With Respect.

When Charles kellogg Of San Fran
cisco announced that he could sing u
FIRE out there was scofnng among the
unbelieyers. They had heard OF this
man before, and knew he could imi-
tate any bird he admired In the wood
land: that he had been able I'd pro
cure wonderful pictures OF wild anil
mails through the Sierra Mountains.
because he made them completely un-
afraid by his singing; they knew that
serpents had absolutely NO terrors for
him. But "A fire, they argued, has
no life. no mind, therefore It cannot
be hypnotized. tanned or lulled."
Nevertheless. fires are being "sung
out" under test conditions.
Fire. says Mr. kellogg. who denies
all wizardry, is vibration: and just
M 1t has been shown in the laboratory
that one vibration may annul. control,
silence another. 30 the proper one will
still the vibration Of fire. and. when
the vibration is stilled. the fre 10 out.
Mr.. Kellogg makes no claim that
any human voice can sing to Quietude
the vibrations Of contagration. The
extinguishing vibrations must be Of
volume commensurate with those to
be controlled. but he does maintain
that the fre-fghting operation In the
future will be based upon these prin-
ciples.
According to this theory. one may
live to see giant tuning forks or must
cal instruments taking the place Of
the fire engines.
kellogg was born in the California
where he grew mp In close
touch with nature. His ability to re-
produce musically all sounds Of
mother earth is phenomenal
Make a few simple little expert
ments in vibration on your own &C
count. Hold an empty cigar In your
hands in the room where someone is
playing the piano. and every now and
then you win feel that box vibrate.
Try singing in a room where there
are several small stringed instru-
ments and you will be pleased some
times to hear string sing with; you.
The soothing. healing power Of
music in treating the insane has
called forth remarks lately. WIN the
physician Of the future take tempera-
lures with = tuning fork and pre-
scribe harmonious chords to allay
fever or concord OF sweet sounds
to hasten the knitting Of bones! i
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
RIGHT USE OF tn1ro,
some Author. Employ rh. i
F" Others sparlnsIy bu. @w w,,s y
Loss Of streno,b 'n

Did Cobbett say: .vr,
comes to his adjectives, I I1n ,ro
nim. or did he tremble at tha ttens a.
OF . writer using the word 'ne .. III
only book by Cobbett now -, n',
nis Tour in Scotland" in VI n.t. aa
says dreadful things ar,,ns, Walc
ana shouts the praise of brasN po'
cakes and oatmeal. a bool, 'se s
ful by reason of its vjtunoae H ae
when he described the Glnbo 's'0
per as that rumble tumb,o Ss
and beastly ignorance" ana .,
- the dirty bill of indictman,s usl
er" for the Broughhams an,
Greys. Probably the saving - 1Aa u
belts English grammar w. " IN
reminded re- of 1T by reading abor,
water. the founder of the
Times. That journal was -. 10
printed logographically: thar
number Of words and phraso,
cast entire. to save comnos'.
trouble of collecting type. Tins
phrases were on single n,
Dreadful robbery" "atroc,o,, "
rage" fearful calamity" "in," oaa
female" There are writer's ,oaa
always join the same adiectiva =.
tain nouns. Just as it is easv ~
into the trick OF character,1,nr y"
son or qualifying a thing hv a,a
three adjectives. as the Irish lad' pp
described In her epitaph as ~,
passionate and deeply rer,,J
They say that Kinglake. wri,ins
Invasion Of the Crimea," worksd|
. number Of hours and left snl
for adjectives. He then rode on ND
back. meditated the fitting adiecti
and on his return inserted them
1t not Daudet who said that tbe
jective should never be the lepit,u
wife of the substantive? Look tbro
"Gulliver's Travels" mark the ST
ETY. In the use of words. and note
strength and authority thus gai
I.afcadio Hearns description Of
Windward Islands is in striking
trast-the style is as lush as
tropical vegetation; the reader sh
don cclored spectacles. Yet wi,
few adjectives Poe and Colar
could work wonders. and Walt V
man was often fortunate, as whe
spoke of the gorgeous. indC
SUM-" the sun 80 calm and haugt
mad, naked summer night. ."-p
Hale. In Boston Herald.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
unapprseiatsd Msrelss.

you're glad to get them back
again. ! guess" said the optician n
he carefully adjusted = pair Of spec
tacles on customers nose.
YES" replied the customer. =
boy OF eighteen. II am indeed"
THAT poor boy" explained the op.
tician after the youth had left the
shop. has practically lost the sight
of one eye. and the other IL 20 near.
sighted that he can see with It only
~ the aid Of the strongest glass.
Hard to 60 through life 20 handt
capped"
"And I've ben 9roaning and com.
planning" said the man who had just
had . pair Of eyeglasses mads. "be
cause l have to wear specs to cor.
rect q mild astigmatism. How little
we appreciate our mercies!"
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
Norman the Imper,ouaI,


Woman is not a personality. She
assigned to her an inferior place. Far
from It. To regard woman ~ Ah in-
ferior, man is foolish, and ~ long a.
the woman movement, working on
that basis. tries to prove that she ID
an equal or superior man. 1t must
break down. AS long as scientists and
scholars insist on treating the points
where woman differs from man as In
feriorities. 30 long will their work
remain useless Equally foolish is the
discussion of which 10 the more high
ly organized. Both are superior; both
complete. They are merely different
Woman has q different nature. =
different purpose; and the self-cen-
tered feeling of personality 10 imposal-
bic to her. She is God-centered. I
symbol Of divine nature. . power
working through man to accomplish
what she will. She 10 to men the
vision cf creativeness, and this vision
1t IN their part to make reality Ons
has only to look at the curious results
Of woman's Interpretation of the word
personality. and her application Of It
to herself az fright" to see how iii
this man-quality fits her. When wom-
an starts out with baleful determina-
ton to Tive her own hfe." 1t makes
one weep or laugh, according 10 ones
temperament. Woman's strength aud
power lie not in q pseudo-personality
but in her nearnes 10 divine nature
Atlantic Monthly. &
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
KING GEORGE oerHRoneo.

The slight extent to which the king
OF England can influence mems fash
ions is shown by the practical disap-
pearance of the frock coat In New
York and London in favor of the cut
away. Yet King George and the
prince of Wales still stick to the frock.
a. may be seen by the photograph OF
these personages In the act OF per
forming their social duties. The re-
beiIion OF tho king against putting ON
4 high hat 1t Henley shows. ON the
other hand. that he is. to that extent
1T least. with the sane and sensible.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
FORTUNE FOR INVENTION.

There is a handsome fortune await
Ing the person who will invent q
method OF curing hams and bacon
from which the skin has been re-
moved Albert Halstead American
consul at Birmingham, reports that
the increasing use Of pigskin as leath-
er and its tendency to advance in
price have made the leather manufac-
turers cast wistful eyes at the skin
that is wasted on being left on pork
products.
The Leather Trades Review esti-
mates that there 10 yearly loss Of
skins amounting to about three mil
lion dollars In Great Britain and Ire
land alone.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
BEARS in FIGHT TO DEATH
Wyoming Hunter Tells How As
started Fierce Fight between
Two Enormous oslxxlles.

Wyoming man gives . graphic
account OF . battle to the death b.
tween two bears. which . shot from
bis rifle had caused to attack each
other. IL was out after elk and
discovered the two bears . long way
of. digging in rotten down timber for
rrubs. i dismounted from my pony.
and. making q wide dctour. came up
behind the bears and got within easy
range without being winded or dis
covered by them. Taking good aim
at one of the grizzlies fired. The
bullet tumbled him over, but he was
ON his feet again almost Immediately.
Tho other bear had stopped its
grubbing when this one fell and
turned and stared at It In surprise.
The wounded bear glared At its COM
panion q moment and then appar.
emily made up its mind that its COM
panion had knocked 1t down. for It
pitched into that bear with q fierce
ness that plainly meant business. and
instantly q battle was on. The bears
clinched and bit and ~raked one an
other with their claws. In . very
short time their tough hides were
hanging In strips ON their huge bodies
and the bears were drenched with
blood. I never saw nor expect again
to see such . sight. 1t was fearful.
The grisslies fought for at least ten
minutes, and then the one l had shot
failed to get up after being hurled
to the ground by its antagonist. and
the latter stood over Its prostrate foe
and tore him with his paws until 1t
had disemboweled him.
Then the victor. growling and
gnashing its teeth. moved away few
steps, staggered like \ drunken per-
SON and fen to the ground. It tried
to get up, hut could not. crept
cautiously to the spot. fearing that the
bear might still have enough vitality
to make 1t lively when It discovered
me, but my caution was not called
for. The grizzly was a. dead ~ his
rival. Those two bears were the
most prodigious specimens of their
kind had ever seen. butt they were
literally torn to pieces. There was
not a whole piece OF skin or flesh on
either OF them ~ big as my hat"
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
cara DEVOTION.

Eight persons owe their lives to
a cat which. gave an alarm Of nre
in house in the Welsh village OF
Clifyndd. Pontypndd. Glamorganshire,
early the other day. The occupant Of
the house was aroused by the psrsis-
tent cries OF the animal, which had,
entered his bedroom. and found that
. fife had broken out In tho kitchen.
The househeeper and six children
were warned Of the danger and were
able to Leave the premises in safety.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
horrid Mammas.

Why 10 this little girl crying mt
cause her mamma will not let nei ~,
molasses and feathers on 'he ,r,'a o m.
face. what a bad mamma rue n, n,
tie girl who never had u '"' nicer
must enjoy herself. Papas h,s orer
than mammas. No little gif' ,hs,
marries q mamma. and perh'p, % tbe
II why the nhammas are so pau nam
little girls. Never mind ~he', .sa bor.
ma goes out of the room sap oau sau toll
rid baby. and II It cries you can
YOUR mamma II has the co'''
The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
A Sea Moving Machine.

The first sea moving machine Ia, =,
been launched at San Diego. II WI. u,
be used for cutting the miliions "
tons OF kelp and seaweed that e'vs
along the coast. A gasoline iaun'a
has been fitted with horizontal 'as. az.
shaft revolving at right angles 10 N, ",
keel. Two vertical shafts are NV, =,
with four-foot blades that revoi'. :.
hish speed ten feet below the sufia'u :,
The moved kelp floats asno'e =, Il
taken out and dried. and later Is "a. 'a.
ed to factory to be converted
fertilizer.