The State Campaign.
D . A i"" l A M . .
nvsawaiar national Answered in
Plain Language.
Two Candidates Mtaefer Bluff Re pun-
Urea Committee Ara the Stale
Fanda Loaned m Chat
tel SerarltjrT
The little comparative table sent
out by the fusion committees last week
aroused the ire of Brer Rosewater of
the Omaha Bee. The showing in that
little table was a stunner. Compar
ing the last six months of Poynter's
term (that Is, the last semiannual
period of that term) with the first six
months under repuolican adminfstra
tlon, it Is found that the republicans
expended 1197,664.17 in caring for
1,919 Inmates in nine state institutions
wtiiie the ruslonlsts expended but
4149,644.64 In caring for 1,869 Inmates
six months. In other words, the In
creased population of fifty inmates
cost the taxpayers of Nebraska $48,
019.53 additional, or $960.39 apiece.
That was more than Mr. Rosewater
fould stand; so he relieved his mind
by writing an editorial in which he
said:
"There is nothing so misleading as
ngures when they are wilfully juggled
for a purpose. This truth is again
strikingly illustrated by the staticti
cal tables which the popocratlc cam
paign managers are putting out with
a view to making the people believe
that a great setback has taken place
in the conduct of the state institu
tions since they passed from fusion to
republican control.
With shrewd cunning the figures
have been prepared to show the ex
pense of maintenance of nine asylums,
-schools, and reformatories '1for the
flrst six months under republican ad
ministration and the last six months
under Governor Poynter."
it tne lustonists wanted to make a
fair comparison of the management
. of state institutions under successive
administrations, why would they not
compare the same months of the year?
Is not the fact that they have se
lected periods not properly subject to
comparison simply further proof that
they prefer to fool the people? Speak
ing in all candor, we believe there is
still room for reform In several direc
tions in our state Institutions, but
juggling the figures for political pur
poses will not help to effect the de
sired improvements."
Anything to oblige Mr. Rosewater.
Me Is doing a noble work In his ef
forts to have State Treasurer Stuefer
comply with the resolution passed by
the last republican state convention.
He demanded an explanation or a with
drawal from Mr. Goold and he got a
withdrawal. And he deserves credit
for his frank statement that he be
lieves there is still room for reform in
several directions in our state insti
tutions. Hence, he (would be hard
hearted. in deed who could deny Mr.
Rosewater the pleasure of examining
a comparative table showing the man
agement of state institutions under
successive administrations, and com
paring the same months of the year.
Accordingly, the following table show
ing the number of Inmates, total cost
of maintenance, and cost for each in
mate, in maintaining the same nine
state institutions (Hastings. Lincoln
and Norfolk asylums, Mllford soldiers
borne, schools for blind and deaf, two
rerorm schools, and home for the
friendless) during five different semi
annual periods, each beginning De
cember 1 and ending May 31 of the
next year, for the years 1X97, 18'jSj,
j b, iyuu, ana iui :
Cost for
Total each
Cost Inmate
1146,501.93 $ 83.62
144.222.25
publican official! attempt the job; then
the cost may run up an high as $200
or more.
At the usual ratio of 11 to 10 for
winter and summer, the cost of run
ning these nine state institutions for
the next six months, ending Novem
ber 30, 1901, will be about $179,694.87;
that will make the cost for a whole
year $377,358.87, on the basis of 1,919
population a cost of $196.64 to each
inmate, or a waste of $29.40 per inmate.
It would be much better if compari
on could be made of the cost of mala-
taining all, or tne state Institutions
the whole thirteen. But this can not
now be done, because under this "new"
republican administration four of the
institutions have no report on file in
the governor's office. Four sunerln-
tendents are delinquent more than four
montns with a report that is expressly
required by law. They should be re
quired to report at once or resign.
Hence, we are obliged to take into con
sideration only the nine institutions
whose heads have made reoorts. Are
the above comparisons to your taste,
Mr. Rosewater? Always elart to
oblige you.
Six months No.
ending Inmates
May 31. 1897 1,754
May 31, 1898 1,668
May 31, 1899 1,758
May 31, 1900 1,861
162.685.76
166,750.16
86.40
92.54
89.46
Averages 1,761 155,041.53 88 04
May 31, 1901 1,919 197.CC4.17 103.01
I here s your comparison of winter
montns with winter months. How
does It strike you? That increase of
practically $15 In the keeping of each
Inmate for six monthB represents sub
stantially the amount of republican ex
travagance and incompetency in the
mere routine work of running the In
stitutions, it does not Include about
half a million dollars loss from Ores
resulting rrom incompetent republican
officials and employes. At $15 head
adltlonal cost, 1,919 Inmates means a
' loss or J8.7S5 clear as a whistle In
six months. It means that much
' money absolutely wasted because the
Inmates had no better clothing or
board than they had tinder fusion gov
ernment; doubtlesu they were not so
well fed and clothed but the officers
lived fatter.
Let us look at three different peri
ods In the history of these nine state
Institutions. We will make each
period three years. The years 1892
1893, and 1894 are republican years '
1895, 1896, and 1897 are mixed, part
of the institutions and part of the
time are chargeable to the republicans;
the remainder to the f union Ists. The
years isbs, i0s, and 1900 are wholly
chargeable to the fusion Ists;
Year
18i2
1893
1894
No. of
Inmate3
...1,275
...1,489
...1,642
Total
Cost
$311,897.66
304.755.73
301,452.74
Cost each
Inmate
$244.62
204.00
185.42
TWO CANDIDATES.
As has been said before, the nerson-
allty of the two principal candidates
for Judge of the Supreme Court is one
of the features of this campaign. Some
days ago a representative of the World
Herald called at Fremont, the home of
Judge Conrad Hollenbeck, and the re
sult of his interviews with the citizens
of that place makes a column or more
of Interesting reading. We quote his
remarks in regard to Judge Hollen
beck's legal qualifications for the hleh
office to which he has been nominated.
As a lawyer and lurlst Judee Hoi-
lenbeek's standing is high. The cause
of this is not far to find. In the first
place he has never been anything but
a lawyer since he was admitted to the
bar. He has taken in no makeshift
side Issues. The law has been his love.
He has studied It assiduously and with
all the application of a strong and now-
enui raina studied it not, primarily,
as a money-making device, but as the
instrument of order, equity, and jus
tice. He has been that kind of a law
yer who seeks to discourage and not to
promote litigation. He has reverenced
the law as the protection guaranteed
the weak man against the strong and
discountenanced it as a means of de
laying or thwarting justice.
in bis three years service on the
district bench Judge Hollenbeck has
won a reputation that extends beyond
the confines of the Sixth judicial dis
trict, as a Justlce-deallne magistrate.
With him facts and the equities out-
weign subterfuge and the technical!
ties of law. He has no patience with
pettifogging or the pettifogger. His
conception of the court is the old-fash
loned one of a place where the truth
is laid bare and Justice administered
according to the broad and funda
mental meaning of the law."
Aside from Judge Hollenbeck's abll-
Ity as a lawyer and a Jurist there is
another matter which should endear
him to the heart of every loyal Ameri
can. Again we quote from the World
Herald;
'The little bronze emblem of the
Grand Army of the Republic is found
ever on the lapel of Judge Hollen
becks coat. When a boy of sixteen
years, not yet out of school, Conrad
HonenoecK enlisted as a volunteer In
the Union army. This was in the sum
mer of 1861, and he served as a private
until tne next summer, which brought
the great civil war to its close. His
regiment was the 207th Pennsylvania
infantry, and it saw service in the
Army of the James and the Army of
tne i'oiomae. lie participated in all
the bloody battles that preceded the
taking of Richmond and Lee's surren
der, on which occasion he divided his
nam tack with the starving rebel pris
oners. At Petersburg's bloody light
all of his tent mates were slain.
"Judge Hollenbeck's trying service
in the army during the tender years
oi nis you in lert an indelible impres
sion on a heart that has always been
extremely tenaer. He rarely can be
Induced to talk of his war experiences
and wnen tie does his eyes still HI!
witn tears.
"Judge Hollenbeck has always been
a democrat, as was his father hpfnro
him. He is a good type of the demo
crat mat is ored in Pennsylvania
where democrats are few but uncom
promising, and not to be dlsmavpd
His first presidential vote was caHt
for Horace Greeley, and It is a vni
of which the judge still feels proud. In
jay ne was a delegate to the Chlcnen
convention on the Bryan delecation
and in 1900 attended the Kansas City
convention as a spectator.
The Chicago and Kansas Cltv nlnt-
forms,' he says, simply, 'voice mv nn.
tltical creed.'"
In striking contrast to Judsre Hnlinn.
beck's record as a loyal American citi
zen, stands the record of his nrlnclnul
political op ..ml, Judge Sedgwick of
York, the republican nominee for
Judge of the, Supreme Court. Judge
Sedgwick is a man some two or three
years older than Judge Hollenbeck
Today this republican candidate stands
a physical giant among men. A man
of powerful physique, notwithstanding
he has pasned the noon day of hl man-
liood. He does not wear the little
bronze emblem of the Grand Army of
the Republic. He has no right to wear
it. Although old enough, large enoueh.
nnd physically strong enough to serve
his country In her hour of peril, Judge
Sedgwick did not enlist as a volunteer
In the Union army. He was never a
soldier, and has never explained to the
people why he did not go as a soldier
to aid his country In her time of need.
Members of the G. A. R., If not
wholly blinded by partisanship, will
think twice before tasting a ballot for
Sedgwick, the stay-at-home, In prefer
ence to Hollenbeck, the hero.
known to be a defaulter: it was th
Holt county republican leaders who
condoned Hartley's crime and demand
ed that he go free, and it Is the Holt
county republican leaders who are now
making excuses for the present state
treasurer not taking the people Into
his confidence as to the disposition of
state funds and who are lauding his
"Independence" in refusing to account
tor the same.
If a republican state treasurer
wanted to speculate and use state
funds for his own personal benefit.
there is no doubt that he won Id select
Holt county as one of his fields of oper
ation, and knowing this fact, your cor
respondent made a diligent search of
the Holt county records for traces of
any such distribution. The result was
rather more startling than he had
hoped for.
"Treasurer Stuefer Is president and
manager of the West Point National
Bank, a comparatively small banking
institution, having less capital, surplus
and deposits than our First National
Bank of O'Neill, which does not solicit
business from without our own county.
The West Point National Bank is about
two hundred miles from here, yet what
do the records show?
"The West Point National Bank, of
which State Treasurer Stuefer ia pres
ident, has seventy chattel mortgages
on file in Holt county which are given
to secure loans aggregating $12,664.
Is It not a queer and a suspicious coin
cidence that the little bank of West
Point should branch out over the great
state of Nebraska in the loaning busi
ness as soon as its president gets con
trol of the state's finances? A like
amount loaned in a very few counties
might account for the $267,524 of
trust funds, and furnish a most reason
able excuse for Stuefer'g refusing to
tell where these funds are. $267,524
at 10 per cent per annum amounts to
$26,752.40. This handsome rake-off is
a very nice thing for Mr. Steufer a
shrewd steal. Should prices go down
and a panic ensue the Drinclnal un
doubtedly go with the interest and the
state would again be disgraced and
humiliated by a second half million
dollar raid ?n the treasury."
It might not be a bad idea for inter
ested persons up in Stanton, Madison,
Pierce, Wayne, Thurston, Dakota, Dix
on, Cedar, Knox, and Antelope coun
ties to take a little look through the
chattel mortgage records of the county
seat and see If the West Point National
Bank Is doing a thriving chatel mort
gage business there,
An amusing incident occurred at the
Republican State Committee meeting
last Thursday night when, after select
ing E. C. CalkinB of Buffalo county to
fill the place on the ticket made1 vacant
by the resignation of H. L. Goold, Dr.
Victor Rosewater got the floor, and, In
a ringing speech, demanded that the
State Central Committee take further
action in demanding that State Treas
urer Stuefer divulge the whereabouts
of the trust funds under his control.
The Committee was about to take some
steps when the State Treasurer ap
peared on the scene and bluffed the
whole caboodle to a stand still. "If
you again demand a statement about
the funds," he exclaimed angrily, "you
will get my resignation instead of a
report." There was a long silence,
and Dr. Rosewater's Insistent demand
was quickly hushed. The Treasurer
was In dead earnest about It. He abso
lutely refuses to tell anything regard
ing the whereabouts of this vast sum
of money and the Republican State
Committee are too cowardly to call his
bluff. However, It may be that the
Treasurer would rather resign than
tell where he has these trust funds.
It might be he would have to resign if
he did tell about them.
NOTES ON SCIENCE.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
ICIght luneoM Monolltfts They Are to
Be Used a$ Column In tha Cathedral
of St. John the Divine Relug Erected
In New lurk.
LARGEST XSVEB gUAKBIED.
Eight of the largest blocks of stone
ever quarried in this country are lying
at the works of the Bodwell Granite
company at Vinal, Maine, awaiting the
completion of a great lathe which is to
turn and polish them. They are to
be used as columns for the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine, New York city.
The weight of the stones in the
rough is from 120 to 130 tons each.
They are from fifty-seven to sixty feet
in length and about seven feet in di
ameter. When ready for shipment each
stone will be a round column six feet
in diameter and fifty-six feet in length
and will weigh more than sixty tons.
Tbe contract price for the eight stones
is $220,000, something more than $25,-
000 for each column.
As there was no lathe In existence
large enough to turn the columns,
John Pierce, the contractor, is having
one built at a cost of about $50,000.
The shafts of granite are so long that
they will not hold their own weight
when suspended from the ends to be
turned down to proper shape. To ob
viate thl difficulty a central support
will be put in the lathe, which will
turn with the shaft, and after the
stone is made into a cylinder the ma
chinery will be moved ahead to take
off the uncut section.
In 1856, when (he columns In front
of the treasury building at Washing
ton were cut on Dix island, Maine,
stone workers said they were the lim
it of size in granite work. From that
date until the early '80s the treasury
columns, which were twenty-seven feet
in length were the greatest feat of
the stonecutters. Then the monument
to Gen. Wool, which is erected at West
Point, was cut at Vinal Haven, and
held the record until the architect of
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
came forward with a plan for eight
columns, each of which was to be fifty-
six feet long.
to pay for mining anywhere except in
the district of Boryslav, In Austrian
Gallcia, and on an island on the west
coast of the Caspian Sea. In mining
this mineral wax, shafts are sunk un
til a bed, or "nest," of ozocerite Is
struck. Then connecting galleries are
driven. There is considerable danger,
and many lives have been lost in con
sequence of the sudden forcing up of
the soft wax into the shafts by the
enormous pressure to which it is sub
jectod. It is used largely ror manu
facturing ceresin, which is employed,
together with beeswax, for making
wax candles, as well as in the manu
facture of phonographic cylinders, and
for many similar purposes.
RAPID COMB-CLEAKEK.
The invention Bhown below has been
designed for cleaning combs of hair,
dandruff and other matter which clog
up the teeth after the comb is in use
a short time, the machine being es
pecially useful in barber shops and
hairdresslng parlors, where the combs
are in constant use and it is necessary
to have them always clean. The ar
rangement consists of a box with a
removable top in which Is mounted a
rotary brush of wire or stiff bristles
with a crank at one end by which it
is revolved. In the bottom of the box
is a row of curved fingers, which serve
to remove from the bristles whatever
the latter dislodge from the comb, it
being a small task to remove tne mat
ter from the bottom of the box at In-
HOUtEWORK AS EXERCISE.
Tail of the Waohfuu Not Healthful .
Effect of Sweeping.
Take the washtub first. Nothing can
make that toil hygienic. One baa to
send over the tub, using the arms
with a 'steady, strenuous motion, and
it every breath filling the lunge with
hot steam. Washing may develop the
muscles of the arms, but it cramps
the back and contracts the chest. The
only relief possible is to take a few
minutes frequently for rest. I do not
mean sitting down; that is not rest
ing. Go to the door or window and
take several long, deep breaths.
3traighten up the body, throw back
the shoulders and strike out with both
arms. Exale the breath and drop the
arms. Repeat this exercise ten or
twelve times during the morning'a
wash, and you will be astonished at
how much less tired you are than
usual. When sweeping make both
sides of the body do the work. Many
a woman who would be classified by
a dressmaker as a figure with one hip
larger than the other has cultivated
this figure by constantly using the
muscles of one side while sweeping
or mopping. It is remarkable how ' a
few years of doing certain work in a
contracted, bad position will alter the
poise of the body. I have heard it said
that the student of physical develop
ment has a strange faculty, almost
Sherlock-Holmes-like, of telling by a
glance at a man or woman what his
or her calling is. Of course there are
certain conditions that they should
have followed that calling a certain
length of time and that it is a body
Physically untrained. Bread kneading
affords a better exercise than washing,
says Good Housekeeping. Tbe steam
is not present and half an hour of
steady motion such as given to well
made bread means good exercise for
the forearm, provided the molding
board is at a proper height and that
one keeps the back and shoulders
erect.
NOT A SUCCESS!
Nlll-Ghaat.
NHi-ghaut (pronounced ne-te-gawt)
Is the name of a pass of the Himala
yas, between Kumaon anil Thibet, at
an elevation of 10,81 4 feet above sea
level. It takes its name from th Til
lage of Niti, in the Kumaou, thirteen
miles south of the pass. The pass la
regarded as the easiest between Ku
maon and Thibet, and is consequently
one of the principal channels of trade
between Hlndostan and Ctilnese Tar-
tary.
Tranip Nnlnnm on Railway.
The tramp question in the United
States has been a most serious one
ever since the Introduction of rail
roads. It Is estimated that no loss
than 10,000 are - carried nightly on
trains and that 10,000 more are waitln
to steal a ride at the same time. One
of the eastern roads has taken a firm
stand in the matter and has equipped
a special police force for, the purpose
of preventing trespassing.
Av 1,469 307.035.38 209.01
1895 1,716 315.611)95 183.93
J896 (a) ..1.777 287,41.1.65 161.74
1897 ......1,716 287,3011 167.43
Av 1,736 296.778.21 170.98
1898 1,690 280,701.98 166.09
1199 ,..,..1,815 301.408.11 166.09
1900 1.869 ; 316,400.80 168.76
A v.
...1.791 299,623.63 167.24
Thesa figures are taken from the
public records. Thev are official.
They tell the tale, It ban been demon
strated that the average Inmate can
be fed and clothed nnd cared for at a
coat of about $168 per year unless re-
THAT $267,524 OF TRUST FUNDS.
Tbe Holt bounty Independent Is one
of tbe most wideawake country week
lies in Nebraska. Very few good things
ever get away from Editor Eves. Hi
has made a discovery up In his county
that la quite startling to say the least.
Probably we had best let Mr. Eves tell
tbe story himself.
"Holt county Is known as the hot
bed of republican boodleism. It was
the republican leaders of Holt county
who first said that It was none of the
people's buslnesa what the county
treaaurer did with tbe county funda;
It was the republican leaders In Holt
county who forced the nomination and
lection of Barrett Scott when he waa
I.le Saakes oa Irish Roll.
St. Patrick's decree and the experi
ence of hundreds of years to the con
trary, snakes have been found in Ire
land. Two specimens of the ring-
snake have been found at Bray. They
Immediately paid the penalty of death
and tbe skins are kept as great curi
osities. The Irish press maintains
that the reptiles wore imported from
England.
Cnlta Improving. f
Last year 382 students were matric
culated at the Havana University Thla
year the number was 628. We con
gratulate the young men of Cuba on
their opportunity to settle down to
study amid general tranquillity. The
pen shall yet In their fair Island be
mightier than the machete. Boston
Journal.
Chinese Emperor's Tea Harden.
The tea tiBed In the household of
the Chinese Emperor Is raised In a
private garden surrounded by a high
wall. At the time of harvesting the
pickers must wear gloves, must bathe
three time a day, and must abstain
from eating fish, lent their breath
should taint the aroma of the tea.
Birthplace or Conan Dnyle.
It may surprise omo to learn that
Dr. Conan Doyle was born In Edin
burgh, Scotland. His parents were of
Irish descent and his father was ono
of four brothers, each uf whom dis
tinguished himself.
TO KlIX MOSQUITOES.
Some time ago we illustrated In de
tail the experiments which are being
carried out in the Roman Campagna,
Italy, for the reduction of the mos
quito plague. It has been established
beyond doubt that these insects are
the cause of the dissemination of ma
larial microbes, and further light has
been thrown upon the subject by Maj.
Ronald Ross., R. A. M. C, who re
turned to England from West Africa
on September 2, after having con
ducted extensive investigations into
the origin and spread of malarial fever.
at rreeiown tne investigators em
ployed workmen to destroy mosquito
larvae and within thirty-four days
they had cleared more than 2,000
houses, with the result that the num
ber of mosquitoes has been largely
reduced, and it was hoped that there
would be a corresponding abatement
in cases of malaria. This week we
illustrate and experiment which has
been made at Staten Island by Dr. Al
vah Doty, health officer of the port of
New York. His method was to de
stroy the mosquitoes with petroleum,
and he attacked Muller'g pond, which
has for yeara been a breeding place,
to the discomfort of the Inhabitants
of Concord, where malaria has been
prevalent. Doctor Doty proposed to
distribute oil over the water, and for
that purpose he contrived a wooden
float eight feet long and four feet
broad. Within this, in a manner some
what, resembling a harp, were placed
pipes perforated with small holes six
inches apart. A hose, -connected with
a tank filled with. crude petroleum, and
a pump were then attached to the
pipes, and petroleum was driven
down through the water with consid
erable force. There is thus formed
upon the surface an oily scum which
TO REMOVE HAIR FROM COMB.
tervais as it accumulates. To operate
tne cleaner the comb is placed on the
slanting end of the box underneath
the thumb rest, being adjusted In re
lation to the brush, when a few turns
of the latter will force the bristles be
tween the teeth and dislodge the hairs.
etc.
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT SOUND.
During the firing of minute-guns by
the English fleet at Splthead, on the
occasion of Queen Victoria's funeral,
tne sounds were heard at surprising
distances inland, and the English sci
entific Journals have since published
many interesting facts about these
phenomena. It seems to be established
that not only the direction of the wind
but its relative velocity at different
elevations from the ground, affected
the direction of the sound-waves. In
some cases, contrary winds refracted
the sound over the heads of observers
between 10 and 45 miles from the
ships, so that they djd not hear the
guns, Dut tne same waves were after
ward brought to the ground by favor
able upper currents, rendering the
sounds audible at 50 miles, and even
as far as 140 miles, while at 84 miles
they were so loud that laborers in the
fields put down their spades and lis
tened to them.
FLOAT FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL.
destroys the floating larvae of the
mosquito. During the process of dis
tribution the float is pulled backwards
and forwards over the ponds so that
every inch of the surface is treated
with petroleum. The ground around
the pond has been cleared of rank veg
otation, and the bank", have also been
saturated with oil. ' Doctor Doty will
now watch the health reports of his
district for some Indication that his
experiment has been successful.
Pennsylvania Grit.
MINKS OF WAX.
In several parts of the world a resi
nous substance , called ozocerlto, and
bearing considerable resemblance to
beeswax, la found, usually In connec
tion with rock salt and coal. There
are deposits In Austria, Russia, Rou
manta, Egypt, Algeria, Canada and
Mexico, but, aaya our conaul at Trieste,
Mr. Hoasfeld, ozocerite haa, go far, not
been discovered In sufficient quantities
IS THERE A FLANKT BEYOND NEP
TUNE?
This question was revived before the
Royal Society of Edinburgh lately by
Prof. Ueorge Forbes, who called atten
tion to the fact that there are seven
comets whose aphelion points, accord
nig iu Liieir caicuiatea Droits, corre
spond with the position of a planet re
volving around the sun at a distance
100 times greater than that of t.h
earth, and having a period of about
1,000 years. He suggested that the dis
turning attraction of this supposed
planet had altered the elements of the
orbit of the great comet seen In 1264
and 1556 so that it did not come back
when expected In 1848. This comet, he
thought, might be identified with the
third comet of 1844 or the second
comet of 1843, its return having been
hastened by the pertubation of the
planet.
Why the Minister Failed to Go on aa
Expected Vacation.
"Our minister did not go on his va
cation this summer, as he expected,"
said Brown, with an amused smile.
"He fully intended to, and had made
his arrangements to that effect. But
circumstances over which he had no
control were such that he decided at
the last minute to remain at home. My
wife and other enthusiastic wo
men members of the church hit upon
the happy Idea of raising a fund suf
ficient to defray the good man's ex
penses, as he has a large family, and
finds It difficult to make both ends
meet. With this end in view they held
several 'affairs,' and at last were the
proud possessors of something over
$50. Then they decided to make the
presentation a gala event, and give
the members of tin church a chance
to send the Rev. Mr. Blank away with
the good wishes of the whole congre
gation. It occurred to my wife that a
little music would add to the happy
occasion, and she saw that some
musicians were engaged. Another
member of the committee thought that
a light lunch would be a happy idea,
and took it upon herself to see that
it was ordered. Another one conceiv
ed the idea of having the church deco
rated for the auspicious occasion, and
hired a man to do the work. Early In
the evening, when they met to com
pare notes, they discovered to their
horror that their expenses had not
only eaten up the amount that they
had raised, but had left them a matter
of $2 or $3 In debt; so the presenta
tion had to be omitted. I asked my
wife who she expected was going to
make this amount good, and she snap
ped: 'The Rev. Mr.'Blank, of course!
It was all done in his interest!' " De
troit Free Press.
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
Making- Light from Smoke.
A Belgian engineer, Toblansky, has
invented an apparatus for producing
light from smoke. It appears that the
origin of the smoke Is a matter of in
difference. It is simply forced into a
receiver, where it is saturated with hy
drocarburet, and can then be burned.
giving a brilliant Illumination.
German and English In Antarctic.
By mutual agreement, the two prin
cipal exploring expeditions which are
to start for the Antarctic this year, one
under the auspices of the British gov
ernment and the other under those of
the German government, will respec
tively confine their attention to oppo
site halves of the unexplored regions.
The Germans will study the side fac
ing the Atlantic and the Indian ocean
and the English the side lying south of
Australia and the Pacific.
Danger In Insulating Glove.
According to the results of exnerl-
ments recently reported to the Inter
national Society of Electricians, Indla
rubbcr gloves and sandals, and gloves
made of glass pearls interwoven with
cotton tissue, ought not to be trusted
to afford security to workers about
electric apparatus. They should be de
pended upon, not for touching direct
ly conductors of high tennion, but only
for touching the already Insulated at
tachments of such conductors as, for
example, the non-metallic handles of
Interrupters. The danger Is especially
great when the gloves are moist.
What Would Happen.
In the good old days when we were
greatly pestered by the neighbor's sow
or mule, or bull, or dog, invading oitr
premises and taking unwarranted lib
erties, we loaded the old shotgun with
powder and fat meat, and after serv
ing due notice upon said neighbor,
and said notice being Ignored, set out
to uphold the first law of nature self-
defense. The amount of execution
that can be done by a wad of fat
meat on top of a good charge of pow
der is amazing. Wherever it strikes,
hair and hide disappear. It seldom, II
ever kills, but leaves scars that time
does not obliterate. The fat being
salty causes excruciating pain which
lingers long In memory, and the
stricken animal does not offend again.
A tallow candle can be shot through
a two-Inch oak board without injury
to the candle. In like manner, a tal
low bullet, if driven by a sufficient
charge of powder would penetrate a
man's body and grease him so well
internally that he would not care to
go dueling again. A glancing shot
would plow ugly furrows In the skin.
New York Press.
Girls with a Twang Are Barred.
When girls are chosen for the new
government telephone service in Lon
don the educational examination sinks
Into insignificance before the physio
logical test. No girl will be employed
if she be below 5 feet 2 Inches high
In her stocking soles. She must pos
sess good hearing, have no defect of
speech, -and must be tested by viva
voce examination, In which particu
lar attention Is "to be paid to articu
lation, pitch of voice and general self,
possession." Any candldata showing
any Indication of nervousness, hys
teria, want of self-possession or a
strongly-marked twang ahall ha re
jected. The majority will probably
pass In self-possession, but dlalact i
a eever5 test. London Exprcaa,