THE LIMELIGHT
EATS PIE WITH A KNIFE
Jacob F. Jacobson bids fair to become a new
and unique flguro in politics as "the man who
cats plo with a knife. " He was umuilmoiiuly
nominated for governor by the Republicans of
Minnesota a few days ago. In placing his imniu
before the convention former Congressman
Frank M. Eddy declared that Jacobson's op
ponents had found only one thing to say against
him , that ho eats plo with his knife.
"Wo plead guilty to the indictment , " nald
Eddy , "and ho nays that as lie has followed this
mode of procedure for a good many years with
out culling himself ho expects to continue it
until ho finds some holler way. "
Jncobson'H nomination was seconded by Iho
other eandldalen who had boon campaigning
against him for four months without being able
to shake his hold upon the convention.
.Tacobson in a whiskered implement dealer from the little town of Madison.
Ho wns bom In Norway in 1849 and settled in Minnesota in 1871. lie stands
for the square deal in polllics and was flghllng for Hoouevcll measures in the
otnte legislature 12 years ago , before they became popular.
Ilia first try at politics was in 1873 , when ho was elected audilor of his
county. Ho hold the Job six years and Ion years later went lo Iho legislature.
Ho know Iflllo about stale issues and sllli loss about parliamentary practice.
Consequently , during his first term ho was little heard from. Hut ho sat still
und listened. The next session lie took au acllvc part In affairs In the house ,
and when ho was sent back for a third term lie was recognized as one of Iho
otrong men of the body. Six years ngo ho was a candidate for state auditor ,
but wan beaten by n narrow margin. Two yeara ago ho Bought the nomina
tion for governor , hut was again beaten.
One of .Tacobson'o most notable fights In the legislature wna on his bill
to increase the laxallon of railroads and other largo corporations and to make
them hear a more cqullablo proportion of the cost of government and public
maintenance. Ho succeeded in passing a bill to Increase the gross earnings
tax of the railroads from tluco to four per cent.
RULES FOR "OPEN SUNDAY aa
JuslJco William .1. Gaynor , of the appellate
division of the Now York supreme court , has
turned loose a moving picture show man ,
charged wllh vlolallng Iho Sablmlh. who had
been convicled in a lower court. The law pro
vides for the keeping of a "Christian Sabbath , "
arrd Justice Gaynor declared that when John
Calvin , founder of the Presbyterian church ,
played bowls on Sunday after the sermon , ho es
tablished a precedent which will prevent the
stopping of harmless sporta and recreation on
Sunday. Gaynor's decision will probably permit
Sunday baseball.
Few American Jurists of the day enjoy a
higher reputation than Justice Gaynor , both as
to ability and personal character. Upon the
bench of Now York's highest court , his rulings
have been generally accepted without question by Interested litigants.
Hut the greatest renown attaching to the name of Justlc Gaynor Is as a
Biunxhcr of powerful and corrupt rings. Ho began Uris pleasant pastime long
before lie had donned the Judge's ermine , when ho broke rip the waler swin
dle lhat mulcted Now Yorkers out of averal millions of dollars , under the di
rection of the nil-powerful Boss Hugh McLaughlln. So greatly was the latter
feared that it was with Iho utmost dlfllculty Gaynor could flrrd a man who
would permit tire use of his name as a parly to lire court proceedings against
the ring. In tire end , however , Gaynor triumphed arrd McLaughlln was un
horsed. Then Police Chief John McKano , political boss , was made the target.
Ho was a puissant debauchcr of the ballot boxes of Now York , und ho landed
iu the porrltonliary with 1C of his principal lieutenants.
Gaynor wns offered the nornlnalion and clccllon for mayor of Brooklyn ,
and rcfrrsed it. Later ho was offered the mayoralty of Greater New York ,
and this , too , ho declined. He was elected justice of the supreme court first
Jn 1893. by the Republicans and Independent Democrats , although ho was and
is a Democrat in his own politics. Ho ' has refused the nominations for gov
ernor of tire slalo and for other poslt'lons , but was elected to the appellate di
vision , his present position , two years ago.
DUKE IN NEED OF MONEY
Probably the present duke of Wellington ,
who recently availed himself of the privilege ,
which ho inherited from his famous ancestor , of
standing In the presence of the king of Spalp
wllh his hat on , would view with equanimity i
plan for more nearly equalizing his honors and
his purse. For It is no secret that ho has mo/o
than he will ever rrccd of the former and lesr ,
than ho often desires of the latter. In other
words , ho Is one of Iho "hard rips" of Iho British
peerage.
The present duke may ho said to have boon
treated pretty badly by fate. There was a lirno
when lire tlllo wus worth much to Its possessor.
The first holder , the conqueror of Napoleon , hud
not only honors but money as well showered
upon him. The British parliament gave him
$2,000,000 and the grateful people of hla country bought him his magnificent
stale , Slrathfloldsayo , in Hampshire , at a cost of something like $1,300,000.
In addition he was granted an annual pension of $25,000 , so that ho appears
to have been fairly well fixed In a financial way. Unfortunately , however , for
the present duke , who la the fourllr lo hold the tllle , it was arranged lhat the
pension , which wns granted to the Iron Duke , was only to run for llrreo gen
erations , and this expired with the death of Iho third duke Irr 1900. So lire
present holder of the title Is "strapped , " Strathlloldsaya Is closed arrd await
ing a tenant , and Apsley house , the big Hyde park mansion so closely uaso-
cluled with the great duke , is in the market for any fair price tlmt can bo ob
tained for It.
A way out of the dlfllculty , , coulil it bo arranged , would bo to permit the
fliflco to sell his surplus titles. Wllh llreso ho la so heavily endowed lhat they
cannot bo anything but a mockery lo llrelr impecunious holder. To begin wllh
ho Is K. G. , G. C. V. O. , and D. L. Then ho Is Burorr Mornlrrgton , earl of
Mornlnglon , Viscount Wellcsloy , Viscount Wellington , Baron Douro , carl of
Wellington , Marquis Duro , Condo do Vimioro , Marquez do Torres Vedras arrd
Duquo do Vltloria of Portugal , Duque do Clrulad Kodrigo and a gnrndeo of the
first class of Spain , duke of Wellington and prince of Waterloo in Belgium.
MAKES WAR ON DIVORCE
Paul Bourgol , the French author , bus rnndo
himself conspicuous by his irreconcilable oppo-
Eillon to lire act which has just been passed by
the French parliament legalizing divorce. During
lire whole history of France marriage bus beorr
Indissoluble , except for a few years during the
revolutionary period when religion itself became
an illegal thing. Full liberty of union and dls
union was allowed , until at the restoration of the
monarchy In 1810 , the old order of llrlngs wns
restored. A divorce law was again passed 70
years lulcr , when tire rupture belwecn lire stale
and lire church was becoming acute , and now
lire French parliament has , in order to errrphu
size Us hostility to the Vatican , gene so far an
lo authorize clllror of lire parlies lo a sopnralioi
to convert It Into a divorce after throe years , on
mere application. In this campaign Bourget took part with tongue and pen.
Ho wrote a problem play In which the evils of divorce were shown up and
a vivid picture drawn of the wreck of a homo by the separation of paronla ,
but it waa all of no avail. Bourget was born In Amiens In 1852 , and was only
22 years of ago when he published his first work , "The Restless Life. " Al
most every year since ho haa turned out ono or two books on widely illvoiso
Bubjccta.
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WDUXBURY
PKflTfG OUT
Just CO years ago next August , on
ho seventeenth day of the month , the
Irat lolegraphlc message across the
Atlanllc via Iho new cable was sent
rorn England lo America. The mes-
ago waa of 90 words , from Queen
Victoria lo President Buchanan. It
ook 07 minutes to transmit. It was
ho first tangible proof that one of
ho greatest attempts of man in the
lold of science hud succeeded.
When a little company of men , un
der the leadership of Cyrus W. Field ,
icgan to organize for the purpose of
bringing the old world and the new
vllhln speaking distance of each oth
er by means of a protected thread of
wlro across the Atlanllc , Ihoy were
reeled at aa madmen. Capitalists who
nvested their money In the scheme
voro thought by their friends to have
jocorne bereft of reason. Few irnag-
ned the feat possible.
By formal agreement , on September
9 , 1856 , the Atlanlic Telegraph com-
mny was organized. Ha object waa
to lay , or cause to be laid , a subma
rine cable across Ihe Atlantic. "
Among those prominent in the form-
ng of Iho company were Pelcr Coop
er , Chandler White , Moses Taylor ,
Marshall O. Roberts ami Cyrus W.
Field.
The first stop In the program was
o he the laying of a cable across the
Gulf of St. Lawrence , from Capo Ray
Cove to Cape North. The first trial
waa disastrous , because of a furious
Btorm , but in the following year Iho
cable was successfully laid. New
foundland waa to bo the western term
inus.
Assistance was obtained from lire
United States , Newfoundland and
English governments. The United
States frigate Niagara , which was detailed - j
tailed to assist In submerging the
cable , went to England April 2J , 1S57.
The colling of Iho cable in Liverpool
occupied tlrreo weeks. A strand of
noven copper wires composing the
conductor , occupied the center. There
waa a grrtta porcha insulation , a cov
ering of specially prepared hemp , and
then the outer covering of Iron wire ,
tor protecting the eiiMe.
FIve largo cones were arranged In
the hold of thu Niagara , round which
the cable was coiled. The length car
ried made a total of LUG I miles. The
remainder was carried by the English
ship Agamemnon , 1.700 nautical rnllos
being required between the tonrlnl
nt Newfoundland and Ireland. Spe
cially constructed and complicated
apparatus was designed for paying
out , and , if need be , winding in rho
cnble.
Nature scorned to favor the proj
ect , for extending along the bt > d of the
ocean , exactly between the two points
to be connected , is a great pleat can ,
like an Immense prairie , stretching
over an extent of 1.-100 miles from
east to west , with an uverag depth
of about two miles. As It approaches
the Newfoundland coast it Is entirely
free from the qffccts of icebergs which
ground on shallow bottoms. In every
olher part , the Atlantic is character
ized by abrupt declivities and moun
tain heights.
Another advantage was found In
the deposit of Infusoria , covering iho
bottom in abundance. The material
showed a tendency to unite with the
iron wlro protecting lire cable , thus
forming a concrete mass , making In
effect n bed of down for Ihe cable lo
resl upon.
The landing of lire cable In Dolus
bay was successfully accomplished on
Ihe Gth of August , 1857. Never before
had such a muss of people assembled
on the shores of that bay. They carne
from mlloa around from their huts
on the steep hillsides and the moun
tain passes , from the storied scenes
of Killarnoy In the Interior , and the
coast in the south.
It was a great day for nil. Five
davs the Niagara sailed , overcoming
Ki-fit diniculllos In Iho laying of lire
ctililo ; llion , on Ihe sixth day , when
Urn Niagara had left the shore 300
miles liohlnd , a mistaken order to put
on brakes resulted In a slraln which
broke the cable.
There was nothing to do but return
to England. The Niagara sailed for
New York Ihe following November.
Of course a great cry was raised
that the scheme had been fairly tried
oriro and fulled , and that any further
attempt to achieve this Impossibility
waa madness arrd a criminal waste of
the stockholders' money. But In the
face of all Ibis opposition , the little
bund of resolute men , led sllll by the
Indomitable Cyrus W. Field , deter
mined to make another attempt.
They had learned by their experi
ence many valuable lessons. One that
it wruld be betlcr for Iho Iwo vessels
carrying lire cable lo meet in mid-
ocean , make a splice , and then sail in
opposite directions. Olher lessons re
lated to improvements irr the paying-
orrt machinery It was found impos
sible to wind In the cable afler it was
once out , as the very weight of the
Hue was sufficient to break It.
The telegraph squadron arrived at
Plymouth , England , June 3 , and after
an experimental trip of three days ,
having received a fresh supply of coal ,
started for mldoccan on lire 10th , the
point of rendezvous having been de
cided.
When the splice waa finished , con
necting the cable of the Niagara with
thai of lire Agamemnon , the two ves
sels parled. A lerrlblo slorm came
up soon aflerwurd , and afler 142 miles
and 280 fathoms of cable had been
paid out the line broke. It was only
by good fortune that the vessela re
turned lo land in safety.
While the squadron was lying In
the harbor of Quecnstown , meetings
were held by the board of directors
in London. It wns proposed to aban
don lire enlerprlso and sell Iho cable.
When lire news of Ihla reached Mr.
Field , he slarted in great haste for
London. He remonstrated with the
despondent , uphold the wavering , and
finally , by his w.111 and courage , ob
tained consent lo make unolher at
tempt.
The vessels , accordingly , met again
nt the rendezvous , on July 28 , and
after making the splice with some
ceremony , separated. .Anxiety was
keen , as a kink in the cable , or a
hole running through the gulla percha
through which not oven a hair could
be forced , would render all the work
unavailing.
On the nth of August , 1858 , the
eastern end of the cable was landed in
Trinity bay , Newfoundland , and lire
press of the country sounded loud
praises In honor of the triumph. On
the 17th of August , lire famous mes
sages were serrt arrd received by
cable between Victoria and President
Buchanan.
Concerning the message , one of the
elcclriclans on board lire Niagara is
eported to have made the statement
Unit It was "cooked up" for commer
cial purposes , his ground being that
ho cable had ceased to test out long
> oforo reaching Newfoundland , and
: hat on several occasions in paying
t out accidents had occurred that had
lestroyed the insulation of the cable.
Irr 1805 another unsuccessful at-
tcrrrpt was made lo lay an Allantic
cable. The first operative cable was
not laid until IStifi.
A part of transcontinental cable his
tory that possesses special local in
terest is the landing of the French
Atlanllc cable at Duxbury , , in the year
1SC9. This was the : llrst cable to
stretch actually from the shore of
America to the shore of Europe.
Whales In Portland Harbor.
Two whales , one about 100 feet and
the other about 75 feet iu length , wcro
scon Monday swimming about the
harbor by several coltagers at Ever
green Landing , Peaks Island.
The monsters were peacefully
romping about In the water and when
the steamer Pilgrim came down Iho
harbor Ihey swam some distance
away , but remained in view of tire-
people all the lirno flapping llrelr
huge tails out of the water and spout
ing water. It was a sight not often
seerr In Portland harbor. Lewislon
Journal.
India's Vast Petroleum Deposits ,
The petroleum deposits of India , In
cluding Burma , have scarcely been dis
turbed and the magnitude of the pos
sible trade of India in petroleum and
Us products can hardly be estlnraled.
la 1906-07 Burma produced 137,054,005
gallons and exported 55,790,000 gal.
Ions , all of it going to Indian perU ,
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT IS OF
VAST ANTIQUITY.
Commonly Accepted 39 the Sign of
Good Luck Traces Found In
Records of Every
Known Race.
Washington. The Swastika Is the
oldest known symbol , having its origin
in Iho cross and Iho circle. As far
back In lire night of time as we are
able lo trace Iho records of man's life
on the globe by the sculptured re
mains of lernplcs and pillars we llnd
Iho cross and circle , painted on an
cient pottery , broldered on sacred
vestments , sculptured err ruined monuments
ments and figuring In the religious
mysteries of all races.
To form an estimale of lire age of
the Swastika we must look back ,
archaeologists lell us , lo lire period of
lirno when Iho pole slar was in Cygnus -
nus , 17,000 B. C. , apparently that of
the first conception of the zodiacal
year.
year.While
While the Swastika is held In com
mon acceptation to be a lucky and
auspicious object , meaning lo thou
sands simply good luck , it is Interesl-
ing lo trace the origin of the belief
arrd find why for ages upon ages It
has been so held by races widely di
vergent in place and time.
It may bo safely asserted that in-
vosligalion of lire records of every
known race has revealed Iraces of lire
Swastika. It has been found on the
pollery of the mound builders in Mis
sissippi , showing Identity of design
with symbols from India , In what Is
called the Swasllka sitting position
of the Hindus arrd' those of the
Mayas and Azlecs. while in lire re
mains of lire prchisloric race of lake
dwellers in Swilzeriand lire Sislres Is
identified with tire slaft of jingling
bells held in Iho hand of a slatue of
Buddha In India on whoso huso is a
row of Swastikas.
It appears on the foreheads of gods
in temples and on the walls of the
cave temples in India , and also on
Brahmin mountains. It Is placed entire
tire breast of the dead in Thibet , and
ornaments tire petticoats of the wonren
The Zodiac and the Swastika.
of that country. It Is shown in the
ruins of Algeria and on the bronze
ingots of aborigines in Ashuntee. In
our own America numberless ruins
give testimony to the antiquity of this
symbol.
In 1901 Dr. Berson , a German sa
vant , , discovered the ruins of an Aztec
temple in which he reports "constant
ly finding the Swastika in its primeval ,
In its derived and In its highly
advanced forms , " in his oplrrion posi
tively Identifying them with an age
prior to lhat of Enoch.
Although greatly obscured since the
days of the Divine Dynasties , yet
wo owe to the Egyptians tire preserva
tion of many of these symbols and the
recovery of many of the truths so
veiled. Each of the many discoveries
of archaeologists In Egypt at the pres
ent time is proving a rich treasure to
those who hold the astral key of Inter
pretation.
These spiritual truths became in
course of tlrrre malerialized and , losing
sight of the real mysteries , the sym
bols became objects of worship. Hence
in this day wo see this grandest of all
cosmic symbols dorgraded in popular
estimation to n charm or amulet worn
to bring "good luck. "
From the illustration some idea of
the formation of the Swastika and its
relation to the zodiac is seen , lire ouler
rim being lire "wheel" of Ezekiel , and
lire four bcasls forming the arms of
the cross , named in the Bible as the
bull ( Taurus ) , the lion ( Leo ) , the
englo ( Scorpio , anciently symbolized
as an eagle ) , and-lire man ( Aquarius ) .
These "beasts" correspond to lire four
elements , so called , of earth , air , flro
and water , which are the foundations
of the manifested universe.
Cuballsllcully Iho Swastika corresponds
spends to the number ten. Terr has al
ways been esteemed the number of the
Deity. The number one expresses
"Ihe universe visible , " and the cipher
at Its right hand "the Infinite vast. "
which wo cannot conceive. The Rosi-
crucians referred the highest and rrrost
abstract ideas of number to the ten
emanations of lire Dolly , for irr thorn
they recognized "tho key to all things. "
The winged sphere of the Egyptians
la another form of symbolizing the
same truth , with the wings added ,
which imply spiritual victory over
planetary influences and release from
the wheel of Sainsara , which means
being reborn on earth over und over
again , "called a wheel because wo
whirl about from ono life to another
so long as wo are overcome by de
sire. " Those who hold to the latlor
belief are somewhat superstitions
about wearing the Swastika , inas
much as It Is said to precipitate one's
"Jcarma , " which "tho lords oC the four
nngeB ] ( or angels ) " rule.
SAVED FROM MATERNAL WRATH ,
Boys' Fervent Prayer Was Answtr d
In the Nick of Time.
A suburbanite la fond of telling this
story of lila flve-ycnr-old son Hobby.
Being of an Inquiring turn of mind
the youngster one day managed to
turn on both faucets In the bathtub
to see what would happen. It chanced
that the stopper was In place , and the
tub rapidly filled up , to the great de
light of Hobby. Finally , however , the
tub became so full that It threatened
to overflow on to the lloor , and Hobby ,
hfwlng a proper respect for the mater
nal nllpper , became frightened and
tried vainly to turn off the water. He-
Ing unable to , for some reason , ho
gazed tearfully at the ever-rising flood ,
and then , mindful both of bis religious
training and the occasional visits of
the plumber , he plunged down on his
knees , and his elder sister , who hap
pened to be passing at the moment ,
heard him exclaim , fervently :
"O , Lord , please stop this water
running ! And , O , Lord , if you can't
do It , please send somebody that can ! "
His prayer was answered , for his
sister rose to the occasion and turned
off the water and temporarily saved
Hobby from the much-feared slipper.
ITCHING HUMOR ON BOY
His Hands Were a Solid Mass , and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured in 4 Days By Cutlcura.
"One day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed It on his little
hands. Ills .hands were not as bad
then , and wo didn't think anything
serious would result. Hut the next day
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. By
this time the disease had spread all
over his body , and his hands were
nothing but a solid mass of this itch
ing disease. 1 purchased a box of Cutl
cura Soap and one box of Cutlcura
Ointment , and that night I took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him well. Then I dried
him and took the Cutlcura Ointment
and anointed him with it I did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Don
ahue , 208 Fremont St. , Kokomo , Ind. ,
Sept. 1C , 1907. "
SWEET THINGS.
Maude How do I look in the water ,
dear ?
Mabelle Best ever when your fig
ure is totally immersed.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness , it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric IB
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness , which not only destroys tte
appearance , but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch , as it can be applied
much more thinly because of Its great
er strength than other makes.
A Difficult Lesson.
"It Is next to impossible for a man
to teach a pretty girl how to whistle , "
naid a musician wlro is a good whis
tler.
"How is that ? " ho was asked.
"Well , providing she is not yoirr
wife or sister , when a pretty girl geta
her lips properly puckered she usually
looks so bewitl'hlngly tempting that ho
kisses her , and the consequence la she
doesn't have a chance to blow a note. "
A Favored Fowl.
"I has been told , " bald Miss Miami
Brown , "dat de parrot is one of the
longes'-llved birds dat is. "
"Do stalonrent , " replied Mr. Erastus
Pinkley , "Is strictly ornithological. "
" 1 wonder why ? "
"I "specks dat one reason why de
parrot lives so long is dut he aiu' good
to eat. " Washington Star.
Lewis' Single Binder co ts more than
other r c cin'ir ' * . Smokery know why.
1'ouv dealer or LcwU' Factory , I'eoria , 111
Suflleient unto the day are the 24
hours thereof.
Mrs. WlMBlow'H Soothlnii SJTUI .
rnr children teethlne , Boficns the euros , reduce * In *
UammuUimaUuygpalucuru w1mlcolic. ; caIxiulu.
The place should not horror the man ,
brrt the man the place. Agesllaus.
I'not Arlio ITso AHt-n's I'oot-RnRo
OrcrHOWOti'stlmutilulh. Ui-fusolmUullmis. iwniSfor
triH ) trial packauu. A. b. OlwMiHT , IAI Hey , N. V.
Blunt language Is often used in mak
ing sharp rotorls.
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