Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume], February 28, 1908, SECOND SECTION, Page 9, Image 9

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SECOND SECTION
SECOND SECTION
'PAGBS9.TO.16.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
WATERBUItY, CONN., F1UDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1908.
V
OF
J. F. Scott Declares His Aero-
plane Is For America Alone.
WILL NOT-AID FOREIGNERS.
'"V
Chicago Man Who Captured Contract.
For Atrial War Craft From Govern
ment Didn't Care For Reward Be
lieves United States Will Reach
'. Greatest Heights In Civilization.
' James Fi Scott of Chicago, to whom
the government has awarded a $10,000
contract for an aeroplane, says that
within five years the development of
flying apparatus will . have gone so
far that aeroplane ships carrying crews
of twenty to thirty , men will be mak
ing regular flight; ir 2,000 miles at a
clip. He looks 'for progress to be
made similar to that with the automo
bile, which has reached its present
state of perfection within a decade.
. Mr. Scott is a scenic artist forty -five
years old. lie has made at least a doz
en working models, and the apparatus
to be built for the war department is
to consist of two main perfectly hor
izontal planes, with several smaller in
termediary planes, the whole weighing
1,600 pounds.. The maximum surface
of the planes will be 4,000 square feet,
nd the machine will carry two men.
. Mr. Scott is intensely interested In
the subject of aerial navigation, has
decided ideas as to how; a patriotic
American's knowledge and studies and
Investigations in any line of scientific
endeavor should be used freely and un
reservedly for the use of his govern
ment and for the advantage of no oth
er and Is firmly : convinced that the
need for all naval strength will be en
tirely done away -with m when aerial
navigation by aeroplanes shall have
been perfected. The possibility of
building a fleet of air craft which can
destroy the mightiest leviathan of the
tea by dropping explosives he regards
as sure In time not only to revolution
ize all warfare, but absolutely to do
away with it. -
VI was born lu Clinton, la., forty-five
years ago." said Mr. Scott as he sat In
his modest home, 673 South Rockwell
street, Chicago, and talked to the New
York Herald representative. "At fif
teen I was determined to see something
of the world, and I caine to Chicago,
which hits been my home, though with
fuequent breaks, ever since., j,
"As a young uian I was attracted to
art, and I did a good deal of portrait
painting. I also decorated the Interiors
of many fine Chicago residences. '
"No, I never have attempted to ex
hibit. I left that for other arttets. '
know a large number of artists In all
fields, whether of portrait work or In
commercial linen: Later in life I took
up scenic pninting, and the work upon
theatrical scenery has taken me to
many parts of the country.
"But all these years I have devoted
most of my time to ray aeroplanes. ' I
have made money iu scenic painting,
but It has been a means to the end that
I might use the money so earned in
supporting my wife and two children
and myself while I devoted my thought
to aerial navigation.
"My son Robert, who Is fifteen, has
a naturally Inventive, mechanical mind.
I bought him a motor cycle recently,
and It wasn't a day before he bad the
machine all apart. ' "I must see what
Is In It. father,' he told me, and be has
been of very material assistance to me
In my experiments. . Often I have lieen
perplexed with a certain problem, and
he has come In and apparently Intui
tively divined how It should be solved,
and bia solutions have In a large num
ber of case proved absolutely sound.
'The reason I wrote the government
authorities that my Invention .would
be-at their service for $10,000 unre
servedly la that I believe all patriotic
Americans should devote their efforts
to the welfare of their government pro
vided Their lines of endeavor lie along
lines like mine and that a prohibitive
price should not be put upon their
work. I have the greatest faith In the
Idea that the United States Is the coun
try which la destined to reach the
greatest heights In civilization, holding
up the beacon for other peoples, and 1
believe every true American patriot
(should farther this advance with all
the earnestness that In him lies."
To emphasize his patriotic motives
air. Scott said ia the course of the In
terview: "If the representative of any
foreign power England, France, Ger
many or other nation came to me ami
told me that fl.OOn.OOO lay In a bank
subject to my check provided I would
turn over to him even the diagram
of my aeroplane I would refuse such
offer. No amount of money could per
suade me to seU my invention to s for
lgn power. '
"1 ask for no aggrandizement or the
plaudits of the multitude. I only hope
to earn fellowship In the ranks of
those whose only aim Is to do good.
By their vorts ye nH know them
I do not e?en ask to be given credit
for gnod Ideations. I have devised
an aerial war craft that in the hands
of a great aad goad peopie can be used
to abolish forever the black reproach
to bnmanpy war. The butchery, the
Jefil murder of the brave and beaatl
fnl flower of the nations, sacrificed to
last for power, for re?d and for all
that Is basest la bumaa tboagbts. mint
ceae.
I never nave soaclit publicity la
tay work. I have not joined tbe Chi
cago Aerenautique etub beraue I nar
pftf fed to beep.tbe work to myseX
Tbe prfxn I aa tare of relvuig froes
tk fOrwnt Sl 'p some, of
mzr': lt i a nttr of ff, I
PATRIOTISM
TO
didn't core whether I received It or
not, for J am willing to give my serv
ices along these lines to the govern
ment. ' '
"My first flights were made In the
years 1893 , and 1804 at Lavergne, a
suburb of Chicago on the Chicago,
Burlington and Qulncy railroad. My
flights then and all I have made sub
sequently have been to test my models
and for the purpose of experimenta
tion. The longest flight I made then
was about 200 yards and the greatest
height about thirty feet from the
ground. I never attempted to soar
higher, for I have had an idea that If
I should fall it would damp my ardor.
But I never have had an accident.
"I have continued my experiments
with various models, many of which
I still have In more or less , comf "ete
shape, in various towns in Illlnv'.,
Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. Thv J
last flight made in one of my machines
took place near Sbelbyville, Ind., three
years ago. My assistant manned the
car, and several short flights of 200
yards and less were negotiated wifh
success with and against the wind and
across It.' . .
"Now, although many people who
have not studied the matter may scoff,
I venture to predict that within five
years there will be constructed aero
plane ships to carry crews of twenty
to thirty men, having engines of from
COO to 1,000 horsepower and capable
of n flight of 2,000 miles at a clip.
"The ship which I ara building ac
cording to the specifications furnished
the government will stay in the air
one hour, will make its ascents and de
scents without danger and will carry
two men. My experiments have prov
ed to me that the planes above and
below must be perfectly flat, and there
will be no curves or concavity in them.
During the hour that it remains In the
air my ship will maintain its equilib
rium, be under perfect control and
move In all directions, as required by
the specifications provided by the sig
nal corps. The weight of the genera
tor will be 400 pounds, and it will be
a craft of 100 horsepower.
"As compared with the aeroplanes
of tbe near future the craft so far
made are as dugouts to the modern
ocean liner. I have the greatest re
spect and consideration for all the ef
forts that have been made by M. Hen
ry Farman, the Wright brothers, Is
rael Ludlow, Santos-Dumont, Herring,
Professor Langley, L'llientbal, Octave
Chanute and all the others. I have
studied "their craft and have read, 1
think, nearly all that has been written
about them." ,
, v - . '
REAL FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
Fresh Air, So Says Mrs. Hensley, Who
Keeps Young by Outdoor Sleep.
Mrs. Alnion Hensley of New Ro
chelle, formerly president of the New
York City Mothers' club and a mem
ber .of many other t. women's organiza
tions In. New York city, believes that
In sleeping out of doors the year round
she has discovered the fountain of
youth. She is a busy literary worker,
author of several volumes of prose and
verse and admits being forty years of
age.
"I don't think I look it, though," she
adds, "and when I get to be sixty 1
don't expect to look a day older than
now. Tbe trouble with most of us Is
we don't breathe half enough for
health. Tbe finest air Is wasted on
Individuals who don't know how to
use It"
Mrs. Hensley for tbe last year and a
half has slept on the veranda of her
home In Hlllcrest avenue, which Is on
the outskirts of New Rocheile and
looks ont upon a grove of pines.
Two sides of the veranda are Inclos
ed by sliding glass doors, to be drawn
In case of show, sleet or rain. Other
wise Mrs. Hensley ' bed. a swinging
hammock. Is exposed to tbe elements.
For the necessary warmth, she uses
two (lerroan feather beds, one as a
mattress and tbe other as a coverlet
Besides this, a couple of down com
fortables and an army blanket are
used, to be laid aside In case tbe
weather Is mild.
"Although I came from a family who
Individually weigh a great deal, I nev
er let my weight get above 145
pounds," Mrs. Heusley says, "and any
woman by following my directions can
rediu-e her weight from fifteen to twen
ty pounds lu six weeks.- Moderation
Iu eating I of course essential, and ex
ercise la valuable, but the deep breath
ing and out of door sleeping are the
two most important factors."
Books For the Sightless. !
The alumiulum books for the blind j
now being printed In Edinburgh are of '
thin sheets embossed In the usual way.
They are easier to reed than paper
books, do not soil and are practically
Indestructible. Their espensiveness Is i
their drawback. ;
Waiting.
Their pictures new
A lorn each pare.
And tasbal ptarer
Are the rue.
Th lew pnenoms
Ar tr.t(ed oat.
Old plavrrs, she
Have grown too stoat.
Are trsicun down.
And the ema!1 tmr.
Fl'H with tbe thought
of co-iina yx .
Ixie a ' has
Gla lr ml 1 bra
T tb ball sark
And hi the f.nea
Fenr-d a knothole
Kri at hU bra ad
firm the seme
Wits a stead? band.
FlWSTJtrM tS
Tbe pwfrr ront
Wi a rrtl
11 th fqrrMa aurati
r?-i is the
Hnr rc. toz
Tortv'm H tt .
- crew;
Ferwttea enrrr.
Tkrae aad all
Tbe wwrid ntts far
Tie rrf. "Par bI""
Hyaafs 7fc
UPLIFT FOR FARMING
University of Chicago to Instruct
on Scientific Lines.
STUDENTS WILL BE PAID.
Ten Gentlemen Agriculturists and ths
University Have Co-operated to
Teach Pupils Specializing and Rais
ing Standard of Produota Are Objects
Promoters' Have In View. -
The University of Chicago and ten
gentlemen farmers of the community
have Joined In an agricultural uplift.
Between the two interests strong young
men with an honest Intention and well
browned hauds are to be paid to study
scientific farming.
It is to be a guild rather than a col
lege or school of agriculture, says the
Chicago Post. The gentlemen farmers
will furnish the students with work
and means of sustenance; the univer
sity will give them Incidental technical
and scientific Instruction.
A pale student look and a nose peeled
from overmuch looking In the pots and
kettles of a university laboratory In the
quest of a degree will not be so much
of a recommendation In the application
for entrance as an honest if rough ap
pearance, along with an aRlllty to read
ordinary everyday English and write
it with only a little less ease.
The young men seeking agricultural
knowledge will be stationed at the
farms of the ten patrons of the guild
under the guidance of an experienced
manuger who kuows fields and their
products, animals and their ways, from
the practical as well as tbe scientific
standpoint.
For the work they do they will re
ceive $25 a month the first year, $30
the second and $35 during the final
season. Out of this tbe salary of a
good farm hand In these prosperous
days they give $5 a month for their
tuition and $5 a month toward a fund
which Is' returned to them when they
are graduated. If the student keeps
np his course for three years, be will
have a bonus of $200.
This will carry him over the period
of work seeking. Tbe founders of the
guild believe that he will not have to
look long or far.. They think he will
be worth at least $2,000 a year as a
farm manager within the Chicago sub
urban radius.
The farm owners In the guild arc
Arthur Meeker, general manager of
Armour & Co.; R. R. Hammond of the
Dering Coal company; Samuel Insull,
president of the Chicago Edison com
pany; Frofessor F. I. Lillie of the Uni
versity of Chicago; H. 8. Keeley, traffic
manager of tho Milwaukee railway; II.
S. Hart, president of the National
Dump Car company; H. I. Miller, pres
ident of the Chicago and Eastern Illi
nois railroad; J. K. Pering, president
of the Pering Coal company, and IJen
Jatnin Johnson, agriculturist and stock
raiser. The head of the school or
guild for the university will be Pro
fessor William mil.
Already twenty students in the agri
cultural schools of the Universities of
Wisconsin and Illinois have asked for
enrollment The guild will be able
to take 100 students, the work to be
gin about April of this year.
Professor Hill says the Intention of
tho guild la to raise tbe standard of
farm products, form a marketing as
sociation to cater to tbe fancy trade
and send Intelligent, well trained young
men to the couutry. Owners of spe
cialized farms will find men capable
of taking charge of their places.
The farms of tbe members of the
gnild ail are In the vicinity of Chicago
most of them near take Forest, Lake
Bluff and Harrington. AH are spe
cialised along various lines. Students
will work on them In rotation bo as to
gain an all around knowledge or If
studying along a certain line will be
allowed to remain on the farm best
fitted to the purpose. .
Tbe practical work of the students
will be divided Into two classes field
and laboratory work and campus
work. Many of tbe courses will be
giveu in the university balis. but mapt
of the Instruction will I given on tbe
farms. Small dormitories will be built
on several of tbe farms If tbe number
of students ia large enough. Regular
tuition fe of $40 for a three months
term will be charged tbe students.
Radium Bathing,
The Australian minister of agricul
ture bas derided to create a radium
lathing institution at Joachimstnal in
order to utilise radium water for thera
peutic purpose. Proposals have al
ready been made to the government by
the Carlsbad munlelillty and. says
contemporary, by an English syndicate
for tbe organisation of radium bath,
but tbe minister of arxirultnre bas de
termined to retain control of tbe under
taking. Starras Far Darkest Africa.
Canceled stamps are being need by
mitslonarie In vsrlnos way in their
wort. Mm 1 Witt of Newfane. Vt. I
ba lately pent 2.VQ, moot! two rent
tatnpA. roihted by tbe Christian En
deavor, to n nitaister In New Jerwj.
and repif en e that they bare
been nest to AfrV-a. wtere they will be
ned m rewards for learning Bible
BU ef Jka f ta Rwbee. '
Wten Frank Colon of Coins EJe.
Coaa r Pt;y s it of bis to i
tbe New Terk d t bew be f n Joke !
- John Tat I M the asfcasl enter ; !
In TabeTn ifae. Tbe tret Tabrt knew
aoort R ss wb be got word tbat
tbe dan; bad taken trst prise, tie
tUfarton iaTO psav! by c"
f-e t:a
PLEA TO 'SAVE REDWOODS.
Young Californians Want National
Park to Preserve Giant Trees.
One of the most unusual petitions ever
sent to Uncle Sam is one which has
leen received at Washington by the
forest service from nearly 1,400 Cali
fornia school children, who ask for
the establishment of a redwood na
tional park. This petition, which is
from the children of the schools of Eu
reka, Humboldt county, Cal., Is unlike
tny other which has ever been sent
to a government department to ask
for the preservation of forests, says a
forest service bulletin. In the petition
the children say:-
"We, the children of Eureka schools,
have , been studying about our red
wood forests, and, along with tbe rest
of the people of our country, we feel
that representative groves of these
trees should be preserved for ourselves
and coming generations of children,
and we respectfully petition tbe Unit
ed States government to take some ac
tion toward establishing a national for
est of redwoods."
, Government foresters who are ac
quainted with this section of Califor
nia say that the children give good rea
sons for the establishment of the na
tional park. It has been only a few
years since the redwood trees stood
thick on the land around the larger
towns of Humboldt county, but now
all tbe readily accessible timber has
been removed, and the people see the
time when tbe redwood groves will
have disappeared.
There is little If any redwood left
suitable for a national park that has
not fallen Into private hands. The ac
quisition of any such areas, therefore,
would have . to be brought about
through private donatiou. If It Is
found necessary to purchase tbe land
for the park, congressional action will
be required.
The children do not specify any par
ticular grove of trees which they should
like created a national park. ' It will
therefore be necessary for the people
of Humboldt county to locate h suita
ble grove-of redwood to be made-a
national park, make arrangements for
the purchase of the tract and then re
quest congress to take up tbe matter.
The forest service" will be able to do
nothing more than to supply all pos
sible Information and assistance. The
chief inspector at San Francisco will
be requested to look into the matter
and assist those Interested In tbe
movement in every way.
M'ADOO TUNNEL TRIP.
John Bigelow Moved to Sentiment en
Journey Under Hudson River.
Ninety-one years old, but heartier
than many of the younger men on the
train, John Bigelow, distinguished
statesman, author and historian, made
the first official trip from Manhattan
to New Jersey through the McAdoo
tunnels. While tbe train was speeding
from fifty to seventy feet beneath tbe
bosom of the Hudson river be dictated
the following statement: . ?
"For the greatest joys of my whole
life I am Indebted to the Hudson river.
I was born on Its banks, I have sailed
on Its waters In dories and on cakes of
ice, I have drunk it. I have swum In
it and have skated on Its frozen bosom.
It is responsible to me directly and in
directly for the greatest pleasures of
my youth.
"But If In the wildest few of my
imagination I ebould have thought of
having the enjoyment of crossing un
der tbe river I should certainly have
been pronounced a lunatic. Today V
hate crossed in that way. It has beer,
a new and different pleasure, and It br
the one of which as a citizen of New
York and an American I am moat
proud. Tbe speeches were In good
taste. They were necessarily brief,
but there was a frank expression of
the very paramount sentiment of the
occasion."
BLAST FOR RICH WEDDINGS.
Respect Due the Church Lacking, Says
Pittsburg Paster.
Ministers In rtttshurg bave started a
crusade against fashionable rbnrrh
weddings. Leading the revolt is the
Rev. Ir. J. II. Mclivalne. pastor of
Calvary Episcopal church, who in 1112
married Alice Thaw to the Earl of
Yarmouth. He delivered a sermon re
cently that bas stirred every minis
terial association to arllou.
He said wejdlnsa of the day in rtlts
burg were arranged cod carried out by
tbe fiorlsts. tbe ram as funerals are
bandied by tbe undTtakers. .
The tarred re pert due tbe rbur.-h
Is not preneut at these weddings," said
tbe minister, "and tbe clergyman
comes to be a mere notbinc.- necessary,
of course, bvt sandwiched In la any old
place. Tbe slowest music Is played,
often that from operas, as the bridal
party marches np tbe aisle. This gives
tbe guests a longer thne to look at
tbe brkie's dress, and to do It tbey
even stand np on tbeir rata.'
Moat of the ministerial amciation
at a recent meeting indorsed tbe views
of Mr. Mclivaine.
A Fireeraclter Kioas Fa aider.
A Fourth of Ja!y wltbost a bnraed
ngxr-tbat si I be idea rf Martin
Arrastrodft. n teiegrapb operator of
Eabanka, Okia. He baa patented an
etpbtve toy railed tbe air cracker. It
coBaiata of a rnMvr rvp. the top of
whV b H beJd hf a rpriaf jnst begeatb.
aaetal rie A band) la attached.
Between tbe rap ar.d ubt fttiag. tat
ring n piece f rarer placed. Wben
atrsrm awhat say object tbe rabber
force air ireatly agatnat tbe paper.
T3e tarrr'a of tbe paper ta
fata Cw I
AN ENDOWED STUDENT
ill Makes William Cullen B.
Kemp Collegian For Life.
HOLDER OF SEVERAL DEGREES
Columbia Man Who Has Been at the
University Many Years Must Keep on
Chasing Knowledge, Else Hia $2,500
Annuity Will Stop Is Still One of
the "Boys."
William Cullen Bryant Kemp, LL.
B., LL. M., A. B., A. M., has started
in with his accustomed jauntiness of
spirit to take tbe degree of Ph. D. at
I his old stamping ground, Columbia
university. In taking this degree more
time than for any other degree is al
lowed by the university. He may have
five years in which to grasp political
economy and the kindred subjects that
equip one for rank as a doctor of phi
losophy. The Kemp who was named after the
poet who, as a mere boy, wrote "Than
atopsis" is an older element In tbe
contemporaneous history of the Insti
tution than many of the great bulld-
ings which cluster around the dome of
the library building, says the New
York Times. Generations bave flowed
Into the dormitories and class rooms
and flowed out fitted for endeavor in
the world, but Kemp hats stuck, and
the years have seen him still the col
j lege boy, working for a degree, with
! his balr growing sparser and bis form
' taking on gradually that rotundity of
i the well fed man of the forties,
j In the registrar's office the other day
the clerk smiled and said that of
course he knew Kemp. Kemp was
there when the clerk was in linen pin
afores at home and before he got In
touch with the registration books. As
far back as bis means of research al
lowed he found tbe name of William
Cullen Bryant Kemp recorded as out
for the LL. B. In 1893-that was fif
teen years ago and the newest book
of record had htm down as out for the
Ph. D.
I In thee maturer college days of
Cemp one report has It that be has
been a student for twenty-seven years
i he appears ever and anon in khaki
knickerbockers and with a chrysanthe
mum in the lapel of his well fitted
jacket. In Livingston hall, where his
snug rooms are, be shares in 'the
j bright, cheerful dormitory life of the
; scores of youngsters when be Is not
boning away for exams.
The mystery of Kemp's student dec
ades is no longer a mystery. ' There is
hardly a boy who has been at tbe uni
versity for two years who has not
heard It told and told It In turn. It Is
to the effect that Kemp when a youth
displayed an antipathy to the regular
course of study and that he would not
be ready on any examination day or
gather enough of book learning to
make even a fair show along with tbe
most diffident of students.
To remedy this Kemp, the boy, was
provided for lu the will of a wealthy
relative who was wise in his day and
generation and given to the under
atandlng of human nature. This rela
tive provided an income for Kemp of
$2,500 a year, the same to be paid him
as long as be remained at Columbia
university and to cease when be left.
Kemp was in no danger of brain
fever from overwork at the time this
arrangement was first made, but it la
said that he managed thereafter to re
main on tbe college register as a stn
dent and draw the first year's money
coming to him. He could bave been
graduated many, many years ago, of
course; but. the students say, the real
ization of the practical uses to which
$2,500 a year could be put brought
htm to a sense of veneration for tbe
pursuit of knowledge, and he began to
nurse the curriculum for all it was
worth.
From 180fa. when be got bis LL. B..
to 1900 were years of leannesa In the
gathering of degrees for Kemp, but be
accumulated the easy A. B. In 1900 and
durlug the following year made n spurt
and picked op tbe A. M. and the LU
M. But this waa exhausting too rapid
ly tbe degrees that might be attained
during a goodly space of year on a
comfortable Inheritance paid yearly.
Tbe seven year until now bave been
leaner than any of the other stretcbe.
and Kemp la booing away on tbe long
est of all tbe stretches, the five years
allowed for the acquiring of tbe Fh. D.
Learning baa become a profession with
Student Kemp now. Just bow old be
l bat fellow students profees not to
know. Some say that he baa finished
with the forties and I trudging along
toward sixty In his kbakl knickerbock
ers, with bin I looks nader bis arm and
bia chrysanthemum In bia Jacket lapel.
With tbe Fh. n. tbe endowed student
will bare nsed np tbe last of tbe
choiarty degree offered by Columbia,
bat aoay go back for postgradoat
con rat and get a bachelor of ecieore
degree in two eiasr. Moreover, wben
these reaoorre la tbe battle against
the tread of t!me have been need np
Kemp may cast about acd select de
gree la tbe more practical and anate
! rial line of mental accoraplishinet.
j There wCl be aainmg, electrical etft
' ayring. civ LI engineering, architecture.
pba ncaomtk-al chemistry, merbaok-al
engineering, and that win be tbe end.
He wl'j either leave coiie wttnoert an
fncicae or be removed at tbe bead of a
pe enaeon of (. aiiiage.
9boo)d tbe facsity body take ac
tion far tbe reiief of Student Keasp
aboat twenty year from now, wben
tbe Inst decree i tacked to bsa name,
tbey wm bebotd bia cast adrift wltb
ost a rent-Win. at Cniiea Bryant
I Kemp, M. D- A. B, A- M. LL. M,
LL B. D, C t. E. L, Meek. E,
C M. Fbar. Cfeenu B. S, B. S, B. B.
THE TOKYO FAIR.
Big Exhibition to Show the Progress
of Japan.
The grand exhibition of Japan will
be opened at Tokyo on the 1st of April,
1012, and will be closed on the 31st of
October of that year.
All foreign governments and peoples
are Invited to participate. For the in
stallment of foreign exhibits belonging
to the five departments of education,
science, machinery, electricity and
manufactures space will be provided
In the exhibition buildings erected by
the administrative office of the exhibi
tion. 1 For exhibits other than those
above designated any nation may erect
a separate building at its own expense.-
No charge will be made for
space allotted for such building. If
they so desire, any foreign nation may
exhibit articles belonging to the five
departments named in its own build
ing. All exhibits, building materials, dec
orations,, etc., will be admitted free of
duty If not used for commercial pur
poses. Special arrangements as to
duty will be made on articles for sale
at bazaars or for amusements in the
exhibition. Special protection by law
will be afforded to all Inventions, de
signs, models of utility and trademarks
of foreign exhibits.
The exhibition grounds will cover a
total area of from 272 to 290 acres.
For this 124 acres of the Aoyama pa
rade ground will be used, 132 acres of
Yoyogl imperial land and the remain
der from Kitamachi Aoyama. A rond
about 480 feet in width will be built
connecting tbe Aoyama parade ground
and the imperial property.
Tbe exhibition is to be held not for
the purpose of commemorating any
historical event, but to show to the
world the development and progress of
Japan. Tbe government has planned
to Bpend $5,000,000 from the national
treasury, and It is expected that the
various provinces and municipalities
will appropriate $5,000,000 more to the
exhibition. The city of Tokyo will con
tribute $2,500,000 as its share.
FISH IN YOUR CAKE OF ICE.
Curious New Kind of Natural Cold
Storage In Minneapolis.
Next summer the people of Minneap
olis will be able to go to their refriger
ators, get a live fish and cook him
while he wiggles.
This desirable condition of affairs has
come about by the finding of a pond
near the river in which the ice is full
of the finest kind of edible fish. The
pondVas formed by: the overflow of
the Missouri river last spring, and
when the water receded a small sand
bar kept thousands of fish imprisoned,
says tbe Minneapolis Tribune. Tbe slit
of the river has settled to the Iwttom
of the pond and purified the water as a
filter would do, so tbe Ice Is the finest
In the world and is solid and clear as
crystal tojtbe bottom.
The discovery of this fish ice was
made by Minneapolis Icemen wben put
ting up their summer supply. Some of
the fish were broken out of the ice aud
after they had been in tbe sun a few
moments began to wiggle and when
placed la water swam around as
though they had never been frozen.
This phenomenon suggested an Idea
to the Icemen, and they already have'
several hundred tons of fish Ice stored
In their houses and will sell It the com
ing summer at an advance over the
price of ordinary . Ice because of ihe
food supplies It carries.
The fish thus captured vary In size
from six Inches to two feet and include
buffalo, catfish, bullheads, carp, suck
era and other varieties Indigenous to
the river. There are thousands of
them, and nearly every cake of Ice has
several fish In it.
The find has been a boon to the
poorer classe of Minneapolis, as many
of them have laid In all the Ice tbey
can stow away, and .other have cut
ont the fish and are selling them about
town. Cake of tbe Ice with the In
closed fish are displayed in the market
windows and attract a great deal of
attention.
A Play In Esperanto.
Esperantlsts are in high glee. After
severe straggle against public senti
ment these advocate of n universal
language bave scored a higher mark of
success than waa ever gained by any
previous school of pan-Iingualistn, says
tbe Washington Star. One of the fore
most Anglo-American theatrical mana
gers baa announced bis Intention to
present In Berlin pext August a per
formance of one of bia latest successes
In Esperanto. The translation is now
being made, and tbe leading perform
ers sre la training to acquire the vo
cabulary and accent Esperantists. who
are numerous in Berlin, are highly
elated over tbe proclamation, which
tbey regard marking the turning
point In the tide.
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Aa ewe I tiard to spell.
Par wben I try to atmpUfr
I fall to do It weU.
If laolctloo seises me.
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I raa't explain tbe andden pa! a
la Just a timaaua akc
I cannot spn the aid srorda
Ta mate the saedem whim.
If t ahoald slip aad braiae any htp
r hate to writ K Ura.
And wbeaj a man Is errine m
Taald U ae with regret
T take air pra and ask him si ben
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t do not rS.ua. net rafasa
Te drep a "a" from acg.
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LOOKI JTER TARS
How Seamen's Society Watches
: Over Uncle Sam's Sailors.
REACHES TO FAR CAPE HORN
Not a Man Lost Through Shore Leave
by Battleship Fleet In Ita Long
Cruise Around South America Many
Lettera Sent Home From Society's
Coast Stations. -,-(
That tbe 15,000 sailors of the United
States battleship fleet were slipping
along the far coast of South America,
hale and hearty, with ever an eye to
old home folks, was reported in New
York city the other day.
From their five branch stations
along tbe route about the Horn the
workers of the American Seamen'
Friend society are sending to head
quarters the news of the eventful day
of shore leave In which Uncle Sam'
sailors swarmed ashore to their quar
ters for sight of a good American face
and the rare chance of a quiet smoke,
a talk and a long letter to the folks
at home. Stamps, souvenir postals,
reading material from home and stacks
of letter paper are exhausted at these
branches, the society's officers declare,
and thousands of carefully scrawled
missives have left their writing rooms
for homes in every part of the United
States. '
At Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo,
Buenos Aires find Rosario, where
headquarters for sailors have been
maintained for years by this organiza
tion, the navy tars; have been wel
corned, entertained and piloted pretty
clear of the shoals that lie particularly
foul of the course of the sailor in for- :
eign ports. Human life, vice and bad
liquor are valued cheaply in some of
these South American towns, and it
goes hard and often fatally with the
seafaring man . if. . he. gets Into the
hands of the natives. Not even his
navy uniform has snved many a jacky
from bodily harm in remote quarters
of such cities, and today the workers
of the society throughout the lower
continent feel relieved and gratified
that tbe fleet has finally stood off
toward its own shores once more with
all the tars aboard and alive.
From Itlo de Janeiro a report recent
ly reached New York telling of the ad
vent of the Yankee sailors there. WTith
other local organizations the American
Seamen' ' Friend society" branch at
New York organized a constant enter
tainment for tbe men of tbe fleet. An
Information bureau was equipped, to
which the sailors went on their arrival
to bave their money honestly changed
nnd embark on excursion conducted
about the place for their benefit. Ev
ery square foot of the room of tbi
station of the society was packed each
hour of the stay of tbe trnttleKhips by
the American crews, smoking, yarning
or reading and writing ' home letter.
Before the squadron weighed nchor
a large meeting of the men waa ar
ranged -bythe society's worker.
On the river Plata tbe society had
three stations ready for Admiral Evans
men. Here everything wa thrown
open in the vMtlng sailors and their
path kept as straight as pneeible. The
bloody jvlolenee of the crimp of Ro
sario and this entire region ha fallen
on many a defenseless seaman in tbe
past, and after seven year of hard
effort the workers of these branches
have only Just succeeded In becoming
t buffer between them and the visiting
tailor. That the American Jackie
left Buenos Aires in good order I rec
ognized as a welcome result of the
long campaign. To the friendly office
of this a well as the other branches
of the American Seameo Friend
riety the navy tars had been commend
ed long before, they . sailed, by old
friend in the active branches of the
organization at the Brooklyn navy yard
and Newport News.
Five large Institute of the organiza
tion will be on the lookout for the men
of the fleet when tbey touch borne soil
gain at Seattle. Tacoroa. Portland, As
toria or Tort Townsend. There ar
some forty-five of these branches keep
ing watch over the sailor man alt over
tbe world, tbe officer of the oclety
say. That such close touch could have
been kept of the Taciflc fleet in It
continent girdling cruise I regarded
by them aa a good test of tbe work.
Open Air Checker Contest.
. In Colorado Springs. Colo there la ft
little group o men who like outdoor
exercise of a very light nature. So
they take a checker or domino board
to one of the many little parks there
and play, no matter what tbe state of
the weather. Just so long a It Is not
snowing or raining. Almost any day
will And tbe little group of men with
benches drawn close together and all
Intent npon the rme. not neeing the
many stranger who regard tbem curi
ously as tbey sit there playing tbebr
dally game.
The games, cold weather or warm, I
the little park have aroused much in
terest ta Colorado Spring. Tbe cham
ber of comment of tbe town baa take
the picture of tbe men and will ae It
hi circular advertising tbe ellnait
f that country.
H Silver Tmy.
A gigantic tray of solid silver ba
recently been Bade by n firm In Lo-
don for aa oriental potentate. Tbdj
tray is sere feet la diameter and M
aid to be tbe largest ever exec ted.
It was In tbe band of tbe wrkaeJ
for over a year. -
Under a Near Nff
"Ajeerfcaa borer' 1 tbe usi t-9