The Cottage Grove sentinel., April 08, 1910, Image 2

Ancient Chimes Occupying the Bel­
fry of St. Michael’s, Charles­
ton, S. C.
MOST
FAMOUS
IN
AMERICA.
fn 150 Years They Have Had Many
Strenuous Experiences, But
They Are Still on Duty.,
Replete in its landmarks of other
days, old Charleston is a South Caro­
lina feity to be beguilded more by evi­
dence of what has been, rather than
by what is, says Winifred S. Haynet
, in the Atlanta Journal. Among its
many remaining edifices of bygone
days there are none which ¿peaks
more eloquently of the cultured relig­
ious life of this gracious city than its
many interesting and beautiful old-
time churches, erected in many in­
stances by the grandfathers and great
grandfathers of the men and women
who attend their services to-day.
Tourists go to St. Michael’s, opened
for worship in 1752, the oldest un­
modeled church in the' United States.
Modeled after the church by Christo­
pher Wren, in London, the resem­
blance, though not so pretentious, is
quite marked. In the small, crowded
churchyard adjoining sleeps the clisr
tinguished statesman, Robert Hayne,
and few indeed are the crumbling
stones which do not bear names of
men and women whose lives meant
much in these proud colonial days of
that old city.
Within the church are many tablets
—too many, in fact, to read. One is
shown the pew in which Washington
sat, and which has since been oc­
cupied by most of the city’s distin­
guished visitors—Robert E. Lee, the
Princess Louise of England, and vari­
ous of our Presidents.
It is a pretty day, and if one has
the courage for the climb, he may
use his own pleasure about ascending
through the belfry to the watch tower
used during the revolution. From
there an excellent view of the city may
be had, and of the beautiful harbor,
with little Fort Sumter a black dot,
and the misty ocean stretching far be­
yond.
The situation naturally reminds one
of the Old North Church at Boston,
with its celebrated lanterns—“one if
by land and two if by sea.” In the
belfry are to be seen the chimes,,
which, in point of history at least, are
Ahe most famous in the United States.
Originally imported from England,
Ttthey have crossed the Atlantic five,
¡and in the case of one bell, spven
ttaes, to do duty for St. Michael’s,
nothing demonstrating to a greater ex­
tent the Charleston people’s regard for
sentiment than the history of these
chimes.
Confiscated by the British in the
days of the American revolution, dur­
ing Sir Henry Clinton’s occupancy of
the city, they were sent to England
as trophies of war, where later they
were purchased by a private citizen
and returned to Charleston. In the
course of time one of them became
cracked and was sent to London for
repair. During the Civil War they
were sent to Columbia, S. C., by che
people of Charleston to be made into
cannon if needed. They were spared,
however, but when Sherman burned
Columbia they were ruined, until their
molten metal was gathered up and
again shipped to London, where they
were remodeled iri the original casts
■ by the successors of the first firm.
Up in their belfry home they still ring
out in the glad refrain they have
Bpiayed, when possible, each Sunday
jmuming for more than 150 years; for
regardless of this sad old city’s in-
mumberable calamities—its wars and
Unas and floods, its disastrous storms
and earthquakes—St. Michael’s chimes
have continued to ‘‘Praise God from
Whom All Blessings Flow.”
méat, present individuals of a gigantic
stature.
Under the ancient regime the eating
of flesh was regarded with great hor­
ror by the whole population. The
nobles alone tasted at times the flesh
of the wild boar, as a fitting end to
an exciting hunt. But within the last
twenty-five years the consumption of
meat has spread among the people, un­
til now in the streets of the cities
booths are to be found in plain view,
where for a small sum generous por­
tions of boiling beef or of horseflesh
can be bought. The Europeans and
the ^Americans who have lived in Ja­
pan for thirty years or so, or those
who revisit that land after a long ab­
sence, testify that eyen now this par­
tial introduction of à meat diet has
modified the physical appearance of
the laboring classes. The men are less
pale and more muscular. It appears
also that their stature has been consid­
erably increased, at least among tne
coolies and military. On the contrary,
among the artisans and other workers
of sedentary habits, who continue to
live on rice and vegetables, we find, as
heretofore, many individuals of exceed*
Ing small stature.
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The Farmer’s Automobile.
Many patrons of rural delivery
routes live a considerable distance
from the highway, and a device which
would carry the mail between the
house and the road would be a great
convenience. A Kansas subscriber
whose house ish 90 rods from the
rural route and who has a straight
line of telephone poles to the road,
asks if an endless wire cable could
be arranged in some way to carry a
small box.
A No. 10 wire can be attached to
While automobiles are expensive
vehicles, In a sense, they are daily
becoming less so. Improvements in
methods, materials and knowledge have
made a cheaper car possible and the
fact that the purchasers of fancy cars
are already supplied has caused man­
ufacturers to devote their energies to
turning out a car that is medium
priced and of high quality. A new
field for the marketing of the product
of their factories was necessary and
this field was found among the farm­
ers. High-priced, fancy cars would not
go with them, but quality would, and
those manufacturers who were shrewd
enough to make a car of high qual­
ity at a reasonable price have found
ready customers among the farmers.
It Is estimated that there are now
in use about 100,000 automobiles among
the farmers of this country and some­
thing like 5,000 of these are in Kan­
sas. They are great favorites among
the dairy fanners as time savers in the
dell,very of milk, but they are no less
so among other farmers, who find in
them a means of rapid transit without
disturbing the farm teams. The new
farm automobile is here to stay.—
Kansas Farmer.
WHITE IMMIGRANTS FOR HAWAII
Russians and Portuguese Beginning
to Replace the Orientals.
“Honolulu is encouraging to the ut­
most immigration of whites to the is­
lands,” said Antonio Perry, associate
justice of the supreme court of Hawaii
and former member of the board of
education of the islands, according to
the Los Angeles Herald.
“The country is succeeding to a de­
gree that is most satisfactory to the
planters, for we find the white laborer
is far superior to the Chinese and Ja­
panese. The Russians have proved
themselves especially adaptable to
work on the plantations. Five hun­
dred Russians arrived from Siberia
four months ago and more than 800
Portuguese were brought from the
Azores islands at about that time. In
fact, we have an agent, C. L. Atkinson,
recently secretary of the territory,
who makes his headquarters in Siberia
and before many years there will be
great numbers of Russians settle per­
manently in the islands. We are no
longer threatened with the ’ yellow
peril.
“The educational system of the is­
lands is second to none in the United
States. Considerable attention is paid
to the development and care of the
youth. We have a juvenile court con­
ducted in a similar manner as that of
Colorado. The youths who are charged
with wrongdoing are separated from
the more hardened criminals before
and after they are tried and until they
begin the service of the sentence im­
posed upon them.
“I am not much of a booster,” said
Judge Perry, “but perhaps it would
not be out of the way to say that Hon­
olulu is flooded with visitors and a’s a
consequence is building up a great
tourist trade that in point of annual
revenue is becoming an important fig­
ure with her. This trade, however, is
greatly impaired because of lack of
steamer accommodations, and the
coastwise law passed by Congress,
which prohibits carrying a passenger
from one city to another. The Philip­
pines have had this law suspended. We
are asking Congress to suspend the
operation of this act for a limited time
until ships can be built to carry tne
trade.”
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Trolley Mail Box.
DETAILS OF BOX AND TROLLEY.
brackets, fastened to the poles at such
a height as not to interfere with
teams, etc. A small box and carrier
can be run over this between the house
and the road. The box can be sent
down and brought back from the house
by the use of a cord or4 light twisted
wire cable. Attach it to the box and
pass it through a pulley on a post at
the road and around a drum or
through another pulley at the house.
The trolley wire should be soldered to
the brackets so the carrier may run
Wheat for Laying Hen«.
Many farmers grow and. sell, wheat,
but they do not feed any of it to their
chickens. Wheat is one of the best
egg-producing feeds, and it will pay
to feed it to the hens at all seasons,
even when it is above a dollar a bush-
eL Wheat is similar In composition to
milk and eggs; it contains nearly ill
the elements in right proportion for
perfect animal growth and mainte­
nance. A little of it will go a long
way in feeding.
DECEMBER AND MAY.
THE AMERICAN WORKMAN.
Mating; of the Old and the Young; la
Now Becoming; the Fashion.
His Condition a« Compared to Eng
lish and German Laborers.
What does it matter how old a man
is or what the age of a woman is if
they wish to marry? What have years
to do with love and that felicity that
comes from the tying of the nuptial
knot? Dr. Johnson’s wife was more
than twenty years his senior, and
Shakespeare’s spouse was old enough
to be his mother. They were happy,
and why should not those who follow
their example in these days also find
connubial joys?
It is getting to be the fashion now­
adays, this mating of December and
May, the New York Telegraph says.
Recently a wealthy woman of Hart­
ford made plans f rohraodni taoin
ford made plans for marrying a school­
boy at New Haven. She was about
70 and he about 20, and her children
and grandchildren, when they learned
about it, went to the courts and said
Bhe was crazy. But the judges knew
otherwise, and set her free and let
her continue mistress of her own for­
tune.
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Then there was the lady of a noted
American family who lived in her
inansion on the Hudson. For 68 years
she had lived alone, and then she mar­
ried her hostler, aged 24. What of
that? Shall a woman who has lived
nearly threescore years and ten and
still is an old maid continue so until
her death?
Mme. Françoise Mantaiselo, 57 years
old, and Arthur Springer, 23 years old,
have taken out a license .to marry in
this city. Speaking for the lady and
himself, Master Springer, made this
statement: “It is no one’s business
except ours if we marry.” The boy
is right; he can marry his step-grand-
mother if he wishes, and not even the
law can say him nay.
J. B. Street, statistican for the Brit­
ish department of commerce and la­
bor, who has been investigating com­
parative conditions of working people
throughout Germany, the United
States and England, says that the
American workingman lives higher,
works lesser hours and has a better
time all around than either his Ger­
man or English' brethren.
“I find that the skilled man in the
United States has a better and more
varied diet than in any other country
I have investigated,” he said. “The
English workman has as much meat,
but he hasn’t the variety of vegetables
and sweets. His meals lack imagina­
tion.”
The German mechanic Mr. Street
finds to be in the worst condition of
all. His trades unions are the most
complete and best organized of the
three countries considered, and yet he
works more hours, gets less pay, eats
less, and is worse housed than any of
them. They get 25 per cent less pay
than Englishmen,” 'said Mr. Street.
“They work 10 hours a day as against
nine in England and eight in the
United States, and their cost of living
is 18 per cent higher.”
The poor districts of American
cities failed to horrify Mr. Street. He
said they had worse at home.
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“I’ve been through your poorest sec­
tion,” said he. “It is much the same
as one finds in all the large cities of
the world. The difference here is that
there is an appearance of energy and
hopefulness in most of your poor peo­
ple. The reason is, I take it, that they
had enough enterprise and thrift to
start with to get themselves over here
with the intention of bettering their
condition.”
FASHION HINTS
A Merciless Parasite.
MAIL BOX TROLLEY LINE.
The ficus macroçhylia, commonb
called the Moreton Bay fig, is a merci­
less Australian parasitical growth, says
a writer in the Wide World magazine.
It takes root in the forks of its host
tree (which in this case is a Queens­
land bloodwood) and ultimately smoth­
ers the latter and usurps its place as
an independent tree. Many valuable
trees in the scrubs of Queensland are
destroyed in this manner.
Why We Cough, Sneexe and Sigh.
One of the most interesting facts
about the human body is its power of
self-preservation—its power of evading
or overcoming the thousand and one
conditions which, unless corrected
would be injurious or destructive.
Among the most common of these
acts of self-preservation are the cough,
the sneeze and the sigh.. Every one is
familiar with these aots; yet few peo­
ple ever ask themselves the cause, and
fewer still could explain them.
- One of the simplest of the body’s de­
trices for self-protection is the cough.
The cough is merely a blast of air pro­
pelled from the lungs in such a man-
aer as to forcibly dislodge some for­
eign substance which has been drawn
into the throat, the windpipe or the
tubes leading to the lungs. The mem­
branes lining these parts of the body
ire very sensitive, and when a foreign
matter^ comes in contact with them, an
alarm message is at once sent to the
nervous “headquarters,” and the re­
sult is the sudden, spasmodic expul­
sion of breath which is called a cough.
Very often the cough is accompanied
5y the irritation of the accumulation
bf mucous on the surface mentioned.
In this case, as in the case of a foreign
body, the cough is merely a means of
3xpelling the matter.
So, you see, a cough is merely one of
nature’s methods of self-protection.
The ordinary cough cure contains some
irug which, by paralyzing the nerves,
prevents the cough and allows the mu-
nous to accumulate. Thus the cough
medicine does only harm. The cure
for cough is to cough—to cough until
the excessive deposit is removed.
Meantime, of course, measures should
oe taken to prevent added deposits.
A sneeze is exactly like a cough,
save that the obstruction occurs in the
nostrils, owing to the deposit of some
irritant or foreign matter, and that
the blast of air is thrown out through
■he nose instead of through the throat
and mouth.
Why do we sigh? Wheri grieved or
iepressed, the tendency is to hold the
breath. This means that the body suf­
fers for oxygen; and the long,' deep
breath which we call a sigh is merely
1 means by which the body obtains
for Itself the necessary amount of
bxygen.—Dr. W. R. C. Latson, ip
Health-Culture.
over it without trouble. With a little
Certified Milk Pays Best.
Yankee ingenuity anyone can rig up
Certified milk sells in all large cities
a device of this kind.—Farm and tor about twice the price of other
Home.
milk. It is absolutely clean, no impurl*
ties being allowed to get into the
Fowls Require Salt.
milk.
A layer of fine cheesecloth is
Fowls require salt in their ration In stretched
over the milk pall, a layer
order to thrive best, the same as do of absorbent cotton is placed upon that,
all other animals. The mineral ele­ then another piece of cheesecloth.
ments in the salt are desired by the There is no sediment in the bottom ol
fowls, and their systems crave them. the milk vessels of milk treated ip
But only a little salt is needed—not this way. It’s not expensive, either.
moré than a handful a week to the av­
erage-sized farm flock. Too much may
Ensilage and Alfalfa Feed.
be more harmful than too little. And
The scientific ration for a cow gi
since fowls often do not know whm Ing twenty pounds of milk with 4 per
they have had enough of it, we dare cent of butter fat—a good average
not place the salt before tnem, and dairy cow—is forty-five pounds of en­
let mem eat all they wane, as can be silage and ten pounds of alfalfa hay a
done with most other farm animals. day. Ensilage costs about $2 a ton and
So the best way is to mix a handful alfalfa about $10 a ton. Thus the
WIPED OUT BY SMALLPOX
occasionally with the soft food or cow feed cost of 9% cents a day, which
mash. This seasons the food and gives is more than a third cheaper than
Only One Survivor in a Russian Vil­ it a palatable taste, as well as proving
could be sustained on an ordinary
lage of 1,100 Inhabitants.
a benefit to the fowls.—Agricultur *1 corn ration.
Details of the wiping out of an en­ Epitomist.
tire Russian village by smallpox have
Protect the Grindstone.
Superior to the Mule.
just reached St. Petersburg, says a
A grindstone should never be left ex­
New York Press correspondent. The
The greatest hybrid that the world posed to the sun. The weight of cue
village is named Volskaya^ and is sit­ has ever known is the mule. This is handle will always cause one portion
a cross between the horse and the ass. of the stone to remain uppermost, and
uated in the island of Sachalin.
Until a few weeks ago its population The resultant mule was, however, oar- this from exposure will reach a differ­
lyas 1,100. Sanitation, as in most ren, and the possibility of developing ent degree of hardness from the under­
Russian villages, was conspicuously a more perfect type through selection side, so that after a while the stone
absent, and when the disease first ap­ did not exist. The mule had to be will be ground out of circle. If the
peared a few months ago no one was taken as he was and made the most )f. stone has to stand in the open a flat
troubled about it. Smallpox in Rus­ At that he has borne the brunt of corn­ box can easily be obtained, to serve .3
sia is frequently 'called the “holy field labor at home and tugged the na­ a cover.
sickness,” and no attempt was made at tion’s cannon into the ever-advancing
Meat Barrel Cover,
frontier. He has surpassed both the
vaccination.
This sketch shows a meat barrel
Sick and healthy children were horse and the ass that bred him in
habitually bathed together, that being many ways. The zebra Is evidently a cover that can’t be beat. Get a barrel
that has top and bot­
believed an efficacious treatment, and creature superior in every way to the
tom and saw it through
after
the local priest died the bodies mule, and it is believed, with selectou
JAPAN TURNS TO BEEF.
in the middle, making
remained unburied. Thus the epidemic and scientific breeding, it will take a
two tubs. Use these tubs
raged unchecked and entire families, place in the world that will tend to re­
for covers on meat bar­
New Policy Adopted in Order to In- from grandfather to grandchild, were tire the latter, and, possibly, the horse,
, crease Stature of Its People.
rels by turning them
•om the field of action.
stricken.
over the barrels as
It is rather startling after all that
Finally a sanitary commission was
Value of Humus in Soil.
shown in the sketch
has been said and written regarding sent from the mainland, but could ac-^
The value of humus in the soil is
and they will assuredly
the rice and fish diet of the Japanese complish nothing. It has been decided
keep out the dust and
to learn that their government has es­ to burn to the ground this “village of not only that it supplies an element of
moisture.
tablished large farms with a view to death,” as it is popularly called. Of plant food, but that it absorbs mois­
obtaining sufficient cattle for slaughter, the 1,100 inhabitants only one remains, ture and is an obstacle to evaporation,
Testing; Eggs in Incubator.
so that each day some flesh food may a man of 72, named Vassilieff. The says the Rural Californian. It also
Her One Anxiety.
During incubation, eggs should bt
prevents
soil
erosion
and
waste.
The
be distributed to their soldiers, says disease spared him, but he has be
tested on the seventh and fourteenth Thrown from her luxurious motor
most
successful
farmer
is
the
one
who
the Salt Lake Tribune. It has been come a maniac.
takes the most pains to utilize every days. At the first test the air cell car, the fair girl had lain insensible
heralded far and wide that the many,
The Worst Ever.
element
of hjs farm products that con­ should measure about a quarter of an for many hours. Now, however, the
reasons for the wonderful victories of
“
Is
our
new
Congressman
homely?
tributes humus to the soil. This is inch; on the tenth day, one-half inch; operation was over, consciousness had
the Japanese armies during the late
Well,
I
should
say!
Did
you
ever
see
especially
important in localities where on the fifteenth day, five-eighths of an returned and she spoke faintly in the
war with Russia lay in the great stam­
a
photograph
of
him?
”
the
surface
is uneven or broken, and inch; nineteenth day, three-quarters ol darkened room.
ina and endurance of the little yel­
“
Why,
no,
but
I
’
ve
seen
caricatures
the earth is not firm, or, in other an inch. The measurement should be “Yvonne?”
low warriors, who heretofore had lived
“Yes, mademoiselle.” The maid
taken from the middle of the large
of
him.
”
words, is easily eroded by rainfall.
exclusively on fish and rice. So this
bent over her.
end.
“
Oh,
they
flatter
him;
you
should
see
new policy of the mikado’s advisors
“Yvonne, tell me Did I, or did I
Points in Pruning.
Care of Horses’ Teeth.
will cause much surprise and also con­ one of his photographs.”—Catholic
not, have on my new silk stockings?”—*
Do not choose the dormant season
Standard
and
Times.
Horses
seldomsuffer
from
decayed
siderable regret among the advocates
to cut back trees that are growing too teeth, but because of the upper teeth Judge.
of vegetarianism.
Called Her Bluff.
fast
to be fruitful; it will only, make closing on the lower ones a little on
Bliss for Her.
This new measure is part of a
“He’s a brute!”
them
grow the faster in the spring. the outside points are sometimes found
Miss Sweet—Poor Belle’s in trouble.
plan which, so it is hoped by the au­
“What has he been doing now?”
Wait till they are in full flush‘of which lacerate the cheek or penetrate She’s had proposals from two men and
thorities, will result in increasing the
“I threatened 'to leave him, and he
height of the race. The superior stat­ told me he would button my gown up growth in May or June if you want to the gums, creating a tenderness that she doesn’t know which to accept.
Miss Elder—Goodness mercy! You
ure of the white races has been the the back if I would hurry.”—Houston drive their surplus energies into fruit prevents the proper mastication of
buds. ' Be sure to carry a paint pot food, annoying the horse so much that don’t call that trouble.—Boston Tran*
envy of the natives ever since the in­ Post.
along with the pruners, and whenever he falls away very rapidly.
script.
vasion of the former into the islands,
A Personal Definition.
a limb as much as an inch in^diame-
and much consideration has been given
Fair Office Exchange.
Mixture for Pasture.
Penley (stuck for a word)—Let’s ter is cut off, cover the wound with oil
to means to lengthening their own
Stenog
—Oh, Frank, will you please,
see!
What
is
that
you
call
a
man
Minnesota
farmers
have
found
six
and white lead to keep out dampness
bodies. So now a * flesh diet is to be
sharpen my pencil?
who
marries
more
than
one
wife?
pounds
of
timothy,
five
pounds
of
and
the
entrance
of
fungi
spores
that
tried. A number of observations give
Clerk—Yes, if you’ll please sew on
color to the hope that it may prove „ Grump—An idiot, I call him.—Bos­ will, p'roduce rot. In the spring this white clover, three pounds of Ken-» this button.—Boston Herald.
cover is not so necessary, for as soon tucky blue grass, and one pound of
effective. Thus the tribe or clan of ton Transcript.
red top seed per acre, to be an excel­
wrestlers, who are of considerable im­
The world is becoming better. Only as growth begins the tree will begin
If the Sometimes fate sets a man up on a
portance in Japan and Who there live a few people now play the mandolin. to cover its wounds with new wood lent mixture for pastures.
high pedestal for the purpose of giv­
that will creep over it from all *i4®s. ground is inclined to be wet, the red ing him a hard faJ
almost apart from the rest of the peo­
au
th®
place
of
the
timothy.
|
It
doesn
’
t
hurt
a
joke
to
crack
it
-—Rural WOT
ple and whose diet consists largely of
Foulards are coming in such lovely
shades and patterns, that it’s no wonder
they are to be more than ever popular
this season. One of wistaria, figured
over with irregular dashes of white, is
shown here. It is designed for general
wear. A little hand embroidery on the
vest adds to its attractiveness. The^ki-
mona’’ or “ peasant ” type of shoulder-
and-sleeve-in-one, is again fashionable.
Fish Versus Beef.
When the Beef Trust puts the price
of steak up to $1 a pound we can go to
eating more fish. Grazing land di­
minishes every year, so it is only a
question of time until beef gets up
somewhere near canvas back duck in
price. Old ocean wijl always be in
business at the old stand and with the
same undiminished confines, unless we
run afoul of a wildcat comet or planet
and are wiped out; then it won’t make
any difference. So long as fish is a
trifling incident of our diet its. price
will somewhat follow up the price of
beef, for lack of general supply* When
it becomes a chief article of food enor­
mous fish industries will be established
everywhere, and the supply will keep
up with the steady demand. There
can’t be a monopoly of the ocean;
there can’t even be such a monopoly
in the handling of fish as in the slaugh­
tering, packing and cold storaging of
beef.
A Bright
Lawyer.
An eminent lawyer was once cross-
examining a very clever woman,
mother of the plaintiff in a breach of
promise action, and was completely
worsted in the encounter of wits. At
the close, however, he turned to the
jury and exclaimed: “You saw, gen­
tlemen, that even I was but a child in
her hands. What must my client have
been?” By this adroit stroke of ad­
vocacy he turned his failure into a
success.
Accessions of almost priceless value
form a part of the 167,677 volumes
which were added during the year to
the library of Congress, making the
total number of volumes in that great
library 1,702,635. The valuable addi­
tions include a set of the great Chi­
nese encyclopedia given by the Chi*
nese government.
Early historic times in Norway are
to be illustrated at an exposition to
be held at Bergen next summer. •