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LAMENTS PASSING OF RUSSET
rirw r-rlmid Journal Voices Regret
That Famous Apple Is Becoming
Increasingly Scarce.
Tin' rtiet apple scorns to he In a
fair way in extinction. It Ue.l to be
the ("ii'sniKini'si of uiir Now Ktigimul
Pl'""i'-i. hut it Is seldom seen nowadays.
In Khodo Island the principal vnrle
t'f mv the UnMwin and greening
liolli li'ic apples, ciisy to sell and ojisy
to "loi'ii." I'ne of color and thivor. rnt
there Is r for tho russet, too. nod
It would ho n gre.it pity If Tt slwuM
continue to he neglected by so many
pwvers.
Thorp Is no other apple that has Just
tho russet tang. It son chow ouihodie
the riwnt quality of Now England
life Its splee. Its Juice and Its humor
It Is not so showy nn apple as some
of Its' crimson, green and yellow com
petitors, and yet there Is nothing hand
somer In the apple kingdom after all
than a ripe russet, brown and yellow
commingling on Its smooth surface, to
gether with a fnl t blush of red.
Perhaps there are localities where
the russet flourishes us of old. but It Is
cnt of fashion in this neighborhood.
Let Its friends arise In Its behalf, and
see that It does not wholly disappear.
Why not a Russet society, systemat
ically bent on Its preservation? There
have been organized movements for
less worthy causes,
Apple lovers with only small trnefs
of frronnd might at least pledge them
selves to set out one russet tree. A
bearing Rpple tree Is as pond as money
In the bank. Providence Journal.
SAVAGE TRIBE ON TIBURON
"White Cannibals" Said to Infest Pa
dfle Island Believed to Bs
Rich In Pitchblende.
Tlhnron island. In the Pacific, four
miles off the Mexican coast, Is Inhab
ited by a tribe of "white cnnnlhnls"
who are said to be descendants of the
Dutch. Swedish and Herman prisoners
who escaped from Mexican prisons
several centnrles asm. Yao.nl Indians,
who live on the mainland, call Tibumn
the "Island of Death." for the reason
that any person who lands on It Is
shot by poisoned darts and then eaten
by natives, says an exchange.
In addition to poisoned arrows nsed
by the natives the cannibals aim use
an ancient blunderbuss In attacking
their victims. They are supposed to
number from 500 to 2.000 persons. Of
16 persons known to have visited the
Island In the last few years. In parties
of two and three, only nine are said
to have returned alive, the others fall
ing victims of the flaxen-haired, blue-
eyed "white Indians," as the Mexican
people call them.
Tlhnron Is said to have rich depos
its of pitchblende, from which radium
Is extracted.
LADEN WITH SPOILS OF WAR i ASG!-RT P0WER -VER DEA j tm232
Chinaman VWiio Worked With Allied
Forces in Francs a Wonderful
S.ght When He Return.
Pick and spade heroes of the Chi
nose republic, who soldiered so hml In
r ranee for an nllbd victory, mv re
turning to the homeland wltii the
choice pickings of thy salvage piles
of Kun pe on "heir hacks." The Home
Sector gives this picture of the re
turning eotilie spoils: "There are two
obvious signs which niiike It plain
that great limits are stinlug In these
hitherto unstirred parts. One of them
literally smites the eye as soon us the
returned warrior slops d.iwn Hie gnng
plank of the coolie transport at Tslng
tau or Shanghai. PUuilly urrnyed tti
the sartorial pickings of all the earth,
they are a fearsome wonder to behold.
American overseas cap and Scottish
kilts, French shoes, suu-.vr sticks, a
chasseur hat set raklshly en the oar
and a bird cage in hand la the man
ner of the native teahouse, sometimes
even a Sam P.rown belt It Is n wild
cubist melange i.f the costiiuiory and , some time ago a Hindu doctor mad
nppurteuauces or nil I lie world mid ul)
times.
The little children run before them
In terror, the aged resign themselves
to the coming of the loug-forboded
evil spirits wreaking vengeauce for
the Joss stick left to go out before the
village god."
! Two East Indian Mkt Extraordi
nary CU.ms, Naturally Sonis
what Hard to Prove.
The dead aii he brought to life.
This reinnr!.alile etaiiu'lias Just lie- n
made by a woman doctor of liiingoon
(lotrnia).
She claims to have prepared oertul'l
ren.oiltos, which are to be taken In
ternally and applied externally for n
week, at the end of which any thai
person will revive! As may he ex
peeled, she keeps her remedies a se
cret ami she will not disclose tlictr
Ingredients to anybody, writes S. IV
Haiieijea of Calcutta.
She further claims that the (lend
person, when revived, will lime a new
mind mid better features. The treat
ment to he completely successful
must be continued for a month or two.
The Purines doctor bus created a
sensation. In the country. Some are
sculling at her, while others are not
ing the authorities to .test her claims.
In this connection, t may state that
WHY SIGN BEFORE YCU HEAD?
Too Many Seem Pleased to Affix Their
Signatures to Anything Put
Before Them,
Judge Albion T. Wright said at
lawyers' bannuet In Clnelnniitl
Sign here, please.' Gentlemen, it's ! 1,0 w",ll! ta J''d h.v his results. ;
a similar claim and requested me to
secure n dead body for hfin. Now, no
Hindu or Mussulman will allow any
'experiment to be made on the dead
body of a near mid dead relative.
Their religion forbids such expert j
mentliig. Soon after the doctor had I
asked my help, a distinguished Hindu
knight, whom I knew. died. I was I
urged to sound Ills relatives. I did ,
sound them, but my request was re- i
Jeeted. 1 approached certain doe-
tors, hut they all laughed at uie and I
refused to help me. !
The Hindu doctor, I regret to say, '
will not disclose his mode of treat- j
meiit. He will not charge anything. !
astonishing how these three simple
words hypnotize thousands of people,
causing them to nllix their signatures
to contracts and agreements tliut they
win repent all their lives.
"'I signed the paper without rend
ing It,' a witness said to me one day.
Mr. Blank told me what Its contents
were and I, naturally, thought that I
could trust him.'
" 'Yes,' said I, 'but you should have
remembered that when a person asks
you to sign something he, for his part,
doesn't trust your word he Insists on
having It In black and white. Well,
then, why should you take his won!
when he won't take yours?'"
Catfish Made- to Change Names.
Some catfish have been nosing
around In the mnd of the rivers to the
north of Rio Janeiro for 31 years
without knowing their right name.
They supposed their name was "Steln
dachnerla," under which they had been
baptized by Carl H. Eigenmann and
Rosa Smith Eigenmann In 1SS8. But
G. Brown Ooode has given this name
to some other fish belonging to the
aristocratic gadoid family of Miioru
rlds. Confusion and correspondence
ensued nntil Prof. David Starr Jordan
insisted that the catfish change their
names. Therefore their sponsors have
rebnptized them "Steindachneridion,"
and the catfish can now nose around in
the mnd of the Rio Jequlntinhonha,
tlie Rio Doce and the Rio Parahyha
without fearing that the piscatorial
mall Intended for them may get car
ried out to sea and delivered to the
llacrurlds.
Not Allowed to Abdicate.
A Russian refugee, widow of a no
bleman who was also an engineer, liv
ing In California and transiting into
English some of her contributions to
Russian magazines, tells this tory as
Illustrating the unpreparedness of Rus
sian peasants for self-government:
A soviet representative was address
ing a large gathering of peasants In
a certain district. After n long speech
In which he told them the government
was overthrown, the czar was dead
and they were free, he sat down. Then
the leader of the peasants arose and
solemnly announced they would sing
"God Save the Czar!"
Paris May Tax Visitors.
The Paris municipal council, at Its
closing meeting of the old year, voted
n resolution in favor of the capital
being officially "classed" as a watering
place. The object of the motion is j
to enable the city to collect a small
poll tax on visitors In order to swell
the municipal revenues, as Is already
done in other watering places. While
agreeing that such a tax probably
would bring In a good round sum, the
Figaro criticizes the proposal as hard
ly ki keeping with the city's traditions.
What the Sun Gives Us.
The cost of light per ounce has re
cently been worked out by Dr. Charles
Davidson of Greenwich observatory.
says Loudon Tit-Bits. It takes un
appalling amount of light to weigh
an ounce, he says, and the cost, us
supplied by gas and electric light
companies, works out ut something
like 10,0(10.000.
The sun showers down on us 160
tons of this valuable stuff every day,
says the doctor, yet we often neglect
this free gift and prefer to pay flO,
000.000 an ounce for a very much In
ferior quality.
If the sun charged us for his mag
nificent light at the same rate as the
gas and electric light companies, we
should have to pay .",7,3-14.K)0,000.000
a day, or about 21.000 million pounds
a year; but the sun does not charge
he gives It to us all without money
and without price.
But who wll) care to help lihnl
NOT ALWAYS PACIFIC PEOPLE
Making Study of Genetics.
In order to learn more about Inher
itance In cattle and other animals. In
formation Is wanted by L. J. Cole, of
the geuetlcs department of the Wis
consin college of agriculture, about
the similarity of the duplicate parts
of double monsters, such as double
headed calves, or calves with one head
and two bodies. This will help In a
study of twinning und other related
phenomena.
This information can best be ob
tained, says Mr. Cole, from specimens
with white markings, where a compar
ison can be made of the extent and
shape of the two parts. These freaks
are often mounted or preserved and
the genetics department would appre
ciate Information as to where photo
graphs or sketches can be ohtulned.
This materiul will help toward an un
derstanding of some problems in In-
Chinese Have Had Great Military
Past, But Have Not Fostered
the Fighting Spirit
Writing of the romance of military
Insignia, Col. Robert K. Wyllle doubt
less surprised some of his readers In j
the National Geographic Magazine I
when he Informed them that the first
military medal was probably awarded j
by a Chinese emperor, some 1,800 j
years ago. The statement falls pat '
with an article by Mr. T. L. Leo, a !
Chinese student of the history of his !
own country, published In Asia uiaga- j
zlne, In which Mr. Leo looks hack to ,
Chinese military practice, in the enrly
centuries of the Christian era, and i
shows how the treatise on the "Art of j
War," written by the ancient Chinese
military leader, Sun Wu, correspond- !
ed to the maxims of Frederick the
Great, which were In turn expressed I
by von Illndenhurg. The military past
of China Is nowadays very generally
overlooked, and the explanation ad
vanced by Mr. Leo Is Interesting at
this period. The Chinese, he says,
have never admired the fighting spirit,
but "on the contrary, have ever been
condemning It, curbing It, and forc
ing It to lie dormant."
Sound and Light as Power.
Starting, steering and stopping a
model auto by blowing an ordinary
police whistle, an English scientist re
cently gave a striking demonstration
of the possibilities of distant control
of machinery. The performance Is
the subject of an Illustrated article In
the Popular Mechanics Muguzlne. The
little electrically driven car, with !'a
manikin passengers, started forward
at the first blast of sound. Another
note from ' the whistle turned It
around and a third stopped it at Its
starting pluce. By blowing whlsf's
of varying tones, a series of small
electric lamps were selectively lighted.
Control by light rays was Illustrated
by the ringing of a gong connected to
light sensitive cells, when the lit,
initiator of a hand lamp was thrown
upon them, thereby reducing thWr
electrical resistance.
J. P. Paid No Attention.
Jack Rowan is "some" boy. The
neighbors aU admit that. Ills oriir-
Inal sayings and slang, repeated nftor
hearing it from Incautious neighbors.
heritance in cuttle und other animals. I are W('" known In his part of Thirty-
rsevemii sireei.
Put Them In Trenches.
'The trouble encountered In holding
the big British dirigible at her moor
ings," said Forest lllllers at the ofliee,
gave me an idea which I think I will
pass on to the war department. If a
trench had been dug at Mineolu, say
1,000 feet long and as wide and deep
"Jack," said his mother one day. ;
"go across the street and get J. P," j
J. P. being his baby brother. Jack j
has reached the mature age of three !
and three-quarters, while J. P. has !
Just got around the corner of two. i
Presently Jack came back without !
J. P, and to his mother's questions !
us the balloon, she could have been ! as to wny be did not bring his broth-
Fly That is Farmer's Friend.
There .Is a general prevailing opin
ion among farmers that cut worms
make horse flies. This Is erroneous.
Cut worms and army worms are some
times parasitized by huge Tachinid
flies which, to the casual observer,
somewhat resemble the horse fly. The
Tachiii'd .1y is a beneficial insect and
til ene of nature's means of controlling
the unny and cut worms.
Autos for Cuba.
The United States has shipped to
Cuba In the past few years i:!.015
passenger automobiles and 1,438 com
mercial vehicles, or one for every 180
persons.
anchored lu it, shielded from the
wind, and perfectly safe." "But,"
somebody asked, "how would they
have gone about it to get the Ii:j4
down In ths hole?" "Oh," replied
lllllers, "that would have been up to
the officers of the flying field."
Newark News.
Seeing Life In the Army.
An English soldier who had enlisted
In London for' two years' service
mournfully described his duty as be
ing "to ride a funeral pair." Further
explanations showed that his time
was spent in driving the gun carriage
horses at military funerals in London
--soldiers, ex-soldiers, veterans, hos
pital cases, and so on. And he sadly
added that the advertisements said,
"Join the army and see the world.
It's a man's life!" ,
Noice as a Thief Catcher.
To aid in the capture of automobile
thieves a Los Angeles man has Invent
ed a dump to be locked about a tire
which makes a loud noise each time
it strikes a pavement and leaves nn
easily folio- id trail.
er, said: "I talked with my mouth,
and J. P. wouldn't pay any utttnllou
to me." Indianapolis News.
Pass the Word On.
"Read this to the man who cannot
rend Engl'sh," Is the request of the
Tnppan Zee high school, Plermont,
N. Y., at Hie beginning and close of
the handbills calling attention to the
night schools. The bill calls the atten
tion of the alien adult to the proper
place where he can learn what Is
meant by liberty; his rights, privi
leges and duties; about his govern
ment and how to secure bis citizen pa
pers. The school Is open to both men
and women.
New Use for Old Tires.
A Hutchinson motor tire dealer has
half-soled his shoes with strips from
a highly guaranteed tire In which he
dealsr figuring that If the tires are '
guaranteed good for 8,000 miles under
a car weighing a ton the mileage un
der his own 140 pounds ought to be
practically unlimited. Kansas City
Star.
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