CHEERY JOHN FUCH&
Without
Arms, He Tet Know
Not
Despondency.
Mr. John Fuchs, aged 66 years, who
lives at Mllltown, near New Bruns
wick, N. J having lost both his arms
nearly thirty
years ago, has
trained bis
stumps to work
marvelously for
htm. Owing to
an accident that
bsfel him h 1 s
left arm had to
BOWS, PISHES AND SHOOTS.
amputated Just below the shoulder and
the right was taken off at the elbow,
To the stump of the right arm he had a
hook affixed, which he gradually learn
ed to manipulate with great dexterity,
Having a fondness for outdoor life,
Mr. Fuchs found that he could devote
some of his time to fishing and hunt
ing with advantage. But he had to ex
erclse his ingenuity. In rowing a boat
he encircles the oar with the stump of
his right arm, pressing It against the
cheek, which he bends down low to
meet the oar to give him a better pur
chase. Planting himself in the bow of
the boat, with a continuous wriggling
motion of the whole right side of the
body, Fuchs propels his boat along,
Mr, Fuchs is an expert fisherman. He
has an eight-foot rod. When he has
reached the right spot In the river he
anchors his boat and adjusts the rod
tinder his armpit in such a way as to
allow four or five feet of It to project
behind hlra. The bait he fixes on the
book with his mouth. After experienc
ing a number of mishaps from the hook
getting caught in his clothing, Mr.
Fuchs devised an invention to avert
any further annoyance of this sort.
This invention consists of two re
volving wheels, nailed to a piece of
board. Each wheel Is made of a couple
of barrel beads fastened together so as
to leave a groove around the circum
ference. In this groove a stout line with
hook attachment is wound. A handle
helps to pay out the line by Causing
the wheel to revolve outward or in
ward. The two lines are baited and
thrown from the boat In opposite dlrec
tlons. A cog prevents the wheel from
revolving outward any further than Is
necessary. When the cog Is violently
agitated the fisherman knows be has
caughtsomethlng and rapidly turns the
wheel Inward until the prize Is secured.
The arrangement by which Mr. Fuchs
manages to discharge his shotgun is
still more Ingenious, With his hook he
takes the woapon and puts It In, place
against his right shoulder. Right oppo
site his mouth at the butt end of the
gun, which bo leans against his cheek,
to take aim, are two strings. Each com
municates with a trigger. In firing the
weapon he seizes one of the strings
with his teeth and gives a quick back
ward Jerk of his head, and the weapon
Is discharged. In nine cases out of ten
the object at which he alms, be it a
bird or a rabbit, is shot.
The method of loading the gun is also
Ingenious. The powder flask owned by
Mr. Fuchs monsures automatically the
exact quantity required to load the
gun.' ThW he obtains by touching the
spring with the hook attached to the
right hand. Then he forces down the
powder into the barrel, following with
the shot by means of the ramrod, which
he presses down with elbow. The ram
Tod Is withdrawn from the barrel of the
,gnn by moans of the hook attached to
the right arm.
In addition to being a sportsman this
resourceful man has acquired a knack
of sawing wood, nud he has got so that
he can manipulate a saw with ease, lie
dislikes to have nothing whatever to
do, and when he Is not gunning or fish
ing he Is apt to be found In the yard
lu the rear of bis modest cottage home
in Mllltown sawing up wood.
Two years ngo his wife, some years
older than himself, was stricken with
blindness and afterward became bed
ridden, and yet she, too, Is cheerful de
spite her Infirmities.
Co-operative Onirics n Belgium,
From Brussels Consul Roosevelt re
ports the contemplated formation of a
co-operative association of milk deal
ers and cheese-makers. It Is pur
posed to confide the direction of the
cheese dairies to women suitably edu
cated for the work. Besides technical
Instruction, a knowledge of bookkeep
lng and a competent understanding of
dairy work will be required 0f ap
plicant. Annexed to the admirably
equipped governiiR'ut agricultural and
Industrial school at Overyssehe is a
cheese dairy school, whore complete
Instruction is given in cheese-making.
IruKKlflt Best Customer.
"It Is a great mistake to suppose that
druggists Bell the most medicines when
people are sick," said a veteran New
Orleans pharmacist "The exact re
verse Is the eas, Our best patrons are
jfolks who are well, but who have a
mania for trying this remedy and that
for imaginary maladies. Ton would be
surprised to know how large a class
this Is and how persistently they dose
themselves year In and oat, ; except
I when they are really sick. At such
I times they send for a doctor, and the
result, as far as the druggist Is con
cerned, wouldn't average over $1
apiece ior prescriptions. The same
person, If well, would probably buy
several dollars' worth of proprietary
remedies. It seems queer, but it is
upon health, not upon sickness, that
the drug store thrives." New Orleans
Times-Democrat
BELIEVER IN HENRY GEORGE.
Bon of Hev. Dr. John Hall Sacrifice
Wealth for Mnsrle Tax View.
Bolton Hall, son of the late Rev. Dr.
John Hall, pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church In New York City,
has been cut off in the will of his father
with a small allowance. The dlscrlm'
Inatlon is due to the fact that the
young man Is one of the most enthusi
astic believers in the theories of Henry
George and has arrayed himself with
labor unions against capitalists. The
young man seems to be satisfied with
) lot and will make no fight against
the provisions of the will.
Bolton Hall is 43 years old and was
born In Ireland. He Is a man of fine
education and has a law office in New
York City. While at college he became
deeply Interested in the works of Dar
win and Huxley. After leaving school
he went to work for an Importing firm,
eventually becoming a partner. While
in this firm he saw the need of associa
tion and tried co-operation for the ben
efit of the employes as well as the firm
itself. The plan was to distribute 10
per cent of the profits, dividing the
amount pro rata among the clerks and
all others working on salary. They
liked it and the system seemed to give
great satisfaction. But It soon proved
impractical. The employes were will
ing to work for a corresponding reduc
tion so as to increase profits, while the
firm received no added benefit from the
plan. Then co-operation was aban
doned. Young Hall then turned his attention
to law, graduating from Columbia Col
lege In 1887. He has since practiced
his profession. He became Interested
In the writings of Bellamy and Henry
George, their views being along the
same line as those held by himself. He
soon was an apostle of the single-tax
doctrine of the latter and went Into the
movement heart and soul. In It he saw
the remedy for bad government and all
our, social Ills. Speaking on this sub
ject, Mr. Hall says:
'No one should be permitted to hold
land without paying to the community
IIOLTOK HALL.
the value of the privilege thus accord
ed, and from the fund so raised all ex
penses of government should be paid.
We would therefore abolish all taxa
tion, except that upon the value of land
exclusive of Improvements. This tax
should be collected by the local govern
ment and a certain proportion be paid
to the State government This system
would dispense with a horde of tax
gatherers, simplify government and
greatly reduce Its cost It would do
away with the corruption and gross In
equality Inseparable from our present
methods." .,
Mr. Hall Is opposed to alms-giving,
and sees in the charity distribution
methods of to-day only a cause for evil
"If I hnd any amount of wealth," says
he, "I would not make the poor still
more helpless by giving them money,
but I would'glve them opportunities to
earn money for themselves." He is a
stanch friend of labor unions and la
treasurer of the longshoremen's power
ful organization In New York City,
which has 5,000 members, - r .
Typical Hands. 1
There Is a marked difference between
the Spanish and the American 'hand.
In the lntter the third finger, which la
called the finger of brilliancy, Is square-
tipped. This gives a practical turn to
the Intellectual development The sec
ond finger In this hand Is spatulate
tipped and well formed, showing a
wholesome disposition that Is free from
morbid theories and that is Impulsive
enough to save from overcautlon. The
first finger Is pointed, giving religious
sentiment and ideality In art and senti
ment The first finger Is rather long,
which shows a desire to load. The
fourth finger Is rather long and coulcal
shaped, showing versatility and love of
advancement. The thumb Is large aud
independent looking, sliowlug great en
ergy. The principal lines of this hand,
the lines of life, fate, head and heart,
are all strong and well developed. It
is a hand that is "invincible; It follows
no one type, but draws strength from
various sources, and therefore possesses
versatility. The Spanish hand belongs
entirely to the pointed finger type of
the dreamer and Idealist, rather than
one who can calculate and execute.
There could never be a chance for the
owner of such hands to win from the
niany-ldeaed, versatile American.
When a man has troubles, be In
creases them by being cross.
THIS WOMAN A HUSTLER.
She Bone Her Own Plantation and la
a Puccess.
In this age of the world It is ho new
thing to see a woman making a success
of. a business enterprise. But a few
have so far been able to handle a large
lanaea estate and make it return
handsome revenue. . Farming or oper
ating a plantation has been generally
conceded to be a masculine undertak-
lng. But Mrs. Leila Seaton Wilder, of
Decatur, Ala., has demonstrated that
she can handle' her 1,600 acres as well
as any man could. Up to ten years ago
MRS. X.ELIA SEATON W1LDKB.
Mrs. Wilder, who Is a dashing Southern
woman, had nothing more Important to
look after than her wardrobe and hav
ing a good time. Then her husband
died, leaving her with a large landed
estate. She never dreamed of taking
charge herself, but. In common with all
women of her class In the South, hired
an overseer and put In three years trav
eling abroad. When she returned home
from her wanderings she found her
plantation in the condition of a typical
widow's place." with ragged fences,
Ill-kept fields and revenue Insufficient
to pay expenses. She stopped this at
once, discharged her overseer, took
complete charge and commenced to
work on her own account. She assem
bled her negro people, who had been on
the plantation for years, told them she
would be their "boss" In the future and
run the farm. Then she selected one of
the oldest and most respectable of their
number as her assistant and set them
all to work. She rtdes on horseback
dally all over the plantation, sees that
every order she gives Is carried out "to
the letter, lets no broken fences or
weak gates spoil her crops, hears and
settles all complaints and handles her
colored workmen with a firm, Just
hand, claiming at once their respect
and fealty. She harvests and sells all
her crops, then spends part of the year
In travel, spending her winters mostly
In Washington.
OPENS A DANCING SCHOOL
Jersey City Minister Instructs His
People in Terpsichorean Art,
For thirteen years Rev. John L. Scud-
der has preached in a big Congregation
al Church In Jersey City. He has open
ed a dancing school In "his church for
the young people who attend his Sun
day services and his congregation ap
proves of the act Mr. Scudder Is an
BEV. JOHN L. SCUDDEB.
all-around athlete . AH his life, partic
ularly his college life, he has boxed,
played foot-ball, base-ball, and every
thing else of the kind.' which was go
ing. In his study at the church are pic
tures of him with his various college
teams. He was captain of his bnse
ball class team jtt Yale, "I do not hesi
tate to ay that my Yale athletics did
more to make a clergyman of me than
my training at the Union Thelogical
Seminary," said he the other day.
A late and most lovable Edinburgh
D. D. was In his study one evening
when his wife rather excitedly called
him by name from the foot of the stair.
He put his head quietly over the banis
ter and Inquired what was wrong. His
wife called out: "There's a man In tho
kitchen! There's a man In the kitch
en!" The divine answered calmly:
"Well, well, Marg'ret, you won't let tho
girls out; what can you expect?" and
silently returned to his sermon.
A little girl petitioned the Lord for
fair weather, and the next morning the
sun shone bright and clear. She told
of her prayer to her grandmother, who
said: "Well, now, why cau't you pray
to-night that it may be warmer to
morrow so grandma's rheumatism i ill
be betterr "All right I will," was jthe
response, and that night as she kt'-K
she Incorporated this request In her lit
tie prayer: "O, God, make It
hot
for
grandma.
rreoccupled Aren't vou afraid J(
our
husband will be Jealous If I talk to nu
so long?" Mrs. Tarrlngton No. Dear
old Jack! He never thinks of me When
he has on his golf suit Brooklyn L.f
13'
WILL ABOLISH WAR.
ELECTRICIAN TE5LA DEVISES
A NEW POWER.
Claims It Will Render Useless the
Navies of the World Destroys Dis
tance, and from a Base in New York
Can Operate in Europe,
HEN all the world Is ring
ing with rumors of an im
pending colossal conflict
there comes from the laboratory of one
of the great magicians of science the
announcement of the development of a
power which he believes is destined im
mediately to usher In the era of uni
versal-peace by the demonstration of
its ability to destroy, without the possi
bility of defense, the mightiest arma
ments of all the naval powers.
In the words of Nikola Tesla, the
electrician, "war will cease to be possi
ble when all the world knows to-morrow
that the most feeble of the nations
can supply Itself immediately with a
weapon which will render Its coast se
cure and its ports impregnable to the
assaults of the united armadas of the
world. Battleships will cease to be built
and the mightiest armorclada and the
most tremendous artillery afloat will be
of no more use than so much scrap
iron. And this iresistlble power can be
exerted at any distance by an agency
of so delicate, so Impalpable a quality
that I feel that I am Justified In pre
dicting that the time will come, incred
ible as it may seem, when It can be
called into action by the mere exercise
of the human will"
In brief, Mr. Tesla's latest and most
startling miracle consists in an applica
tion of electricity whereby, without the
interposition of any artificial medium
of communication,-one man can control
and direct, with absolute exactitude,
the movements of any type of vessel,
balloon or land vehicle, at any distance
that may be desired. From a station
on shore, or from the deck of a vessel
under way, a torpedo boat equipped
with Mr. Tesla's controlling device
may be propelled either on or below
the surface, maneuvered at will In any
direction, and finally brought into con
tact and exploded against the side of
a hostile vessel at any point within the
range of the vision of the operator.
More than this, assuming that it were
possible to accurately locate the posl
tlon of the vessel which it Is desired
to destroy, the torpedo boat could be di
rected to it, even if the ship lay in the
harbor of Southampton and the oper
ator were stationed at Sandy Hook.
With such marvelous possibilities of
destruction, it Is hardly to be wondered
that Mr. Tesla firmly believes that the
days of the supremacy of sea power are
numbered.
Hitherto, says Mr. Tesla, the only
means of controlling the movements of
a vessel from a distance have been sup
plied through the means of a flexible
conductor such as an electric cable, but
this system Is subject to obvious limi
tations, such as are imposed by the
length, weight and strength of the con
ductor which can be practically used;
by the difficulty-of maintaining, with
safety, the high speed of the vessel or
changing the direction of her move
ments with rapidity, by the,, necessity
of effecting the control from a point
which is practically fixed, and from
many other drawbacks which are In
separably connected with such a sys
tem. The plan which I have perfected in
volves none of these objections, for I
am enabled by the use of my Invention
to employ any means of propulsion, to
Impart to the moving body or vessel
the highest possible speed, to control
the operation of Its machinery and to
direct Its movements from either a fix
ed point or from a body moving and
changing its direction, however rapid
ly, and to maintain this control over
great distances, without any artificial
connections between the vessel and the
apparatus governing its movements,
and without such restrictions as these
must necessarily Impose.
Mr. Tesla then went on to give a
practical example of the workings of
the model which the correspondent de
scribes: Elevated on stocks on a table In the
center of Mr. Tesla's laboratory in New
York' stood a model of a screw-propelled
craft about four feet long and
somewhat disproportionately wide and
deep. The dock was slightly arched
and surmounted by three slender stand
ards, the center one being considerably
higher than the other two, which car
ried small Incandescent bulbs, a third
bulb being fixed at the bow.
The keel consisted of a massive cop
per plate, the propeller and rudder be
ing In the usual position. Mr. Tesla
explained that the boat contained the
propelling machinery, consisting of an
electric motor actuated by a storage
battery In the hold, another motor to
actuate the rudder and the delicate
mechanism which performs the func
tion of receiving through the central
standard the electric Impulse sent
through the atmosphere from the dis
tant operating station, which set In mo
tion the propelling and steering motors,
and through them light or extinguish
the electric bulbs and fire the explod
ing chnrge in a chamber in the bow in
response to signals sent by the oper
ator. "Now, watch," said the inventor; and
going to a table on the other side of the
moth. '''on which lay a little switch
board hbout 11 (re inches square, he gave
the lever a eUarp turn. Instantly the
litt e brnuw i ropeller began to revolve
at furious rate. "Now I will send the
boat to starboard." he said, and anoth
er quick mov.mient of the lever sent the
heun sharp ver, and another move
i:iu't turned jit as rapidly back agala
At another Mguol the screw stopped
ai ii ri'ersel
"turlng thtj day," continued Mr. Tea-
NIKOLA TESLA.
Whose Discovery, It Is Claimed,
of
la, his hand still on the lever, "we
should steer our course by keeping the
two standards in line, but at night we
should depend on the electric lights,
which would, of course, be screened so
as not to be visible to the enemy,
And at a signal both the tiny bulbs
were illuminated.
"Now we will assume that the boat
has arrived within striking distance of
the vessel to be destroyed, and the bulb
In the bow will serve vo show that the
explosion has taken place."
As he spoke he touched the lever
again and the light flashed and was ex
tinguished. .
"Imagine, if yon can," said Mr. Tesla
as he went back to his desk, "what an
iresistlble Instrument of destruction we
have in a torpedo boat thus controlled,
which we can operate day or night, on
the surface or below It and from any
distance that may be desired. A ship
thus assailed would have ao possibil
ity of escape.
"I can apply this system of control
to any type of vessel and of any size.
It is not even necessary to make a close
approach to the vessel to be destroyed.
At the distance of 100 feet the explo
sion of 200 pounds of dynamite will
exert a shattering effect on a battleship,
but there is no reason why we should
not load a vessel with 200 or 300 tons,
or even more, of dynamite, which, ex
ploded even a mile or so away, would
raise a wave that would overwhelm
the biggest ship ever built
"But I have no desire that my fame
should rest on the invention of a mere
ly destructive device, no matter how
terrible. I prefer to be remembered as
the inventor who succeeded In abolish
ing war. That will be my highest pride.
But there are many peaceful uses to
which my invention can be put, con
spicuously that of rescuing the ship
wrecked. "It will be perfectly feasible to equip
our life-saving stations with life cars,
or life boats, directed and controlled
from the shore, which will approach
stranded vessels and bring off the pas
sengers and crews without risking the
lives of the brave fellows who are now
forced to fight their way to the rescue
through the raging surf. It may also
be used for the propulsion of pilot
boats, for carrying letters or provisions
or lnsruments to inaccessible regions,
for killing whales and for many other
commercial or scientific purposes.
"In the operations of war the radius
of control would usually be limited by
the range of the vision of the operator,
whether afloat or ashore, but other-i
wise there Is no limit to the distance.
In oder to give a practical illustration
of this it is my Intention to exhibit a
model of a torpedo boat at the Paris
Exposition and direct all its move
ments from my office in New York, pre
cisely as I have shown you the working
of the model here, except that in Paris
I Intend to exhibit It afloat in a tank."
Mr. Tesla then stated that the elec
trical disturbances proceeding from the
center of the control were of an Infini
tes! mally feeble character, and he be
lieved that the time would come when
it would be possible to bring them into
play by the mere exercise of the will.
A City of Champagne.
Epernay, France, is a vast subterran
ean "city of champagne." For miles
and miles there are streets hewn out of
solid chalk, flanked with piles of cham
pagne of oil blends and qualities. There
is no light In this' labyrinth of streets,
crossings and turnings, except what the
spluttering candles afford. All Is dark,
dank and damp, with the temperature
away down about zero. The largest
champagne manufacturers in Epernay
have underground cellars which cover
forty-five acres and contain five million
bottles of wine. There is a whole
street In Epernay lined with fine cha
teaux, the proprietors of which possess
similar establishments. The whole town
Is honeycombed with these underground
galleries for the manufacture and stor
age of champagne.
"When a man Is angry he tells you
what he thinks of you." "Yes, and
when a woman is angry she tells you
what she thinks of you and what every
body else thinks of you." Chicago
Record. -
A girl is fickle when she la eighteen,
but after she is twenty-eight, she fluds
It la the men who are fickle.
Will Abolish War and Change tbs Fat
Nations.
inc. iviMnonMINU tArtUI I
Anent the Territory in Dispute Be
tween France and England.
The British ultimatum that the
French should get out of the Nile val
ley and Great Britain's refusal to rec
ognize the political significance of the
Marchand expedition brought to an
issue a question of two years' standing.
WhenGreatBritain, acting for Egypt,
began the reconquest of the Soudan In
1800, France sent an expedition from
Freneh finnan intn tha Infar1i on. v.
TP 1 r ft . A f' I I . . , n r-wn.,v...
the southern Nile, if possible, before
the English and claim authority there.
This was the Marchand expedition. It
consisted of six French officers, a doc
tor, another French civilian, an Arab
Interpreter, and four sergeants, who
were to commnnd the two companies
of African troops. There were two gun
boats which could be carried by and in ,j
sections, and three aluminum boats.
On April 13, 1897, the mission left
Bangl, and on June 17 the vanguard
THE MILE KKCilOK.
reached Semlo, on the Mbomu, which Is
not far distant from the Bahr-El-Ghaz-el
province of the southwestern Nile
tributaries, and of wtlch Fashoda Is
the capital. By March, 1S08, Marchand
had reached Meshra-El-Rek, on one of
the tributaries to the Nile, and last July
he reached Fashoda, As is well known.
Gen. Kitchener took Omdurman on
Sept 2 and immediately left for Fash
oda with a large force on five gunboats.
This he took early In September and
established garrisons there and on the
Sobat River. Marcuaud had too small '
a force to repel the Anglo-Egyptians,
but he claimed to have made treaties
with the chiefs of the Shlllooks, a tribe
that rules the Fashoda district, which
recognized the protectorate of France.
Gen. Kitchener, however, denies there
are any such treaties, and England re
fused to recognize Marc-hand as a po
litical factor at Fashoda, England
claims for Egypt all the provinces
which were formerly held by the
Khedive before the insurrection of the
Mahdl. These provinces Included Fash
oda and the Nile almost to Uganda and
the southwestern tributaries of the Nile
as well, reaching over toward French
Congo.
Hot Baths.
A hot bath is usually decried as pro
vocative of colds and other evils. Every
one knows of cases of severe Illness oc
curring from exposure to the outer air
after such ablutions. And yet nothing
Is more refreshing, as nothing is more
harmless, if properly taken. The reason
Is that one should use the hot bath as
one does that of very cold water,
merely as a plunge, followed by quick
and thorough rubbing and massage.
Half the men carry the watches they
gaves their wives before marriage.
Every girl at some time in her Ufa
taeets some one who calls her a dream.
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