THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1908.
HITCHCOCK GETS
CMIG MS
Usual Big Majorities in New
England Are Pre
dicted. CONFERENCE AT BOSTON
Party Leaders Confident Tuft Vote
Will Be Equal to That of Koose- .
veil Vour Years Ago Goes
"ext to Maine Today.
BOSTOK. Aug-- At the conclusion
of the New England Republican con
ference today Krank H. Hitchcock.
chairman of the National committee,
announced that he had found every
thing In good shape and the expecta
tions of leaders are that the usual
' Republican majorities In New England
will be rolled up this Fall for the Na-
: tlon ticket.
The conference today was one of
the most important Mr. Hitchcock has
had, for the reason that in less than
ten days there will be an election In
Vermont and two weeks later the elec
tion In Maine will be held. The situa
tion In these states, therefore, was
given close attention.
In Conference With Leaders.
Mr. Hitchcock arrived In Boston at
11:40 o'clock, accompanied by Senator
Crane, National committeeman for
Massachusetts, and Charles F. Brooker,
National committeeman for Connecti
cut. After a conference with a number of
the leaders individually, Mr. Hitchcock
attended a luncheon at the Hotel Tou
raine. John Hays Hammond, a member of
the advisory committee of the National
committee, was present. He has un
dertaken the responsibility of -organiz-.ing
Taft clubs throughout the coun
try, assisted by Snell Smith, of Wash
ington, D. C. Mr. Hammond made a
report to the effect that the people are
taking a lively Interest In this feature
of the campaign. t
Organization Well Perfected.
At the opening of the conference Mr.
Hitchcock made a statement outlining
the organization that has been per
fected in New York and Chicago. He
dwelt upon the Interest In the confer
ences which were held in Colorado
Springs and Chicago, and spoke of
other meetings of a similar character
that are to be held In other sections.
. He said tl.at it Is his purpose to cover
alia entire United States and in this
manner get In close touch with the
situation everywhere. The representa
tives of 'the different states were ln
vlud to indulge In the general debate
of the New England conditions and in
this manner many details of local sit
uations were brought to the attention
of Mr. Hitchcock.
Borah to Speak' In Vermont.- '
To a Jarge extents the New England
leaders will bear the -responsibility of
carrying on the campaign, for Mr.
Hitchcock's time will be taken almost
entirely In the states where there is a
large Democratic vote and particularly
tie desires to be free to attend the
campaign In the Western states.
In talking over the conference, he
said tonight a great many speakers
had already been assigned to Vermont,
where the first election will be held
and that others would ,be sent there as
soon as they were available. Senator
Borah, of Idaho, will make at least six
speeches In the state; Senator Burrows
Is to make several and Leslie M. Shaw,
of Iowa, will make one or two ad
dresses. In addition there are a num
ber of other prominent speakers the
National committee expects to assign
to tnat state.
Taft Vote to Be Equal to Roosevelt's.
The representatives from Vermont to
the conference today expressed the be
lief that the majority for Taft this
Kail will be as large as it was four
years ago for Roosevelt, but several of
the New England leaders regarded this
at too optimistic a view to take.
There are Republican factional fights
in Connecticut and New Hampshire,
but the leaders from those states de
clared at the conference that the Na
tional ticket would not be affected in,
the least by those local differences.
Mr. Hitchcock left Boston at 7 o'clock
tonight for Portland. Maine, where he
will meet the members of the state
executive committee. Ex-Governor
Mill, of Maine, told Mr. Hitchcock that
the situation is excellent In his state
and that the state officers and all four
Congressmen would be elected by the
Republicans.
KROONLAND WINS IN RACE
Bests Liner Statendam In- Close
Contest Across Atlantic.
- NEW YORK, Aug. 25. When the
liner Kroonland,' from Antwerp and
Dover, passed in at Sandy Hook today,
she was 45 minutes ahead of the Stat
endam. from Rotterdam. It was a close
3000-mile race all the way across. As
the Kroonland was leaving the English
Channel on August 16. she got a
glimpse of the Statendam's heels.
From that moment the Kroonland
Increased speed until she gained the
lead on August 17. The liners never
lost sight of each other from that time
until the race was finished.
GRIEF CAUSES SUICIDE
Former Salt Lake Man Follows Wife
Into Vnknown.
WASHINGTON", Aug. 25. Despondent
over the death of his wife, less than
a month ago, Arthur D. Adams, a book
binder In the Government Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, formerly of
Salt Lake City, took his own life here
today. While gradually losing con
sciousness, he attempted to describe in
a letter the effects of the poisonous
fumes of illuminating gas.
Closing the windows of his room,
Adams turned on the gas. At 7 o'clock
this evening his landlady detected the
odor of ga. but when the door of
Adams' room was burst open It was
too late to save his life.
MULAI HAFID ON THRONE
Partisans Swear to Protect Euro
, pean Interests in Morocco.
PARI3. Aug. 25. M. Rejmault. the
(French Minister to Morocco, reports
' that Mulal Hafid was proclaimed Sul-
tan of Morocco without any untoward
incident. Mulal Hafid's partisans have
sworn to protect Europeans residing In
Morocco.
Official circles view the situation
with a calm spirit It is pointed out
that the change in rulers does not
change the problems presented. The
act of Algeclras waa devised to .meet
these problems and Is equally appllca
ble to the new as to the old regime.
Therefore, it is considered unlikely
that It will become necessary to sum
mon a new conference of the powers
for there appears to be no reason why
an agreement, as to concerted action
cannot be arranged through the usual
diplomaticthannels. '
COURAGE IN BUSINESS
One Young Business Man Makes
Short Work of Dull Times.
Denver Correspondence New York
Evening Post.
Among"the convention attendants
was a traveling salesman who has vis
ited the towns having a population of
5000 and upward for 12 years, and has
the distinction of having Increased his
sales of cloaks and high-class clothing
over the first half of last year a re
markable record for this season. "It
waa the result of hard work, however,'
said he. "for I have simply put In
longer hours and traveled nlghta to
offset the lessening of orders." Dis
cussing the exact condition of trade in
the average medium-sized town of the
Middle West, he gave this Interesting
summary:
"Much has been said about hand-to-
mouth buying by the country mer
chant. That hardly expresses It. It Is a
timid buying that has its basis partly
In fear for the future and partly In the
falllna- nrices that leads to the conclu
sion that there is yet a lower level
coming for staples of the trade. Thla
fear Is unreasoning to a large extent,
for these merchants have around them
Just as prosperous a people as before,
and with the right kind of courage they
could make headway In spite of the
dull period. For Instance, down in
Missouri is a general store owned by an
old customer who has for his assistant
a son. a wideawake young man, am
bitious to get ahead. The father has
been ill. and when I called on them,
three weeks ago. I went up to the
house to see him. He complained great
ly about the hard times and bemoaned
the conditions, ending up with the
usual refusal to buy goods except to
fill assortments.
" "But," said I, 'why should you com
plain? Your store has done more business
this year than last for the same monuis;
you son just told me eo." He was sur
prised, and after he had telephoned to
find that I was right, he cheered up and
gave the usual order.
"There was a case where Ignorance was
wisdom. The boy, thrown on his own
resources, had thought nothing of hard
times, had kept his stock full, his win
dows well displayed, his advertisements
In the papers. His competitors had rested
in some sort of discouragement, and he
had reaped the benefit In the beet trade
the store ever had.
THAW IS DISAPPOINTED
Fails to Appear When Wilson Case
Is Called and Hearing Goes Over.
FISHKILL LANDING. N. Y., Aug. 25.
After many postponements In the hear
ing of Harry K. Thaw, whom Dr. John
P. Wilson, of Poughkeepsie, is suing for
t600 for his services as an alienist, the
parties to the suit again appeared to
day. As counsel had not arrived at the
hour set the hearing waa adjourned until
later In the day. i
Thaw.-accmpanyed by Deputy Sheriffs,
went out for a walk, which he seemed
to enjoy.
At i o'clock this afternoon Referee
Schlosser again adjourned the Thaw case.
Thaw's counsel, Charles Morchauser.
telegraphing from Poughkeepsie that he
would be unable to attend. The case was
set for Saturday at 10 o'clock.
TO MOVE J0N HONDURAS
United States and Mexico . Plan
Naval Demonstration.
CITY OF MEXICO. Aug. 25. It has
been learned here, authoritatively, that
the Mexican gunboat Bravo, which left
the port of Vera Crus two days ago un
der sealed orders. Is proceeding, to a
port in the Republic of Honduras, where
she will join the United States gunboat
Marietta in a demonstration against the
Republic.
Just what developments have occurred
In the Central American situation to
make this joint demonstration on the
part of Mexico and the United States
necessary cannot be learned at this time.
Those well informed on Central Ameri
can affairs declare that Information has
reached this capital and Washington
which, it is said, .determined the two
countries to be prepared to take action.
JEROME IS EXONERATED
All Charges Disproved by Evidence,
i Saye Referee Hand.
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 25. Richard T,
Hand, of Elizabethtown, who was ap
pointed by Governor Hughes to take
testimony and report his findings upon
the charges filed against District At
torney William T. Jerome, of NewYork
County, by a minority stock holders com
mittee of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company, today submitted a. report
to the Governor.
He finds that not one of the series of
charges is proved but that all are dis
proved upon the evidence. He recom
mends dismissal of the charges.
SERIOUS FIRE IN OMAHA
Manufacturing Plants in Flames.
Loss May Reach $100,000.
OMAHA, Neb.. Aug. 25 A fire which
started m the East Omaha Box Com
pany's factory at 1:30 this morning soon
spread to the plant of the Omaha Sad
dlery Company.
A second alarm took half the Omaha
city fire department to East Omaha,
which is a manufacturing suburb.
At 3 A. M. there was every appearance
that the flames would spread further and
the plant of the National Lead Com
pany was in imminent danger. No esti
mate can be placed on the loss at this
hour, but Improbably will exceed JIOO.OOO.
Gets 1000 Volts, but Lives.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. James Dolan,
of Newark, N. J., a lineman in . the
employ of the public service corpora
tion of that city, is In St. Barnabas
Hospital, au object of wonder to his
physicians. Although 1000 volta of
electricity passed through his body, he
Is going to recover, the doctors say.
Dolan was working on a conduit ditch
when his right hand came in contact
with a live wire. The shock knocked
him senseless and Into a pool of water.
At the hospital Dolan said that when
he received the shock his muscles
seemed to contract to the breaking
point, hig brain whirled, his heart felt
as If it were swelling and his legs
seemed to double- up behind.
ENEMIES PLOT TO
i era
United States and Holland
Said to Have Promised Aid
to Revolutionists. ",
FINANCED IN NEW - YORK
Mony Is Pouring Into Treasury of.
FilibustersOperations Will Be
Commenced Xext October on. t
Colombian Border.'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. With full
sanction of the State Department of
the American Government, and with
promises of effective assistance from
Holland, a revolution Is being planned
to overthrow President Castro of Ven
ezuela. The revolutionary movement
which . la well organized and is being
financed in New York and elsewhere,
will become operative directly after the
rainy season ends in Venezuela, about the
middle of October. It la expected that
within a few months a new Venezuelan
ruler will replace President Castro, an
object which the State Department and
Holland and Colombia and Venezuelan
malcontents have every hope of accom
plishing. Plans have already been laid for In
augurating the revolution. Financial
backing is not lacking, as money Is pour
ing In from New York, as well as from
other sources. The amount available 'to
perfect the revolutionists' plan may run.
up Into millions. Holland has been in
formed of the move and will aid by
blockading Venezuelan ports, while a land
attack begins along the Arauca River, on
the Colombian border.
LVDIGXAXT AT CASTRO'S ORDER
Citizens of Parian Ports Resent
Embargo on Travel.
PORT OF SPAIN, Aug. 25. News has
been received here that President Cas
tro has instructed the collectors of cus
toms In Venezuelan porta not to clear any
passengers for the West Indian Islands.
The Venezuelan Consul here has been
Instructed to withhold passports from
persons desirous of taking .passage on
the steamers to Venezuela:
This action on the part of the Venez
uelan government has caused great in
dignation and is a serious blow to the
inhabitants of the Parian ports and
Cuidad Bolivar, and will add considerably
to the misery already existing there.
OREGON M WANTS WIFE
ASKS POSTMASTER OF OMAHA
TO PLAV PART OF CUPID. 1
F. A. Zell, of Madras, Wants Toung
and Loveable Girl Who Can
Keep House.
OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 25. Finding bach
elor life in the ' wilds of Oregon a
Utile lonesome, Fred A. Zell4 has
written a letter from the town of
Madras, Or., to Postmaster Thomas,
asking the latter to secure him a young
wife, the remnneratlon for his services
to be $20. C. O. D..
The terms of the contract are rather
binding. The young woman must be
between 20 and 24 years of age, a good
housekeeper, and of a sweet and lovea
ble disposition. Correspondence with
Cinderellas whose feet will fit thla
slipper. Is solicited. The text of the
closing part of Mr. Zell'a missive reads
as follows:
"This is between you and me. If this
proposition works all right and I get
the girl, after the wedding I will give
you $20."
Mr.- Zell incloses a picture which
shows him to oe a strongly-built fellow
of about 30 years of age. He has a 580
acre ranch near Madras, which he says
furnishes him an excellent living and
considerable profit.
Mr. Zell remarks in his letter that all
ine rancher In his country are well
fixed, but that all are bacnelors, and
that there Is not a woman within an
astonishingly long distance, ile desires
to exchange pictures with his still un
known intended.
MENTAL STENOGRAPHING
And Typewriting Done in Same Way
by Earnest Young Learner.
"When I first began," said a young
woman who is learning typewriting
and stenography, "a stenographer
friend of mine told me that after a
time I wquld find myself taking steno
graphic notes In my head, and this has
already come quite true, though I find
that I am more likely to take su,ch talk
down on a mental typewriter I sup
pose because, as far as I've got, I am
more advanced in typewriting than I
am in stenography.
When you learn typewriting, you
know, they teach you on a typewriter
with the keys all blanks; no letters on
them. You have hung up In front of
you a card on which are printed all the
letters and signs of the keyboard, and
you are expected to learn the keys on
the machine from the card. They do
this so that you will learn the keys by
their positions and so be able to play
on the machine without looking at It.
Vhen you have learned the position
of all the keys in this manner they
dictate to you such simple words as
c-a-t, cat, to be written on the type
writer without looking at the card: and
when you find yourself able to do this"!
you think you have come to be quite
a typewriter.
'But to get that far you have to do a
good deal of hard work, and your work
Is likely to follow you, even in your
sleep. Why, I've dreamed many a time
of picking out letters and lines of let
ters on the typewriter. Next the type
writer began following me in my wak
ing moments, too, as it does now; ex
cept that now, being somewhat more
advanced as I am, it follows me In a
somewhat different way.
"Now, when somebody talks to me. or
I hear somebody talking I find myself
taking it down on a typewriter In my
brain, as I would on a real type writer
from dictation. Of course I can't begin to
write as fast as anybody can talk, but
I can do better than I did at first, and
I pound away on that mental type
writer and keep up as well as I can.
And when 1 find myself far behind.
why X stofi right ..there and make, g,
fresh start on the talk from that mo
ment. . - '
Whether this mental practice on the
typewriter does me any good or not I
don't know; perhaps It would be better
for me to forget the machine if I could
when I am not actually at work on It,
studvinr: but anyhow the typewriter
V nnrniiA mpnnd so when I hear people
talking I pound away on that mental
machine in my brain.
"And in the same way I take,
as my friend had told me I would,
stenographic notes In my brain. I do
not yet do this to the extent that I
typewrite there, because the typewriter
got Installed In my head first; but I
now find myself taking mental steno
graphic notes of things I hear people
say, being particularly caught by the
words I hear spoken for which I have
learned the contractions, and soon I
suppose as I become more advanced In
stenography I, shall begin taking men
tal stenographic notes right along.
- "Hard work, this learning to be a
typewriter and stenographer, but
there 8 fun In It too; inougn i snau do
glad when it gets through following
me In my waking hours and haunting
me in my dreams."
WAYS OF BUTTERFLIES
Latter Said to Be Best Actors in the
World.
New York Press.
Paul Cochelet, a professional orni
thologist and entomologist of Paris,
France, arrived in -New York on his
way to Brazil on a butterfly-hunting
expedition. . He Is a short, thick-set
man of 88 and keeps a large butterfly
and bird store in Paris, which Is
patronized by collectors from all parts
of the world. Mr. Cochelet is' accom
panied by an assistant.
"I expect to remain In Brazil about
four months," Mr. Coc,helet said in
speaking of his trip. "I have hunted
In Brazil many times before, as the
country affords no less than 700 differ
ent species of the butterfly, which is
nearly twice as many as can be secured
in all Europe. '
"Nearly all butterflies fly uphill," he
said. "I do not know Just why they
do that, but they do, and where there
Is a track or pathway up the hill they
fly along the track. When they get to
the summit and . there Is no more path
to follow, they seem to feel lost and
circle round and round, often for hours,
and then suddenly disappear. I have
never been able to find out where they
go nor why they act like that."
Mr. Cochelet holds that butterflies
and moths are. the best actors In the
world.
"Birds," said he, "are, of course, the
butterfly's chief enemies, but some but
terflies do not agree with birds' diges
tions, and the nonpolsonous varieties
imitate those the birds don't eat in a
most wonderful way. The result of
such mimicry is that birds, not being
experts, leave both kinds alone, and the
same thing occurs among caterpillars,
beetles and all kinds of insects. There
Is a moth, for instance, which rests on
the ground. It is a large moth, and
as It rests among dead leaves its wing
tips quiver constantly. Now the" bird's
great enemy is the snake, and this
moth knows it. Each of its wing tips
forms a perfect Imitation of a small
snake's head and the birds never go
near It.
"Butterflies, too, are very inquisitive,
and a frequent way to catch otherwise
tincatchable specimens is to shoot one
of them and pin It down. Hundreds of
its kind attracted by the smell will
come to see what has happened, and
then the net comes Into play."
COURIERS ACROSS SAHARA
Xew Service From Niger to .Medi
terranean. ' Pall Mall Gazette.
Though a journey across the Sahara Is
still an undertaking of some magnitude,
the pacification of the central r lon by
the French has been wonderfully rapid
during the last five years.
Removed as it seems from the exciting
Influence of events in Morocco, and un
disturbed by Senusslte propaganda, the
French officers have been able to estab
lish friendly relations with the Tuareg
and other Berber tribes, and have or
ganized a chain of posts right across the
desert connecting Algeria with French
West Africa. The route for the tele
graph has been surveyed' and a "wire
less" Installation is being established. .
Meantime, by the Hat mall from Dakar
the Governor cf French West Africa re
ports that he has instituted a monthly
servfcS by couriers between the Niger
and the Mediterranean. The southern
point of departure will be the ancient
town of Gao, on the Niger, some 200
miles below Timbuktu, "and the point of
departure from the north, Insalah, in the
oasis of Tuat, which is some 300 miles
south of the. rail head In the Sud Oran
asis. Intermediate posts have been es
tablished at Agades and the Ahaggar.
The oversight of the new route covers
fully 1000 miles of desert.
Much Is expected in the way of accus
toming the wild tribesmen of the Sahara
to the new order of things from the reg
ular running of this service, and possibly
some development of trade may follow.
But at present it will be useful chiefly
as a means of rapid communication be
tween the French military posts. It Is In
tended that officers selected for service in
or returning home from the Niger dis
tricts shall make use of the trans-Sahar-an
route, which will be more direct and
less costly than the journey from or to
France via Senegal or Dahomey. Both
horses and camels will be .used on the
new service. .
MIMIC WAR IN SOUTH
Troops of Three States to Assemble
at Atascaderb, Cal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. Orders
have Just been Issued from the head
quarters of the Department of Cali
fornia for joint field maneuvers on a
large scale between the regular Army
troops In California, Arizona and New
Mexico and the National Guard of Cal
ifornia and Arizona, which will be
held during the month of October at
Atascadero, near Paso Robles Hot
Springs, In the Salinas Valley. The
maneuvers will be on a more extensive
scale than ever held before In Cali
fornia. Approximately 5000 troops, in
fantry, cavalry and artillery, will par
ticipate in the "war game." under the
command of Colonel Marion P. Maus,
Commander-in-Chief of the Department
of California.
Five troops of the Fifth Cavalry from
Fort Wlngate, N. M., and Forts Apache
and Whipple, Ariz., will proceed by rail
to Los Angeles, and march from there
to Camp Atascadero, over 200 'miles
north. Three companies of the Nation
al Guard of Arizona, from Phoenix,
Yuma and Flagstaff, will take part in
the mimic warfare, and about 1600
state troops of California.
The first troops to reach Ataecadero
will be Company E, of the Signal Corps
of the regular Army, which Is scheduled
to arrive there on September 23, fol
lowed by a company of engineers from
Fort Mason. By October. 1 all the reg
ulars will be on the ground.
The campaign will include almost
every phase of military combat, recon
naissance, outpost duty, skirmish,
strategy, field and wireless telegraph
experiments, and everything that goes
to -make up. the work of an army in
wa time. ...
WOMAN MURDEHED
FOR HER JEWELS
Wife of British General Shot
to Death in Desolate
Wood. '
RINGS TORN OFF FINGERS
Husband Finds Body Lying in Pool
. of Blood Favorite Terrier '
Keeps Guard Beside
Dead Mistress.
LONDON, Aug. 25. The wife of Major
General C. B. Luard was mysteriously
murdered yesterday In a desolate wood
near Seven Oaks, which is a short
distance outside of London. No trace
of the murderer has been found, but the
motive appears to be robbery, valuable
rings having been taken from the
woman's fingers.
The circumstances surrounding the
tragedy are Inexplicable. The General
and his wife were about" to go on a holi
day and the General suggested that they
walk from their residence at Ightham
Knoll, a short distance to the golf links
to fetch some things which they needed
in the house. . They started at 3 o'clock
making a short cut through the wood
belonging to a neighbor, which the lien
eral had the privilege of using. v
Husband Proceeds Alone.
Half way along Mrs. Luard, becoming
tired, decided to allow her nusDana to
proceed alone, she declaring her Inten
tlon to return home. The General pro
ceeded to the clubhouse and, having col
lected the things which he went after,
returned to his residence by another
route.
Finding that his wife ,had not reached
home, he set out in search of her, and
was horrified to find .her lying face down
ward In a pool of blood near the- spot
where he had shortly before left her In
the woods. Some of the accounts say
that the body was lying on the- balcony
of a Summer-house used for picnics,
while other reports say that it was lying
behind the Summer-house. As the ien
erai approached the spot bis wife's favor
ite terrier rushed to meet him and then
returned, mounting guard over his dead
mistress.
Shot Twice In Head.
Mrs. Luard had been shot with a re
volver, one bullet entering the temple
and another striking her behind the ear.
From the position of the body, apparently
she bad faced her assailant and he had
shot her- at close quarters. This bullet
entered just below the left eye. The
second shot seemingly was fired after the
woman fell on her face. Her hand had
been pulled back and three rings were
taken from her fingers. Her dress also
was torn from the body.
Mrs. Luard was a tall and handsome
woman, about 58 years of age. Major
General Luard is a retired officer of the
Royal Engineers. He entered the s army
In 1857, and was an active officer in Lon
don during the Fenian disturbance. He
devised the scheme for . the rearmament
of Gibraltar. In ' 1875 . he married the
youngest daughter of Thomas Hartley,
of Gillfool, Cumberland.
RUFFED GROUSE DRUMMING
Explanation of Sound to Which
Mystery Has Always Attached.
Forest and Stream.
' Few subjects have been so much dls
cussed by sportsmen as the whistle of
the woodcock and the drumming of the
ruffed grouse. To the latter sound much
mystery has always attached. The dull
roll of thunder comes out of the air from
a distance In the depth of the forest, and
excites the wonder of the listener, but
its direction and its distance seem so un
certain that he is 'not likely to try to
find It.
Few persons have seen the bird in the
act of drumming, and of those few a
still smaller number have been trained to
observe the ways of Nature or to draw
Just conclusions from what they may
have seen. Nevertheless many people
some observers and some mere theorists
have expounded their views on the sub
ject. It has been declared that the grouse
drums by beating his wings against the
object on which he stands, against his
own body or against each other above
the back; but none of these have satis
fied all the conditions and all are to - be
rejected. ' 1
In the year of 1905. however. Professor
C. F. Hodge, of Clark University, carried
on a series of observations on his domes
ticated ruffed grouse which point to an
other explanation, and which appear to
show that the sound is made by the rap
idly repeated blows of the stiff wing
quills against the erected and expanded
feathers of the side, which thus form a
feather cushion.
Professor Hodge says: "In fact, the
sound, so far as quality goes, can be best
imitated by striking with a wing prop
erly stretched or even a concave fan on
an extremely light eiderdown cushion."
Professor Hodge conjectures, too, that the
bird while drumming fills the air sack of
the breast and abdomen. "In this way
the contour surfaces of the strong wing
supports along the sides are made to In
close a large cavity filled with air, and
this acts like the resonance chamber of
a drum and yields the booming throb to
the air."
Professor Hodge believes, as has long
been agreed, that the drumming of the
ruffed grouse is a mating call. The fact
that the bird drums In Autumn Is no
valid objection to this conclusion, since
many birds produce in Autumn sounds
which we are accustomed to, regard as
peculiar to the breeding season, Sv
OLD AGE AND ARTERIES
French Physician Seeks to Upset
Theory Commonly Held.
For a long time now the books have
put down arterio-sclerosis, or harden
ing of the walls of the arteries, as a
malady of old age. Indeed the malady
of old age. A book published only the
other day by a physician of long
standing on how to attain old age con
tained the same familiar declarations.
It has been said that hardening of the
arteries Is what . oauses old age, and
that If the arteries could be prevented
from hardening old age could be "baf
fled, deferred, put off Indefinitely.
Now M. Lancereaux has told the
French Academy of Medicine that this
is not so. He finds arterio-sclerosis
rather In the young than in the old, and
says that It is less harmful In the old
than in the younger, and that the way
to cure it is to begin early with young
persons predisposed to it through he
redity, much as one should do to cure
young girls inclined to hysteria.
"Arterio-sclerosis is not a disease of
old age," bp id, M. Lancereaux, "but of i
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and when occurring In the aged it Is
less formidable."
M. Lancereaux attacked aonther the
ory when he declared that, contrary to
the general belief among the doctors,
arterio-sclerosis was not commonly due
to prolonged Indulgence in alcoholic
drinks, no more was it due to abuse of
tobacco. The proofs offered that it
came from these causes, he said, were
wholly Insufficient. Neither was poi
soning through too much meat in the
diet accountable for the affection, nor
was alimentary excess.
or milk. All grocers sell it
Corn Flakes.
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