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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1913)
A HAT REALLY . AN ORNAMENT English' Men and' Woman of Timet Past Wore.Wonderlul and 1m- t posing HeadgaK Uncle Sam's AeroBoat WASHINGTON. Foreign govern ' menu have had their military and naval 1 representatives In Wash ington watching the experiments that this government has been conducting at the Washington navy yard ' with the new catapult device for launching aeroplanes. The launching machine Is the design of Capt. W. I. Cham bers, in charge of aviation in', the navy. It practically is a compressed air gun that shoots the aeroplane into the air so that it can be launched from a "warship at any time and the catapult then stored below, out of the way. Several tests of the device have been made, various hydro-aeroplanes being used. What was generally con sidered the supreme test was made the other day. -when the new aero boat that has been built for the navy by Qlenn Curtiss was shot into the Postmen Cannot Loiter CHARLES B. MATTHEWS, superin tendent of carriers in the Wash ington postofflce, and the man who originated what is known as the "block" system of . mall delivery, a system that has been copied all over the country, said today: "One of the most Intelligent and faithful aslstants I have Is Mike. Mike Is a very humble sort of somebody, so humble. In fact,, that he even hasn't any other name. v "Mike is Just an old white horse, aound of body, clean of limb and brighter in bis Intelligence than many human beings that have been sent to me for service. - "Ton can't fool him. When the hour for starting on his route comes and Ernest Miller, the carrier who owns him. In full uniform, gets In hlB seat, Mike looks first up and then down the street to see If his road is clear, being particularly careful to watch a little longer to see if an electric car is about to start on Its way to Alexandria. Much Interest Being Shown in Muskrat Farming ACCORDING to the annual report of the biological survey recently sub mitted to Secretary Wilson, the rear ing of fur-bearing animals in the United States for thelrpelts continues to be a subject of much Interest Skunks, muskrais, minks and foxes are reared In captivity or on preserves under control of breeders. The large prices aBked for mature black foxes for breeding purposes have resulted In confining the Industry In the hands of a very few. Comparatively few at Whites on Reservations Ttt HITS men are not to be allowed IF to have "booze" while the In- -dlan goes dry on Indian reservations. There Is not to be one law for the red man and another for his white brother where they dwell together on the Indians' lands, the Indian bureau chief declares. The white man can have readier ac cess to the red Ink that is really a writing fluid and which has proved palatable and exhilarating, according to the records, to those who need al coholic excitement and find other sources dried up. And be may slake his acquired thirst from the mucilage bottle with greater facility perhaps. These and other devices have been known to the Indian while seeking ease for a parched throat But the white man on an Indian res ervation from now on may not have whisky or other alcoholic beverage, either, for refreshment or to cure his Ills or as a precaution against ail ments, even on a physician's prescrip tion, as long as the ban is on the In- Experiments Are Watched air for a sUccesfdl flight with Lieut Theodore EUyson. the first of the navy aviators, at the helmV -' The new boat is larger and heavier than any other hydro-aeroplane the government has used. ' It has a body like a light, -fast powerboat; and seats two passengers side by -side, with double-control mechanism, - so that either man can act as aviator. The boat is driven by an -eighty-horse power motor, and Is capable of a speed of fifty miles on the water and sixty miles in the air. - This launching device is the first that has been practical and successful from a navy standpoint. It was prov ed pore than a year ago, when Eu gene Ely flew from the scoutshlp Bir mingham and afterward flew and alighted on the battleship . Pennsyl vania, that the aeroplane could be launched at sea. In both these cases, however, a special platform was built and extensive preparations were made for the flight The new catapult can be clamped to the top of a turret and the turret revolved to shoot the aeroplane Into the teeth of the .wind without even turning the wheel of the. vessel The device takes only- half an , hour to erect When Mike Is on Duty MOVE ON IF HE 5TAXS MUCH tOnCen "Once started, he takes In each ho tel in Its turn. He will not permit the carrier who goes with him to stoi on his way or loiter. . If he tries to do so Mike simply walks on. So when he arrives at the hotel he allows time for the carrier to take the mail In and get back, and if he does not come back within that time Mike slmplj moves on to his next stop. "Why, I can send the greenest sue In the office out with Mike and h won't go astray. If he knows how tc read the labels on the mall sacks. 'He Is never sick and has nevei lost an hour's time." tempts have been made to raise mlnki In the United States, but experiments are being conducted In co-operation with the National Zoological park with a view to determining the most suc cessful methodB of rearing these ani mals. Muskrat farming has probably reached its highest point of develop ment on the eastern shore of Mary land. Muskrat marshes are worth more, - measured by. iheir actual In come, than cultivated farms of like acreage in the same vicinity. Only one other animal in the world, the Eu ropean rabbit, exceeds the muskrat In the number of skins marketed. - The report also calls attention to the experiments for the extermination of prairie dogs, ground squirrels and gophers that are being conducted by means of poison baits, traps and eth er methods. It Is a surprising fact that the daily forage of 32 adult prai rie dogs equal that required for sheep, and that 260 eat nearly at much as a cow. Are as Dry as Poor Lo WHITE MEN ARE F0RB1DMH TO HAVE LIQUOR. ON THIS dlan. The only Intoxicant not nndat prohibition remains the wine Intended solely for sacramental purposes, to b brought Into the reservations undei church authority. Circular No. 695, Indian bureau, signed by Acting Commissioner F. H. Abbott and Indorsed by the acting secretary of the Interior, addressed to the superintendents of Indian schooli and agencies, directs observance ol the law In strict conformity with 1U letter. It also calls attention to lr regularities in observance of the law that We come to the attention of tb buret 1 yamvimmwi WW. BTllB VJI An MBBMI Ladles probably did , not; begin to wear hats until about the 'tenth cen tury, if so early, and then it was the lofty headdress draped with, some ma terial, which It must have been most trying to, keep on indoors, nd quite impossible to wear In a. wind. . . According to the "Anatomy or Abuses," written In Queen Elizabeth's time, ladles' hats were. Very nearly as perplexing then as they are. to day. . "These fashions be rare and strange, o is the stuff whereof the hats .be made divers also1; "for some are of silke, some of velvet, .some of taffeta and some of "wool, and which is more, curious, some of a certain kind of fine halre, these they call beaver hats." ' In the reign of Henry VHt, hats as sumed at '"great rlchnesse 'and teau tie," but In the time of the first James they became even more ornate, Jewels of price and occasionally." small mir rors being used In their adornment At times of revelry the gallants wore feathers in their hats, which were said to be one of the "falreBt ensigns of their braverle." " But for adornment men's hats were fh their zenith in the days of Charles. The big felt hats with the long feath er saucily curled around them, fast ened with a buckle often of great value, gave a dashing air o the cava liers, which ' abrolutely cast the tall solemn hats of the Puritans and "Psalm singers" Into .the shade. The monster hats of the time of the emrlre were almost as big as "the Merry Widow" of modern fame, and in shape today they . were positively unique. Men's .. hats . have suffered great changes since the time,, of Charles, and it Is more than doubtful fc! they ' will . ever --again v become ornate. ... Indeed, save in very remote parts of Wales where the old women still some of them wear the high-crowned steeple bat there to nothing especially peculiar about the headgear of the English peasantry. Statue to Potatoes. "When I was In Germany last year," says a man who travels, "I saw some people who like potatoes even better than I do. At any rate, they erect statues to them, and even if I could afford it I hardly think I should do that. . "Offenberg was the first city to erect a monument of this kind. The upper part consists of a statue of Sir Francis Drake, who Introduced the plant into Europe. This, as well as the pedestal, is draped with garlands of the potato vine, with full- grown tu bers attached. On the pedestal, on one side, Is Sir Francis Drake's name, the second side explains what a blessing the potato has been to mankind, the third re cords that the statue Is the gift of a certain Andrew Frederick of Stras burg. The fourth contains the names of the erectors. A statue similar to this is plaoed In the town of Murz, and I have been told that- there are other copies In many small towns." Australia Gets Wireless. The . chain of wireless stations around Australasia will in a few months be an accomplished fact, it is said, and Australia, New Zealand and the Islands will be in constant touch day and night ; The - station at Awanul bay, North Auckland, is prac tically In operation already, although not yet officially taken over by the government The Installation, a 30 kilowatt one, compares' very favorably with that at Pennant Hllla, Sydney, and with the high power station at Fremantle, will enable Auckland to "speak" to Sydney or FIJI at any time. A similar Installation is now in course of erection at The Bluff, in the south of New Zealand, and there are three supplementary stations In the dominion. Chinese River Boats. The rivers of China are notable for the queer unrigged craft that throng their reaches in the neighborhood of towns. The handsomest of these Is the Hwa Ting, or flower boat Many of the pretty craft form the resort or dwelling place of China's sing-song girls, while others are held tor hire, as are our houseboats and yachts, for pleasure excursions. These are pro pelled by long oars, or poles, in the bands of servants who tread a nar row gangway running along their length. These river boats are the homes, of fices and shops of those whose lives are spent aboard them. Moored along the bank with the bow fastened to a long hawser, extending for perhaps a thousand feet up or down the stream, they rise and fall with the tide or with the swell of some passing steamer, year In and out They only leave for the time necessary to pur sue some call of trade In another part of the harbor, then return again to fit Into their accustomed place. In Canton, alone, the boat' city of China, there are said to be 84,000 of these "chop-boats," as they are called. VVf G are on the high road to, Vflf Harderwyk, one of the small Till "dead cities" of the Zuyder1 . H , Zee.t It is Saturday ' morn- . iug uuu .macifqi aay,. ine most Important weekly occurrence In inese environs. Market begins quite earlv and miiftt now a close upon 11 o'clock and' we meet the returning stream -or. peasants. . They have Sold all their eess and nthor nrn. duce, have made their i purchases In town for the coming week and are now returning homeward; writes W. J. L. Klehl, from The Hague, in the Chlca- 6u uauy xsews. i Most of them are on foot come driving in carts and in wagons lul curiously carved and painted a dark green color. Soma nf thaa ons are hooded with either white or urn oiue cap-like covers. From un derneath these hnnrlu noon ih. ' ... BlUlllUg races of the peasant women. Every ub a menmy nod and a cheerful "eooC. mornim? .ti, of the vehicles that overtake us half top meir teams as they offer us a lift But we do not accept the kind offers, for the walk Is far too enjoyable this uue winter morning.- . Fond of Blue Colors. Every man. woman nr nhiM -a maA is carrying a basket, sometimes two, and a few bundles: - Th hkati ... all covered with kerchiefs, many of a dark blue ground with light blue flow ery pattern,' or blue and white check. discussing -IrlSf The bundles, too, are all wrapped In such cloths. Strange, this preference for dark blue, which alBo obtains In the dress of all these peasants. The women wear black skirts, with wide plaited overjackets,. low at the neck, where they show a neck kerchief of spotless white, over which is pinned a blight scarlet flowered overkerchlef. But the long wide aprons they all wear and which entirely cover ' the skirts, are dark navy blue without exception. The headdress is curious and con sists of many pieces, all of which have some meaning of their own, showing whether the wearer Is maid, wife or widow, or whether she Is in deep or light mourning. ' Most of the women we meet wear close-fitting white lace or calico caps, over which is tightly drawn the kerchief, of a bright col ored flowery pattern on cream ground. Over this is laid wide sliver band, lying close to the neck and coming up over the ears. Just above the eyes two gold spirals are fastened that look like small horns. At the back, the sli ver headpieces have engraved the in itials of the wearer and are decorated with some sprays of leaves or flowers. Although not so costly as the gold headpieces of the Holland and Frisian peasants, those silver maihents rep resent good values, costing from 36 to 40 florins ($14.40 to $16). Every girl, as soon as she reaches the age of flf toon la nt-nir-ntpfl in wear these caps vi fit & 'v"' 1 and headdresses. The younger obll- dreir wear black, hoodlike caps, such . as we see' in 'picture's of the Stuart . period lh' England.-' . ' , On work days every one "' wears' wooden shoes. Only on. , Sundays do1 the wealthier peasant ' women wear leather shoes with great silver buckles, ' the latter often- ancient' heirlooms - of beautiful workmanship.' On this mar ket day many of. the women have donned their Sunday things and. are showing off' their, leather Bhoes.',,. In.', wooden shoes, 'however, every one seems to be more comfortable and we actually met two or three girls' on ' bicycles, with their wide skirts, curl- -. ous caps, wooden shoes and all! - And they seem 'to get along' perfectly well on their "bikes" with their ' wooden shoes; only, somehow, ,it seems incon- s gruous and. a, sort . of anaphronism to see such modern things as bicycles on the old road with its people of bygone ages, as it seems'.' ,; Dress of the Men.''' The men also' still adhere' to the , ancient dress. The trousers do not differ much from those we . see in south Holland. A double ' breasted walBtcoat or "a short black or dark 1 blue Jacket lined with very heavy dark blue flannel are worn .with the ker chief In dark colors, around , the neck. They also carry a gold brooch that Is attached to a kind of collar of white knitted cotton, on which are worked in ' red the name or initials of the wear- "ppijTica er. These brooches are made Uk two large buttons, more or less orna mented wltE" filigree, and hold the neck kerchief in place at the throat A black silk cap, sometimes with em broidered border, complete the cos tume. - Many of these men ' carry finely, chased silver or old brass tobacco boxes, for they all chew tobacco. The tiny boys In their dress are ex act counterparts of the men. Some few men we meet wear very long coats and high hats. That is a mourning costume, we are told, which custom requires to be worn on Sunday and feast days as a mark of respect for the dead. ' Few carry umbrallas. They are not . very necessary here, for the clothing is almost Impervious to rain. It is so thick and of so satiny a sheen that the water does not penetrate, but runs off It as from a duck's back. It is the thickness of the material and not any undue number of petticoats that makes the women's dress stand out so widely around them, and that make even the long coated Jackets of the lit tle girls stand out as If they were whaleboned. The workday Jackets of women and gtrlB have short sleeves; and only on very cold days do they wear finely knitted black woven mit tens over .their bare nrnis. But the Sunday Jackets are long sleeved and of a silky urccade appearance.
