Cottage Grove leader., April 23, 1912, Image 2

SPURNS FILTHY LUCRE
ONE MAN FOUND WHO DOES NOT
CARE FOR MONEY.
Lure of Comfortablo Homo, With
Qroonbaeks In Profualon, Unabl#
to Decoy Joseph Fluaaer From
tho Llfo Ho Lovoa.
If you v era shoveling coal and get­
ting no pay for It and aleaping nlghta
under a wharf and getting auch
meager blta o f food aa Just happened
to fall your way and your brother
ahould come along and discover you
a fte r' a long, long anarch and take
you by the hand and tell you that he
had $1,000 for you and a good home
and plenty to eat, would you run away?
Then, If running away, that brother
ahould aak the Judge to declare that
you were craiy, wouldn’t your brother
have good ground for hla move?
That’s the altuatlon presented In the
singular case o f Benjamin Fluaaer,
who keeps a furniture store at 214
Springfield avenue, one of the main
business streets of Newark, N. J„ who
has aaked the court to look Into the
state of mind of hla brother, Joseph,
who has been sent to the detention
ward of Bellevue hospital, New York,
because he runs away from money
which almost any man will chase for
miles and lose his breath over and
cheat and lie and scheme and sell gold
bricks for. Benjamin had been look­
ing for Joseph since their father died
on November 25 last leaving an estate
of $14,000. of which $2,000 was Jo­
seph’s share. Benjamin was walking
along Orand street, New York, when
be ran across Joseph busy shoveling
coal Into a cellar from a sidewalk.
When Benjamin told him what had
happened, Joseph said: “ I don't want
anybody’s money; I bate money; give
It away and please go away and let
me work. I know I am your brother,
but I do not want money. I am work­
ing; so go away and let me finish my
Job."
"M y brother cannot be In his right
senses,” says Benjamin. “ He w ill not
sleep In a home and has a place under
the Williamsburg bridge. He hates to
be In a home and won’t work In a
store. I want to give him a good
home, and I could get him a good Job,
but he will stay with nobody. He runs
after wood and coal carts until they
are ready to be unloaded and then he
helps.
"Sometimes they give him ten cents,
sometimes 15 and maybe a quarter.
They say he will not take a quarter,
saying he does not want any one’s
money, while lots of times he works
and then goes away without looking
for any money or waiting for It."
The money-hating brother la forty-
four years old and came from Austria.
Before leaving Europe he was one
day leaning over a bridge watching
bathers below, when the rail against
which he leaned snapped and he fell
on his head many feet below, strik­
ing a pile of lumber. After that he
was semi-conscious for six months,
and did not recover his mental or
physical strength for a year. That
was 28 years ago.
W ith two of his six brothers. Benja­
min and Max, the eccentric one came
to Newark. He worked with his broth­
ers for a while, left them and worked
In Salomon’s tannery for four or five
years. This was the longest he had
ever stayed In one place, and he had
laved up several hundred dollars.
The Chicago World’s Fair then was
advertised and Joseph went to the
fair. He lost all his money and be­
came lost to his brothers. They look­
ed for him In Chicago, traced him to
various parts, and finally found that
he was In New York. From time to
time they were told that he had been
•een over there, and they went to look
for him, but without success.
Max Flusser, a broker, died In New­
ark. November 25, leaving $14,000, of
which $10,000 was In cash and $4,000
In second mortgages. Benjamin Flus­
ter Is the administrator of the estate,
and. as he says $2,000 Is Joseph’s
ihare, he wants to protect his brother
tnd put him In some home or Institu­
tion where he will be cared for. This
Is the $2,000 that Joseph spurns.
C ARRIES ITS H O M E W ITH
IT
Peculiar Domicile Inhabited by the
Larvae of the Caddis Fly— Is a
Place of Refuge.
Hare you ever In your walks In the
country noticed what looks like a bit
of stick crawling
about the bottom
of a pond? Per­
haps the strange
creature was more
like a cylindical
mass of leaves,
sand and shells.
If you observed it
closely you must
have seen that It bad a head and some
feet, something like those of a small
caterpillar, sticking out of a hole In
fron t These queer little things are
the larvae of the caddls-fly and are
quite common In the ponds of Long
Isand. Two of them may now be
watched at close range In one of the
aquaria at the Children’s Museum,
Bedford Park, Brooklyn.
Adult caddls-flles look so much like
certain moths that they are often mis­
taken for them, but their larvae, while
really grubs, live In the water and feed
on submerged vegetation. Each larvae
or caddls-worm builds Itself a case, se­
lecting for the purpose such material
as may be most handy. It sticks ths
bits of sand, fragments of leaves, cap
sules of moss, tiny shells and bits ol
stick together with a sort of cement
and forms them Into a cylinder about
an inch long and three-sixteenths ol
an Inch In diameter. In this It lives,
pulling Its home about after It and nev
er exposing more of Its body than li
necessary to allow free movement ol
Its legs. If you touch one of them oi
pick It up by Its shell Its head anc
legs are Instantly retracted within the
tube, which now appears quite devoli'
of life.— New York World.
PIC KED
M EN
FO R
AVIAT0RÌ
High Qualifications Required of Those
Who Would Aspire to Serve
In Italian Army.
A special aviation corps has beet
established In the Italian army, and it
connection with 1’
Dr. M. Falchl, on«
of the military
surgeons attache«
to the school o:
aviation, has pub
llshed the follow
lng as his Idea O'
the qualification)
of a military av
lator.
Ofllcerg are best between twenty
five and thirty-five years of age. Un
der twenty-five men are apt to attemp
senseless and foolhardy flying; ove:
thirty-five, they may be more suscep
tlble to the dangers of aviation, be
cause of the beginning of senll«
changes In circulatory and respiratory
apparatus. They should be light It
weight, weighing about 165 pounds;
they should not, however, train exces
slvely for the mere purpose of reduc
lng weight. They must be of robus
physique, should not be alcoholic, an«
have no Inherited tendency towar«
epilepsy or other nervous disorders
They must have excellent vision an«
hearing, and no disease of circulator]
or respiratory organs. They should b<
of even character, being neither emo
tlonal nor hesitating. They should b<
prompt In obedience as well as In com
mand. They should, finally, be Intel
llgent persons.
EA G ER T O S TU D Y
W IR ELESS
Brooklyn Boys Avail Themselves W ltl
Avidity of the Opportunities
Afforded Them.
It Is Just seven years since th>
Children's
Museum
In
Bedfor«
P a r k , Brooklyn
Installed a wire
less t e 1 e g r aphy
plant and Invited
the boys of Brook
lyn to come and
learn how to oper
ate It. At first they
could send meesa
ges only a few
blocks. but with each month cam«
some Improvement, until today they
Such a Dunce ef a Cook.
Philander C. Knox, secretary of send messages 160 miles and have re
Itate, Is a particular man about the celved them from New Orleans, Key
food he saU. In fact. If the dishes do W est and vessels far out at sea.
There are always groups of boy«
not suit him exactly his appetite
fades away to nothing. One day In practicing In the museum; how many
New York, being In a hurry, he rush­ have learned there would be difficult
ed Into a cheap restaurant and or­ to say, but the number must run well
dered roast beef. T o his Intense dis­ up Into the thousands. This Is why
gust he found that the beef was not Brooklyn roofs bristle with antennae,
good and Immediately proceeded to which have become a striking feature
of the landscape.
inundate a well-developed roar.
T o the proprietor, who hurried up,
Against the Circulation Liar.
Mr. Knox exclaimed:
Legislation should be obtained that
"W hat do you mean by serving
would result In treating the circula-
•polled beef?"
" I t ’s that bone-headed cook of tlon liar on the same basis as any
mine," said the prlprletor. " I told him other swindler. When a business
to cut off that spoiled part before he man makes representations to a bank
In asking for credit and signs a false
served the b e ef!"
Whereupon Mr. Knox lost his appe­ statement of bis finances he will be
prosecuted and convicted. The circu­
tite for a week.— Popular Magazine.
lation liar should be treated In pre
wisely the same way.— P. A. Conne.
Golden Eloquence.
*T understand that you arranged the
An Artistic Consideration.
formation of your big trust at a ban­
"So you think you would Improve
quet.”
the ballot T”
"Y es,” replied Dustin Stax, "It has
"W e couldn’t help Improving It,” re­
long been known that ’money talks.' plied young Mrs. Torklns. ” 1 have
But It remained for us to develop Its seen pictures of a lot of ballots, and
capacities as an after dinner speak­ the decorations on them were simply
er.”
atrocious.”
WARD OF GOVERNM ENT,*^
c ar efu l
in
m a r k e t in g
“ •lery Had Loat Its Crlspnsss Whila
Cautious Woman Was Making Up
LONG AND ARDUOUS 8ERVICE OF
Mind About Purchase.
MULE RECOGNIZED.
Lady— Is this celery fresht
Dealer— Yearn.
It Has Been Said That Republics Were
“ Real fresh?”
"Y ea’m.”
Ever Ungrateful, but Thla Incl.
"Just In?"
dent Seems to Disprove
"Yea'm.”
the Statement.
"Is It crisp?”
“ Yea’m.”
Almost thirty years ago, so the ar
“ Are you sure It is all right?”
chives of the war department dis­
“ Yes’m.”
close, Lieutenant W. A. Kobbe of the
"W here did you get It?”
Third artillery, who was stationed at
“ From a market gardener, mum.”
Mount Vernon barracks, Alabama, re­
“Todayr
ported to the war department that
“ Yes'm.”
there was at that post a white mule
"How much is It?”
named Mexlque, which had been for
“ Ten cents a bunch."
many years In the service of the Unit­
"Isn’t that rather high?"
ed States, but which had at last been
"N ot at this season.”
ordered sold. The offloers of the post.
’T v e got It here lately for less.”
Lieutenant Kobbe said, desired per-
“ That was small and rather green.*
mlsalen to purchase the animal and
“ Can you send It up?”
keep and care for It at their own ex­
"Yes'm .”
pense.
“ In time for dinner?”
Major F. L. Guenther o f the Second
“ Oh, yes’m."
artillery, to whom the petition was
“ Just break off a piece and let mt
referre«L reported that the mule In
question was originally left at Key try It.”
“ Yes’m. H ere Is some.”
W est barracks In 1848 by a portion of
“ H ’m! It Isn’t nice at all. It’s with­
the army returning from Mexico at
the close of the war with that coun­ ered.”
“ Well, mum, It’s a gtmd while since
try. He added:
“ During the time that I served et you asked If It was fresh.”
K ey West, from 1875 to 1880, the mule
did not miss a day’s work from any
cause. He Is very old and has been
worn out by his long service In the
quartermaster’s department. If there
Is any way to provide for him, I should
be glad ‘ to have it done, as the ex­
pense to the government would be
little or nothing.”
The petition went through the regu­
lar channels until It reached the quar­
termaster general, who indorsed It as
follows:
"T o promote the sentiment of kind­
ness toward animals that are so Inti­
mately connected with military men.
It Is recommended In this special case
that this mule be kept In the depart­
ment and left to the care of those
whose kindly feelings are so deeply
oplisted In his behalf.”
General Sherman submitted the case
to the secretary of war, with the fol­
lowing report:
'T have seen the mule, end whether
true or not, the soldiers believe It was
left at Big Spring, where Mount Ver­
non barracks now are, at the time Gen­
eral Jackson’s army encamped there,
about 1819-1820. Tradition says that
It was once a sorrel, but now It Is
white from age. The quartermaster’s
department will be chargeable with
Ingratitude If the mule Is sold, or the
care of maintenance of It thrown on
the charitable officers of the post. I
advise that It be kept In the depart­
ment, fed and maintained until death.
I think the mule was at Fort Morgan,
Mobile Point, when I was there In
1842."
The secretary o f war thereupon
made the following order:
"L e t this mule be kept and well
cared for as long as he lives.”
Exasperating.
"Hold on a minute, W hlfflts!”
“ Speak fast, old chap, I'm In a great
hurry.”
“ Just a moment.”
"W ell, well. What Is It?"
“ Are you aware of the fact that the
wife of the emperor of Germany calls
him ‘W illy?’ ’’
“ No, confound your Impertinence!
And I don't care a hang what she calls
him! You've made me miss my car.”
TH E REASON.
First Suburbanite— I’m not going to
have a garden this year. I had one
last summer and It kept me as thin as
a rail.
Second Suburbanite—Worked too
hard at It, eh?
First Suburbanite— No; I tried to
live on what I raised In i t
As He Understood It.
The lofty browed, scholarly mar.
Scorpion’s Fainting Fit.
The scorpion that Is placed In the who was officiating at the banquet
center o f a ring of coals does noj com­ turned to the man sitting next to
mit suicide by stinging himself to. him.
death, as has been claimed. In lands { “ What Is the next thing In the order
where the scorpion abounds It Is a of exercises?” he asked.
regular pastime among countrymen to | The other made a whispered re­
ring a scorpion with fire and w atch, sponse.
I didn’t
him commit, as Is believed, the happy | “ Please say that again;
despatch. Nevertheless, the scorpion quite catch I t ”
The answer was repeated.
has the last laugh, as It were.
The scorpion, though an inhabitant' “ Gentlemen,” said the toastmaster,
of torrid regions, Is so delicately or-1 rising, “ the next thing will be an Irish
ganlxed that a very slight Increase ( song by that prince of entertainers,
Zenny
above the normal temperature pro­ Mr. Bockllsh, entitled, 'Ha!
duces a condition In him analogous to Bottle Leer Seen Kell Lee?’ ”
a fainting fit. Driven desperate by
the heat, he lashes his tall wildly,
One of the Pioneers.
giving the Impression that he Is plung­
Isaac Pitman bad Invented hla sys
ing his sting Into his own body. Then tem o f shorthand.
he falls motionless. As a presumably
“ It’s merely speaking by sound,” he
dead scorpion has no further Interest explained; "every little character has
for the spectators, he la usually left a meaning all Its own."
where he has fallen, and, after the
A t a later period Prof. Br&er Ma-
fire has died down, he recovers and thuze and others tried to do the same
crawls away.
thing with long-hand and made an
egregiously absurd mess o f 1L
Peacock Throne of Persia.
The throne. Itself, which now graces
the audience hall o f the Persian Sha-
han-Shah, or “ King of Kings,” la a
magnificent work of art, aumptuous In
the extreme. It Is a Jeweled platform,
sometimes compared to a “ field bed,”
about four feet high and five feet by
eight feet In area, resting on six mas­
sive legs, with four additional sup­
ports, and mounted by a double step.
A heavy railing, decorated with metal
knobs and finíais, emboxes the rug-
bedecked seat, and rises at the rear
to form an elevated back, against
which the shah sits In Oriental fash­
ion, supported by a bolster-cushion
snd surrounded by pillows. The rich
Incrustations of Jewels, the highly or­
nate character of the lacquer work,
tnd the delicacy of the traceries and
srabesque designs Impart to the
throne an exquisiteness of finish and
beauty that Is quite Its own.— From
Constantinople to Persia, by A. V. W .
lackson.
Unflattering.
“ Phllbrlck, I never have tha slight­
est trouble In remembering your
oame. I think o f ‘Jackpot’ and I've
got you at once.”
"WJiat's the connection?”
"W ell, Jackpot suggests bathroom;
bathroom reminds me of bath brtek,
and from bath brick to Phllbrlck the
transition Is easy."
T o Prevent Being Fired.
Diplomatic.
"So many ef the men were dlscharg
"H ow did you get your wife to fore­ ed that they formed a union for pro­
Life Not All Gone Yet.
go her desire tor that expensive eve­ tection.”
" I suppose you're been begging all
ning gown?”
“ A eort of fire prevention associa­ four life, haven't yon?” said the lady
"Told her It was Just the thing a tion.”
to the tramp at the back door.
nlaln woman needed.”—Judge.
I
"N ot ylt." was the wanderer’s reply.
A New Recipe.
A t an examination o f nurse« the
young lady was asked by the physi­
cian: "W hat would you do to cure
a cold In the head?"
She replied: “ I would put my feet
In hot water till you were In profuse
perspiration."— Catholic Standard and
Times.
Too Complicated.
"An expert in osculation has con
trtbuted an article to a newspaper on
how to kiss a girl.”
"W ell, did you learn how?”
"No. A fter I had reached the ninth
stage In the proceeding without the
klsa haring been consummated, I had
* brain storm and quit."
WHALE WAS A FIGHTER
EXACTED HEAVY PE N A L T Y
DEATH OF HER CALF.
FOR
Hunters Paid Dearly for Blunder of
Man Who Wielded H arp oon -
Amazing Vlndlotlvonasa Shown
by Oooan Monitor.
The gray whale, a huge mammal
that Inhabits the North Paclflo ocean,
and la moat often found along the
American coast, particularly In the
Gulf of California, makes so vigorous
a fight when attacked and la so terri­
ble an adversary that It Is known
among sailors aa the devil-fish.
These huge sea mammals are some­
times a source o f much danger to
peaceful passing boats, having the
same effect as a cow on a railroad
track. A vessel bowling along at full
speed, hitting one of these immense
bodies a broadside blow Is visibly dis­
turbed, and if the ship la small and
weak there Is often a wreck.
It has always been a standing order
among the whalers that a calf should
never be Injured when the mother Is
near. Neglect o f this order was once
the cause of a catastrophe. A fleet
of thirteen American whaleehlps was
off the coast of Lower California, and
fifty-two boats, four from each ship,
were out. In some way, In striking
a large cow whale, a harpoon trans­
fixed her calf, which was at her side,
and killed it Instantly.
The mother quickly satisfied her­
self that the calf was dead, and then
turned upon her aggressors like a
veritable demon of destruction.
W hile carefully avoiding the ex­
posure of her body to attack, she
Bpread devastation among the flotilla.
When she arose to the surface It was
but for a second, to emit an expira­
tion like the hits of a lifting safety-
valve, and at the same Instant to
destroy a boat or complete the de­
struction of one already hopelessly
damaged. Every blow was dealt with
accuracy and an appearance of pre­
meditation. The speed of the monster
was bo great that she appeared al­
most simultaneously at widely separ­
ated points. Not content with deal­
ing one tremendous blow at a boat,
and reducing It to a bundle of loose
boards, she attacked the wreckage
again and again.
Utter demoralization seized even
the veterans. The distance to the
shore was great, and the huge whale,
so far from spending her fury, seemed
only to grow more desperately In
earnest as the work of destruction
went on. At last two boats succeeded
In reaching the beach. The crews
had hardly leaped overboard to run
their craft up when close behind
them In the shallow water app^red
their relentless enemy. She was Just
too late.
Out of the fifty-two boats only two
escaped undamaged. More than fifty
men were badly Injured, and six, one
of whom was the unfortunate origi­
nator of the mischief, were killed
outright
JU S T A L I T T L E
F A M ILY JAF
Amusing and Charactsrlatlo Convert»
tlon Between Husband and Wlfa
During Squabble.
"Oh, Marla, what’s the use of talk
lng at cross purp—”
“ Who’s talking at a cross purp, Johz
Dorkins, I’d like to know!”
” 1 was only going to say—”
“ I know what you were going tc
say! I heard you say I t !”
“ I only wanted to— ’’
"You only wanted to call your wlfs
a cross purp! And you did i t ! ”
" I didn’t ! ”
"You d id !"
"A ll I started to say— ”
"W as that I was a cross purp!”
“ Was that we both—’’
“ Speak for yourself!”
"W ere talking at— ’’
"I know Just what you said! Cross
purp!"
“ A t cross purposes.”
"W ell, If that’s what you meant,
why didn’t you say so?”
W e All Have Something.
’T v e always had an ungrattfled am
bltlon,” remarked a well-known local
business man. ,
“ Nonsense,” protested a friend.
“ Why, you are wealthy enough to
maintain a steam yucht.”
“ Just the same. I have never had
this wish gratified."
"And what Is It?"
"I have always wanted the magi­
cian who comes down among the audi­
ence to take his magic rabbit from
my pocket. Sometimes he strikes a
spectator near me, and I have always
hoped that he would eventually choose
me. But he never has.”
Doing His Best.
He was a commercial traveler, and
things were going very badly with
him— so badly, In fact, that he wrote
home In a very melancholy mood
concerning the state of trade.
Thereupon the head of the firm
wired: "Hang It, If you cannot get
enough orders to make your ex­
penses, you had better return at
once.”
The reply read: "Orders are very
Moon’s Weather Is Variable.
scarce, but am making a lot of ex­
"W ith the temperature ranging from penses.”— Ideas.
the boiling point to a frigidity of ZOO
degrees below zero the same day, the
Seemed Papular.
cllmgte of the moon Is too uncertain
"Scales?” the hardware merchant
for any human being, no matter how said. "Yes, sir; plenty of ’em. What
many changes of clothing he has."
kind do you want to look at?”
This was the remark of Prof. F. R.
“ W ell,” meditated the customei
Monlton, assistant Instructor In as­ with the retreating chin; ‘T v e heerd
tronomy at the University of Chicago, a good deal about these San Jose
in an address at tho Chicago Hebrew scales. Friend of mine Bays every
farmer out his way h a s got ’em. You
institute.
"Nothing lives on the moon," he might show me one of that kind."
said. "Any animal would be frozen to
death In one hour and scorched to
A L L FOR LOVE.
death In another. A day on the moon
Is twenty-eight and one-half o f our
normal days.
“ It Is believed by superstitious peo­
ple that the moon has an effect upon
the weather, the seasons and the
crops. The earth Is virtually Inde­
pendent of the moon. The satellite
furnishes light at night, but no heat
worth mentioning, and has nothing to
do with stormi and «Ganges of tem­
perature.”
.
Ramlnder of Pster tho Groat.
H ere was the place where Peter the
Great made his arsenal, and here are
now located the soldier«’ barracks and
the parade ground. Not far away, near
a sort of market square, la the place
where the great esar lodged In 1722
before taking quarter* In the citadel.
It Is simply a vaulted hovel of mud or
cement, entered by a small door, and
now surrounded by an open portico
that ha* across the front columns con­
nected by a green painted railing, and
with two wooden fences In the rear.
A painted sign over the entrance, now
nearly Illegible, records the fact that
Peter stayed there, and two antique
cannon, which hare long outlived the
time when tbehy were of use, still
guard either side.— From Constantino
pie to Persia, by A. V. W. Jackson.
Jimmy— Why don’t you never wash
yer face?
Tommy—I want me goll ter t’ink
I’m a chauffeur.
Hla Manners.
“ Yon see that man across the way?”
"Y es; what of him?”
"I saw him puffing away lately In
a room full of ladles."
"Did they allow It?”
“ Certainly, He waa dressing their
hair.”
Near Enough.
A Chicago banker was dictating a
letter to his stenographer. “ Tell Mr.
So-and-So,” he ordered, "that I will
meet him tn Schenectady.”
"H ow do you spell Schenectady?”
Pessimism.
What the “ Ada” Say.
asked the stenographer.
"D o you think the government will
Willis— Do you know that the mine succeed In reducing the cost of living,
"S-c, 8 c— er— er— er—
Tell him
we thought was no good has yielded even If It makes an Investigation T"
t i l meet him In Albany."— Argonaut.
$9,000,000 In the past two months?
"It may, but I doubt I t My wife Is
Gillie— Who says so? Our com­ always able to think Sf plenty ot
Sententious.
i
A north side school boy was asked pany?
'kings we can’t afford.” .
Willis— No; the pro«pectus of the
to form a sentence with the word
“horse sense." He said: "The man company that Is promoting the mine
A Rare Achievement.
forgot to lock his stable door one next to oura.— Puck.
"Btffklns seems to be an amiable
night and he hasn’t »een hla horse
sort of fellow."
>ence.”
"Burkins Is a wonder In that re­
Hla Disappointment.
spect. He has even been known to
"You say he was disappointed to
Promptly.
make friends with a train ’butcher.’ ”
love?"
"Did the actor you spoke Of get
"H
e
certainly
was.”
a notice In the new play he went
Retrospective.
“ But I thought he married the glr
opt In?”
"Afterthoughts are the best.”
“ Got It for two weeks as soon as be he loved?”
"Perhaps, but they are often darned
“ So he did. And then he found that M r t a p . ”
cava hla first Der for manna.”
two cannot live as cheaolv as one." I