The Athena press., August 28, 1908, Image 2

A formal declaration of party princi
ple specified as the party platform was
u unknown In the early days as was a
convention. The noisiest, the jolliest, the
most exciting and perhaps least logical
presidential campaign was that of 1810.
William Henry Harrison, hero of an In
dian victory at Tippecanoe, a plain old
man, who had lived, his opponents snecr
ingly said, in a log cabin decorated with
coon skins and hnd drunk hard cider, was
elected by Thurlow Weed as a better
candidate than Henry Clay. To defeat
Clay in the Republican convention, the
unit rule was adopted. The issues between
Van Buren, the Democratic candidate,
and Harrison were not clearly drawn, but
the adventitious circumstances of Harri
son's early life were skillfully utilized for
theatrical effects. "Old Tippecanoe" was
the slogan. Processions, miles long, with
log cabins, cider barrels and coon skin
caps on poles, stretched from State to
State. Glee clubs were a feature of the
campaign and the Indian fighter was fair
ly sung into office.
So vigorously did the Whigs sing their
favorite refrains that echoes of the songs
till linger.
What has caused this great commotion
motion motion motion,
Our country through?
It Is the ball a rolling on
For Tippecanoe and Tyler, too,
And with them we will beat little Van,
Van, Van, la a used up man.
Farewell, deHr Van,
You're not our man
To guard the ship.
We ll try old Tip.
In the campaign which resulted In the
lection of Henkmin Harrison the fact
that he was a grandson of old Tip was
not forgotten by bis adherents. Many
lnngv. even Irreverent references fixed
on grandpa's hat as a fit subject for
campaign quips. In 1841, the year when
the Democratic convention brought the
first dark horse into the running, the
songs of the majority were :
O, poor Henry Clay, poor Henry Clay,
You cannot be our President, for Polk Is in
the way.
and
Hurrah for Tolk and annexation,
Down with Clay and high taxation.
When John Hanks, cousin of Abraham
Lincoln, carried two weather-beaten rails
Into the Wigwam the structure especially
built for the Republican convention held
in Chicago, In May, 1800 Lincoln be
came the "railsplitter" candidate as Har
rison had been the log cabin and Jackson
the hickory candidate years before.
In the convention of 1800 began the
modern custom of cheering and counter
cheering. The Seward contingent gave a
parade the day of the convention. While
they were marching Lincoln supporters
filled the Wigwam. With the naming of
the candidates began the cheering. When
Seward was nominated and seconded the
shouting was absolutely frantic, shrill
and wild. But when Lincoln's nomina
tion was seconded the West wns heard
from, and gave a scTeam that was posi
tively awful, and accompanied It with
tamping that made every plank and pil
lar In the building quiver. On the third
ballot Lincoln wns nominated. The shout
ing was so deafening that the cannon
which was discharged on the roof of the
building could not be heard Inside.
EUNNDIO AWAY" FEOM HOME.
Gray-Haired Man Remember Boy
Who Tried It Kortr
"Whenever I read in the newspapers
that a boy has run away from home to
fight Indians or seek some other sort of
adventure, It takes me back forty
years," said the gray-halrod man In
the club smoking room. "For I ran
away from home once, Just as I sup
pose every other youngster does, once
at least, only In my case I wnsu t seek
Ing adventure, I was escaping tyranny,
"tt seems foolish now, but it was
all very real to me then. The tyranny
consisted of the one fait that I got
my first licking, and I guess there'
no doubt that I deserved it. But I
' couldn't see it that way then; I wns
very bitter, and the one Idea I had
wm to get away where life was free
and tyrants were not
"The Impulse to depart on my trav
els was carried out so suddenly that
I found myself wandering far away
from the house before It dawned on
me thnt 1 wns 111 provided for a Jour
ney. Iu fnet 1 had gone Just as I
was, with the sninrt of my physical
a well as my mental wrongs still
acute.
"As I went I pondered over the mat
ter of provisions, and the idea came
to me that I would make my first
stand iu a cranberry bog right on
the farm. With this as a headquar
ters I would make raids on neighbor
ing orchards, and if the worst came to
the worst I supposed the cranberries
would support life.
"Well, I reached the cranberry bog
presently and bivouacked. Here I
should spend the first night under the
friendly stars. I picked out a soft
place for a bed and sat down to wait
the coming of night.
"Now, cranberries are not very Oil
lng, especially in the raw, green state,
but I managed to eat some of them.
And then It began to get dark.
"Well, sir, the shadows fell quickly
on the hills about me and the air grew
chill. Fantastic monsters reared their
horrid heads on every hand. The free
life began to pall.
"So it wou't surprise you to learn
that a very little boy ran home crying
before the supper things had been clear
ed away, and that he never ran away
again-"
DISCIPLINE IN BERLIN.
Oerintui Not Oulr Obey Hul, Bat
An Vnhaipr Without Thorn.
The Berllners, and the rest of the
Germans, are the most governed people
au earth. They like It and howl 'or
more. They have restrictions of"ill
kinds placed on the order of their dally
lives, but they are used to It Indeed,
they have arrived at a sort of mental
state In which they, look to the author
ities to tell them what to do, and how
to do It, In every contingency. "Ver
boten!" Is the German word that has
the greatest vogue, so far as I was able
to see. "Forbidden!" stares them In
the face everywhere. They are regu
lated In all sorts of ways, down to the
manner they shall conduct themselves
la their houses. There Is a certain
time for beating nigs, a certain time
for playing the piano, a certain time
for everything else. You can move
your household goods only In a certain
way. You cannot shake a dust rag
out of the window. You cannot do this
and you cannot do that, and, they told
me, after once you get accustomed to
it, It is a comfortable way to live. It
absolves you from thought if you know
what hours there are for doing your
work and how you must do It. If a
cab knocks you down In the street,
you are arrested for obstructing the
traffic. Your place Is on the side
walk. Every Berliner does exactly what he
Is expected to do, and you must do the
same. As an example of how well
trained they are, they are not obliged
to have guards on the underground
trains in Berlin. The -Berlin folks
know they are expected to shut the
doors, and they shut them. If you
observe their regulations you are not
disturbed, but if you violate one of
them you Instantly get into more kinds
of trouble than you had imagined could
exist. All you are expected to do is
to walk a chalk-line, and you can be
happy, If the regulations allow the kind
of happiness that agrees with you.
Samuel G. Blythe In Everybody's.
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The Bannoch.
One of the hardiest, bravest, ana
most difficult to handle among all the
western tribes was the small but val
orous band known as the Bannock,
Hanak, or Panalti. This little tribe,
never numbering more than 700, has
for many years lnhubited the country
between the Snake river and the moun
tains which mark the boundary between
Montana and southern Idaho.
Of Shoshone race, but braver am
more turbulent than any other Sho
shone tribe, the Baunock fought the
Blackfeet and drove them back when
they came over the mountains, domln
ated tamer tribes of Idaho and Ore
gon, and mode themselves general nul
sances when the white man took the
country.
The Bannock troubles culminated li
1878, when they broke out In open war
drawing many of the Piute and Sho
shone along with them. After consld
ernble fighting their young chief, Buf
fnlo Horn, was killed by friendly In
dlnn scouts, and the Bannock warrlorr
surrendered.
All of tie Bannock tribe, except i
fragment at Lemhi, now make thel
home on the Fort hall reservation
Some 500 of them still survive, but are
slowly decreasing In numbers. They
do not take kindly to civilization, but
seem to have accepted the Inevitable
nnd behave fairly well of recent years
The Bannock are very dark of face, and
of medium stature, while their physique
Is wiry and sinewy, as might be ex
pected with a fighting race, equally ex
pert In horsemanship and mountain
climbing.
A Loat Art Redlacoverd.
In Science, Frank Delia Torre an
nounces his rediscovery of the famous
Venetian varnish, which has been the
despair of violin makers for nearly
200 years. Shortly after the dlseov
ery of America the gondolas of Ven
lee were regularly coated with a trans
parent, lustrous, orange-red varnish
This flame colored material made
everything beautiful upon which It was
painted. After the Venetian city fath
era decreed that all gondolas must be
black the wonderful varnish was turn
ed over to the violin makers. Some
Italian furniture of the seventeenth
century still extant is coated with It
When the violin makers had used up
the supply on the last Cremonas, no
more was to be had. Investigation
led Mr. Torre to conclude '.hat the raw
materials of this varnish must have
come from Africa, and he believes that
he has at last found a gum varnish
Identical with that used by the Cre
mona makers. It looks like the old
varnish and seems to have the same
wonderful effect on vlollus covered by
it
Not Pleaaaat.
Bacon I see a German scientist as
serts that thoughts cau be photograph
ed. Egbert It wouldn't be possible,
however, to make tome of 'em look
pleasant Tonkers Statesman.
A rittla Ttrm.
"How would you designate a tailor's
Jr
'I doa't know of any particular name
unless you would call It a tight At"
Baltimore American.
When you see a boy with curls and
a sash, It Is a very good sign that the
father doesn't have his way In the
house.
And the houesty of a poor man U
seldom questioned.
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LEPERS IN THE CANAL ZONE.
Slto Selected fur the Colony I
Worthy a Kanhlouable Sanitarium.
Near the beautiful little suburb of
Palo Seco, six miles from the city of
Panama, is a group of eight new build
ings erected by American otlUials for
the segregation of lepers In the canal
sone there are seventeen of them
and they are under the care of nn Amer
ican physician aided by several attend
ants, snys the New York Times.
Nothing illustrates the change that
has been wrought in the zone by the
Introduction of American methods bet
ter than the American way of treating
these outcasts of society. When the
tone first came under Amorlcau control
there were a number of makeshift post
houses in out-of-the-way stations along
the Hue of the Panama railroad. Some
were in the city of Colon, while on the
outskirts of Panama eleven patients,
nomlually In the care of the govern
ment tt Panama, were huddled togeth
er In a small building.
The site selected for the colony is
worthy a fashlouable sanitarium. On
rising ground the broad verandas which
surround three sides of every building
loik across the bay, with Its ever-In
creasing shipping, to the city of Pan
ama In the middle distance. Farther
on the winding coast line stretches till
It is lost in the tropic haze. To the
rear, beyond the little suburb, the low
country stretches indefinitely toward
the hills. Its slow winding rivers aud
scattered clearings show ing like Hues
on a map.
The colony Is utterly Isolated the
chief reason for the select lou of the
spot. The whole width of the bay pro
tects Tanama from Infection, while to
the rear the Rio Grande and the little
Farfan river separate it from Palo
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Seco. On the side toward the bay a
short stretch of beach offers a landing
place to small boats. A part of the
Island has been cleared and each leper
will receive a small lot to take care
of and till. So far as vegetables and
poultry are concerned, the colony Is
expected soon to be self-supporting.
Not Too Soon.
When a tactful host entertains a tact
ful guest,' there is sure to- be rewarding
conversation for the onlooker and 11st
t'ttvr. "What do you think of our place;
on the whole?" asked Mr. Brown, as he
stood with his old school friend on the
plawta, waiting for the statlou carriage
which was to bear the twenty-four
hours' guest away.
"Rather a good little place," said Mr.
llay, impartially. "Ferhaps a bit bare
now, but no doubt time will change all
that."
"Yes, Indeed," said his host, with
great heartiness aud no hint of offense.
"I hope before you come again the
trees and shrubs will have made a good
growth then you'll see a change."
Of Some Value Still.
"I am a worthless thing!" exclaimed
the rejected aud dejected young man
despairingly.
"Ob, no," replied the fair girl cheer
fully, "not worthless. Your skeleton
alone would sell for $20." Somervllle,
Mass., Journal.,
You are' always hearing of the beau
ty of women. Women are not so beau
ti Cil, after all; It la the gentleness.
patience and kindness of women that Is
most attractive.
A woman looks for something that is
pretty when buying for a girl, and
something that will wear when buying
for a boy.
NATIONAL CONVENTION'.
WxIEEE THE FLEET CAN DOCK.
InKed State Ilaa Only Two Bl
Urydocka on the Faclflo Coaat.
It needs only a glance at the govern
ment drydock facilities on the Pacific
const to convince one of their utter
inadequacy to the demands which will
be made by our navy during the coin
us two or three years, savs Cassier's
Magazine,
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'ihe United States government pos
scsses upon the entire Pacific coast only
two completed drydocks ; one at the
Mare Island navy yard, in San Fran
clsco bay, and one at Bremerton, Wash,
on Tuget Sound.
The dock at Mare Island is 513 feei
long over all, 80 feet 7 Inches wide at
its entrance and 27 feet 6 Inches deep
over the sill. It is available only for
the accommodation of the smaller ships.
The drydock at Bremerton is more
commodious, being C50 feet long over
all, 92 feet 8 inches wide at the en
trance and 80 feet deep over sill. This
will permit the entrance of the larger
battleships, but it Is distant from the
main nnval base.
At Mare Island the government has
under construction a third Pacific coas
i1rvdrtf1f hut It la ostlmofrl thut It wll
take thrW years of hard work to finish
It.
This dock was begun In 1000 nnd the
20, 1907; but unforeseen emergencies
delayed matters and the dock will hard
ly be nvailnble for use during the pres
ent visit of the fleet.
Outside of the government docks on
the Pacific there Is just one private
plant on that const which has facilities
for handling the big battleship. This is
situated at Hunter's Point, on the west
side of San Francisco bay, about five
miles south of the city, and Is owned
by the San Francisco Drydock Com
pnnv. It has only one drydock capable
of admitting the large battleships, be
ing 750 feet long, 122 feet wide and 30
feet 5 Inches deep.
There are thus only two docks on the
entire Pacific const of the United States
capable of handling the larger of the
navy's battleships, and one of these Is
a prlvRte one and will need to be leased
bv the year bv the government in order
that It may be at the navy's disposal
at any and all times.
Some time before the announcement
of the proposed mobilization of the
fleet on the raelflc was made the San
Francisco Drydock Company had per-
fected plans for the construction of a
drvdock which when completed will be
unique In this class of marine engineer
ing In that It will be the largest dry-
flock In the world.
At the present time the largest dry-
dock in the world is at Belfast, Ire
land; but the proposed San Francisco
drvdock will materially exceed It In
dimensions. In exact figures the new
dock will be l,0o0 feet long, 144 feet
wide and 34 feet 6 Inches deep.
The Retort Courteous.
An official of the Department of the
Interior tells of an Incident at one of
the Government schools for the In
dians.
A patronizing young woman of Clu
..i..ntl n-aa holuir shntrn- thrnntrh tho
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Institution, when she came upon a
fine looking Indian girl of perhaps six -
teen years of age. The Indian girl was
hemming napkins, which the girl from
Cincinnati watched for some moments
ln silence. Then said she to the Indian,
"Are you civilized?" "
' The Sioux raised her head slowlj
from her work and glanced coldly at
her interrogator. "No," she replied, as
her eyes again sank to her napkins;
"are you?"
Coatlr Target.
Probably the most elaborate and
costly target in the world has recently
been launched by the New York navy
yard. The target is' almost an exact
duplicate of a section from the hull of
a battleship and Is estimated to hn.
cost $00,000.
Even if au actor Is not a spiritualist
he likes to see the ghost walk.
ccnriKfccrB
Messrs. Palerno and Cinngolonl, the
Inventors of "tachyol" ( fluoride of sil
ver), an antispetlc employed In surgery,
have found that a solution of 1 part in
500,000 of water will destroy all germs,
including bacillus subtllis, It's germicl-
dal effect being much greater than that
of chlorine, bromine or ozone.
To lessen risk of loss of submarines.
torpedoes used In naval practice and
other objects liable to sink In the sea,
a French oceanograpber attaches a ves
sel of oil having a long and short time
tube one-tenth of an Inch In diameter.
When submergence softens the gum
seals of the - tube,' oil 1 rises f rom ! the
long one drop by drop, locating ' the
sunken object by the film on the wa
fer's surface. ,
The German government more thai
a year ago Imposed what seemed to be
a moderate tax on railroad, tickets.
The result of it has been a diversion of
travel froin- the higher to the lower
classes, to such an extent that a de
crease of about $2,500,000 in the pas
senger earnings of the Prussian state
railroads alone Is attributed , to it.
Nearly at the same1 tune a new schedule
of charges for passengers and baggage
was Introduced, which, oa .the. same
railroads reduced earnings about
11,500,000. But this was expected..
Dr. II. C.! Stevens, of Seattle, Teporta
recent experiments which show that
objects seen by Indirect vision ordin
arily appear larger In the right half
of the field of vision than In the left
With a smaller number of persons this
Is reversed. From these . facts he de
duces a possible origin of right and left-
handedness. Right-handedness, or Its
reverse, develops at about the age : of
seven months. Dr. Stevens suggests
that they may be due to the phenomena
of vision just described. By a reflex
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eueci xne imam reacnes aner me oo-
Jects best seen with the arm nearest to
them. -
In his book on the great veld of
German East Africa, Herr C. G. Schil
lings gives a vivid description of the
shimmering, undulating sea of light
which bathes that country, causing
light-colored objects often to appear
black, and making -distances so decep
tive that when but a - few hundred
paces away it Is sometimes Impossible
to distinguish a rhinoceros from an
ostrich or a termites' nest. Water on
this veld is often the greatest of luxi
urles, "as precious as life Itself, evev
when obtained from small mud pools.'
Yet the country, when viewed from hill
tops or from tall trees, exhibits a woa
dfful Porama of wild life. Elephant
Lucre ulv nut ui-jyeuuuii i uyuu grass
but .will strip trees of their bark 01
brancne9 ,when .hard. Pressed' and th?
are sometimes found In company wltl
giraffes. In some of the small lake;
of the Kilimanjaro region hippopotami
may be watched a concealed ob-
server at as close quarters as In I
zoological park.
Order of the Golden Horiienhoe.
How many persons have ever heard
of the Order of the Golden Horseshoe,
the first order founded in America? '
In 1724, when Virginia extended
from the Atlantic into the unknown
West, few of her colonists had cross
ed the Blue Ridge or the AJleghenles.
So full of dangers from savages and
wild beasts and so full of natural diffi
culties was the passage of these terri
ble heights, that. Governor Spotswood, .
I eotlnty nut trv !tnirn a nnca 1sslrai
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n exp,eT 08 80 haZ!l,rdous hat
be wltn hJm a ttrd,of soldIersj
gtlemen, and pioneers,' armed and
Provisions. These scaled the
Pa88 wlth great bardshlP8 and perils,
and returned after the Governor had
cut the name of King George In the
rocks on the highest peak.
He then constituted the society, en
order, of the Golden Horseshoe. Each
man who had scaled this high pass wai
made a nlcmber of It, and to each one
he Psented a golden horseshoe. On
the side was Inscribed in Latin : "So
it pleases him to cross mountains."
Any men thereafter who could provt
that he had read with his own eyes
the name of the King on the height wai
entltked to become a member of thii
order.
Devious reBnitlona.
Colic: The only thing that will
tackle a baby without first considering
the consequences.
Chimeras: The food of Indolent the
orists. Humor: An anvil upon which to
crack a smile.
Matrimony: The 'sea that swampi
many a COUrtshiD.
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Sympathy : A convenient thing for
1 "Hent partner,
Miser: One of the things that will
feeep la ny climate.
Dude: The excrescence of lnsuffer-
We conceit
Incomplete Sisaals
The Ingenious Charleston News and
Courier suggests that the new spring
bats would gain In distinction if they
sported a neat two-foot flagstaff.
And right away somebody will wanl
to suggest a sign language for the flag
in the hat ,
Of course the flag vat half ; mart
might Indicate that Its owner war a
widow, and a reversed flag would
mean that the lady was. In distress.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. "
One quiet cooking lesson beats twtt
noisy music lessons.
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