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MISS HELEN CANNON.
One or f First Ladlcn of Official
Society at National Capital.
She Often (Iraclously Presides at
War Council of the Nation'
Chlefi. Democratic In Manner and
Famous HouMkeeper.
Tho illHtltirtlon (if being tho best
posted woman Iti America on ixdltles
and statecraft, In K'tnTally accorded
to MIhh Helen Cannon, daughter of
tllO HM'IltT of tho U. H. House of Re
presentatives. Hpcnkcr Cannon who
In genial and democratic In manner,
In u tiinn of n i nny dose friendships, hut
no ono I ho cIomh to him iih ti 1m only
iititnnriicd daughter who has presided
ovor his household since tho death of
It 1m wife, tunny years ago
MImii Cunnon emphatically disproves
thi! theory that a woman cannot keep
a secret. Ah tho confidant? of tho
official, who, next to the President, Ih
the most powerful ninn In tho I'nltod
States, she probably learns inoro of
what Ih kIik on "behind tho hcchi-h".
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MISS HKLKN CANNON.
DAlKill I KK OK THE SI'KAKKR OK THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In official life than any other member
of her hox, yet never bo much aa onco
ha hIio let her tongue Blip when
"nium' was the word, and this 1b more
than can bo enld of sumo mon of exalt
ed poHltlon.
Moreover, 8peaker Cannon's confi
dence In his daughter's dlHcretlon and
common sonne In Bhnred by tho lenders
In tho lower hnuae of CoiiRreHB who
have occawlon to confer frequently
with tho prealdlnR officer. Many of
theHo confldentlnl confabB are held at
the unpretentious vino-covered brick
hoiiHO which conBtltutea Speaker Can
non's Washington home, and many
times a newcomer at Bitch a conference
has been mirprlsed to Hee the wheel
horses of our national legislature freely
telling state secrets before the hostess.
Joys of Clood Cooking;.
Incidentally It may be noted that
Miss Cannon Is largely responsible for
so many of these political Btar cham
ber sessions being held at the Cannon
reBldence Instead of In the Speaker's
private office at the Capitol or some
where else. Few readers of this need
be told that tho nverago man sets
great Htore by good cooking, and the
popularity won by Senator Ilanna's
famous "hash breakfasts" goes to
prove that the President and other
high officials of the nation are no ex
ception to the masculine rule.
Well, just here ono has a hint as to
the magnet which helps to draw many
men of affairs to the Speaker's home
Instead of to his office. Miss Cannon
Is a splendid housekeeper, and Is an ex
pert In preparing or superintending
tho preparation of those plain, whole
Home dishes which never fall to make
a hit with men who are weary of hotel
cooking;. In things to eat. bs In dress,
Speaker Cannon does not go In for
much In the way of "frills", but no man
who knowa what Is In store for hlw
ever declIneB an Invitation to dine at
his house.
When Congress In not In session,
Miss Cannon In tnlHtrcHM of her fathor'it
homo at Danville, IlllnolH. There, an
lu Wan III ton, hIio Ih always prepared
for company, for tins Hpeaker's married
daughter with her children, upend
m ti-ti time at tho Cannon homo, and
relatives and friends alwayn feel freo
lo "drop In" at almost nny tlino.
Official Feminine Calls.
In tho social llfn of tho national cap
ital, MIhh Cannon occupies, hy virtue
of her fathers poult Inn, a unique punt
tlon. Possibly not all our reader are
aware of the tunny unwritten lawn that
govern the exchange of enlls between
women whose husbands or fatliorN oc
en py promt run t poHitloiiH at Washing
ton. For liiHtaucn, official etiquette
prescribes that tint wlfo of a newly
elected Henator or Representative
must make tho Hint call upon tho wIvch
of all those Ci)iiKr Hhincn who are her
husband's Mentor lu service. Ml
Cannon, however, In accordance
with these same unwritten law, h not
compelled to inaUo a "llrHt call" upon
any ladle In Washington, Have the
wife of the Provident and the wife of
the Vice I'reHldent. All thl fii an to
who shall call flrat may appear rldlcu
loun to persons who nro not brought
In contact with life at our eat of gov
ernment, nnd possibly Ml Cannon
who I thoroughly democratic may ro-
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gard it in that light too, but the fact
remains that tho enforcement of such
recognition is duo tho dignity of her
father's poKltion, and she Is too good
a politician not to IiibIhI upon the
Speaker of the House enjoying all the
prestige which Is due him. Should Mr.
(.'an non one day be President of the
United States, as is by no means Im
possible, his daughter will by reason
of her kindliness and democracy, make
mi ldoal First Lady of the Land.
URGES 1SA8Y SPEZIIXG.
Supreme 'Court Justice Joins With
Other Weil-Known Men Carnegie
Gives Fund to Aid Cause.
Associate Justice David J. Brewer of
tho United States Supreme Court Is
deeply Interested In tho adoption of a
scientific regulation of English spell
ing. Justice Hrewer is a member of the
board of which Drander Mathews, of
New York, Is chairman. About 750
have agreed to adopt for customary
use in their own personal correspond
ence the following twelve simplified
spellings, heretofore recommended and
UHod by tho Ntvtlonnl Educational So
ciety, namely, program, catolog, deca
log, prolog, demagog, pedagog, tho, al
tho, thoro, thorofare, thru and thruout.
In May and Juue, 190G, many distin
guished scholars, literary men, and
Bclontlsts slgnod the promise, and now
tho committee has been permanently
organized, under the name of the Sim
plified Spelling llonrd. Funds ade
quate for the purpose have been given
by Andrew Carnegie, tho Justice
thinks, to the amount of $15,000, the
income of which Is to be devoted to the
Interests of tho organization.
Among tho members of the board
are E. Henjaniln Andrews, chancellor
of the University of Nebraska; David
J. Hrewer, associate Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States;
NteholaH Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University; Andrew Came
trie, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
Thomas Wentworth Hlgglnson, Will
lam Dean Howells, Prof. Lownsbury
of Yale, Prof. James of Harvard, Ben
jamin E. Smith, editor of the Century
Magazine. W. II. Ward, editor of the
Independent, and Andrew D. White.
ICEBERG IH DELAWARE.
IIuc Mountain of Ice Towed Prom
Grant! llankn of Newfoundland.
The Strenuous Work of a Tug'a
Crew One of the Strangest aod
Perhaps the Most Valuable Prize
liver Taken by a Ship.
In order that tho city of Philadel
phia might bo rescued from an Ice fam
ine a powerful ocean going tug ha ac
complished the almoHt ImpoHHihin feat
of capturing a huge Iceberg, and tow
ing It Into port. Never In the world's
history has thin wonderful achieve
ment been duplicated, and contrated
with it the fascinating exploits re
counted by the marinu historian Sin
bad, the sailor, appear commonplace
and trivial.
With It mountain of Ice In tow, the
tug parsed up the Delaware Klver
creating -consternation among the float'
lug world on the stream, a observers
could not imagine other than that the
floating mountain wan being driven up
the bay by some freak of wind nnd cur
rent, to the great danger of shipping.
Its approach wan responsible for Home
frenzied telegraphing, which threw the
shipping Interests Into a panic. Orders
were issued to hold tip the nailing of
every vessel due to leave, and mes
sage were dispatched to lower Dela
ware station to Intercept several out
bound steameri and warn them to seek
auchorpge out of the berg's path.
Maritime Interests Bxclted.
For several hour maritime Inter
ests were intensely excited by the unheard-of
presence of an Iceberg in the
bay. Later, when the true story of the
wonderful feat was Hashed over the
wire. It seemed so utterly Incredible
that tho excitement, If anything, was
Increased. It was not until one of the
fastest tugs in the harbor had steamed
down the bay and wired verification of
the story that the panic was allayed.
Only the providential co-operation of
the winds and tides, and the most fa
vorable weather conditions enabled
tho tug to accomplish the feat. In spite
of the almost inconceivable rinks at
tendant upon the berg's-capture, not a
member of the tug's crew was Injured.
Two Men Frost-Bltten.
Two men suffered from bnd frost
bites, but this was duo to their own
careleHsnesB in braving the arctic tem
perature in the berg'B vicinity without
proper clothing. Their experience was
a warning to the rest of the crew, and
when tho tug with the prize passed the
Breakwater every man aboard was
mudlcd as if for a Peary relief expedi
tion. The length of the Iceberg was 500
feet, and it. is estimated that It will
yield fully 500,0(10 tons, which lsnearly
sufficient to make up the shortage in
Ico crop duo to the mild winter. The
work of cutting up the mountain of ice
will have to be pushed because of the
rapidity with which it will melt under
the spring sunshine.
The monster berg was captured off
tho Crand Banks of Newfoundland.
It was made fast at great risk by the
daring men on the tug, who. In small
boats tied staunch ropes arouud the
mountain of Ice, and then let out a
long tow-line from the tug and, with
grappling hooks, secured a fastening
which held firm after several attempts
had resulted In failure. The crew of
the tug will share in the money the
prize will yield. As icebergs are brok
en off portions of glaciers, the ice
yielded will be of good quality.
School Garden Education.
Every child likes to play In the mud
and dirt, to make sand houses and
caves, mud pies, and even to plant a
garden, breaking off the twigs of trees
and pulling weeds, which are carefully
planted and wntered. furnishing diver
sion and pleasure for the day. It Is
an easy matter to direct the youthful
mind a little further along this line
and Interest It In a real miniature gar
den. It Is not an untried theory, but
a fact, abundantly proven In all the
large and many of our small cities.
Philadelphia has what are called
"Municipal Gardens;" Boston has a
dozen "School Cardens;" Chicago,
Detroit, Washington, Cleveland. Los
Angeles, In fact, almost all cities have
successfully worked out either the
school garden or the vacant lot culti
vation idea, two separate propositions,
It is true, but closely allied. The
school garden Idea opens up an easy
and agreeable avenue to what proves
more of a diversion than a task to the
young. New York has only one such
farm garden, but on Its one or two
acres, tho children plant and raise both
flowers and vegetables, while in an
extemporized cook-house they prepare
the vegetables for the table and enjoy
the flavor of the fruits of their labor.
Besides this Instruction In the culinary
art, a bedroom In miniature furnishes
an opportunity for the girls to learn
how to care for rooms. In Phila
delphia the relation of the municipal
arardens and the schools Is intimate.
But to see this idea worked out, per
haps, at Its beBt one must study It as
it Is In Boston. There, a private organ
ization known as the School Garden
Association, for six years or more has
been developing little centers where
the children delight to plant and culti
vate, furnishing object lessons of the
utility of such work which It Is hoped,
may lead to its addition to the school
curriculum, and with this Idea In
mind these school gardens are located
quite generally on land adjacent to
school-houses, some of the regular
school teachers gladly acting the part
of Instructors. The effect upon the
little workers In these plots ts In every
way happy and should load to their
more general use.
MADJi l ORTVNIi IN WORMS.
Maine Florist Returns to Sweden
After Breeding Bait.
By far the most popular bait for
all kinds of fishing in Maine are liv
ing earthworms, wnich have the odor
of the ground about ihetn and whlcn
seem to bo choice tidbits, not only for
irout and landlocked salmon, but also
or pickerel, perch, black bass and. In
deed, every species of food fish that
owlrojH in fresh water. As the Maine
oil is deficient in humus and lacking
in decaying vegetable matter, angle
worms are not plentiful.
More than ten years ago Carl Beers,
a florist of Bangor, went Into the busi
ness of rearing earthworms for the
purjKjse of selling them to the local
fishermen, as well as for shipment to
Boston. Ho Imported a breed of dark
purple worms trora Belgium, which
were prolific breeders, though
course and atrong flavored, and later
he secured a box of giant angleworms
from India. In the course of a few
years he was able to supply live
worms by the million to bis custom
ers. Those shipped to Boston were sold
In Job lots of 75 cents a pound. To
the home customers be sold worms of
average size for 10 cents a dozen.
Though his green house was a small
one, and though his trade In flowers
was never extensive, he made money
rapidly from the sale of worms, un
til last year, when he retired and
went to bis old home in Sweden, a
wealthy man.
Sidney Cook, of Presque Isle, the
Inventor of several diving appliances
used by men who work in deep wat
ers, was the uext man to attract at
tention as a. public benefactor In the
bait line. Mr. Cook says his Inven
tion was made possible through hav
ing watched the Indians of Canada
when they sought worms for bait.
"All earthworms come to the sur
face at night," said he, "and feed on
the grasses and rotting leaves neai
the entrance to their burrows. While
the worms were busy eating, the In
dians of Canada had a habit of drag
ging a blanket with its under side
smeared with bird lime along the sur
face of the land, thus picking up the
fat worms together with sticks and
lumps ofr earth and small pebbles.
"After dredging the land for a time
the Indians carried the blanket to the
camp, picked off the worms, and add
ed another coating of bird lime.
Though I have been praised very
much for my Invention. It is not mine
by rights, as I gained the Idea from
Indians.
Already the
Scenery
Around the
Falls is Marred
by Power
Plants.
The only change I have made Is
to go out with a light giving forth a
violet color and allowing it to shine
for a few minutes upon the land to
be visited with the smeared blanket.
Most lights frighten earthworms and
drive them underground, which is the
reason why they feed In the dark, but
a light that carries a blue or a violet
blue shade seems to soothe the crea
tures and makes them careless of
danger.
"Or perhaps the worms are hypno
tized by the strange glare and cannot
ret away. That Is the way a dash
lamp acts upon deer at night, and I
think a deer should know as much as
an angleworm."
IN ROCKEFELLER'S CLASS.
Chief Quanah Parker, of the Co
manches, has all the great man's hor
ror of the camera. While waiting for
a train at Stanton, Okla., a young
man began making photographs of
him. The Indian grew angry, opened
his pocket knife, and threw It at
the camera man. As this did not de
ter the latter, Parker went Indoors,
took a revolver from his valise, and
started on the warpath. The police
had to disarm him.
J, Plerpont Morgan, John D. Rock
efeller, II. H. Rogers, and others
doubtless have sent messages of ap
proval to the big Comanche.
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NIAGARA FALLS IN DANGER
Joint Resolution in CongrcgH For
Their I'rcBervatlon.
Proposal to Unite With Canada In
an Lffort to Stop Further Depre
dations Which Will Destroy the
Scenic Grandeur.
At last the national law-makers
have come to a realizing sense of the
danger which threaten Niagara Fa IK
the mrwit iM-nntlful of all the world
natural wonder.
By a Joint resolution of the Senate
and House of Representatives the
International Commission, created un
der the River and Harlror Act of 1902,
wa requested to rcj,Krt to Congress,
at an early day, what action-was, In
thir Judgment, necessary and desir
able to prevent the further depletion
of water flowing over Niagara Falls
and were further directed to exert,
lu conjunction with the member of
said Commission representing thu
Dominion of Canada, If practicable,
all possible efforts for the preserva
tion of the fall lu their natural con
dition. Report of Committee.
This Commission promptly rejorted
that If any benefit was to lie derived
by legislation, immediate action was
ncccHHary and outlined a plan which
It believed would have the desired
effect, providing Canada would unlie
with this government in curbing the
greed of promoters and speculators.
The report says, in part: "As a step
in that direction we recommend that
legislation be enacted which shall con
tain the following provisions, viz:
"The Secretary of War to be author
ized to grant permits for the diversion
of 28,5'i0 cubic feet of water per
second, and no more, from the waters
naturally tributary to Niagara Falls.
All other diversions of
water which is naturally tributary to
Niagara Falls to be prohibited, ex
cept such as may be required foi
locks in navigation of canals.
The foregoing prohibition to remain
in force two years, and then to he-
come the permanent law of the land,
If. In the meantime the Canadian
government shall have enacted legis
lation prohibiting the diversion of
water which Is naturally tributary to
Niagara Falls in excess of 30,000 cubic
feet per second."
Dependent on Canada.
It will lie noted that unless the
British government unites with thtu
country in Its effort to save the natural
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I he American
Fills Threat
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Destroyed by
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beauty of Niagara Falls little can be
accomplished, and from past experi
ence It seems more than doubtful that
such will be the case. In the matter
of the Irternatlonal boundary aud the
seal controversy, Canada certainly did
not show an over friendly spirit and
there is no reasou to assume that her
attitude has changed lu the least, but
It would seem probable that she will
use all her great Influence with tho
mother country to defeat any friendly
agreement that might be proposed.
This conclusion of Canada's probable
attitude is not reached entirely on ac
count of any unfrieudly feeling, but
because of two very important facts:
one of these Is the greater width ami
depth of the channel ou the Canadian
side, which would Insure a splendid
flow over the Horseshoe Falls after
the American side Is entirely dry.
It Is asserted that Ontario Province
now receives from the Commissioners
of Queen Victoria Niagara Park, k
minimum annual rental of $(50,000 for
the' water rights granted there, and
when the plants for which these
grants were made are In full operation,
the annual rentals to the government
will amount to over $300,000.
It Is further asserted that additional
water could be granted by Canada
which would produce an annual rental
of another $300,000, and still not serl
nnslv affect the Canadian side of the
''ills, while the American Falls would
"e entirely drained lonir before this
enormous rental was due.
There would seem, however, to be a
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remedy for the evil which la belnh
done, nnd one which Is not dependent
on Canadian co-operation. This
remedy could lie accomplished by New
York Htate alone, and would be to
deepen the river channel south of
Goat Island, tietween that island and
the New York State bank, that tti
American Falls would divide with the
Horseshoe whatever water was not
diverted from its natural bed. Tb
Treaty of Ghent places the American
lioundnry at a roint well out Into the
deep part of the river channel and
affords ample opportunity to make
necessary excavations.
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HOW THE AMFRICAN FALLS MIGHT AP
PEAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
If anything is to be accomplished
In the matter it Is necessary to act
at once, for if more corporations ob
tain control of the water rights It
will be impossible for either the nation
or New York State to repurchase them
without an absolutely enormous ex
penditure of money.
Lack of Interest.
It Is certainly to be regretted that
the American people have so long
neglected the most lieautiful fall of
water In the world, and have allowed
any part of It to be converted to pri
vate gain or corporate greed.
Even now, In the face of all that
has leen said and written on the
subject, there seems to be an attitude
of half-heartedness on the part of
the people to act, which is well illus
trated by the fact that Senator L'Hom
inedieu, of the New York State legis
lature, has asked the Senate to kill his
bill restricting the taking of water
from Niagara River above the falls for
power purposes and says in defense
of his action, "I cannot find any senti
ment In favor of protecting Niagara
Falls, and I'm tired of being attacked
on the subject of my bills relating to
this subject."
MAMMOTH INCUBATOR.
A Hatching Machine That Docs the
Work of One Thousand Setting
Hens.
The largest incubator in the world,
with a capacity of 15,000 eggs, has
just been completed by W. P. Hall of
Pembroke, N. Y. It is 102 feet long,
and 4 feet 4 inches wide. Partitions
divide it into 100 compartments, each
accommodating two trays. The trays
have wire bottoms, and hold 75 eggs
each. To fill this incubator a single
time with common not thorough
bred eggs woud require an expendi
ture of $6,000, for eggs of the requis
ite freshness would cost forty cents a
dozen. As one hen covers fifteen eggs
for hatching, the incubator does the
work of 1,000 fowls, or has the capa
city of one hen sitting constantly for
nearly ten years.
The incubator is heated by means
of a coil of eight steam pipes passing
over the top of the egg chamber on
one Bide and returning on the other.
These pipes are connected, at one end
of the structure, to a water tank and
heater. The water flowing through
the pipes is heated to exactly the
right temperature, a thermostat at
tached to the stove opening and clos
ing the drafts to make this possible.
The only attention required by the
heater is supplying it with coal night
and morning. The thermostat Is an
expansion tank, 10 by 18 Inches,
which stands over. the heater. The
tank is filled with oil, in which Is a
float. As the heat of the furnace
warms the water, the water in the
jacket surrounding the heater ex
pands, and the float in the oil rises.
This movement closes a throttle at
tached to the floatarm, and shuts the
draft of the heater; another lever at
the same time opens the cold-air draft
of the furnace. In this way the tem
perature is regulated automatically,
with extremely little variation, the
eggs being kept at 102 degrees F.
A second novel feature is that the
heat of the eggs Is regulated by rais
ing or lowering them In the egg cham
ber, which Is nearly a foot high In
Bide, burlap separating It from tne
pipes. The egg trays rest on double
frames hinged by galvanized arms
or levers. As the chicks develop, the
trays are lowered on these supports,
the first drop being made in six days,
and others at intervals, until, on the
twenty-first day, the trays are rest
ing on the bottoms of the chambers.
All infertile eggs are tested out on
the seventh day.
Mr. Hall built small Incubators at
first, but the oil bill for forty of his
small incubators, with 8,000 eges ca
pacity, was $150 for a seaon, while a
large incubator was run three moaths
at an expense of leas than 8 ton
coal.