The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 443, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905 Page: 3 of 4
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AIDS PLANTS TO MATURE.
THE TALL HAT IN INDIA.
NEW HEAD OF G. A. R.
EMPERORS IN CONFERENCE
PUZZLE THE DIPLOMATS
E R
Where the Emperor of Germany and the Czar of Russia met in conference,
the meaning of which puzzles European statesmen.
HELD ON TO DOUBLE PAY.
jQas Light at Night Adds to Efforts of
Sun.
It has been known for some time
that plant life is affected favorably
fc>y electric light, and now it appears
hat acetylene gas light acts in a sim-
lar manner. Some interesting experi-
ments in this direction have recently
(been conducted^ by Mr. M. J. Jorns, of
Cornell Agricultural College, with
Striking results. Plants exposed dur-
ing the night to the illumination of
acetylene gas grew to twice the -size
Of those left to the nursing of the sun
only, and vegetables attained dimen-
sions double those which were unas-
sisted in the matter of illumination.
The accompanying illustration shows
(very clearly the difference in growth
made by plants under the two differ-
ent conditions. The plant in bloom
was stimulated by acetylene gas at
night, while the less matured one de-
pended on sunlight only.
The experiments were carried on
through three months in a hothouse.
This house was divided into two parts
by a curtain. This curtain was hung
in such a way that each half of the
house received the same illumination
from the sun. The beds on each side
Were exactly alike, not only in size,
!but in location and contents. If a lily
was planted in a certain part of a bed
on one side, another of the same spe-
;Cies and age was set out in the same
;part of the corresponding bed on the
other. Ah equipment consisting of
twelve 35-candle power acetylene
lamps was erected on one side of the
.curtain. Ordinary tin reflectors over
each light threw their rays downward
'upon the soil. The lights were run
whenever it was dark, the length of
(time ranging from nine to fourteen
(hours, according to the period of day-
jlight. The , soil, temperature and
Amount of mixture were as nearly the
isame on each side of the curtain as it
was possible to make them.
The plants on the acetylene side in
many instances matured twice as fast
,as those on the other side of the parti-
tion. Radishes, onions and several
other kinds of plants which develop
rtheir edible parts below the surface of
the ground were found to have pur-
sued their usual, course, except that
they grew twice as fast as those not
placed under the influence of the acet-
ylene light.—Montreal Herald.
To guard against attack the early
Spanish explorers of America built
palisades like this around their vil-
lages.
Dog Captured Murderer.
The monks of the Great St. Ber-
nard had, some time ago, a dog which
actually captured a murderer. A trav-
eler on the famous pass was mur-
dered in the snow by an Italian navvy.
One of the .dogs sent out for the pur-
pose of succoring snowbound way-
farers came upon the corpse. Instead
of returning to the hospice, he pur-
sued the assassin several miles along
the road, and biting his leg, lamed
him so badly that he was unable to
proceed. The St. Bernard mounted
guard over him, and waited until the
villagers* came up and arrested the
assassin, the corpse having meantime
been discovered.
Englishmen Endure Personal Discom
fort for Fashion.
From noon till 1.30 p. m. is the call-
ing hour, and though Calcutta even in
winter is a hot place, no man who is
not an outer barbarian will walk into
a drawing-room without a tall silk hat
in his hand. Should he drive round in
a dog-cart to pay his calls the man
wears a helmet, or a “solo-tope
while he drives, pulls up at a house
door, asks whether “the gate is shut,”
and if told that it is not, puts on a
silk hat, which the syce produces
from a hat box carried under the
seat, a^d goes in to pay his call. An-
other instance of the British worship
of the tall ha.t, whiph the natives con-
sider an interesting form of piety is
to be seen at the Calcutta races on
the day of the Viceroy’s cup. On that
occasion the lawns and paddock are
thronged by people as smartly dressed
as can be seen in the Royal enclosure
at Ascot, but during the early hours
of the afternoon all the men wear
helmets. Directly the Sun dips to-
wards the horizon all the “bearers” of
thet helmet-hatted men may be seer
outside the palings of the grand stans
enclosure, jumping up like terriers to
catch sight of their masters, each
with a carefully-brushed silk hat he
has brought for his employer to put
on.
TOURING CAR ON THE TABLE.
It Was There for Decorative Purposes
Only and Filled the Bill.
Nowhere else in the United States
is the craze,for dinner table decora
tions carried to such an extent as in
New York. Men who can afford such
luxuries will pay almost any price for
a new idea.
In a fashionable, Fifth avenue res-
taurant the other night fourteen
friends of a member of the Automobile
Club of / America were giving him s
fare-well feast before he started on an
auto trip through Southern Europe.
In the center of the table was a tour-
ing automobile made of steel wire
Covered with roses. The wheels were
made of blue satin and yellow velvet.
A wax Chauffeur with pink satin gog-
gles sat in the box seat. Electric
headlights shed their glow upon the
tablecloth. An artificial fan kept
streamers of ribbons flowing behind,
so as to give the impression that the
chauffeur was scorching beyond speed
limit. Every Tittle while the host
pressed a bulb beneath his feet and
blew a horn. The menus were in th$
shape of auto touring coats. *
True Fish Story.
Hete is the actual photographic rec-
ord of a remarkable fish story. The
fish shown in the picture is a shark
which was captured at Daytona, .Fla.
The length of the fish is'clearly shown
by comparison with the men of ordi-
nary height standing about it.—New
York Herald.
Boy Got Iron Ring Over Head.
The eight-year-old son of Charles
Brown,-a farmer living two miles from
Nevada Cityj on the Washington road,
found on iron ring on the end of a
log.
In some way, while he was wearing
it as a crown, the ring slipped over
his ears and caught his chin. His
father could not get it off, nor could
any of the neighbors, so Brown had
to drive into town with the boy at
night, find a blacksmith and have the
ring filed off.—Sacramento Bee.
Too Cjose for Comfort.'
Col. M. W. Sampson had a narrow
escape at his camp by the lake at
Norway, Me., says the Boston Globe.
A stray rifle bullet came through the
wall #,nd nicked the plate from which
the colonel was eating his noonday
repast. He finished his meal in the
bomb-proof which was originally in-
tended to keep potatoes i*>-.
DIPLOMATS IN THE DARK.
Can Make But Vague Guesses at
Meaning of Conference.
According to private advices the
picturesque meeting between the Rus-
sian and German emperors in the Gulf
of Finland ended with a gala luncheon
on board the German imperial
yacht. Hohenzollern, after which
Emperor* William’s yacht sailed
seaward, escorted for a short
distance by the Russian im-
perial yacht Polar Star. Imperial
salutes were exchanged and the Polar
Star put about and returned to Peter-
hof. A flotilla of torpedo boats, tor-
pedo boat destroyers and small cruis-
ers hovered about the imperial yachts
from the time they met until they
parted.
The meeting of the monarchs nat-
urally created intense interest in dip-
lomatic circles. In some quarters
there is a disposition to attach the
deepest political significance to it,
and all kinds of theories are advanced.
They are, however, largely specula-
tion. It is officially announced that
the visit was only a “visit of courtesy”
made by Emperor William before
leaving the Gulf of Bothnia. In the
circumstances diplomats cannot be-
lieve that such a meeting was devoid
of meaning to the world’s political
chessboard, no matter what the result
may be.
The conference presented opportuni-
ties of which the foreign correspond-
ents have been prompt to avail them-
selves. As nothing is known of what
was said or done, the only official in-
formation vouchsafed being that the.
visit of the kaiser to the czar was one
of courtesy, speculative correspond-
ents have a free hand. They can set
out in detail all the advice that Wil-
liam may have given to Nicholas, and
his reasons for giving it. They can
say without fear of contradiction that
it is possible the czar was urged deli-
cately to make a few reforms to se-
cure domestic peace and was given
some information as to the best way
in which a ruler by divine, right
should keep his subjects in order. It
is possible that the war with Japan
and the question of Russia’s future
status in the orient were discqsSed.
It is possible that the emperors talk-
ed about their families and the
weather. .
After all the possibilities have been
recapitulated the conference remains
a mystery. Neither William nor
Nicholas will speak, and if either of
them keeps a diary it is not accessibly.
Future events may reveal what they
talked about, but at present there is
silence. The men who manage af-
fairs of state in France, England, and
other countries 1 may brood over the
mystery, but they cannot solve it.
: The conference must have been an
interesting one. The two monarchs
had not met since the fall of 1903.
Then the commanding position of Rus-
sia was unchallenged. Germany look-
ed at her with respect and perhaps a
little fear. The kaiser knew himself
to be a far abler man than the dreamy,
uncertain czar, but the latter wielded
the then unbroken and overestimated
forces of a great empire. At that time
the czar might have resented advice*
or hints. Matters have not gone well
during the last year and a half, and
the czar ought to be willing to ask the
capable ruler of Germany for sug-
gestions as to what should be' done
at this trying moment. It is possible,
as the correspondents say when in
the dark, that the czar did invite the
conference and ask for advice.
Hudson an Arctic Explorer.
The promoters of the Hendrik Hud-
son celebration in 1909—the tricen-
tenary of the discovery of the Hudson
river—have asked Gov. Higgins and
Mayor McClellan to appoint a commit-
tee of 100. The stout old Dutchman
was an Arctic explorer like Peary.
Though he died at about the age of 40
he had made four voyages, in every
one of which he had first turned the
prow of his vessel northward, his
object in his first yoyage, as in his
last, being “to discover the pole and
to sail across it to the islands of spi-
cery or Cathay.” It is known also
that in his first voyage he reached,
on July 23, 1607, 80:23, the highest
latitude he ever attained
Gen. Gallieni Too Much for French
Colonial Minister.
Gen. Gallieni is at one and the same
time drawing1 pay as governor general,
as a general officer and as general
commanding the troops in Madagas-
car, so that on the whole he receives
180.000 francs per annum. But this
abnormal state of things worried M.
Dumergue, the late minister for the
colonies, though he did not venture to
order Gen. Gallieni to conform to the
rule, because the general is in power
at the colonial office and is, more-
over, considered indispensable in
Madagascar, in spite of the fact that
two or three highly placed men are
doing all they can to step into his
place. M. Dumergue, therefore, wrote
privately to the governor general and
begged him to see that no officer in
the Madagascar army of occupation
transgressed the rule. The minister
flattered himself that he had put the
case very cleverly, but lie had to
acknowledge himself beaten when he
got the delightful answer: “Sir, I ha,ve
the honor to inform you that, not one
of the officers under my orders is
drawing double pay.” Gen. Gallieni,
therefore, continued to receive his
180.000 francs.
Loafing in House of Commons.
T. P. O’Connor, the brilliant -pub-
licist and member of parliament, says
in a late article that the house of
commons is a house of loafers. He
contrasts the “dog’s life” of a mem-
ber of the house of representatives
in Washington with the idleness of the
average M. P. Men noted for their in-
dustry in literary, professional or
business lives entering parliament‘are
at once struck with the unbusinesslike
methods prevailing. They struggle
against the feeling of inertia, but
gradually become so “accustomed to
the creaky, unwieldy, cumbrous, im-
mutable parliamentary machine that
they lose courage, hope and even
faith.” It is ‘ impossible to do any
work in the house of commons. Mr.
O’Connor asserts from experience and
observation, although he notes one or
two exceptions to the rule.
The Danger Spot in India.
It seems rather strange that at the
very time Russia appears utterly ex-
hausted by a disastrous war the Brit-
ish empire should be carefully and
systematically strengthening its de-
fenses in India. That it has been
always Russia’s ambition to J reach
the open sea through the conquest of
India is a fact too well known to be
even called into question. That her
defeat at the hands of Japan has in
any way altered that determination is
not at all probable; on the contrary,
the failure to secure the coveted ports
in far east Asia has probably increas-
ed the' desire to secure them else-
where, either on the peninsula of In-
dia or in the Persian gulf. An at-
tempt in either direction England
would be compelled, in self-defense,
to oppose.—New Orleans Picayune.
Emigration from England.
“There is a double stream of emi-
gration from England,” says a writer
in the London Graphic. “Our poor
emigrate to the United States or the
'colonies to improve their circum-
stances, but there are every year
some thousands of comparatively rich
families among us that remove to the
continent to live cheaply. This sec-
ond stream is growing in magnitude
every year, for prices in England are
continually increasing. It was from
the ranks of the ‘moderately rich’
that we used to get most of our of-
ficers for the army; but the sons of
these ‘emigrants’ now become ac-
quainted with foreign languages and
find better Employment in commerce
and often on the continent.”
Conversed Easily by Signs.
Mme. Paille, the accomplished
French mute, who has done so much
in France for those afflicted like her-
self, has been investigating the sign
language of the Crow ..Indians in the
southwest. She was amazed at the
facility with which she could con-
verse by signs with the Indians, their
intercommunication being compre-
hended as easily as spoken language.
Gen. John R. King Succeeds the Late
Gen. Blackmar. •
Gen. John R. King, the new com-
mander in chief of the Grand Army of
the Reci^Mc, is one of the oldest
me-T of the organization, and
hoi the position of pension agent in
Washington. He was born in Mary-
land, and at the age of 17 became a
soldier, and participated in many of
the battles fought by the Army of
the Potomac. For six months he was
a prisoner of war, and three times
was wounded. Gen. King took an
active part in organizing the Boys in
Blue, which organization was subse-
quently merged into the Grand Army.
In 1900 he was unanimously elected
commander of the department of
'om-
Maryland, and now is a member of
Wilson Post, No. 1. He announces he
will not be a candidate to succeed him*
self this year.
True Bravery and False.)
In contrast to the foolhardiness of
two men who risked; their lives-in a
swimming match through the rapids
of Niagara stands the humanitarian
feat of a Wyoming doctor who raced
100 miles by relays of horses to save
the lives of four men injured in a
mine explosion. In contrast 'alfeo is
the true bravery of Frederick Linen-
kohl, who rescued a boy and a girl
from the swirling eddies of Hell Gate,
and the quick, purposeful work oi
George King and Edward Maher whs
dragged three girls from the Hudson
river after the overturning of a row-
boat. Here are three instances of pen
sonal courage put to noble uses. Glo-
ver and Graham, who swam Niagara,
merely wrote their names on the
scroll of notoriety. Their feat was
remarkable, but it served no sane
purpose. They are familiar types of
men who cast human life in the bal-
ance against* insane sensationalism.—'
New York World.
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Power of Public Opinion.
The man who defined public opinion
as “the stupidity of one multiplied by
the stupidity of many” preferred epi-
gram to truth. It is sometimes the
outgrowth of an impulsive “jumping
at conclusions.” But public opinion is
fundamentally honest, and when it
jumps at conclusions it is usually
found condemning something •. which,
at the time, has the appearance of
evil. The man who is scrupulous in
his business . dealings , and who
evinces a fine sense of morality in
the conduct of public office need never
fear public opinion. This has the powd-
er to help along public morality by
demanding a closer adherence to high
ideals than the law can possibly pre»
scribe.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
PAID MUCH MONEY FOR BOOK,
Among the victims ot he alleged
New York blackmailers is Mrs. Collie
P. Huntington, wife of the multimil-
lionaire, railroad promoter, who is said
to have paid $10,00® for a copy of the
book “Fads and Fancies.” Sirs. Hunt-
ington may be called upon to appear
before the grand jury to fell how she )
came to pay this amount for the work.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 443, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905, newspaper, August 11, 1905; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900568/m1/3/: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.