The Kiel Press. (Kiel, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904 Page: 4 of 6
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THE KIEL PRESS
II. CAYKTT, Fd A Tub
KIEL,
OK LA
it King Peter can see his way to re-
fining on a comfortable pension, that's
his best move.
They are now talking of sterilising
our money. Well, all right, tf it does
i< t cause too much delay.
\ccordlng to the Milwaukee esti-
mate, there are 96,000,00t microbes
and twenty beers in a $1 bill.
Why docs not some one start a dis-
cussion on the question, "Should a
Husband Trim his Wife's Hats?"
Henry Arthur Jones has written a
new drama entitled "Joseph Entangl-
ed." Knocking Chamberlain, prob-
ably.
Speaking «>f general information, do
you know, for instance, how to spoil
tho name of the president of Para-
guay?
The coffee cigarette is popular in
Paris, but many American cigarette
smokers continue to bo satisfied with
doctored hay.
The English no sooner crossed the
liorder than they knocked th "h" out
of Thibet that had been there from
time immemorial.
Readers are cautioned against
catching and landing whales along the
Norwegian coast. There is a new fish
and game law in Norway.
China sadly realizes that the day
when a general could go to war with a
pack of firecrackers and a bottle of
assafoetlda are gone forever.
We can account for Mr. Kipling's
silence so far only on the theory that
he is having difficulty in finding a
rhyme that suits him for "Manchu-
ria."
"As to the movement for a cleaner
currency," counseled the philosophi-
cal boarder, "get a clean currency if
you can. you fellows, but get the cur-
rency."
The chunk of ice next summer may
be a little thicker than usual, but it
will not be quite so broad. The
length of the bill will remain about
the same.
The fellow who wishes to kill the
man who invented work doesn't need
to tackle the job single-handed. He
could lead an army of anxious search-
ers if he wished.
Japan says she must have Korea
for the overflow of her population; but
there is the alternative of race suicide,
said to be most popular in the most
civilized countries.
First comes the announcement of
the coming circus, and then the an-
nouncement of a coming peanut fam-
ine. Must there always be some draw
back to human happiness?
A man in Kentucky saw a squirrel
turn into wood, and offers a knot as
proof. That man would no doubt be
offended if better proof were offered
tiint he had a wooden head.
The World Almanac has placed Pat ti
in its list of "Famous Old People."
Evidently the compiler of the book of
reference forgets that a woman is
never any older than she looks.
And now a Russian scientist loads
radium with the additional responsi-
bility of having the power to deter-
mine pc This remarkable substance
seems to have 'em all rattled.
Mr. Gillette says he doesn't care
two cents whether the drama is de-
clining or not. Mr. Gillette has made
enough to be able to quit if necessary
ond ean't nee why he should worry.
The treasury department has issued
orders for the coinage of as many
double eagles as possible this month
and next. But this doesn't mean that
it's going to be a bit easier to get
them.
Young Mr. Tiffany may be right in
insisting that he must have $12,000
a year to spend upon his clothes In
dications art; that hi clothes are quite
the most important thing about Mr
Tiffany.
Brigham Young's diary was found
the other day The fact that he. with
ali his wives, was able to keep a
diary only proves him to have been
one of the most remarkable men that
ever lived.
The public won't object to having
Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr make a rec
ord of a mile in thirty seconds in hi
automobile, so long as he does it on
a Florida beach and doesn't scorch
along the public highways.
A Vermont man left as a legacy to
his church $r>00. the income of which
was to be used in keeping the side
walks about the church clear of snow
and in strewing ashes and sand on
the slippery places. Here was a true
Christian.
In observance of the (100th anniver-
sary of the birth of Petrarch if is pro-
posed that every one who ever wrote
a sonnet shall contribute toward a
monument to be set up In Italy. It
is the intention to make it the largest
structure in the world?
ENGLISH ANARCHIST WHO IS
LIKELY TO BE DEPORTED
1
JOHN TURNER
John Turner, in whose behalf the ' Croat Britain, and came fo this c jun-
American Federation of Labor is i try for the purpose of forming an alli-
working. has stated repeatedly that anee of the labor movement of this
he is an anarchist who "disbelieves ! country with that < 1 Europe. He is
in organized gove rnment." 11<• is the ; detained on Ellis island under the
general secretary of the Shop Assist- ' law which provides for the deporta-
ants' association (retail clerks) of : tion of an rehlsts
GOES TO REAL WARFARL.
Capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong Looks
for No Favors.
It is said that Putnam Bradlee
Strong, with whom May Yohe (Lady
Francis Hope) eloped, the consequent
scandal trailing over four continents,
has left Paris to take command of a
regiment in the Japanese army.
Strong is a son of ex-Mayor Strong of
New York city and was a major in
the United States volunteers. After
ward he joined the regular army, in
which lie obtained a commission as
captain. He threw up his commis
sion to elope with May Yohe. who had
come to this country with her hus-
band, 1 jord Francis Hope, to fill a the-
atrical engagement. Strong and the
actress were married in Buenos
Ay res. He has often visited Japan,
and the report that he is now in the
mikado's army is not difficult to
credit. In the days when "Dave"
Henderson was managing tho Chi-
cago opera house in that city May
Yohe came into prominence while
taking part in one of the spectacular
shows produced there.
LARGE ORDER FOR SHOES.
Mrs. Bradley Martin Wants Footwear
to Match Gowns.
\ manufacturer of women's foot-
wear in Lynn, Mass., has an order
from Mrs. Bradley Martin for shoes to
be made and shipped to her across the
Atlantic. The order is for twenty
seven pairs of dress shoes made to her
own last. These shoes must match
Mrs. Bradley Martin's gowns, and that
this may be made certain pieces from
the materials of which her gowns for
the season are to be made have been
sent the manufacturer. Mrs. Bradley
Martin has also ordered twenty-one
pairs of street and house shoes and a
pair of waterproof golfing boots.
GOT HOMF SHARP THRUST.
Sample of Repartee Indulged in by
New York Newsboys.
Recorder Ooff of New York Is toll-
ing of a wordy battle between two
newsboys to which he was an inter-
ested listener in the City Hall park
the other day. "Ah. g'wan; I ain't in
your class at all. at all," said one lit
tie fellow. Impressively. "I needn't
sell papers for a livin'. Why, me
fader is a milkman! ' "1 know he Is."
retorted the other. ' An' the milk he
s.lls is so watery that it you spilled it
on a black dog it wouldn't change his
color!"
Edward Atkinson s Signature.
Though not s< very aged (he is only
77L Edward Atkinson, the noted anti-
imperialist. anti expansionist, econ-
omist and Inventor, is so feeble that
he can no longer write with a pen.
but uses a rubber stamp in signing
his name. This Is done even on
checks of small or large amount. As
such a signature is not legal, Mr. At-
kinson renders it so by attesting it
aeo< rding to the Hertillon system. He
Inks the ball of his thumb on a pad
and leaves the Imprint on the chock,
as much as to say: "Edward Atkin
son. his thumb." Bank cashiers in
Boston and elsewhere have become
familiar with the hair lines of the At
kinsonian thumb and a piece of paper
bearing it is as goo.I as legal tender.
Papier Mache Building.
The ornamentation to be used on
the Chinese building at the St. Louis
Exposition is to be of papier macho
ar.d will be made by a Milwaukee con-
cern The models from which the
ornamentation is to be constructed are
the work of expert Chinese wood
carvers. The paper used will be soak
ed in paraftlne wax until thoroughly
saturated, and will then be coated sev-
eral times with linseed oil paint. Rain,
it is stated, will have little effect on
the ornamentation, provided it has an
opportunity to run off freely.
HOW HE SAVED MONEY.
Wife of Congressman Cut Quite a
Figure There.
Senator Quay seldom tolls a story,
but when he does it i ; usually a good
one. His latest is a yarn told in the
senate cloakroom to illustrate tho
high standard of morality in the key
stone state. An old Pennsylvania
Dutchman, a thrifty but not wealthy
farmer, waa elected to the legislature.
Several "meaty" railroad and other
corporation measures came up for
consideration and after the session
had closed the old farmer surprised
everybody by buying and paying cash
for property worth $3o.non. "Oh. no,
was the reply. "I have just been sav-
ing money while in Harrisburg at the
legislature." "Why, Hans," said his
friend, "you could ml save $30,000
in three months when \our salary was
only $."► a day." "Ah. but you for-
got," explained the old man as ho
stroked his beard complacently, "my
wife didn't keep a hired girl all that
| time."
DRESS OF AMERICAN STATESMEN
London Paper Criticises Costumes of
Congressmen.
A London paper, tho Chronicle, says
that in the matter of clothes the
house of commons is the most cor-
rect assembly of legislators in the
world, and the American house of rep-
resentatives the most astonishing.
"The ordinary congi osslonal costume,"
it says, "is a long, very loose frock
coat, low-cut waistcoat, turned-down
collar, white bow and Derby or felt
hat. At first glance one would easily
take congress for an assembly of dis-
senting ministers."
Senatorial Tradition Broken.
The tradition that no new senator
should lift his vt ice in debate for a
year or two after taking the oath, but
should remain quietly in his seat im-
bibing wisdom from his elders, has
not been observed in the present con-
gress. Practically all the new senators
sworn in last March have already
been heard in their maiden efforts.
Some on the Democratic side have
been encouraged to speak by Repub-
licans of long service. This was nota-
bly true of Mr Clarke of Arkansas,
who came out surprisingly strong in
praise of President Roosevelt's isth-
mian policy That qir vtkn has facili-
tated early speaking for other new
senators. Mr. Newlands of Nevada
was one of them. Mr. Heyburn of Ida-
ho is another. Mr Stone of Missouri
made his fir«t verbal appearance,
using tho Panama issue as his theme.
Mr. MeCroary of Kentucky has deliv-
ered a speech, and so have Mr. Over-
man of North Carolina and Mr. Fulton
< t Oregon
British Soldiers Vote in Canada.
In Halifax the < r day half a
do/en non-commissi ed officers of
the British nr: :.j d for je -.stra-
tion as voter* • < • ng them •• Ives
British subjo< i of v v ago and
residents of the city nr..; county. The
city clerk consulted (!).■ attorney gen-
oral of tho province, who said he saw
no reason why the applicants should
not be registered. So the clerk put
the names on the voting list, but their
right to be there may be challenged
' next month.
Kansas Growing Wealthy.
Last year Kansas raised 04.041 902
hushc Is of wheat valued at $52.42(5,-
1 t.n.;{*>! ,700 bushels of corn, val-
1 nod at $57.078.141: oats to the value of
$s.o.|2,704 potatoes to the value of
j $4,099 960; $10,377,000 worth of sor-
j ghuin: $14,217,000 worth of hay; wool,
: dairy and poultry products to the
value of $1 .">.200.000; and has slaugii
I tered or sold for slaughter animals
i valued at $" 4.(144,000, in addition to
which her present holdings of live
stock foot up a total value of $103,-
552.590.
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION WILL BE
GREATEST EVER HELD ON EARTH
Estimated Cost, Exclusive of the Value of the Exhibits, Is from
Forty to Fifty Million Dollars—Miles of Wonderful
Displays in More Than Twenty Buildings.
It is now a little more than two
months before the gates will open
upon the World's Fair at St. Louis and
the public will be invited to see the
greatest exposition that has ever been
created. Th" vast exhibit palaces are
complete and many of them have been
finished for several months. Within
the next two months all of them are
to be brightened with new coats of
paint so that, on the opening day, the
magnificent array of palaces will ap-
pear as fresh as a newly blossomed
rose.
No one, no matter how vivid his im-
agination. can picture to himself the
scene that will be presented when the
Exposition is complete. The more one
sees this great collection of exhibit
palaces and countless other buildings,
the more deeply impressed he be-
comes with the grandeur of the under-
taking. As the days grow longer and
the air becomes balmy with the
breezes of spring, the Exposition will
take on far greater activity than it
has so m durirg tho boisterous days
of winter. In spite of the severe
weather, work has not ceased upon the
construction of tho World s FMr for
more than a day or two at a time and
there is every expectation and prom-
ise that it will be complete on the
opening day.
The buildings and grounds, magnifl-
been loth to believe such a statement.
But such is the last. The exhibit pal-
aces of the Ijoui: iana Purchase Ex-
position average much larger than
those of Chicago and are greater In
number. About 130 acres of floor
space are provided in the various pal-
aces of the present World's Fair and
more than twenty buildings will be
used for exhibit purposes. The larg-
est of these is the Palace of Agricul-
ture, which covei'3 twenty acres. The
next in size is the Palace of Transpor-
tation. covering fifteen acres and con-
taining four milc-i of railway tracks
for tih exhibit of locomotives and
cars. At the Chicago Exposition
there were practically no outdoor ex-
hibits. At this World's Fair about 100
acres are give 1 up to outdoor displays,
supplementing in a most pleasing
manner the hundreds of thousands of
indoor exhibits. At the Chicago Ex-
position one building was used for
no less than throe important depart-
ments. At the World's Fair in St.
Louis four buildings, covering forty-
Pve acres, are given up to the same
four departments.
The total cost of the World's Fair
is estimated af from forty to fifty
million dollars, exclusive of the value
of the exhibits. The Palace of Ma-
chinery alone will contain exhibits to
the value of eight million dollars.
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS.
Exposition season, thousands of birds
representing many species and climes.
The largest hotel ever built, contain
ing 2.300 rooms, is within the World's
Fair grounds. The largest statue ever
cast will stand in the Palace of Mines
and Metallurgy as the exhibit of the
Iron Industries of Birmingham. Ala
Twelve acres are devote I to a mining
gulch containing all manner of mining
machinery and exhibits. A floral clock.
112 feet in diameter, the hands of
which weigh more than a ton each,
will tell the time of day upon the slope
north of the Palace of Agriculture. A
map of the United States, six acres in
extent, planted with cereals and other
plants common to the various states,
is an interesting display by the United
States Bureau of Plant Industry.
Forty acres are devoted to the Phil-
ippine exhibit and thirty acres are de-
voted to the Indian display. Six acres
a-e devoted to the garden of roses.
Twenty acres aro set apart for the ac-
commodation of airships, which will
participate in the contests for p.'izes
amounting to $200,000. The Quadren-
nial Olympic games will be held dur-
ing the World's Fair upon the athletic
fold of tho Exposition Grounds. An
intramural railway, having fourteen
miles of track will convoy the visitors
to any part of the Exposition. Some
forty restaurants will feed the multi-
View looking east from the Plaza St.
the
cent though they bo, are but the set-
ting for a far more interesting display.
In all the buildings tho best products
that the world can offer will be arrang-
ed In the most attractive order and
will convey to the mind a bettor idea
of what the wide world is doing than
would years of study and inquiry.
Fifty-one nations of the world and all
of the states of the American Union
will bo represented in this extensive
portrayal of the world's present-day
effort.
Those who are familiar with the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago have
often asked if the Ixmisiana Pur-
chase Exposition would equal in ex-
tent or grandeur the celebrated Ex-
position of 1893. When told that it
would be twice as large in extent of
grounds and f') per cent larger in
exhibit space in buildings, they have
MARKETING FOR THE SEA COW.
It Is Necessary Now to Cut Through
Ice to Get at the Eel Grass.
The man who does the marketing
for the Aquarium's sea cow has had to
do some lively hustling this winter to
keep that big animal supplied with
food.
Tin4 sea cow i- eight foot long,
weighs 800 pounds and has a healthy
appetite. In the f :st eighteen weeks
after its arrival he:e from Florida. <m
Sept. 3 last, it at ninety bushels of
eel grass, six bu '.iels of fennel-loafed
pond wood and two bushels of ulva,
or sea lettuce, making ninety-eight
bushels of aquatic plants in all in
eighteen weeks, or an average of
about five and one-half bushels a
week, which is about its present rate
of consumption.
The eel grass and other things for
the soa «ow's table aro gathered In
C.ravosend Bay or tho waters there-
with connected. Baymen say that the
present has been the hardest water
hereabouts on the water In twenty-five
years. On many days it has been nec-
essary to cut through the ice to get
Anthony. Palace of Varied Industries
right. Palace of Manufactures in the
To mention the big things of the
World's Fair of 1904 would be to give
a catalogue of the greatest achieve-
ments of man in many lines of en-
deavor. For example; We shall see
the largest locomotive ever built,
weighing ninety-five tons and having
twelve driving wheels. We shall hear
the largest organ in the world in the
most beautiful festival hall ever built.
We shall see some of the greatest sea-
coast defense guns manufactured for
the United States government. In the
Government Building, which is the
largest exhibit building ever erected
by federal authority at an Exposition,
there will be a model of a half of a
battleship for lh Navy display. The
United States Government has also
erected a bird cage so large that tall
trees grow within the inclosure, in
which will be held captive during the
on the left. Palace of Electricity on
distance.
tude, and an amusement street a mile
long, containing the most novel and
wonderful entertainments, will furnish
diversion to the guests of the Exposi-
tion.
All St. Louis is preparing for the
World's Fair, which will open on April
30 next and continue for seven
months. Hundreds of buildings have
been remodeled into hotels, and thou
sands of homes have been listed, upon
invitation of the World's Fair manage-
ment. to help care for the visitors.
Every preparation has been made for
a period of unusual festivity, and St.
Louis expects to give her visitors a
delightful season of sight-seeing and
entertainment.
Thirty-five miles of roadway have
been constructed within the World's
Fair grounds.
Swiss Industrial Schools.
There aro industrial schools for
( lock and watch making in Geneva,
Lode, Chaux-de-Fonds. cte ; there are
art and industrial working schools i 1*1
Zurich and other cities for women
and there are industrial schools for
the hand trades in most of tho cities
and towns of the country. The sub-
jects taught in these schools are draw-
ing. arithmetic, geography, bookkeep-
ing, German. French and practical in-
struction in the trade chosen by the
pupil.
at the eel grass required for the soa
cow's food, sometimes through Ice ten
Inches in thickness and often through
ice of five or six Inches.
Sometimes when the ice had moved
out with a shift of the wind, leaving
open spaces, access to the eel grass
would be easy, but frequently the ice
would have closed in. and then it
would be necessary to cut holes in it
to got at the ool grass below.
So the work of supplying the sea
cow's table has been so far this win-
ter attended by more or less difficulty,
but there has never been a day 011
which the sea cow has had to go hun-
gry.—New York Sun.
Brain Growth.
Brain development is found by Prof.
Soggel of Munich to have two periods
of acceleration—from 10 to 11 and
from 17 to IS in girls, and from 12 to
13 and IV) to 20 in boys. At the period
of most rapid increase in height—from
12 to 14 years—the growth of the
brain is loss than one-hundredth that
of the body, but at 17 to 19 It grows
one-thirtieth as fast, and at 20 reaches
nne-sevouth of tho body growth.
Wholesale Marriage.
No fewer than forty-two couples
! wore nir.rr:- ! simultaneously at Plou-
gastel (Lower Brittany) one morning
| recently. Work in the village and in'
all the surrounding hamlet was en-
I 11 rely suspended lor the day. for the
excellent reason that there was scarce-
ly a living soul in the neighborhood
not related to one or other of the
brides or bridegrooms, for the good
people of Plougastol never marry out-
side their own commune.—London
Mail.
HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
Amusing Error of Frenchman That
Cost Him $5.
A French visitor to New York, an
enthusiastic automobilist, has learned
a lesson as to how things are done
in America. On several occasions
when speeding a machine through
Central park he has seen policemen
hold up a hand. The result was an
increase of speed and a wave of the
hand in return. The police have been
in tho hopes of catching him, and
finally one of tftem did so by placing
his horse in the auto's track, compell-
ing It to come to a standstill. In court
the Frenchman was amazed at the
cause of his arrest. He took the sig
nals of tho officers as commendations
and congratulations i.nd turned on
more power to show them what he
could do. The lesson cost him $."..
French Taxes Increase.
Returns of the revenue from indi-
rect taxes in Franco in 1003 show that
receipts amounted to $m:s.::nh ;;so. an
increase of $2«.557.580 over tiio esti-
mates, and $<{(i,l 15,80u over 1M02
How the Starfish Feeds.
A starfish can neither see nor hear.
Neither has it the sense of smefl. in
spiie of those seeming impediments,
nevertheless, it seeks and devours Its
prey as neatly as an ordinary fish. Tho
starfish lies upon its prey and folds
its "arms" or rays completely about
it. Then it pushes its stomach out
through its mouth and will wrap oven
a large oyster and shell within the
folds of the stomach. The mouth of
starfish is in the center ot its
rays.
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