Putnam's Pastime (Asher, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, September 1, 1913 Page: 8 of 8
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H U T IN A M S f A S I 1 M
STRIKING EMPLOYES OF GOVERNOR FOSS
E FOR SNAKES
Venom Institute of San Paulo,
Brazil, Very Unique.
BABY IN VICE-PRESIDENT’S CHAIR
Poisonous Reptiles After They Are
Rendered Harmless Are Allowed to
Roam at Will In a Wonder-
ful Garden.
Four girls marched at tlin head of Him 100 strikers from Governor Foss' Hyde Park plant on their way to the
MaaaachuseUa State house to demand a public hearing of the state board of arbitration and conciliation. Recent-
ly the governor announced that he would move his plants to Canada. lie decided that the strikers, who are
demanding a living wage. ' should not enter the state house. Fifty policemen were camped In the corridors of
the state house, ready for any disturbance or demonstration the strikers might start. Governor Foss refused a
public hearing and Bald "It was an attack by political forces to force him out of politics or out of business."
THE CIGAR’S CAREER
Has History With Which Few
Smokers Are Familiar.
Was First Seen In New World—Na-
tives Used Dried Leaves of the
Tobacco Plant Rolled In a
Corn Shuck.
Washington. Mou smoke thought-
lessly. liy some the cigar is loekcd ou
or puffed as an aid to digestion, as an
aid to reflection or as nothing but a
smoke producer. A groat deal of !
modern reflection that has achieved re-
sults has been with the aid or under
the Influence of the cigar
There ia no disposition here to
mtmmiae (he Influence on mankind of
the pipe or the quid, hut the present
mam consideration is the cigar. And
while men do so much of their think
Ing while cigar smoke wafts and curls
aud eddies from their Ill's and give*
pleasure to their nostrils. Ia It not
strange that so little of this thinking is
addressed to the cigar that is, to Its
history and to the romance and all
that which t enfolded and enwrapped
tu the little browu bundle of leavesT
Hut eo tt is.
The cigar has a long history. To-
bacco may have been used lu cigar
form before it was burned lu pipes,
stuffed as suuff or taken as a quid, but
ou this point there is no proof. Two
of the sailors under t'olumbus on the
first voyage reported that they had j
seen nativra of the new fouud world
with firebrands lu their mouths aud
with smoke issuing from their lips.
It was found that these uattves were
smoking the dried leaves of a plant '
hitherto unknown to the Europeans. ,
and t^at (he Jeavea were rolled In a
corn shuck On the second voyage of j
Columbus natives of the West Indies
were found who pulverised dry to-
bacco leaves and suuffed the powder
up their noses.
The practice was discovered by a
Frar.i iseau friar. Roman Fane, who ac-
companied Columbus In the voyage
of 1 M3 when Columbus reached the
mklttlaud of South America, natives
were found who chewed the cured leaf
of the tobacco plant I'he use of the
plan; was subsequently found to be
universal among the American ah
origuuvs from Cap* Horn to Hudson
bay, and the custom was immemorial
Hut whether the cigar is senior to
the pipe or quid is a difficult ques
non Keen it the first reported use of
tobacco was in the form of firebrands
it docs not follow that thts was the
oldest form tn which the plant was
used At the time of the coming of
the European* tobacco was consumed
tu one form or another by the Indians
from Canada to Fatagauio, and espe-
cially in the form of smoking It »as
a habit that had been practiced for
such ages that the Indians had no tra
ditton a> to it* ori|ia
In a*, old account of how tho lndiA“.s
smofcevl tobacco* as observed h> Ootuw-
*1
Them la appropriateness tn the ills-
(tnettou of the Havana cigar. Of
course. Havana cigars may bo made
of tobacco from any part of Cuba;
hence. It may be true that Havana
dgara should really be called Cuban
cigars, and the cigars which the ao-
catled civilised world first knew about
were made and smoked tn that region.
Frequent essays are made by anti-
quarians to show that the use of to-
bacco was known to the Chinese, or
the llindooetanee. or the Egyptian,
etc., ages before the practice was ob-
served by the sailors of Columbus. Ef-
forts tn this direction have not been
successful or impressive. In a bulletin
of the census of 1990. which was pre-
pared by John H. Garber, Is a para-
graph dealing with this phase of the to-
bacco question.
Two-Pound Baby Girl Born.
Huntington, lnd A tw-o-pound baby
girl, fully developed, was born to Mr-
and Mrs Frank C. Smith, of thts city
The child Is so small that its mother's
finger ring can be slipped over its
hand Doctors claim it has a fighting
chance to live.
ENGINE DRIVER IS BEHEADED
Man Loses Life on Wedding Annlvee
eery Day in Peculiar
Manner.
New York.—Peter Hansen, engineer
of the observation locomotive "Cats
kill," used by the president and othet
high officials of the Wesl Shore rail
road on their inspection tours over the
system, lost hie life at the Weehawken
terminal tn a strange way. He was
beheaded by a freight engine near the
roundhouse, but just how tt happened
the police could not learn. The Han
sens had been married five years and
It was the anniversary of the wedding.
It Is supposed he w as walking on or
close by the track when he was hit by
a freight engine that was moving
backward. The engineer of this en-
gine said he did not know he had run
over anybody and suspected nothing
until he saw Hansen's head roll down
the bank from the tracks
Sewer System Is in Question.
South Mack N Y — Mrs. Clarence
Leach and Mrs Jennie Ferry have ap-
plied for an injunction to restrain the
village from using the sewer system,
which the two women own. There is
no other system.
Wants Woman to Adopt Him
Edwin Mitchell, an Old Soldier,
sires a Lletener for Hie
War Stone*.
Cincinnati, O— Edwin Mitchell, sir*
Ing his address as the National Mili-
tary home. Dayton, and styling him-
self ' a handy thing to have around.”
want* some woman to adopt him Peo*
pie have adopted cats and dogs, but
here 1* a man. forty-four year* old.
who aav* he love* his pipe and to-
bacco. and who want* to be adopted
by a wife. Peculiar proposition* are
received by newspaper* every day. but
this one is so far out of the ordinary
that it bear* repeating. Tbe letter is
a* follows
Dear Mr Kditor: Will you please
publish this in your valuable paper l
wish to give some woman who can af-
ford it an opportunity to adopt a man
l would like some woman to adopt me
Just to ait dewu lu the evening* and
listen to me relate some of my expe-
riences at sea and foreign countries
my three days' battle at Sau Juan
Hill. Cuba, and then. I iu a very bandy
article to have around Can adapt
myself to most anything and l do not
wish any salary Hut the lady who
adopts me must g ve tn return for my
docility aud faithfulness enough to eat
* to sleep.
o wants to adopt this won-
&1 - the flr*t come, the first
• rainbow on a field of blue, surrounded
! by a broad hand of white. On tbe
* field l* depicted the world, bearing the
word “Peace.” It will be forwarded
to The Hague within a few days.
2 NEWPORT SOCIETY LEADERS
Mrv Whitehouse of Now York and
Mrs. Gent Wallich at Famous
Summer Resort.
Newport R. I—America's famous
summer resort is taking on ita dress
up appearance with the most fashtoe-
able an# smart set from ali parts of
New York —One bears daily of char-
itable individuals with plenty of
lime and money inaugurating homes
for various unfortunate types of hu-
manity. but the most unique establish-
ment of ita kind is certainly the Ven-
om institution of San Paulo, in Brazil,
where a permanent and comfortable
home ia provided for poisonous
snakes.
The institute is in a part of Brazil [
noted for Its superabundance of ven-
omous reptiles, where the loss of life
from snake bites became so serious
that something had to be done by the
government to cope with the situa-
tion.
Large bands of men, wearing thick
boots, legglngH and gloves for protec-
tion against grassed districts round i
about the institute, armed with long |
thin lubes, terminating in two semi- |
circular claws, which are controlled
at the end nearest the body and can
be opened or closed at will.
By this means they are able to
grasp the snake by the tail without
any danger to themselves.
As soon as a snake is caught In this
niunner it Is unceremoniously thrust
iuio a basket, where, together with a
writhing, coiling mass of its brethren,
it is conveyed to the home.
A large conservatory containing
long rows of glass covered boxes, sim-
ilar to the glass cases used in green-
houses for growing tomatoes, is used
as a sorting place for the large quan-
tities of reptiles which are brought
into the house every day.
Each case is labeled with the par-
ticular species of snake it contains, so
that when the day's bag" is brought
in, it is a comparatively simple mat-
ter (or the expert naturalist to grtp
each with the above described instru-
ment, and, recognizing its species, put
It in the proper receptacle.
The next stage in this queer place
is what is called the operating table.
Here, under the personal supervision
of a fully qualified doctor, garbed ex-
actly as the surgeons in the operating
room of a hospital, with the long
white overall, fine rubber gloves and
so on, the snake is robbed of Its poi-
son—termed "serum"—and rendered
harmless.
One man grips the snake firmly by
the tail; which i9 no easy task, for it
will wriggle and twist and turn in a
manner that would tax severely the
strongest wrist; whilst the doctor
forces the jaws open with a surgical
instrument until he gets hold of the
bag containing the poisonous serum.
A small glass dish is held directly
beneath the bag. and the doctor pro-
ceeds to draiu it of its contents. Each
snake yields something like 30 centi-
grammes of serum, which, tn appear-
ance. greatly resembles ordinary milk.
When the operation is over the
snake is taken away and placed in a
large garden, from which escape is a
matter of impossibility.
Of course, it would be more cruel
to turn tbe poor, defenseless snake
adrift into the woods again, for he
would be entirely at the mercy of
his enemies and soon succumb. So
this garden, which contains almost
everything Mr Snake would find in
his natural elements, trees, shrubs,
long, thick grass, pools and a stream
where he may disport himself on
warm days, is provided by the Insti-
tute.
For the first time in history, the presiding officer of the United States
senate the other day shared his seat with another person. That person was
Master Thomas Marshall Sutherland, three and a half years old, son of Rev.
A. D Sutherland of Berkley Springs. Va., who was once Mr. Marshall’s pas-
tor at Columbia City, lnd. The child was named for Mr. Marshall and Is a
great favorite with the vice-presiden t
TO ROOF OF WORLD
Leading Scientists Ready to At-
tack Himalayan Peaks.
Notable Array of Eminent Men Select-
ed for Dr. de Fllippi’s Expedition
Collected at Genoa Prepara-
tory to Departing.
Rome.—Dr de Filippi's expedition
to the western Himalaya and Kara-
koram is now completely organized,
i The equipment and provisions have
been procured in London, and will be
shipped to India within the next few
days. The scientific apparatus is be-
ing collected at Genoa and will leave
for Bombay with the expedition in an
Italian liner.
The following members will take
| part in the expedition:
Dr. F. de Fllippi, organizer and re-
sponsible leader; Commander A.
Alessio, royal Italian navy, lecturer
on theoretical goedesy In the Univer-
sity of Padua, second in command of
the expedition, in charge of the geo-
detic-astronomical work and of pendu-
lum and magnetic observations; Sig-
nor G. Abetti, lecturer on astrophysics
in the University of Rome, assistant
astronomer in the observatory In the
Collegio Romano, who is to assist
Commander Alessio in his work, and
will undertake astrophystcal research-
es: Signor O. Marinelli, professor of
geography In the University of Flor-
ence, and G. Dainelli, lecturer on geol-
ogy and assistant in tbe Geological in-
stitute of tbe same university, will
undertake the geological survey of the
districts traversed by the expedition;
Signor A. Amerio, professor of physics
in the Technical Institute of Padua,
lecturer on physics in the university
and in the School of Practical Engi-
neering, who will undertake observa-
tions in solar radiations and atmos-
pheric electricity; MarcheBe N. Von-
turl Ginorl, who will assist In the
above researches and will undertake
studies in photometry, and with Pro-
fessor Amerio will also take charge
of the meteorological station; Lieut.
C. Antllli of the military photographlo
department, who will take charge of
the photographical and telephoto-
graphical work; J. A. Spranger, B. A.,
Trinity college, Cambridge, who will
act as assistant topographer.
The government of India will ap-
point an officer of the India trigo-
nometrical survey to accompany the
expedition and take part in the survey
work, and finally, the expedition has
secured the services of Joseph Petl-
gax. the well known Alpine guide of
Courmayeur, who accompanied tbe
duke of the Abruzzi in ail his enter-
prises. Professors Marinelli and
Amerio and Mr. Spranger will only
start from Italy In March, 1914, and
will meet the rest of the party in the
spring at Leh (Ladakh).
The Italian government has given
every possible assistance to the enter-
prise by officially appointing the great-
er number of its members and by pro-
viding the necessary scientific appara-
tus. The government of India is giv-
ing all its support to the expedition.
Besides a handsome subsidy and the
loan of a survey officer, it has prom-
ised special customs privileges for the
scientific equipment
Women Hear Senator Clapp
Minnesota Statesman Addresses Suf-
fragettes at Hyattesvills. Md., Just
Before Ttoey Reached Capital.
Hyatts rill*. Mi—Senator Moses FL
Clapp et Mtneeota here depicted de-
livering his address to the assembled
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SEE RAINBOW FLAG OF PEACE
Crowds N ew Cimej ?'* G ft—Which
Is to Be Stnt to ths Hague
Ne* York State,
\ o w > , n — The Talnboer
rsal peace, ehich is
>y the stats of Nee
ration of ths Temple
Hague, where tt will
.lectioa of peace flags
by all the satUsss of the
ahtbited for the Crat time
l ta tbe governor a recta la the city hall
Tbe dealga of tbe flag, which ta the
.gift of Andrew Carnegie. ooastata of a
Fleck of 300 Thought to Resemble
the Supposedly Extinct
Bird Passenger.
Pittsburgh —A flock of supposedly
wild pigeons has been located by M
M. Garland, surveyor of the port of
Pittsburgh, near his home at Edge-
wood. The birds have gone to nest
in a heavily wooded tract, and efforts
will be made to secure several of them
alive.
According to Mr Garland he has
been very close to them on three dif-
ferent occasions, and he is positive
they are perfect specimens of the sup-
posedly extinct passenger pigeon.
Mr Garland discovered the birds
while hunting through the woods
Hearing their "cooings" at a distance,
he investigated and discovered the
roost. The birds had just begun build-
ing their nests.
PRINCESS MURAT OF RUSSIA
First Photograph Taken In New Garb
of the Former Beautiful Miss
Stallo of Cincinnati.
Parts. France.—The first photograph
of the beautiful Princess Murat of
Russia, who was the former Miss
Stallo, multimillionaire heiress of Cin-
cinnati. The princess in fancy dress
costume is seen with M. Andrs
Fouquiere dressed as a Chinese man-
darin. M. Fouquiere. who on his re-
cent visit to America was in confer-
ence with President Wilson at Wasb-
•or'A. »a*
Two Newport Society Leaders.
the country, ta the plcturw ta ehowa
Mrs. Norman De-K Wh takouse of New
York, formerly M ss Ytra F-oarmaa.
asd Mrs- Gen* Wattach.
%ls>r6 l
(jiucth ‘
The iDori*
Iheltfomen
_fk3ii\iHi5h tftc
Senator Moses E. Ciapp.
delegations of suffragettes at Hyatts-
ville. just before they proceeded to
Washington tc deliver their pennons
to the U & Senate.
CUT HAIR OFF OF 94 WOMEN
Pan*
Police Arrest Man Suffering
From Strange and Pe-
culiar Mania.
Parts—In searching the flat of a
certain Pans sybarite, by name Leram
gcurg. the police found the hair of no
less than 94 women, the whole estimat-
ed by a c flr-.r to be worth $509 for
toupees and p-.-etiche*.
Leramgi. .rg eni-ced the confiding
creatures to his house and having
hypnotized them cut off their hair
iits very shaving urushee bristled with
what has been described as ' the capil-
lary attachment cf a female scalp.-
Princess Murat and M. Fouquiere.
-cgton. is the well known leader of
(reach society, and is probably tbs
best dresed man tn France.
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