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HISS HfiLEN^ CANNON.
One of the First ladies of Official
Society at National Capital.
She Often Graciously Preside* at
War Councils of the Nation’s
Chiefs.—Democratic in Manner and
a Famous Housekeeper.
The distinction of /being the best-
poeted woman in America on politics
and statecraft, is generally accorded
to Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of
the Speaker of the U. S. House of Re
presentatives. , Speaker Cannon who
Is genial and democratic in manner,
is a man of many close friendships, but
no one is so close to him as his only
unmarried daughter who has presided
over his household since the death of
his wife, many years ago.
Miss Cannon emphatically disproves
the-theory that a woman cannot tyeep
a secret. As the confidante of the
official, who, next to the President, Is
the most powerful man in the United
States, she probably learns more of
wbat is going on "behind the scenes”
When Congress is not In session,
Miss Cannon is mistress of her father's
home at Danville, Illinois. There, as
In Washington, she Is always prepared
for company, for the Speaker's married
daughter with her children, spends
much time at the Cannon home, and
relatives and friends always feel free
to “drop in" at almost any time.
Official Feminine Calls.
In the social life of the national cap
ital, Miss Cannon occupies, by virtue
of her father’s position, a unique posi
tion. Possibly not all our readers are
aware of the many unwritten laws that
govern the exchange of calls between
women whose husbands or fathers oc
cupy prominent positions at Washing
ton. For instance, official etiquette
prescribes that the wife of a newly
elected Senator or Representative
must make the first call upon the wives
of all those Congressmen who are her
husband's seniors In service. Miss
Cannon, however, in accordance
with these same unwritten laws, Is not
compelled to make a "first call” upon
any ladles In Washington, save the
wife of the President and the wife of
the Vice President. All this fuss as to
who shall call first may appear ridicu
lous to persons who are hot brought
In contact with life at our seat of gov
ernment, and possibly Miss Cannon
who Is thoroughly democratic may re-
,MISS HELEN CANNON.
DAUGHTER OP THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In official life than any other member
of her sex, y«( never so much as once
has she let her tongue slip when
"mum'' was the word, and this Is more
than cap be said of some men of exalt
ed position' < \
Moreover, Speaker- Cannon's confi
dence in his daughter’s discretion and
common sense Is shared by the leaders
In the lower house of Congress who
have occasion to confer frequently
with the presiding officer. Many of
these confidential confabs are held at
the unpretentious vine-covered brick
house which constitutes Speaker Can
non's Washington home, and many
times a newcomer at such a conference
has been surprised to see the wheel
horses of-our national legislature freely
tplllng state secrets before the hostess.
Joys of Oood Cooking.
Incidentally It may be noted that
Miss Cannon Is largely responsible for
so many of these political star cham
ber sessions being held at the Cannon
residence instead of In the Speaker’s
private office at the Capitol or some
where else. Few readers of this heed
be told that the average man sets
great store by good cooking, and the
popularity won by Senator Hanna’s
famous "bash 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 one has a hint as to,
the magnet which helps to draw many
men of affairs to the Speaker's home
instead of to bis office. Miss Cannon
is a splendid housekeeper, and Is an ex
pert in preparing or superintending
the preparation of those plain, whole
some dishes which never fail to make
a hit with men who are weary of hotel
cooing. In things to eat, as in dress.
Speaker Cannon does not go In for
much In the way of "frills”, but no man
who knows what is In store for him
ever declines an Invitation to dine at
hi* home.:
gard It in that light too, but the fact
remains that the enforcement of such
recognition is due the dignity of her
father’s position, and she Is too good
a politician not to Insist upon the
Speaker of the House enjoying ail the
prestige which Is due him. Should Mr.
Cannon 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
an ideal First Lady of the Land.
URGES EASY SPELLING.
Supreme Court. Justice Joins With
Other Well-Known Men—Carnegie
dives Fund to Aid Cause.
Associate Justice David J.. Brewer of
the United States 8upreine Court is
deeply interested in the adoption of a
scientific regulation of English spell
ing.
Justice Brewer is a member of the
board of which Brander Mathews, of
New York, Is chairman. About 760
have agreed to adopt for customary
use in their own persona] correspond
ence the following twelve simplified
spellings, heretofore recommended and
used .by the National Educational So
ciety, namely, program, catalog, deca-
log, proiog, demagog, pedagog, tho, al-
tho, thorp, thorofare, thru and thruout
, In May and June, 1905, many distin
guished scholars, literary men, and
scientists signed the promise, and now
the committee has been permanently
organized, under the name of the Sim
plified Spelling Board. Funds ade
quate for the purpose have been given
by Andrew Carnegie, the justice
thinks, to the amount of 516,000, the
income of which Is to be devoted to the
interests of the organization.
Among the members of the board
are E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor
of the University of Nebraska; David
J. Brewer, associate justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States;
Nicholas Murray Butler, presldeht of
Columbia University; Andrew Carne
gie, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain),
Thomas Wentworth Hlgglnson, Will
iam Dean Howells. Prof Lownsbury
of Yale. Prof. James of Harvard, Ben
jamin B. Smith, editor of the Century
Magazine. W. H. Ward, editor of the
Independent, and Andrew D. White.
ICEBERG INJJELAWARE.
Hugo Mountain of Ice Towed From
Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
The Strenuous Work of a Tug’s
Crew—One of the Strangest and
Perhaps the Most Valuable Prize
Ever Taken by a Ship.
In order that the city of Philadel
phia might be rescued from an Ice fam
ine a powerful ocean-going tug has ac
complished the almost impossible feat
of capturing a huge Iceberg, and tow
ing it Into port. Never in the world’s
history has this wonderful achieve
ment been duplicated, and contrasted
with it the fascinating exploits re
counted by the marine historian Sin-
bad, the sailor, appear commonplace
and trivial.
With Its mountain of Ice in tow, the
tug passed up the Delaware River
creating consternation among the float'
ing world on the stream, as observers
could not Imagine other than that the
floating mountain was being driven up
the bay by some freak of wind and cur
rent, to the great danger of shipping.
Its approach was responsible for some
frenzied telegraphing, which threw the
shipping interests Into a panic. Orders
were Issued to hold up the sailing of
every vessel due to leave, and mes
sages were dispatched to lower Dela
ware station to intercept several' out
bound steamers and warn them to seek
anchorage out of the berg’s path.
Maritime Interest* Excited.
For several hours maritime Inter
ests werd intensely excited by the un
heard-of presence of an Iceberg in the
bay. Later, when the true story of the
wonderful feat was flashed over tho
wire, it seemed so utterly incredible
that the 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
the tug to accomplish the feat In spite
of the almost Inconceivable risks at
tendant upon the berg's capture, not a
member of the tug’s crew was Injured.
Two Men Frost-Bitten.
Two men suffered from bad frost
bites, but this- was due to their own
carelessness in braving tho arctic tem
perature in the berg’s vicinity without
proper clothing. Their experience was
a warning to the rest of the crew, and
when the tug with the prize passed the
.Breakwater every man aboard was
muffled as If for a Peary relief expedi
tlon.
The length -of the lcoberg was 500
feet, and It 1b estimated that It will
yield fully 500,000 tons, which lsnearly
sufficient to make up the shortage in
ice crop due 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.
Tho monBter berg was captured off
the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
It was made fast at great risk by the
daring men on the tug, who. In small
boats tied -staunch ropes around the
mountain of ice, and then let out A
long towdlne 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
)rize will yield, As icebergs are brok-
-m 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 watered, 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 Gardens;” Chicago,
Detroit, Washington, Cleveland, Los
Aageles, in fact, almost all (dries 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, the children plant and raise both
Bowers 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
garden^ and the schools is Intimate.
But to see this idea worked out, per
haps, at its best one must study It a*
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, tarnishing- 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 garden* are located
quite generally on land adjacent to
school-houses, some of tjie regular
school teachers gladly acting the part
of Instructors. The effect upon the
little workers in these plots is in every
way happy and should lead to their
more generaluae.
MADE FORTUNE 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, which have the odor
of the ground about them and which
seem to be choice tidbits, not only tor
trout and landlocked salmon, but also
for pickerel, perch, black bass and, in
deed, every species of food fish that
swims In fresh water. As the Maine
soil 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
purpose of selling them to the local
fishermen, as well as for shipment to
Boston. He Imported a breed of dark
purple worms from Belgium, which
were prolific breeders, though
course and strong 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 tho million’to his custom
ers.
Those shipped to Boston were sold
In Job lots of 75 cents a pound. To
the home customers he 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 his old home in Sweden,
wealthy man.
Sidney Cook, of Presque Isle, the
Inventor of several diving appliances
used by men who work in deep wat
ers, was the next 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 of earth and small pebbles.
"After dredging the land for a time
tho 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
Falla la Marred
by Power
Plants.
NIAGARA FALLS IN DANGER.
Joint Resolution in Congress For
Their Preservation.
Proposal to Unite With Canada in
an Effort to Stop Further Depre
dations Which Will Destroy the
Scenic drandeur.
At last the national law-makers
have come to a realizing sense of the
danger which threatens Niagara Falls,
the most beautiful of all the world's
natural wonders.
By a joint resolution of the Senate
and House of Representatives the
International Commission, created un
der the River and Harbor Act of 1902,
was requested to report to Congress,
at nn early day, what action was. In
their judgment, necessary and desir
able to prevent, the further depletion
of water flowing over Niagara' Falls
and were further directed to exert,
in conjunction with the members of
said Commlsslbn representing tile
Dominion of Canada, if practicable,
all possible efforts for the preserva
tion of the falls in their natural con
dition. -
Report of Committee.
This Commission promptly reported
that if any benefit was to be derived
by legislation, immediate action was
necessary and outlined a plan which
It believed would have the desired
effect, providing Canada would untie
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 28,500 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 be
come the pormanept law of the land,
if, In the meantime the .Canadian
government shall have cnacted-legls-
latlon prohibiting the diversion 01
water which Is naturally tributary to
Niagara Falls In excess of 311,000 cubic-
feet per second.”
Dependent on Canada.
It will be noted that unless the
British government unites with this
country In its effort to save the natural
remedy for' the evil which is being
done, and one which' Is not dependent
on Canadian ' co-operation. This
remedy could bo accomplished by New
York State alone,»and would be to so
deepen the river channel south of
Goat Island, between that island and
the New York State bank, that tin,
American Falls would divide with tho
Horseshoe whatever water was not
diverted from Its natural bed. The
Treaty of Ghent places the American
boundary at a point well out Into the
deep part of the river Channel and
affords ample opportunity'to make
necessary excavations.
(From sketch In L»dW Hoc*)Journal)
HOW THE AMFRICAN FALLS MIGHT AF» .
PEAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. -
If anything Is to be accomplished'-^^.-
in the mntter It Is necessary'- to act
at ouce, 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 nn 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 beautiful fail of .
water In the world, and have allowed \
any part of It to bo converted to pri- V
vote gain or corporate greed,
Even now, In the face of all that
has been said and written on the \",
snbject, there seems to be an attitude u
of half-honrtedness on the part of *—
the people to act, which Is well Illus
trated by the fact that Senator L’Hom-
medleu, of tho New York State legis
lature, 1ms asked the Senate to kill hi*
bill restricting the taking of water
from Ningara River above the falls for
power purposes and says In defense
of his action, “f 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”
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
get away. That 16 the way a dash
lamp acts upon deer at night and I
think a deer should know as much as
an angleworm.”
ZN ROCKEPELLER’S CLASS.
Chief Qnanah Parker,’of the Co-
manches, has all the great man's hor
ror of the camera. While waiting tor
a train at Stanton, Okla., a young
man begap making photographs ot
him. The Indian grew angry, opened
his pocket knife, and threw it at
the camera man. As this did not de-
tcr the latter, Parker went indoors,
took • revolver from his valise, and
started on the warpath. The police
had to disarm him. , ;
J. Plerpont Morgan, John D. Rock
efeller, H. H. Rogers, and others
doubtless have sent message
proval to the bl* Cetmenrha
The American
Fells Threat
ened to be
Destroyed by
Water
Diversion.
beauty ot Niagara Falls little can be
uccompliabed, and from past experi
ence It seems more, than doubtful that
such will be the case. In the matter
of the lrternarional boundary and the
seal controversy, Canada certainly did
not show an over friendly spirit aud
there is no reason to assume that her
attitude has changed in 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 »t Canada's probable
attitude is not readied entirely on ac
count. of *any unfriendly feeling, but
because of two very Important facts-,
one of these Is the greater width and
depth of the channel on the Canadian
side, which would Insure a splendid
flow oyer 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, a
minimum annual rental of 560,000 tor
the water rights granted there, and
when the plants for which these
grants were made an In. tall operation,
the annual rentals to the government
will amount to over 5900,000.
It is further asserted that additional
water could be granted by Canada
which would produce an annual rental
of another 5300,000, and still not sert-
ottaly offset the Cansdlan side of the
Falls, while the American Falls would
be entirely drained loug before this
MAMMOTH INCUBATOR.
A Hatching Machine That Does the
Work of Dae Thousand Setting
Hens.; .. .Jjp
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 wldt. Partitions
divlde .lt 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 expandl- .
tore of 56,000, for eggs of the requ'';
ite freshness would cost forty cents ;
dozen. As one hen covers fifteen egg i
for hatching, the Incubator, does the v ~r
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 ot eight steam pipes passing
over the top of the egg chamber on
one side and returning on the other.
These pipes are connected, at one end
of the structure, to a water tank and
beater. 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 lrwlth 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 tho furnace
warms the water, the water la Un-
Jacket surrounding the heater ex
pands, and tho float In the oil rises.
This movement closes a throttle at
tached to the floaterm, and shuts the
draft of the heater; another lover at
the same time opens the cold-air draft {
of the furnace. In this way the tem- r
peraturo is regulated automatically,
With extremely little variation, u
eggs being kept at 102 degrees F.
A second novel feature. Is that the
heat of the eggs isjyguiated by rais
ing or lowering them In the egg dim >
her, which Is nearly a foot high in
side, burlap separating It *— -
pipes. Tho egg trays
frames hinged by g
or levers. As the chicks
trays are lowered on these
tho first drop being mads in
and others at intervals,
twenty-first flay, the ti
infertile eggs arc „
th Mr. C 'HaU bunt small incubators at
first, ' ' “
small
