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plomacy that the far east has witnessed for a generation, and was only made
possible through the intimate understanding of eastern conditions and finesse
which Mr. Williams possessed. Japan and Russia had buried the hat
ehet and secretly intended to work their own will in Manchuria.
The howl that came from the Japanese and Russian press was not ex
actly a psSlm of rejoicing. Publicly and officially, however, after a rather
embarrassing delay, the two governments gave their formal assent to
the loan, their foreign offices meanwhile scratching their heads for ways of
thwarting the game of these —umph!—blessed Yankees.
Mr. Williams was born in Ohio, and served as a missionary in China for
ten years, obtaining a perfect command of the language, and an equal knowl
edge of Chinese character. At Shanghai he was interpreter for the American
consulate, and translator for the Chinese government, afterward acting as sec
retary of the American legation at Peking from 1901 to 1908.
LOEB MAY BE CHAIRMAN
It is the generally expressed opinion
among wise politicians that if Presi
dent Taft is renominated as the candi
date for the presidency on the Repub
lican ticket Collector Loeb, of New
York, will be chairman of the Re
publican National committee.
The story of the rise of William
Loeb Jr., is one of hard work, an un
conquerable determination to succeed,
backed by a love for the political
gacae, combined with keen insight into
character.
Mr. Loeb is of German descent. The
straitened financial circumstances
of his parents forced him to leave
school before he had finished the
course and prohibited any thought of
a college education. He took up the
study of law, but finding that slow and
imuroAtable he studied stenography
between times and latejc branched out
Into shorthand reportmg.
From the start he was interested in
politics and worked hard for his dis-
trict chief. In 1888 he was so well known in local politics at Albany that he
succeeded in having himself appointed official stenographer of the assembly.
The making of Mr. Loeb, however, occurred shortly after the election of
Dol. Roosevelt as governor.
As president, Col. Roosevelt relied largely on Mr. Loeb's advice.
SPENDS NIGHT IN PRISON
out better citizens, .
Gov. Hooper understands the'under side of life. He was born in Newport,
and as a child was a waif on the streets of Knoxville, nameless, answering
only when some one called “Ben,” knowing nothing of his parentage and
penniless. He roamed the streets of the city selling papers until some one
attracted by his brown hair and bright eyes picked him up and placed him in
an orphanage. Later a physician of Newport, Dr. L. W. Hooper, took him
into his home and gave him his own name —a name to which, by the way,
he was entitled.
| SMOOT BACKS WOOL FIGHT |
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, one
of the most unrelenting reactionaries
in public life, is to direct the adminis
tration tariff on the floor of the United
States senate.
That Smoot is to be the administra
tion spokesman in the contest over
the revision of the wool schedules,
around which the entire tariff discus
sion will center, is a matter of keen
satisfaction to the woolen manufactur
ers of the country in general and to
the directors of the so-called woolen
trust in particular.
Smoot, a member of the powerful
Senate Finance committee, had his
training for the important part he has
been designated to play during this
session, under the tutelage of former
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich.
The Mormon church, of which Smoot
is an apostle, is understood to be inter
ested in the manufacturing as well as
the sheep raising end of the wool in-
dustry. This bill, as Washington now
recognizes, was a reduction in the. extortionate woolen rates fully Justified in
the light of the tariff board report Just filed with congress.
In the present critical Chinese situa
tion it is reassuring to know that the
very heart and brains of America’s
China policy is now on guard in the
capital of that nation in the person of
Edward Thomas Williams, secretary
of the American legation at Pekin, and
charge d’affaires during the visit home
of Minister Calhoun for conference
with the heads of the state depart
ment.
Mr. Williams is a specialist in the
history and languages of China, and
on familiar terms with its statesmen.
It is common report in the inner cir
cles of diplomacy that all the astute
moves which blocked Japan and Rus
sia in Manchuria, maintained the open
door policy of John Hay, and prevent
ed the dismemberment of China have
been of Williams’ devising when he
was “Chinaman” of the state depart
ment.
The famous “four-nation loan” of
$50,000,000 was the cleverest bit of di-
After spending a night in prison to
observe the condition of the convicts
to investigate conditions there, Gov.
B. W. Hooper has announced that the
stripes should come off all but the
worst prisoners in the spring and that
thereafter the stripes should be used
only as a means of punishment. As
soon as the new chaplain took charge,
he stated, schools would be started.
As a result of his investigation the
issued pardons to 25 prisoners as
Christmas gifts. During the night he
spent in the penitentiary he mingled
with the convicts and learned from
many of them the story of their lives.
“The prison,” he afterward said, “is
a terrible place howevei humane the
management and conditions. Hereto
fore Tennessee has thought of only
two things in connection with the
state prison. One was to get some
one into the penitentiary, and the oth
er to get him out. It shall be my pur
pose to reform convicts and turn ..them
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HINGE IS MADE ADJUSTABLE
Can be Arranged to Fit Partition of
Any Thickness—Door Will Close
Automatically.
A box flange hinge that is adjust
able has been invented by a Connec
ticut man. Such a feature in a hinge
that is designed primarily for use on
the marble partitions in lavatories is
an Important one, as it enables the
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An Adjustable Hinge.
regulation of the box to fit partitions
of any thickness, from seven-eighths
to one and one-quarter inches. The
middle plate in the box has two bev
eled slots and one of the side plates
is movably attached to this by means
of two screws that, when loosened,
slide back and forth and permit the
side-plate to be moved toward or away
from the other side. When the screws
are tightened the box is practically as
firm as if in one piece and can be
clamped on the partition. The free
hinge, of course, is that which is
screwed to the door. This is also a
spring hinge, so that the door will
close automatically.
LATEST THING IN CHIMNEYS
AU of Desirable Features of Various
Types Contained In One Re
cently Designed.
A new type of chimney construction,
claimed by its designers to combine
all the desirable and attractive fea
tures of the various types of chimney
and eliminate all their objections, is
shown in the accompanying illustra
tion. The inner and outer walls of
brick eliminate all the temporary
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New Type of Chimney.
’ forms and framing required in all
concrete construction, the inner wall
of fire brick protects the concrete at
every point from direct contact with
the hot gases, and the outer wall of
' pressed brick makes possible the
building of a chimney in accordance
' with any design or plan.
New Treatment of Ores.
A new process for the treatment of
all classes of ores is being tried in
America. For sulphite ores the
method consists in treating them with
nitric acid, which converts the sul
' phides into sulphates. The nitric
! oxide fumes given off are converted
by atmospheric oxygen to nitrogen
peroxide and are passed under pres
sure with excess of oxygen through
a crushed quartz tower down which
water flows. This, it is alleged, re
sults in 98 per cent, recovery of the
nitric acid. The sulphate solution is
treated by various chemical or elec
tro-chemical methods, according to
the metal contained. Thus silver or
mercury is precipitated as a chloride
and then reduced to the metal; or sil
ver may be thrown down on copper
plates. Copper can be recovered by
electrolysis with insoluble electrodes,
by precipitation as carbonate.
True Mahogany.
More than half of the 40,000,000
feet of “mahogany" consumed every
year in this country is not mahogany.
There are a score of imitation woods,
but one chief one. The so-called
Colombian mahogany, according to a
monograph just issued by the forest
service, belongs to the monkey-pod
family, Lecythlgaceae, otherwise
known as Cariniana pyriformis. Its
grain and color resemble the wood
of mahogany, and its straight cylin
drical trunk, averaging three feet in
diameter and with a clear length of
50 feet, admirably adapts it for lum
bering. The cabinet-makers like It as
well as the true mahogany. Why not
call it by its true name, Cariniana?
Ruby Miners' Wages.
Ruby miners in India get only 14
cents a day and coal miners 10, but
from an Indian point of view this
Is regarded as fair pay.
ARTIFICIAL GUM IN FRANCE
Made by Treating Desslcated Starchy
Material With Acid to Increase
the Adhesiveness.
An artificial gum, which forms a
highly adhesive paste with cold wa
ter, is prepared by J. Kantorowicz, ac
cording to his French patent, by treat
ing deselected starch or starchy ma
terial with acid or alkali to increase
the adhesiveness. Such material as
potatoes or flour is mixed with water,
and then heated by passage In a thin
layer over steam-heated rollers —so as
to convert the starch first into paste
and then into dessicated flakes, that
can be peeled off and ground. Hy
drochloric acid may be added to the
original mixture in the proportion of
sodium carbonate for each 100 pounds
potatoes, or two pounds of powdered
sodium carbonate for each 100 pounds
of flour may be mixed with the coarse
ly powdered -flaky mass from the roll
ers. The rollers have a temperature
of 110 degrees to 120 degrees cent.
The proportion of acid or alkali, or
other chemical reagent, can be varied
for different degrees of adhesiveness
of the final product, and a little ex
perimenting may be necessary to get
the most satisfactory results.
/TABLE CHAIR FOR THE BABY
When Unfolded it Is of Standard
Height, With Tray and All—Seat Is
Supported by Steel Bars.
This combination dining chair for
infants and adults is a high chair pos
sessing all the practical features of
the ordinary dining chair. It looks
like, and Is, an ordinary dining chair
when folded, but simply lifting back
Open
Chair for Infants,
the seat converts ft Into a high chair
of the standard height, tray and all.
When in the latter position, the in
fant’s seat is supported by steel bars
of the Jack-in-the-box type, and that
is what the chair really is.
SIZE OF BRICK REGULATED
Any Change From Standard Would Be
Attended by Considerable In
convenience to Builders.
If bricks were made larger it ;
would save a great deal of time and ;
labor in building, said a contractor,
but the standard has been set and '
any change would be attended by con- ।
siderable inconvenience. In England I
when bricks were first made and up j
to sixty or seventy years ago there :
was a tax on bricks, and in order to |
evade it the bricks were made of I
larger and larger sizes.
These were used for cellars and
other concealed places. To stop this
fraud an act was passed in the reign
of George 111. fixing the legal size of
bricks. Early in Queen Victoria's
reign the tax was taken off and bricks
may now be legally made of any size
whatever. But any change from the
standard size would bring about great
inconvenience. All calculations are
made for building on this standard
size, and the London and other build- ;
ing acts have practically fixed it.
(WUSTRIMI
MECHANICAL
188 NOTES asl
India mines over 11,000,000. tons
of coal a year.
Hongkong has an American
equipped shoe factory.
Pneumatic hammers have been de
signed for cutting asphalt pavements.
Platinum is increasing in favor
greatly in the manufacture of jew
elry.
An asbestos mine near Lowell,
Mass., gives promise of producing 100
tons a day.
Glass may be fastened together
with a solder made from 95 parts of
tin to five of copper.
China has the greatest dejkjsits of
iron ore in the world and is begin
ning to export pig iron.
The government of Servia has just
ordered 100 American typewriters for
use in its public offices.
The city of Paris owns a machine
which can grind out nearly 250,000
wooden paving blocks a day.
Slate is being quarried commercial
ly in ten states, Pennsylvania and
Vermont leading in the industry.
If, two nuts are run on a bolt so
that the square sides face each othei
they will serve as a wrench in an
emergency.
Coal ashes are combined with sod:
and copal varnish by a German in
ventor to make an artificial stem
that resembles marble.
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Aperfect Remedy forConstipa
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^0 Worms,Convulsions.Feverish
^B ness and LOSS OF SLEEP.
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Exact Copy of Wrapper
Treacherous Memory.
Parson Johnson —Yo must nevah
cherish an enmity against your neigh
bor, Mis Jackson. If youh neighbor
does you an injury you must forget it.
Mrs. Jackson —An’ so I does forget
it, pahson—but I'se got a powerful bad
memory, and I keeps forgetting dat
I’se forgotten it
A Father's Protection,
Father, it Is as essential for you to
provide a safeguard against that night- i
fiend to your children, croup, as to :
their hunger Taylor’s Cherokee Rem
edy of Sweet Gum and Mullein will i
cure cough, croup, colds. Whooping
Cough, etc.
At druggists, 25c., 50c. and SI.OO a '
bottle.
Why They Scout
Mrs. Forward—And so two of your ■
sons are Boy Scouts? Where do they ,
do their reconnoitering?
Mrs. Howard—ln our refrigerator.— !
Life.
Thousands of Consumptives die every '
year. • Consumption results from a neg
lected cold on the lungs. Hamlins Wizard ;
Oil will cure these colds. Just rub it into ■
the chest and draw out the inflammation.
Museum freaks are complaining
about hard times; but as for that, the
ossified man says things always have
i been hard with him.
For HE APACHE—Hicks’ CAE (DINK
i Whether from Golds, Heat, Stomach or
I Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
• It’s liquid-pleasant to take—acts immedi
ately Try It. 10c., 25c., and 50 cents at drug
1 stores.
I
I Even the high flyer has to come
down to earth sooner or later.
TO CORE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Dnigrists refund money if it fans to cure. B. W.
GBOVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The easiest thing in the world to
make light of is a ton of coal.
Women's Secrets
There i» one man in the United States who has perhaps heard
more women’s secrets than any other man or woman in the
country. These secrets are not secrets of guilt or shame, but j
the secrets of suffering, and they have been confided to Dr.
R. V. Pierce in the hope and expectation of advice and help.
That few of these women have been disappointed in their ex
pectations is proved by the fact that ninety-eight per cent, of
all women treated by Dr. Pierce have been absolutely and
altogether cured. Such a record would be remarkable if the
cases treated were numbered by hundreds only. But when
that record applies to the treatment of more than half-e- mil-
lion women, in a practice of over 40 years, it is phenomenal,
and entitles Dr. Pierce to the gratitude accorded him by women, as the first of
specialists in the treatment of women’s diseases.
Every sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, absolutely without
charge. All replies ere mailed, sealed in perfectly plain envelopes, without
any printing or advertising whatever, upon them. Write without fear as with
out fee, to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Prest.,
Buffalo, N.Y.
DR. PIERCE’S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION
jVaUaia Weais. Women ISti-oxxg,
Slolil Women
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Peaches take more Potash I ,
from the soil than any other fruit crop. *
It has been conclusively proven that flavor and f
X shipping quality are not secured unless there is an yßgS|| ’
/ adequate supply of ’
/ POTASH
I The best growers use from too to 200 pounds of Muriate of Potash t „
E annually on their orchards in addition to the phosphate. The applies. F J
E tion of mineral fertiliiers should begin when the trees are planted, so as It
E to insure strong wood and early bearing, continuous fruiting and
V. longer bearing period. .
Must peach orchards starve to death at a time when they should jllWßgy
be giving their very best returns. Feed them a bal
anced ration and reap the profits.
[ Write is for Potash prices andfree t XMgl
hooks talk fornttilas and directions. J
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc. .
' **3oVik Continental Budding, Baltimore
—Wlr'^ i Monadnock Block, Chicago rUIAin
•^Jnll 11 I I T iAb- Whitney Central Bank Bldg.
Neworu™^^ Pays
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I For HORSES and COWS. g
Mr. F. Ulrich, Georgiana, Fix., write, i S
“I have been using Mustang Liniment ■
for horses and cows many years and there ■
is no better remedy, In particular for red ■
bugs on horses. When a horse starts rub- ■
bing his bead he generally has red bugs. ■
Try the Liniment and it will stop it.” K
25c. 50c. Jlabctile at Drug AGen’l Stores ■
Wiittemoreh
JJjShoePolisheS
FINEST QUALITY LARGEST VARIETY
They meet every requirement for cleaning aaS
‘ polishing shoes of all kinds and colors.
GILT EDGE the only ladles shoe Jress^
that positlvelv contains OIL. Blacks and PoushM
ladies’ and childrens boots and show, shine®
without rubbing, 25c. “French Gloss. 10c.
ST 4 it comnSnanon for cleaning and polishing all
Kinds of russet or tan shoes. 10e. •‘Dandy” size 25a
It 4 BY EL ITE combination for gentlemen w no
take pride in having their shoes look AL
! color and lustre to all black shoes. Polish with
brush or cloth, 10 cents. “Elite” sue & centj.
’f your dealer does not keep the kind you
send’ us his address and the price in stamps tot
a full size package. o
WHITTEMORE BROS. & CO.,
20-26 Albany St., Carnbridge. Masa. —
The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers oj
ShoeJ'olishes in the IForld.
W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 3-1912
