f MOCCASINS FOR SOLDIERS.
Inquiries Made by Representative* of
Powers at War for "Bangor’s
Golden Slippers.”
Inquiries have been received in
Rangor, Me., from persons sup
posed to represent either the Rus
sian or the Japanese government
concerning prices for moccasins
in large quantities and the earli
*st date of delivery at Atlantic or
Pacific ports. It is supposed that
ihe moccasins are wanted for sol i
diers campaigning in Manchuria. |
For that purpose they would he j
eminently suitable, says the New j
York Sun.
The moccasin is the favorite !
footwear of the lumbermen of
Maine, and was first made in I’an
gor in 1 So 1. At first only one or
two styles were made, but now
moccasins are manufactured in
great variety, ranging from slip j
pors for women and children—
soft as kid and embroidered with
beads—to the stout boots and lar
rigans of the Penobscot lumber
men.
Much of the sewing is still done i
by hand, being let out b\ the piece*
to French Canadian families in
the neighborhood of Ranger. AP
moccasins are made of a specially
prepared leather, rendered a gold
*'ii yellow by a peculiar process of
tanning.
The common moccasin is not
proof against water, but it has
room for several pairs of stock
ings, and that is a strong point in
its favor. For keeping the feet
warm and dry in cold weather the
moccasin has no equal.
T The greater part of the mocca
sin leather still comes from tin*
place of its origin. Pawtucket.
If. I.. although a considerable
ouantity is tanned in Ranger.
Sone* years ago Itangor men es
tablished factories at Red Wing.
Minn., and Racine. Wis.
The dainty bath slippers, which
are not really moccasins, but arc
made from soft elk skin, are in
great demand at home and abroad,
and are osneciallv favored by tin
ladies of Junnn, to which ronntrv
Rangor sends large ouantities. It
now seems lik'dv that "Ranger's
golden si ppers.” as moccasinsare
called, may be worn by the con
tending armies in Manchuria.
JAPAN'S FIRST IRONCLAD.
Her Crew Made a Brave Start, But
Couldn’t Stop Her Till Fires
Went Out.
Th;it the role of Japan as a mar
it line power is a new one is
brought strongly to our notice lei
recalling the cpiite well authen
t bated story of the first adven
'fure uf t lie first Japanese iron
clad, says < 'ountry Life.
She was built in England.
While she was building her crew
were also in England practicing,
in other ironclads how to drive
her. When she was finished the
.Japanese seamen took possession
of her, bravely maintaining that
they were fully equal to the task
of starting her.
And that, to he sure, they were,
for she steamed out finely. The
trouble onl\ began when she came
back to port again. Then, when
they wanted to slow her down and
stop her. they were unable to do
so.
They had to put her out to sea
again and go on steaming her
abdit till her tires went out, her
engines stopped for want of
steam, and she could be towed in.
From this to having the besr j
men tally-equipped crews, jierhaps,
of any nation seems a long step,
but it has been a very rapid one.
Insect Senses.
Naturalists have decided that
many insects have senses which
human beings lack. 1 hat of loca
tion, shown by tin* wasp, for in
stance, is remarkable. One spe
cies builds its nest in a sandbank 1
that is only a part of several acres
of such soil, and when it leaves in
search of food it covers the nest so
carefully that no ordinary eye;
i could discover its location. That
is to say it is just like all the sur
rounding location, and yet the
wasp flies back to it without hes
itatiou and tinds it without mak
ing a mistake. There is another!
wasp that unerringly locates the
eggs of the mason bee under
thick layer of sun-baked day, and
deposits her eggs jn the same
cells that her young may have
food when they are hatched.
Timber fcr Cig-ar-Boxes.
Practically all the timber used
for cigarboxes comes from Cuba.
WAS WASHINGTON'S STAFF.
Interesting History of Cane Once
Owned by Father of His
Country.
One of tin* things that passed
through the Baltimore lire un
seal iu*d was a cane once owned bv
George W ashington and now the
property of Maj. H. II. Raleigh.
The cane reposed during the lire
in the vault of the Merchants’
Credit and Collection Bureau at
Liberty and German streets, says
the New Vork Sun.
••In Gen. Washington’s will,’’
said Maj. Raleigh, “two ennes are
mentioned. One was bequeathed
to Robert Washington. <d' ('hop
tank. Va.. who gave it to Robert
Thompson, a relative.
“Later it passed to Miss Kiltie
Thompson, a sister of Robert
Thompson, and finally Peter Gra
fton Washington of New York,
whowas assistant secretary of the
treasury under Guthrie, was the
owner of the st ivk.
“Peter < Jrason Washington be
queathed the cane to the oldest
male heir of Gen. George Wash
ington who was living at tin* lime
of his death. The late Mrs. Ra
leigh was a granddaughter of a
Mrs. McPherson, of Washington,
D. C.. who before her marriage
was a Miss Washington. After
tonic contention if was proved
that Mrs. Raleigh’s brother,
whose family name was Edwards,
was the person cut it led to t lie pos
session of the ram*. I purchased
the relic for my wife, and when
sin* died it became my property."
Although described as a cane,
the relic is really a si a IT. It is of
bamboo, about four and a half
feet long and just such a stick as
W ashington might have used in
tramping over bis broad acres in
Mount \ ernoti. The W ashington
“"at of arms adorns its gold I ead.
audit is encircled with a gold band,
up‘>n which is inscribe*]:
W illed to Robert W ashington
ami by him to descend to peter
Grason Washington, of New
Vork.”
As soon as the embers had
cooled, Maj. Raleigh hastened to
the vault and was much relieved
to find after the earn* had been re
mo\rd from tin* chamois skin case
that it had not been scorched.
SHARK AS A MESSENGER.
Carried Newspaper to Sydney Outdis
tancing Steamer Conveying Im
portant Item of News.
1 h** story of tin* discovery of
human hones and bangles iii the
interior of the crocodile captured
at Fort Johnson, Rhodesia,
brings to mind another story
which may appositely he recalled
at the present juncture. Every
body has hoard of "Mrs. Macquar
rie's chair,” as they call the east
ern point of Farm Cove, in Sydney
harbor. There, says the St.
James’ Gazette, it was that a poor
emigrant, in pre-cable days, killed
and towed ashore a shark, cut him
up. and found a London nowspa
per in the internals. In the paper
wus tin- announcement of the war
between France and Germany.
The shark had outdistanced the
steamer by which the mail was
coming, and here the discoverer
had the fact to himself. ||(. <raVe
his informatfon to a wealthy wool
dealer, who bought till the sea
son s Hip at ltd. per pound, and
sold .• : :;s. after the news of tin* .
war had arrived by the ordinary
channel. He cleared, it is said
four millions sterling by the deal
The man who killed the shark and
extracted the news of price_well
he received a battered silk hat
and a five shilling piece and unre
strained liberty as to the disposal
)f the shark.
Forgot the Chimney.
A. snort time ago a nubiic cere
iiioiiv was to 1»<* carried out at
Landshut, an important town in
Lower Bavaria. A now public
school was to bo formally oponod,
and all Landsliut quivered with
pleasurable anticipation. Unfor
tunately the festivities had to be
put off at the last moment. Tin
school could not be opened. No
scholar could take his seat upon I
the brand new forms. The land |
"as in the* grip of winter, and the !
architect had forgotten to provide
a single chimney throughout tie*
building.
Butter.
Butter has been found by T. E.
1 horpe to be inlluenced by cli
unite, todder, breed of cow, jieriod
of lactation and idiosyncrasy of
tin* individual cow.
ROUMANIAN THIRD DEGREE.
The Sweating Process by Which Con
fessions Are Forced from Sus
pects and Prisoners.
‘‘Tin* prisoners in our country
are treated like kings and princes |
as compared with those \*f Itou
mania," said dohn T. Ekalls, ol |
l’ortland. Me., according to tin j
Louisville Herald.
"I chanced to lie in Koumania
about six months ago and saw a
man arrested. Heing curious. I do
termiiied to watch and learn what
they did with him. He was not
tried and released t lie next day, as*
he would ha ve been in this country
but was subjected to mediaeva
tortures. He was whipped witl
file so-called saml sausage, a bap
tilled with wet sand. This instru
ment of torture indicts terrihh
pain, but leaves no marks what
ever on the body of the culprit.
“This particular prisoner was
tortured in order to wrest fron
him a confession whether or nol
the kissing of an actress had beei
the result of a preconcerted con
s pi racy, lb* denied it and was thei
t rea ted to the joys of the ‘ash hag
that is. his head was put in a hap
filled with ashes. The jailers
beat with a stick upon the bag
causing the ashes to penetrate
into tin* eyes, mouth, nostrils and
ears of tlie prisoner.
“The process was then wound up
by what is known as the ‘truth
tinder.’ a sort of wooden forceps
by which the temples of tile pris
oner are compressed. This was too
much for tin* man. lie confessed a
lie.
“I was glad to learn a few days
later, however, that the torturers
had been removed from office for
their unseemly work.”
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Something of the History as Related
by an Employe of the Treaa
ury Department.
“There has been a scarcity of
small change of late.” said O’. M.
Binghamton, for 4b years with the
I'nited States treasury depart
inent. according to tin* Louisville
Herald of recent date. “All sorts
of reasons are assigned to explain
this condition, but. whatever the
cause, it is vexatious. However, it
is not so bad now in the way of
exchanges as it was in the olden
times.
“The early Italians used cattle
instead of coin. A person would
Homt*times send for change a thou
and pound bullock, when he would
receive a 115-pound sheep, or. per
haps, if he wanted very small
•linage, then* would be a few lambs
sent back. The inconvenience of
keeping a Hock of sheep at one s
banker’s led to the introduction of
bullion.
“People often wonder where
certain monetary names came
from. I’ll tell you a few of them.
“Formerly every gold watch
weighed so many ‘carats,’ from
which it became usual to call a sil
ver watch a ‘turnip.’
“‘Troy weight’ is derived from
t he extremely heavy responsibility
which the Trojans were under to
their creditors.
“The Romans were in the habit
of tossing up their coins in the
presence of the legions, and if a
piece of money went higher than
the top of the ensign’s tlag it was
pronounced “above the standard.’ ”
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