The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, August 10, 1911, Image 3
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PRIME MINISTER OF PERSIA
The ruler of a country which has
bee- so wedded to ancient customs
as to fall far behind in the progress
of the world may be ever so intelli
gent and progressive and ever so de
sirous of adopting modern systems,
but he can accomplish little unless he
can bring his advisers to his way of
thinking. That is the position in
which the young shah of Persia has
found himself. Realizing that the
financial system of his country is
archaic and that there can be no real
progress for Persia until the coun
try's money .agairs and credit are put
on a firm and modern foundation,
some months age lie invited V. Alor
gan Shuster and a corps of Americans
to come to Persia and take full charge
of the country's finances for a period
of years. Mr. Shuster and his com
panions are In Persia now, but both
they and the shiah found great diffi
culties in their way.
The plan was bitterly opposed by
many of the shah's most powerful advisers. Among these was Sepahrdi
Aram, prime minister, whose portrait is shown. That official was so opposed
to the Americans taking the finances out of his hands that he left Teheran,
the capital, and the reform was at a standstill. Recently, however, lie has
become converted to the new idea and has returned to his post of duty. The
prime minister is a very able man, but it is difficult for him to abandon the
semi-oriental ideas of government to which lie has been trained.
DR. WILEY ON THE CARPET
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food ex
pert, chief of the bureau of clieiistry
of the department of agriculture and
one of the most widely known officials
in the government service, was re
cently condemned by a committee on
personnel of the department of agri
culture, with a recommendation to
President Taft that lie "be permitted
to resign." In ani opinion on the case,
subin '.ed to the president, Attorney
General Wickersham recommended
approval of the committee's action.
It is charged against Dr. Wiley that
he permitted an arrangement to be
made with Dr. H. H1. Rusby, a recog
nized pharmacognosist of Columbia
university, New York, for compensa
tion in excess of that allowed by law. 9
It is asserted that the arrangement
was to put Dr. Rusby on the pay roll
of the department at $1,600 a year
as an employe of the bureau of chem.
, istry. -..b
An agreement was made with Dr. Rusby that he should be called upon
to perform only such services as this salary would cover at the rate of $20
a day for laboratory investigations and $50 a day for attendance in court.
Attorney General Wickersham held that the law permitted the payment of
- ony $9 a day, this being increased later to $11 a daj.
* - W!NIA' -..4eclared he could show conclusively that lie
had the full sanction of Secretary Wilson for the agreement made with Dr.
Rusby of New York for expert services to be compensated at a higher rate
than the $11 a day, allowed by law. Dr. Wiley, it is stated, took no stepI
toward making this agreement until Secretary Wilson hnd given his approval.
Floyd W. Robison, a member of the staff of Dr. Wiley, was dismissed from the
bureau recently on charges of insubordination. He was a meniber of Dr.
Wiley's staff of experts in New York City and came originally from Mlichigan.
FIGHTS CHOLERA INVASION
Dr. Alvah H. Doty, health officer
of the port of New York, who is en
gaged in fighting the threatened in
vasion of cholera, is regarded as an
6fflcient and watchful public official.
HeI is a lecturer on quarantine sanita
tion at Bellevue Hospital Mledical eel
lege and a fellow of the Newv York
I' Academy of Miedicine.
Dr. Doty says that the cholera germ
* can be received in one w"ay only,
through the mouth, and that there is
/ .* no danger in ordinary contact with
persons wvho have the disease.
However, Charles Dushkind, counsel
for the complainants at the inivestiga
tion of Dr. Doty's official conduct now
in progress, declares his belief that
the cholera patients r-ecently' placed
in the hospital caught the disease not
on the steamer but at the immigra
tion station, where all the passenger-s
were detained after- landing.
/ . r' The danger, or rather the under
standing of it, is further increased by
the comparatively r-ecent medical knowledge of "cholera carriei-s." These
persons, Dr. Doty says, may transmit the germs, although themselves abso
lutely fre-e from thieir ill effects, and be as groat a menace to others as a
man dying from the disease.
The entiire public health machinery of thle government has been put iu
motion to fight off the chioler-a invasion from Europe. All ships arc being
watched here and abr-oad and special iinstiructions have been issued through
out the service. A public health service exp~ert hurried from Washington
o Newv York City and is expected to work ini co-oper'ation with Dr. D)oty.
HOLDS THE MARRYING RECORD
Recently tying the matrimonial knot
foi his five thousandth couple, Juis
tice William 1B. H-endryx of Blooming
ton, Ill., now claims to hold the
world's recor-d. The famous agent of
Cumpid was giveni a reception biy his
friends ini recognition of his extraordi-f
uar-y showing and the couple wh'lo hap
pened to be0 the lucky persons to mark
the culmination of the 5,000 recordl
were given an ornate marriage cer
tificate, even more elaborate than
those customarily given.
Jlloomingtoni known the country over
as a (Iretna Green, is one of the city's
most unique characters. Forty years
a just ice of the peace, lie was recent
I)y honored by his fellow citizens and /
elected police magistrate, one of the
most pi'ofltablc offu'es in the gift of
tile people.
Although kept busy in looking after
the miunicipal lawbreakers, lie has not
clhosed his remarkable marriage par
lors, and sandwiches in the pl)Oice court trials, with marriage. H~e is now
marryinig the gran'dchihlren of persons whom lie married shor-tly after thie
C'ivil war. H~e has hopes of being able to marry the fourth generate4. oataly
I ishing another extraordinary record.
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WoMAi
A huf' A4 /M7k /7T ~J~poRT POR
ITIN the past few years
reilresentat ivyes of otdloor .4
spiolts am1ong the woliel
of this country have muli
tiplied an3d inclreased to a
greater extent tian in any
previous era. Althoigh
in the years past there
hlave been a few devotees
of the mort strenuous
ports and recreations, the nodlern woman
ias just begun to realize all that outdoor
ife means to her, and the benefits she may
lerive thereby.
A great number of the women who are
oday living a life of health and pleasure
n the outdoor world have developed from
imid, feeble beings of no physique what
ver, whose only so-called pleasures were
ound over cards and other social func
ions the nature of which not only sa;) the
hysical, but impair the mental vitality as
vell. These women date their convalescent
eriod from the time these enervating
>astimes were abandoned for a life free A4
'rom petty worries and cares-the life of h'A
he groat outdoors.
What a blessing it would be to womankind if
nore husbands and brothers, being sportsmen
.hemselves, wvould say oftener: "Come, go with
no into the woodland's cool retreat, to the clear
ake whlere lurk the wvily bass, andi the air is
liled with the fragrance of growing things," or
>erhaips, "Conme where Itob WVhite is hiding in
he lonely willow swale."
As a rule, man Is, or has been, a selfish ca
urc where sport is concernedl, and until1 recent
rears has considered Ihis work well (10ne when
L~fter a fortunate day of sport he eanme home,
~lowing with exercise and vigor bringing the fish
>r game for the "meek and humble" wife to pr-e
>are, liut mankind also is beginning to "see tihe
irror of his ways," andI each season there are
nore and more recruits to the army of happy
nen wvho have fitted their wives out with all
lecessary equnipmlent for tihe life outdoors,
i'hether to meet the requirements of the gentle
irt of angling or tihe more exerting though not
ess congenial recreation with the guna.
In the United States, those women whlo have
isserted thlemselv'es, either for their inherent lov'o
or nat ure, 01' thle acquired at tachmilent that in
rariably springs up1-t he result of clolse comn
nunion with natture-have provenl thle equal, and
lot inlfrequenltly the superior of man contestants,
n gamnes that try the tmlost skill and endurn
int'e in his 0or 1her special sport. T1o thio wvomani
avho( has, as she wiii prob~ably express it, "lost
ier health,'' andl whose strenlgth andit courage 'w ith
.vhiichl to combhat every-day t rilmmat Ions is fast
leserting heri, the one phlysician who enn anlswer
>very time as positive to a permanient ciurte is 01(1
D~octor' Outdoors, and1( hiis prescriplt ions ar'e imany
land varIed. This pihysielani will never ad vise a
imuid, nlervous woman to go for the fIr-st time,
rirmed withb shotgun, nor would lhe tell a woman
Ivho never had held blefore a miore fomidable
bveapon than a ''straight flush'' to start ouit after
sig game without some prelimituiry instrucmt ions
In this linle. Theli firist adviice would( he: Learn
to love the outer woirld, cultiv.ate a taste for
natural beauty, learn to look, hearn to listen,
learn to walk correctly, to tread the woodland
paths lightly, aind learni to br' athe, fully and
reely expanding, exhIailng, till the hlood cours
ing merrily thriouigh every volin brings a warm~
glow to cheeks that have long been pinehed and
aded,
In using the terms, looking andi listeninig, I
'ofer to the cultivation of the senses, withoumt
vhich life in tihe 01)en air loses much of its en
~hantment. Cuiltivato0 the sense of hein'i-ug;
vhen out alone ini thle wVoods, pauseO occ(aslonally
md note hiow~ many (differenlt soiunids you enni 1hea11
listinetly andi renmembier. Perha ps It is the nmusIc
tf a stream as it r'ipples softly over a lied of
gravel; maybe it is the voice of thle wauterfull as
t tumlhes over great b)owlder's or thrlouighi a niar'
'Ow gor-ge, andi simtiltaneously you may hear'
hle twitter of feathei-ed soingsters 131 the netighl
)orinlg trees, andt the cry of somii great biird of
prey on its pilgrimage thri ouigh thle ir. while
itway off in tihe 0ipposite direct ionm comes( the faint
inkle of a cowbell. While grapsinlg t hose' 5eparu
ite, distinct sounds(1 andi storing them'n in your
nindt your eyes have ktept biusy. Porhaoips you
mnay notice a blent or broken twig Or a bu[sh near'
33', so your eye involuntarily follows the course
f tile path and seeks the ne'xt shub t indii
more bent in the same manner. Your concluitons
Rgth A1exandeLrPe Je
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are rapid. Some animal has passed that waly,
As the twigs alone, and not the branches being
mutilated, you know the animall lhas not rushed
by in fright, antd the nipped leaves higher up
will indicate the leisurely passage of some her
bivorous animal, and if you feel inclined to fol
low this trail you will ho rewarded ini the end
by finding a stray horse, as at first surmised.
Not big game, far from IL, but you have learned
one lesson in the book of woodcraft, which is
only a page of the many volumes ye~t in store
for the earnest studlent. It may have been
smaller tracks that have claimed your attention,
tracks that are visible in the sof' earth. Learn
to dlistinguish those of a rabbit from those the
squirrel has made. This is easy if you wvill be
member that in running the rabbit places bot h
fore feet close together andl sprends5 the hind
feet aparit, while the squirrel places all feet at
nearly eqiual dlistance apart. In using the olfac
tor.; sense you enn stand pierfectly still and1( tell
what trees or hbush is In blossom.
Truly, one season specnt out of doors in culti
vat ion and close observation will be0 of more real
benefit than years over hooks.
Thlese things, then, are the first rudiments
toward'( that higher educntion, the edluet~tion of
lhe outd~oor woman. IPerhaps the most important
thing to be contisidleed duiring the prepirat ory
stage is Ithe clothing to he worn, for without
('om1fotabl te att irei, aidynneied lessons wvil be1) of
little real b enelflt. Although the outing costumeto
varies with the tad ividual taste, and also withi
the expentse to he considered, still the most
*opulart and thle one utni versally adaplted to mtost
needs Is a suit consisting of a plain short skirt
worn~ over kie kerhockers, a coat of the samno
mateialo, whiichi nay he inade phl an for caimping
purptoses a lonte, or sitppli ed with the pr-oper
pockets for'I hnt ing and1( fIsh Iing. A soft fianneitc
siIrt wvill he found m11 tore conit en ct thaton a waist,
and( stotit shoes wotrn witht leggiings are lighter
and less fatiguing than the high top1 hoots, al
though they inay be worn to ad(1vant age in col der
weat her otr where ther'e is a r'oughi tramnp to he
taken. A soft felt lint, (or cap with genterous
vi.;ot to prtetct the eyes' (com1pleteos the cost uime.
After simplicity, durability is ant item to be
(onliietredl. Striontg, ser'v ieiabl1e du tck, enntvas tandl
khaiki ('1oth ar'e durialhe andi easily cleaned, bit
of r'ecenit yearis whole suilts of water'proof mate
ri. . enn bt h tad at su(h reasonablie cost iihat it
is folly and a great e xpenise to mtako one's out
ing garments at home.
Cult ivate a love for' natuire, whieb y'ou can (10
withi neither irodl nor guin, thle tse of which im.
plemtets of pleasure shiotuld comie after the first
rud imtt ts ai'e master'ed. With niiew sti'engthI anrd
nterve galinedlii through a life ot. of dloors will also
coim 'e nw coiurage anid cofid11ence.
ini 5ome respects the pr'evailing variety of
sport is i-liar'at erist ic of t hat piortion (if con t ry
wh 'reini it is most induil ged. In the souithiern and
somne of the ('aster''n stat es, fox htun tinjg is (tie
of thle mnost poulartin of recr'eatli n, as the 1physI
cal I entureis andtu t opoigr'aphiy of thle counitry mtakhe
it tihe natutral homie of the fox, red and gray;
oan in th ie rutnny miuthi foi' genera tionis fox
hotunds have bieen bred withi the exhilaration of
the ehnie ' ini vi('w; hmi ha~ve bEe~n juidiciousvy
briedl in orderi to keep up with the hounds; andtu
wVhoi tay sany hut that ti'heneaty of the famtotis
wnmen especially of i ichy ha not bee.
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M.,
est.blished through generatttionsi of rIiiing to
hounds in the open ail, for it Is a sport that is
Indulged Iin to a great extent by women, and It
is worthy of note that they have proved to be
the most fearless as well as most graceful of
riders.
In the wilder portions of the west where tfe
turbulent broncho and the fiery mustang'old
supreme sway, riding is one of the pre alent
modes of enjoyment, although in a very di erent
manner from that of riding to hounds, for the
'esterni horsewoman di ffer's as much from the
cultivated horsewoman of the south and east as
the broncho differs from the thoroughbred; and
yet the dlaughters of the west are fearless riders,
many of whom are expert ropers and spend their
spare moments in the health ful, albeit rude,
atmosphere or the camp.
Archery claims many dev'otees who are very
c athuslastlec over their favorite pastime, but as
yet the game of William Tell has not gained na
tional pre-eminence. It seems to be growving In
popularity, however.
More than a century before our beloved Izanc
Walton had published his limortal work, "The
Complete Angler," anot her boo0k was written on
the subject so (lear to t he heart of the angler
this by a venerabile dame, Jui aanna Ierners. It
was called "Treatyse of F'ysshiynge wyth an
Angle,'" and even in that remote time (1496)
there must have been thle same existing charm
of outdoor life anel prioof that a woman might
prlofi t by this r'ecrention eit her beside still waters
or running strteamn as (detmotistrated in the old
dame's words: "'It nede he thle dlysporte of
fyshtyige wythI an angle t hat causethI a long life,
anhd a meiry."' And truly, wh'lat lire can be more
fuli or the sweet, sedluttivye elharm than an outing
beside a ruinninig brook?
Tlake a warm day in early spring wheni all
niature i is a waken inig from her long winteIr sleep.
(Go away (off "fratr froma the miaddeintg cirowd"' to
sot ie 5PetinEstore'd n ook w here th ItiiIree's ar e 1b0
ginin g to wear t heiri gre'(en dr ess or thei sea soni,
rind where the lark sings. Take withi you the
light rod ainl little coaxer, and tr'y your ha-ek with
Cthe finy ttribe. It. is not all huck, however, atnd
It Is interestin Jg as weil its lnstruclt iv~e to note
kinder what conditions theo greatest, amouint of
sutccess in tagling ('nn he attainied.
Fronm a pranct ical viewpoint, angling has much
to re('ommttend it as an enjoyable mieansi of
recreatioon, as the spor't nuced not) be' ue an
'x tens ivye one, aIthbough wiih angling as with
all othber sports, it imany be imade as exptensivye as
me woumld wish, ac'or'dinag to t he rithness of the
mlIlt to be em~loye'(d and enjoyed, Many an 01(1
rlshermni, iand anyi little boy w Ill tell you that
rie (aen ctehi mor'e fish itsing a pole cuit fr'om a~
ieighblor'injg trie, wi'tht hiome(-maide tacklIe, than
w' ith thle mtost. c'lborate set of batmboo r'ods and
rlys eve mnuifactutred.
Tr'ap shooting is a great sport and claims a
raumbn~ er of wota- dIiev .oteeuS in this country as
well as abr'oad ; it is said thait Queen Margharita
jf I taly3 is an ad 'pi withiibothI shotgun and rl'lte,
riap shootinag bing her favorite (Ilversion.
GIradua li'ly bu per-sistentlily thle outdoor womnan
ind lover' of this miean s or recreation Is assert ing
ie'relf, and1( at pr'esen t titme plans are uinder
way to perfect(t lil or'ganiz'ation comp~osed of the
womien tra sht~ looteris of the United States. At
he headl of thlis movement is one0 of the most
'ntuslastlIei and able representatives (of trap
shootinag amtlong the ra ir sex. More than ever
vomn are bieginin g to realize how much out
loor life meranis to t hem, and they wIll soon find
hat no one lut th le doctor has a kick coining It
he(y s lemal theli' vacation hii thle wiIlerness or on
lie plains.
My adlvice is "Throw your plowder rags and
lled(Icine bags to the firsat st ray goat you meet
mid conie withl me inlto th le o1)en,'" thereby plac.
ng your name upon the gi'eat roster as an oub
lor womnn