ONE OF BEST KICKERS IN MISSOURI VALLEY
With
the World's s Workers
REVIEW PROGRESS THAT IS BEING
MADE ALONG ALL LINES f ENDEAVOR
PASSING OF POPULAR F0
Hand Shows Trade
Easy
1o Identify Occupation of
Worker by Certain Pe
culiarities. , .
HABITS LEAVE THEIR MARK
Certain Lines of Work Leave Distinct
Traces Upon Position of Hands
at Rest Signs of tho
Gambler.
Two men were seated on a cross
seat In a street car. The other was
alert, intelligent. Tho other was
middle-aged, quiet, apparently little
Interested in the sunoundings.
The car stopped at tho corner and
among the passengoru 'who boarded it
waa a well-dressed, tall, rather slen
der man of about 35, who took the
seat Just in front of them and rested
his right arm along the back of the
seat, tho hand hanging over the end.
The young man gave tho newcomer
a quick, comprehensive look. Tho
older man seemed scarcely to notice
him. Presently the young man put
into whispered words tho thought that
had been puzzling him.
"I wonder what he Is."
"Qambler," the other replied lacon
ically. "Card sharp."
"bo you know him?" tho young man
asked with interest.
"No; never saw him before."
"How do you know he's a gambler,
then?" The young man became half
skeptical Instantly.
Tho older man nodded his head
slightly. "His hand."
"Yes," the young man asserted aft
er a critical examination of the hand.
"I nee the fingers are long and taper
ing and white, but that might mean a
musician, or an artist, or a profes
sioual man doctor, lawyer, minister.
"It might," the older man smiled
patronizingly, "if it wasn't for the
way he holds his hand. Don't you see
that tho fingers are close together
they touch, in fact and the general
tendency is for tho palm to be turned
towards the body?" The younger
man nodded, the light of comprehen
sion dawning on his face, and his
companion continued: "That's why I
say he's a card sharp. Holding the
cards has gotten him into the habit
of keeping his fingers close together,
slightly curved, with his thumb and
part of the base of the thumb folded
over to conceal the cards from every
one but himself. Naturally, too, he
would hold the palm Inward all the
time. When he relaxes, even without
any cards In his hand, the old habit
exerts its influence."
Thought habits as well as physical
habits leave their mark on the body.
Here is a young man who drops his
hand on the table, or his knee, with
the three smaller Angers partly closed
under, the index finger slightly point
ing out and forming an angle with
the thumb held nearly straight. He is
a clerk or a bookkeeper, a man who
Coal Is Nearly Gone
IT WILL BE EXHAUSTED IN 175
YEARS, SAYS AN EXPERT.
Sir William Ramsay's Facts and Fig
ures Concerning the Stored Up
Energy of the British Isles
Are Rather Alarming.
The available quantity of coal in
the proved coal fields is nearly 100,000
million tons. It is easy to calculato
.that if the rate of working increases
as it Is doing our coal will be com
pletely exhausted in 175 years.
We have in this world of our only a
limited supply of stored up energy;
in tho British isles a. very limited one
namely, the coal field. The rate at
which this supply is being exhausted
has been Increasing steadily for the
last forty years.
In 1870 110.000,000 tons were mined
In Great Britain, and ever since the
amount has Increased by three and a
third million tons a year.
Between 1905 and 1907 the amount
of coal raised in tho United Kingdom
increased from 230,000,000 to 2G8.000,
000 tons, equal to six tons per head of
population, against three and a half
tons in Belgium, two and a half tons
in Germany and one ton in France.
England's commercial supremacy and
its power of competing with other
European nations are obviously gov
erned, so far as can bo seen, by the
relative price of coal, and when prices
riso owiug to the approaching ex-
haustlon of tho supplies wo may look
forward to the near approach of lam
lne and misery.
Some have deduced that from the
tides, the winds, and water power
small supplies of energy are no doubt
obtainable, but that in comparison
-with that derived from tho combus
tion of coal they are negligible. Noth
ing is to be hoped for from the direct
utilization of solar heat in this tern'
perate and uncertain climate, and it
.would be folly to consider seriously
handles a pen or pencil most of the
time during his working hours. That
is a physical habit almost exclusively,
though at times it may be possible
to determine whether ho has been
poring over figures for a short time.
The mental effort of concentration
has a tendency to contract the mus
cles of tho fingers somewhat and the
thumb and Index finger are nearer at
right angles.
There are certain lines of work
which leave distinct traces upon the
position of the hands at rest
It isn't often that you can be cer
tain of the exact profession or occupa
tion, but you can classify them gen-
1 1
There Is a decided tendency among
all of these classes for the hands
take the position of a loosely closed
fist when they aro at rest. Sometimes
it Is possible to detect a bricklayer by
the manner in which the ends of the
fingers and thumb of the left hand
are calloused or worn slightly raw
from continual handling of the bricks.
The carpenter and blacksmith is like
ly to have the muscular part of his
hand between tho bases of thumb and
Index finger rather unusually devel
oped. This results from the reaction
of the blows continually struck as in
beating iron, driving nails, or in plan
ing work.
The right hand of tho plasterer
Duke Scrubbed Floor
IT
IS HARD WORK, BUT THIS
PROVES IT NOT IGNOBLE.
How His Royal Highness of Coburg
Gotha Was Made to Clean Up
the Ink He Spilled In
School.
Cases aro on record whore young
women (also old ones) have objected
to scrubbing floors. There are even
housewives in Chicago and other
American cities who decline to scrub
floors. They say scrubbing is hard
work, and that sort of hard work that
no one of any social position and
standing can be expected to do. As
to the first objection, there is not
much to be said; scrubbing Is harder
work than some other things. But on
social grounds no one can possibly
have any objection. Scrubbing is an
art indulged in by such notable per
sons as his rbyal highness, tho Duke
of Coburg-Gotha.
Of course the duke does not scrub
every day. He has some feeling for
the rights of tb,e public. Ho does not
wish to take more than his share of
what scrubbing is to be had. But he
has certainly scrubbed in his time.
The first occasion is of interest, for
it occurred when the duke', then a
very young royal highness, was taken
by his mother, the Duchess of Albany,
a possible' supply of energy in a con
ceivable acceleration of the liberation
of energy by atomic change. It looks
utterly improbable, too, that we shall
ever bo able to utilize the energy due
to the revolution of the earth on its
Own axis or to fts proper motion
around the sun.
It is open to argument whether it
might not be wise to hasten the timo
when -smoke is no more by imposing
a fine for each offense; an instan
taneous photograph could easily
prove the offense to have been com
mitted, and the imposition, of the tine
might be delayed until three warn
ings had been given by the police.
Sir William Ramsay.
Wooden Shoes In the United States.
A shipment of 600 cases of wooden
shoes, containing several thousand
pairs, has Just been forwarded trom
Amsterdam to Grand Rapids, Mich.,
this being the second large shipment
in the last few months. It is stated
that the United States is the best for
eign customer of the Netherlands for
this article. of manufacture, many hun
dreds of pairs of wooden shops being
worn in Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Mis
souri, New Jersey and a few other
states. It is claimed that there is
more wooden footwear In Chicago,
Grand Rapids or Holland, Mich., than
in the city of Amsterdam. Paterson,
N, J., St. Louis, Mo., Lancaster county,
Nebraska; Marlon county, iowa. and
numerous other smaller settlements
import large quantities of this prac
tical article of dress every year.
The Matter With Them.
"What is the Matter With Our Pub
lic Schools?" Is tho ttile of a page ar
ticle in the Sunday issue of the New
York Times. We submitted it to a
high school boy who shall lor the
present bo nameless, and this is his
answer:
"Too dog-gono many of them ain't
got, nobody that's heavy enough to
play center."
probably will show a calloused place
between the thumb and index finger.
The right hand of, tho bricklayer may
show tho same characteristic a little
moro plainly. In some Instances the
mason doesn't grasp the trowel han
dle ns he would a club, but extends
the index finger along it and uses the
point of tho finger to press down the
trowel slightly. In these cases there
Is not likely to be a calloused spot
between thumb and finger, but the tip
of the first finger will be hard.
Another class of workers, such as
clerks, bookkeepers, artists, drafts
men, etc., generally hold their hands
moro open when at rest than do tho
first class. -
Then there is another class of
workers who use their hands-but do
not grasp their tools at all typists,
pianists, organists. When at rest
their hands usually take tho form of
a bridge, with the tips of the fingers
and tho wrist resting upon the table,
seat or lap.
Making Sunday School Attractive.
A superintendent of a city Sunday
school endeavored to give the sum
mer meeting added attractiveness.
Upon a certain warm Sunday In Aug
ust lemonado was served. At tho close
of tho service the superintendent an
nounced that slips of paper would be
passed round and tho pupils allowed
to make suggestions as to methods of
making the meetings more attractive.
One of the youngsters wrote: "Put
moro sugar in the lemonade." Ited
Hen.
to Mr. Wesley's school for boys. Be
fore taking In the royal youngster the
master stipulated that the now pupil
must conform to all the rules. This
was agreed.
One day his royal highness upset a
bottle of Ink on the floor. "Get a
bucket of water and wipe it up," said
tho master. "But," objected his royal
highness, "you don't mean me to scrub
it up, do you?"
"Yes, indeed."
"But you must forget my grand
mother is the queen?"
"On the contrary," said the master,
"I remember it very well. Get the
water." ,
Whereupon his royal highness, the
Duke of Coburg-Gotha, scrubbed. And
nobody has been able since that time
to flout the duke or to make fun of
his social position because of the
scrubbing.
SCIENCE NOTES.
Virginia's coal production is stead
ily Increasing, the state's output of
G,507,097 short tons last year being
far ahead of any previous record.
Telegraph poles have been dis
pensed with entirely -in one Welsh
town, in which the residentshave per
mitted the wires to be strung from
houBo to house.
A German chemist claims to have
melted metals in a vacuum by focus
ing the sun's rays upon them without
necessitating the use of a container of
high heat resisting properties.
For both military and industrial
purposes an automobile has been built
in France in which the platform tilts
to the ground to receive loads drawn
upon it by a capstan with which it is
equipped.
The livers of one hundred codfish
are needed to produce a gallon of oil.
The Japanese process of dwarfing
a pine tree lasts about ten years.
More than forty varieties or mos
quitoes make their homes in New
Jersey.
Nearly 30,000,000 acres of wheat
were planted throughout India this
year.
Two pans department stores use
storage battery -driven electric trl
cycles to deliver purchases to cus
tomers. '
A steamship line between New York
and Bermuda has equipped its vessels
with an apparatus to take moving
pictures of their passengers for their
amusement, ,
The world's largest iodine works
are in the north of Chile, having an
annual output of 400,000 pounds.
Both German and British East Af
rica are rapidly becoming factors 1b
the world's supply of rubber.
Training the Boy to Wprk.
One of the dangers that the social
evolution of the day has brought about
lies in the fact that prosperity has en
abled so many to support their chil
dren in idleness. Because a man
can, however, is no reason he should.
Many of the most distinguished lead
ers in the business, social and profes
slonal world believe in work for their
children and, what is more, put their
beliefs Into practice by finding useful
employment for them out of school
hours or during vacations. The aver
ago boy wilt find a greater joy in the
money he thus makes by his own et
forts than in a much larger sum given
to him for nothing, Parents hardly
can give too much thought to this
problem of laying tho foundations of
character by teaching either the boy
or tho girl, no matter what wealth
may await them, to depend upon them
selves, Tho discipline of ordinary
work is tho best method of accost
pllshlng this.
Captain Hackney, Ono of tho Veterans
BADGER'S "COME BACK" STAR
"Keckle" Moll, After Rest of Year,
Resumes Position at Quarter
back Better Than Ever.
One of the sensations at Madison
this season was the return to the
game of "Keckle" Moll at quarterback.
The little fellow's rest of a year
seems to have been a great benefit to
him. He has come back with a de
termination and willingness to work
that has indicated a conception of that
. .i i
"Keckle" Moll.
about which so much is beard ''the
true Wisconsin spirit." Ho has lost
none of his old-time accuracy in pass-
lng and booting while his endurance
is bettor than it has been since the
days of his freshman year.
DEED FOR ANDERSON TROPHY
Bowl Is Formally Presented to Amer
lean Automobile-Association for
Use In Glldden Tour.
A deed of gift formally presenting
the Anderson trophy bowl to tho
American Automobile association to
be used as a prize in the Glldden tour,
was executed at Anderson, S, C, the
other day, and tho bowl was forward
ed to Robert H. Cooper, president of
the association.
It is provided In the deed of gift
that tho winner of the trophy, which
Is to be awarded for individual excel
lency, shall furnish a bond of $2,000
to guarantee the care, of the trophy
during the timo it may be in his pos-
session, and until It may be awarded
utter the tour of the following year,
ThS trophy bowl was designed by a
Philadelphia jeweler, and cost 71,000.
ll , J'--'mJ'i J
on the University of Missouri Team.
JPORTiffi
Gossim
Too many coaches at Princeton?
"Chick" Evans continues to golf it.
Ho whom a paragraph offends Is in
deed of tender skin.
While the other coaches wero shout
ing Stagg was thinking.
When the frost Is on the pumpkin
it Is also on the famous game of base-
ball.
Occasionally a football coach varies
the monotony by displaying a gleam of
optimism.
Football promises to kill more in Its
few short weeks than baseball did all
summer long.
Evidently Pennsylvania does not be
llevo In shutting out her football
rivals this year.
Death has begun garnering his 1911
crop of football players. No country
can afford this kind of waste. -
Even moro excruciatingly funny than
the review of football is an English'
man's review of baseball practice.
When bowling, semi-pro ball, foot
ball and a few others all come at
once, what chance is there for wrest
ling?
"Doo" Roller says the outlook for
this year in the mat game is better
than ever. Ho does not claim to be
an optimist.
One would have to go a lot further
than eight judges to find a dissenting
voice In the matter of Cobb's supreme
acy In the American league.
A great critic comes out with the
announcement that Stagg is coaching
his team so that it can score on oppo
nents. First time in the history oi
the game.
Urslnus, is making a holler that a
referee's mistake cost them the Penn
sylvania game. The little college with
only 200 students defeated the Red
and Blue last year.
Coach Hammett is said to be con
templating tho use of lights at North
western. It was thought Hammett
was troubled with too many lights and
wanted a few heavies.
GOPHER TRICKS ARE STUDIED
Stringer Brooks of Yale Footbal'
Team In Minneapolis Conferring
With Coach Williams.
Stringer Brooks, assistant coach ot
Yale university's football squad, was In
Minneapolis recently the guest oi
Coach Harry L. Williams of the Min
nesota eleven. Brooks two years age
distinguished himself among the Yale
players at left end. He arrived In Mln
neapolls to study Minnesota forma
tions, and will carry them to the Blu
squad on his return yo the east.
Tremendous Demand for Plymoi
Rocks, Wyandottes and Others I
Crowding Langshans Out.
The Langshan, or, as Its admlrj
like to call it, "the Lordly Langsho
apparently has been losing ground!
popularity, like the other Asiatic for
It may be that as many LangshJ
aro bred and sold as ever, but it!
very certain that not so many are
hibited as formerly. The tremondj
demand for Plymouth Rocks, Wj
dottcs and Rhode Island Rcd3
make the demand for Langshans
pear, relatively, small, whilo suffer
no actual diminution, says a writeri
tho Country Gentleman. Still, as
poultry show is a tolerably safe trl
barometer, I am inclined to belli
that the demand to Bomo extent
really diminished.
When the Langshan was first in
duced, it appeared to many fancq
of Asiatic fowls as an under-bredl
poorly-bred Black Cochin. It lacl
tho compactness, full cushion,
feathering, small tail and heavy fJ
feather that the Cochin fancier so hi
ly prizes. It was predicted that
would not succeed as a breed, but
prediction, like many another, pro!
worthless. It did succeed. It put
Black Cochin badly in the shade.
became very popular. Its number I
came legions.
If we seek a reason for its succ3
our search need not be long. It
Black Langshan pock and Hens
an excellent layer of large egga.
made a good table fowl, though
white skin and black plumage hai
capped it somewhat.
Value of Air-Slaked Lime.
Not enough importance is placed!
the value of good air-slaked lime
use in the poultry house and on
runs. Properly used, the lime is I
great sanitary value. It will counl
act disagreeable odors. A free
of air-slaked lime on chicken r
where gaps prevail is exceedlnl
beneficial. Its use no doubt also
stroys other germs and bacilli.
wise poultryman will always havd
good supply of lime on hand and
it both inside and out of his poull
houses.
Cause of Infertile Eggs.
Too many hens with the male l
frequently results In infertile ee
and If it is found that germless e;
are being produced tho number shol
bo reduced. Breeding stock which ;
the progeny of related parents
usually rather apt to produce steil
eggs; this is one of the several
sons why it is a mistake to inbreed
WNGII
germicides.
Do not keep eggs near kerosene
anything that will taint them.
twice a day, morning and evening.
eees before taklntr them to market.
1 1 nnv farmai- fa r flnnhf pnnnornl
" oo ,
inn Hn.nniNr imn n . 1 1-l-n . wk i!
seven to a pouna, are me largest
duced.
A wnrm nnultrv house tfinda
make the fowls sluggish and un
ductlve.
Indian Runners will lay from 150
lay only from 25 to 60.
when they are procurable, contain
valuable liver stimulant.
A very common mistako made
into too limited a space.
m . .A..T..mn V . 1. At,
r mnfnrfl fnr pnlft wpnthflr lnvlnf?
A new poultry roost is made of p
life.
The Pekln.Is known as the leadl
n rn t n uph i ri i mi hiiihi icuii hih.hh
oi perfection.
a ll iltHMinl. V JI
season ana men negiect mem wn
they go out on range.
itinm A wrr tvt n nun nf .
water for a few moments.
While pigeons are always cons
ered a nuisance by most fanners,
any at ail are kept, keep only Home
oreea.
M