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The Washington herald., 1907-11-10

The spread OF contagious diseases is
not prevented by the disinfection of school
books if the disease germ has once i'm
bedded itself between the leaves and in
the binding of the books" said DR..
Fowler. of the health department, yes
terday. referring 10 the action of the
Mothers Club, Of New Haven, Conn.
which requested the city council there TO
regularly disinfect the books used in the
schools, TO prevent the spread of d.
seaSes.
Distinction Of books is not AT all
satisfactory" said Dr. Fowler. "and the
main reason is that Il is difficult TO in
troduce the germ-killipg disinfectant be-
tween the pages and the binding into
which the bacilli have lodged themselves
The disinfecung process Is Of some bene-
ht. naturally, but IT Is not as effective
as many persons seem TO think. The
books used in the public schools in this
city are disinfected regularly, but when
ever we are informed Of case where
the books were handled by children af-
Hcted with contagious or other diseases
We destroy the books That is about the
only satisfactory measure to stop the
spread of disease.
we have no Jurisdiction over the
books in the public and other Libraries.
but disinfect or destroy them when called
upon 10 do so.
There seems 10 be more danger of
contracting diseases from handling Ii
brary books than school books. Library
books. at least, those in circulating and
public and church and lodge Libraries,
may be taken home. Ii il often the
case that the books are introduced I'm
this manner into houses where sickness
prevails or they are read and handled
by persons suffering from contagious
diseases.
Care should be exercised by the IL
brarians giving out the books and by
those VINO take them % their homes.
The former should refuse TO issue books
to readers at whose homes sickness pre-
walls. and the latter should not permit
the books 20 be taken into the sick room.
10 be handled by the patient.
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PRAYERS FOR ALL MEN.
This Week Set Apart by the Y. VI. c
4. OF North America.

A. OF North America.
This week has been set apart by the
international committee Of Young Mems
Christian associations of North America
as week of prayer, IN which time the
men OF North America will pray for men
throughout the world. II is a special
call given by the committee 10 each as
ISOLATION to pray for the associations
throughout the foreign countries and FOR
men OF every cline. The dominating
purpose Is 10 have the week character
lied. beyond any previous year. by a
mighty volume of prayer The local as
ISOLATION has prepared a programme FOR
The week rs follows:
The Young Mems Christian Association and the
motherhood 81 II. Andrew viii meet for PRAYER
at the Church q the Epiphany each day az noon
rom l2So 20 l2@5. First Presbyterian Church e4el
day. same hour
association Building. 1856 g street Monday even
Mg November il. o'clock-Subjccts. The Metro
pchtan and City Associations q America a" The
international Committee and lis Secretaries and
The Young Men and Associations % Africa
"Wednesday al 3 Subjects The Students aud
stud,nt Associations o. North America =" "The
Board Of Directors and COMMITTEES Of Manage
meut. and The Young Aien and Associations If
India. Csyl0n. China JaIan and Korca
Thursday, 80 SAu departments viii unite with
The PRAYER meetings az the various churches.
Subjects The Railroad and Industrial Associa-
tiuns all the Unurgauizel Firld 20 'Tne Commit
tcemSn aud Volunteers. and "fie Young Men aud
Asso,1atous q Hawaii aud the Philippine"
Friday. az +SubIrCts The CUEutry Bows and
Young Meu. Town aud C0untrs Associa1rns
The General Secretaries and Assistant k-rTe-
tarirs. and The Young Al,n and Assocati5ss II
Australasia and New Laalard
saturday. al subjects Tie Soldiers - Sail
ofs ,ud the Army and Navy Associa'i0uR' The
Physical and Educational Director, and the De
pArimeuts they Promote and The Y0uAz Men
and Associations # Turkey. Asia Minor. and The
Lcyaut."
sun hy-A dav y thanksgiving and eyangelistic
yndeA'or Addns' at $50 hs J. J. Virgo. q Mel
bourne. Australia.
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would leave her carriage at the disposal
OF some III friend or acquaintance. Sec
rotary Wilson was great friend of the
dawes ana sent them many flowers from
the Agricultural Department These Mrs.
Dawes was wont 10 arrange in pretty
boxes or bouquets and take them her
self 70 less fortunate friends. and in
many other ways she did the little things
seldom requiring money but always the
ones which We're an expression Of love
and Thought
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WILL TELL OF OLD WORLD.
Mr. BurfOn Holmes Lectures on
Cities He Has Visited

To all persons Interested in municipal
government and the comparative advan-
tages as places Of residence Of the prin-
cipal cities of the Old World. DO series
OF trayelougues could be- more interesting
and Instructive than that 10 be given here
by Mr. Burton Holmes. well-known
traveller. author. and lecturer.
The cities be has visited and which
have given him the subject matter. as
well as the Photographic material. for
his season OF 1851 and 1908. are Berlin.
Vienna. Paris. London. and Fee. capital
OF Morocco
With scores Of trUthfully and beaua-
fully colored lantern slides. further en-
HANGED by a profusion OF original motion
pictures. showing scenes OF activity. pub
lie ceremonials. parades. and social func-
lions. he will present the most adequate
and instructive substitute for personal
travel possible 90 "a stay-at-home sale
OF course tickets will begin az the Column
bia Theater box Office tomorrow morn
ing at o'clock.
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PASSING OF WHITE PINE.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale DepIoreS
scarcity OF This Timber.

The position the United States has held
as lumbeT-producing nation has. Per
haps, been due more 20 white pine than
10 any other wood The timber Of this
valuable tree. which has PLAYED a most
Important part in the material develop
ment OF the nation. is fast disappearing.
ana row Il Is as costly as the finest
American hardwOods.
Rev. EdSard Everett Hale, chaplain OF
the Senate. who has always taken an in
terest In forestry. deplOres the passing
81 white pine as the foremost wood. and
tells how. in his own lifetime. he has
seen the day when the masts Of every
vessel that sailed the seven seas were
made from New EngianG-Erowu pine
while to-day little white pine is cut in
New England big enough 10 furnish a
good-siZed spar.
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the talkswas The Subconscious Mind.
which was said 10 be al the same time
a lumber-rOom for past impressions. a
storehouse OF habits and automatic
actions. and "a means Of sensing vaguely
conditions In the invisible world. on
Thursday evening Mrs r s Dufie. OF
the Capital City branch Of the Thesophi-
cal Society. gave an interesting talk be-
fore the study class on The Thinker"
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Programme for the Blind.

The following Is The programme for
volunteer readings and music In the read
ing-room for the blind al the Library Of
Congress. 2.50 70 $3.50 p. m: Tuesday. No
Vember = Miss Florence Spofford. read
er, Thursday. November H. song recital
by Mr. w II Peter, with Mrs ". r.
Stafford at the piano Saturday. November
l6 Mr. ". NJ S0merville. reader
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AT THE ORIENTAL CENTER.

At the Oriental Esoteri, Center, I43
Q street, on Sunday evening last, Miss
Marsland spoke on a Living Sacrifice 90
In every noble heart. she said. there
is an intense desire 20 be % service.
to renoUuce something in order that the
world may be helped.
on Wednesday evening the subject OF
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INITIATE NEW MEMBERS.
Literary Entertainment Follows
Ceremony i'm Mount Vernon Tent.


The large hall of Mt Vernon Tent. Mac
cabees, was well filed Thursday night.
when Deputy Supreme Commander c. NJ.
King presented several candidates for inI-
tiation. Prof. Claude s. Anderson, Prof.
=. Lieberman. and Prof. II. i. Sengstack.
members of the order, entertained the
members present with humorous selec-
tions, which were highly appreciated
Several applications were recorded for the
big class initiation that it is proposed 20
hold on Thursday. December >.
The committee on debates announced
the subject for debate next Thursday
Shall the right 10 vote be given 10
the citizens Of the District Of Columbia? p
The committee anticipates a large attend
ance. Sir Knight w. w. AdamsOn. sr.
G. W. Griffith. A. Cunningham. and H.
NJ. T. Cunningham will be the debaters.
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DESTROY THE BOOKS
DR.. FOwler's Plan to Rid the
Schools of Disease Germs.
DISTINCTION NOT APPROVED

declares il "a Be Impossible 10 Re
move BacilII When They Lodge
between Leaves of the BOoksr-Ad-
Nises Caution in Use of Volumes
from Public and Church Libraries.
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Marine Cornn.

First Lieut. I. +. PINKSTON from Georgia 70
headquarters Marine Corps for Temporary duty
First Lieut.. +. L. FOITSON. detached marine bar
racks navy yard. Norfolk. Va. 70 duty with
First Provincial Regiment United States Ma
Tinrg Island Of Cuba
Capt, WILLIAM HOPKINS. board duty at navy
yard Mare Island Cal.
Cant. II. W. CARPENTER. detached jamestown
Exposition. 20 duty First Provincial Regiment
United States Marines. Cuba.
MOVEMENTS OF NESSELS-Tbe following move
nents Of vessels have been reported to the Bureau
Of Navigation
Arrived November g. Rocket at Norfolk: Whining
ton az CaVite.
Sailed November J. Saturn from Magdsiena Bav
for San Diego and San Francisco November g.
Rainbow ard Galveston from Manila for Vlsdi-
,ostok Siberia; Chattanooga from Manila for
YladiTost0k and Nagasaki. japan
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NavnI Orders.

Rear Admiral +. RODGERS. from Honolulu to
home.
Rear Admiral 4. WALKER. detached Naval OBJ
servstory, Washington. 70 home
Capt. J. VI. MOWER. commissioned
Commander r. PLATT. retired detached fish com
mission. Washington. 10 home.
Lieut. Commander r. L. CHAPLIN. detached Lou.
isisna, % Office Of Naval Intelligence Washing
ton.
Lieut. Commander +. W. EBERLE detached board
Of inspection ard survey. 10 Louisiana
Chief Carpenter ". W. TOLES. commissioned
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ARMY AND NAVY.
Army Orders.


Lieut.. HARRY OPIE. IT.. Third Infantry. NIicli-
gan National Guard to garrison school at Fort
WAYNE.
Following transfers In Coast ARTILLERY Corps: Capt
JACOB c. JOHNSON illth 20 l66th Company:
Capt. HARRY L. STEELE. Ninety third TO
llh Company; Capt LIE VERT COLEMAN.
unassigned list 20 18th Company; First Lieut..
CURTIS g. ROREBECK. lOsth 20 10th Com
Pany; First Lieut.. CLAUDE T. BRIGHAM.
Sixty-fourth 90 l6sth Company; First Lieut..
GUY h. c. HANNA Seventeen 20 Ninety-ninth
Company: First Lieut.. LOUIS X. DICE. unas-
signed list u l65th Company. and First Lieut..
RICHARD FURNIYAL, nth 20 Serentieth
Company.
Recruit HERBERT A., DAILY. infantry. recruit
depot. Fort Slocum. transferred TO Hospital
Corps as private. to General Hospital Washing
ton Barracks. for duty with Company c. Hospital
Corps.
sergt- GEORGE KOEHLER. Signal Corps. placed
retired list
Capt DENNIS L NOLAN. Thrtieth Infantry. re-
port 70 governor general Philippines a. inspector
Philippine canstabulaTy.
First Lieut. WILLIAM y. HASKELL. Fourth Cav.
airy, detailed to Ill vacancy in Signal Corps.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-10

Mrs. Charles Gates Dawes. wife OF the
former Comptroller of the Currency. is
another woman who will always he 70
memhered in Washington for her thought
OF Others. often. when out Of town. she
The Washington herald., 1907-11-10

for you. but you understand" Oh. that
word understand How often il has
been abused. Now the truth Of It is. that
none Of us understand a lack of thought
in one from whom We had expected II;
We forgive il. We overlook IL, but we
miss IL and regret H. Thought for Others
is in some cases like ones rellgion-a
matter OF early training; while with 9th
ers ii is observed as a necessity 10 one 5
good breeding
The Washington herald., 1907-11-10

Cards have been received in this city
TO the marriage of DIR. Francis H. Smith
and Miss Elsie Boykin. daughter OF Mr..
Samuel H. Boykin, which win take place
Wednesday evening, November 90 at $50
o'clock, at Grace Church. Richmond.
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Tho WRONG Eenmnrn.

There is little except the method Of
imitation that distinguishes tho balloon
Of the twentieth century from the ma
chine used by NJ. Pilatre de Roller, the
first man to trust himself in q balloon,
In October, 1888. One of his great trl-
umphs was to hover over Paris at he
height of 800 feet for a space of nine
minutes. nj. Pllatre achieved all his
EFFORTS by means of hot air produced
by a fro which he carried In tho baI-
loon Itself and was almost rs daring as
an italian philosopher who took flight
on a pair of wings of his own con-
Btruction from the summit OF the castle
OF Stirling In presence Of King James
~. Of Scotland. That courageous ex-
perimenter when picked up from the
ground with a broken leg accounted
for the collapse Of his wings by ex-
claiming to the sympathetic courtiers
that ne had made n mistake in taking
some OF his feathers from the creatures
OF the barnyard whose inclination was
toward the earth. Had no selected
them from creatures with a heaven
ward tendency, like the eagle, the ex-
pertinent would have been successful.
He was believed and suitably reward
ed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

1t was the usual thing for s.holy men,
or priests to travel through Swedish
villages stopping to Leave their bless
ings on the households of the neighbor-
hood. These visits were looked far
ward to with eagerness by the pious
|Swedes, and it was considered an act
of grossest discourtesv to bar the door,
for whatever reason, against a holy
man. Consequently, If a family left
home the key was always put out
against the, arrival of the PRIEST Meat
and drink were left, and should the
holy man stop at a vacant house he en-
tered, refreshed himself, left his bless
ing in the form of a candle, a polite of
holy water or a bit of consecrated
green, and passed ON.
Thus the custom originated, and al
though these quaint villages have be-
come towns, and travelling priests have
passed away and the influx of other ma
tons has modernzed Sweden and
brought the evil of theft with it, the
door keys still hang out as evidence of
trust and open-doored hospitality.
A thief selom dtakes down one of
the keys and enters. TO there is uncer-
tainty about the absence of the resi-
dents spoken of to hold him back, and
the knowledge that an exposed door
key may merely mean that the owner
has stepped across to the store and will
return any minute makes tampering
with property risky.-Ex.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

"The hog" said n Baltimore Judge,
as the greatest animal IN the world.
Every part OF him has n different fla
vor. and each flavor is better han that
Of any other ANNA in the world"
Better thar a terrapln7"
II don't call a terrapin an animal.
The terrapln is a creation. But, to re-
turn to the hog, all Of him Is good,
from his tail to his front feet. Chino
Is a great dish, but 1t doesn't compare
with Jowl. Jowl and turnip tops IN the
spring car be beaten by only one thing,
and that is a boiled hen turkey. No
body but n Yankee or n heather would
roast n hen turkey in the spring. Hen
turkeys are fat before they lay, and
the flavor Is delicious. Properly cook
ed and served, such a dish Is at for
kings. and nations have gone to war
for less cause."-Baltimore News.
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replanted until deemed too late.

replanted until deemed too late.
June the coolest ever known in this
latitude. Frost and ice and snow were
common. Almost every green shrub
was killed. Fruit nearly all destroyed.
Snow fell to the depth of ten inches in
Vermont. Several inches in Maine,
and it fell to the depth of three inches
in the interior of this state; it fell also
in Massachusetts.
July was accompanied by frost and
ice. On the morning after the 4th,
ice formed to the thickness Of ommon
window glass throughout New England,
New York and some parts of Pennsyl-
vania. Indian corn nearly all killed;
some favorably situated fields escaped.
This was true of some of the hill farms
in Massachusetts.
August was more chcerless if posi-
bic than the summer months already
passed. Ice was formed half an inch
in thickness. Indian corn was so frozen
that the greater part of it was cut
down and cried for fodder. Almost
every green thing was destroyed, both
in this country and Eurnpc. Papers
received from England said: at will
ever be remember by the present gen
Grafton that the year 1916 was a year
in which there was no summer" Very
little corn in the New England and
Middle states ripened. Farmers sup
piled themselves from the corn produc-
ed in 1915 for seed in the spring Of 1917.
1t sold for from 81 to S. a bushel.
September furnished about two
weeks Of the mildest of the season.
Soon afterthe middle it became very
cold and frosty-ice forming a quarter
of IN inch in thickness.
October produced more than its usual
share of cool weather; frost and ice
common.
November was colds and clustering.
Snow fell so as to make sleighing.
December was mild and comfortable.
We have thus given a brief
of the "Cold Summer of 1876" as it
was called in order to distinguish il
from the cold seasons. The winter was
mild. Frost and ice we're common in
every month Of the year. Very little
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
storm words.

"Typhoon" is by no means the only
word for a storm that has come to the
English language through Portuguese
and Spanish. Others are tornado"
and hurricane" which Shakespeare
could still write hurricane" Old time
Englishmen, at any rate spelled the
last word In at least as many way as
Shakespeare and other people spelled
his name, and some OF the spellings
Indicate frantic attempts to make the
word suggest q derivation Ineligible
to the English mind. OF such are "furi-
cane" 'hurlecan," "Herocane" and
"Harry-Cain." Even hurricane" was
finally adopted no doubt rs suggesting
"hurry." The original was the Carib
~'huracan," or ~"furacan," the navigators
Of Portugal and Spain having been IN
strumental only In bringing 1t to Eng
land from the west, as they brought
"typhoon" from the east.
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THE MEXICAN INDIAN.
He IS Simple Minded, Patient and
Eminently Peaceful.

He In Simple Minded, Patient and
Emtnently Peaceful.
10 II who has lived long enough ir
Mexico to become acquainted with the
working classes and acquire some In,
sight into their nature and some degree
of confidence in n from them Il
seems unfair when writing or talking
OF them to Americans to refer to then
as Indians, as they are so commonly
called here. To the average citizen OF
the United States the word Indian at
once brings to mind the picture of the
sullen and revengeful red man of the
north.
The simple minded, patient, docile
Indian Of Mexico is not In this class at
MI. lie is e%minently peaceful. Bounti.
full nature and perpetual summer com
bine to palliate his improvidence. He
cannot see the necessity Of laying up
anything for n rainy day. It rains half
the days In Mexico anyhow, but that
only makes the mangoes grow larger
n cheaper. If he has no tortillas to-
day some Of his neighbors have, and
they Will gladly share, for conditions
may be reversed tomorrow.
These Mexican Indians make the
best and the poorest servants in the
world. Their greatest charm from this
standpoint is their perfect appreciation
of their position. Always polite, never
presumlng, with hat in hand, it is al
ways "your servant" and with your
permission" In the household they
ask a half holiday once n fortnight,
with never a word OF complaint when
working hours last from daylight to
midnight.
So different are these people from
the northern Indian thai it seems an
injustice, as has been said, to call them
by that name to those who know only
the Indian Of the cold country. The
Mexican Indian does not want to e hit.
All he asks Is to be let alone. His pc
likeness and affectionate nature are in
born. His love for children Is particu.
larry marked.
1t Is a common sight to SEQ n laborer
In the street with but two pieces Of
white cotton clothing to his back or his
name stop a woman with q baby In her
arms and, holding the child's face be-
tween both his hands, deliver n re-
sounding smack and chuck 1t under the
chin. And in the same unconscious
and entirely unaffected manner will a
young man take his sombrero from his
head and reverentIy kiss the hand of
some ancient relative in n tattered
dress when he encounters her In the
crowded thoroughfare.-"Modern Mex
leo"
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vermont,s Two aeauonr.

Ono winter when Thaddeus Stevens
had come back to his Vermont home
he was the victim Of a severe cold
and could not leave the house for many
weeks. One Of his callers was Lewis
Clark, n man Of short stature, who
In earlier days had been a playmate Of
the "Old Commoner' and was a near
neighbor Of the Stevens family in their
Peacham home. Vermonters had Just
begun to wear buffalo coats, and Mr..
Clark arrived ct the Stevens home al
most lost In a coat which reached to
the ground. BIS upturned collar COM
pletely covered his ears and face, while
a fur cap completed the disguise.
us that you, Lewis?" asked Mr..
Stevens In an incredulous tone.
Eyes, Thad," he replied.
well, skin yourself and sit down."
exclaimed the other.
During the interesting conversation
which followed Mr.. CLARK asked Ste.
vens II he wouldn't come back to his
Vermont home and live.
mo-" replied Stevens. you have
but two seasons here-winter and late
In the fall."-Harper's Weekly.
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The Cold Summer of 1916.

Persons are in the habit Of fpeaking
of the cold summer of 1916 as the clod-
est ever known throughout America
and Europe. Having in our possession
some facts relative to this subject we
propose to give them in order to re-
WV the recollections of such among
US as rememberer the year without a
summer; also to furnish correct infor-
nation for such as feel m interest in
matters of this kind. We shall, there
fore, give a summary of each of the
months of the year 1916, extracted in
part from "Pierce on the Weather."
January was mild--so much so as to
render fires almost needless in sitting
rooms. December, the month immedi-
ately preceding this, was very cold.
February was not very cold, with
the exception Of a few days it was
mild like its predecessor.
March was cold and boisterous, the
first half of 1.-THE remainder was
mild. A great freshet of the Ohio and
Kentucky rivers that caused great loss
of property.
April began warm and grew colder
as the month advanced, and ended with
snow and ice, with a temperature more
like winter than spring.
May, Ike the one just ended, was
more remarkable for frowns than
smiles. Buds and fruits were frozen
ice formed half an inch in thickness
corn killed and fields again and again
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Tho Hippopotnniua.

At times the hlppopotamus exudes
what has been described as n "bloody
sweat" Microscopically examined, the
emulation is found to consist OF n great
number Of minute colorless bodies, re-
sembling the colorless corpuscles of the
blood, and n smaller number OF pink
colored bodies, made up of some crys-
talline substance forming clusters Of
rodllke n triradiate form. These, be-
coming dissolved, give the surrounding
fluid medium n deeper pink color than
that observable before dissolution took
place. Both the colored and colorless
matter appear to be exuded by special
pores in the skin which display activi-
ty only Immediately after the creature
has left the water.