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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05
WAS HE A LIAR7

say asked the wlld-eyed man. limp
ing into the ChirODodiSt's office, can
yoU cure a bunion ?"
Yes, sir" answered the chiropodist.
can YOU do 1t in a short time?''-
Yes, sir
Permanently"
sure. Take this chair"
No, thanks said the caller. vhiD-
ping notebook out of his pocket and
making an entry in it, I don't want
anything done. I am merely making
q collection OF monumental liars. I
have found another one, that's all
Good day 80
Turning on his heel. he Hmped out
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05
Commercial Device.

The commercial device ~ill be in the
form Of a box having a carbide capac-
ity proportiorate TO the fuels tank ca
pacity, this box being capable OF at
tachment to any gds engine. The ar
rangement WI Je of an interchange
able character so that either gosolene
or alcohol with carbide may be used
by the same engine
Under this process. the engine starts
readily and runs with great steadine SIS
It is intended to put the process in Up
Grafton at once in France and German Y,
where alcohol is at the present time
much cheaper than gasoIene, and its
employment viii follow in the United
States rs soon as alcohol is oDtainabIe
at about the same price as gasOlene.
Among the advantages of alcohol are its
safety and absence OF odOr.
The present price of denatured al
COhOI in the United States is 40 cents
per gallon. while gasOlene retaiIs at
% cents per gallon. In some quar-
ttrs ii is believed that a gasoIene
famine is impending because of the
rapidly growing demand and the limited
supply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05
LOCAL NOTES
OF AUTOISTS
AND DEALERS
Sales Looking Up as
New Models Continue
to Arrive.

c. B. Harmon. of Wood, Harmon &
Co. who has been staying in Washing
ton for the past month, left last week
IN his Packard for q run through Vir-
glnia. He viii return to the city before
he goes to New York for the rest of
the winter. While here Mr.. Harmon
stores his Packard. a 1908 model. at the
Central Garage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05
WASHINGTON RUN
NOT DISCREDITED
BY QUAKER TEST

Under clear skies and with every ad-
vantage in the matter OF knowing what
TO expect o. each stretch Of road, out Of
seventy entrants but three finished with
perfect scores in the Quaker City Clubs
endurance run
Two days were devoted TO the run Of
the Philadelphia motorists. But six re-
NAMED IN the clean score class after the
first day. The distance covered each
way, 20 ana from Allentown. was about
twenty miles longer than that traversed
on The Times Sealed Bonnet Contest.
and the roads certainly could not have
been much worse.
Boost for Capital City.
A comparison of the results u the
two contests furnishes a striking in
dorsemeut OF Washington automobiles
and Washington drivers. Taking into
consideration the fact that the route
Of the Philadelphia run was longer. and
the scoring was probably more severe,
siJIl u is hardly true that the test was
over I'VE times as difficult as that held
by The Times. Yet that must have
been the case II the records of the
QuakeEs can be classed with those Of
tLe Neutrality-suspicious. II should also be
remembered that there were nearly
twice as many cars entered ia the Phil
I'm the day Of the local contest.
Such comparisons as this are needed
20 make WsshingtOnians realize just
where their city stands IN the autOmO-
bile world. First. the run proves the
superiority of the cars handled by
Washington dealers Six Of the types
which were among the first sixteen in
The Times contest were nov entered IN
the recent run 1T all. and Il is reason
sble to suppose that If they had been
the result might have been different.
That the local agents are doing their
best 10 handle standard makes and are
not eudeavCring TO further any get-rich-
quick schemes by palmiug OF Inferior
makes at superior prices is demon
strated by the splendid showing made IA
The Washington event,
No Accidents Here.
The Times run was not marred by
any Of the accidents which marred the
Quaker Clubs run. While II is not sur
prislng that some accidents should occur
10 pedestrians on the route Of the con-
test. Il speaks we'll for the local affair
that no complaint Of any kind ensued,
either for exceeding the speed limit or
for collisions. The drivers in The Times
run can hardly be given TOO much credit
for the care exercised in this paTJicu-
lar, as we'll as their ability TO bring
their machines over the muddy roads
on the day Of the run.
The Philadelphia run IS an annual af-
fair, while The Times run was distinctly
an experiment. The foregoing compaEi-
son shows that the experiment was
successful. and furnishes excellent rea-
sons for continuing to hold similar con-
tests in this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05
Al COHOL AS FUEL
FOR AUTOMOBILES
IS THE NEXT STEP
Test of New Process
Shows 1t Economical
and Efficient.

NEW YORK, Jan. A-AlcOhOl as fuel
for automobiles, it is claimed, may now
be used as economically as gasolene
under a system perfected by Frederick
/ W. Barker and Thomas l. White OF
this city. and known as the Barker
White process.
In their laboratory in this city on
Saturday Messrs Barker and White
gave a series Of interesting tests in the
presence of several well-known me
chanicai engineers and representatives
OF the automobile industry tending 10
indicate that by their process denatured
alcohol will develop eqUaI power at the
same prise as gasOlene.
Previous Experiments.
Hitherto experiments conducted for
Gears past in France and Germany. ana
more recently by the United States gov
eminent, have shown that the alcohol
consumption for given work with gas
engines IS from one and a half to twice
the quantity Of gasolene. This IS be
cause alcohol burns more slowly than
gasOlene, and by burning throughout
the piston stroke develops less energy
than If Il burned completely during the
first part OF the stroke.
In the BarkeT-W White system q re-
ceptacIe containing calcium carbide is
attached 10 the engine, between the car
buretor and the intake, so that each
charge of air carburated with dilute
alcohol Is drawn through the carbide
in its passage 20 the engine. In this
way some Of the water OF the alcohol
combines with the carbide, forming
little acetylene IN the mixture. which,
when compressed and fired, burns al
most exactly Ike gssOlene.
Test of Consumption.
The test showed that the consumption
OF fuel with this process is one pint
per horsepower hour, as follows:
Three horsepower Fairbanks-Morse
engine used, power delivered TO an elec-
tric dyramometer, 3-horsepower weight
of alcohol consumed in thirty minutes.
twenty one ounces; weight of calcium
carbide, ten ounces to the gallon. The
alcohol contained s per cent water
The lime deposit from the carbide
Is efficiently trapped and does not enter
the engine, The problem Of keeping the
lime out of the cylinder was one of
the most difficult things that the In
ve1tOrs had 10 contend with, and has
been solved by using pool OF water
o receive the impact Of the gases,
the lime remaining in the wafer Under
this principle a variety of mechanical
means are available for performing this
function, only differing in the devices
employed according TO whether the
process be used with automobile engines.
motor boat engines or stationary en-
gIDos-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05

ElkiEs Reed Of the Central Garage.
Is convalescent and wiII be back at his
desk in a short while. He recently
underwent an operation at the George
Warrington University Hospital for ap-
pendicitis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05

Charles S. Osborn. salesman for the
Charles E Miller & Bro. agency. has
purchased q 1908 Indian to be used as
a demonstrating machine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05

Z. Won Bruning. Of the German en-
Dassy bought Pope-Waverly from the
Pope Agency which Will be delivered
this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05

J. T. Knight rode to Frederick on c
Reading Standard last week. He found
the roads in fair shape, and met with
no accidents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05

G. Frankel made a run 10 Upper MARI
bOro last week on a MISUNDERSTANDING
The roads through Prince George county
are not so bad as might be expected Tor
this time Of the year
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-05

c. II. Tolman drove the Maryland
car over the road from Baltimore last
week which finished with prefect
score in The Times run. The car vas
taken from Washington 10 Baltimore
on the day after The Times contest with
the seals unbroken- On the return trip
II carried FIVE people and made the run
IN two hours and fifty minutes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

groove, cannot be brought to see its
own interests against its prejudices.
Ignorance is a force which cannot be
intelligently applied. The leverage of
the labor vote will not be vital force
in this country until the bulk of its
forces get nearer together in the way
of a dismissal OF racial, religious and
social differences. An engineer getting
a salary of 5000 or $3.50 a month
does he consider the "section-hand"
or "track,walker" who gets out of his
way as his equal? A man who gets
maybe $50 or $40 a month, and
handles pick or shovel! don't say
that he doesn't, but does he? Is that
average human nature?
Another thing that helps suppress
the strength of the labor vote as to a
free expression is the bread-and-but-
ter question, the "full-dinner paip ar
gument Can you blame men for CIV
ing in to this cry? / don't! Suppose
the head of a factory or plant says
he will have to shut down" If GER
tain man isn't elected. The employee
may reason to himself: ut doesn't
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20
Worry
Leads
to Con-
sumption
BY HAYDN BROWN.
L. R. c. ?. Edinburgh. Y. R. S. N.

And by all have family history We used 70
consider consumption strongly hereditary disease mistaken If
anything heredtary induced it the the conditions
and modes of living These will initiated habits and preudcial
predictions by generation after generation
Mental trouble Tor worry, unhappnesc you willy
49, therefore, of the chief consumption leading as it does
to physical loss of tone And effects this chiefly deprecatng the
digestive All of consumption produce history of soms
amount OF indigestion dyspepsia Very often
cheerful change from monoonous and weayng reduced
the general vgor of the system. Hence good holiday once or twice
year heahpreserving and will many time save those who ara
just on the of being stricken with specific disease
Improper food another fruitful consumption as NAV well
be undersoodfood which does not properly probably
ranks about equally with impure air factor considerable Importance
each however being less powerful than depression az
causan but both bad food and may depression of spirits
and loss of appetite and therefore primary causaon Thus an
influences may lead other secondary Ones and it NAV otter
be difficult to tell which has operated before other and what
proportion each bears to the other
Occasionally among awart framed
who have lived under the hea possible conditions so far as food
air and exercise have been concerned which would explain
but for the history that there had been domestic ne money trouble
prolonged mental worry of some
follows naturally that the nature consumption Improper
called "open air treatment prescribed by advisers and
carried out in Senatorial both at home and abroad depends upon what
COSTS great extent, for its efficacy.
Very who have not derived full advantage sanatoum life
early who have instead of BETTER
continuously worried by financial difficulties Formerly earning their
living doing nothing dependent friends knowing
done in the fuutheEe the ideas
dep the spirits and tgonc to such renovation
would work if the mind all the time and satisfied
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

Dor ward, and although drawing a
good salary as city official, was not
credited with being one of the pred.
atory capital" class. During my term
on the board of local improvements
when a dispute arose between the
city and branch of the labor union
and the dispute was referred to arbi.
ration, my name as a third arbitrator
was chosen by the labor men them.
selves, after the city had picked ont
one man, and the union another: al
though the dispute was directly one
In which the board was concerned
What is this labor vote of which so
much is current in the newspapers
and in the speeches of the politicians?
Very well, then! The labor vote
you will grant, is largely a vote of the
cities and towns, particularly the man.
utacturing towns; and the votes of the
miners. Here you have voting
strength which includes the wellin.
formed and the ignorant; the high and
the low in the ranks of manual labor.
the native-born American whose fore.
fathers fought at Bunker Hill, and the
newly-arrived immigrant with his first
papers taken out, and who does NOT
yet know the language. Now then. are
you going to solidify all these con.
nicting elements into a harmonious
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20
Sabbath
and Man
Observance
of the
Day of Rest
BY HON. ROBERT LUCE,
Member of Massachusetts LEGISLATURE.

ABBATH observance a phase of the manners and Gus
toms OF people That is to say it is the the
- of the people deem the common well
fare Different peoples have different of it. and the
views of any people change from time
u conditions of life change
q ID Since New England colonized its people have
~ W. deemed quiet rest from ordinary occupation
and better food to be advantageous characteristics
q day TO get quiet and rest they have by
tom and public sentiment compelled the to
abstain from trade industry, and noisy
ten law has been merely aid to the enforcement
Custom based popular instinct particular matter our
New England instinct approved by ygenc experts who here as in all
parts of the civilized world that from ordinary
occupation day But the belief general that rest
necessarily idness sagnao be secured by
change of activity
What kind of will Sunday meet the need of anv given
individual depends in each individual circumstances
The man who has passed the out of doors can on
sunday rest most indoors The under roof
all the week Sunday the change in the open
The man who his living with his may wisely rest them on
Sunday and exercise his head The may wisely his body
Sunday.
Since bodily activity during the week the lot of the GREAT mass Of
mankind it the natural thing Sunday shall for most men be
most wisely day brain ac-readng talking listening And as
we rank BRAIN activity higher than muscle activity, have
e Sunday occupations should be eevang and refining Insnv
therefore, we as people rown Sunday recreation that
ment pasme not because harmful because it not helpful
We feel that Sunday should make BETTER whether body mind
soul Attendance divine worship conduc this the church
centuries sanced the Sabbath origin essentially
holy day. The commandment nothing about
worship The ordinances OF religion claim its hours
who yield to the claim do we'll
In New England church also secures general acceptan Of is
view that the other hours of the day marked by quiet peace de-
absence of toll long great body of the ppe
ask and that such shall be dav the few have
right TO ant the opinions and offend of the MANY by
conduct thereto epugnnt What each shall do private his
In public he must conform the community if social
order is to prevail
The ghtu Sunday therefore, seem to me those that bring
rest to according to his peculiar him somehow
better, and that not inconsistent with the n y a. %
customs of the community in which he dwes 'LOVS/1 "@se
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

Washington has new local law
which guards rlgidly the employment
OF boys and girls. An age limit is pro-
yided, and careful provision is made
for investigation as to the physical
condition of those permitted to work.
Examinations just completed at the
national capital so to show that out of
100 children subjected to the legal
tests the physicians rejected rs boys
and only two girls. This is held to be
conclusive evidence that the girls are
healthier than boys. No doubt the
freer physical life which girls lead
and the opportunities for exercise in
the open air which they now enjoy, in
striking contrast to past experience,
have had much to do with improving
their constitutions. But why do not
the boys live up to the same priv.
ileges?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

The region OF Luderitz bay, where
the great diamond find is reported, is
In the extreme southwest of Africa, in
a section known as Damara land, or
Hereroland. II has a coast line of 400
miles. On the north is Guinea. and the
British possessions surround It on the
south and east The country some
years ago came into the possession of
the Germans. In the mountain region
1t rs fertile. and in spots wheat can be
raised. Copper and iron are said to
be abundant, but the country has been
prospected but little as regards the
mineral wealth. Since the Germans
have been in possession some attempts
have been made to work the country.
Windhoek Is the principal town In the
northern section. The diamond find is.
many miles from the town, and near
the coast, In section OF country not
known heretofore to be rich In dla.
monds. II is hundreds of miles from
Kimberley and the other diamond-pro.
ducing centers of the British South
African possessions. The country is
sparsely populated excepting with say.
ages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

$780, Ballot Cast by
N hhN was Toer Is the One
Wv quite lit Most Sought by
tie boy on the sohemer-.
my GRANDPA h ers Expert Calls Il
farm in Ohio Monkey Moon
was startled one ''A'''
night by a fear -
some apparition. The cows had de-
layed coming home until after dark,
and l had been sent for them.
Coming home through the lane
with them l was confronted with
grewsome appearance in the
shape of large round head star
Ing at me, with wide-open mouth
and shining eyes, silent, menacing,
and awe-inspiring. l left the COWS to
their fate and ran home terror-strick.
en-. And afterward, was told that.
what ! had seen was only a followed
out pumpkin, with holes cut for eyes
and mouth, and lighted candle set in
1t to give the impression of a fla
ming hobgoblin. The name given to
this "scare-head" was "monkey-m8on-
shine"
Well, that's what the laborfvo is in
politics.
am with the labor end of It, be-
cause from the days of the pyramids
to now, the men who work mainly
with their hands have had to hold up
the heaviest end of the log" AS a boy
] worked at factory bench with fac
tory boys; and my playmates and
companions for years in baseball foot
ball, hunting, fishing, fighting, skating,
and other sports were boys who were
very poor. Boys who are my friends
to-day. learned what poverty really
meant by my association with them.
and my welcome in their homes. The
poverty of the middle classes Is often
extremely notifying to pride and
comfort, but the poverty of the very
poor is hell
And yet | say seriously, and without
any possible prejudice, that the labor
vote in politics, with rare exceptions
is nothing more not less than mon
key-moonshine." True, this vote oc-
casionally elects a mayor in some of
the cities, but these exceptions only
pAOFC NhO lulGs Auu Will SNOW Won
by the logic and reason of the stu
alton, in America, that this is a fact.
Politicians who will attempt to
demonstrate" that a candidate is eth
err strong" or weak" by reason of
the support or antagonism of this ele-
ment in politics are either knaves, or
men who cannot see further than their
own noses. 1t is idle to call atten-
ton to what has been done in Europe
by the leverage of the labor vote for
The conditions there are vitality diff
ferent. The question of what lis" the
labor vote, how it will be cast, and
how far it can be depended on, has
been will-o-the-wisp which has lured
many an aspiring politician into the
1uagmire of disappointment and de-
feat 1t is, in it's last analysis. a
negligible quantity in the voting
strength; that is, quantity to be
,disregarded, as it stands at present.
During the period of my active par
ticipation in politics l lived in a ia
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

One does not hear II said so often as
formerly that there are no longer such
opportunities for young men as were
open to their grandfathers. Leslie M.
Shaw, formerly secretary of the treas.
ury. in speaking of his return to active
commercial life the other day, ex.
claimed "oh, the opportunities that
there are in this country for the young
man OF push and enterprise! They are
almost limitless. To me the field of
business is as alluring as any romance
ever written. There are always new
chapters opening. new characters de-
veloping, new plots thickening." This
is Che kind Of talk that has taken the
place OF the old wall over the good
times that have passed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

Contracts for furnishing single and
double teams to the city OF Boston
were recently awarded to woman.
Her bids, rendered in open competition
with men, were by far the lowest sub,
mitted, and she demonstrated her abll.
ity to fulfill the obligations. The award
was popular, for the uniformity OF the
figures submitted by the men gave
color to the charge that an agreement
had been made among them to main.
tain certain price. The woman made
her own figures independently, and
won.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20
Fabrics from Waste Plants.

raprIcs from waste Plants.
Scientists In many lands have been
giving an increasing amount OF atten-
ton to the problem of producing from
the plant-world, substitutes for the
fibers and fabrics now generally in
use. To find a new cotton-plant or a
new fax straw or a fiber which shall
take the place of wool or silk, or to
put among commercial possibilities a
new material from which to manufac-
ture fine paper, are among the aims.
-Four inventors have recently reached
what they claim to be success, each in
his own particular search and descrip.
lions OF their products showing how
widely varying results are being at
tanned, are printed in the Technical
World Magazine. From Ramie, nettle
which came originally from China. but
which grows well in various countries,
is made a fibre which rivals cotton for
usefulness and has some of the beau
ties Of silk. From the huge cactus
leaves OF our American deserts, a kind
OF fabric called cactus-leather is manu-.
featured, which while not a substitute
for cowhide, is useful for many Of the
purposes for which genuine leather is
used. Pine needles are also being
made to furnish fiber which has
qualities Of usefulness in eloth-making,
even clothing being successfully manu-
featured from 1t. And finally the
Guayule shrub has been found to con.
tain rubber TO an extent which makes
II commercially worth farming.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20
RrAen>t R4ee

If | were to say that the commonest
cause OF consumption is worry, should be
far more scientifically correct than if men.
toned vitiated atmosphere. The latter
rather helps, among other things, to cause
first physically, then a mentally depressed
state; again, mental depression is one of thG
greatest causes of physical loss of tone, which
in turn invites tubercle bacilli to take root
and multiply rapidly. Ninety out of every
hundred consumptives give history of some
sort Of worry or unhappiness. Only com.
paratively small percentage ever complain
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-20

Some of the leading shoe dealers in
chicago predict that macy women In
that city will wear sandals this sum.
mer. Some of the dealers have al
ready laid in big supplies to meet ths
demand which they expect.