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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
Starch
Eaters
AS Truly Enslaved
as Are Drug
FiendS
By DIR. J. X. GIBBS,
New York City.

SHORT time ago was called in to a of a girl who
"a suffering from anaemia She WORKED in laundry.
questioned her closely her habits eating living
-1 regulated her diet and gave her strong medicines The
ISQ baed me- Fna she happened remark that she chewed
E&hv lot of starch ordered her it, and she promised
I7H she would But she broke her word again and la
I'll bored with her three months before she finally up starch
- eating
From this girl | got my insight habit which after
of study do profess
ing girls she gmewer many gum-chewers
stock up with gum before going laundry
work she could not get For weeks and months she had cewed
she worked Her had been necessarily motion this
day she constantly of the absence of the gum She
unhappy She had nothing chew She cewed her handkerchief
but had not the consistency and did satisfy The thought
of gum became almost obeion
Finally, in DESPERATION she thought of starch 1t white and
powdey but short time the moisture the mouth and the manpua
ton of the jaws reduced somewhat of the consistency of
a poor substitute.
She chewe starch all that day The she chewed wad
starch the it became That evening she noticed that teeth
whittier than they had been before She conded this
another girl in the laundry who informed her that she had been chew
ing starch a long time.
The second girl had complexion which much admired
white and cooess but clear Ny patients informant told her that
many laundry girls clewed starch for the complexion.
So patient up chewed constantly
complexion improved but she did not complexion
is but an indication of impoverished blood She kept
The odd thing about tarceatng that starch has absolutely
medicinal virtue dies it eyarae dep 1t
ferior food which makes aby worthless flesh 1t clog
tive apparatus and the starvation of the blood result its
continued understand where the appeef
appeecomes in Yet pesuag give up
is a long and difficult process.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
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a 0est with a stlns.


America is threatened with aEotEa
pest. Tue French 5rown-tail moth 10
almost, If not quite, in the midst OF us
He came over In nursery packages
from France and Is only awaiting the
gladstone days OF spring to break
forth. expand and begin posting, just
as though he were at the old stand.
He wil compete as a foreign pauper
pest with our own infant industries In
the pest line. If you do not know what
the French brown-tail moth does TO
the human race you will learn II he de-
cides TO sojourn among us and to in
crease and multiply, says the Chicago
Daily News. Archery Is his hobby.
Unlike the bee and the mosquito,
which have but one singer, the little
French brown-tail carries q culver full
Of arrows, which he shoots in passing
as a small boy trains his popgun on
bald head. There is no chance to slap
him on the wrist III return, for he
stings without alighting and then
moves on to the next victim. No won
der the scientists who saw him first
are very anxious to fiDd way to put
him gently to the bad.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
METHODS OF PROPAGATING
SELECTED ALFALFA PLANTS
of Which May Be FoIowed-By c. F.
Kansa Agricultural College.

regards the value OF promising
mother plant is as TO how many OF,
and to what degree, its promising
characters are transmitted to It's on
spring. Now these facts cannot be
learned from the plants arising from
cuttings, since each OF these Is but a
separated part of the original plant
and would therefore bear all or its
characters. In order, therefore, to test
the hereditary characters of plant,
and these are the only ones worth
while in the originating OF improved
races on plants, e is necessary that
they be propagated from close-pollin'
ated seed. 1t requires at least two gen
erations from close-pollinated seed to
fully determine the hereditary potency
of mother plant, the fact as 10
whether or not it was itself hybrid.
and the extent to which its offspring
will be variable. Moreover, according
to the already recognized laws oil
heredity, plants which have bred true
for two generations from close-pollin
ated seed may be considered as fixed
to that type Until, therefore, we are
sure of the purity and the hereditary
ability to transmit characters OF eco
nomic value of a selected plant, III
must be propagated from seed and not
pollen.
This inability of alfalfa to freely sci
seed without the aid OF insects OF
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

There is comfort for the murderers
Of the kings English in the latest con.
tribution 10 periodical literature by
Mr. Lounsbury, emeritus professor of
English at Yale. eXcusing and in a
measure justifying some of the So
called vulgar mistakes in photography
and gramuor committed by unedu-
Gated people. According to Prof.
Lounsbury, there is, or was, the best
Of authority for saying pint for point,
Iist for joist, lie for oil and bile for
boil. Our'n and your'n and his'n are
upheld by ancient usage. The double
negation is similarly vindicated and
here are a dozen instances of the
use of learn in the sense Of teach in
Shakespeare. 1t is gratifying to note
that the professor draws the line on
Il done it," There are limits to what
are euphoniously termed archaic forms
Of speech, it seems.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
NEW SECT sHUNs CLOTHING.
live in Woods Near BerIln-Cold Has
No Terrors for Them.

London.-A, curious corollary to the
recent debates in ,he German reich
stag on the beauty Of the Academies
IF Physical Beauty may be seen in the
curious pamphlet, three or four copies
Of which have arrived in England, de-
scribng new German sect.
The cardinal law of the new sect
Is complete abstinence from clothing
of any kind. This is observed for
sanitary and moral purposes. The fol-
lowers of the new faith have estab-
lished themselves In q colony in a
forest clearing about twenty miles
from Berlin, and in the Immediate
vicinity of this lonely spot stranger
may casually come across men, women
and children not wearing - stitch of
clothing. The police are moi inclined
% interfere as long as the colonists
Keep within their limited area.
The education of the children is said
20 be uncommonly good. There are
the usual establishments OF masters
and mistresses, with domestic serv-
ants. A high state of morality is
claimed, and it is declared the rigors
Of the Prussian winters have not the
slightest effec- on the people who have
grown hardy by exposure 20 wind and
weather, and lead an outdoor exist
eRce.
A branch o. the colony has been es-
taDlished in a secluded nook at one
of the Swiss lakes.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
OIL Jaqs Drive Him Insane.

gainesville, GA victim Of linseed
I'll drinking, INDUCED In to some ex-
.ent by numerous men denied their
rink through the operation OF the
Rose county option law in Lake coun-
V. Theodore Redlar OF Kirkland was
sent TO the Newburg state hospital for
the insane.
He was jailed here after battle
with deputy sheriffs and tore of his
clothes while in his cell. He drove his
wife and children from home. tore up
s175 in bills and flung the fragments
At The woman and children
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
JAP YOUTH AWAITED
DEATH IN A CRAVE
WAS TIRED OF LIFE, SO BURIED
HIMSELF, BUT DIDN'T WANT
TO SURROGATE.

Tokyo. Japan.-A youth of Kobe,
Who sought to commit suicide by bury
ng himself alive and paid an accom-.
plice 20 cents to spade the earth upon
his coffin. achieved some degree Of no.
toriety even in Japan, where new
things are happening every day. He
failed of his original purpose. how
ever.
A policeman was strolling along the
bank of the Minatogawa river outside
Of Kobe one day last month, when he
happened to spy a joint OF bamboo
pipe sticking few inches above a
mound of fresh earth. Being Jap
anese and also a policeman, his curl
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
The
Appren-
tiCe
System
By JOHN S. H0DGS0N.
Civil Engineer.

the dissemination long term OF apprenticeship with
the naturally resulting disposition abandon trade mpercy
quired suggests disappointing survival of "e vu
deprecated v President Eliot of Harvard his inaugural
Yankee his hand
thing
would be idle o regard this the sole
decay of under which
Of "craftproud formerly
1t will tend the search for remedial if it be
breakdown of the apprentice SYSTEM though
be recorded of European countries. In
Britain. excellent results been achieved the from
study night schools Much Of their has been due the
hanl-nand character evening study and daily woe latter
bringing home the mind the advantages the absolute
necessity, of what 5 furnished by the former.
In conclusion, be doubted whether the full benefit derya
improved methods industrial training however admirable
Themselves be through their exclusive application
filling the ranks Of manual labor A
belief "he dignity of labor taking practical dveng
the lathe the bench share of the rush to the roop desk
is a condition web worthy of united
effort in showing If
n;anr of lrif1 lu af - 10 d
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

Ellen Emerson, Oldest daughter OF
Ralph Waldo Emerson, and for years
his close companion and assistant,
died at the home of her sister Edith,
wife of William NJ. Forbes, in Milton,
Mass, on January 16, aged 20. Miss
Emerson was active in the social and
literary life of Concord at all times,
and especially in the affairs of the
Unitarian church. Besides her sister,
4 brother, DR.. Waldo Emerson of Con-
cord survives her.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

The Chicago professors theory that
marriage licenses should not be used
until six months after they are issued
evidently for the purpose of prevent
ng hasty marriages. But why not go
hlrther? Say that marriage licenses
shall not be used until the last Install
ment on the furniture is paid; or un-
til both parties to the match have cut
their wisdom teeth. Certainly mar
rage licenses should not be used until
after the ink on the divorce decree is
dry.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

A report declares that in the state
Of New York marriages have de-
creased 10000 during the past year.
Yet this is President Roosevelt's own
commonwealth. 1t is more than likely
that the depressed condition in many
lines Of business and labor will ac-
count for much of this falling off. In
the early part of the year thousands
of men were out OF employment and
were probably looking for work harder
than they were looking for wives. The
present year gives promise of being q
prosperous one, and it is safe to pre-
dict that the marriage record in the
Empire state for 1909 will make far
more satisfactory showing.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

In his various plays Shakespeare
used about $4,000 words. Milton used
only about half as many in his writ.
ings. A person of culture and educa.
ton has speaking vocabulary Of
about 5000 words; an ordinary person
uses from 1000 to 5000 words. This
would indicate that the 100000 words
of the English language include a good
many that are seldom employed eX.
ccpt in presidents messages.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

Frank Wentworth of Winsted, Conn,
das doped it out that in 100000 years
the human race will have developed so
far that instead of walking on pair
of alternate pensulums, as now, men
will have on their lower extremities
wheels actuatea by turbines driven by
hot air. Here's a chance for some peo-
pie to get just 100000 years ahead of
the rest OF us, merely by standing on
their heads and talking rapidly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

Nine. Guadalupe de Haro, a Mexi.
can. and q descendant of the Montezu.
mas, is in New York studying domes.
tic science as pract!ced in the United
States. She will carry it back with
her TO Mexico, and at the bidding OF
her government introduce 1t In that
country.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

Inc relative paucify of skilled artisans,
adopting as their life's vocation a particu-
lar handicraft Offering possibilities of pro-
motion as foremen or superintendent,
stands in strong relief against the large
number of highly trained youths turned
out every year by American technical in
stitutes.
AS regards the latter feature, the
steady addition to the ranks of graduates
in applied science evidences a satisfactory
recognition of the necessity of comprehen-
sive specialization-to use an apparent con-
tradiction in terms. On the other hand,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
n~ZMH2

Woman can only reason up to certain
point after which she ''sees blind" or, in
other words. loses sight of the question at
issue.
If the perfect mind were appraised at,
say 100 points, and the average mind at 80.
it would be found that the ratio of practi-
cal-mindcdness in these two figures would
be respectively 90 and IS. With woman
sentimentaity would take the place of prac-
tical-mindedness in similar ratios. the re-
suit being that, to an ordinary political or
sociological or economic problem, wom-
an with a perfect feminine mind could
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20
Woman
Can
Not
Reason
BY DR.. EDGAR HOFFMAN,
German Scientist.

bring only per of average woman
cenwlc looks bad for the When
than usually really not an
plying either knowledge experience but simply making hapard
by the machinery of intuition an enduring
and consistent intellectually be asserted positively
without the that characterize
ordinarily constituted women.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

Miss Marteina Kramers OF Rotter.
dam, Holland, is one Of the most &C.
somplished of women linguists. She
can read and speak IL different Ian
guagas
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-03-20

is a condition web worthy of united
effort in country showing many
signs of drifting away from the lofty
ideals of its founders.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-30
LORD STRATRCONA
COMES TO WINNIPEG
Distinguished Canadian States.
man to Revisit Former
Home

London, July 30.-Lord Strathcona
Is arranging to sail for Quebec by an
Empress steamer on August 13. Many
distinguished scientists are sailing on
the same boat, also Richard Burbidge,
managing director of Harrod's stores,
London's biggest and most progressive
emporium. 1t is understood that Mr..
Burbidge has important Industrial OBJ
jects in touring through Canada to
tho Pacific.
1t was with considerable pleasure
that the local secretaries and other
members Of the British association
heard last night that Lord Strathcona
had definitely decided to attend the
Winnipeg meeting. For several years
past his Winnipeg friends and those
In the west have been accustomed to
rumors of his coming over, but they
have been doomed to disappointment.
This time there is no doubt as 10
Lord Strathcona's decision, as it is
well-known that he has been con-
sidering for some time past an In
vitation to come to Winnipeg. A
special invitation to the meeting here
was extended to Lord Strathcona by
Francis Darwin, who remains presi-
dent of the association until the in
stallation Of Sir ]. j. Thomson, IN
the Walker theater, ON August 25.
Some credit must therefore be ac-
corded MIR. Darwin for the fact of
Lord Strathcona's coming over. For
many years the high commissioners
has been member of the British as
sociatiOn. At Toronto in 1867 he was
a vice president of the meeting and
he is also one of the vice presidents
Of the Winnipeg meeting.
Lord Strathcona will next year be
80 years of age. His remarkable ca
reer in the service of the Hudsons
Bay company is a portion of Canadian
history. In Winnipeg his soiourn at
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-30
Revolving Conduct of Thaw
Disclosed in Present Hear
ing to be ug1ssGs"
THAW WILL CONTEST THE
Case IF It IS INSTITUTED
Attorney Says Wife Has No Grounds
For Divorce as She Is Receiving a
Good Sized Sum From the Thaw
Family and Has Been Well Treated,

White Plains N. Y, July 3O-.e,ther
Harry X. ThaW nor his counsel Chas.
Morschauser. showed much interest
today in the report that Evelyn Thaw
intended to begin suit for divorce
as soon as the present proceedings
closed.
"It is the first intimation we have
had of such suit" said Mr.. Morschau-
SER land we have received no notice
at all from Mrs. Thaw or her attor-
neys." Attorney Morschauser said
that SO far as he knew, Thaw had no
intention of suing for separation or
divorce.
"Will he contest his wife's suit?" the
attorney was asked.
Most certainly, if she brings it,"
said Morschauser Mrs. Thaw has no
grounds for DIVORCE" he continued,
"she has always bee nwell treated. AT
the present time she is receiving from
the Thaw family $4,000 year"
1t is alleged Mrs. haw will base her
suit on the revelations of the present
trian, regarding Thaw's alleged con-
duct at the house of Susan Merrill.
Morsclrauser called attention to the
fact that Thaw had denied these
stories. "As for the Mrs. Reid said
to have been introduced there by
Thaw as his Wife" said Morschauser,
that part of the story has not been
substantiated."
Although District Attorney Jerome
announced at the close of yesterdays s
session of the court hearing that he
was through with Thaw, the district
attorney recalled him to the stand
this morning. The two or three more
questions which Jerome said yester-
day he might still have for the rela-
tor proved to be a long string.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-30

Silver Heights is still remembered by
large numbers, all of whom will be
anxious to have another look at the
distinguished pioneer. The success of
the Winnipeg meeting Is already as
sured, but with the presence OF Lord
Strathcona, Ambassador Bryce and
other famous sons of the empire, sue
cess will be doubly sure.
His Early Career.
AS a public man, Donald A. Smith,
as he was then, first came into promi-
nence during the troubled days of the
Red river rebellion Of 1869. in which
year he was appointed a special COM
missioner by tho Dominion govern
a to enquire into the insurrection.
He manifested great tact and states
manship at that critical stage Of
western development. receiving the
thanks of the governor-general-in
council for his services. In the fol-
lowing year, after the organization of
the province OF Manitoba, he was re-
turned to the local legislature for
Winnipeg and St. John, holding the
seat until 1874. He was also a mem
Der OF the first executive council OF
the territories, which was formed in
1870. The year 1871 also saw Donald
A. Smith a member of the house of
commons. at Ottawa. He was elected
for the constituency of Selkirk, which
he represented until 1880, when he
suffered defeat at by-election. He
re-entered the political arena, how
ever. at the general election of 1887,
in which year he was returned for
Montreal west. He held this seat
until 1896, serving during the last
days of the Bowel ministry as del
egate to the Manitoba government on
the school question.
In April, 1886, he was appointed
high commissioner of Canada at Lon
don. and retired from political life.
The following year he was created a
baron with the title Of Lord Strath-
coma and Mount Royal OF Glencoe.
During the past thirteen years he has
become one of the best known men of
the British isles and his venerable
figure has constantly been seen at
prominent gatherings in the old coun-
try. At knebworth House, Hertford-
shire, and at his other seats in the
United Kingdom he has extended a
lavish hospitality, much of which has
been enjoyed by visiting Canadians.
of late years it has become popu-
lar practice with Canadian visitors to
register at the high commissioners
office on Victoria street. His lordly
munificence to Montreal. to Canada
generally and to the United Kingdom
has long been by-word His name,
of course. is inseparably connected
with the Canadian Pacific railway, of
which he is still director. Indeed.
Sir Charles Tmpper gave it as his
opinion that the c. T. r. would not
have existed had it not been for the
indomitabla pluck of Donald A.
Smith. In recognition of services in
thi srespect he was knighted in 1856
and created a X. c. Nj. G. He is a
man OF catholic tastes. a patron OF
art and I: member OF innunlerabla
| societies
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-30

Trunk Pacific will run across the In
dian graveyard below Kitsumkalum.
Eleven graves are inside the right-of-
way. The Grand Trunk Pacific has
offered to move the bodies to another
place, but this failed to satisfy the
relatives who want cash according to
the rank of the departed. The highest
demand is for $1,000 for a chief,
whose ashes rested on the banks Of
the Skeena for 20 years; $500 for a
plain dead Indian; $3.50 for a squaw
and 500 for papoose. Failing to
effect a settlement the Grand Trunk
Ieecific referred the matter to the In
&eAI department. at Ottawa. In the
.seey. the Indians are keeping
guat> ding work on this sec
tion Of, lne is suspended. Over
several of the graves ON the right-of-
way are posted notices and signs on
behalf of the dead Indians in ungram-
matical English. These notices de-
clare the dead have rested there for
many years in sight of the river and
any removal of the bodies will only
be atoned for by the payment of cash
as balm for injured feelings of the
surviving relatives.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-30
HUNDREDS HUNTING
FOR MISSING MAN
Disappearance of George Hor-
rigan Has Caused Excite
ment at Port Arthur

Port Arthur, Ont. July 3O-More
than one hundred men are now ell
gagged in the search for George Horri-
gan, a prominent citizen OF Port Ar
thur. who, on Sunday last, since he
became separated from George Hod-
der and w. G. Dalton, of q fishing
party, has been lost in the woods of
Black Bay peninsula. A systematic
search commenced Monday as soon as
word of the disappearance reached
the city and as fast as men can be
procured to take up the work they
are rushed across the forty-mile strip
of water between here and Black bay.
The tug Picket has been i'll constant
commission carrying men and sup
plies. Today the tug Whalen took out
a whole militia company and return
ing brought word that no trace of the
missing man had yet been found. I'm
successful efforts have been made to
get bloodhounds from Duluth.
District Excited.
The disappearance of Mr.. Horri-
gan under such dramatic circum-
stances and the energy with which
the search is being carried on has
created great deal of excitement in
the city and the hunt has become one
of the most sensational affairs of the
district. Every incoming boat is
greeted by crowds looking for news.
Theories by the hundred have been
advanced to account for Horrigan's
failure to keep within hail of his
party while fishing the creek and as
many more predictions as to his fate
are made The country is wilder
ness, thickly wooded, low and wet in
places and not devoid of bear, lynx
and other such animals, while this is
also the height of the fly season. Some
believe the flies alone would make it
impossible for man to live in the
woods. added to which is the fact
that Mr.. Horrigan is lightly clad and
without provisions.
Another feature of the case is the
effort made to keep the news of the
disappearance from Horrigan's aged
mother The telephone lines to the
family residence have been cut and
man is on guard on the street to
prevent the possibility of anyone TAX
Ing in word of the affair. The local
papers have been requested not to
publish the facts In order to assist
in this way and no word of it has
appeared in print yet in the Port Ar
thur newspapers.
Horrigan is ABOUT 35 years of age
and unmarried and has a mother, sis
ter and two brothers residing here.
He was an alderman for six years
and a candidate for mayor a year ago.
He is prominent liberal and active
in politics.