The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-23
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appropriate enough 4lIidS 10 keep LRS
streets of Washington in decent and
respectable condition" said Judge Ell
Torrance, Of Minneapolis, MINI, at the
Ebbitt last night. Judge Torrance IS
well-known in Grand Army circles, being
past cOmmandeT-in-ehief Of the Or
ganization. as well as a lawyer Of note
Even if there is no Law compelling
the owners and tenants Of houses TO keep
their sidewalks clean." continued the
old soldier. they should have enough
pride TO give their habitatiOns a respect
able appearance BY keeping the space IN
front Of their residences clean, whether
the law forces them 10 do so or not 1t IS
not only untidy. but it is injurious TO
health"
Speaking OF the sale Of liquor. Judge
Torrance said that no trouble was ex-
perienced IN Minneapolis as a result OF
the sale Of intoxicating liquors
There is certain part Of the city,
called the patrol limits which practical
~ comprises the business section Of the
city" said Judge Torrance All the 40
saloons Of the city are located there. Be
yond these limits no saloons can be found
Repeated efforts have been made by the
liquor interests to extend this patrol
system, but the people are very jealous
OF their privileges, and have successfully
fought Of the intended inroads Of the
liquor interests The license fee in Min
neapolis is $1.e0 and the $4,000 thus
realized from the licensed liquor dealers
goes into the city treasury. We have
no trouble OF complaints growing out Of
this system of regulating the liquor traf-
fic- Minneapolis started out with this
patrol system and clings TO IL tenacious
I ". II is practical and satisfactory solu-
ton Of the drink question"
Discussing the japanese question, Judge
( Torrance said that although he was salts
fed that this country was well able 10
take care Of itself. he believed that the
I Pacific Coast should be protected. and
that feet sufficiently powerful 10 pro-
teet our interests be placed in the Pacific
/ Ocean.
Unless something turns Up 70 upset
I present calculations there IS a future
awaiting Gov. johnson, OF Minnesota.
/ added the civil war veteran. who guarded
I the body OF Lincoln when IL lay r.
state at Baltimore. and who participated
/ In many battles OF the Army OF the Pc
+ tomae, and was wounded at the second
battle OF Bull Run Although I am a
/ Republican. ] must admit that Gov.
/ johnson is a most efficient public Official.
! I do not know whether he would net
carry the State OF Minnesota II he were
a candidate for tire Presidency four years
/ hence II is quite z different proposition
when it comes 70 voting for the Presi-
dency from casting your ballot for the
/ governorship."
Chicago is the first city, according 70
Charles 3. Rice. civil engineer OF Chi
csgo, who IS at the Raleigh. to take Up
/ the ventilation OF transportation systems
with the idea Of doing anything about
them. For two years the Chicago al
/ thorities have tried TO persuade the va
Z rious lines 10 abandon TastefuI and IN
/ scientific ventilating systems and install
! an economical one which VIII work. The
surface lines have shown a disposition
I 10 cooperate. according 70 Mr.. Rice, and
a veutiIator has been found which seems
I 10 meet the requirements
We used 10 think that carbon dioxide
I was the real poison in the air he said
I I'VE know now that the airs worst
/ poisons cannot be detected by analysis.
( The carbon dioxide is only an index 70
! the exhaIetions from the body and lungs
I but the amount Of that gas found in
I these samples IS sufficient 20 cause head
/ aches and languor.
Eve estimate that IN cars such as the
/ ones tested the air is breathed four times
over. Now, . men out OF 100 carry
/ penumococci IN their breath. and s. men
/ out Of the same number have tubercElar
F bacilH Add 10 that two OF three dis
/ seminating diphtheria baciIli and you
I have the reason why We want 70 ventile1e
so that the air VIII be bresthed only once.
II IS not q question OF comfort only,
but Of health.
sash ventiiators, such as are ordinarily
I used. generally allow the air 10 sweep
( directly across the top Of the car without
doing much 10 what is below. Sometimes
by opening the hack ventilaIors on one
j side OF q car, and the front ones on the
other side. a better result IS obtained
But what really is needed is to introduce
air al the bottom OF the Ca and provide
I for its exit az the top
Discussing the Philippines. the FInp,n0s
and they many queer beliefs. samuel N
\ Gardner. Of Manila. who is at the Shore
I ham. said last night that in the Philip
I pines more, perhaps. than in any other
I country. the inhabitants believe in many
superstititions- IN many places the be-
/ lief is so strong. said Nj Gardner.
that with each everyday act and oc-
currence there IS associated some super
\ sJitious belief
\ "Donesticate a cat" continued NJ
Gardner. who is interested In the ship
ping business IN the Eastern possessions
Of America, and take it three times
around the stove, then pull out one OF its
whiskers, and bury II (the whisker. not
J the caO in the ashes. The cat viii
/ never return 70 its former home
\ When a wild COW is bought or obtained
the new owner must lead Il three times
around the barn or other place where ne
\ desires It 20 sleep He must then take
4 from the enimsTs nose the loop By which
il was led and bury Il IN some spot where
I the COW has circled- This must De done
in the twilight. In the future the animal,
! without any guidance. VIII every even
ing promptly lie down in this very place
] when returning from the fields
i when the corn fields are visited by
4 the small worms which greatly damage
4 the crops the farmers have g peculiar
I way OF destroying them without much
trouble. Without letting any one know
the farmer goes TO the field, takes seven
\ worms. strings them on a broken-eyed
needle. and then buries them in the sew
I enth hill Of the seventh row OF corn
l The worms VIII die out in numbers. and
4 in q couple Of days the field VIII be free
OF them. This must be done secrstly IN
the twilight or the charm viii be broken.
often a whole piece OF bamboo Is
found in which black ants have made
! their nest. there being. however. no
visible entry. Fishermen always hunt
for this peculiar bamboo TO assure them
selves OF good fishing. They use Il as
one OF the frames in their fishing cOTrsIs.