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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

WISH TO EXCHANGE VALUABLE
stock for D farm or real estate. Adj
dress Il IL. care Times-Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
Out Of CITY

E4a GOVERNOR Mann VIII spend to-day at
his home at Nottoway on private BUSH
ness.
Secretary to the Governor Bon p.
Owen Is the sGuest EX-SENATOR and Mrs.
Claude a.. Swanson, at Chatham.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

FOR RENT TO GENg'IEMAN, ONE
bright, attractive room. southern ex-
posuro; first floor; bath and tele-
phone same floor: South Third near
Cary. references exchanged. Address
" 22. care Timcs- Dispa tcli.
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A,e.l1 saQaanlgu aslale.

RAl..AY MAIL cigI.lss WANTED
for Hic!unond .cxa min aat Noyem.
free. f,E NKLlM INSTITUTE. Dept.
as4 r. Rochester. \.
TMWEDIATE,.Y RICHMOND REPRE-.
sentative; full Or part time: mostly
ONCE work; large correspondence
school corporations: extensive line
best selling courses: Thousands sic.
cAssful students throughout Union.
axrentionnl commissions. $500 noces.
sary but thu. and 5000 profit easily
returns from local business waiting;
send FUN information yourselves.
INTER STATE, Agency Dept. Box
1884 Omaha.
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Rusiness Q9pportuntties.

WANTED, MEN OF IDEAS WHO HAVE
some Inventive ability. GREELEY q
MCINTYRE. Patent Attorneys Wash.
fngIon, d. c.
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Goal alln 0Inob.

Long IS HEADQUAKTERs FOX SUM
mer wood. Slabs for kindlinx. o,,x.
hickory and pine, sawed lengths. to
suit every home. 1t Will advance
summer prices Place order now
SOC; West Broad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

WANTED. STENoGRAPHER AND OF
fee assistant. One with knowledge
of IRE insurance preferred. State
experience and salary expected r.
r. BOOKER ms AGENCY, Farm
Vile Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
I,ial u sraIe far &aIk.

lo0-ACRE FARM IN IL MILES OF
Richmond. at railroad station: con-
venient 10 store. school. church. etc.
Very good eight-room house and out
buildings. shade good water: place
fenced. and good soil. slightly roll
Ing; no fruit trees berries. grapes.
etc: close to car line and three rail-
roads. II will pay you to see this
place. Only $500. AMOS & Pom
DEXTER. ITO Il. Main
FARMS AND TIMBER LANDs.-NtY
new catalogue contains 400 farmt
and timber lands: best bargains IN
virginia. / pay your railroad fare
Write for free catalogue. Address
7. r. ELAN. Box 2s7. Charlottesville
Va.
s2s A FOOT WILL BUY WEST
Main Street corner; TWO side lots
can be cut off worth So foot. Madi-
son 1857.
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lnxurnncc Rcnort Issued.

Insurance was issued Yesterday. It
contains 1889 pages. against 939 last
year. The report was delayed In its
issuance because of troubles encounters
ed by the contractor in connection with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
potires.

THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
that Jahnkc Bros, Jewellers, 912
East Main street buy. sell. ex-
change and remount diamonds In
the latest styles Old gold and sill
yer taken in exchange.
IF YOU sQUINT: If YOUR VISION
biurs; Is YOU have headnches or
dizzy spells. call and see me: spec
tacles scientifically fitted: hours 2
to 6. DIR. BUTLER, Fourth and
Main.
A TABLE AND MEDICINAL WATER
without a peer--fve gallons for 25c..
delivered--Holly Springs Lithia
Water. Phone Monroe All.
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EXPERIENCED LEAD GI.AZERs;
steady employment 10 the right
men. c. j. BENSON & CO.. Balti-
more. Md
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Bnar1lnn.

MRS. CHARLES X. BOWERS. II
East Franklin; handsomely appointed
rooms. with board; large, well-ven-
tilated dining room. opening on Sec
ond Street: meals by day or week.
WANTED, BOARDERS FOR LARGE.
desirable rooms; table board spe-
cialty Apply 200 East Grace,
large and small rooms and board,
with private family. Apply sos North
Fifth Street.
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WANTED. ALIs.NROUNp MACHIN1sT
on repair work good opportunity
for young man wiling to learn en-
gincering business: out of city;
steady work. answer, giving salary
expected. Address J %, care Timos-
nispatclt.
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81. so BUYS ONE-HALF COl;tJ PRE-
pared pine kindling. wood. suitable for
summer cooking. Why pay SO Is
when you can get the same results
from this? Try a load. SAMUEL H.
COTTRELL & SON. Phone Madison
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Dersorals.
G1aanfen.

WANTED. GASOLINE ENGINE; 3lA
to 5-horse power: state price and
condition. Address Il 9s3, care
rimes-Dispatch.
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ANY LADY CAN EASILY MAKE
from SIS to SOS per week working
for me quietly in her own home To-
cality: this Is bona flde offer-one
which will pay Iou to investigate.
even II you can only spare two hours
per day; no investment required; turn
your spare time into money: write
me at once for particulars. Address
NARY B. TAYLOR, Box 80, Woman's
Building. Joliet, liz
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WANTED. A PORTER. ONE THAT Is
not afraid Of work. Apply POHL1G
BROS. Twenty-dfth and Franklin
Streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

dealers7 The value If the land. buildings
and equipment in various municipal service
enterprises and owned by the city in 1907
was more than $4,000 Noo. and the value
Of the land. buildings and equipment of
the city departments was nearly $4,000 on
In 1907 the city spent for the protection
Of life and property, for health conservation
and sanitation. for education. charities and
correction. from = to 50 per cent OF the
aggregate spent for the same purposes ty
al American cities It has been estimated
that the cost Of governing greater London
Is now S17o0no,0oo. against S163.0ooOoo for
governing greater New York. While it is
true that London has q much greater
population than New York. It is equally
true that the cost Of labor there is Uuch
less than it Is here.
New York is spending millions of dollars
d year more than London for education. It
has two universities. seven colleges for
men. two for women and one for men and
women. in all twelve institutions of higher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
Her Underground tOirss
6CouId Circle the World
Forty Timed.

other vehicles Is also large. and Z. IS $50
mated that there are 800 automobiles ara
f,20o taxicabs in the city.
Perhaps one Of the most rsuarkabls IN
stances Of the development OF New Ycrx
Is the increased use OF the telsphona. V-hiea
has now become an absolute necessity "a
every Office and almost 20 every homs In
fifteen years the telephone ssrvics here hss
increased 2,4o0 per cent. The number %
telephones IN New York IN 1925 was 500
To-day there are 5ss. 70 in use. This ssr-s
vice requires 80 buildings. IS central Offices
and IS s8S employees One million miles OF
underground wires are in use The avsr~J
age number Of telephone calls daily Il ls27.-
5c5. London has only 13s. 40 telephones.
Paris. 5000: Berlin. o. 81: Chicago. IN. ~.
PHILADELPHIA. 1o5. AS, and Boston, 114aa
Equally impressive are the statistics q
the New York postoflcs- The number OF
letters handled by the New York postoffce.
which covers only Manhattan and Ths
Bronx. I'm 1883 was f.30S0 7s.77o as compared
with 15o4oo9,o0o at the London postofce.
whose Jurisdiction covered a much larger
area I'm 1903 The value OF domestic and
foreign money orders issued and cashsd
at the New York postof1ce was about a3s-
10000 as compared with $1,000 GO a. ths
London postofice. and the net receipts at
Neu York during 1919 were nearly 81 Co.,
COO. ALMOST 10 per cent OF the entire postal
receipts Of the United States.
The growth OF the city is vividIy Illus
trated by its building operations The at
uaI number of buildings erected or pro-
jected in 1863 as reported by the city au-
thorities was l9iS5. costing nearly $c5A1a9.-
CO.
Then consider the hotels Of the city ard
the thousands they shelter daily. In Is
hotels and accommodations for strangers
this city is urexcelled by any in the world.
There are 215 hotels in Manhattan alone.
each containing at least fifty rooms and
many of them hundreds, These hotels
furnish rooms for SO. 600 guests They en-.
pIoy $4,000 persons in their operations.
and the annual cost Of conducting them -
moderately estimated At $4,000 09o There
are more than sixty cities in the United
States whose populations are less than
the number Of high class rooms IN hotels
IN Manhattan.
New York has 4 park system q 500
acres. valued At more than 1880.
This system includes rs parks. 50 park
uays and four pla5as. There are %
bridges in the city. four Of which cross
rhe East River and rank among the great
bridges OF the world, ranging from o.773
20 7.44s feet IN length The daily traits
over three Of these bridges amounted On
November Il last 70 5s7.65s persons. Ths
capscitv OF the reservoirs supplying Mar
haitian. BROOKLYN and The Bronx with va--
er is 24so.o aa00G gallons The averages
daily consumption in 1909 was 574 1000
gallons in Manhattan and The Bronx and
12s 500 zoo gallons in Brook1vn. TIE cost
~ the water system in New York Is placed
at s147.1ae. 600.
II is hardly an urJusttfsbLs prophecy
that in time New York Will be the largest
p, rofr+ Of population as we'll as the great
est city IN the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
Nesv Bug Comes TO 6orr7ent
Poor -/Ieepers in Obefr Beds

dertaken. DR.. Coldberser exposed his barred
left arm and shoulder for one hour be-
tween two mattresses. Sixteen hours after
this application Of vivisectton to a human
being those portions of his body which had
been exposed began to break out after the
manner of those who had been suffering
from the ailment Then three volunteers
slept upon the mattresses, and each one
developed the same symptoms at the end OF
about the same period. DR.. Goldherger
took some Of the straw siftings and placed
them in two clean glass dishes. One of
body for hour. Sixteen or seventeen
hours later the eruptions appeared on the
area covered by the dish. The contents of
the other dish were exposed TO Chloroform
under bell jar. These stftings were ap-
piled TO another portion of the body of the
volunteer who had already submitted him
self 70 the influence of the contents Of the
first dish No LESSONS appeared at this
point. Whatever was responsible for the
eruptions evidently was affected by chloro-
form
As a last experiment FIVE Of the mites
were fished out Of the stftings and placed
upon clean watch crystal This was ap-
piled to the armpit of another volunteer.
At the end of about sixteen hours five Of
the characteristic LESSONS appeared on the
area which had been covered by the
crystal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
your Boys Life 6g,ork,
What Shall If Be-

but all this time he will be learning the
details of presswork. and the mysterious
machinery will become familiar to him
Pretty soon. say a year o. two after he
began if he is bright and ambitious, he
will be set TO feeding Gordon press zone
of the small JOB presses that print cards
letterheads. envelopes. etcD, and while
doing this his pay will be gradually in
creased to 50 a week. His next advance
ment will be feeding a pony (smaiD cylinder
press when he will be paid as high as 81;
then a larger cylinder press, receiving S1i
weekly; and finally he will be competent
TO feed the largest sheets of paper properly
into one of the biggest cylinders. at SIS a
week.
AT this time. which IS after about four
years of apprenticeship, he will be admitted
to the la Dor union as full fledged feeder.
The days work will last for eight hours.
After continuing feeding for several months
he will attract the attention OF the foreman
by MS application and industry. and will be
put on as apprentice pressu1an at SIS a
week to equip himself to operate all kinds
of presses, until, after years training. he
will get a union card announcing that he
is a qualified pressman and entitled 10 the
full scale OF wages OF S24 week. Then he
will be given direct charge Of couple OF
cylinder presses, with the feeders under
him.
All this time he will be reading and study
ing everything he can find that relates 10
a pressman's duties and consulting with
more experienced men; in short, making
himself capable to Ill any position in the
department.. So IL will be q matter or
course that in a year or so more. a vacancy
occurring, hs will be made assistant fore
man. at $50 weekly. OF course. this is in
direct line 10 the foremanship. the direct
head Of the entire press department. Of the
establishment. who has sometimes one hun
dred men and boys under him. a position
that. conditions being favorable. he will
reach by the time he Is thirty. or soon
afterward. AS foreman he might have
charge OF as many as fifteen cylinder
presses and twenty job presses. and in the
beginning will be paid so week This
pay will be ultimately increased up to as
much as $50. which Is about the pay of the
best foremen.
Your son will have learned long since
that further advancement must include
other departments. and will be picking up a
general knowledge OF the composing room.
all phases of printing, binding. etc. as
to make himself capable to take the next
higher position. that OF assistant superin-
teudent OF the entire mechanical depart
ment. His salary this time will be some
where around $4,000 year
OF course. this leads directly to the posi-
ton OF superintendent the executive and
controlling boss Of all mechanical work or
the institution. Superintendents are paid
anywhere from 5000 year up. according
10 tho magnitude OF the business OF the
company they work for. and in all likeli-
hood YOUR son will soon he made a men,
Der or rive firm. or will be calsd rs q
large establishment 70 taRe the general
N cement some supsrtctsr5s1ts are
pad az a.pca 80 $1,000 yea-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

Middle West One of the mites will get
inside the straw beside one of the IarvP Of
these insects and will increase rapidly in
numbers, TO the point where il and its de-
scendants kill the larva and any other
parasite which may have entered TO sup 4 t
the expense of the host. When all the 1iv-
ing things in the cell in the straw have
been destroyed these predaceous mites
rest from their labors. and. like Afcawber.
wait for something to turn up. They do
not grow less hungry with waiting. and
when that something turns up. whether It
be animal or man. the colonies pour forth
from their temporary homes in the straw
and go at the fresh food.
The suggestions for the elimination of
the pest are early thrashing OF the in
fected grain before il has been placed in
the barn. later sowing OF grain in the fall
and burning over Of the stubble in the
fields where the grain pests and the mite
which lives on them have indicated their
presence. Although decidedly unpleasant
while il lasts. the itching malady which
follows the bite of the mite is not danger
Gus and disappears In course of time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

yaway. The discovery Of a mite of micro"
scopic dimensions in The straw dust and
debris did not change the feelings of the
former boarders regarding the comforts Of
that particular dwelling place, and they
refused to return. Thereupon the tenant
refused TO pay rent. The real cuprit
capped this time. for the Investigation was
not carried far enough 20 connect the mite
with the epidemic.
Philadelphia was 10 continue to suffer
from this unfamiliar disease. In 1901 DR..
Jay F. Schamberg, at that time professor
of der7natology and infectious eruptlve dis
ea ses in the Philadelphia Polytechnic. as well
as a practising physician, published short
paper calling attention TO and describing
AN Epidemic Of a Peculiar and Unfamiliar
Disease Of the Skin" He described a num-
Der OF cases which had come TO his atten-
ton. hut still the guilty cause was not dis
covered
II was not untn last summer that any
exact information regarding the cause OF
these so-called epidemics was made known.
This was contained in a paper prepared
by Dr. Schamberg and DR.. Joseph Gold
berger. passed assistant surgeon OF the
United States Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service
Last spring the peculiar disease became
prevalent IN Philadelphia and neighbor-
ing towns. An outbreak among twenty
sailors on a private yacht locked in the
Delaware River attracted the attention of
the city and federal health officials. Eleven
officers and men Of the crew did not have
the disease. Their hunks had not been fur
nished with mattresses freshly filled with
straw. as he'd those of the men who were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
NEW STRAW UNDER SUSPICION.

At about the same time information Was
received concerning an eruptive disease
which had appeared among the sailors on
four other boats plying in the Delaware
River. 1t was found upon investigation
that the sufferers in these cases also had
been using new straw mattresses. while
those who slept upon old mattresses had
not been attacked by this strange malady.
Seventy other cases were reported from
twenty different homes about the same
time In every case Il Was found that the
sufferer had either slept upon new straw
mattress, or freely handled one. No other
persons in these households were afflicted.
All of the discriminating mattresses were
traced 30 four leading mattress makers. 1t
WAS found that al had obtained their straw
from a dealer in Salem County. y. J.
Part Of the straw came from New Jersey
and part from Southern Indiana
mattress was opened and the straw
sifted through the meshes of n mo -four
sieve uIon large piece of plate glass coy
cred with white Paper. The siftings were
closely scrutinized under strong electric
illumination. slight motion was soon de-
tected The culprit was on the point Of
being discovered. apparently. The moving
particles were touched with needle moist
ened IN glyCerine and transferred 10 glass
slide Then the microscope was applied.
and The PARTICLES we're discovered TO he
mites # exceedingly minute sfze-
Several other experiments D.ere then IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
MANY REGIONS AFFLICTED.

The miscreant had been discovered. but
the reasons for his attack on human be
ingS were still unknown. This part Of the
web Mr.. Webster undertook to unraveI.
The fact that a similar but less extensive
epidemic had been noted in Baltimore and
that farmers in different regions reported
a Ike disease after running their wheat
through a tanning mill added interest to
the search into the life history OF this
predatory creature. In the course Of the
summer of 1908 also. a great number of
complaints came from the more elevated
parts of Virginia. the upper Shenandoah
Valley and West Virginia. and from East
ern Ohio as long ago as 1904
The disease appeared among those en-
gagged in thrsshing grain which had been
stored for some time in barns. and those
who used this straw for filling bed ticks
or as a substitute for felting under car
pets were likewise afflicted I'm one case
berry pickers were attacked where such
straw had been used az a mulch for berry
plants. This straw. il was found. came
from "A field which had suffered severely
from an attack Of the grain pest called the
Joint worm. In one instance six men ANA
the animals employed in connection with
the unloading of car OF straw at Pitts
burg were attacked by the same disorder.
The infection has sometimes scared labor
ers SO much that they have refused 10
work where II has appeared. and II has
become impossible to obtain labor.
II has been found by many experiments
and much microscopiCal eXamina ton that
this mite Is lacking in discriminating
sense 50 far as food * concerned It pre-
fers the tuicv bodies If the lar, r II the
An9oun7os grain moth N the East ard
the joint worm T. tire wheat straw u tEo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

The line OF progress in nevsraper CT
fee is somewhat different Your boy starts
in az sixteen as apprentice. which ne must
follow for four or five years. The pay at
first will be 81 70 s. weekly. and he WI
work UP from the drudgery part, which Is
the same as in the other case, then n a
year or so become brakeman. tne man
that starts and stops presses on order @
the regular pressman. About this tITnS -
will ioin the union and then will work ~
through various steps. in general similar
TO those followed in regular printing
houses. until ne becomes assistant. ard
finally regular pressmaD az $50 a ves&
Large newspaper. presses are generally at
tended by two pressmen and four or re
assistants. TIE next promotion is TO be a.
sistant foreman Of the pressroOrn, who -
paid $50 week and finally to foreman at
anywhere from $50 TO 500. according 10 ne
magnitude Of the business.
IL IS likely that after becoming foreman
your son Will be offered an advanced posi-
ton IN a general printing establishment, N
which case his progress will be mash a.
narrated before.
This IS one Of the most lucrative de71i's
lines OF work connected with the publish
Ing business and offers fine opportunities
for getting on. as has been seen. IN tASss
days a man who can take charge Or ne
machinery used in printing a large DE-
tionary or Of hns lithographtc wcrA, n
which the excellence Of the output dePends
so directly upon the presswork has accom-
pIished much.
The figures used II this article are based
on those paid in New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

With population already the second IN
the world. the development of transit IA
Cilities although still inadequate, has been
most notable in the last twenty years
With q population in 1893 Of 4.5s4, 792. New
York's traffic on surface. elevated and IN
dergrouud railroads aggregated 1.714.o0o 600,
Of which 40no 10000 were fare and 5f4.-
Oo0.nno transfer and other free passengers
Greater London. with a population in 1908
Of 7322S26. had traffic of 1,S77,58o19 on
underground railways, tramvays and ON
nibuses Greater Paris, with population
in 1908 Of 2,ssa 7s3, had traffic on ou1nt-
buses, tramvays, circle and underground
railways and Seine steamboats, Of 1929
$40 In London the trips per capita were
1ss in Paris 20 and IN New York $50
During the last ten years. when New
York's population increased 32.19 per cent,
the fare passengers on the street railways
increased so per cent and the net revenue
from rail operations. amounting to s29.624.-
600. increased IS per cent The traffic on