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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06
Expense of Lir,ing, Cold
 Storage and Hookworn1
Washington Correspondent Writes Breezy Letter from
 City of Lawmakers
Lawmakers
By F. J. DYER

according to the leading chemists of the | country.
 Another effort to solve the problem of how to live on your income is being made by the District of Columbia com mittee, under the direction of Congress man J, Hampton Moore, who having been newspaperman before he became legislator is still in sympathy with the struggling masses. Dr. Wiley and Secretary Wilson both testified before this committee, which started out with the assumption that there should be a time limit for the storage of perishablc products.
 Both of these high officials were against the proposal made by the com mittee or rather its chairman, who sug- gested that clearances be made of stored goods every six months. Secre- tary Wilson said that he did not have sufficient information to speak on that subject, but that he thought such a course would be fraught with danger, as well as injustice to certain interests. He expected to. know more when his experts made their final report.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06
FIGHTING FOR LIFE

The struggle which is now on might 1e termed a fight for life without dan gs- af n.orring the charge of being npo-Ira"arr. The cost of food and clothing and meats has reached a point where ,ha average citizen finds himself ir despair. With an entire nation fight ing fur existence some practicable so- hrlor of ,uc question must be evolved, and .t would seem that the solution wuH r.mu soon.
 Ore means of relief suggested by the national lnti-food trust organization launched recently here in Washington, and wh.. i, being adopted with rather pronounced results, is to eat no meat ut,, rha "becf barOns and big whole aer> ..or 10 terms. Another avenue Of relief suggested is for congress to remove '.a duty on beef and cattle. Still another plan to relieve suffering humanity i, suggested by a representa- five from Pennsylvania, Alfred B. Gar. nar w1. would have congress declare benzoa'e If soda a dangerous and del tarlous arr.rlc and prohibit its use; and this 0 'he face of the official dee aatlon rNe secretary of agriculture tha, heazoate' is harmless to health,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06
THE HooKwoRM CAMPAIGN

Washington is rapidly becoming a great center for movements of all kinds, including commercial, industrial, scien- tific, social and benevolent. Not to enumerate the organizations which have made this place their national readquar- ters, the advantages of Washington as a central point from which to pursue campaign along any of the lines men toned, and others not specifically re- ferred to, are pretty generally appre- ciated, so it was not surprising when the commission charged with the expen- diture of John D. Rockefeller's dona- tion of $l,000,000 for the eradication of the hookworm disease chose to estab- fish it's headquarters in Washington. While this disease has made itself man ifest in the south more than elsewhere. 1t has spread all over the country and has recently been noted in some of the islands of the Pacific. The campaign, therefore, has not been inaugurated any too soon.
 The task of investigation and exter- imitation is by no means a small one. This fact, however, does not perplex the men who will carry on the work. iOls " lNhlillt hoSc Ol NdSnNlle, Tenn, will be one of the directors He has been in Washington several times in the last few weeks. Prof. Rose is connected with the Peabody Board of Trust and the Southern Educational board. He is general agent for the for mer and secretary of the latter.
 Prof. Rose has just appointed as one of his assistants Prof. Albert Pike BOur- land, also of Nashville. Prof. Bourland and Prof. Rose have been associated with each other nearly twenty years and are in perfect accord with regard to the present fight on the hookworm.
 Apropos of the opening of the head quarters here, Miss Susan Lawrence Davis announces a remedy for the dis ease. She made the discovery after a long period of personal observation of cases in Alabama. She claims her rem edy has saved many lives.
 A HUNTSMAN'S PARADISE
 Alaska is paradise for the hunter
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06
7. the Silver Belt.

.,,.,q' .u the Silver Belt
 wAsnrNGTON, D. C., February D. ,,llen. and almost without warning, .,s rn>, .. living has come to overshad-
 r eyrr other topic in the day s ..r. N.tcntion has been called in those letters to the problems involved ;, ,rr .h cost of everything enter ;rc into ,ae daily life of the average .,l,-er. ugress has taken the matter |, sara aud the people themselves alie .-,.,pir.n- societies and boycotts in an ,,Ismr, ,o regulate the "trusts," if ..qp be -uyh, controlling the necessi- ,ss .f rg. The natural sequence is t., securities to be affected and a near rq-i. '. .esut. Meanwhile the public 1, rhoroa-alv aroused and the moye- ~s7- is likely to rank as one of the most important and interesting soeiolog- 5.a' strI.ts of recent times.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06

overruled by the Remsen Referee board and the secretary of agriculture.
 James J. Hill says it is the cost of high living, not the high cost of living, which confronts the people. He sug- gests less extravaganza as remedy. But that does not head off suggestions for congressional investigations, and the agitation now promises to continue until relief is secured
 Probably one result of the general protest against high prices will be the formation of. cooperative mercantile so- eieties, which in Great Britain have proved to be highly successful
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06
McElroy for paints,

Send some of the Special Mining Editions of the Silver Belt to your friends abroad. A few left at the low price of 9 cents each.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06
THE HITCHCOCK CHARGES

Sensational charges by Congressman Hitchcock against the conduct of the general land office were robbed of much of their promised interest when the house committee on expenditures in the interior department got down to ser ious consideration of them. Secretary Ballinger and Commissioner Bennett of the general land office gave testimony which disproved all of the hearsay evi- dence the congressman could produce He said that his information was of such a confidential character that he could not tell from whom he got it. A spice of humor was introduced into the inquiry when CommitsiQner Dennett explained tbat repairs had been neces- sary on crooked chimney which in passing from the furnace of the elee- tric plant through several rooms in the land office heated them to a tempera. ture of l20 degrees in summer. Some of the clerks in spirit of prankish- ness placed some eggs near the shimney and the heat, Commissioner Dennett solemnly declared, caused the eggs to hatch
 "There you have it, " exclaimed one of Hitchcock's colleagues; "you have discovered an unauthorized incubator. 7"
 That seemed to be the net result of the investigation.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-06

tions prevailing on immigration ships, both reports being startling in their character. To date the commission is reported to have cost $657 ,993 and a number of critics of the commission de- elared that the money was wasted. One of those who criticized the manner in which the commission did its work was Representative Burnett, member of the commission himself. The Jewish members of the house denounced the at- tempt of the commission to place re- sponsibility for many conditions upon the Jewish people and others said that too much money had been expend- ed in junkets to Europe.
 There is much data gathered by the commission which has not been worked up into reports, and in that unpublished material is the result of an exhaustive inquiry into the Japanese immigration problem on the Pacific coast. Unless the senate restores the item in the ur- gent deficiency bill when the latter reaches the upper house of congress, the commission will go out of existence and much of the information it is supposed to possess will be unavailable. It is difficult to say, perhaps, whether that data is worth the cost of compiling it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
All the Difference.

The professor was delivering an elo-
quent address on cruelty to animals,
and to illustrate how little judicious
forethought would eliminate to great
extent the sufferings that even small
insects are subject to, said:
'As | was coming through the hall
tonight | saw a bald-headed gentleman
very harshly treat a little innocent
house-fy which had alighted on his
head
Nov, IL there was any Justification
for such bad temper would be quite
justified in indulging in 1t at the pres
ent moment, for fly has just alighted
on the back of my head. l can't see
1t, but ! can feel 1t.
Possibly some of you can see Il
nov; it is on the top of my head. Now
It is coming down my brow; now 1t II
coming on to my G-r.r-eat pyramids
Of Egypt, it's a--wasp!"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Choosing a Watermelon.

: The flavor of watermelon depends
largely upon how you choose it.
If you select it over the telephone
through the mediumship of a grocery
clerk whose clairvoyance is imper-
fectly developed you will obtain
melon which is beautiful to gaze up
on externally but whose interior deco
rations are unfinished.
There is nothing so dispiriting in
life as to bisect large, emerald wa
termelon with a blonde area on its
southern exposure, and find the inside
of it a discouraged pink streaked with
white. Such a color scheme is fine
for mother-ofpearl knife handle, but
ineffective for nutritive purposes.
Another unhappifying feature of a
watermelon is to be compelled to eat
it with fork and not drop any Of
the juice on your napkin Water
melons were never intended by ma
ture to be sliced geometrically and
eaten by means of a fork They are
not in the pie class For that matter,
many good authorities contend that
the use of a fork damages the flavor
of pie.
Pie and watermelon each should be
eaten by the same method. A con-
venient wedge should be seized in
the hand, the back should be turned
If necessary to avoid shocking on
lockers, and then the delicacy should
be bitten off ad lib. The chin may
be wiped dry with the handkerchief
later.
To choose watermelon, go to
small town and wait on the main
street until freckled boy drives in
on wagon load Of the dainties.
Thump the largest one, and if it re-
spends with solidly hollow plunk,
pay the boy his quarter. seek a Sc
cluded spot, break the melon on a
fence post and let nature take its
course.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

the University of Pennsylvania but because
from this historic building there was introduced
the famous Pestalozzi system of education which
made its influence felt throughout the country
Early historians state that it was about the
year 1909 that there came to the falls very sin
gular character, Joseph Neef, pupil of the cele.
brated Pestalozzi of Switzerland. He was induced
to come to this country for the purpose of estab-
fishing Pestalozzi's system of education by Will
liam Mcclure the philosopher, who endowed the
Academy Of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
MIR. Meets school occupied the Smith property
for many years; the octagon and connecting
su.lding were occupied the schoolhouse and
the adjoining buildings were used as dwellings,
The school soon became large and fourishing,
boys coming from all parts of the country to
attend.
There still among the residents of the
Falls of Schuylkl those whose fathers or grand.
fathers attended the famous Neef school, and
they delight in relating the stories handed down
to them of the methods of study in the fine old
groves surrounding the school building
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
ONCE HOME OF FAMOUS SCHOOL

Ascending the hill slope of Indian Queen lane
one passes over winding roadway through what
was once a thickly wooded grove overlooking the
Ridge road and the. Schuylkill river a quaint
cluster of three houses now Joined home
stead. tablet swings from the arch in one of
its ancient doorways, stating that this was the
home of DR.. Smith, the first provost of the col
lege-afterward the University of Pennsylvania
Although the structure known in these days
DR.. Smiths home now has the appearance of
being one large building, it comprises what was
originally three distinct houses, with quaint
spring houses and outbuidngs the Philadelphia.
Inquirer says The old records show that DR..
Smith built these three clusters Of strange build
ngs the hill nearly opposite the Old Falls tav-
ern, among which was the octagon building and
the vault in which his remains and others of his
family were deposited Immediately on the brow
Of the hill. The old "octagon building" which
created much comment when first built because
Of its unusual construction. called Smiths
Folly" In the early days, but its many-windowed
recesses were the special delight of the cele-
brated university provost.
The residents of the Falls OF Schuylkill find
peculiar satisfaction today In the preservation Of
this old landmark because Of its important asso-
citation with the early education of this section.
Not only was 1t the home of DR.. Smith. and made
famous for its connection with the beginnings Of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

discovered the huge footprints and other indica-
tions of the very recent presence Of some tremen-
dous monster that had evidently been prowling
on the grassy plains surrounding the lakes on
the summit at elevation of about $500 feet.
He followed the trail all day. and came upon the
monster at dusk, just 1t devastating
settlement of the pigmies. The little natives
screaming and running for their lives, although
they turned every now and again to aim their
poisoned arrows at the brute.
Monckton let fire as soon he was able to
get in proper position, and the huge gazeka at
once turned upon him. AS it reared upon its
hind legs and paved the air 1t looked to the
hunter as big house, standing fully % feet
high. Two Of Moncktons bullets seemed to take
effect, a stream of blood flowed freely from
the animals shoulder, but before Monckton
able to reload the animal turned and fed. BY
that time 1t was too dark to follow him, and
Monckton never had another opportunity to
renew his pursuit
None of the Inhabitants was brave enough to
repeat Monckton's attempt to capture the brute,
and until the British expedition reached New
Guinea he has prowled around with impunity, oc-
casonally descending upon the rudimentary huts
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

The city is of brick and stone
With walls that touch the sky,
But there n man Is quite alone
Though thousands pass him by;
They breathe the breath of mill and mar
Where never dreaming is;
He In their lives may have no part
And they have none in his.
1t hammers him, the city's day,
Or binds him round with tape,
Until in its relentless way
1t molds him to shape
A shape that also shapes his soul
Like those of all the rest,
Unless he will not pay this toll
And fares upon a quest.
The country Is of grass and trees
And cloud and sun and rain,
OF singing birds and hummlng bees
And winding road and lane,
And grass that whispers all day long,
And orchards deep with shade
All. there are story. laugh and song,
Forever TO be made.
And he who passes is your friend
Though ne'er again you meet;
The people do not blur and blend
As In n city street
Into n host of rushing forms
That either come or go.
And II your soul has calms or storms
They neither care nor know.
A garden first was given man
But with his knowing frown
He sacrificed the primal plan
And built himself town.
And ever through the city ways
There comes the Turing dream
OF starry nights and browsing days
OF meadowland and stream.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Chained Her Mind.

do you wish to break our engage
ment?" he asked, bitterly.
81 do; feel that you do not ap-
preciate me as you should" she re.
sponded.
Then | shall sue you for breach of
promise, for hundred thousand dol
lars damages!"
With cry of delight the fair
young thing threw herself into his
arms.
Forgive me, George" she mur.
INJURED. II was mistaken. If you
think my affection is worth that much
to you, am yours"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
How Liohtninu Splits Tree,.

Lightning makes trees explode, like
overcharged boilers. The flame Of the
lightning does not burn them up, nor
does the electric flash split them like
an ak. The bolt flows through into all
the damp interstices of the trunk and
into the hollows under It's bark. All
tho moisture at once is turned into
steam, which by its immediate explo-
sion rips open the tree. For centuries
this simple theory puzzled scientists,
but they have got it right at last.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Tit for T at.

Miss Bings," stammered the young
man, II called on you last night did
not?"
What an odd question! OF course,
you did"
"Wwwell, Just wanted to say that
If proposed to you l was drunk"
ITO ease your mind, l will say that
II accepted you was crazy."-Judge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

and felt benefited soon after begin
ming to take them. Continued use
cured me completely. cheerfully
recommend them to any one suffering
with kidney trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealerr. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
No Prentice Hand,

How long has Mr.. Flidge been writ
ing humor?"
20. he must be an old stager."
"But he seems so young"
81 know that. but at the banquet
10 this numorists he made a speech
AID In It he newer once said anything
about laying aside the cap and bells
for tho time being"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Points Of View.

Venus was rising from the sea.
What vision!" cried the men on
the beach.
What horrid bathing suitl"
echoed the women, enviously-Chi-
cago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
A Very PaIpable HIt

The Lady Golfer-Excuse me. sir but have you
seen my ball anywhere?
The Unfortunate Man-No, madam: but can
show you the exact spot on which 1t fell.-The
Sketch
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

exist to the east of Waaces line, which includes
Australia and New Guinea, but about the period
when the mastodon and the mammoth flourished
in America huge marsupial known as the dipro-
don't is known to have existed in Australia Fos-
sill remains recently discovered leave doubt
to its gigantic size, and. although there is of
course, no means of ascertaining its appearance
in life, as it has been extinct for several thou
sands of years, the gazeka appears to bear a
marked resemblance in form to this ancient
monster.
That few diprodonts could have survived
to this day despite the extinction of the main
part of the type, is not considered unlikely by
the scientists, who point out that nature does not
usually blot out whole class of animals sudden
ly, but that on the contrary, 1t is sometimes
thousands of years before the last individual
member of the type succumbs to the conditions
which destroyed his fellows.
The British explorers are enduring many hard.
ships in their scientific expedition. In New Guinea
the temperature is never less than ia degrees
in the shade and water is not always accessible.
But If these ardent explorers really capture a
living diprodont they will consider their labors
well rewarded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
Get a Move On.

The Loafer-Alas! my ship doesn't
come in.
The Real Man-Then get move on
and help some other fellow unload his.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

Company with Elsie
Janis. He writes:
For a long time I
was troubled with
backache. I con-
suited some of tho
most prominent ply.
sicians with unsatis-
factory results. I
was advised to try
Doan's Kidney Pills.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

1t takes strong-minded spinster to
believe that the reason men don't pro-
pose to her is that she never gives
them a chance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
SIDNEY JARVIS,
Singer and Actor, Values Doan's KID.
ncy Pills.

Mr.. Jarvis, who is one of Americas
leading baritones. played the part Of
the "Old-Grad" in the Fair Co-Ed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
ENORMOUS E00T ar TAZsh9"
RECONSTRUCTED From RECENT
7-RHChS

of the pigmies and destroying
those who failed to fly in time.
The British explorers were
aware of Monckton's experience.
and in fact, 1t is believed that one
of the principal objects Of the
expedition was to secure a spe-
cimen of the strange monster. It
has long been known that there
were many mammals in New
Guinea still to be discovered, but
just what they expected to find the
scientists themselves could not
tell.
New Guinea lies to the east of
what is known as Wallace's line,
an imaginary line defined by A. r.
Wallace, on one side of which
only placenta animals are found,
while on the other only marsupials
exist. No tapirs or rhinOceroseS
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

tee appointed by
the British Orni-
biologists union
b explore t h e
gre at S n o W
m o u n t a n S in
butch New GUM
va, and consists
gf S e eral ia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14
There Are
Reasons

Why SO many people
have ready at hand a
package Of
The Carlisle independent., 1910-01-13
SERVICE UNoERGoEs PROBE.
ors Of Five Civilized Tribes Suspended.

Washington Secretary Ballinger of the interior department suspended from office Superintendent John D. Benedict and three supervisors of the five civilized tribes of Oklahoma, as the result of an investigation which has disclosed ''disgraceful conditions affecting the material and moral wei fare of the schools"
 The inquiry by the interior depart ment, which has been proceeding for some time, was entered in.o because of reports charging the officials al ready suspended, as well IS others, with activities thought improper for government employees. The suspend ed supervisors are Calvin Ballard of the Choctaw schools at McAlester, Frederick H. Umholtz of the Chicka- saw schools, Ardmore. and Walter Farwell of the Creek schools at Mus kogee The four men will be allowed to make answer to the secretary If the interior.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-01-13
WHAT BECAME OF THE BUTTON
Naive Confession of Little Girl Proved Her to Be True Daughter
 of Eve.

Loie Fuller, the noted dancer, told at luncheon story about her class of dancing children.
 "I gave the children Christmas party last year" she said, and when the pudding came on I said to them:
 have put in this pudding a coin, a little china doll and button. Who ever gets the coin will be rich Whoever gets the doll will be married before the year is out But whoever gets the button will be an old maid
 Well, the pudding disappeared rap idly, and the little girls soon found the coin and the china doll. But the button did not turn up. No one got the button This amazed me.
 That night I said to my favorite little girl, ,es we sat alone by the fire in my room:
 I can't understand what became of that button. put it in the pudding myself
 "'Ill tell you, the little girl con- fessed, turning rosy with confusion. I dot the button. But I didn't want everybody to laugh at me-tho l thwallowed it."
The Carlisle independent., 1910-01-13
The Kind Caddie,

"Once in game" said the golfer, q had the good fortune to be six holes up on my opponent by the time the eighth hole was reached. At the eighth green something went wrong with our reckoning of the strokes and l claimed that I had won that hole. too, while my opponent claimed that it was halved. After mild dispute l yielded
 But as I moved on with my caddie l couldn't help grumbling:
 Well, you know, Joseph, I gave in; but I still think I won that hole after all
 ''The boy, with a frown, turned shocked and reproving eyes on me. Disguised with my greed for holes, he whispered hurriedly, so that my op- ponent should not overhear:
 "'Shut up, can't you? Do ye want to break the mans heart?'"