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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-28
CHILDREN POISONED.
They Drank Chocolate Milk That
Was Not Good.

Was Not Good.
Al Ea;onton. Ga. three l:;;!e girls
.sed 5. and years. respectively.
are recovering from ptomaine pois-
onins as the result OF three glasses
81 chocolate milk drank a; loca!
soft drink es,a Alishmsnt IN that city.
With their aun, they went IN great
:lee 10 the soda iount. after being
dressed Tor :he evening and we're
aiken Violently i'll soon after enjoy
.ps ,hei. chocolate U.!ks. Only her
o!c efforts o: the family. oeishboTs
nd physicians saved heir lives as
hey were all desperately III for ser
IRA! hours. No others suffered like
esul-s. though Il IS not recalled oy
he dispenser OF the drinks. whe,he.
7e sold anyone else chocolate ni!ks
,ur!as the same afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-28

Chavnsa Was able 20 receive vis!-
tors a. the hospital 20! feT min
u,cs that night. Although week. be
was IN a mos: cheerful mood.
Il an unable 20 explain the cause
~ .hs fall" said he. y an delight
ed a, 5e:nS the S.s, 20 cross the
tIos -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27

stations. More than that tho records
show that the average cost OF foraging
young animals per year at the Reno and
Keogh remount depots is $4sSo. while in
the vicinity of Front Royal. Va. the
average cost Is $50 per animal per year.
That is an admirable showing in all
respects. both az 20 the economy OF the
arrangement and the eminently desirable
and profitable results of the undertaking.
II is no surprise TO those who are IA
miliar with the Virginia product Of horse
that the government is able to find some
thing attractive in that direction. IL
has all along been considered that the
thoroughbred animal is essentially a
racer or a hunter or a jumper. without
being Of the practical type and enduT-
ance required OF a horse IN the military
establishment. Gen. Aleshire's discover
les in Virginia are bound to be a profit
able investment OF tho pubic funds and
will furnish an additional source OF sup
ply OF army horses.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
Chance for the Virginia Horse.

Horse raising in Virginia is destined TO
receive governmental recognition and
substantial aid if Congress adopt the
suggestion made by Quartermaster Gen
eral Aleshire. of the army. That officer
has been giving special attention to the
subject Of raising horses for military
use. In other years the War Depart
ment secured its animals for the mounted
service by contract and the horses
so obtained have not met with the
approval Of army riders. despite the at
tempts made TO select serviceable animals
by means Of specifications and rigid in
speetion. There have been established
two remount stations. one at Fort Keogb.
Mont, and the other at Fort Reno. Okla.
TO which places young horses are sent
Tor breaking IN and general training and
are later shipped to cavalry regiments.
The result has been most satisfactory
and the indications are that the mounted
man Of the army is TO have a better
horse and one that viii last much longer
Than the animals obtained under contract.
mostly from the Middle Western section
of the country.
Lately, Gen. Aleshire has been looking
into the sources of horse supply in other
parts OF the country, including Northern
New York. the remote West, and Ken
lucky and Virginia. In Virginia it has
been found there is available for military
use a splendid type Of horse. It is now
proposed by the army quartermaster's
department 10 establish a third remount
station in the horse-raising section of
that state TO this end. Cen. Aleshire
eontemplates the purchase, if Congress
win authorize it and provide the funds,
Of some 5000 acres located in the neigh
borhood Of Front Royal adjacent 10
two railroads. in a rolling section Of
country. where there is good limestone
water and bluegrass pasture. There is
no bluegrass at Fort Reno or Fort
Keogh, and the native grasses at the lat
ter station require about ten acres to
the animal for grazing. So that IS an
advantage for Virginia over the Western
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
NOT ENOUGH SOLDIERS.

secretary Dickinson Says Army Is
About 335,OOO Men short.
Fr1m the PhIadeiphia Public LeyssgE.
The total unpreparedness OF the United
States for war is set out in startling
fashion BY Secretary OF War Dickinson
IN reply 70 the House resolution intro
ouced by Representative McLachlan. OF
California calling for a statement of the
military conditions as they exist to-day.
rms does not mean that the country 10
deficient only in offensive power an NV,
opinion, this country cannot. 81 far as
It's land forces are concerned. saws M
DICKINSON, BE considered in a state ~
readiness for defense or 10 repeI iDva-
sion II attempted on our coast by any
HTst-class power having the SHINING n
transport and the navy 10 protect the
transit OF her armored forces over the
sea" '-o
me regular army is found bv Secre-
tary Dickinson to be almost fatally de-
Iicient. II lacks numbers: il lacks the
proper proportion OF the various arms
and reserves Of field guns and supplies. il
Is widely scattered; it Is not organize5
into br1gades and divisions essential for
war purposes. While the coast defenses
are satisfactory in the matter OF e1uiu-
IhehI the Secretary says there are not
enough arullerymen to man them.
The militia is in even vgorse. condition
declares Secretary Dickinson. II laol-s
arms and numbers: il Is without proner
organization: il is so scattered as 10 mo-
hlblt prompt concentration; it is deficient
IN training and physical stamina and
many Of the militiamen, by reason Of
family relations. could not be counted
upon for long war service.
Making deductions for ineffectives. the
regular army numbers only about g. COO
ana the militia $3.50. As an army with
me choice Of point OF attack might re-
quire us TO have an adequate defense
al all points. the minimum number Of
trained mobile troops required to prevent
Judgment by the enemy on the At
lantic or Gulf coasts Is placed at 450 600
This is on the theory that the first
single hostile expedition to cross the At
iantic would be made up of 100000 and
that the crossing could be made in from
ten 10 eighteen days, while an expedition
airy force Of Ike strength might be ex-
pected to follow in from twenty 10 forty
days. Yet to repei this force we have
available in all parts of the United States
at present only 114.5OO regulars and mi
liua, lacking in many essentials. SO that
there is an actual shortage OF $500 men
to defend our Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
In addition, 1919 trained coast artillery
troops are needed 10 man the existing
forts.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C. KELLY.

long Supreme bench, under the custom
which places the associates on alternate
sides OF the Chief Justice, in the order of
seniority. starting with the senior as
sociate justice on his right
Senator Money. OF Mississippi. who gets
Up and starts his working day, with his
secretary, soon after his neuralgia
awakens him at 3 a m. is a great be
lever in profanity
My only two real vices are coffee
drinking and profanity-and 1 enjoy
both" remarked the Senator recently.
after mentioning the fact that he neither
smokes nor drinks. "A man shouldn't
go around cursing everything in sight,
because that would be ungentemanly. but
under stress OF prOVOCatiOn there is moth
ing that seems to act as such a heaven
sent 'scape valve for the human system
as a reasonable amount Of carefully Sc
lected profanity. Some people relieve their
feelings by prayer; others use profanity.
Both are good.
Senator Money also has ideas about the
kind OF novels he likes 10 read. As a
matter of fact. except for his falling
eyesight, he would read Greek, but as
he IS Obliged to depend on others 10 read
10 him. he listens to a good many novels.
But, he says, the older he gets the more
action he likes, and he makes it a point
not TO read novels in which less than five
villains are killed.
Senator Hale is unlike most elderly
men in that he does not object TO winter.
When the Senator was aboutSo start for
his Maine home 20 spend the Christmas
recess, one Of his colleague asked him If
he didn't think il would be a better plan.
inasmuch as he was going to make a
long Journey anyhow, 10 spend Christ
mas IN Florida instead Of Maine, and
get IN on some warm weather.
Should say not" replied the Maine
Senator. Warm weather is just what
l wish 70 avoid. It's worth the long trip
up 10 Maine and back for the invigo-
rating effect of some real Maine winter. %
And in the summer he goes swimming
daily Ia a Maine lake that ne owns. de-
spite the fact that many summer tour
lists. enjoying the full vigor Of youth.
ma Maine waters too cold for swim
ming.
The retiring Senator from Maine has
long been regarded as q man who, while
not necessarily hunting for a fight In
Congress. can put up a pretty fair bat
tie when occasion demands. An old
friend OF Senator Hale told this story
the other day, and it Is said to be illus
trative OF the Hale temperament:
one OF Hale's sons. now an attorney in
EOEIAIlU- NrIg then Z IN
day he came into his fathers ONCE and
remarked that ne was going 70 have a
hsht with another youngster the next
day His father reproved him. and said
that he didn't want him lighting with his
play
But l don't see how can get out of
II. insisted the hoy. HE dared me 10
tight HIM, and I told him I'd night him. %
My boys said Senator Hale. erayeIv.
II you agreed 10 fight somebody. then
dom fail TO fight him. and. above all else.
see that you win.
Copyright 1910. By Fred c. KsRyJ
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
A Word More About the Streets.

a reader OF Inc washington Herald
who heartily approves its demand for
better care. of the streets and shares
the humiliation felt by all over the dis
graceful conditions OF the past fort
night and not yet corrected, nevertheless
looks askance at the suggestion that au-
thorities higher up be charged with the
duty and vested with responsibility" of
keeping the city "clean and healthful and
habitabe"
The District can do the work" he
says. IF Congress viii only provide the
means. Surely we should not consider
the alternative of turning over the con-
troll OF the city to Federal hands"
II is true, perhaps. that Congress wear
after year fails TO make adequate pro
vision for such an emergency as recently
arose But Congress time and again has
emphasized its Impotence with conditions
similar to those recently endured. and in
dlcated unmistakably its desire thar the
streets be kept clean. We do not he
heVe that responsibility for the diserace
can fairly be charged to any niggardlv
spirit on the part Of Congress. We think
rather, that lack Of means. If that be
the only explanation. is due to failure Of
the District to evolve a plan for dealing
with such al emergency and 10 ser ont
the needs before Congress.
What We said-and We here ranaa+ =
is that if the District cannot keen the
city "clean and healthfuI and habitablep-
II the District is TO continue 10 show
helplessness in the face Of every erer-
geney and inability to secure what Is
needed from Congress-then let the re-
sponsibility be transferred to authority
higher up, whose resourcefuIness may be
counted upon to stand the test.
Does anybody suppose for moment
that the War Department if iutrusted
with the physical care Of the CAPITAL CITY
would ever permit such conditions as ~
have endured these past miserable
weeks? What Washington needs. not
only in stress OF weather. but all the
year around. is work in cleanliness and
sanitation such as Gen. Leonard Wood
directed and put into effect at Havana.
and which has made the Cuban capital
clean and healthful city.
II must be kept in mind that this is \
national city. and when disgraeeful condi-
tons are tolerated here which fustly
provoke the sneers of visitors from less
pFeteatious cities, where such conditions
are unknown, the reproach and shame
become national as well as local.
Again We say, clean the city and keen
1t clean And We do not care a rap
how it is done, what IT costs. or who
BOSSES the job
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
Reign of the Alembic.

The world has been taught by scientists
and the advance OF orderly scientific in
vesugation in its search for truth" to
smile indulgently upoa the credulous ef-
forts to find an elixir OF life. a fountain
Of everlasting life. or the universal pana-
cea, that have immortaIized Roger Bacon.
DIT. Faustus. and Ponce de Leon.
But the eager interest with which the
whole" as wen as the sick. turned to
Brown-Sequard's elixir. to Koch's con
sumption cure, and the exhavagant adu-
lation OF Ehrlich and his magical COS
tell US very plainly that nations of the
earth arc stin held by the lure Of the
alchemist and the mysterious products OF
the laboratory.
Has modern science, as well as present
day journalism. its ~yenows'' that herald
discoveries prematurefy. in contravention
OF all the dicta Of the ultra-conservativ
and cautious schools Of the science and
art of healing? Times without number
has the present-day generation seen the
entire pharmaeopoeia swept ruthlessly
away in the face of new-found specific
for an the Ills that flesh is heir to, only
to be awakened to a short-Hved realiza-
ton of its creduhty.
The marvels of invention and discovery
that this age has witnessed have doubt
less made the public mind peculiarly re-
ceptive to any discovery or invention.
however wonderful The popular concep-
zion Of the germ theory Of disease and
ignorance of the technical details OF bac-
teriology make il quite possible to credit
the discovery OF a germieide which has
the power TO kill all germs within the
body and so to render the subject immune
to all disease. While such reputed discov-
cries engage popular attention and are TO
some extent a source Of hope. there is the
safe trying-out ground Of modern medi-
cine. thai subjects an such suggestions to
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
Japanese lie United stnte..

The vast majority Of Japanese" said
Rev. DR.. Francis +. Clark OF Chicago.
who was seen at the Arlington. admire
our national institutions and character
istics. They regard America as the fore
most nation Of the world. and sincerely
desire her friendship and good viii They
appreciate the fact that il was an Amer
lean commodore who opened the doors
of Japan even against her viii, 70 the
commerce of the world.
MANY OF the leading business and
professional men Of Japan" contiued DR..
Clark, who not long ago returned from
an extended Oriental tour, have been
educated at our American universities.
and she is constantly sending other sons
TO our shores 20 be educated. The
American mission schools gave the Jap
anese their first start in Western learn
ing, and the japanese employed some %
our early missionaries in modelling their
common school and university system.
Many Of the missionaries of to-day I
have heard spoken OF in the highest
terms; indeed, a distinguished American
diplomat told me that one OF these mis-
sionaries. DIR. De Forest. of Sendai. is
the most influential foreigner in Japan
to-day, and that his defense OF Japan.
when in America a few years ago. had
endeared. him TO all japanese These
are all facts. and cannot be gainsaid:
and while there may be a fraction OF the
people, one-tenth perhaps. who dislike
Americans, l am convinced that this feel
ing Is confined TO as small a section as
that of the Japanphobists of America"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27

From the New York Tribune.
Mrs Leah HUT, exceedingly vigorous
at the age of ninety-seven years, ap-
peared yesterday in the New Jersey Ave
nue. Court, Brooklyn. as complainant
against her daughter-in-law, Mrs Mary
HUT of 1742 Pitkin avenue. She told
Magistrate Smith that she had lived with
her son and his wife for twenty-five
years.
But l can stand it no longer. she de-
clared. II am through with being a
charity boarder in this Woman's house.
l want you to make her give me my
clothing and bedding. I am going to shift
for myself"
The younger Mrs HUT said that her
mother-in-law had recently develope1
a liking for beverages stronger than Rus
sian tea and she also wandered around
the streets
You are lucky to have such good rela-
tives TO look after you, You must not
carry on SO" said Magistrate Smith. Go
home with your daughter-in-Iaw and stay
there. Case dismissed"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27

They tell a story here of member OF
the United States Supreme Court who
used to have a great habit Of Gliding
his wife about the high prices women
pay for dresses. When no was appointed
TO the Supreme bench this jurist went
| to see about having his judicial gown
made There was a woman here in Wash
/ ington who, until her death. used to
make all the gowns for the members OF
/ the United States courts in the city, and
she made UP the gown. using the heaviest
and choicest silk that she could obtain.
! Her bill was 500,
And the judge hasn't joked about
women's dressmaking bills since.
Most Of the judicial gowns made up
/ for moro recent appOintees. however.
have been made by a firm in New York
State at cost of about SIS.
! Even at that, It must be A good deal
/ Of shock TO a newly appointed ASSOC
| cfate justice to learn that before he is
even sworn IN. he must dash out SIS for
/ a garment that win be no more use to
/ him for street wear than q bath robe.
! And the government doesn't buy the iu-
| dicial robes for it's justices. Government
employees are expected to buy their uni
| forms out o. their own pockets whether
| they be letter carriers or Supreme Court
] justices.
When one considers that a great many
| first rate taiIors viii make a dress suit,
/ silk lined throughout. for $60-part OF #
down, and the rest on time-it does seem
| as If SO is a pretty stiff price for a
| silk robe without any lining and no
/ Drrf h. sill &c of ha
| heaviest. costliest quality made, and then
| there's a lot of shhring or tutking. OF
/ whatever it's called, IN the back. so the
justices may not have been so seriously
| Imposed upon as one might think Any
way. a man who is Just about 20 step
into a $1,000 job would hardly feel like
fussing with a tradesman over the es-
| tablished price for his outfit And there
/ is one respect in which a judicial robe
has it on a dress suit Not tnfrequenly
man can make dress suit do him al
| his life. But there Is always the danger
| that one may get fat; and just the min
ute one gets fat one is almost certain
| to be invited some place where 1t IS al
most compulsory 10 appear in evening
clothes. The judicial robe, however. Is
! fitted only across the shoulders and with
proper care should last man all his
| life.
Not long ago a number OF associate
justices of the Supreme Court fell into
| a discussion about the robe worn by
the late Chief Justice jay. an oil paint
| ing Of whom hangs IN the Supreme Court
robing room In the picture the Justices
robe is black. trimmed in bright red
The question was whether the red trim
ming had been affected by Chief Justice
/ Jay himself or by the artist who did the
| picture. Many thought the artist was
| responsible Finally. one OF the Jus
tees, who happened 10 know members
| OF the JAY family, wrote 10 them and
requested that the robe be sent down to
| Washington for inspection. Sure enough,
IL was trimmed in red
After Judges Lamar and Van Devahter
are sworn in on January 9. they will oc-
cUpy places at the extreme ends OF the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
Use CommOn-sense Methods.

Prom Popular Mechanics.
What is the matter with the furnace?
When the radiators smoke or fill the
room with foul coal gas or give no heat,
this question rises almost automatically
10 the lips of every owner OF a hot-air
heating plant There are dozens of things
that can be the matter with Il. but the
chances are that not more than one or
two are responsible for your particular
trouble
Aside from the fact that each furnace
in operation Is a distinctly individual
plant with conditions governing its use
and operation that might be totally diff
ferent from the factors that play an i'm
portant part in the use of the duplicate
plant next door. there are several simple
rules to be followed that viii make eco
nomical operation easy. Cleanliness Is
the first rule to be observed around the
firebox. the pipes and fues, the ashpit
and the coalbin. The principal causes
for complaint common-sense methods viii
eliminate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
Feeding the Children.

If the matter were 10 be considered
solely on sentimental grounds. it would
be fine thought-especially during the
holiday season - that humanitarianism
has made so great progress that we
cannot bear the thought Of the chill
dren in the public schools studying their
lessons while suffering from hunger. But
as the plan Of providing food for pub
lie school children is being worked out
In several American cities. the motive
power is not solely humanitarian. but
economic. We have come to see that it
is poor economy to render our schools
through hungry pupils. DIT. Kerschenstein,
who has done so much TO make the
schools of Munich famous, declares that
TO make a school efficient there must be
properly equipped pupils as wen as prop
erly equipped teachers. and when condl-
lions are such that the pupils, through
hunger, cannot concentrate their minds
on their tasks, the whole system OF edu-
cation is simply a waste OF money. Long
before We thought of doing il in this
country the school children Of Munich
in need Of nourishment were given break
fast as well as lunch
In Chicago recently they adopted
a system OF 1-eent lunches for the school
children. and though / cent seems a
small amount. it has been found prac-
ticable to furnish at that price enough
nourishing soup and bread TO keep the
children going, In New York the board OF
education has provided midday meals for
two public schools. and the system is
now to be extended To three more. Ia
most cases a substantial lunch is fur
nished in these schools for cents, but
even if the child has not that small
amount Of money, it is not intended that
it shall remain hungry. After an In
vestigation into the subject, held some
two years ago, il was stated that up
ward of 70,o0O school children in New
York went TO school hungry. The old
system of getting at the facts was to
ask in the various schools the children
who We're hungry 10 hold up their hands.
Naturally. there was a certain proportion
OF youngsters who were too proud to
indicate the truth in this way. but more
recent Investigations show that the es-
innate Of two years ago was not far
from the truth. The health examiners
have been around investigating, and in
two schools in the poorer districts OF
New York they found that Is per cent
OF the pupils were Tl-nourished. and the
cause Of this. being traced back, was
found in the homes. where the direst
poverty existed.
The most encouraging thing about the
work in this direction that is being car
ried on by New York and Chicago is
that it is certain TO spread. Luckily, It
is only in the large, overcrowded cities
that these hungry school children win
be found, but wherever they are found
their distress should be promptly relieved.
1t is good to know that the science of
economics approves Of the feeding OF the
school children as a saving to the state,
but even if this were not so, We are
sure that the instinct toward kindness
and charity which is so strong a char
acteristic Of the American people would
work TO the same end.