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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11
Our Com mon Pin.

Our Common Pin.
James c. Bain-It was in 1913 that Eng
land officially took cognizanCe of the
common pin. Then a law was passed en-
titled An act for the true making of
pynnes." BY the provisions of this stat
ute. pins were not to cost more than 6
shillings pence a thousand. This useful
article had been used for some years,
however, before this. 1t is said that pins
were introduced into England from
France in 1910, Catherine Howard, Queen
of Henry VIII, being the first woman to
use them. Up to that time, ribbons. loop
holes, laces with points and tags, clasps,
hooks, and eyes and skewers of brass
gold. or silver were some OF the devices
employed. 1t was an invention of an
American, Lemuel Wellman Wright, that
made it possible to manufacture these
well-nigh indispensable articles by ma
chinery. Mr.. Wrights device was pat
ented in 1924
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
ASKED BY HERALD READERS
Dufch Neck Waist.

Mary k.-Any embroidered shirt waist
design may be APPLIED to a waist with a
Dutch neck.
Embroider as for an ordinary waist
when finished, mark the depth of neck
you wish and finish around neck either
with a buttonhole stitch or lace frill.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11
INCORRECT ANSWER
TO PUZZLE YET IN
Which Shonld Encourage
Those Still Working.

l did not expect to find all the historical
houses included in the puzzle on one trip
around town, so l am not disappointed
that no correct solution of the enigma
has yet been received.
For, you see. this is only Tuesday morn
ing. and there is yet a good deal of time
until noon, Friday. Just the same, it
is not we'll to hold your solutions too long.
for some one else might succeed in put
ting a correct list over the line while
you are still puzzling over yours. you
know
OF course, this does not always follow.
for there have been occasions at no dis
tant date when nobody succeeded in get
ting an entirely correct solution, and the
ones who came nearest to doing so held
their solutions until Saturday morning,
when the contest had closed.
But. then. this is not going to happen
again, for those who work hard all week
will find the puzzle still more interesting
if they win a prize: don't you think so?
Three cash prizes are offered for the
three most nearly correct solutions of
The Historical Houses In and Around
Washington.
Three dollars is the first prize, s. the
second. and 81 the third.
No solution received after noon on Fri
day will be eligible for prize.
Please remember this.
The puzzle circle is working faithfully
in an effort TO untangle the locOed houses
that are some of Washington's most in
teresting landmarks, and already the
answers to the puzzle are piled high. but
so far there is none entirely correct.
| think il only fair to tell you this, be-
cause there are some puZZlers who have
an idea that they stand no chance what
ever of winning a prize unless they sue
coed in solving the puzzle by Tuesday
morning at the latest. which is an entire
ly wrong impression. for there is seldom
a correct list so early in the week.
J. c. VI.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11

portable vacuum cleaner brought out in England
also may he used as a seat, table, cabinet. music
stool. OF pedestal.
Though headwear made Of straw used By the
ancient Greeks. straw hats Is to-day did not
cons into use until about hfty yean ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11
HOURS FOR PRESENTING
THE COUPONS EXTENDED
FOR SAKE OF CHILDREN

me over the phone. and also a means of
carrying them to and from the theater
provided by The Washington Herald.
All you have to do is to let me know
YOUR address. JULIA CHANDLER MANI.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11
Super1uOus Hair.

H f. L.-Electrolysis is the only thing
that will permanently remove sUperfiuous
hair. Care should be taken to secure an
experienced operator.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-11

A government institute for the promo
ton of the silk industry is to be estab-
lished by May.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Public Spirit Run Riot,

Our little town O. Blueberryville Is
right up to date an about as progress
sive an public-speerited as any town
in the state" said Zedekiah Brush, as
he drove over the hills with the sum-
mer boarder.
Fact is. some OF us think the Sc
lec'men- use the tax money little too
freely keepin' Eace with tie spetrit
OF progress that seems to be in the
air nowadays. Here, in the last year,
the town hall has had new roof, an
new boss shed has been built around
the church, an new handle put in
the town pump, an a bridge costin'
most 5000 has been built over Plum
Crick. The town clock has been put
in repair at cost of $12.60. an
they've put three dozen new books in
the town liberty, an now they are
talkin OF offerin' a firm a bonus O.
5000 to start pickle factory In the
town. Once lot O. selec'men git
the progressive fever, an the tax
money flies. Public speerit is all right.
but us taxpayers has to foot the bills
when it runs riot the way it does here
in our town."--Judge. '"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
MAINE BLOWN UP
FROM THE OUTSIDE
vreeIand Naval Board Gives Out
Its Findings.
ALL SIGNS POINT TO MINE
Report Declares Injuries to Bottom Of
Sunken Battleship Were Caused
by Exterior Explosion, Confirm
ing Original Investigations.

Washington United States
battleship Maine. which was sunk in
Havana harbor in February, 1898, as
the result of an explosion, was blown
up from the outside. This was an
nounced by the Vreeland board,
which has been examining the wreck
for several months, in statement
given out by the navy department.
The statement given out by the navy
department Is brief. Secretary Meyer
does not believe it necessary to issue
an extended explanation of the boards
conclusions. beyond the fiat statement
that an exterior explosion was re-
sponsible for the loss of the warship
and the lives of many men.
The statement follows:
The injuries to the bottom of the
Maine were caused by the explosion OF
charge of a low form OF explosive eX-
terror to the ship, between frames IS
and 81, strake B. port side. This re-
suited in igniting and exploding the
contents of the six-inch reserve maya
zine, Alan, said contents including
a large quantity Of black powder The
more or less complete explosion of the
contents of the remaining forward
magazine followed. The magazine ek-
plosions resulted in the destruction Of
the vessel"
Secretary Meyer announced that
there might be further statement on
the report OF Tho board after II had
been considered by the president. one
member Of the board was of the opln-
ion that the report never would be
published in full, but would be kept
in the confidential archives of the
navy department.
The declaration that "a low form of
explosive" was used in the outside eX-
piosion indicates belief that mine
and not dirigible torpedo was the in.
strument of destruction.
This deepens the mystery Of the de
struction Of the Maine. A mine,
charged with sufficient gunpowder to
blow IN the bottom of the ship, must
have weighed several hundred pounds.
To plant such mine and lay the cleo
trio connections necessary for its dis
charge would have required the serv-
ices of number of men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
SOME CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
Double Penalty Threatened for Those
Who Dared to Interfere With
the Wires.

Rotorua has been laughing over the
wording of notice that has been
place by the Public Works department
on some of the electric wire posts on
the road to Okere, in New Zealand.
Some time ago Maori youth, who
seemed to have misguided taste for
experimenting. threw a long piece OF
cable over these!ectric wires that run
to Rotorua from the power station at
the Okere Falls.
The town was at once plunged In
darkness for two or three hours until
the mischief had been located.
The dusky ard youthful experiment.
sr was carpeted in the court and fined
or his scientific enthusiasm, and the
Department put up this notice
Amy persons climbing the electric
light poles or damaging the insulators
are liable to fatal shock and, a penal
y Of G10."-Tit Bits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
1T is CRIMINAL TO NEGLECT
THE SKIN AND HAIR

Think Of the suffering entailed by
neglected skin troubles-mental be-
cause of designation, ply be-
cause of pain. Think of the pleasure
of clear skin, soft, white hands, and
good hair. These blessings, so essen
tial to happiness and even success in
life, are often only matter of little
thoughtful care in the selection Of
effective remedial agents. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment do so much for
poor compilations, red, rough hands.
and dry, thin and falling hair, and cost
so little, that it is almost criminal not
to use them. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold everywhere, a
postal to "Cuticura," Dept. q l., Bos-
ton, will secure a liberal sample of
each, with S2-page booklet on skin
ard scalp treatment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
THE GREAT KIDNEY REMEDY
CONv|NcES THE MOST
SKEPT|CAL.

/ want to tell you what DR.. Kilmer's
Ewamp-Root did for me. l was COM
pletely broken -'wn. My kidneys hurt
me so that when 1 was down, | could
not get up unless took hold of some
thing to pull myself up with.
tried different kinds Of kidney
pills, but they did me no good. Some
one told me to try Swamp Root.
had no faith in it but to please my
wife, | purchased one bottle and took
1t. saw 1t was beginning to help me
and kept on taking 1t until had taken
six bottles and it Strengthened me out
all right.
Swamp-Root is the only medicine
that did ME any good. | thought
would write this letter and tell every
one that is afflicted as / was, to take
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. The six
bottles l took cost me five dollars, and
did me five hundred dollars worth of
good.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE H. HUBER,
Atlanta, Ill.
State Of rd Illinois ss,
l, M. M. Hoose, Notary Public in
and for the said county of Logan in
the State of Illinois, do hereby certify
that George n. Huber, known to me to
be the same person whose name Is sub
scribed to the foregoing instrument,
appeared before me this day in person
and acknowledged that he signed
sealed and delivered the said instru
ment as his free and voluntary act.
Given under my hand and Notarial
Seal this the 18th day of July, A. d
1909. M. M. HoosE,
Notary Public.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Husband Was WILLING.

The Scot has no monopoly Of domes-
tic felicity, as many piquant para.
graph bears witness. The other day
an old farmer and his wife were do
ing" the sights of a provincial town,
and, among other places they visited
o panorama of South Africa.
The views were extremely interest
Ing, and the couple were enjoying
themselves to the full. AS scene after
scene passed, the woman's enthusi-
asm increased, and at length. turn
Ing to her husband, she exclaimed:
"Oh, Sandy. this is really splendid.
could fist sit here all my days"
"Ah. weel, Jennie, woman" replied
Sandy, to the mirth of those sitting
near, just sit you still there; III NOT
grrdge the saxpence."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
URGES U. s. CONTROL OF TRUSTS.
{. X. Gary Would Create Federal
Comml ssion

Washington -Elbert II. Gary, CHIEF
executive Of the United States Steel
corporation, stated again before
the senate committee on interstate
commerce his BELIEF that the United
States government y .st assume con.
troll Of big corporations to protect the
public and insure the advantage Of
corporation economies and develop
ment.
He urged federal commission au-
tnori2ed to consider management,
character and extent of corporations
and TO permit certain pooling arrange.
ments when conditions warranted
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Measure Of His Intelligence,

Fido's Mistress (sobbing)-Ive lost
my dog; my sweet little innocent
pet!
Friend-rm SO sorry. Have you
put an advertisement in the newspa-
per?
Fido's Mistress-Oh, what would be
the use? The poor darling doesn't
know how to read.-Woman' Home
Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
SOCIETY GUSTS MRS. COPE.
Woman Who Sued Bishop Moore Fer
DAMAGES SummariIy Removed.

"oHHaH VINO oueO blSnop MOORE FCT
Damages SummariIy Removed
Topeka, Kan.-Mrs. Carrie o. Cope,
plaintiff in sensational $4,000 dam
age suit for libel against Bishop
David II. Moore of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, resident In
Cincinnati, has been summarily re-
moved from official connection with
the National Woman's Home Mission.
airy society OF the Methodist church.
according to an announcement here.
The trouble arose over dispute
over funds which Mrs. Cope holds as
an officer Of the Kansas branch, and
which sine refuses to give up. Bishop
Moore wrote letter concerning her
action in this matter to which she
took exception. He declined to make
a public apology and she filed suit for
damages.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Some Undertaking..

The official undertaken OF small
On one of his regular missions A
woman came out to the gate of farm
ward and hailed him.
Il don't seem to recall your name.
madam" he said.
That's funny" she said ut amt
been more'n year and a half ago
since you undertook my first husband"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Priest Catches Burglar.

Great Falls, Mont.-Respondihg to n
telephone call from the rectory Of a
local cathedral, two policemen found
John Golden, an alleged burglar. re-
strained from disappearing by a re.
volver In the hands OF Father John
Hennessy
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
YaIo,a Ereshmon Are Tall

New Haven, Conn.rhis years
freshman class nj Vale has more tan
men than any other class In the his.
tory OF the college The tallest man
Ia six feet six inches and the aver q
iaight Is Gearly SIX feet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

How shall express my sentiments
towards you?" said the young man,
tenderly.
ION paper, please" said the girl
Then there can be no chance OF your
wriggling out Of it,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Prove What Swamp Root Win Do For You

Send to DR.. Kilmer G Co, Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive a booklet of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Dies speakinq a, q. A. r. eanoue.

Boston, While speaking at ban.
Quet OF Grand Army men here. Capt.
John Il. LaAeman or Salem dropped
dead of heart failure lie was proml
nent as campaign and after.dinner
orator.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
"ROB" AND LIMA AT PEACE.
Chanler Arranges Settlement With
Wife and Returns Home

Wife and Returns Home.
New York.-Robert Winthrop Chan
Ter, husband OF Lima Cavalieri.
the opera singer, returned from
Europe on the Olympic. He smil-
ingly concurred in the statement
that he had arranged settlement
with his wife.
1T was a purely financial transac-
ton" said Sheriff Bob.
The preliminaries have already
been taken into the French courts
and in four or five months she will
get a divorce.
There will be no reconciliation
That is positive"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Particular Woman.

"She insisted on having woman
lawyer secure her divorce"
"Why was she so Particular"
"She did not want to go contrary to
that portion of the marriage ceremony
that reads, Let no man put asun.
der Judge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
New View of II.

Il envy the man who believes that
superstition about Friday" said Mr.
Growcher
Il consider It depressing"
Not at all. A man ought TO be
mighty comfortable who can feel sure
there's only one uniucky day in the
week"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

II isn't until man reaches the age
Of discretion that he discovers he can
have a good time without suffering for
II the next morning.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Tafts TO Get Xmas Cake From Texas.
Dallas, Tex The fruit cake that
President Taft and his family will cat
this Christmas Is being baked by Miss
Hattie Brandenburger Of San An
tonic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

You have corking good memory
If You don't tell the same story to the
same crowd twice.--Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

And kiss in the dark is one kind
of an electric spark.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Mrs. WinsIow's soothing Syrup for Children
teethi.g, softens the gums, reduces lulamma
ton, Lays pain, cures wind collie, Doc II bottle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

It's humiliating to discover that the
folks who We imagine despise us never
even think of US.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

When you hear two men talking so
loudly that they can be heard in the
next block, they are talking about
something they know nothing about
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Our idea Of nothing to beat is the
fellow who brags that he begins
where we leave of!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
She Knew.

Mrs. Knicker-Do you understand
baseball?
Mrs. Bocker-No; but | understand
Williams remarks to the umpire; it's
the same thing he says at breakfast
Puck.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Give and Take.
Howell-Does he take things philo-
sophically?
Powell-Yes. but he doesn't part
with them philCsophically. - Woman's
Home Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
Above Him.

RU@VS F'II0.
You say that she married beneath
herr"
she certainly did: her father was
an aviator and her husband chauf
feur"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14
KIN the vicious hog.

KIN the vicious hos.
Frost bitten grass has no value.
The hog is not naturally dirty
animal.
By all means give the hogs pure
water to drink.
Sawdust can be used in the absence
OF other materials.
The best way to handle manure 10
to spread II at once.
Mares bred in November drop their
colts the following October.
The mare With the fall colt must
have good milk.making ration.
Cows giving 5000 to 5000 pounds
Of milk in year are worth keeping.
Look out for ticks Ticks make poor
sheep. poor lambs and spoil the fleece.
Make two sowings Of peas OF an
early wrinkled variety for late
crop.
Many lambs are far from being as
good individuals as either OF their
parents
Cool the cream after 1t has been
separated and feed the milk while 1t
! Is warm
Bushes and small trees, too large
| for the pillow to root out. should be cut
with the ak.
| Wheat bran has just the elements
IN 1t that sheep and lambs need to
make good growth
Glover and grass seed will nearly
always do best when they can be
started to early growth
Don't expect the flock to drink from
dirty trough. They won't do 1t. and
will suffer in consequence.
| The fleece Of the ram should be
dense, even in quality, and of strong
clear white fiber throughout,
Large. fat. plump poultry of all va
rieties is always in good demand and
brings more than scrawny stock.
1t is good sign that the pure-bred
sheep are increasing rapidly and are.
therefore. improving all of the flocks.
BY intelligent breeding, selection,
feeding and care, most dairy herds can
be brought up to double their produc-
ton.
In buying ram get young one
He can be disposed Of more advan-
| tageously when one Is through with
him.
The vicious hog that is forever
breaking out and causing trouble for
ones neighbors cannot be killed too
| quickly.
Dried beet pulp. wheat bran. dried
distillers' grains and alfalfa meal may
be had at first hands free from any
adulteration.
The growing Of hay for market Is,
considered from the standpoint of soil
fertility, one of the worst things
| q farmer can do.
lowed to run out as long as the
weather will permit them to be ex.
| posed to the storm.
Goats will breed at six months of
age, but this early breeding destroys
vitality. Eighteen months is about
the right age for breeding.
Salt is good for chickens In very
small quantities, rather less If anything
than we would use for our own food,
yet brine is often poisonous.
The future of the mutton crop de.
ponds upon the attention given the
young lambs, and the degree to
which they are kept growing from
the start
The more COW Is compelled to
tramp over pasture for feed, the less
milk in proportion will she give
| Moral: Have smaller but better pas
tures-bluegrass and clover knee.
deep"
| Pork production as a speciality Is
| just becoming recognized For many
| years the hog has, to large extent,
been by-product of the feed lot
| wherein beef production was the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Moral: Have smaller but better pas
tures-bluegrass and clover knee.
deep"
Pork production as a specially Is
just becoming recognized, For many
years the hog has, to large extent,
been a by-product of the feed lot
wherein beef production was the
standby.
The COW to keep is not the one that
gives a large quantity Of milk for
month or two after calving. and grad
ually gives less and less, going dry
four to six weeks, and often two full
months in the year.
As the days grow shorter provide
good and safe artificial lights for the
stables. Milk at the same hour morn
ing and evening, whether dark or light.
Irregular periods of milking will cause
cows to give less milk.
Fruit trees should never be planted
on the. lawn, as. unless the trees are
given careful culture throughout the
growing season. they will not make
healthy growth
At this season. with the coming OF
late fall rains. provide shelter for the
sheep. Sheep will endure cold
weather without injury, but they
must be kept dry.
The good COW Ia the one having per.
sstent milking qualities, that is, one
that will, on fairly good feed and care
give a regular quantity Of milk for 10
TO II months in the year.
II is a pretty safe rule to select
breeding pigs from the largest litters
A pig Is a runt simply because il is
starved. Give him a chance to stun
himself and he will develop into as
GOOD hog as the bunch.
Why not set out those trees for
fence posts this fall when you aren't
very busy? Try block Of some for
est trees on some land that you can
spare. The yellow locust Is more
handy than the catalpa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Many lambs are far from being as
parents
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Cool the cream after 1t has been
separated and feed the milk while 1t
Is warm