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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
SEWER PLAN PROGRESS
FOR MARYLAND TOWNS
State Health Board Asks Pow
er to Survey in Counties
Near District.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, December 13-At a
meeting Of the state board of health Of
Maryland in this city yesterday a reso-
luton was adopted requesting the legis-
lature to authorize the board to lay out
one or more sanitary district sewerage
systems in those portions of Montgomery
and Prince George counties contiguous to
the District of Columbia, for the purpose
of providing sewage disposal. 1t is es-
timated that a complete investigation and
survey can be made at cost of 5000
The result of the investigation and survey
will then be reported to the legislature,
and additional legislation looking to the
carrying out of the plan will be asked
The counties will be asked to issue bonds
to cover the cost of the improvements.
All Of the towns in Maryland within
radius of ten miles of Washington will
be greatly benefited by the adoption of
this plan, it is said, including Bladens-
burg, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Wood
side, Forest Glen. Garrett Park, Silver
Spring, kensington, Bethesda, Chevy
Chase, Rockville and Great Falls.
Federal Government Cooperation.
I'm order to successfully carry out the
project there must be cooperation be-
tween the federal government, which
controls the District Of Columbia and the
state of Maryland, as questions Of turis-
diction will undoubtedly arise, it is said.
Danger to health will be entirely re-
moved by the adoption of the plan in
the opinion of the state board of health.
Those attending the meeting yesterday
were DIR. James BOSley, commissioner of
health; DR.. Howard Grafton, Dr. L. A.
Griffith and Douglass Thomas, members
of the state board; DIR. James D. Nor
gan, president, and DR.. John Lewis, Sec
rotary of the Montgomery County Med
1cal Association; Asa E. Phillips, Dis
trict superintendent of sewers; Calvin w.
Hendrick. chief engineer Of the Baltimore
sewerage commission, and William Pink
ney Whyte, jr., general counsel Of the
state board of health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Funeral of John L. Chick.

Funeral services were held this morn
ing at New Oxford. Pa, for John l.
f.inclx a former resident OF the District.
who died at his homo in the Pennsylvania
town last Sunday at the age of seventy
four years He was head of the firm of
Gnck & Towers, printers in the District
nifty years ago. and was well known
locally as an attorney. Interment was
made at Pines Church. near New Oxford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Injured Workmen Doing Well.

The condition Of Michael Perry Of Jer-
sey City. N. j., the iron worker whose
left leg was fractured in connection wi,n
a fall of steel Orders at the southeast
corner Of 18th and G. streets yesterday
was today announced. at the Emergency
Hospital to be entirely satisfactory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
V-Repti1es, Toads and Frogs.
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

the reptile wishes to change from one
bough or tree to another it is able to give
q beautiful example of an animal aero
pianist. Specimens Of this species are to
be found in the National Museum col
lectiOns
Another interesting specimen is the
plated lizard. It is able to throw off it's
tail. and uses this as sort of protection.
II 1T is caught by an enemy the lizard
gives a slight twist of it's tail and dis
cards that organ. which in turn begins to
cut series of astonishing capers of it's
own. In the meantime the much shorten
ed owner has made good it's escape. This
reptile is closely related to the glass
snake. concerning which there is story
that it throws off it's tail when pursued
and hunts it up again afterward- OF
course. the scientist has demonstrated
the falsity of this popular idea. Another
erroneous notion disproved by the scien-
fist is the story of the hoop snake AL
though the habits Of the racer have been
investigated carefully, no instance of it's
transformation into hoop ever has been
authenticated.
The snakes in the National Museum COL
lection range from the giant python,
weighing 800 pounds. to the burrowing
snake. but five inches long and as thin
as a goose quill. They range from the
harmless garter snake to the giant king
cobra. whose venom makes that of rat
tlesnake seems harmless in comparison.
X +
The collection Of toads and frogs in the
National Museum is very complete and
representative
Large Collection one. The num-
:" of Toads and Frogs. DE DER t Oh spe1 hes
trachians is small as compared with the
number of living species Of birds, fishes
and reptiles. There are approximately
one-fourth as many species of toads and
frogs as there are Of reptiles, one-eighth
as many species as there are of fishes
and only one-tenth as many as of birds.
Yet to the student of zoology they are in
many ways the most interesting of all the
forms Of animal life. In the first place.
they bridge the greatest gap in the realm
of vertebrate evolution. little lower
than the snakes and little higher than
the fishes, they are preyed upon by both
the reptile and the fish.
The frogs and tOads are preserved. like
the reptiles. in jars Of alcohol. Some of
them are very large, while the smallest
specimens are surprisingly minute. One
of the exhibits in the collection of sys-
tematic zoology in the museum shows the
story of the frog from the egg to the
mature adult. There are frogs with four
feet at maturity, others with two in front
and others with two behind. Some are so
much like the lower classes of lizards
that 1t is difficult to tell where the line
Of demarcation is to be drawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
CA 7 A R R H
Can Now Be Cured land at Once
by Your Own Druggist.

u hen he sells you q bottle OF DR. Cunningham .
ANTI-CATARRH TOXINE prescription. he will
guarantee q cure your money back cheerfuily.
For instant relief get Catarrh Ease and use IT
while the AnuCatarrh Toxine is effecting last
ing cure. Ask the Afisek drug store about this
guaranteed combined treatment-thsy are all en-
.husiastic about the wonderful results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Not to Defend Picture Exhibitors.

At a meeting of the managers Of the
moving picture theaters last night at IA
7th street northwest to consider action
on the recent arrest Of several motion PFC
ture operators for participation In an al~
legged immoral exhibition last week Il vas
decided to let the matter drop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
No Proof Against Smith.

Discussing the Mickle murder with a
Star reporter. Maj Sylvester said that
the testimony in the hands of the po
lice does not justify the charge in law
of murder against James HI. Smith, the
only person who has been suspected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13

in preparation for undergoing her an
nual inspection tomorrow at the hands
of the United States steamboat inspec-
ton service officials. AS soon as the
inspection is completed the tug will re-
turn to service and will go to the mouth
of the river after tow for this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Packey McFarland'S
Secret for STRENGTH

Even as great a pugilist as Packey Mcfarland
becomes exhausted at times, and his method Of
restoring his strength and nervous energy is BY
using the very same method which thousands
of men and women are using today.
Packey's secret is really no secret at all. Here
1t is In his own words: while training at
times become fatigued and ind splendid use for
Make Man Tablets, found them from per
sonal use the best tonic have ever used" Make
Man Tablets are the greatest remedy known as
a strength apd aesh builder. They repienish the
blood with rch red corpuscles and thereby
build up muscles and solid, healthy flesh. Try
box today. They are sold at 5Oc a box on a
positive guarantee or money refunded, BY your
druggist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13

Mrs. Jane Acors, widow Of James Acors,
of Caroline county. Va, died Of heart
failure Sunday night at her home. aged
seventy-five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
The Lockerbie Book of
Riley Verse

To many Of Mr.. Riiey's admirers it will
come as a surprise to learn how large a
number of non-dialect poems he has
written. Just because these poems, of rare
and delicate beauty. As they are, have been
in a measure obseured by the harder
blossoms Of dialect growth, this collec-
ton has been made. Collected and
arranged by Hewitt Hanson Hswianl.
6<5 t04e,. India PAPER. Cloth. U.z5 Net.
Limp Morocco, $50 Net.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Discoveries Due to
Science of Zoology.

and frogs, and
discoveries Due to studying them
Science of Zoology. din erences
which distinguish the different species
is a work of no Importance. But here,
as in every other division of the National
Museum, one learns when he looks under
the surface of things that this view Is
entirely erroneous. 1t is to the science OF
zoology and its painstak1ng EFFORTS that
humanity owes many OF the most pene-
fetal discoveries ever made by mankind.
For instance, without the minute descrip-
lions and distinctions between the vary
ing forms of parasitic life the world
might yet have no practical application
of the splendid science of bacteriolosy;;
The millions of lives that have been saved
from epidemic disease since the rise OF
the science of bacteriology may discover
the foundation of their salvation in the
laboratory where the patient Zooog1st
has worked early and late to set down the
Utmost secrets of all animal life.
1t is estimated that more than 10000
people die annually in India from the
bites Of poisonous snakes. The worlds
toll exacted by the venomous fangs of
the reptile creation may. amount to hum
dreds of thousands of lives. The develop
ment of a satisfactory cure for snake
bite is foreshadowed by the use Of the
attenuated poison Of the rattlesnake as
an dNtltOX1p ana dIter all is SdlQ ana
done such discoveries as these go back
dNectly to the zoologist who is sometimes
laughed at for his painstaking efforts at
minute Determinations.
There are many interesting specimens in
the division Of reptiles and batrachians.
One is the hawk-bill turtle, which is inter-
esting because of the fact that. although
the smallest of all the sea turtles. 1t Is the
most valuable commercially. 1t is this
turtle which gives the tortoise shell of
commerce, which consists of the thin.
clear. horny shields covering the bony
portion of the carapace. The shields are
removed from the shell by heating it.
Otter the operation involves living rep
tile, and the martryed creature is turned
loose afterward.
X X
One scarcely expects to find flying rep
4;lo nd ,nfi in Ia Malay nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13

Joseph A McEvoy, forty eight years
old. died Sunday night at Cumberland,
Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Twenty Species Of
FLYING Reptiles.

a sort Of lizard which possesses a num-
Der of ribs greatly prolonged and latterly
movable. These ribs are attached to q
pair of membranous sheets of skin. When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
The Rley-Betts Books for Children

The Rsssedy Man-.Size Uxl2 inches Cloth.
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Little Orphan Annie - Size 1IxI2 inches
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13

One scarcely expects to find flying rep
tiles, and yet in the Malay peninsula and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
Other Books by James Whitcomb Riley
Deer Creek Series of Mr.. Rileys Poems

Deer CTeeR S(rIeS OF mr.. klley 8 Poems
Riley Songs Of Home Riley hild-Rhymss
Riley Songs Of Summer
Riley Songs o Chser Riley Love-Lyries
Riley Farm Rhymes
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Children's Chairs sub
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Large Open-face Book
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13

It is probable that a greater proper
ton of the worlds reptiles and mammals
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28
The Meanest Man in Town

Is the one who is always cross, dis
agreeable, short and sharp in his an
swers. In nine cases out of ten it is
not the poor fellows fault, his liver
and digestion are out of order and he
feels miserable. Are you getting into
that condition? Then start at once
taking DR. HERRICK'S SUGAR
COATED PILLS for your liver.
They will clean pou out, vitalize your
blood and put your digestion in good
order. Price 25 cents per box. Sold
by Wheaton & Sons, the Pioneer
Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28
Il Healthy and Wise
New Year

Resolution No. IL will try to be-
come more intelligent concerning my
body" says DR.. Jean Williams in
Woman's Home Companion for Janu-
airy, looking with greater respect upon
my physical resources and trying to
realize more fully that upon them the
force and success of my life largely
depend.
Resolution No. 81 will arrange, if
possible to supply sufficient pure air
for every breath take, thus better to
combat every source of disease that
might attack me, TO improve my chance
for long life and TO increase my eff
ficiency.
Resolution No. 81 will be kinder
TO my digestive organs, avoiding all eX-
cess and not asking them to struggle
with food for which they have repeat
eddy shown antagonism.
Resolution No. Al will treat my
brain and nervous system with great
er consideration, and Sc hours of each
week shall be devoted TO sleep.
Resolution No. 81 will try to do
in eight hours as much hard work as
j should do in one day.
Resolution No. 6-I will devote at
least two of the "a hours TO such exer-
else as | find most beneficial
Resolution No. II will give my
moral support to every effort public or
private, in behalf of the betterment Of
health conditions.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28

'bS-MsSvM Company
heart OF the brave Wattawamat
Is not afraid at the sight. He was
not born Of a woman,
But on q mountain, at night, from An
oak-tree riven by lightning,
Forth he sprang At q bound, with all
his weapons about him,
Shouting, Who is there here to Aght
with the brave Wattawamatf
Then he ulaheathed his knife, and,
whstting the blade on his loft
hand,
Held 1t aloft and displayed a weman's
face on the handle,
Saying, with bitter expression and
look of sinister meaning:
81 have another at home. with the
face OF a man on the handle:
BY and by they shall marry; and
there will be plenty Of children"
Then stood Pecksuot forth, self
Wanting. insulting Tiles stand
ish
While with his fingers he patted the
knife that hung at his bosom,
Drawing it half from its sheath, and
plunging II back, as he muttered
"By and by II shall see it shall eat
ah. ali! but shall speak not!
This is the mighty Captain the white
men have sent to destroy us!
He is a little man; let him 60 and
work with the women"
Meanwhile Standish had noted the
faces and figures of Indians
Peeping and creeping about from
bush to tree in the forest,
Feigning to look for game, with ar
rows set on their bow-strings,
Drawing about him still closer and
closer the net of their ambush.
But undaunted he stood, and dissem-
bled and treated them smoothly;
So the old chronicles say, that were
writ in the days of the fathers.
But when he heard their defiance. the
boast, the taunt, and the insult,
All the hot blood OF his race, Of Sir
Hugh and of Thurston de Stand
ish
Boiled and beat In his heart, and
swelled in the veins OF his tenn
pies.
Headlong he leaped on the boaster
and, snatching his knife from It's
scabbard.
Plunged 1t into his heart, and, Keeling
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28
oRpER ZOE punIlcArIoN-FINAI. Ar

ORDER FOR PUBLlCATION-FINAI AID
MINISTRATION ACCOUNT.
state ~ Michigan.
The Probate Court for the county of Gratiot.
AT a session of said court, held AT the Probate
Office in the village of ithaca in said county. on
the 29nd day of November. A. ID. 1911
Present. Hon Isaac ;. Seaver. Judge OF Pro-
bate
In the matter of the estate OF Eva NJ
Oswald. deceased.
T. ner c oswald having filed in said court
his final administration account, and his petition
praying for the allowance thereof and for the
assignment and distribution of the residue OF
said estate.
IT Is ORDERED. That the 2}rd day of Deem
Der. A. ID 1911. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon:
AT said probate office. be and is hereby appointed
for hearing said petition.
IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That public
notice thereof be given by publication OF a copy
of this order for three successive weeks previous
TO said day of hearing in the Alma Record a
newspaper printed and circulated in said county
Seal ISAAC S. SEAVER,
true copy Judge OF Probate.
BELLE jENNE, CLERK Of Probate. l7O7u
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28

Touching at times on the coast, TO
barter and chatter for peltries.
Then in their native tongue they be-
gan to parley with Standish.
Through HIS guide and interpreter,
Hobomok, friend of the white
man,
Begging for blankets and knives. but
mostly for muskets and powder,
Kept by the white man. they said,
concealed with the plague, in his
cellars,
Ready to be let loose. and destroy his
brother, the red man!
But when Standish refused, and said
he would give them the Bible.
Suddenly changing their tone, they
began to boast and to buster.
Then Wattawamat advanced with a
stride in front Of the other,
And. with a lofty demeanor, thus
vauntingly spske TO the Captain:
Now Wattawamat can see. by the
fiery eyes of the Captain,
Angry is he in his heart; but the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28

ORDER FOR PTRiICATlON- DETERMINA
TON OF HEIRS.
state OF Michigan the Probate Court tor the
County of Gratiot
At session OF said court held a, the probate
office in the village Cf Ithaca in said county. on
the sth day Of December A. - 1911
Present Hon Isaac ). Seavvr Judge of Pro-
bate
In the matter Of the estate of Lucy Holmes
decreased.
william Holmes having filed in said c, Ut $
petition praying that said court adjdcate al II
determine who were at the time Of hey death the
l. gal heirs OF said de ceased End entitled to in
herit the real estate OF which said deceased died
seized.
1t is Ordei ed That tie y ,'avof aruary, A. ID.
1912 at ten O'Clock ~ lhr forenoon AZ said pro
bate Office he and j. hereby appointed for hear
ing said petitions
u is furthcr ordered that public notice thereof
be given by publication ~ copy of this order,
fOr three successive weeks previous TO said day
of hearing in the Alila Record n newspaper
printed and circulated ~ said county,
ISAAC SEAVER
A true copy. l7OQti Judge of Probate
BELLE JENNIE Clerk Of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28

ORDER FOR PUBIICATION-NOT or
HEARING CLAIMS BEFORE COURT
State of Michigan. the Probate Court for the
county of Gratiot
In the matter of the estate of VIM. II. Sloan,
late of Alma Michigan, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that four months from
the 18th day of November, "A Dlgl | have been al
lowed for creditors to present their aims
against said deceased to said court for exam
inatou and adjustment, and that all creditors
of said deceased are required to present their
claims TO said court at the probate Office, in the
village of Ithaca in said county, or before the
25th day of March A. ID. 1912, and that said
claims will be heard by said court on Monday
the 18th dav of March. A. D. 1912, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon.
Dated November 25th a. ID. 1911.
"A true copv1 ISAAC :. SEAVER.
(Seal1 Judge of Probate
I7U1tI
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28
Ends Winters Troubles.

To many, winter is season OF
trouble The frost-bitten toes and
fingers, chapped hands and lips, chill
blains, cold-sores, red and rough
skins, prove this. But such troubles
fly tcfore Bucklen's Arnica Salve. a
trial convinces. Greatest healer oil
Burns, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores
Bruises, Eczema and Sprains Only
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28

There on the flowers of the meadow
the warriors lay, and above them,
Silent, with folded arms stood Hobo
mok, friend of the white man.
Smiling, at length he exclaimed to the
stalwart Captain of Plymouth:
"Pecksuot Dragged very loud, of his
courage, his strength and his
STATURE
Mocked the great Captain. and called
him a little man; but | see now
Big enough have you been to lay him
speechless before you'll"
Thus tho first battle was fought
and won by the stalwart Miles
Standish.
When tho tidings thereof were
brought to the village Of Ply.
mouth,
And as q trophy Of war the head Of
the brave Wattawamat
ScewleA from the roof Of the fort,
which at oaos was . church AID q
fortress.
All who bsheld IL rsJoicsd, and
praised The Lord, and tOek ossr-
age.
oAly Priscilla avertsA her face from
this sp>cter Of terror,
Thankin9 God In her heart that she
had not married Miles Standish;
Shrinking, fearing almost. lest, com
ing home from his battles,
He should lay claim to her hand, AZ
the prize and reward Of his valor,
Continued next week
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28
TO ARCADIA TAXPAYERS

will be in Alma, at the State Savings
Bauk, for the purpose of collecting taxes,
until Saturday; January 6th-Dec 2, D
10, 20, 80. and Jane. will bein Ithaca,
at the National Bank. Tuesdays, Dec. .,
~. 10, 20. Jan. 2 and 9. Other days at
home, where taxes may be paid.
Z. X. KUHLMAN,
Township Treasurer, ArcadaET Township
l706t4
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28
Shakespearean Notices fol
the New Year

Heaven grant us its peace.-Meas
ure for Measure.
Let each man do his best.-King
Henry w.
Time is the nurse and breeder of all
good.-Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Take from my mouth the wish OF
happy years.-King Richard II.
Time shall unfold what plated cum
ming hides.-King Lear.
That it shall hold companionship in
peace with honor as in war.-Corio-
lanus.
BE of good cheer;
They shall no more prevail than we
give way to.-King Henry VIII.
This lies all within the will of God,
To whom / do appeal-King Henry V.
There's rosemary and rue; these keep
Seeming and SAVIOUR all the winter
long-Winter Tale.
Be just and fear not:
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy
country's
Thy Gods and truth's.-King Henry
VIII.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-12-28

backward. the savage
Fell with his face to the sky, and
fendlike fierceness upon IT.
Straight there arose from the forest
the awful sound of the war-whoop
And, like a furry or snow on the
whistling wind of December.
Swift and sudden and keen came a
fight of feathery arrows.
Then came a cloud Of smoke. and out
OF the cloud came the lightning.
Out of the lightning. thunder, and
death unseen ran before 1t.
Frightened the savages fed for shelter
in swamp and in thicket,
Holly pursued and beset; but their
sachem, the brave Wattawamat,
Fled not: he was dead. answering
and swift had bullet
Passed through his brain, and he fell
with both hands clutching the
greensward
Seeming in death to hold back from
his foe the land OF his fathers. =.