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The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
WITH THE FARMERS

The champion long-distance cabinet
officer is Secretary of Agriculture
"Tama" Jim Wilson, for he has been
holding down that job constantly
since 1897. while he has seen more
than n hundred other cabinet officers
come in and retire to private life.
"Tama" Jim is the friend of the farm
ers and the farmers seem to be
friends of his.
Secretary Wilson has made the de-
partment of agriculture the greatest
instrumentality of practical everyday
helpfulness to 40 per cent. of the peo-
pie in the United States He has ex-
pertinent stations finding out how to
make dry farming pay where there is
only ten inches of moisture year:
and they are finding it out. too. He
brought the durum wheat from North
Africa. and in the regions formerly
too dry to be cultivable IT has added
millions OF bushels to our annual
wheat crop He sent to Siberia. and
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18


accounting
theories
He is he his inventions.
recalls tell the
had expnd in extra taps of the hammer they
something
the anvil and did not like the innovation
which gaining ground fast and this
will
in many o real labor
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Mo Use WASTING IL.

Mother-Charles, l see you have
written me little letter to say how
sorry you are you took the jam? Well
l forgive you for your thoughtfulness
Charles-Yes, ma. Please don't tear
the letter.
Mother-Why not?
Charles-'Cos it'll do for next time
STRAY Stories.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
What He Represented. !.

Mayor Gaynor. at dinner in New
York. was discussing divorce COM
mission that had been appointed In
neighboring state.
But, sir" said a reformer. "I note
a bachelor on this commission. What
is the good of a bachelor on a divorce
commission"
"Oh," said Mayor Gaynor. smiling
"he represents the correspondents"
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Disagree cable.

"You don't get along very well with
your mother-in-law, l hear" said
friend of young husband.
mo, I don't" answered the bride
groom. Nobody can. Even the food
she eats doesn't agree with her. When
she comes into the room everybody
shuts up. The other day she got into
a folding bed and the bed shut up
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Hard to please.

Old Mr.. Batch-What are you wor-
rying about?
Young Mr.. Nubride-A little Ques-
ion that came up at home My wife
wants to know If I'd marry again in
case of her death, and II say Ger
tainly not" she'll think I'm longing
for my freedom, and If 1 say Sure
thing" she'll think 1 have her sue
cessor picked out.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
cosTLlEsT HAT IN THE WORLD
Wonderful Creation Made in Lon
don for Beautiful and Wealthy
Roumanian Princess.

London.-This wonderful creation
of London milliners art. made at
a cost of 81 ,0OO for Princess Miahescu
of Bucharest, beautiful Roumanian
woman. is said to he the most expen-
sive hat in existence. II is of huge
proportions and becomingly waved
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
A Change.

Hubby-We must be economical.
Wife-Why.
Hubby-If should die, wouldn't
be able to leave you much.
Wife-That's right. Whereas, while
you're alive you leave me most OF
the time.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

develop
He
Carolina He
of
andy will 1t a
of its
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
A pleasure Trip.

Bitter (at servants) agency)-"Have
you got a cook who will go to the
country?"
Manager calling out to girls IN
next room-"1s there anyone here VINO
would like to spend a day in tho
country ?"-Life.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Better Go On, BOYS.

BelshazZar saw the writing on the
wall.
at means your wife will be home
on the 9;22 and you had better begin
to wash up all the Dishes" advised
the interpreter.
Herewith a distinct gloom was cast
over the banquet.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Cruel to Stop erayina.

Woodbury.. N. J.-Poundkeeper Will
liam Joyce was brought before Justice
of the Peace Mankins, charged with
cruelty to animals for filling the mouth
of donkey whit corn cobs to keep II
from braying. and then tying the
mouth with a rope.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Slip. OIL Peel. Breaks Neck.

New York.-In descending a tenn
porary stairway at the New York Cen
trail station at Yonkers. William Buick
slipped on a banana peelc. Though he
fell only six feet, his neck was broken
He lived only short time.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Sore on Thorn.

He-I feel, darling. that am not
half good enough to be your husband.
but
She-But what. George?
Helm a darn sight too good 10
be the son-in-law of your grouchy par
ents.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
IS A PIONEER in ECONOMICS

In these days when so much is said
and done for the conservation of our
natural resources there has sprung up
new school of economists who are
preaching the doctrine that in labor
every effort. every expenditure OF
muscular or mental energy. should
count for the utmost and not go to
waste. A pioneer in this school is
Frederick Winslow Taylor. who re-
Gently appeared by invitation before a
committee of congress to explain how
the application of his theories in
creases the productiveness of work
men from is to 20 per cent.
Mr.. Taylor Is native of German
town, Pa. and has risen to his present
prominence through his own efforts.
He Is a patternmaker and machinist
by trade and a mechanical engineer
by profession. In 1873 he entered the
employ of the Midwife Steel Com.
pany. Philadelphia. and was success
lively gang boss. assistant foreman.
foreman, master mechanic, chief
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
A Woman's Luncheon.

"One bottle of olives for twenty
women!" exclaimed Mr.. Wombat
at will be plenty declared Mrs.
Wombat. Few of the ladies' will care
to stop talking long enough to eat"
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
CHOSEN IMPERIAL PoTENTATE

John Frank Treat. who was elected
Imperial potentate of the Mystic
Shrine at Rochester. Is resident Of
Fargo, N. D.. and a member of El
Zagal Temple of the Shrine. From
the four corners OF the earth. by
train, boat and automobile, an army
Of 10000 Shriners swooped down and
planted their tents on the Rochester
oasis. From every part of the United
States they came and even from far
away Scotland were pilgrims to the
cradle of Shrinedom.
The Khartoum Temple, from Win
nipeg, Man, brought a genuine Scotch
kilties band of bagpipers; the Islam
Temple of San Francisco had Chi
nese band of SO pieces: the Los An
geles Shriners brought two carloads
of California fruits and wines to dis
tribute to their eastern friends; the
Galveston tTexas) Temple brought
two carloads of Mexican burros; Os-
man Temple of st. Paul had Its mill
iionaire band, every member of which
is a business or professional man wi
Zagal Temple, from Fargo. N. d.. to
Lro,rht n TX foot I1of of brood and r
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
A Dilemma.

Customer-The rat poison may be
excellent but the rats won't take 1t;
you'll havo to make 1t more tasty.
Druggist-I've tried that already.
but then the apprentice boys eat 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

refused sunk It,
This
the he commanding Japanese
distract mind by sending
etters."
his fleet Just before the
of this victory death
him therenex
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
His Way of Life.

War is hell"
You seem to believe that in times
of peace one should prepare for war.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

Mrs. wtnsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums. reduces innamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

The hero is he who Is immovably
centered.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

big
fac novelty spring
of
this
is
Amer for he following
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Whittier Brought to Date.

WhUtieT oTou0nt u Oso'
Maud Muller had Just refused the
Judge.
Marry a fellow who may lose his
job any moment on the recall?" she
shifted. mot much"
Herewith she smiled on a farmer
instead.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
in 1nE JIM lr1EILIdHT
JAP WAR HERO IN AMERICA

Admiral Togo. the Japanese war
hero who came to this country as the
nations guest, is described by Jap
anese official as one of the simplest
and gentlest of men. You would
hardly imagine, to see the smal
slender figure. that you were In the
presence OF the greatest master OF
naval strategy that our navy has pro
duced, or that the world has seen In
modern times"
Marshal Oyama. General Kuriki. Ad-
miral Kamimura, Admiral Yamomoto
and Admiral Togo were all born IN
the city Of Kagoshima.
Togo had Just grown to youths es
tate and was fighting with broad
sword when messenger came from
the mikado ordering him to become "a
naval oflcer. He packed his few be
longings and journeyed to England,
When the Chinese-Japanese war was
threatening Togo was captain of n
cruiser. He halted an English ship
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

The man who plays poker for pas
time usually passes more or less
coin over to the other fellow.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
Reduced ROund-Trip
SUMMER TOURIST FARES
to the
PACIFIC COAST

The Denver & Rio Grande Rnilrond
1.-The Scenic Line of the World.
$50 from nIl main line points in Colo
RADIO to Pacific Coast destinations.
Tickets on sale daily to September
so, 1911. Final return limit October
81, 1911.
STANDARD and Tourist Pullman
Sleeping Cars are operated daily
through to San Francisco and Los
Angeles without change.
Through electric-lighted train con-
sisting of steel coach. Pullman and
Tourist Sleeping Cars is operated daily
Denver to San Francisco via Salt Lake
City and THE WESTERN PACIFIC
RAILWAY without change of cars.
For information regarding train ser
vice, reservations, etc, call on local Rio
Grande Agent or address
Frank A. wndIeixh, General Passenger
Agent. Denver Colorado.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18

Man in the Big Hat-I've always
made money out of politics.
Man In Small Hat-Are you a po-
litical orator?
Man in Big Hat-No: I'm the leader
Of brass band. The musicians al
ways get paid. but the orators are ex-
pected to talk for nothing.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-18
DENVER DIRECTORY
BON LOOK 6aSbIsn PSn: II En- fns: Of NEE ss1s
log mailed free. Cor. 18th & Blake. Denver
2zG 24xmauc1Mpr

Can double your salary in six months. Endorsed
by % banks. " rite for valuable souvenir and
cataloy free. Denver Colorado.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
The Child and Social Reform
} North American Review

FROM the North American Review
The main point now is, that the home
Is the first important element in the en-
vironment Of the child, and therefore the
creation of good homes demands the
thought and endeavor of all who would
work effectively to stop tho waste of life
and to moralize human society. It is
said sometimes that the mother makes
the home and that the primary need is of
good mothers. This is true, but it is not
the whole truth. American homes are
suffering today because of lack of good
fathers Many fathers have abdicated
their privilege and abandoned their duty
as fathers They leave the entire re-
sponsibility for the care Of the home and
the training of children to the mothers
However willing the mothers may be to
assume the responsibility. they cannot
supply the lack of the masculine element
in the administration of the home. Chill
dren need the father as certainly IL not
as continuously as they need the mother
Mother" said child in a suburban
home OF New York, who Is that man
that comes here to stay over Sundays? 1
don't like him, and l wish he would stay
away" The man was the childs father
and the supposed head of that family. II
there is truth In Prof. Munsterberg' 8
criticism Of American schools because of
a deficiency of the masculine element
In the teaching force, there is more poig-
nant truth in the criticism of some for
eign observers. notably English, that
there Is a deficiency Of the pat in
fluence in American homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
FoRE1GN CRANBERRY PICKERS
Many Cape Verde Islanders Work in
the Cape Cod Boys.
From the Christian Herald

From the Christian Herald.
To see to the best advantage the pre-
liminaries of cranberry sauce we must
visit Cape Cod. Here within a radius OF
an hours ride of historic old Plymouth
where the Pilgrims landed. is the great
est of all cranberry districts. The whole
countryside would not be considered TO
make more than single sood-sizeu
county In some Of our eastern states, and
yet in a season when 1t IS blesseo With
a good crop this cranberry zone Will snip
mora than q third of a million barrels OF
the fruit.
The picking season in the early autumn
is the time to enjoy the human interest
side of the cranberry industry. and yet
conditions in this phase of the work nave
changed so completely during the last
few years that natives who come bach
to the cranberry country after some years
in the city declare that the spectacle mas
lost mu~h of Its ola ,irne ma 'io o,.-
Students of progress declare that the en-
try of machinery has revolutionzed al
most every activity in this age. put II
would be difficult to find realm where
there has been greater upheaVal imam
in the cranberry belt. .
Tn the old days cranberriaS were all
picked by hand-that is, plucked one by
one, just as raspberries are picked TO this
day And nowhere did a picking season
have the social significance that 1t did
on Cape Cod. A large portion OF the
picking was done by women and girls.
and it seemed as though the whole coun-
tryside turned out for the event. \
Hand picking is yet In vogue on some
of the cranberry bogs, but this is on the
smaller tracts, On the large boys we see
the newly invented picking machine.
There are two types. One is small
wooden box or size to be held in one
hand BY pressure of the fingers 1t opens
at one end. disclosing jaws armed with
rows of teeth The other style is a
wooden scoop with close-set iron prongs
forming the lower side.
1t never fails to surprise tourists who
visit Cape Cod for the first time to lind
a large foreign population. which has no
parallel anywhere else in the country,
and most of whom speak very little or
no English. Many of the Cape Verde
islanders are true nomads in their visits
to the cranberry country, arriving In tho
spring when cultivation on the hogs opens
and remaining until the end of the pick
ing season. late In tho autumn, making
the trip both ways in sailing vessels that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Longevity and Bathing.

from the Dayton News
A statement is going the rounds OF the
press TO the effect than an Indian woman
In the vicinity OF Calumet, Mich, who
has never taken bath In her life, has
reached the extreme age of lis years
1t is not stated whether the interesting
part of the story is the matter OF nor
having taken bath or the fact OF the
woman's having reached such an age. Or
perhaps both should be considered at the
same time
Those persons who are opposed to bath
ing or who desire argument" to show
that bathing is luxury rather than q
necessity. and that health is not a mat
ter of cleanliness can find plenty of II
without resorting to this isolated case OF
the Indian woman. They can find by the
records that the Eskimos were the filth
est people ever discovered. and the health
lest: that they resided for six months of
the year shut up in a little den in the
snow ate and slept in the same room
whole families of them-and that they
never bathed. They had no diseases OF
any kind. and. unless eaten by the bears
or drowned in the ocean, invariably lived
to ripe old age. But it would be perd-
nent to ask Who desires to be an EHh-
mo?
1t is unquestionably true that ciean1-
ness is more an essential of health with
civilization than with savagery; this b.
cause of the outdoor life of the savage.
Given plenty of pure air to breathe and
plenty of sunshine or freezing temporoe
ture, to kill the microbes, and one can
live for many years without soap. bW
shut a man up in a modern house Co
priye him Of iicht and air. foster germs
through the dollhouse process, and SOAP
becomes a matter of life or death as VOL
as a means of salvation-since cleanli-
ness is next to Goodness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
The Billboard Must Go.
From LesIie's.


President Taft has Joined the swelling
ranks of the enemies Of poster advertis-
ing. Unable to attend the convention OF
the American Civic Association, at Wash
ington. the President sent letter ex-
pressing the hope that a way might be
found 'of getting rid Of the disgustingly
unpicturesque advertisements which mar
almost every rural view" The American
Civic Association. municipal leagues,
women's clubs and other kindred societies
might we'll make a campaign against the
billboard one Of the departments OF their
work Poster advertising Is conspicuous.
the advertiser argues-so conspicuous. in
deed, argues a large element of the disin-
terested public, that 1t ought to be pro-
hibited. Advertisers will some day
realize that, however conspicuous 1t may
be. no advertising pays the method of
which is under very general condemnation
by the thoughtful public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Negro Elks Still Fighting.

The negro Elks are again in the fed
eral courts-the ownership Of ritual be-
ing the matter in dispute. The style of
the litigation before Judge Waddill of
the United States district court Is Mills
against Wheaton. One of the men was
the head of the order and the other claims
that after the defeat of the owner of the
ritual the title to the book descended to
the next man. This is the point in dis
pute.
Negro lawyers have argued the case at
some length, and Judge WaddiIl is as far
as ever from getting at the bottom of the
case. He will, 1t is understood, refer the
matter to a commissioner for report and
Will then decide on the points involved
when evidence shall have been heard and
a recommendation made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Temple Bar.
From the Westminster Gazette.

Tho probability that owing to the death
of Lady Meux Theobald's Park. with its
famous Temple Bar gateway, may come
into the market recalls the strange his
tory Of that ancient London landmark,
which has now had a long period of
exile. 1t was In 167O-72 that Temple Bar
was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren.
after the great fire Of London Its pre-
decassor, "a house OF timber, erected
across the street, with a. narrow
gateway and an entry on the south side
OF 1t under the house, had stood for
about two and half centuries; since
early In Henry WIS reign it had sup
planted the posts. rails and chains"
which marked the city'S western bound
airy. Wren'S structure was removed in
the winter Of 1S77-7s, during the building
of tho new law courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
FACTS AS TO SOUTH
Purpose of Memorial Day An
nuaP' Is to Corrert Errors.
ABLE MEN WILL EDIT 1T
One Volume Will Be Issued Each
Year, Covering Period From
1860 to 1870.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va. February IL. 1911.
Simply to see to 1t that the historians
Of the country are furnished with the
| correct position and purposes Of the
south during the civil war and the perl
DDS preceding and succeeding that strug
gle. the state board Of education. acting
on a suggestion Of the Confederate Me-
mortal and Literary Association, has
adopted a resolution providing for the
publication Of Memorial Day Annual"
This book will be issued once each year
and it will set forth in brief style, taken
from the records, the facts which led to
the secession. of the southern states and
the aims and objects of the seeding
states
There will be papers from the archives
of the states, and the writings OF the
statesmen and authors who figured in
the events Of those days will be quoted
to define and give correctly everything
that will serve to correct the existing
and erroneous treatment of matters of
record by persons who have lost no op-
portunity to place the south in q light
which Is not justified by the facts
DR.. Douglass 8. Freeman of this city
noted historical student; Judge George
L. Christian. famed as barrister and
Confederate soldier, and others will have
charge of editing the book. The books
are to be distributed free to all who ask
for them. One will be issued each year
covlng the period indicated-from 1860
since the war. The first book will be
issued this spring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Mysterious Man Buried,

After being held for three weeks. the
police have ordered the body Of Emo
WHITEHALL, a supposed Scotchman, to be
buried. A. w. Bennett, an undertaken,
placed the body in a section bought by
himself. WHITEHALL came here early In
January and took lodgings in a private
family. He posed as an inventor and cap
ltaltst. claiming to have property interests
In German street car lines.
His possessions did not indicate who
he was. but the police incline to the be-
lief that he was a professional crook
with record. This has not been estab-
lished. however. There are evidences that
the man was. to some extent, a degener-
ate-the possession Of many photographs
OF nude girls from six to ten years of
age, lewd pictures and many articles in
his belongings and on his person complet-
Ing such impression. The police have ex-
nausted every means of identifying the
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

are engaged during the winter months
IN the coasting trade on the coast of
Africa.
A skillful cranberry picker can earn
from Sd TO 50 day, SO that the ''hravas -
as these invaders are called. can within
a rev years save enough to live In af-
fuence in their island home Under the
new conditions not only is the picking OF
chimes. but other machines separate and
sort the berries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
May Go to Death Chair.

Obadiah Britt. colored man, is In Hen
rico county Jail on a charge of having at
tempted to assault a Mrs. Henley of the
county In her home week ago. The
man was arrested by deputy sheriffs after
long hunt. He went to the home of
the woman and asked for something to
eat. and when he was not served at once
with what he wanted he entered the
house and made several threats and at
tempted to catch hold of Mrs Henley.
She screamed for help and the negro ran
The case was called in court and Mrs
Henley at once identified the negro as
the one who had entered her house and
threatened her. The man was remauded
to Jail. and the chances are that he will
be held for the grand jury. Penalty for
attempting to assault a woman In Vir-
glnia IS death in the electric chair and
so far there have been numerous execu-
tons for this crime, even though no harm
came to the intended victim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Hopelessly Incompatible.

From lie Rire.
You wish To divorce your husband :?
You cannot agree? In what way does
your incompatibility of temperament man
ifest itself?''
.oh, l wish to get divorced and he
Doesn't"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Feared Water.
From Puck

From Puck.
WILTSHIRE those Kentucky horses you
bought scared OF autos?
Gillis-No indeed. They never notice
train, either; but can't set them USED
to a sprinkling-cart to save my hfet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

He-Tomorrow, darling. is our wed
ding day.
She-Yes. and it's bargain day at
Silkman's, too. Isn't 1t just too az
gravating Boston Transcript
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
A Serious Confagration.

NOM TUCK.
The morning after the flremens picnic
sogan, the pipe-man. was in 81 bad way.
..Howly shmoke,' he groaned, 'me In
ldes is burnin' UP. Honora.
Do ye think, Mike, that We could Git
o. fire under conthrol wild a bottle "
icerf" asked Mrs. Hogan.
II dunno" said Hogan, but anyway
/ would help to wet down tn ruinst''
Evening journal., 1911-04-06

XXyANTED-YoUNG MAN AS OFFICE
w assistant must have some knowledge Of
stenography, State age. Address G. R. NJ,
this Office a53t