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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-05
Waitress Wins Clerk.

SPRINGFIELD, MO.---Volier V.
viies, clerk in the department of
commerce and labor at Washington,
married Mrs. Beulah Paden, head
waitress at the Colonial hotel here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-05
DO YOU LOVE
n HEALTH?

II so, call and see
L. J. Hayden, manu-
facturer of p u r e
Herb Medicines, go
West Broad Street.
My medicines cure
the following dis.
eases or no charge;
Heart Disease Con-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-05
Women Hunt Lions.

BOSTON. MASS.--Mrs Rovs
Phelps Carroll and her daughtel
Dorothea. have sailed for a lion hun,
ing trip in the African jungle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-05

40 West Broad Street, Richmond, Va.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28

1t is said that the European notion
of wall paper was imported from
China. There its ornamental use for
screens. partitions and the like was
known as early as the fourth century.
Authorities on this subject assert that
1t was Holland during her naval SUI
premacy of the sixteenth century
which first began to adopt and hang
around the wall paper idea.
The early Chinese wall papers were
printed from blocks, hand painted or
stamped with infinite labor and ex-
quisite art. They were made to order
produced in sheets of varying di-
mansions according to the uses to
which they were to be put. The mod
ern rolls of wall paper with continu-
GUS duplicate design were unknown.
1t was not until the invention OF the
modern printing and stamping ma
chimes with cylindrical rollers that n
continuous conventional pattern was
favored
AS neither China nor Japan was
communicative country during the be-
ginning Of the commercial history of
Europe these wall paper importations
were few and far between and con-
siderably at premium. Yet they
soon hit the European fancy as
good substitute for the arras and tap
estries OF the time.
Up TO the end of the seventeenth
century the imported product was pro-
hibitive In price, however, and 1t was
not until the middle of the eighteenth
century that 1t was really a familiar
thing on the market. When the meth
DDS for printing and stamping wall pa
per from blocks was introduced from
China each nation was jealous Of its
neighbor in the wall paper trade and
tried to keep It's own process a secret.
Toward the end of the seventeenth
century the English were the largest
importers of the hand decorated Chi
nese wall papers, but only for a
short time. AS the demand increased
they began to perfect a process Of pa
per stamping and paper decoration to
initiate tapestries. and with improved
machinery soon cheapened their pro
duct and popularized it all over Eu
rope. BY the time of the Stuarts the
arras OF Shakespeare's era was begin
ming to disappear.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
MAN WITH AMAZING MEMORY

William E. Putnam, connected with
the postoffice at Niles, Mich, Is a
walking encyclopedia. Niles Is a town
of more than 5000 people, but Putnam
Is able to name every householder or
occupant In the place and to give his
correct street number. He is able to
recite the entire constitution of the
United States, off hand, and he will
give you the capital of every state,
country or island in the world. AS
to dates, he is able to give you the ex-
act time when any event of any con.
sequence happened years and decades
back In history. Putnam. along with
his other accomplishments, is a Bible
student and Sunday school worker.
He has record Of having furnished
publisher large list of Biblical
verses. locating each verse at it's prop
er place, book. chapter and verse, the
entire list being made up from mem
DRY.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28

fiat roof and is intended for patent
roofing only, this being considered OF
low cost and satisfactory on a building
of this type. On roof having much
greater slope than this it would be
necessary to use rafters instead OF
purlins. The timber in the frame
should be of strong native wood or
southern pine. Hemlock is not consid-
cred safe where it must carry any
great load 1t is considered essential
to have good deep foundation wall
under the building and to have the
building firmly anchored to it. The
foundation wall need not be built
across the driveways. The length OF
the building and the width may be
made to suit conditions, but 1t is adj
vised that building framed like the
one above be made not wider than the
dimensions given. The trusses should
also be placed not more than twelve
feet apart. A length of 4S feet would
be about a minimum for the width
given. This would require five trusses
and could be arranged to have doors
on either side, and two driveways ad-
joining. 1t would be well in many
cases to partition off a workshop in
this building. This workshop would be
convenient to most of the repair work.
An earth floor can be used If good
drainage can be had, or a rough con-
crete floor can be made with little cost
where the material can be easily OBJ
tanned. A proportion of 1875 of cement,
sand and gravel, or Is OF cement and
gravel will be satisfactory where the
latter can be obtained with the size OF
grains graded from fine to coarse. No
top dressing will be necessary.
The material for building Of the
size suggested would cost from $50 to
$3.50, depending upon location and kind
of lumber used. This size should be
adequate to accommodate most of the
machinery on 160-acre farm. shed
fer the smaller farm, built after the
same plan, could Of course be built
for very much less.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
SOME FACTS ABOUT TREES

The tallest trees in the world are the
Australian eucalyptus. which attain
an altitude of 480 feet. The biggest
are the mammoth trees OF California,
some of which are 276 to 1913 feet In
height. and 10S feet in circumference
at the base. From measurements OF
rings It Is believed that certain Of
these trees are from 1000 to $500
years old. The oldest tree in the world
Is said to exist on the island of Cos.
of the coast Of Asia Minor 1t is sew
eral thousand years old. but just how
many no one has dared to say. The
tree is carefully preserved by wall
of masonry round 1t. and the trunk Is
30 feet in circumference.
But there are parts Of trees in the
form Of useful timber which are even
older, probably, than any on the
stump. Beams in old buildings are
preserved today which are known
TO be over thousand years old. Piles
driven by the Romans prior to the
Christian era are perfectly sound to-
day, and It Is known that they have
been immersed in water for upward
of 1000 years.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
COMB OF PAPER.

The paper comb Is q novelty which
has made its appearance. 1t is made
OF smooth finished. hard cardboard.
The teeth are coarse and far apart,
but 1t is quite useful for comblng the
hair. The paper comb Is one to be
used once and then thrown away. II
is designed for travellers, for use in
public baths. and in various other
places where now might be found
combs kept for common use; in such
places these combs might be fur
nished by the establishment free. It
is not costly, the paper comb, put up
in a waxed paper holder. being sold at
retail at one cent.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
Farm Jack Screws.

Every farm should be equipped with
one or two jack screws, not necessar'
lily heavy, expensive ones. such as are
used by contractors. A screw with 11A-
inch thread and 10-inch stand, the
screw being made of wrought iron and
the stand cast-iron, has capacity OF
Is tons. Scarcely week passes
that such a screw cannot be used to
great advantage in repair work about
buildings or starting load that has
been stalled in soft fields or roads.
Overlooking such screws must be
avoided, and care should always be
taken to follow the load up with
blocking to prevent accidents. Avoid
trouble by setting the screw firmly
and straight on good blocking
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
tuberculosis in Fowls |

This is the title of circular No. II
from the laboratory of bacteriology,
Michigan Agricultural college. The
disease has been found in chickens
both before the publication of this cir
cular and since. 1t is caused by a
variety Of the same germ that pro-
duces tuberculosis in cattle and con-
sumption in man. The symptoms are
gradual emaciation, unthriftiness, ane
mia, perhaps lameness, with death aft
err a period of weeks or months. The
disease manifests itself in the shape
of grayish nodules in the wall of the
intestines. liver, spleen and else
where There is no practical means Of
diagnosis except by post norton ex'
animation. No treatment is possible.
Destruction of the entire flock and dis
infection followed by certain period
before the introduction of more birds
is the proper method to follow. In
order to have positive diagnosis
made a live but badly diseased bird
should be shipped, express prepaid, to
the archaeological Laboratory, East
Lansing, Mich" There are a number
of other affections that may easily be
mistaken for tuberculosis by one not
familiar with these diseases. Core
sopndence covering the history of the
case and the flock should accompany
shipment. Circular No. II Is available
for distribution and may be obtained
from director experiment station, East
Lansing, Mich.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28

Irrigation projects are receiving the
serious attention of the government
of Brazil.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
MAN EATS NINE POUNDS

Chas. Winkelman Of Lakeview, Orc,
who is big eater, and is proud OF it. re.
Gently consumed nine pounds of solid
food, one glass Of beer and three of
water in SIS minutes. The meal con.
sisted of 80 beef and ham sandwiches,
16 pickles AM Is pieces Of fruit cake.
Winkelman is 60 years old. He says
he has eaten 16 pounds of food at one
sitting.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
Prepare Good Whltewash.

To prepare good whitewash, take
half pailful Of unslaked lime, add u
cup of salt, then pour in enough sour
milk to reduce 1t to light consist
ency stirring briskly all the time until
dissolved.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
CHINESE TYPE FROM JAPAN

The leading type foundry of the far
east is located at Tokyo and produces
two series OF Chinese type. The
first series, consisting Of 5000 charac-
tiers. has in combination total of 150.-
600 separate pieces of type The sec.
ond series has 1900 characters aud
lrnr ordinations.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
Winter SuccuIent Feed.

II man does not have enough
stock to warrant the use OF a silo he
should provide some other form OF
succulent feed for cows. This can best
be done by raising a small area OF
mangels, rutabagSs or stock carrots.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28
Curjno the Spat.

Wife OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES not
like Mr.. Knagg. They've been mar
ried 20 years, and Mrs. Knagg says
her husband is so tender.
Hub-Tender! Well, he ought to
be, after being in hot water that
long.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28

The Chicago Fire could have been pre-
vented with one pail of water, but the
water was not handy. Keep bottle of
Hamlins Wizard Oil handy and prevent
the fiery pains of inflammation.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-28

In grove Of pine trees near Allan
ia, Ca, stands the curious oak tree
here pictured. The odd form into
which 1t has grown resembles very
closely the head of a deer and 1t has
attracted much attention. A prom
inent stock broker of Atlanta thought
that 1t was on his own land. and trans
planted IT to his lawn. The real own
er Of the tree, after discovering his
loss, advertised for its return, and
when it was discovered on the lawn
OF the man who takes possession
Of 1t, there was quite a row.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09
Lalndries for Tainted Money

ly. The basket is then removed. ana
placed In another washer, which contains
a solution OF sizing or starch, and here
the money is subjected to a thorough bath
OF stiffening. which gives 1t the crisp
appearance of new bills. After a few
minutes Of immersion the basket Is taken
from the sizing machine and the water
is drawn from the bills by centrifugal ac-
ton. During the operation OF the drier.
a strong htgll-pressure current of air is
turned into the rapidly revolving basket
from the air-storage tank, and while the
bills are being dried by the rapid motion
impaired to the money basket, the force of
air is continually strengthening out the
folds from the bills. Then the basket IA
removed from the drier and unlocked. and
the bills are passed through a heavy set
OF pressure rollers, between layers of
heavy cardboard. after which they emerge
clean, crisp, and resembling new money.
1.-The process of cleansing the dirty bills
seemingly puts new life into the paner
and the bills are piiable. having q soft
velvety feeling.
The renovation OF currency will be a
step that all banks and handlers of large
amounts of money will appreciate.
The time is not far distant when every
BANK can be supplied with a fully
equipped currency washer and drier. Thus
the expense of ~re-issuing new money will
be reduced with great saving to the gov.
eminent, as we'll as to the individual
banker. who has to send in his old bills to
be redeemed with new ones. The expense
OF sending the bills to the United States
treasury and sub-treasuries amounts to a
heavy tax on those banks that are located
at distant points.
For his reason the people In the west
are compelled to handle more filthy. dis
ease-breeding money than those h the
cast. A week or two is also lost before
the money is returned. The saving Of
time and money will lead the large banks
10 install laundries Of their own.
Heretofore 1t has been the policy Of tina
government to destroy its dirty and mutt
lated currency. but the new discovery OF
Mr.. Churchill will revolutionize the svs-
tenn. The treasury figures for last wear
show that 81 ,183. 10000 in soiled bills were
redeemed by new ones. There were soma
0,0N.@ individual bills in this amount.
Eighty per cent Of them, or 16O. ON. ON
might have been washed.
1T has been determined that fha l,s>
OF a 81 bill is one to two years. that Of 4 q
bill one to four years. and that of bills of
larger denominations about three years
II by washing 1t the life q bill can M
heightened. the bureau Of engraving NJ
printing will have to manufacture but
half - much money. and one Of the a.
ponsive bureaus Of the government can -
operated much more chsaply."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09
The Moose Calf as Doeoy.

FROM OuIlnR magazine.
The swamp led to q short piece of dr.
ground at the shore of the lake. TIL:
Old Dull had heard IS coming and wa.
exceedingly " When the cali
began to nibble the lily roots, the s,ls-
picions of the big bull were overcome.
and we crept quietly to the edge of the
woods, where we secured a wonderful
picture.
The only moose about the lake which
had entirely outwitted us was a 3-year-
old bull. He carried his three little
spikes with a dignity becoming a true
with a mighty spread OF ant
lers. He walked about the lake with
caution which would indicate that he
had h entire region resting on his
back. Many times. through the glasses.
we detected his face peering through
the brush. He would stand for an
hour without moving. trying to scent
danger. and we could never get near
enough to snap his picture.
One day as we lay hidden in a blind
we discovered his brown face lookin1
out of the brush not more thar ion
yards above us. The little net Iau
by sides. We gently urged him
to his feet and made him walk omf
upon the beach. Immediately the prn,,d
bull came from cover, trotted boldly
to the water, and began to feed. Grad.
rally he came. toward us until there
were not more than SO feet between
him and U camera. Then we snapped
end. thanks to our pet, the one hun
that had evaded US was ours.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09

From the Literary Digest.
Formerly the only thing to be done with
dirty paper currency was to burn il and
reprint 1t. Now 1T may be washed. as if
it were made of cloth. at great saving Of
expense. Recent investigation has made
the public unwilling to handle the ragged,
filthy bills that used to circulate. An ex-
animation of paper currency by Warren
HI. Hilditch. of Yale. whose results were
set forth in these pages not long ago,
showed an average OF Ia. GOO bacteria to
the bill. Twenty-one bills were examined,
n while some were relatively clean car
rying only a trlfe of 1900. others
swarmed to the figure of $4,000. The in
ventor of the machine now used to clean
this dirty money Is F.. IS. Churchhill, Of
Shelbyville, Ind. who has been occupied
for % years in the manufacture of wash
ing machines operating by compressed
air. We read in The Inventive Age
(Washington) in substances:
Some 20 years ago he made the discov-
cry that currency could be washed as we'll
as other articles. He used to throw old
soiled bills into the washing Machine to
show people that there coul be no pos
sible injury or wear to the most delicate
fabric. He experimental first with cold
water. afterward with warm, and finally
with hot, until he was able to remove the
CRIME and transform the dirty bills into
fresh. crisp currency. bearing every mark
of having Just been issued by the govern
ment.
"Realizing the necessity Of a wide appli-
ltion of his process, and being of q pro-
/; iessiye spirit, Mr.. Churchill wrote to the
easury department in the spring OF 1910.
I ad informed the officials that he had
lived the problem of cleaning so!led cur
,ncy. The department asked him to give
Demonstration of the operation Of his
machine. This was later done before q
committee of treasury officials and the re-
suit was so satisfactory that one Of the
machines was purchased for government
use, and installed in the treasury de-
partment. 1t was not until after this test
was made that Mr.. Churchill realized the
full magnitude of his discovery. and de-
cided to apply for a patent on It. The lat
ter has recently been granted. The wash
err consists OF an oscillating vessel, with
air-chambers and brackets to. support a
foraminous basket, which Is ;ecurely fast
encd inside. although 1t Is adjustable. The
dirty bills are placed in the basket and se-
ourely locked therein by three separate
locks. the reason for which is obvious.
The basket Is then placed within the body
06 the washer, which contains q solution
Of hot soapsuds. and the machine 10 put
n operation. The compressed air forces
the suds and hot water through the
meshes Of the money basket with such
1Orce that the bills are cleaned thorough.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09
Wins A HUSBAND BY
BREAKING into HOME
Indiana Girl Answers Marriage
Advertisement BY Using
Force.

Wabash. Ind.-Spccial: When Mabel
Blanche Baker, 90 years old, of North
Manchester. Ind. made up her mind to
get married she was not to be baked
by a little thing like a locked door. So
she forced open a window and climbed
in.
William Bailey. Of this city, adver-
tised for a wife. Miss Baker appeared
here in answer to the advertisement.
Bailey did not know she was coming.
In fact. Bailey had almost forgotten
abou his advertisement. When she
arrived at the Bailey home the doors
were locked and Bailey was not at
home.
Was she daunted? Well. not quite.
Selling an old stove poker she forced
open a side window and climbed in.
Removing her hat and coat she started
to cool inner And while she was
preparing the meal she Strengthened
up the house.
Bailey appeared. He saw smoke issu-
ing from the chimney and thought
something was wrong He found q
trim little woman leaning over the
stove, while the savory odor Of the
dinner arose.
will you be mine?" he cried.
Just taste my pie first" she replied.
An hour later they We're married by
the Rev. S. d. Colyer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09
Cookery
Chocolate Sponge Cake.

cook to a strip one and one-half
.u:'iuis of sugar and five tablespoons
!als OF boiling water. Separate six eggs.
beat whites 10 minutes, then beat yoiks
very light. add n beat together five
minutes. Add strip u little at the time
and beat all 10 minutes. Add slowly
" eupfuls Of pastry flour, pinch OF
salt, ~teaspoonful of vanilla, and two
'~sas.,oonfuls of baking powder. Bake.
q minutes in moderate oven. DO not
look IN oven for 20 minutes. Icing
~te't over teakettle two squares of bit
scr chocolate. add cupful of sugar and
add boiling water, one tablespoonful
~ u time until dissolved, but do not
asd more than three tablespoonfuls.
spread on cake while icing is warm.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09
QUEEN OF BRITAIN
REFUSES TO RIDE
INDIAN ELEPHANT
Great Durbar of East May Be
MARRIED BY Notions of King
Georges Consort.

L4ondon-Speclal: The fates seem to
be ~consp1ring against the Indian Dur
n. First there We're rulnors that the
King and queen would not attend in
person and a number Of persons con-
sequeEtly changed their plans about
going. Then Scotland Yard and the
India officers. together, BECAME prey
TO fears that some untoward incident
might occur. and IA general feeling OF
uneasiness became prevalent.
Two more facts transpircd recently
in connection with the Durbar prepa-
rations which are calculated to deprive
il OF some of it's glory.
The queen. as everybody knows.
possesses a will of her own n has
just put her foot down in a matter
Ing the show no end of trouble. One
OF the features OF the celebration was
to be a procession of elephants. In fact.
h elephant procession was the most
popular feature at the last Durbar and
it was felt such a parade should be
an equally distinctive feature ut the
coming one.
Won't Ride tire Elephant.
riding an elephant. Indeed, she is re-
ported to nave said that nothing on
earth could induce her to take part in
such a procession. King Georges per-
sonal solicitations, it is reported. have
been all in vain. n h officials re-
sponsiblc for the arrangements of the
ceremonies are at their wits end.
To the Indian mind a procession of
elephants is invested with more than
portant potentates must ride the big
gest beats. At the last Duroar the
question of inches in the relative
stature of the elephants riddle by
Lord Curzon and the Duk of Con-
naught assumed the proportions of a
state ant1trny-nrcy Ny ,o SnA ~
paratively un1mportant state caused a
lot OF trouble by carefully concealing
till nearly tho last ~ the fact
that he had a taller elephant than
other rajahs of much higher degree
possessed. Had he appeared in the
princes on less magnificent animals
would have been h:ortally offended.
All this shows the Importance which
attends the preparation of King
George and Queen Mary in a process
sion OF. elephants, and it may be
imagined in what a ~quandary Queen
Mary's refusal to noun such an ami
NAL has place the indian officials.
Grown Jewel Dilemma.
But this is not the only dilemma
raised by the Durbar preparations. 1t
appears that there is no precedent for
taking the crown jewels out of Eng
land. 1t is naturally the desire of the
king and queen and their advisers
that the crown jewels should be at
their disposal at Delhi, so that their
ornaments may stand comparison with
the magnificent gems of the Indian
~potentates.
Here comes III hitch. Somebody in
authority refuses to allow the crown
Jewels to be removed from England
except by a special warrant. which, so
far as has been ascertained. nobody is
in a position to give. 1t is suggested
that a special act of parliament would
be necessary to authorize the taking of
the crown Jewels to India. Meanwhile,
the official mind is greatly %perturbed.