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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
OLD KING RATTLESNAKE HAS
SEVERAL DEADLY ENEMIES

stays and antelopes are fierce enemies Of
the rattlesnake and stamp 1t swiftly and.
skillfully to death.
'T had often been told of the deadly
enmity between this snake and a certain
poisonous spider. and finally had the.
chance to verify It / had ridden out
stag hunting in the early morning to a
salt lick which had been made for gams
In the vicinity of the hacienda where I
was staying. Hating at about the dis
lance of a rifle shot from the lick, my,
attention was caught by the peculiar
behavior Of an enormous spider. The in
sect, which was about fifteen yards dis
tant from me. was apparently in state
of great agitation, running repeatedly
up and down its thread. which hung
from the branch of tree. Looking
sharply at the ground underneath. I de-
serted rattlesnake, apparently sound
asleep.
suitable spot on the branch, ran rapidly
down its thread. stung the snake in the
head. and swiftly reascended. For a mo-
mcnt the snake lay quiet. then II began
to rattle loudly and to jerk about in con-
vulsive movements But these move
ments became weaker. the rafting fec
bier, and within the space Of a minute
the serpent lay dead.
It could learn nothing further about
the spider except that the Mexicans call
1t 'capulina.' and that 1t often does much
damage in herds of cattle, its bite killing
an OK In few minutes. Happily, it Is
rare
.sThe black snake. too. Is a well-known
enemy Of the RATHER. killing II by con-
sfriction.'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

Most honorable of snakes, as snakes go
is the rattlesnake. While his pistol fin
ger is ever on the trigger, so to speak, he
never fails, unless taken unawares, tc
sound the shrill tocsin of warning to the
advancing foe. And the harsh signif-
canoe of'that raucous sibilance brings a
chill of fear, in most cases, to the stout
est heart of man or beast.
Most wild animals fee panic-stricken
at its faintest sound. even the sturdy
brown bear taking French leave with all
possible dispatch when he hears It.
But there are a few notable exceptions
to this rule. and Of these DIR. Arnoldo
Krumm-Heller. of Brazil, writes enter
tainingly in recent number of Kosmos.
"Coahuila, northernmost state of Mex
ico,' he says. has an extensive fauna.
Its high plateaus are as rich In game as
they are scant of men. Bear, deer, pu-
ma, and vast quantities Of smaller game,
such as hares and foxes, abound. But
this hunters paradise is cursed with
many sorts of scrpents. Most hated and
feared of all these is crotalus durissus.
which often reaches a length of six feet.
According to my experience. II Is u day
animal, leaving its sleeping quarters at
sun rises 1t slips through the grass to
find some bare spot whereon to bask in
the heat.
TT has long been known that the pig
Is q zealous enemy of this snake. and
the snake attacks swine on sight. APP
parently the bite does not penetrate the
thick layers Of fat. but the pig carefully
guards its feet. Upon attack II Instantly
kneels. and. With more agility than one
would believe. sei5es the reptile In its
jaws and breaks the spine Likewise
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

great matter. will undertake to lead the
religious and moral sentiments Of the
two foremost nations of the time.
OF Enormous Size.
AS for dimensions. the cathedral. when
completed. will be $40 feet in length, s96
feet across the transepts, and have a
tower Is feet high. This latter dimen-
sion, standing on a hill as it rises, Will
make it a landmark literally overlooking
New York. These dimensions place New
York's venture on a par with anything
the world has ever built The style is
English Gothic and the material a pink
ish-yellow granite Seven chapels sur
round the sanctuary, two Of which are
now completed, and money for two more
provided. When completed the seating
capacity will be 1000 TO 1900 and the
standing space another 5000 possibly
even more. At present the choir and the
two chapels already mentioned are COM
pleted and will be consecrated on
April 19.
The four great arches that form the
crossing, and will some time support the
tower, have been walled in temporarily
and an auditorium formed that will seat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
HOW THE MOVING PICTURE
MEN GET WEIRD EFFECTS

resorted to to produce weird effects. In
this manner are made the films showing
normal-sized men and women watching
contest between what appear to be
men and women no bigger than a thumb
Z Two sets of pictures are taken. First
the fuIl-sized spectators are photographed
while making the gesticulations and mo-
tons to be expected of interested spec
tators. and then another set of pictures
Of the contestants is made, the persons
posing for them being stationed at such
distance from the moving picture ma
chine that they come out very small In
the pictures. 1t is then a comparatively
simple matter to combine the two films.
To construct a sky-scraper in the short
space of a minute or two seems easy
enough after observing the operation on
the moving picture screen. The founda-
ton Is dug, the steel skeleton construc-
ton is completed, the masonry and wood
work are added, the scaffolding is re-
moved, and, 10 and behold the tenants
are filing in and out, all within the space
of time 1t takes to run off the film,
But to make the film is much more
tedious operation than might be sup
posed. Every day during the progress of
the actual building of the structure the
moving picture man must photograph the
work. and when the building is complet-
ed pictures of the tenants going in and
out must be taken Then the various
films are united, and the effect when
they are run off on the screen is little
short of marvellous.
The adventures of alice in Wonder
land" have suggested some most fan
tastic ideas to the moving picture man.
In one of the films Alice grows so large
that she literally bursts through her
house, her legs and arms bullying through
the windows and walls.
This effect was obtained by means of
the multiple process, separate, normal
sized pictures of the house being taken
first, and then pictures of Alice with her
arms and legs enlarged to such an ex-
tent that they fairly filled the window
and doors. When the two films are COM
bined Alice Is prodigious enough to suit
the most fastidious.
Most of the moving picture concerns
employ regular stock companies, the
members of which receive high salaries.
There are few moving pictures display
ed in which some. deception Of this kind
is not practiced, but nobody minds it.
When. we go to the land of make-believe
we are willing to be fooled.
No effort is spared to produce weird
effects of this kind. Skilled actors are
employed and elaborate properties con-
structed to make the pictures success
full, and the moving picture man Is al
ways looking for something novel and
unique.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

While the political critics of the British
government are crying out loudly that
Lord Kitchener is unemployed. that
famous soldier is, in fact, engaged on a
task Of tremendous Importance He is
in Egypt studying the near Eastern
situation, prior to sending report to
the British war Office. He is making no
noise about it. but Kitchener uses no
megaphone on a job of this kind
while I possess Egypt 1 hold in my
hand the destinies OF the world" wrote
Napoleon after the battle of the Pyra-
mids. To-day both Germany and Eng
land realize that Egypt is the key-link
in the long chain connecting London to
her colonies in East Africa, India, the
far East, and Australia, besides serving
as a dominating point in the near East.
What this means just now can be real
lied when. it is recalled how Turkey
still throbs in the throes of change.
how Russia is piercing her claws into
Persia, and above all how Germany is
pushing forward wien the idea of estab-
fishing herself in Asia Minor and as
far southwark as she can get Gibraltar
and Malta no longer form the strategy
cal center of the Mediterranean; it is
NC ioohu III cyprus ana Egypt
Proof OF the march of events is, seen
In the decision to increase the British
garrison in Cyprus. That Is not UNDER
taken lightly, for all the troops have
to be moved 10 the hills every May,
thereby calling for double accommoda-
ton 1t means that England is deter
mined to be on the flank of any move-
ment aimed at Egypt through Paies-
tine, and TO keep close eye on the
outlet OF the German branch line from,
Bagdad to Alexandretta, where syria
joins Asia Minor.
Kitchener's aim is understood TO be
to persuade the government that to
strengthen this Egyptian link is TO solid
fly the imperial chain, but to allow n
to remain vulnerable is to run the
risk of some shattering blow being de-
livered that would shake British pres
tige through all the Arab and Moham-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
Secrets of Astonishing Feats of Agility
Displayed by Actors in These Film
Dramas and Comedies Ex-
planned by Expert.

position, and typewriters working OF
their own accord, is produced by means
Of wires which are either too fine to
appear in the picture, or, IL they show,
are readily painted out
Railroad collisions are frequent enough,
enc would imagine, to enable the moving
picture concerns to obtain genuine pic
lures of them, but the thrilling pictures
seen on the moving picture screen are
obtained in a far less realistic manner
Miniature trains. constructed and staged
with great fidelity to actual conditions,
and which run automatically, are used
for the purpose, and serve very well.
Sometimes an auto is made to collide at
a crossing with locomotive in similar
manner
Walking on Ceiling.
The familiar film showing a painter
steneiling ceiling, to which he appears
to be clinging in a most unnatural man
ner while an assistant is holding a pot
of paint up to him. never fails to create
wonderment among the uninitiated, but
is easily made. The pictures are taken
in a make-believe room, the walls of
which are painted upside down on a
four-sided screen, and the floor Of
which is painted white to resemble a
ceiling. To a rafter across the top a
man is suspended by his feet and holds
an empty paint pot toward the floor.
upon which the man posing as the
painter kneels. The latter holds a stem
Gil to the floor with one hand and with
the other dips a brush in the paint pot
which the suspended man holds toward
him. After the pictures are taken the
film is run off upside down and gives
the topsy-turvy effect desired.
In a similar way the film which shows
a man. holding himself to the ceiling
by the top Of his head and the palms
of his hands is made. the man simply
standing on his head. To make the pic
ture realistic, tables and chairs are at
tached to the make-believe room and
an elaborate chandelier Is attached to the
floor, so that when the film is reversed
the room will appear to be fully furn-
ished and equipped.
In two out OF three moving pictures
there is a pursuit in which men. women,
and children are made to scamper over
hill and dale at phenomenal speed. horses
and wagons and automobiles tear pell-
nell through the streets, knocking over
fat policemen in their path. and every
thing moves with hustle and hustle
that is little short Of amazing. 1t is
needless to say that neither the animate
lures ever actually covered space at
the rate indicated. When the pictures
are taken, the persons posing for them
may move as leisurely as they please,
the effect of speed being produced by.
cutting out numerous sections Of the nlfn.
some Weird ERects.
The superimposed negative, a process
familiar to every photographs. b often
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
EGYPT HOLDS THE KEY TO
BRITISH POWER IN EAST

medan world. Kitchener knows this re-
gion like a book. Both as soldier and
explorer he has studied every part of it.
He has no illusions as to the crucial i'm
portance of the Egyptian gate to Asia
and Africa Backed by Khartoum. al
ways growing in strength as military
center and now linked with the Red
Sea to Port Sudan il affords quicker
route to Oriental seas. From the south
the great trans-African railway is being
pushed upward from the Cape to Cairo"
and will bring added importance to this
heart OF the Sudan
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

them erect palaces for homes, religion
must erect at least a few palaces for
God If the world is to believe that Gods
cause still holds in the hearts of men.
Having erected in the great city one
great place of public worship of God,
Christian leaders OF our day favor, as a
rule, the small rather than the large
church for parish use. There is a good
reason for building one big cathedral.
even IL to do so takes years and a lot of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
Passing of the Maine Coasters.

OF feet OF 15o sail of coasting vessels
owned in Rockland and Rockport in 1900.
most of them engaged in the lime-carry-
ing trade, not over fifty are now afoat,
and most Of them are having very pre-
carious existence. The Northumberland
port Lime Company sounded the kneIi
of the lime feet by building ten years ago
half dozen steel barges and an ocean
the lime business, says the Boston Trans
cript. the few schooners yet In the carry
ing trade being owned by the company
Since 1903 there has been a steady de-
crease In the Rockland feet, many being
lost at sea. others sold away. and most
of the few now afoat are engaged In
carrying lumber during the summer
months from Bangor and other eastern
points to Boston and New York
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
German Ladies "Jigsaw.,

The jigsaw puzzle has invaded society
in Berlin and has become, according to
letter from that city, "a bridge rival
in those circles where people must do
something in order to be relieved of the
conversation burden The game" says
the writer. lis known as puzzle and the
word is the latest in the English language
to be adopted by the Germans. They
give 1t Teutonic twist, however, which
the American discovers when he is aske.
to play 'pootsel.'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16
Women Colonies.

Five women, all danes of high degree.
have been appointed to the command of
crack regiments in the Prussian army by
the present warrior Emperor. Previous
to his accession there were only two
women colonies in the Prnssian army.
and none had been appointed for nearly
a score of years. The senior woman coll
onel is the Empress Frederick, who was
placed in command of a regiment OF hus-
sars at the coronation of Emperor WILL
lam 1. October Is. 1851. Princess Freder-
lex Charles. widow of the famous Red
Prince" ranks second In point Of time.
She received her colonelcy in 1871. Queen
Victoria was made colonel of a Prussian
regiment of dragons in 1889. The two
nrst named have often ridden at the
head of their regiments. dressed in their
full regimentals, and enc Of the Empress
Frederick's most dashing pictures shows
her thus attired and adeld-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

Every day 100000 people attend the
moving picture shows throughout the
country, but, despite the evident popu-
larity of the amusement, there are few
who understand how the many mystify-
ing effects are produced.
Men walk on ceiling like flies, or run w
the sides of houses in apparently entire
disregard of the law of gravity. Horses.
dogs. cats, and other animals walk back
wards or sideways in a manner quite
contrary to their usual nature; coffee
pots proceed to pour themselves without
any visible interference; automobiles dash
through crowded streets in defiance Of all
speed laws; men and women fall down
steep inclines and over the edge of preci-
pices and get UP again, apparently none
the worse for their experience; real trains
collide and real ships are wrecked with
out regard to the expense involved-and
all for the modest price of a nickel or a
dime.
How is II done? The answer may be
told in two words: 1t isn't. It's all make
believe. Real persons and animals pose
for the pictures, and the scenery is some
times genuine, but that is ALL The rest,
for the most part, is just make-believe,
as visit to the great studios where
moving pictures are made would readily
demonstrate
Some of the most amazing effects are
easily accomplished by a tactful manipu-
lation of the film; others require more
elaborate preparations. To make an ami
NAL walk backwards a moving picture
is taken of IL walking in the usual man.
ner, and to produce the desired effect the
film is simply reversed. In the same way
the really astonishing pictures of bricks
flying into bricklayer's hod
are obtained the simple operation of a
man dumping hodload of bricks being
sufficient to give the fantastic effect
when the film is reversed.
Remarkable Agility.
Every one who has visited moving
picture exhibition Is familiar with the
ease with which moving picture heroes
and heroines run nimby up the sides of
houses when pursued, and no doubt
every one has wondered at one time or
another how the feat is accomplished.
There are two ways of doing this: One
is to have the person posing for the pic
ture drawn up the side of real house
by means OF a rope, moving his feet all
the time, as though he were walking,
the rope being afterward painted out on
the Aim; the other and more common
way Is to make the film in specially
prepared studio. On the floor a canvas
picture of the house In question is spread
and the man pursued Just scrambles
along 1t on his hands and knees.
The effect OF inanimate objects NOV
ing themselves, such as coffee pots pour
ing themselves. chairs and similar OBJ
jects jumping up IN the air. chimney
pots falling ~ and nyins back into
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

All the glaciers In the Alps put to-
geather would not equal one Of the larg
est In the territory Of AlaahA
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16

The superimposed negative. a process
familiar to every photographs. b -pftsn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-04-07
TO Be STRENGTHENED
Work of Eliminating G. & Q.
Curves Starts Soon.

Work on Strengthening out the
curves in the c. & O. railway of In
diana will probably start early in the
summer. Surveys for the changes in
the right of way were made last year
and the route mapped out by the engi-
neers has practically been adopted as
the new right of way for the company.
However the company has not as yet
acquired title to all the proposed new
right of way. The proposed changes
in Wayne county are numerous and
particularly so from Richmond. north.
At the same time that the company
begins strengthening its road it is eX-
pccted arrangements will also be made
for double tracking the system. r. p.
Dalton of Chicago, the superintendent
of construction. has inspected the sys-
TEN and the proposed changes thor
oughlv and it is understood has ap-
proved most OF the changes to be
made
The company is gaining in business
and has not had to lay off men, as the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad company has
claimed il has had to do. because OF
an alleged decrease in business.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-04-07
LAWS FOR CHILDREN
Passed by Last Legislature
Are Effective Soon.

In order TO prevent blindness or
optical affections in children. the
state Legislature passed law requir-
ing that reports of births be given to
the health officers within thirty-siX
hours after the birth. County Health
officer. J. f. King received notifica-
tion Friday from DR.. j. n. Hurty, sec
retary of the state board of health,
that this law would be in effect this
month and to see TO its observance.
In case children are born and the
birth not reported within thirty-siX
hours, the health officer is empowered
to prosecute. The laws penal clause
is fine of not less than SO nor
more than $40 for each violation.
The county health officer also was
notified that by the new school sani-
tation laws, children who are sick
dirty or malodorous shall be sent to
their home by the teacher. No dis
easod teacher or janitor can be en-
ployed. The health officer must see
that these provisions are obeyed. Tn
less school buildings upon construc-
ton or rcmodelng are made sanitary,
the bill for the construction or i'm
provements of the building shall be
rendered void. The duty of seeing
that the buildings are sanitary is i'm
posed upon the health officer Here
after hygiene must be taught in at
least one of the grades.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-04-07
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

John c. Carey to Mary Emma Carey
April 3, 81. Lot 20, c. Fetta's add TO
Richmond.
William Thornburgh to James L..
Powell. Dec 10, 1910. $500. Pt. S. W.
u sec. 5-17-13.
Margaret McCaffrey to Rufus p.
Lindsey, Feb. %. $725. Lot 1, pit 2, c.
c. l.. & |. Co. add Cambridge.
Elizabeth A. Thompson to James j.
Muligan, April 4. $1.100. Lot "a, H.
A. Leeds add Richmond.
Rebecca Sebring to G, w. Sebring.
April 4. 81 PIT lot II, blk 9, NJ. & B.
add Dublin.
Mary c. Walker to Alice E. Hess,
March 81. SIS. PIT n. w. a sec 2-15-12.
Dickinson Trust Co. to Howard c.
Hoffman, May IS, 1909. S120. Lot 21S
Earlham Heights.
Samuel Mccain to Bert Lacey ct al
March 21 $3.50. Lot 60, Benton
Heights.
Dickinson Trust Co. TT, to Nancy
C. Evans, Jan. IL. $9S. Lot %, High.
land Terrace.
Dickinson Trust Co, Tr. to Minnie
Levern, April /. s9S, Lot %, Highland
Terrace.
Dickinson Trust Co. Tr. to Stella
A. Santin, March s. sos. Lot Is High
land Terrace.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-04-07
BASEBALL TEAM is
GIVEN A PRACTICE

For the first time in over week
the Earlham baseball men We're able
to hold out door batting practice yes
terday afternoon on the upper camp
us. Coach ThiStlethwaite took the
opportunity to work out material for
a catcher to take the place of Beard,
who is out of the game on account of
conditions in his studies. Two new
men are showing up favorably in this
work, Richie and Brubaker. Brubak-
er is a former shortstop, and Richie a
former pitcher, but they are both max
ing rapid strides toward perfection
with the big glove. The outfield was
wideawake, and pitchers Hays and
Lewis both showed remarkable form
for so little out door work. In spite
of the bad weather preventing out
door practice, the situation is very
promising and the Earlham team is
expecting to make off with the dia-
mOnd hOnOrS at their first game with
Butler college at indianapolis, April
Is The track squad and weight men
are rapidly rounding into proper
form, and the crOss-cOuntry runners
are out over the fields every day. The
Earlham coach stated that, provided
the weather remained suitable, the
college athletes might expect hard
workouts in all lines during the next
week.