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The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
HEADQUARTERS FOR ROLLER SKATES.
ALL THE BEST KINDS At 75e TO 81.
Barber & ROSS, 11th and G Sts.
African Elephants.

From tie New York Sun.
The elephant in enormous numbers
still roams over large parts Of Africa.
For generations TO come he may be
commercially important for the ivory
he supplies and for the food he affords
to many tribes that relish his flesh. We
do not know yet whether It will ever
be possible to make him thoroughly use
rier. The earnest efforts of the last
ten years to tame and make him a
good domestic animal have not been
largely rewarded. From all we know
of his history he seems doomed TO exter-
mination, unless he can be made use
full. like the Indian elephant. the horse
and the OK. for domestic purposes.
The African elephant has a right to
his name. for there is no proof that
the Asian variety ever lived In Africa.
1t has been conjectured that the Indian
elephant might have crossed the 18TH
mus OF Suez and populated the noun
tion region of North Africa, where
elephants within historic times have
been very numerous. The Greek and
Roman historians wrote OF elephants
there, and a little before the Christian
era as many as 100 OF them were often
exhibited at one time IN the Roman
circus. There Is proof. however. that
these animals were OF the African va
riety. The elephant head stamped on
many medals and coins invariably had
the large ears and the cranial pecu-
liarities which so plainly differenuate
the African from the Asian species.
Many petrossyphs and pictures on the
rock walls OF the Atlas Mountains
strikingly depict the characteristics OF
the African animal. The wild herders
Of the Atlas Mountains drew their ele-
phant as they saw him, and II was as
striking a picture OF the African varie-
ty of to-day as the rock drawings of
the bushmen which so faithfully out
line the animals of the Kalahari des-
ert.
The elephant no longer, exists in
North Africa because he has been ex-
terminated by man. Two factors con-
troll the distribution OF elephants in AZ
rica and the size of the herds. One is
the abundance or the Scarcity Of plants
on which they live: the other Is the pres
ence or the absence OF man. The whites
want the elephant for his ivory and tho
blacks for his flesh. The elephant seeks
new stamping grounds II either the
whites or the blacks become uncomfor-
tably numerous.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
VANIMAN'S LACK.
Discussion of Dead Inventors idea,
and Comparison with Others.


From the New York Tribune.
Vaniman had not, through study or
practice. acquired suficient knowledge TO
enable him to build an airship that would
meet the approval OF airship engineers
who have shown by their successes that
they know their trade. DR.. Paul F. Cans.
who has built an airship in Germany to,
cross the Atlantic Ocean. saw the Vani-
man airship last summer and condemned
II for the purposes for which II was de-
signed He said that from an engineering
point Of view 1t was deficient Mr.. Vani-
man constructed his dirigible bag Of home
fabrics which had never demonstrated
their efficiency
Despite this fact he announced a new
theory of trying to hold the gas which is
the airship's sustaining power. by COM
pressing II whenever natural forces
caused the gas to contract. In connec-
ton with this It Is important to remcm-
ber that Count Zeppelin. Maj. Parseval.
and all the leading airship builders OF
Europe insure the safety OF their gas by
exactly the reverse OF Mr.. Vaniman's
method-that is. by providing appliances
which automatically prevent anything
like compression of the gas inside OF the
gas bag beyond a certain safe point OF
course, q mere cloth bag has to be per-
fectly taut whenever the gas shrtnks, in
order that the bag may present a stiff
surface and thereby be steered. II is evi-
dent that Mr.. Vaninan was COMPRISING
his gas by initiating his air baIloonets in
side OF the gas bag 10 keep the big bag
taut, and that the inside pressure which
he brought about in this way strained
the gas envelope too severely. The nat
ural consequence would be that the bag
would burst Escaping hydrogen. the
minute II comes in contact with spark
from the motors or any electricity IN the
steel frame. explodes with the force OF
dynamite. This is what undoubtedly hap
pened to the Vaniraan airship. Mr.. vani-
man was bold man. who built his air
ship solely on his nerve.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
VALUE OF WASTE PAPER.
Accumulation of q Chicago once
Building Sold for 1881.

Building Sold for 1881.
From the Chiaso Tribune
The management of one of the largest
office buildings in Chicago made a profit
OF N,S21.57 last year by selling the waste
paper which the tanitors remove each
night from the Offices Of tenants
Comparatively few persons ever stop to
think that there IN any value TO a scrap
Of paper thrown into a waste basket
There really isn't when a single sheet or
even basketful Is considered. But when
thousands Of basketfuls are dumped into
one big pile 1t is worth considerable.
Removing the days accumulation OF
waste paper Is an obligation which the
management Of every big building must
perform for its tenants. so a profit OF
sl.S3l.5I Is really just like finding that
much money. Handling waste paper has
been reduced 10 a science. and tons and
tons of II is sold each year by the pro-
prtetors Of the hundreds OF skyscrapers
IN Chicago. This scrap paper IS pur-
chased by the second hand paper COM
panies, who in turn dispose of IL at a
profit to concerns that make II up into
cheap grades and perhaps sell II back TO
the persons who originally threw the
scrap away.
The Office building management that
clears a.sS1-57 annually from this
source employs a man at $50 a month,
whose sole duty II is to look after the
waste paper. After II is brought down In
his big sacks to the basement each day
the paper Is carefully serted over and ex-
amined to discover any valuables that
might possibly have been thrown away
by mistake This done the paper is
placed in a big COMPRISING machine and
It comes out in bundles similar to baled
hay.
These bundles are sold by weight and
the market price OF waste paper is about
IS ton. To realize q profit OF s1.ssl.S
over and above the salary of the man
who handles the waste paper this one Of
fce building must dispose of more than
three hundred tons a year.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Actor Wore womcn's Dres..

Frurn the London Evening Standard
Herr Ernst Mittenstedt. an actor and
formerly a locksmith. was summoned to
appear in a Berlin court to answer a
charge Of knocking down another man In
the street When the case was called a.
young person dressed in a fashionable
blue gown. with a charming hat trimmed
with feathers. entered the dock To the
judges astonishment this elegant indi-
vidual was not a pretty girl who came
out Of her turn, but the bellicose Herr
Mitenstedt himself.
When asked sharply why he was mas
querading the defendant said he habitu-
ally wore women's clothes. and had per-
mission from the police to do so on the
ground that he excited less attention IN
that garb than when dressed as a man.
Evidence to this effect was given, and IL
was also shown that Herr MIttenstedt
knows how to use his nsts. As he had
been provoked TO the assault complained
Of he was discharged
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Many Bills Laundered.

Several hundred thousand dollars
worth OF neatly laundered paper bills lie
in the vaults in the Treasury awaiting
Secretary MacVeagh's permission to cir
culate and get dirty again. The govern
ments new machine for laundering the
bills Is pronounced a success. It turns
out the groomed 81. 81. and $ bills at
the rate OF 2o.oOo a day. About 90 per
cent OF the bills so laundered have been
declared satisfactory for circulation af-
ter inspection.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
About People You Know
Along Auto Row.

Theodore Barnes will start on tour
| through Massachusetts, next week In Q
Pullman 20" He viii be gone from q
week to . month.
J. Albert schafer. IN q Pullman y. :"
will 90 10 oakdale. Nd, either Friday
or Saturday evening. where he win spend
week or ten days.
Gilbert c. Bensinger has just returned
from q trip In an Ohio 10" to Phila-
delphia. Harrisburg. Atlantic City and
the Blue Mountains. His brother. Daniel
B. Bensinger. will leave this week In an
Ohio '40' for Atlantic City and New
York.
R. o. Israel IL going to Atlanta, Ga.
in q 1900 70 H. P. Thomas Flyer.
J. NJ. stoddard left last night for New
Hampshire. where he will spend the rest
Of the summer. He made the same trip
| in Cadillac IN June.
The Commercial Automobile and Supply
Company sold studebaker go to J. B.
Bland, and the same type Of car. demi-
tonneau. TO DR.. William z. Clark; also a
20 H. p. studebaker suburban" to c. B.
Brink.
Representative John NJ. Faison. Of
North Carolina. bought a Lyon touring
car from the Hines Auto Company last
week.
Representative Page, OF North Caro-
lima, has Just returned from q trip to
his home State. made In his Lyon car.
and he In now planning to go again In
another car of the same make.
! The Luttrell Company sold two cars last
week One s-cylinder Packard '.Phaeton"
was sold to Robert Corby. and a s-cyiin-
der Packard runabout to C. c. Trivvy.
J. ID. Winter and family. OF Mississippi.
left yesterday for a tour through the
New England States In their recently
purchased National
c. NJ. Storm left last Thursday in a
Hudson Torpedo for Allenhurst, N. ].
He will be gone about a week. and upon
his return will prepare for another tour
through the State Of Maine for the month
Of August
James A. Fletcher is going to Atlantic
City in his Ohio.
The Motor Supply Shops sold a Hup-
mobile "Runabout" to Arthur Brown last
week.
Edward c Goodwin left last Friday for
Neriden, Conn, in a Hupmobile touring
car.
Arthur Foraker left last night for
Pollard Springs. Me. IN his Marmon tour
ing car.
Dr. Edward H. Able. Of the Army
and Navy Club. bought an Oakland ''40'
fve-passenger touring car from the Olds-
mobile Company this week
T. p. Hickman has Just returned from
n trip through the States OF Maryland
and Virginia in an Oakland 20" He re-
ports that he had no trouble whatever
over the 2.n23 miles of country which
lie covered. and much OF which was hard
going.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
What He Learned.
land Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
"That oldest kid OF mine," confdes
Laurence De Winnie. had a hunch about
a year ago that he wanted to go West.
1 know better than to encourage such
fool ideas by opposing them. so told
him to go ahead. l said I'd pay his fare
one. way. He took me up and went to
the Coast Well. I got this telegram
from him the other day.
Dear Dad: Life is short. Let US
spend 1t together.
He stayed in the ten-word limit. but
understood what ne meant. Say, come
around TO the club tomorrow; 1 want to
Introduce you to q good I'D"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Decrease in Railroad Freight.

While showing increased activities in
every other branch, the railroads Of the
United States show a decrease in the
number OF tons OF freight moved during
the last fiscal year. Freight tonnage for
the fiscal year ended June 30. 1872. was
l. L7sl. 81. .s64, which shows a decrease of
s.. 2s2.1E tons over the year previous. ac-
Icording to the figures OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Mudd to Act as Prosecutor.

Assistant United States Attorney sgd
ney Mudd will take up the duties Of pros
ecutor in the United States branch Of
Police Court tomorrow. He will al
ternate with Assistant United States At
torneys s. McComas Hawken and John
Louis Schmidt during the absence Of
Prosecutor Ralph Given, who is on leave
until September 10
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
To Raise Sunken BARGE.

Capt. Riggfn. owner Of the barge
Princess. which recently sank in the
Susquehanna River with a cargo Of
stone on board, is making arrangements
&c raise the vessel. The Baisanore
wrecking Company will have charge Of
the work. and, when foated. the boat
will be taken to the nearest railway
for repairs.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Recalls Preferred stock.

The Studebaker Corporation has taken
advantage OF a sensationally profitable
season TO recall $4,000 worth of pre-
ferred stock. issued some time ago. In
addition the frm has added greatly to
It's immense reserve fund
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Eighteen Miles Per Gallon.

In more than 2ooo miles OF cross-coun-
try going. C. F. Blumberg. in his Texas
Long Horn Studebaker EMF 80" av-
eraged eighteen miles per gallon Of gas
oline and 200 miles per gallon OF lubri-
eating oil.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Government Purchases Autos.

The United States Government-for a
half century one OF Studebakers best
customers-has Just purchased eight more
Studebaker cars for work in the recla-
nation service and the Indian bureau
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Hugh Drane and Mort Mcclure. the
two Texas ranchmen. driving Marion
cars in the Four States Tour. which
completed LIS miles at Indianapolis on
Wednesday, made an involuntary dona-
ton to the indianapolis zoo. Some tour
list took a dislike to their badger mascot.
which had ridden on a Marion "Bobcat-" |"
It was missed at Canton. Ohio, one morn
ing. telegram from Indianapolis, ac-
the donation, was the first
trace the tour sleuths got of It
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

The thirty cars and trucks, which are
taking part in the Four States Tour of
the Indiana Automobile Manufacturer
Association, made their second night con-
troll Of their two-weeks' trip at Lima,
Ohio.
While in that city the 100 or more tour
lists were the guests of the Gramm Motor
Truck Company, recently purchased by
President John N. Willys, Of the WHY'S
Overland Company.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

,oes-horsepower plant is being
ein the Pennsylvania anthracite
to experiment. with the conversion
/, where 1t is mined into electric
| which viii be distributed over a
v Of 100000 population.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Announcement has Just been made OF
the appointment Of Ernest Coler as man
ager Of the advertising departments OF
the John N. willys group CT motor car
factories Mr.. Coler will supervise the
work Of the departments Of the Garford
at Elyria, Ohio; the Gramm Truck Com
pany, Lima. Ohio, and the Willys-Over-
land Company in Toledo.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

OF
and a q +.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

The Luttrell Company sold two cars last
week. One s-cylinder Packard ''Phaeton'
was sold to Robert Corby. and a s-cylin-
der Packard runabout to C. c. Trivvy.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

James A. Fletcher is going TO Atlantic
City in his Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Representative Page, OF North Caro-
lima. has Just returned from trip to
his home State. made in his Lyon car
and he In now planning to go again In
another car Of the same make.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

By virtue Of his fine performances in
winning % out of a possible 81 points
in the national championship motorcycle
events at Columbus Ohio, July II and q,
John Constant. OF Brooklyn. N. Y, won
the Bosch Magnetic Company's 1872 Anna
teur Trophy and the title, Amateur
Champion OF America.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Representative John NJ. Faison. Of
North Carolina. bought a Lyon touring
car from the Hines Auto Company last
week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

the creosote Is forced into the wood
by atmospheric pressure, to take the
place Of the air and water that have
been forced out.
This forms a shell OF creosoted
wood from one-eighth OF an inch to
two inches In thickness around the
post that effectively excludes moisture
and prevents the entrance of fungi.
The simplest form Of treating tank
would consist Of an iron tank four
feet high and about three feet in
diameter, set up over a brick fireplace
with a stove pipe smoke stack. Such
an outfit would cost about S12 or S15.
Often an old iron boiler can be
found that will answer the urpose.
A galvanized tank has usually too thin
a bottom to set up over an open fire.
Such a tank, however, can be utilized
and heated by means of a three.inch
U tube, In this case, since the e
sote is very infammable, It should be
shielded from the open fire. In either
case a false bottom should be placed
In the tank for the posts to rest upon
Creosote costs from fifteen to TWEEN
ty cents a gallon in fifty gallon bar
rels, the cost varying with the loca-
ton, transportation facilities, etc. A
gallon Of creosote should treat three
or four posts or more. depending upon
the kind of wood, some woods absorb
ing the creosote more readily than
others. To a farmer who furnishes
his W labor, the COST should not be-
above six or eight cents q post.
The advantage Of a preservat!ve
treatment lies In the fact that 1t per-
mits the utilization of material for
fence posts from the woodlot, or Of
material that can he purchased al a
low price, which ordinarily could not
be used for this purpose. Such posts,
even with the cost of treatment added
will amount to less than the original
cost of a durable post. As to length
Of life, a well creosoted post of per,
.shable wood will! outlast by many
ears the most durable fence post,
Posts that ordinarily last but three OF
our years In the ground can be made
o last over twenty years by preserv.
nj the wood from decay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Mary, Queen Of Scots. Thomas Ablng-
don, son Of the builder, took great
pains to make the house d safe hiding
place, and hardly a room In the man.
sion was there but could be entered
secretly. For several weeks in 1906
Father Garnet, who later paid the pen
atty of having known Of the gunpow-
der plot, was hidden at Hendlip
The government was made aware Of
his knowledge Of the plot by the con.
fesston Of one Catesby, Bates serv-
ant. Suspicion having fallen on Hend.
lip as the priests place of conceal.
ment, Sir Henry Bromley was sent
thftber with instructions which show
that the government had some expert
n C In the finding OF hidden holes.
The house was searched and
searched again from top to bottom,
but Sir Henry could discover nothing
but some scholarly books. Mr.. and
Mrs. Abingdon, Of course, denied any
knowledge Of Father Garnet, Four
days after beginning the search two
men, half dead with hunger, gave
themselves up, but they proved to be
servants. Several days passed, and
the s%earchers were In despair, when
the confession Of another conspirator
condemned to die made 1t certain that
a priest lay concealed at Hendiip
house. When ten days had passed
Father Garnet surrendered and with
him a Jesuit named Hall. Lack OF
fresh air had forced them from their
hiding place, not lack of food, for we
are told they had nutritive drinks
passed to them by a reed, through a
little hole in the chimney, that backed
another chimney, into a woman's
chamber" They could hardly move
in their hiding place. Their limb
much swollen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

IL 81 per day, the teams 81 per day
and the crew and machine So per
hour, running time. OF course, this
Is not the exact cost for there are
numerous conditions that we cannot
allow for, but taken one year with
another l believe that seventy cents a
ton is a fair average for the cost of
cutting the corn and filling the silo.
When 1t is possible we fill one silo
Saturday and allow 1t to settle over
Sunday and fill the other Monday
and then place a woven wire fence
around the one that is filed first and
refill to the top Of the fence SO that
when the ensilage settles 1t will be
as near full as possible, and after
this we refill the other one In the
same way.
For a few days we make a prac-
tice of keeping the edges packed down
and lose but a small amount of en-
silage. When II is possible for a
man to exchange help the cash cost
of filling may be greatly reduced, but
my figures are based strictly on a
cast basis, bringing everything done
by outside labor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
His Ideal.

Their question involved a suggey.
ton that his works might be account
ed for In many ways other than the
riBhtful Interpretation John 1887,
3S), but their demand was for some
particular demonstration. They were
not looking for a spiritual manifesto
ton and so far at their request he
sighed, because they did not conform
TO his ideal; he rebuked them by tell"
Ing them that their ~wickedness should
have one sign that would be an eter-
nal seal upon his deity Matt. 1874
and 1910, Az and then departing he
leaves them to ponder oven his words
and his works.
Is there any sign for us today to
set az 1t were its seal upon his llfeP
Yes, the Holy Spirit, Acts 5:32, and.
having the eyes Of our understanding
enlightened. We may sec plenty OF
other signs all about us. Having SO
many evidences at hand and still ask
Ing for a sign revealed theig wicked
ness. II men today win not receive
the truth as II IL In Christ Jesus, h8
leaves them In their darkness and
self-chosen error, 2 Thess, 2:l0; Heb.
1926, Having eyes the Pharisees
saw not and ears they heard not.
Reaching the other side of the lake.
the disciples realize their hunger and
discover that they have but one loaf
of bread among them. Jesus seizes
the occasion to warn them Of the evil
which he had combated with the Phar-
isees whom they had just left.
II anyone has any question as to
the scriptural teaching upon the cub
ject of heaven, this passage ought to
their query. Mark tells Us
that Jesus warns them against the
leaven Of the Pharisees and of Herod,
while Matthew records the leaven Of
the Pharisees and of the S%adducees.
There Is nc difference in the two. for
belonged to the Sadduceea
There was, however, quite a differ
ence between these two parties. The
teaching OF the Pharisees laid great
emphasis upon the ceremonial observ-
OF the law and the traditions Of
the elders. The sadducees laid great
emphasis upon the denial of the su-
pernatural, they did not believe Ia
he resurrection from the dead. There
was this In common. however, that
they both substituted the false for
the true, "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
UNTIL DEATH CALLED
English Priests Passed Through
Storm of Persecution.
Secret Places Where They Were
Forced to Remain in Hiding
Are still Being Found In
Homes Through Britain.

London England For a hundred
II htty years or so after the retor.
nation Roman Catholic priests were
relentlessly prosecuted, and II disCov,
cred IN the performance of the rites
Of his religion a priest was put to
death, But In spite Of that there were
during those times many priests In
England who considered 1t their duty
to brave death rather than cease to
90 what they considered their duty,
After the reformation many priests
were concealed In the country houses
or the Catholic nobility and gentry.
lheir hiding places were unknown to
all except the master and mistress Of
the house and possibly TO one or two
CID servants, As IA rule, the priests
did not stay for long in the priest
hole at any one place, but a certain
Father BlackhaIl spent many years
thus concealed in the house Of the
Nlscountess Melgum in Scotland.
There are many old houses which
stu boast priest holes. There ia one
In an old manor In East Sussex. which
contains "a good example Of such a
chamber. Artfully c0ntriVed among
the huge chimney stacks in the roof
Is a small room, perhaps twelve feet
IN length and six In breadth. Until