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The herbivorous animals are gem orally more docile, and are fed twice daily, at 10 A. M. and 5.30 P. NJ. Many amusing stories have been told the writer by the keepers who are SO familiar with the various creatures under their care. One keeper had to remove a tie, collar, and collar bur- tons, and everything from his pockets before entering the cage of certain monkey, who would have rapidly removed them had he been given the opportunity. Very few accidents to the keepers have occurred here. The most serious one, which attracted good deal of attention at the time. was the case of MT. Rodney Rose. who was bitten by diamond back rattler, on the second finger of his right hand. He spent some weeks in one of the Washington hospitals, but is now back at the zoo, minus that second- -6n Esy., The keepers, for the most part learn the dispositions of the animals under their charge and take no Chances. but everybody knows the "disposition'' of a rattlesnakei
 Some of the animals confined there have met death in peculiar ways. An elk was killed by fellow elk. and more recently. the little zebroip banged his cranium against the wire fence enclosure-or one of it's posts
  mother camel was found calmly dragging her youthful offspring about the yard, by one leg, and relieved Of such an unnecessary and inhumans performance by the head keeper. The new conner was placed in a separate enclosure immediately, and is doing finely. No one would think he was homesick to look at him-and he doesn't miss such parent, unhapplly. no doubt.
 As this zoo is not far from the northwestern section of Washington city, 1t is well attended by visitors. especially during the heated season. when many picnic parties may be seen enjoying it's cool, shady places. and getting better acquainted with the flower animals" It is free to all. but there are watchmen about to see that animals or shrubbery are not abused. It is one of the many inter esting and educational attractions of the Capital City, where everybody wants to go before they leave Wesd- ington-and many go there first thing so as to be sure to not miss it-
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of the world during the past fifteen years have found their way to the camp. The celebrated Diamond Ju
 biIee was purchased by an Argent tine estate for upwards of s15o,o0o and was considered good investment at that price. Excellent poplo ponies and the finest mules in the world are bred on the camp. Only those who have intimate knowledge of the conditions, realize the wonderful progress that Argentina has made since the financial crash of 1891, following an excessive and spec ulative boom. In 1910 the commerce of the country exceeded S700, 900, 900, with substantial balance of trade in it's favor. In the past eight years this trade has more than doubled Argentina is now the greatest exporter of corn in the world, having wrested that place from the United States. She is first, also as an exporter of frozen meat, and second as a shipper of wool The United States is the only greater exporter of wheat and the Argentine bids fair to overhaul her before long Whilst there were no. more than 100000 acres under cultivation, thirty years ago, there are now upward of 4.00o, 900 of acres In the variety and number of it's live stock, Argentina leads the world. The United States has more cattle, but considerably fewer sheep and goats. Australia has more sheep, but far fewer horses and cattle.
 The wonderful development of this country has been made possible by the extensive construction of railroads. There is a total mileage of upward of 16, 900 miles, being in excess of that of Mexico. Most of this has been built by British capital, of which more tkan a billion dollars has thus been
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TF an intelligent American bust
 ness man were asked: Which of
 the countries of the world is nnak-
 ing the greatest material progress al the present time his decision would probably fall on the United States, Canada. Germany or Japan In either case he would be wrong. The indus trial and commercial development of Argentina tranScends that of any oth- CT country at this day. The fact is especially significant as an index of the awakening of Latin-America, but there the development will be greater and more rapid than was that of our country during it's first century of in dependence. There is a vastly larger area and much richer resources, to the exploitation of which superior facilities will be brought to bear. The surplus populations of the world will gravitate to these promising virgin fields of. endeavor, extensive enough to suppoet two or three times the number of inha of the North American continent. The Argentine Republic is receiving upwards of 3OO,- 900 immigrants yearly with hardly perceptible effect upon the map of her territory, which is larger than that portion of the States lying west of the Mississippi.
 This territory falls naturally into four great divisions, as follows: Pat agonia, which a few years ago was almost uninha bited wilderness, but to- day is one of the principal sheep raising sections of the world; the An dean region. which forms the back ground of the country; the great cen tral PaTnpa celebrated the world over as the most extensive pasture land in it: and the Gran Chaco, the great forest area occupying the northern part of the, Republics domain.
 It is not on mineral deposits that the present prosperity and future wealth of Argentina depends, but upon the more stable resources of fertile soil, grazing grounds and timber lands. Heretofore almost all the development has taken place in the Pampa, or Camp" as the natives call it, but some day the beautiful tropical for ests of the Chaeo will be made to yield abundantly of their incalculable riches At present the region is scantly peopled and. for the most part, by savage tribes of Indians.
 The traveller passes through the vast and fertile champaign, which is the pride of Argentina, on a rail- road whose tracks run straight as
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than the supply. The only other pos sible retarding influence would be po- litical disturbance and nocone who is familiar with present conditions in Argentine has the least fear on that score. .1t
 Although the total population of the Argentina Republic averages less than six to the square mile of it's territory it contains a number of large cities. Buenos Aires, the capital, is about the size of Philadelphia. It is an impos- ing city, an extremely busy centre. but not a place ofg any great interest apart from it's commercial features. The interior towns are, in several in stances, much more attractive 10 the travellers. ast qst
 Buenos Aires is laid off in regular
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and get some needed exercise. When our aviators can reach half the proficiency of some of. these crea- flying machine 8 complete success ''the triumph of the century, in which it is accomplished. There are great condors and eagles here, too, some with fully ten feet breadth Of wing
 from tip to tip, by which they can
 soar by the hour, with wings m otion- pparentIy-eircling around and
 around high up in the air. As most of
 the buildings atsthe. zoo are SUIT ound-
 ed with foliage, trees, etc, it is inpos- ssible to get much of an idea of their
 size or shape from photographs This particularly true of, the flying cage
 shown herewith. This cage was built
 at cost of $5,000, and measures 40
 feet in length, 5 0 feet in width and 55
 good sized trees within it's wires, and the time of that very severe blizzard
 there were some score or so of heron
 nests in one of the trees in this cage,
 and the keepers state that eggs were
 in many of them.
 The work required to keep all this
 city of animals in good health and spirits is considerable, and to attain
 this end, the superintendent, Dr.
 Frank Baker, and his assistant, su- perintendent, MT. A B. Baker, are
 provided with sixteen keepers, includ- ing a headkeeper, Mir Wn H. Black. sburne. who was formerly with Bar nuna's great shows The office build
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invested. One of these lines now runs from Valparaiso on the Pacific to Buenos Aires on the Atlantic, having lately completed a tunnel through the Andes. This obviates the slow and tedious journey round Cape Horn.
 Prices of Argentine lands have ad- vanced. two or three hundred per cent in the past five years, but they are based on actual values and the pros perityH of the country is absolutely stable. The worst natural setbacks to which it's industries are exposed. such drought, cattle diseases and @ocusts, have been experienced of late years without any serious effects upon the general prosperity. The chief products are staples. for which the worlds demand is increasing faster
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squares and, unlike most cities of Latin America, is easy for the stranger to get about in. It contains a num- Der of extremely handsome busipeBB blocks and public buildings The home of La Prensa and the Joc<y Clubs quarters are among the chief sights. the one being the finest and most complete newspaper establishment In the world and the other the most handsome and luxurious clubhouse
 It is decidedly cosmopolitan city, with Englishmen predominattng among the many foreign nationanttes represented. They have their clunA their newspapers, and favortte cafes Natives and foreigners vie with one another in hospitality and the -visitor is apt to find attentions showered upon him to the point of embarrassment-
 The most impressive thing about Buenos Aires is the evidence In every direction of wealth and prosperity The many rich residents seem to ex- perience a difficulty in finding avenues for the expenditure of their money They spend millions in Paris and Lon don every year, large proportion of which would be brought to New York if a single line of first class passenger steamers connected that city with the capital of Argentina-
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While Colonel Roosevelt was Rresi
 dent, he was presented with several gifts of animals from King MeneIik of Abyssinia, among them being, fine Bru1e Zebra, two splendid ostriches, an ape of rare species, and two young lions. Private individuals in various parts of the country have sent animals from time to time to be added to the collection at the zoo, where the Roose- welt collections have been placed.
 Through the energy and wisdom Of the superintendent, Dr. Frank Baker, the zoo has been greatly improved and enlarged of recent years. Inappropri- ate cages and buildings have been replaced by suitable ones, for the particular needs of the different kinds of animals, which have come from frozen climes we'll as torrid ones. The original Lion House. costing s22, 900, has been added to from time to time. Outside cages were "a great need, and the animals have greatly enjoyed that amount of extended free dom which has come about by their establishment At present a spacious enclosure is being bui1tFat the left side of the Lion House, for a recent arrival the hippopotamus. While this house is called the Lion House. it contains many other kinds Of animals such as other members of the eat family, a1li- gatOrS,aLzards, snakes, small and huge, and interesting spider of unusual dimensions.
 Just back of, and to the left, is situ- ated the newer and more tup-to-date Monkey House. This was erected at a cost of $30,0OO, and seems per feet in all it's appointments-and every anthropoid therein seems well pleased. to. have the honor of occupying fiat in such elegant quarters.
 The light in this house is admitted through glass roofing, just over the sides where the cages are placed, sa
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the course of an arrow, traversfng fiat or gently rolling plains. On either side stretch great fields of corn, wheat, or alfalfa. a Large herds Of 1 cattle, hocks of sheep, or troops of horses, are passed at intervals, and occasionally the handsome residence and substantial buildings of an estan- cia are seen.s Thus for six hundred miles, more, from the coastkto the Andean barrier.
 In the early days of Argentina's de-
 velopment. the Pampas were given over almost entirely to live stock
 but in recent years the lesson which
 our Western settlers learned hardly
 more than generation ago, has been
 borne in on the people, that fertile
 lands may be more prof1tably devoted
 to cultivation. Now stock is being
 raised upon corn and alfalfa grown
 on the old grazing grounds, and the ranges are being pushed farther and farther over toward the edges of the Pampa. And with this movement the picturesque. .gaucho is retiring, like his counterpart, the cowboy of the States, into the background. The gaucho used to be the most interesting, and dominant figure of the Camp. He
 created the cattle business in the period of Spanish rule and during the days of the revolution furnished his country with a splendid ready
 made cavalry. At home on the back of a horse from his earliest days, there is finer horseman in the world.
 This swash buckling, gambling, deb- ona1r son of the plains has been apt1y called the Gascon of South America He is a cheerful, humorous fellow, with the temperament of the poet and the hospitality of the Bed ouin- If his Spanish ancestry is the predominating influence in his character. his Indian blood tells most pronouncedly in his traits. He cuts a handsome figure with his strongly marked features, bearded face and wel1-knit frame, set off in the costume Of his calling, soft broad-brimmed hat, parti-colored poncho, white brooches, and red leather boots. May he always find an open range and an ample meal of carne cum cueroi
 A marve1ously rich region is the campo, consisting of level plains of great fertility, stretching over eight degrees of latitude and three of long i itude- Vast herds of stock, cattle, i horses and sheep. graze upon these l Pampas; enormous crops of wheat, i
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{" FACT little known to the gen
 ,era1 public is. that the origin
 of the National Geological I . Gardens developed out of a desire of the taxidermists at the Smithsonian Institute, to have an op- portunity to study animals from life. This ia absolutely necessary if first class work in mounting animal sub Jects is to be expected. At the present time their want is largely supplied.
 The Act of Congress which called for the esta blishment of a National Geological Park, was passed in 1890. At present one-ha1f of the appropri- ation for the ZOO is taken by Congress from the revenues of the District of Columbia, which are, of course, all turned into the treasury.
 A year or more before the above mentioned act of Congress was passed, there was a small collection of animals quarters, back of the Smithsonian building in Washington, D. c. The collection consisted of a few young bears. monkeys. rabbits, white mice, guinea pigs, fancy. pigeons, and vari- ous other interesting members of the feathered tribe. This little "zoo" was usually well filled with interested visi- tors. who managed to find out where it was.
 The day came. however, when the little was carted away, bag and baggage. Nto that beautiful location where 1t has now developed into one of the largest and finest in the coun- try It must certainly take first place far picturesque and beautiful scenery are concerned, even if it occu- pies the fourth position regarding size and number of anim als-the Bronx ranking first; the Philadelphia Zoo coming next. and the large zoo at Cincinnati third pIace
 The little group of animals were not well settled down in their new home amidst the rolling hills. before many others were sent 5y friends far and near to keep them com pany--and incl dently anuse the public.
 Among the collections of note. may be mentioned the collection Of five young lions. two hartebeests, a fine zebra and one Wart hog. These con stituted the 1:icra. gift o[ Mir w w. SIcMifffan- who shipped them from his large farm at ZzErrl best. Africa.
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MICROBES AND HEAL LTFH.

~O say 'tmicrobe" to the average Individual is to at once conjure
 up frightful and invisible germ that is hidden somewhere ready to cause a terrible disease. As a matter of fact, for every microbe of this malevolent disposition nature supplies mankind with several hundred kindly microbes without whose aid man would very quickly die.
 In the interior mechanism of man live millions and even billions of friendly microbes. that digest his daily food. help to kill off poisonous substances that constantly gain en- trance to the human body, help him in
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breathing, help him in keeping his blood pure and generally contribute to state of normal good health.
 But even outside of the body, mil crobes work daily and patiently to support man. 1, For instance, he could not eat bread nor drink wine nor beer, nor have a morsel of cheese to go with his bread and beer; if it were not for sfthe busy microbes whose chemical reactions are the real pro- ducers of all of these largely used commo odities.
 Put chemically; the friendly mi crobes seerete substances which are essential to important chs snses in the
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nature of food materials This in- cIudes many species of microbes whose activities vary from soluble ferments that bring about fermentation 10 those microbic secretions which act in fer tilizing material and enable the farmer to renew the sources for his future crops.
 Therefore it should be realized that microbes as a family much resemble the men they live in or 1oR---the ma have many near relatives whose con stant effort is to siclCen or kill Of humanity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-10
PURCHASE LIVE roADs.

r~ NGLISH and French gardeners
 ~ are always in the market for live A< ttoads. and not infrequently as much as twenty-five dollars per hun dred is paid fer~this insect destroyer It is estimated that every year boy kills a toad he is destroying one hum dred- dollars worth of stock on farm.
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(" FACT little known to the gen
 era1 public is. that the origin of the National Geological - Gardens developed out of a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

Witnesses From Many Counties
to Be Summoned to
Testify.
DRAeNET IN NINTH DISTRICT
Investigation of Alleged Viola
tons of Law in Recent
Election.
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Norton, Va. November 22.-Wha'
NAV proye a yeritable dragne. for tho
whole Ninth District Will be started
so-norrow. when witnesses will bs
summoned from the counties OF scott
Lee, Dickinson. Russell ana the cils
~ Rris.o, 10 testify before the Wise
County grand jury, which is no" ~
sess.on Investigating violations In ths
recent election.
II Is said that under the barksoa
pure election law witnesses can DC
summoned from any part OF the Sca'e
and made TO testify on the GROUND Oh
a general conspiracy to V'oiaae 'ht
law The present Investigation VIII &c
Forward on the theory that II there
we've violations of the law IN any
county a general or partial under
star,,tnc 10 such effect was had De-
tween party managers throughout the
district
II ,s MANNED to examine the WIZ
resses from the counties named ABOVE
and the city of Bristol at this Germ
oY tho court, and II revelations seem
N warran. A continuance OF the IN
yes,igation. then witnesses from otnef
counties will be summoned to appear
betore the next term of the court the
,nresen- grand jury has examined a
large number Of witnesses in TINS
county Blu. II Is learned that so faf
very little has been done IN gathering
evidence sufficient to warrant the re-
.urn of indictments. The grand jury
hr;l1 continue IN session the balance
az the week, and will probably hold a
session or two next week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23
ASHLAND NEWS NOTES

Especial TO The Times D.spatch.1
.Ashian6, va. November 22.-The
EshIand Music Club met "wednesday
Morning in the parish house. inc
Irogram was delightful. and greatly
.Gioved bv a large number OF memb ers
and guests. Those taking part were
Nssdames p. E. blackwell. Edgar
Hastings and Hand; Misses Martina
Hughes. Mary Wright and Margaret
Miss Constance Nouree. Of Casa
Sova Is the guest Of Misses Goodwin
=. Miss Kate Howard. Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, was the recent guest or MIS-.
Ioyerton Howard.
Mr., and Mrs. Taylor Robinson and
...ttle Miss Inez Robinson. OF Rlcn-
mond. were here Thursday visiting
friends. -
Mrs. isaac Canter. OF Baltimore Is
v,sttin- her son, DR.. Hall Canter.
y At the Young Woran's Literary CUB
on Thursday afternoon a round-tsole
discussion on Ibsen's Dolls House
was led by Misses Marion Lasher and
Marguerite Wightman: Tea was
served By Mesdames ". NJ. Jones. w.
l.. Foy and Mis- Katherine Kent
Miss Patterson, Of Danv'lle, Is tne
guest this week Of Mrs. Graham H.
Mrs. Edward Muller. Of MARYLAND.
Is the guest OF her sister. Mrs. Frank
Day.
= An interesting meeting was held by
the Hanover Chapter. United Deush-
TIERS Of the ConfedeTacy, In the homo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

ton Of all the plssdtnes aod svsessca.
the parties. with the approval Of the
district court or the Judge thereof. may
prepare anA sSgn a statement Of the
case showing how the Questions arose
and were decided In the district cSost
ard setting forth % mvch only % -
facts alleged and proved, or sovges 70
be proved. - 10 sssensses 20 . seessses
Of such qpest.ons ~ the appellate
cour, such statement, when a1eA IN
the Office of the clerk % the district
court. shsi, be treated - supsrsed's9.
FOR tire purpcss ~ the espesl. IN parts
Of the record esher than she decree
from which the spVea1 % taken. snd
togesbSs VIA O1s1 0oogoes oha0 -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

of Mrs. Ge1 rye Morris en- Thursday
Mrs Charles 9. B!akey READ =, a WR aes.
;nr,on she betnR a delegate from the
local cha pier. Mrs. Biakey,s paper .S wa ss
an and given aSs to the
Misses Hooinasie , have % 9, N snsia
guests Misses Marie McSul n a,S q r.ouise
Carolina: Meddery, OF on'o' ""u
Miss Fitzgerald and Mrs. A. J. Non
tague were guests on THURSDAY o. A''-
The Hearts Club was delightfuiIy
entertained on Thursday nisnt oy
RS SCHOLAR Fox. the prizes were WE
Nv Mrs. A. p. Guilbert and Mr. =. "a
shepherd. Those playing were Mr. p an NJ
Mrs. E. ". Newman, D; kess' , s
chenery. Anna carr. A. P: Gui R,cn
Frank wright Misses BLOCK. o. H
diver: Messrs. Chenery. Scott. Ellis FOX
land Marshall Ellis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

Each and ... s,sy's , ,. q: :s' n
every respect by the msnufses~sr end
The Corey Go.
Whether you Wish piaso q tie high
est grade or . good. sesvtceabse snstru-
raent. this sale must appea! 70 you IN
addition to the new stock Of pianos In
our ware1ooms. We have . gfsst many
pianos that have been out on rental and
exchange instrumenes and nov the
purchasing public Of Richmond be IN
opportunity that many have been %,
tieatly waiting for Of purchasing many OF
the best pianos that the market sfsosds.
at Q bona fide saving Of from 10 to 10
Ger cent