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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-03-24

every year on subjects which in
terest and instruct the farmer.
Some of these last year were Mis-
souri, Farm Facts and Rural Prob
lems," The CrOss-State Highways
and "Butchering Hogs on Missouri
Farms. These bulletins are printed
in 10000 lots and at times a second
edition has to be made.
In this clearing house of ideas for
the farmer. monthly reports of the
crops during growing season are
made. Seven-hundred men scattered
in every county send in reports of the
conditions in their sections. All
these statistics are compiled by the
secretary into an official state report.
This monthly report is issued from
April to November on the first Satur-
day in each month. In addition to
this a yearly report is issued which
shows Missouri's exact standing as
an agricultural state.
The annual report is a book of 500
pages and deals with agricultural
subjects and conditions in each OF
the ia counties. The demand this
year was for $4,000 copies, but the
| appropriation for the printers bill
would allow only 1880 to be print
ed.
The Present Members.
To become a member Of the State
Board of Agriculture a man must be
a qualified farmer and appointed by
the governor. Each congressional
district must be represented. The
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-03-24

Miss Harris, Ladies Halter, 1903
Broadway. See ad on fourth page. >
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- -r~-. 80 inc -sdJlUudi
Wholesale Grocer's Convention
g. -
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Ioueg OF Agriculture, will be select
ed at a meeting to be held in the
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become members Of the Society. DR..
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Horse Hatred.

Of all the domestic animals the horse
Ia probably the most gentle, but there
are exceptions. A California man had
In his stable fine thoroughbred horse,
Of which he made quite a pet One day
he went into the stable, and, stopping
to pat his favOrite steed. he was sur
prised when the horse, with a violent
plunge, broke the halter and came at
him with open mouth. At first he
thought it was in fun. but he soon
realized his mistake and hastily climb
ed up ladder and yelled for help. On
the arrival of his son the horse went
back to the stall and Immediately re-
sumed its former gentleness to all but
its owner. To him it remained a dead
ly foe until he was compelled to sell it.
He never knew the reason for its sud
den animOsity.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Left Handed

Among the worlds left handed gen
fuses was Leonardo da Vinci, who
wrote a treatise on aviation, the hand
writing of which travels from the right
side of the page to left. Nelson, too,
was left handed. but that was from
necessity.
J. r. Green records a story Of Ad-
miral Nelson's visit to Yarmouth to re-
ceive the freedom of the borough "a
storm met him on his landing. but the
danger failed to prevent his appear
ance on the quay. When the freeman's
oath was rendered to him the town
clerk noticed that the hero placed his
left hand on the book. Shocked at the
legal impropriety he said, Your right
hand. my lord That observed Mel
son, is at Teneriffe.'
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
BAD FOR THE STOMACH.
When Non-fatty Foods Are Intimately
Mixed With Grease.

Mixed With Grease.
The stomach never has the least pow
er OF digesting true fat. This is dis
posed of in the intestines. When eat
en- In the ordinary forms, as fat meat.
Outter, etc, the fat separates out in
the stomach and does not in the least
interfere with the work of the gastric
juice on the other food, but when a
non-fatty food has been intimately mix
ed with grease the latter prevents the
gastric juice getting at the food it
could digest.
Fish fried in oil or butter is by no
means the most marked example. as
the fat does not penetrate very deeply.
Potatoes mashed with butter are rath-
er worse, and minced vegetables fried
with butter are bad offenders. The
reason advanced explains why pork
Is difficult of digestion. The muscular
hbers are mixed up with fat cells, and
by the liberation of the oil in each
tiny cell the eaten pork is made into
an oily paste.
very strong stomach will do the
work required, but it is not a fair task
to impose frequently, and weak stom-
ach will refuse to do anything beyond
reminding its owner by a few stabs
that it will not stand such treatment
Exchange
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
ERRORS OF SPEECH.
Common Abuse of the Verbs to Get. TO
Lay and to Lie.

Common Abuse of the Verbs to GET. 10
Lay and to Lie.
The verb to get is one of our much
misused words. 1t means to acquire
Wln' obtain, and primarily it signifies
the putting forth of effort to attain
something. Consequently it is not only
supernuous, but incorrect, to speak Of
a man as getting drowned" or "eet-
ting sick" and you may unfortunately
have a cOld," but it is impossible that
you have got a cold"
AT this moment no exceptions occur
TO the writer to the rule that got should
never be used in connection with have
which alone sufficiently expresses pos
session. Say 81 have the picture" not
i have got the picture" "The dog
mas broken leg" not ''The dog has
got broken leg"
The irregular verbs lay and lie are
frequently cOnfOunded. Lay is an ac-
tive or transitive verb, and lie is pas
slVe or intransitive. We Law things
down or have laid them down. but we
and things lie at rest. You lie down.
nave lain down, will lie down or are
lying down. She lay down yesterday
and Is going to lie down this afternoon.
A frequent error is to cOnfound the
past lenses of these verbs. One should
say, Mary laid the book on the table
and lay down herself" but the book
lies on the table.-Exchange
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
A1mnasrum HaInInn.

Every person who has received gym
nasium training is aware Of the fact
that an exercise which calls for pain
ful effort on the part Of the beginner is
often performed almost without any
conscious effort at all after certain
amount Of training has been received
Again, it Is perfectly we'll known that
brute strength alone does not make a
gymnast and that even simple exer.
else may offer great difficulty to a mus.
cular and we'll developed individual
who has not been trained in the gym.
nasium. The EXPLANATION for this Is
made in an article by Professor Du-
bOis Raymond in Die Umshau, who
points out that cne Of the essential
functions OF gymnasium work is not
so much to build ur u!u<cle as to train
nerves and nervr g~luas to work in
proper unison anu Coordination.
He Guessed Right.
"Ah, me-" exclaimed Mrs. Nagget
"my shopping was most unsatisfactory
today"
Huh grunted Nagget. Trying to
get something for nothing. l suppose" :"
eyes, dear. | was after a birthday
gift for you" "-Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Requieseat In Pace.

The man with the old clock under
his arm laid it on the jewelers. show
case. 81 wish you'd see what is the
matter with this" he said
The jeweler removed the dial. screw
ed his eyeglass into place and inspect
ed the works Of the ancient timepiece.
Nothing is the matter with it now;
it's sufferings are over"
"Well. how much do l owe you?"
asked the man.
Nothing" answered the jeweler.
This isn't a professional treatment
This is a coroner's inquest" - Ex-
change.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Makina II plain.

Sapleigh-Oh. | say. Miss Hammer
ton, why is it that you are always out
when l call? Miss Hammerton-Be-
cause I'm foolish, suppose. Sap
leigh-I-er-beg pardon! Miss Ham
merton-Well. you know the old say
ing. "a fool for luck"
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Tn. ramilv skeIaton.

Hatcher-Isn't Jones' wife thin and
skinny? Scratcher-Yes; she's the one
family skeleton he can't keep In the
closet.-Nationa Monthly.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
A uyr,a, Slave.

BInks-why do you call him the hu-
man sieve? Jlnks Because every
thing he takes up falls thrOugh.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21

No man was ever discontented with
the world who did his duty in it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

THE question Of the State inher-
itance tax is becoming a bothersome
one to real estate dealers and at
torneys in Washington. A firm OF
lawyers in Olympia as matter OF
caution in examination Of titles to
real property when they have been
transferred Uhrough probate pro.
ceedings, note on the abstract OF
title the condition Of the property
involved with regard to the tax.
The law makes the tax lien on the
premises. even when tho estate
shall have been settled and distribu.
ton made therein, Notwithstanding
the property may be in the hands Of
an innocent purchaser. It seems q
lawyer is needed in every real estate
transaction, and even then mistakes
arise sometimes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31
Elks Suggest All Celebrate.

The Elks propose to make Flag Day
one of general interest to all Ameri-
can citizens, and propose to make
June 18th, a legal holiday. on which
all may unite in manifesting love and
honor for the Stars and Stripes. The
following preamble and resolutions,
passed by Olympia lodge No. 1856,
have been ordered sent to all lodges in
the State together with copy of
the executive proclamation:
Whereas the Order of Elks, is dis
tinctly and Loyalty American, and
proudly stands for honoring and up
holding the emblems and institutions
of our country; and, ,
Whereas, The glorious Stars and
Stripes were adopted by the Continen.
tai Congress on June ii, 1871, as the
National emblem of the newborn coun-
try; and
Whereas Under the Stars and Stripes
and the institutions then established
these United States of America have
grown from a mere handful of people
scattered along the Atlantic Coast to the
greatest and most powerful nation on the
face OF the earth, and the Mecca and
hope of all peoples of the globe; and,
Whereas, BY the very freedom guar
anteed by our institutions certain per-
sons have attempted to SOW the seeds of
disloyality and disrespect to our flag /;
and,
Whereas, it is fitting, that love for
and respect for the Nations flag should
be encouraged; and,
Whereas, The anniversary of the
adoption of our Flag by the Benevolent
Order of Elks, has been especially set
apart as day Of observance; and,
Whereas, Through the efforts OF the
Order of Elks, and other patriotic socie-
ties, Flag Day." in many States, Of
which this State is one. has been de-
clared legal holiday, either by law, or
by executive proclamation.
Therefore. Be it Resolved, That Olym-
pia Lodge No. 1856 urge upon all Elks'
lodges in this State to take note OF that
day with some fitting and appropriate
exercises; and be it further
Resolved, That to more fittingly call
it to the attention of other lodges in
the State, the Secretary be asked to
send forthwith copy Of this resolution
to each of such lodges, together with q
copy of the executive proclamation de-
claring June the 14th, as Flag Day."
and ask that the same be read in open
lodge.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31
Perpetual Calendar Conference.

An International Conference upon
the subject Of an international per-
petual calendar, is to meet in Gen.
eva, Switzerland. next summer, says
the Scientific american, and Of the
many suggestions that will be dis
cussed one will be that Of Lerry S.
Boyd. whose perpetual calendar has
thirteen months Of twenty-eight days
each, which make total Of 1854 days.
The extra, or 365th day Of the year
is not counted in any month, but fol-
lows the last day Of December as leap
year. The additional month is named
Solaris, and comes between June and
July. The year 1916 is taken a. an
illustration as according to the pres
ent calender. that year will begin on
Saturday, which would become New
Year Day, 1916, under the perpetual
calendar. The following day. Sum
day. would become January Let, 1916.
In the perpetual, each month has the
same number Of days; every month
and every week begins on Sunday and
ends on Saturday. The same date
in each month falls on tho same day,
|of the week. A printed calender 81
-. - ...n. a. I'm - !. -.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31
Facts Of the Titanic Wreck.

Senator Smith, in submission OF the
report of the committee which in.
vestigated the wreck of the Titanic,
stated its facts and conditions and
conciu sions. They agreed upon these
principal statements:
The supposedly watertight COM
partments of the Titanic were moi
watertight, because of the non water
tight condition of the decks where
the transverse bulkheads ended. The
Californian. controlled by the same
concern as the Titanic, was nearer te
the Titanic than the 10 miles reported
by her captain and her officers and
crew, saw the distress signals of the
Titanic and failed to respond in &C
cordance with dictates of humanity,
international usage and requirement
of law. The committee concludes
that the Californian might have saved
all the lost passengers and crew OF
the ship that went down.
Eight ships. all equipped with wire
less were in the vicinity of the Titanic,
the Olympic farthest away. h12 miles.
Mysterious lights of an unknown ship
seen by passengers on the Titanic
were. undoubtedly those of the Cali
fornian, less than 10 miles away.
The full capacity Of the Titanic's life
boats were not utilized because, while
706 passengers were saved, the ships
boats could have carried 1,176.
No general alarm was sounded. no
whistles blown. and no systematic
warning given to endangered passen-
gers and it was Is or 20 minutes
after collision before Captain Smith
ordered the Titanic's wireless opera
tor to send out distress messages. The
Titanic's crew were only meagerly
acquainted with their position and
duties in case Of accident and only
one drill was held before the maiden
trip. Many Of the crew joined the
ship only q few hours before she
sailed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

Herr Elchammer, q well-known
Danish inventor, claims to have in
vented an instrument that will give
notice of icebergs and rocks within a
distance of 1000 yards, despite q
fog. And better still. he will not
sell to a trust. which would estab-
lish q monopoly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

AT Sedro- Wooley. Tuesday, the
new Northern Hospital for the In
sane was dedicated. A. E. Cagwin
OF the State Board Of Control made
the formal dedicating address. In
the evening q big banquet was held
under the auspices of the CONNER.
cial Club.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

MISS A0Nfs LAUr, . magazine
writer, living at Vancouver. B. c.,
predicts dire labor conditions on the
Pacific Coast on the opening Of the
Panama Canal. These conditions
are not any too good just now. Its
not good for ones nerves or constitu-
ton to become too easily frightened.
Things seldom happen anyway just Is
we predict.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

A NEEDED CHANGE IN Our STATUTE
LAw.-The Supreme Court Of this
State, IS Wash. Law Reports. page
796, decided that q wife cannot main
tain an action for tort against her
former husband arising during the
marriage relation, in which she al
legged by. her complaint he commune
Gated to her loathsome disease. SER
iously injuring her health, causing
her great physical pain. and render
ing her incapable Of performing any
labor. The good women Of our COM
monwealth have a right to know
about the oversights Of our lawmalk-
ing body, is the excuse that the
STANDARD gives for calling public
attention to the fact.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

II seems that Teddy scored q
sweeping victory ia New Jersey at
Tuesdays election, every one Of the
"a Congressional districts were for
him and be secured the four dele
gates at large. giving him = solid
delegation Of q votes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

TIE Minneapolis N. E. Conferences
elected w. p Kirkland. President
of Howard University. . negro insti-
tuition, OF Washington. D. G., the
eighth Bishop.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

A wRrrEl in an Eastern publica.
ton observes: "Oil and water do
not mix. Syndicalism and Socialism
are antagonistic. The Socialist is
thesyndicalist policeman. Just freeze
on to it. The Democratic and Re
publican parties are not alone in
their troubles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

HERE is the limit: An old lady at
Copenhagen, on hearing gun-fring
by q German warship of the Danish
coast. was so frightened that she
upset a kettle of boiling water and
was badly scalded and is now suing
the German navy department for
damages.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

TIE Spring Creek Creamery, near
Ellensburg, one Of the first estab-
lished, burned to the ground few
days ago. with 1900 pounds Of but
er. Origin Of the FIRE Is unknown.
Partly insured.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31
The Guardians of the Columbia

John Fl. Williams, the Tacoma au-
thor and publisher, announces for
publication in June companion vol
ume to his richly Illustrated book
The Mountain that Was God, "
which has done much to attract at
tention to the great mountain seen
cry OF the Northwest, and of which
more than 10000 copies have been
sold in less than two years. The
new book will be entitled The
Guardians OF the Columbia. Not
only will it cover the story and seen
cry of the great river itself. but its
principal theme will be the three fine
peaks which sentinel the lower
Columbia. Mt. Hood in Oregon and
Mts. Adams and St. Helens in Wash
ington, with their glaciers. canyons.
lava fields, lava and ice caves, etc.
A feature of the book tina: will arouse
widespread interest is chapter de-
scribing the wonderful forests of the
Columbia, contributed by H. D. Ian
gille, of Portland, former expert in
the United States Forest Service.
This has been published in advance,
in an attractive pamphlet, illustrated
with large number of magnificent
forest, river and mountain views; and
may be had for Is cents by address
ing the publisher. Judging from
these advance pages of text and en-
craving, the new volume will be even
more beautiful than its predecessor,
THE Mountain that Was God, !"
More that 200 Illustrations, eight of
them in colors, representing the best
work Of nearly fifty photographers,
will enrich it. A remarkable sale is
already assured. One Portland book
seller has placed an order for 10000
copies, while other orders already
received bring the advance subscrip-
ton to more than one. half the first
edition of 1000. It is said that no
other book of travels or for trav-
elers published in the United States
has ever scored 50 great q success in
advance of publication. Mr.. Will
liams announces q third volume in
this series, to exhibit the scenery Of
Puget Sound and its mountains, in
Guiding the Olympics and Mt. Baker.
and to be published in 1918.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

That firm was wise which proposed
to pay . pension to oil it, women
employees who had served them faith.
full over 80 years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

The Columbia river on the 24th
reached the 18-foot mark. and il
rising 6 or 8 inches q day. The river
is about 81 miles wide ct Vancouver.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

THAT women are not interested in
politics from an ollice holding stand
point. as is frequently charged by
those opposed TO equal suffrage. is
disproved by the candidacy OF Mrs.
Josephine Preston for the position Of
State Superintendent Of Public In
struction. She is County Superin.
tendent Of Walla Walls county and
wants to succeed Henry B. Dewey,
who will run for Congress. Mrs,
Preston IS the first woman IN Wash.
ington to try for this once. She
will run on the Republican ticket.
She he's done notable educatioual
work IN Walla Walls and her friends
say she would make = competent
State superintendent. q
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

AMONG the many instances Of hero
ism that marked The conclusion
scenes Of the Titanic disaster. II
might scarcely be expected there
would be no exception and We are
glad that il is based on single in
stance, and it Is q titled Briton
who must bear the infamy. Sir
Cosino Duff Gordon was the titled
Britisher who was rescued in life
boat No. /. A member Of the IT,
tanic crew, who was in the same
boat testified before the British
wreck commission. that although
the boat was not half filed they did
not return to rescue any Of the
poor wretches who were swimming
about in the ice-cloaked sea, because
Sir Cosino and his wife objected on
the ground that it would endanRer
the lives Of those already in the boat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

SfArTLE claims to have six trans
continental railways, and that 81
passenger trains arrive daily.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

FoUHrAM pens DO not spell any
better than steel ones.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

SEArrIE claims to have 34l polic>
officers. She cortainly needs them
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31
Tower Of Pisa May Fall.

The celebrated campanile justly
ranked as one of the wonders of the
world. is situated in the city from
which it takes its name Pisa -
one of the oldest and neatest cities in
the world. 1t was commenced in 1l74
by Pisa and an Insprink architects.
1t is cylindrical in shape 179 feet high,
so feet in diameter and leans about IL
feet from the perpendicular. It is
divided into eight stories, each hav-
ing an external gallery projecting
feet. The summit is reached by 800
steps. The faulty foundation was
discovered before the completion of
the lower and the upper courses were
shaped so as to in some degree relieve
the strain. A chime of seven bells
at the top, the largest OF which weighs
II. 900 pounds and so placed as to
counterbalance in some degree by
their gravity the leaning of the tow
err.
All this by the way OF statement OF
the fact that time seems to have
loosened somewhat the anchorage
that has hitherto held it in place. The
italian government has appointed a
commission to investigate. Their
report was that no immediate dan
ger was to be apprehended, but pre-
ventive measures must be adopted
if another catastrophe such as that
of the campanile at Venice is to be
averted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

RATHER AN UNSAFE BANK. IA
preacher in Seattle. in q spirit of ab-
sent-mindedness. let o quantity of
soiled clothing, in which he had sewed
$3.50, as place of safe-keeping, go to
the laundryman for cleaning. It
afterwards suddenly flashed upon the
owners memory that he had not
transferred to a safe place OF keeping
his hoard, and he Immediately hied
himself to tie laundry and explained
his dilemma. The laundryman ac-
knowledged the find, but it amount
ed to only $119. and the query
arises, what has caused this shrinking
of the value of the deposit? May it
not be barely possible that the absent
mindedness may not have led the de-
positor to tap the bank before the
wash-bag had reached the laundry
mani Such. lapses Of memory have
been recorded.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

The State University has 1857
students.