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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06

Dlauue1 remedy, DC
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulhlls almost
every wish i'll over
coming rheumatism,
pain i'll the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
corrects inability to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
POWERFULLY
ANTISEPTIC
kINoclx

teeth, it goes where brush cannot touch. dsin-
fects sweetens and purifies. Non-posonous. 8
Pints 25c. At all druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
POWERFULLY
ANTISEPTIC
NNOX

- ------H8 IVY HOIsOnlnEf sun
burn hives and many other irritations of the skin
are quickly relieved when KNOX is used. Alb
solutely non-posonous. Pints 25c. AT all
druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back2

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06

Fare from Burlington and other lake
ports to New York and return, with
optional rates and routes, as follows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
BISHOP o'CoNNELI,.

intense qualification was felt hv The
Catholics of this city yesterday when
the news came from Rome that tho
Pope had appointed the nj Rev. pen
MS Joseph O'Conncl 10 be Bishop Of
Richmond. After almost two. score yca,g
Of distinguished service i'm tho rhur,.b
ne attalns tho omincnco Of the Inn
tishop-ia in Richmond. where n. vas
oFGa'hed 10 tho priesthood IN tic
'os ne was connected win, :,
Peter's Cathedral here some tima ~.
'erward. and was All editor o.. me
Catholic visitor, then published Nara
Rorn in Charleston and cducatca ,h.,o
eHo at Rome he later served as soc
retary 70 Cardinal Gibbons. Then
nc became head Of tho American Co,-
lege In Rome and for viii, wac
rector Of the Catholic University .,
America In 1909 he MAS conu.crat, Il
auxiliary Bishop % san isfancisro. to
Is Prestden, OF lnc ca,holic i.du,a.
tionai Association
- profound Scholal man AZ ,.,d.
culture, ohurchman OF exalted char.
acteI and fruitful laoors. gishop
o'connen will receive hearty welcome
in the city where he began bis scr
vice. irrespective OF creed the neop,c
OF T;ichniond rejoice tia, 50 worthy
and 50 able prelate Has 4,cci, clos,
for the scat made vayant by tho m,f
beloved and lamentcd BisNop Van j,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
TUE HopHLr AND PROSPERITY.

Has the much lauded and much de-
nounced .hobble skirt aught to do with
prosperity? The New Yyk Commercial
asserts that the hobble skirt has been
the chief disturbing facto. In the tex
tile trade for more than d year" It's
scan; use of cloth has grievously
blighted prosperity in this particular
industry, has thrown many people out
Of work and reduced the hours of other
workers.
II mas been demonstrated that the
quantity of cotton cloth used by wo-
men has been reduced by il from leg
IL Yards TO scventy-two and "A half
yards a year, loss TO the trade of ilfty
yards, The loss did not stop there.
The close skirt demands less lingerie,
and this adds another fftecn yards
loss and lifts the total TO sixty-nve
yards loss for each OF the 30. 900 200
women in THE country who follow
fashion faithfully This means de-
crease Of lo5G,ooo,Ooo yards. or SOL
"c".ooc worth OF cotton goods, or one
years employment for 1000 WORKERS.
These figures relate only TO the de-
mand for Cotton That for silk and
finer materials than cotton is affected
IN inc same radio, though their use may
not he so general. The loss goes on
TO the factories making goods for annie
lingerie There H. 50 far no estimate
on the tOtnl loss Ia ,rytiI. ;,d,,,rtos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20


The Age OF which the poets sung.
And dreamers dream'd when earth was
young,
Seems now at hand, the reign OF peace,
When carnivals of blood shall cease.
When battleships shall cease TO be.
And Commerce only rule the sea.
MI men as brothers with one aim,
TO help each other and proclaim
As did the Christ. who first began
The common brotherhood OF man
When kings who sit upon throne
Must rule in Justice. or condone
Beneath the Worlds indignant frown;
When social class exclusiveness
is based on merit. nothing less:
when Blue blood" has no greater
In managing anairs Of state
Than others with an equal claim
To present-not observation-disclosures.
Wondrous Era, when nature plays
Into mans hand ten thousand ways:
When lightning, once the dread of
Is harness'd. made to servo his plan
While steam and gas and dynamite
Obey mans will-hs servants quite;
All safe. where perils used to be;
Electric and the railway train
Through mountains plunge and over
the plain.
And they have sped from shore to
While spndles by the million click
In factories, and voices speak
In Photographs. Of those now dead
Repeat preserve the words they said :;
While music's sweet. celestial tone
Is ours through the graphophone:
And moving pictures" now portray
The quickest movement. facial play;
Aye, on the canvas seem to unroll
The very, passions of the soul;
Have knit the whole world into one,
Enabling ma nio hold converse
With wcllnigh half the Universe
But better far than all of these
Is Sciences conquest of disease:
Thro Rays RoentGen's" wondrous
lens
Ii boards the lions in their dens.
The very seat where dangers lie;
Cures, marvellous in former age,
So common now they've passd the
stage
or wonderment: in every land
Health bringing sanatoriums stand.
While kind nsylums ope' the door
For all the SICK or rich or poor;
Aye. even conquest of the air
Seems now assured. when airshlps bear
Man and his message everywhere,
All thro' the atmospheric zone,
No waXcn wings. as fables taught.
TO melt when In conjunction brought
With solar rays, but built to stand
Gainst heat and cold DER every land.
Now yields to science, In its train
Ere long TO be a captive lead
10 it's triumphant car. and shed
Fresh lnstrc on creations head.
While printing presses volumes pour,
Ton thousands now to one before:
Ana cody civic righteousness"
The world TO swecten and TO bless.
Comes ON apace. and calls u halt.
Makes rascals sit below the salt"
The hdcous reign of graft and gnilt
Is doomed, with all Its methods vile
Exposed, it's power melts away
Before the public's scorn to-day.
Let us thank God: aye, one and all.
Such time to 1--we did us befall:
In better world. in better day,
Than all or any passed away.
Cascade DIJVhL PORTER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

OF tho land. Have the county chairmen
or supervisors oleot n chairman for
each ueetion and appoint three men
as board OF review. to whom all COM
rlaints could BIO rofcrred and decided
TINS done. and YOU would have COM
peteht, practical. inexpensive method
OF assessment. The commissioners of
mo revenue have not the local ltnowl-
cage possessed by tho different MEM
ncrs or tho Board of Supervisors. and
oftcn Is would be left to deputies as
Wo personality assessment Is. whereas
each supervisor could assess In his
own district. and thus divide up the
work. II soma of our salons I'm the
legislature would draft bill along
thesc INES we would hear no more
complaints about unequal assessments.
II they VIII not make this change. then
1 ui'orce tho county and State govern
ments and run the State on tho corpo-
ration taxes, licenses. etc. and let
cach county do It's own taxing for
/ county government such system an
was suggested or advocated by OK
Governor Tyler In The Times-DIspatcl,
some years back
Wo must have n change. Tho pres
eht system is obsolete. unjust and, in
many cases, ridiculous. II the I,cgis-
iature VIII spend less time on looking
AFTER the robins and spend more of Il
kceNng unequal taxation from rob
ping tho people they will earn q more
satisfactory account with their con-
sutuents and give relief to an OBJ
pressed People.
RoBERT BEVERLEY.
Caret, Essex county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
"The Tcx, of ,I,,r,,on,

|" sine me Editor of The Times Dispatch:
nroa; Ill nave read with pleasure and
Test of Alignment" surely your Illus
ration Is from the highest authority.
~; M authority that has stood firm and
true nineteen centuries; tho highest
an ci"ss OF logic cannot be better forth
iis re-, ana outtressed against all assault.
Up to two weeks ago the writer
Governor Woodrow Wilson as a presI.
s s1sTIoas NJ aaa
kinoiy for the scholar In politics." a
man ! thought (and still think thor
% yic,hdns honest and defiant in his con-
common country. However. I confess
! ! am now Mt loss 10 understand
Governor Wilson's treatment of Colonei
GeS9rss Harvey. with his enthusiastic
ana i, able support. fear. as Colonel
Henry Wattcrson puts It, the ex-
president Of Princeton University is
ana with whom practical politics" IS
put an "irldescent dream" conceived
and nourished In the cloistcr's gentle
During last October / attended the
annual state Fair OF North Carolina,
n naS al Raieigh; L, was my pleasure
Governor IIitchin Introduce mo 10
Governor Judson Harmon. OF Ohio. 4
fcw moments talk most favorably inn
availability OF splendid old man nam
richly endowed with ability and hon
esty' experienced only one objec-
tended with no culpablc dlscredit for
the Governors eminent iltness for tho
exalted office OF President OF the
! must state in all candor that
thought Governor Harmon's age was
me only thing that stood against him.
vigorous old age. am nov writinr
with highest respect and admiration
oil manly man; the Governor looked
every day Of seventy five years old.
not scventyfive years young. In this
respect was both surprised and dis
s arni 1isa er,n We'll remembered sew;
been elected TO the presidency of this
great country: the responsible bur
I%ns Of the high office. along with
the tirel"ss opportunities of friends
and foes, only aided and cruelty accei-
Grated the final demands of relentless
and eNacting Nature.
MY choice with Governor Wilson. al
though lie has announced n few poll
find in the past few weeks I am wav-
crlng i'll my Intentions even on the
duG'ous vers" of throwing my honest
winds. Why has this condition OF
chance found n lodgment in my feel
inGs? Forsooth ii Is possible that
Of Virginia, as he parted with Colonel
Harvey. OF liarpcr's Weekly. and, I
fear "Marsc Henry" the vigorous and
defiant Ncstor Of Democracy, who
has never faliercd, never acted in the
role OF q snarlng Thcrsitcs.
If the scholar In politics" breaks
with his best and strongest political
friends. fortior. may he not sooner
or later, with the opportunity, part
company with some OF the hest and
racy? ! fear that Governor Wilson is
not the right and strong man to lead
now confident. buoyant and deter
mined Democracy 20 Il triumphant vic
tory. &. \. RICHARDSON.
January u.s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
Az ARMY rosr FOR nrc1,uoSn

business organizations of tho city
an" ''o N'tE Council should without
N'''! strive TO nave an army post To-
e"'ea mere. Richmond is an Ideal place
'o' such military establishment.
''e'''' ana ciimatic conditions here
'"eNeeuco; our transportation ia
''i'''s arc unsurpassed. the city Is
''os' conveniently near Washington
! qua Is only so'ehtF-hvc miles from the
! governments greatest transpor; hur-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

leg had to be amputated. Il i. Was NJ NJ
ter This Cha; the boy was born. IN per
lcct health, and remained the idol OF
MS parents until mis- death on Christ
, mas day.
This terrible automobile uccilcnt
Wei as tho manner in which Mrs lay
cock had been betrayed to her first
, husband. b. the COUNTIES. 10 whom ref
erencc has been made Gbove. mad tiis
pathy for hor by society, by which she
was in course, OF time received virtual
~ as OF old though Of course. ah; docs
through the loss of her boy.
Mrs. Laycoek Is the daughter NJ the
Earl Of EstoWei The 1oun sas s y :Ra
/ fortunes OF her present husband was
Joseph Laycock. who started ne ~ a
turned into gold. Whothcr by naive
shrswdness, or good luck. or both. he
or it, II written, would be Il genuine
romance OF business. One OF his feats
was tho creation Of tho Blyth and Tyne
controlled and constructed by one ma
! In the United Kingdom But before his
death he sold II TO the North Eastern
Railroad At an immense profit He in
vested much OF his money In tho pur-
chase OF coilier!es. and died some thir-
~ years ago. leaving everything 70 his
f; lament. and married to daughter OF
Christian Allhuscn. owner OF the im-
lnense alkali works. on the Tyne
Robert Laycock lived only a fort
night TO enjoy his fathers inhoritaace,
and as Colonel 1.aycock was then
mere boy. the immense property COM
Ing TO BIN from his father and grand
Iatner went on accommodating during
his minority.
French, and won. the Distinguished
motorst. riding in the car which won
makes his home, with his wife. at
WESTON Han, In Yorkshire, which he
| purchased from the late Lord Spencer,
and is member OF the Royal Yacht
Squadron.
Lord Somers. who has become 80 en-
not only started farming In the neigh
borhood OF Toronto, but has induced
his brother-in-law and sister Lord and
recently resigned his commission OF
lieutenant in the First Life Guards in
order 10 devote himself more complete
nome. He was ono of the pages in at
coronation, and VIII Inherit a good
knsw woman Lady Henry Somerset
the next heir to his peerage. and 10
tho property coming to him from Lady
Somers Cocks, rector of J2denbridge.
IN Kent, and married to n daughter Of
klcwelyn Haskell, of Boston. Mass. The
Rev: Henry's next brother who Is also
In the limo of succession to the Somers
barony and property, Is likewise mar
ried to an American girl. his wife be-
ing daughter Of Major Sabin. OF the
United States army.
On the death OF the third and last
Ear Earl OF someTrS ; In 1883. the EarIdom Of
became extinct: his Barony OF somers.
dating from 1891, descending. however,
along with the entailed property, yield
ing an income Of about $4,000 year,
to his cousin, the present Lord Som
crs. The earl at the same time be-
qucathed the major portion Of his
! tate in London. known as Somcrs
Town. and also. Eastnor Castle. to his
daughters. Adeline. widowed Duchess
of Bedford. and Lady Henry Somerset.
of temperance fame, for HE, the prop
crty to revert at their respective
deaths to young Lord Somers. who Will
then become very rich indeed.
Copyright, 1919. by tho Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

county. and TO make this average come
. up TO the average of actual bona nde
sales.
OF course, there is going TO be OPP
position to this. Few peopic will
voluntarily surrender vahiabic privi-
l"Ses. such as the monopoly OF land
with merely nominal tax on II.
But the people now need TO use all
the land to tho maximum of prod,Ic-
rion ana common sense and Justice
show that the money for good roads
ana good schools must be paid by land
for these rapidly growing land val
ues are created altogether by popula-
ton and the benefits of government"
Though the title to the land Is held
by individuals, every man. woman and
child has got a community interest in
all the land in Virginia. They make
the values. The time is past when
land owners can tx their own tax as
*cssment to suit their inclination.
"PIEDMONT."
ChRrlottesNille.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

To the Editor OF The Times Dlspatch;
Sir.--l only want to say that il the
tobacco growers VIII exercise their
right TO price their tobacco there is
sections should no, lbe as prosperous
as the grain and stock-growing sec
The people Of the bright belt of
Virginia and Carolina have practically
n monopoly, and the reason they are
not rich is because they have let the
other fellow do all the pricing of
The richest gold mine in the world
would be OF little value to the owner
II the ore was dumped out as our
tobacco is dumped out and let the
buyer take il At any old price his
conscience would allow.
Danvllle will get there just at the
same ratio that the people around Dam
vile get more for their tobacco.
Nathalie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

petitions for now routes arc offered
and rejected the reasons usually as
signed arc poor roads or lack OF
munitics In Virginia as we'll as else
where that IL they expect the United
States government to bring mail 70
them they must BIO ready to furnish
transportation facilities. There are
now almost $4,000 routes. ana of lat.
the number added each year has boen
only about 500.
AS business proposition the rural
delivery Is an cye-opencr. 1t costs
about $4,000 900. but the receipts from
stamps along the routes are only about
sI'boo.ooo. showing a balance on the
wrong side of the ledger of s2e,6oo.-
goo This seems bad on the surface.
out Mr.. DeGraw has pointed out again
ana again in his recommendations that
the establishment OF parcels post
would go far toward making the do
partment self-supportfng.
Among many features of our post,l
system under Mr.. De Graw's direction
inc oeao letter office is Interesting. AS
a people we are getting moro careless
as correspondents. for no less than
la''la.ooo letters and parcels went as
tray last year OF this number II is
asserted that 100000 would have
been returned TO the sendcrs without
o'hi'S 10 the dead letter Office IL the
writer's address had boon printed or
written on the outside OF the letter.
There is public tip in that fact.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
DO NOT HIRE THE coNvIcrs.

Since the General Assembly has de-
c'ded that the present contract for the
hiring of convicts at the penitcntiary
shall not be removed after It's cXpira-
ton next year It remains TO be con-
sidered whether any similar contract
should be made. The idea that the
convicts should he made a source OF
revenue appeals strongly 10 all who
realize the present necessity for econ
omy. 1t is likely TO he urged with
much subtle force by all who have a
selfish interest in the continue ton OF
q weather eye toward the treasury ami
tremble FOR the fate OF certain cherish
ed appropriations will - only too
ready TO listen to the plea that the
state should not cut itself off from any
supply OF good ready money.
The broad minded legislator, how
ever. Will look to The sreatcr--though
more remote benefit to tho state from
the employment OF convicts in public
work rather than to tho smaller and
tract with a private firm or corpora
ton
ne work OF the State is greater.
both IN volume and Importance,
than that of any mere private con-
Germ. The work of convict is as
valuable to the State as to any person,
or group OF persons. There is no sort
OF necessity for the state to invite or
permit any one else to 20 into part
nershtp with the state in the operation
OF taking profit from the labor OF It's
convicts.
The public highways offer employ.
ment for every available convict for
hundred years to come. The benefit
20 the State TO be derived from bet
ter highways. better immigration. in
creased facilities for rural transporta-
ton. enhanced land values. with the
consequent multiplication OF receipts
from taxation is beyond calculation.
For the convicts themselves vigorous
manual labor IN the open air often
works miracle of physical, mental
and moral regeneration.
Able bodied convicts OF too despcr-
s'e character 10 be trusted on the
roads could be worked in uuarries. or
ii rock grinding depots, under heavy
guard. with safety and profit. Those
under physical disabilities. as well as
the few women in the pcnisentiary.
might be put to manufacturing the
thousands OF articles or furniture,
wearing apparel and the like needed by
our various public Institutions
:. vital principle is at stake. No
private concern should be permitted
to make profit out OF the lawbreakers
OF the state. 1t should have no in
tcrest or influence in the policy of the
State towards the prisoners II should
not be allowed to have the States
help in putting prison made goods upon
the iiarket in competition with the
products OF frss 'labog
II the present contract IS bad all
contracts of like, kind will be bad
eEactl. to the extent that they rceog
Mae the propric,y of the contract
system
The Legislature should leave no
ioophole through which any bargain
may be driven which will deprive the
State OF the absolute control Of It's
own conv;cts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

declare. when they ought to be sooth-
ed. For It we have always been con-
WINGED should be substituted the lull-
or steam siren, or in very cXcitublo
cases the full orchestral acoompani-
mont TO tho scene in "Parsifal."
whcre the enchanted caste goes to uni
Vcrsal crash, mash. smash, smithcreens
and thunderation. In default of
availability of any OF these, however,
the city nurses might in emergencies
substitute chorus of idiotic laugh
ter or shreks. the production OF
which, it Is hardly to be doubted. they
are capable.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
Voice Of the People


n,,..,;,,
TO tina, Editor of .rbo .rimos-
! Sir-.rho axbn,.tira 49,,
TAX com,nission onn,Ioa III we
plement ar Nr E-so,na, 9
lax zhou,l cory,noa -
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| herora ~ III, ,,i,,,,, "a ,,
ods nov u.aJ -, $50, 80 al. ~
| STATE .,.., 80, Ia,-,,
| mi conc,r, 81 -
| conforan,a ,o.,,ha, a. a., 80
| could u.a 80, ''e So' 9
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| ;,,a ~, 80, 80 icpi 'seit'
sn, S NV ,, s'rms y, eaeh alnereht asses
and ,bo-ofor ,,,,;,,S. r :
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1,ovn ~ hr,,, 90 W. "
nc tbcr, is 80 ;,,,,s,,a.a ~. :
re,., ~ ,,tIon nScn,.. ~ CIV t'i' .
os,i,n,,a ~, ~
! tbn,,rh ~ so'''
nron9r,;nnnta,nI o''.ls % ne .
y, Innda ~. 20 srs p
coun1.. 49, ~ - ~ az
I co,,n, ~. ." W tot ~
trb. =, ,., - !" 80
t ur,t t,'o ;,
dIc,ror. 49, 80 80 .. !.
,hc Gu. $50 is .i, o'' POI .'g U.s. u
! o.,o, 81 ,.nI,,,, -, VI st
s.ssar. oa 49,, ~ e a"
hy ,r,,,. 49, :
,hrourh .nn,n oontraI tona
,h,y ILi 10, ~, ~ - y. ~ W,
AMY inns that the TAX Commission
eontemplates' or should If II docs not.
! ~ ,htr,- ~, .i ,I.
10 think that fair estimate of land
Eniuatlon can be gained by an average
sanS ol al iahd SOFA In each county
'ol "o years prior TO the land as
|
''oh Oh ms average price. VIII TINS
"'e,"o' S'a''u 'he 'cst Oh lFuctiohal eN-
an me lair market
"iue u ,ahu DC eo'ainea ny such
~ we ma" supposed what was
meant oy the ia'r market value OF
'anu VI l"'i cash raiuo OF personality
va, "' NJ ~ "ouiu sen TOT under
,itc I'D ih'licF OF put up 10 lhe highest
piuuet. me pulk Oh the iand SOLD IN
~ W. Ee'iS average would be pri :
I ,ate saies' which MI. freeman must
, hnom Is Vastly a,Herent tnins from
"eihs Solo al pubic auction and ne
4 "o"'' III oDooiN oNclIcdCu the true
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
The Bcst Ever.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispa tch:
Sir.--I congratulate you on the great
newspaper you are getting out We'd
ncsday's sheet was the best edition
ever yet printed. and you have the
opportunity now TO do Il great work
Tor Virginia.
The TaN. Commissioner, DIR. y: S.
freeman, is doing good work as "A
writer on scientific ana practical tax
reform. and ! support him heartily. lie
well says that the real fight III the
LEGISLATURE will he To establish the
"NNcrMgc valuation" OF land In ench
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

Postmaster-G General Hitchcock might
have used the telegraph companies to
acquaint the President with his report
regarding them.
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PROGRESS IN POSTAL SERVICE,

Rural delivery has been extended to
almost every section OF the nation.
For tnat reason, the increase IN routes
mas not been great In the past four
years In the annual report Of the
Fourth Assistant, Postmaster General.
r. v. DeGraw. II appears that when
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

Willie Virginia school teachers are
cIamoring for more money, those in
Georgia have to get along with 50
per cent. of their salaries unpaid
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20

physician has calculated thdt tho
human heart has a capacity of I,62c
gallons q day. How some people wish
their stomachs had the same,