Putnam patriot., 1912-11-08
T. ditorial Scraps

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The New York Times learns that a |
German steamship is bringing a bag
ful of gifts from William H., which |
are 10 be distributed as souvenirs Of the /
June visit Of German squadron to
that city
The department Of agriculture has a
belief that the dasheen, a Central and
South American tubef, viii thrive In
our Southern states where the IRISH
potato won't.
a learned Turkish doctor has writ
ten treatise on the uses of sour milk
among the ancients. lie finds that
Greek and Latin authors, to say moth.
ing Of the writer's Of the Old Testament,
were familiar with the virtues Of sour
milk. Or. MetchnikoG has fediseover-
ed these virtues for the modern world.
John 3. Rockefeller is having an
elaborate telephone system installed in
his home at Pocantieo Hills, and when
il IS ready for operation he will be his
own "neilo boy The system IS in
accommodating, aud will have |
thirtythme extensions. II was es-
peeially designed for Mr.. Rockefeller.
The Ohio woman, who on reeoyer-
ing her sight after four years of blind
ness, said, "What awful rights the
women are making of themselves in
The new styles" experienced the same
hal ha IA "a n
examines family portrait album of
score of years ago.
The apple crop Of the United states
is of generous size, showing some in
crease over that of 1911 and substan-
tial gain In the commercial orchard
belt, says "rhe American Agriculture
ist.n In this, its final report, 1t places
the yield at i3s, 10000 barrels, some
sional big year, yet substantially more
than the total included in the 1911 re-
yised figures.
A boom in immigration ON the Pa
eiiic coast from southern Europe is al
most certain To take place ap soon rs
the Panama canal 4, completed Fifty
thousand steamship tickets, it is to-
ported, have already been Sold GA The
instalment plan lor the journey. GHit
fofnia and the naghbonng states are
destined to be an assimilation expert
ment station If the greatest Interest
and importance.
Or. Hnfvey ". Wiley aud Dr
Woods Hutchinson, pure food experts,
who have been here on the stump, dis
agree as 10 the qualities OF Boston
baked beans. says Or. Wiley: II am
great lover OF beans. eat them
every sunday at least. regard the
bean as highly nutritious and yalu-
able food product says Or. Hutchin-
son. ~ think beans are one of the
greatest frauds in the food line ever
foisted upon the public. They are
cheap and filling, but that is the best
that can be said of them. They con-
tain some protein, but 1t is combined
with lot of material irritating TO the
stomach and trying to the appetite"
synthetic milk" is now announced
in London, manufactured indepen-
IDENTIFY of the bovine herd, and owing
its existence chiefly TO the soya bean.
Another victory for the vegetarians.
Leaving an estate of 1881, Mrs.
Louise Remsen bequeathed IS To her
husband, this sum TO be paid to him
in installments of five cents week.
Mrs. Mary f.. Walton of Dexter
Me- says that her chief pleasures at
81 are reading her Bible and making
lace. "If one cannot believe in the
Bible she says, "t don't know what
they can believe in.
An unusual order issued by the Phil
adelphla, Bristol and Trenton street
railway company forbids conductors
from wearing celluloid collars while
riding ON its cars. Several conductors
have been badly burned recently be-
cause their celluloid collars caught tire
through the blowing out of fuses on
the back platforms.
Congressman George II. Utter, SIS,
former governor of Rhode Island, died
at his home in Westerly, X. t., sun
day, after an illness of several weeks
from stomach trouble. He was operat-
ed upon In the Providence hospital In
Washington few weeks ago, and re-
turned home Monday, October ~. Be-
fore his Illness Gov. Utter campaigned
in the West for President Taft. He
was q candidate for reelection rs con-
gresham from the End Rhode Island
district.