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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
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From Tit Bits.
 A local nreacher who was in the habit of taking, his wife with him to his preaching appointments said, on arrival at the chapel, My dear. you go Tn there; you will be all right l must go round to the vestry.'
 In the .vestibule the wife was met by a kindhearted steward, who, after giv- inc her A hearty welcome and a hymn book, conducted her to a comfortable seat.
 At the close of the service the same lxindhearted steward gave her hearty shake of the hand, adding how pleased he would be to see her at the services each Sunday. Then, whispering. he said:
 ..Rut let me tell you, we don't get a duffer like this in the pulpit every Sunday"
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through the atmosphere of the earth. Thwaite's arc lamps move slowly back and forth through the entire length or the building.
 The experiments covered fuchsia, to- matoes, chrysanthenums, geranlums and ferns. After four nights had elapsed a considerable difference was noticed by comparing these electrlcai plants with ordinary plants; the electric tomatoes were in the lead by four inches and the chrysanthemums by two pPhes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Why She IO,

From the New York Even|
 They were at Monte Cd other visitors to that insid they considered the Casin| which ought to be visited hesitating before one of tl at last the temptation to CTS proved too strong for
 T must just risk one
 said to her husband. "Giv} ling, and I will put it on | my age. That is sure to b|
 Hubby was inclined to but, ot course. he might himself the trouble of g1 the money was duly deposI
 Alas! No. 36 proved i'd ming numeral and the wonl tie gasp of despair.
 Serves you right, sal brute of a husband. "If truth you'd have won."
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Making Plants Work Day and Night

From Cassiers Magazine
 B. H. Thwaite in London has made ex- tensive experiments during the last few years with continuous plant growing by using arc lights during the hours of darkness In order to approach as closely as possible the quality of sun light, each lamp was provided with double glass globes half an inch apart the space between them being filled with water.
 By passing through this layer of water a part of the light rays is ab- sorbed, just as the corresponding part of the sunlight is absorbed by passing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

tion for the Feeble Minded, has aroused
 no little interest. pr. Tredgold held
 that no person should be allowed to
 marry without a medical license, which
 sh hould be granted only after an exami-
 nation and an inquiry into the family
 history.
 The opinion that is being expressed
 today in medical circles is that the med
 teal marriage certificate is a very ex- cellent Utopian idea, but it will never
 come off.
 "It is not feasible" said a Harley
 street physician, under British human
 nature. We know perfectly well, or
 course, that to get sound child you want sound stock I do not say that every child that comes of unsound stock is unhealthy But the idea of public mo- tifcation of personal history Is very ex- cellent We know perfectly well that it would improve the health of the na- ton.
 But what would happen if this or any other government attempted to em-
 body this suggestion in an act of par lament? It would lose a lot of votes. No government would live that endeav-
 ored to pass such an act
 Archdeacon Colley. the rector Of stockton Warwick shire, who on the first Sunday of the New Year startled his congregation by placing himselt Tn
 his coffin after evening service and or dering four employees to carry him
 round the church. has placed his resig- nation in the hands of the Bishop or
 Worcester The bishop has accepted IL. Eight years ago the archdeacon had his coffin made and stored in the music room of the rectory In 1904 he made
 will beoueathing his body to the Uni
 versity of Birmingham for dissection ito be cut mp in the interest or anatom- teal and surgical science when have done with it
 That disposition was not made With out careful consideration. In letter to the university the archdeacon recalled
 that as a child he was laid out for dead and narrowly escaped being buried alive, and therefore asked that it may be seen that I am really dead" On New Years Day the archdeacon was carried round his church in the cof- fin, or box, clothed as he had expressed a wish to be clothed after death--a per formance that startled congregation already accustomed to his eccentricities. "I desired to impress on my parish toners that death is the gate of life, he said afterwards. T hope and expect that after death and a spell of rest which may be one year or 500-I shall return again for useful work. That is the doctrine have taught and the doc Urine I believe in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
EEEfi
By MARGARET WATTS DE PEYsTER

New YofI, February 24-(Special9-
 There is a general idea that the life of n society man or woman is all play. A very mistaken idea. It is true that the IHyerage society person is not engaged in what is generally called production labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Always a Ws

q am beginning to fe Rev. MT. Goodman. that jecting too much humor mons. The congregation the habit of neglecting to- ously.."
 "Oh, don't worry abou his wife replied. "WheneI to notice that they are n, seriously just ask them salary"
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but they have plenty of work and it is down right hard work at that.
 The increasing number of mon and wom- en who possess the social spirit and the necessary visiting list has removed society in New York far from the simple life it was even a decade ago.
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-.rfle Boston dance. of course. has been popular in England for the last two years, and when porperly formed 1t is very beautiful dance, with no sug- gestion of vulgarity. I understand that some new movements have been intro duced abroad and it Is these which have raised the protests"
 To introduce English principles Of dancing in America, Mrs. Wordsworth has opened a branch in New York and additional trainers are to be sent next year. Instead. therefore, of American dances being introduced into England. there Is hope of English dances being tvtroJpcad into Ay,erica
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A proposal for medical licenses for marriage, which was advocated at re- cent meeting of the Eugenics Education society by Dr. A. F. Tredgold. consult ing physician to the National Associa-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

free. after a lifetime IN prison
was asked Of the old man. aH he
stood inhAiing deep breaths OF air
aud looking far out over grassy
slopes and dainled meadows.
For a long time he did not an
awer. lie could not He just kept
gazing out and out. stretching
his eyes. aH Il were. upon the dis
lance which had been denied him
ever since he was % years old.
Then AZ iaat he turned.
How does n feef'' he said why.
II feels 80 strange. 40 unusual. u
doesn't feel natural There II too
much room out here can ace too
far. II hurts coming. like this. AL
ut once"
And John Warren, the ''iifer.~
the murderer, raped al the
prison doors that he might 90
back and work = little while IN
the rose garden In the prison
yard.
You see. II may be a prinon. 7
the stopped old man was saying. AZ
he worked among the tangled roses,
but ii'n just about the only home
I've had IN 80 yearH-and ! am
almost--fonG Of H. They" and he
turned 10 the barred cells combining
the conslctn. murderers. robbers,
they are the only folks | know.
And q him 81 tears spread across
his brown. kindly eyes. at the
thought Of being a free man. TO go
where and when he wished.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
100000 WATCH
BIC TACOMA
PAGEANT

TACOMA. July 5.--Tbe parade n
tho Montamara Festo, which took
place here today. was Witnessed BY
100000 persons. and was an i'm
posing spectacle.
The military and naval display
included regulars from Forts Casey
and worden. $50 men Of the 72nd
soaforth Highlanders Of British Co
lumbia. who were received with IN
bounded enthusiasm. marines and
tackles from the Maryland. Oregon
and Cheyenne. and the Washington
state troops
Floats Of nations and fraternai
orders completed the parade. which
was two miles In length. and IN
which 5000 person took part.
The coronation OF Tahoma Rex
II and Queen Hazel was Witnessed
by 10000 Al the Stadium last night.
following which the troops were re.
viewed By Governor Hay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
TO ANNOUNCE
T. RS PLANS
NEXT MONDAY

OYSTER BAY, ". y, July b.
Plans for the new progressive party
which we're TO have been made pub
tic last evening have been withheld
until next Monday. This action was
decided on by Col. Roosevelt fol-
lowing the discovery that most OF
the big newspapers OF the country
we're planning to feature. In their
editions on Saturday afternoon and
Sunday morning, Woodrow Wilson,
bis family and plans.
IL was agreed among the adyo-
Gates OF the bull moose" party
that II the plans Of third party
were 20 be disclose e day, they
might be oyershadowed by the VIII.
son publicity. SO It was agreed that
nothing of the plans Of Col. Roose-
welt and his associates should be
revealed until Monday. when they
would have q clear field and be as
sured Of the publicity requisite 10
attract the attention of the sup
porters OF the movement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
WRECK HORROR IS
GROWING; DEATH
LIST IS NOW Al

against No. II and that a flagmhn
from tho passenger train tried 10
stop the oneaming train half nile
from the accident,
The engineer says the distant alg
nal was at clear" aud that he saw
no flagman. lie insists that the
fog. which had weiled In from the
Chemunp river. WAS SO dense that
II was almost Impossible Ia see the
track a train's length ahead,
The police admitted today that
the dying and the bodies OF the
dead were robbed a. they lay In
the open fields beside the track.
The story OF the wreck. like 9th.
ers which have recently preceded
Il. WAS one OF steel cars az hayenr
OF refuge aud wooden ears an death
traps None ~ the dead was IN the
steel cars The great solid train
cut through the wooden day
coaches and Pullmans like a knife
through cheese. Hut the steel Pull.
man cars and the steel dag coaches
held fast together. were bent out
OF shape by the terrific force OF the
blow. but they held intact. and their
occupants at most only injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

In December. 1853. John Warren
vas sentenced 20 life imprisonment.
Then James Buchanan was pfcsi.
dent. and Abraham Lincoln, a poor
unknown lawyer. riding the circuit
Ia Illinois. The first ocean cable
had just been dropped Into the At
lantie. Tho entire country was
ablaxc over John Browns raid on
Hafpcrs Ferry. The first oil we'll
was sunk tina, year The clouds Of
an approaching ciyii war loomed up
Ia the horizon
A the year 1880 dawned John
Warren entered the prison
The war WAS fought. ard an
other also. Mexico overshre~
an emperor and a president
Boundaries OF nations changed.
The telephone. wireless. aero
pianess giant liners and 90.
mlleeaashosf trains arrived.
Kings ard presidents came ard
went. Millions Of people were
born. lived and died. And all
the while. John Warren lived
. living death In prison walls.
He petitionef for a pardon 2s
times. and then resigned himself 20
fate. lie even grcw 20 like those
prison bars. the prison yard and
tho flower garden hack OF the
wardsn's house In that be ,oiied
among the flowers during the last
few years. Then. on June 10. the
board act him free
How doea II fecIy" he said. why
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

Where could there be such an.
other musical Conservatory she
aaked. half seriously. with all my
money. which IN safe IN real estate
and collaterals. couldn't find 30
dear home as this. or such Dc,
llghtfni envirunms ntn.
Sometimes In the evening ait
for hours and watch the giistening
waters. and the sleepy old sailboats
gliding by. Then l wonder why
PEOPLE can be happy cooped up In
big houses. In big city streets.
DO not think me lonely. have
chosen this life of my own free will
and ! shall remain here the balance
az my days. What will I do with
my money! l have thought very
little OF that. The neighbors here
ore Kind 10 me. and enjoy the
spirit shown. There is one whom
I wish was here. but that can never
be. But with the hay. the noun
taina, the birds. and the sunshine
of this glorious spot. cant be
lonely. No not even since | became
an heiress."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

CORNING, NJ. Y. July s,--Wlth
% bodies remaining unidentified
and with many Of the injured IN a
dangerous condition. the horror Of
yesterdays rear end collision OF the
Laekawanna railroad continues TO
arrow.
Many of the bodies win probably
never be identified. SO terribly
mutilated are they. The death ilat
today was a. In addition. Nellie
Shandel OF Newark. \. J.. aud Jas.
Griffith were declared by doctors to
be DYING and six others we're not
expected 10 recover
Worst IN Roads History.
The wreck Was the worst in the
history OF the road. whose boast
previously was that only two pas
sengers had been killed ON Il since
1909 The road officials blame kn
gineer Schroeder lie was In the
cab OF train No. II. which crashed
through the standing Buffalo linn
tied. The company officials say the
semaphore a mile distant was NJ
danger That the block In which
the limited was stalled was also set
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
500 LUNCHES

Sports, music and refreshments
were furnished IN abuodsncs 10 a
crowd OF about 1000, who took IN
the annual picnic OF the ladies Of
the Holy Rosary church OF West
Ssrtt. at the old natatorlum, at
Alk. The rain dispensed with the
GDeecnes. About sos lunches were
aerved. 25 gallons OF ice cam and
al the pie that a number OF boz
contestants could eat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

and two hungry husbands at work
on the country roads. turn q Few
hundred eggs In the Incubator.
wash and wipe the dishes. Iron
some clothes and then TO bed
Rose aud Lonorc used 20 be sales
girls In Chicago and Cleveland de-
partment stores. Their other
names are Mrs. Hepner and Mrs.
Meyers. As Isenore and Rose they
worked at the counter. Then they
married two farm boys. and now
they are muscular. bronzed. healthy
and az happy as larks.
Il never weighed more than lib
in the store. Mrs Hepner said.
Now / weigh 1872. and have forgot
ten what medicine tastes Ike.
"Thc first year on the farm
4 pltched hay an. helped with
the harvesting. Rose and !
wear overails, for skirts get In
ones way blowing and plant
ina and doing farm work..
While the husbands are making
some spare money" working for
a road Improvement concert. Che
former saIesg y are running the
farm in Geauga county. threts miles
from Scion. Excepting on Syn-
days they wear mems clothes Be
sides cultivating 40 acres. Rose
and Lenore care for a dozen COWS B.
and sell about so gallons df milk
a day. attend TO the wants Of a
hundred chickens. manage the In.
cubator, watch over thee little
chicks. gather the eggs and mar.
ket them; care for the eafdan
and do all the homework. inelud.
Ing the churning and washing
And their home Is al neat
as any gooo housewife could
want III
Il never was really happy until
came To the farm" Mrs. Hepner
said: Il used TO get tired in the
store. so tired | felt | must drop.
get tired here. but never so tired
that | cannot keep going. | sleep
hard, and my. but | feel good in
the morningl
Frankie worked In the store
with me--lived In the country
when he was a boy. and ms soon
,as we were married two years ago
we decided TO quit the city and
we did H. and tell you. we have
had better living and better
health and more money than we
would have II we had stuck to the
'city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
FLOWER HOUSE

A flower and moss house, which
will be an exact model OF the club
house OF the West Seattle Woman's
Improvement club. will be on exhi-
bition at the West Seattle Flower
Show. July 10 and IL. The show
will be In the Hiawatha field house.
and It will be flower show. and
not merely a rose show. All the
available space in the auditorium
for exhibits has practically been al.
ready taken up
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
TWO ARE KILLED
BY AUTOMOBILES

PORTLAND, Or, July 5.--Two
are dead, one is dying and one Is
seriously, II not fatally. injured in
Portland or vicinity today as the
result OF automobile accidents
John Ruedy was killed and Mrs
David T.. Steel was fatally injured
near here when the machine In
which they we're riding plunged
over an embankment.
Marion Wilson was killed when
the car he was driving got beyond
his control and toppled over an EN-
bankment His wife was seriously.
perhaps fatally, injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
FORMER CHINESE PREMIER
TO WE'D GERMAN WOMAN

TiENTslN. July S.--it IL gener.
ally believed here today that Tan
shao NJ. former premier OF China.
will marry a German woman in
the near future. going 10 the = aited
States for the ceremony. Ts- =.
~ received his education IN an
Amrican university. II 10 said be
viii be married In Washington.
ID q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
GOV. HADL[V !
HASSW|TCR[l'
To I. R. IGIl

JEFFERSON CRY. Ma =,
politicians IN Missour, AZ, 2. ~ 1
wondering Just whsre =, q. ''t'J
may land IN the rspub,,es. ~
bic. AZ a result Of a s,s.~ 'est
Gov. Hadley that hs kss y. \
cd for President Tan. ~ sss's
expect 70. IiadIey s,sS \
the republicans Of Ml~e....s - "
ne his leadership Va = h
were pfogfeBaiye, ana w.
port a ticket u Hooss,sIs ~ - -
This ~ considered = : 'el'n
from the stand taken 4 va
IN the national convenf;s.. sd
hadiey strongly arxue6 $3.50 -
bolt. When Il came d AZ ~: I
protest IN the final teiIss,..s ' !.
Missouri Delegation slso - Y
participate and vote. =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

SAN DIEGO. Cal. July s.--aMary
keefe has Inherited fortune. Now
she'll build a mansion and live In
high style. She's got SOC. 700, and
no one with that much money ever
stayed In a cabin ON the water.
front"
So said the nelghbors one foggy
morning.
But they didn't know Mary Kecfc.
she Ii stfli there. happy and con
tented Ia her little two-room shack
close to the waterilne. II was good
enough for her before her rich
Philadelphia uncle died the other
day. making her a rich woman. and
it's good enough for her now.
To Mary Keefe the past II
closed book. She came to San
Diego from Philadelphia last April
TO start anew. She chose as q
shelter the rude little cabin. and
she was happy there
Mary Keefe has cast men out Of
her life. when she was poor. she
avoided the opposite sex. now that
she Is rich she will continue TO
spuru them There was time
some years ago-she is only 30 now
when her views we're different.
But there was disappointment
she said. and II paved the way 10
that lonely little cabin near the
waters edge.
This Is the grandest place on
earth" she murmured. ~And l still
have my piano.
Against the wall Of the little
room stood a handsome instrument.
Above Il hung diploma IL showed
that Mary Keefe had graduated
from the conservatory OF music at
the University of Pennsylvania
Her whole existence II wrapped w
In her playing. and the scenic sur.
roundings OF her quaint little home
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

we're the ones who jumped ON him,
threw him down and stabbed him
Ia the hack Ne was taken 10 the
city hospital, where he was found
seriously hurt hy two cuts In the
chest and abdomen. The trouble
started on board the Chippewa.
where there was considerable un.
necessary nudglng for room be
tween the negroes and Moser. I, ia
claimed A crowd OF about 50 gave
chase TO Moscrs asaailantn Moscf
lives at the Harrington hotel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
NEW PARTY
ORGANIZING
In INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS july BRO
rressive republicans Of Indiana to
day completed the severance OF ties
with the old party organization
when Edwin NJ. Ice. former state
chairman OF the old organization
and now named As state chairman
Of the new national progressive
marty. said that he would shortly
nupoint an executive committee OF
ii 70 aid him In the coming cam
naisn. The 10 members OF the eN'
ecutive committee viii fepiesvht
the Is congressional districts oil the
state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
YOUNG MAN SAYS HE WAS STABBED
In BACK BY TWO NEGROES; ARRESTS

Animated talk late last night BY
small but angry. crowd OF attack.
ing William Allen. 81. aud Robert
Young. 10. negroes accused Of stab
bling Earl Moser. 10. a white man.
on the corner OF First av. and
Marion st. was quickly dispelled
when big uniformed policeman
hove in sight and expressed de.
sire TO take the men 10 the city
Jail.
The accused men deny any guilt.
but Moser says he Is sure they
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
NATIVEDAUGHTER

Mrs. David NJ. Littlefield. who
died at Port Townsenn on July l.,
was a native daughter OF Washing
ton. Her father, Loren -. Hast.
ings, crossed the continent by OK
team In 1S47. He came to Port
Townsenl from Portland In 1851.
Maria Hastings married David NJ.
Littlefield AZ years ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

NfA WV
crusher into the
corner of the oat
field and n n
hlichesi the team.
Giving the near
horse a slight tap
she started him
off toward the
barn and supper.
In the barn
yard Rose. also
In overails. waa
driving the cows
into the shed for
the eventn =
milking.
while Rose
MIXED the COWS
I.enore pitched
down some hay
and filled the
feed boxes. Then
they didn't have
anything to do
but get supper
for themselves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

wETHERsFiELp. Conn., July 5.
early In the morning the heavy
barred doors Of the Connecticut
state penitentIsry swung open and
an old white-hslred man walked
out The door closed ard the old
man. John y. Warren, was free.
For 81 years he had worn the
metal huttoncd uniform Of gray
that marked him a life prisoner,
when he Was n he married 4
young Eifi of IL. From the fret
tho marriage waH unhappy. There
w.re old stories. long since fofao'.
ten. stories that linked his youns
wifcR name with that Of Rnothss
aaltor. Tho bridegroom todf Ms
alriwlfe To brook one dAy1 and
held her head under the water until
death came.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05
HOW TWO GIRLS
SOLVED BIG PROBLEM

No. we aren't farmerc,tes. we're
just farmers. though. guess som.
folks would say 'farmerosasa'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-05

soLoN. O.. July s.-Lenore,
IN overnils. backed the heavy
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-02-09
DO NOT MULCH WITH MANURE
Common, But WastefuI Practice Witt,
Strawberry Beds-Study Will Die
slpate Erroneous Idea.

A common but very wasteful prac.
tice is that Of winter mulching straw.
berry beds with manure, says the
Fruit Belt. None Of the large grow
ers ever practice it, yet many general
farmers who depend upon their straw
berry bed for spring income cover the
bed in late fall with horse manure,
thinking to increase the crop the fol.
lowing year.
A study of the strawberry plant
would dissipate any such idea. Dur.
ing the growing season, spring and
summer, the plant stores in its crown
the plant food from which the follow.
ing Yeas crop of berries is pro.
duced.
OF the plant food contained in the
manure spread on the bed after the
growth has stopped for the year, not
one atom enters the following
springs crop. In fact, the most valu'
able element, nitrogen. is dissipated
into the air in the form of ammonia,
while the potash and phosphoric acid,
to be utilized must sbe plowed or cul.
tivated into the soil.