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Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

At the session of Phoenix Lodge
 No. ?. held at Castle Hall on Fri day night, September 27. there was much business of a routine nature transacted. The piano committee reported as being still undecided re- garding the purchase of a piano fol the lodge and were, at their request given another week in which to in spect the various pianos under con- sideration. It is the desire of the committee to procure for the lodge an instrument that will have a high quality of tone as well as be an or nament to the lodge rooms
 This being the regular night fol eXemplification of the work in the rank of Knight. and their being two candidates in waiting they were giv- en the work The eXemplificatior was very beautifully and impressive ly rendered. The candidates who were thereby advanced to full mem bership in the lodge are brothers Robert w Brown and Thomas Levy
 Brother Knight Kyle. who had not been in the lodge room for severa years, was present and stated his intention of again attending the ses- sions of the lodge regularly.
 The lodge closed at 10:30 notwith- standing the fact that the work ir the rank of Knight requires an un. usual amount of time.
 Next Friday night, October 4th, i, the first meeting night in the new month. and it is desired that as many of the members as possible be pres ent as there is much important busi ness to be transacted. The meeting will be called to order at 730 ? m. sharp, and will continue to con vene at this hour during the re mainder of the fall and winter.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD

Short business sessions followed by a social hour have marked the recent meetings on Saturday evenings of Maricopa Lodge No. 43. Fraternal Brotherhood. The meeting of last evening was TO exception. At the meeting of the Saturday evenig pre- vious six applications were received and the first degree given eleven candidates
 Not in the history of the Phoenix lodge has that organization been so thoroughly alive as at the present time. About one-half of the 150 new members promised for Novem- Der 15, have already been secured and it now looks as though the new enrollments will exceed the figure originally set. Last evening and the week previously the ladies of the or der served punch to all present. There was also dancing and music. The work of arranging for the ap- pearance here of the Byron Trouba- dours at the Elks theater in Novem Der is progressing satisfactorily.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29

you have sweet pair of portieres. Drape them back so as to hide the holes
 Now that the frosty nights are at hand you should prepare an indoor garden for the home Place about a foot of dirt and loam in the bathtub
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Opinion

Never throw away your cantaloupe rinds. They make splendid silent cushions when tackled on the bottoms of chair legs, and when nailed in strips on a rocker they impart a de- lightful sliding sensation
 Do not throw away bath towels which contain holes. Save them un- til yon have six and then dye them red, Sew three towels together and
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29

and after smoothing it off carefully plant your pOtted flowers and ferns Then purchase same gilt paint and paint the bathtub above the top of the dirt. This makes a beautiful and inexpensive conservatorY.-Cin cinnati Enquirer
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
Local Lodge Lore


leave of absence for one month as he would leave for Missouri on We'd nesday The application of Ed Ru- dolph was received and a committee appointed
 Brothers Mandle and Burt gave very interesting addresses on the good of the order Brother Sam Robinson of San Angelo, Texas, lodge No. 927, is still in the hospital. but can get around on crutches No. 927 will not be organized six months until Oct. 1st, so they connot pay any benefits, but his fellow members sent him a donation to help him along Remember we meet Tuesday nights.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29

On Monday. October 7th. attend the greatest auction sale of fine live stock eyer held in the valley. S( head of thoroughbred cattle. hogs and horses, also turkeys, chickens farm implements, etc. s25.000 Wortf of stock Your great opportunity The place is at the Greer ranch, three miles east, one and One-half mile north of Glendale, 10 miles northwest of Phoenix. Big free bar
 becue of hog and beef at noon Everybody come. A Marriott, own
 CT C. o. McMurtry. auctioneer. 1t
Arizona republican., 1912-09-29

"You said when you proposed that you'd rather live in eternal torment with me than in bliss by yourself"
 Well, I've had my wish. ."-London OpiniOn
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
OFFICIAL AS A MATCHMAKER
Uncle Sans Indian Commissioner
Gets Westerner a "Big, Fine
Looking Girl"

Commissioner Abbott of the In
dian Office is about to become a
matchmaker. A man at Lead, s. D..
wrote him that he would like to
marry big, fine-looking. well-raised
intelligent girl" who must way" al
least 100 pounds and asked him to
be on the lookout for one.
Mr.. Abbott accepted the responsible
ity and advertised for girl. The
other day he received letter from a
Washington girl who thinks that she
fills the bill.
Il would very much appreciate be-
ing put in communication with your
South Dakota friend" said the young
woman. 'I fully meet the require
ments set forth and have no objec-
tons to leaving the city"
The writer at Lead says he is '35
and ways 1876 pounds, strictly tenn
peril and I am considered very fine
looking man"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06


show that the standard of mental de-
velopment among Washington children
here is higher than throughout the
country at large OF the fifty children
SO far examined, only one has failed to
pass the Binet- Simon test of mental
capacity. while most OF the children
are shown to be far in advance of their
years mentally
However, still have some 125 chill
dren to examine, and further investi-
cation may lead me to alter my pres
ent opinion, but just now would rank
the Washington school child as superb
or in brain power to the average Amer
lean of the same age.
II have also made another discovery
from my examination of these Wash
ington boys and girls; and this is that
the children of physicians are mentally
and physically superior. as rule to
the children of those following other
occupations.
Il am inclined to believe that the
reason for this lies in the greater
knowledge which the physician pos
sesses of the proper manner to bring
natal attention which the unborn child
receives in the physicians home. So
far, only the children of men physi-
clans have been examined
II am now in search of some women
physicians children, for II my theory
Is correct, 1t would be further estab-
lished by showing that the offspring of
women who themselves know medi-
cine are even further advanced than
the children of women who are merely
physicians wives. At any rate, my
work has shown that the growth in
mental and physical vigor. for the av-
erage human being, Is directly condi-
toned upon the advantages it has in
babyhood; and that progressive i'm
provement in the care taken of chill
dren may lead to progressive adj
vancement in human efficiency.
Probably twenty geniuses are
snuffed out today to every one who
finally brings his message to the race.
With proper attention every one of
these geniuses could be developed to
the full; and who can measure the dis
coveries in science and invention, the
immortal literature, and the general in
crease in well-being which would &C
crue to humanity with twenty times as
many geniuses at work as we now
have? For these and similar reasons
the conclusions derived from my ex-
animation of Washington children so
far impel me to believe that child-wel-
fare work is the greatest necessity of
the race today"
Miss Campbell said that SO far she
had found three physically perfect chill
dren in Washington, "and significantly
enough she added every one Of
them is the child of a physician"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
FIND A COTTON SUBSTITUTE
Experiments Have Been Made In
Europe With Common NettIe-
Used With Other Threads.

The search for cotton substitute
has been going on in Europe for some
time and many experiments have
been made with the common nettle.
which has been a promising plant on
account of the strength OF it's fibre
and its ready growth while under the
most discouraging conditions. with a
large yield per acre. The great diff
ficulty has been In separating the
fibre from the woody stem. In a
method of treatment that has been
worked out in the last two or three
years, the dried nettle stems are boiled
about half an hour in dilute soda lye,
and the loosened fibre are then sep
arated in a machine with revolving
brushes The material Is then sub
jected to a number of alternate boil
fngs in dilute I've and thorough wash
ings, both under high pressure. The
product is mass Of yellowish fibres.
free from gum, that can be bleached
combed. and spun into lustrous white
yarn. This is claimed to have the
smoorhness and softness Of fax, with
n strength even greater than that OF
hemp. The yarn has been made into
brilliant damask, and can be used
alone or with other threads-for up
holsteries, ribbons. and variety OF
fabrics.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
GENERAL
5EKRM>N0TES

Teach the colt to lead.
When possible clean the horses out.
side of the stable.
In pulling loads let the leaders dc
their share.
More brooms might we'll be worn
out in the poultry house.
When a sow gets the habit of eating
her pigs, it is ~'ell to get rid OF her
Speaking generally, the SOW that
produces small filters should be re
jected
The value of alfalfa, clover and IN
tEreshed peas should not be over.
looked by the swine feeder.
The feeder of swine should never
fell to feed variety OF feeds when II
is possible for him to do so.
Two tablespoonfuIs of castor oil q
Gay for each bird Infested with worms
will be found an effective treatment
The raising of poultry is not a get
rich-quick' affair. 1t is a business
requiring careful attention and patti
ence.
The amount animals consume In
excess of what Is simply necessary
for their sustenance produces ths
profit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

rate of speed. The demands of the
times call for true natural action.
Boots and weights are impracticable.
unsightly and inconveniant for use on
the public highway. Moreover, the
action should be pure and friction
less. Horses for pleasure use in the
great cities must possess courage and
great endurance.
While speed is very desirable quail
ity. the breeder should not sacrifice
size for it, The ordinary farmer will
hardly profit by breeding horses for
speed purposes only. What he wants
is salable animal or horse of general
utility, and horse to be generally
useful and the class to command the
longest prices are those that belong
to the carriage type.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
POWER HOUSE FOR THE FARM
Economy of Time and Energy Is Ut
Vast Importance in Modern
Scheme of Farming.

In the modern scheme OF farming,
economy of time and energy is OF
vast Importance. Any convenience,
any machine or arrangement which
will bring about this economy, finds a
place on the up-to-date farm. The
gasoline engine has long been recog-
nized as one of the most practical ma
chimes for saving time, money. and
energy, but to realize its greatest adj
yantages, the engine should be In
stalled in a farm power house. With
an installation of this nature, the far
mer is in a position to operate
any or all of his machines under the
most favorable conditions.
In planning power house there are
certain general principles which
should be followed.
The engine should be installed In
q separate room, or in a part which
is partitioned off from the balance of
the house. In the room with the en-
CINE may be Installed small dynamo,
room might be called the work shop.
The remaining space of the power
house should be divided into two
rooms, one for the dust-producing ma
chimes, such as the shelter, grinder,
tanning mill, etc., and the other
room for the machines which must be
kept absolutely clean, cream separa-
tor. churn. and any other machines
which it is found advisable to install
In this room. By betting the ma
chimes to line shafting suspended FROM
the ceiling, any or all Of the ma
chimes may be operated as desired.
In selecting an engine for the farm
power house, bear in mind that it is
advisable to select an engine of q
little larger horse power than may at
first be thought necessary. The ex-
perience of thousands of farmers is
to the effect that they all find more
work for the engine than they at first
planned. This is because the prac-
ticability of the gasoline engine is
hardly realized. 1t will operate any
machines requiring power. For this
reason it is well to select size that
will do all the work you have in mind
and still leave a little power in re-
serve.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
LAUGHED Once.

A certain European regiment sta.
toned in Northern India has colonel
who has only once been seen to laugh.
A private of this corps, White a
prisoner in the guard-room for q mill
tary offense, bet the sergeant of the
guard five rupees that he would make
the commanding officer laugh when he
was taken before him.
In due course, after reading the
charge, the colonel asked the pris.
oner:
Have you anything to say?"
II won't say anything more about 1t,
sir. If you WON'T, was the unexpected
reply.
The grim face relaxed, but the stern
decision came all the same:
''Fourteen days confined to bar
racks. "
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

With his empire apparently totter-
ing about his ears and his encourage
preparing to fee across the Bosporus
to escape the vengeance of Bulgarian
swords, It is interesting to note the
personality OF Sultan Mehmed v. who
will likely go down into history as
the last Turkish monarch to reign in
Europe.
Probably no more kindly monarch
exists anywhere in Europe. none who
thinks more of his subjects welfare
and less OF himself. The sultan is re-
membered by those who have met
him by his benign smile, with which
he favors all, from the highest to the
lowest. He has a melancholy, medi-
tative face, but those who attend him
hear no harsh words. shrink from no
suilcn commands, as did those who
attended his predecessors.
The sultan rises soon after dawn.
and when his attendants bring him
the habitual cup of delicious Arabian
mocha he smiles TO them and whis.
fers: Allah be praised for his gifts"
There is something of the natur
SIrflk. SINCE it seems to betray profo
course of shings. Perhaps today, In tn
ever come upon the Ottoman empire.
~Allss'e uiLl be done
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
MYSTERY HOUSE OF CAPITAL
II Is the octason, Where Dolly Mad''
son Set Up court-scenc
of Tragedy.

Don't let anybody tell you the story
or the old Octagon house in Wasnins-
ton after dark-you'll have to steep
with the light on all night IL you 90!
Octagon house is where Dolly Madi-
son, the fascinating, set up her demo-
cratic court of the republic when the
British burned the White House IN
1914, And as If that were not romance
enough for any house to claim. there
are ghost stories galore.
The strange troublous times In
which the house was built-'twas
abuilding while Washington was
president-mus have had some snare
in determining its mysterious con-
struction. The architect was man
of renown. DR.. William Thornton
who designed the Capitol, and aided
Jefferson years later in the plans Tor
the University of Virginia
The house is full of secret doors
and even now, wide open and to be
inspected by anyone who elects,
there Is tunnel leading out under
18th street. Where the destination
may have been none of this genera
ton can say, for most Of the land In
that part OF the city has been chang
ed by filling In. Communicating with
this underground passage is q back
stairway running from the basement
to the third floor. and either the sec
ond or third landings are reached
from 1t through secret doors. The
baseboards and chairboards on the
blind side run far past the doors be-
fore being cut through. and after all
these years the joining remains SO
nearly perfect that none but quick
eye detects the slightest appearance
Of an opening, for there are no key
holes, hinges or knobs.
Way back in history. so runs the
romantic tale, there was beautiful
daughter of the house whose love af-
fair with an officer to his majesty the
king OF England brought her nothing
akin to happiness. Despairing of ever
being able to marry him and vexed
by opposition and repeated bitter dis
appointments. one night as she wend-
ed her way upstairs to her bedcnam-
Der. the pickering light Of the candle
she carried throwing ghostly shadows
across the stairs, melancholy seized
her and she flung herself into the
dark well encircled by the upward
climbing staircase.
Mangled. bleeding, never to utter
another conscious sound. she was
picked up from the stone tagging of
| the basement floor, and died an hour
| later in tie arms of her heart-broken
mother. who crooned over her as she
had when she nestled in her arms az
a baby. Many times since, SO runs the
story, she has been seen with her
pickering candle light to mount the
stairs at midnight and with a heart
breaking cry throw herself into tns
| darkness fifty feet below.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
MORE WATER ON HOUSE SIDE
Finest Water Plant That Can Pos
sibly Be Built Being Installed In
the Capitol.

The members of the congress who
take water with theirs" will not be at
loss, as they have been heretofore,
to find plenty of cool liquid in their
offices when they return to Washing
ton in December Elliott Woods, for
merly of Terre Hau.e. Ind, who is
superintendent of the capitol, has a
force of men at work installing the
finest. water-cooling plant he can pos
sibly build in the senate and house of
fee buildings.
Mr.. Woods plan contemplates a
spectacular effect, as well as genuine
ly cold water. Any member who wish
es to see for himself just how cold the
water is, and how it is kept cool, will
be able TO inspect in the Easements
of the Office buildings enormous coils
of piping, through which ammonia
is surging constantly. The water trick
ling over these pipes will be reduced
from so degrees to nearly freezing,
To add to the spectacular effect, the
pipes will be inclosed in great glass
dome. and an electric light on the in
side will be burning constantly. On
the senate side the plant will be able
to cool $50 gallons an hour, reducing
80 degree water to 40 degrees at the
spigot. On the house side. where
there are more water drinkers. the ca
pacity OF the plant will be greater.
Economy was responsible for the
meaningless ice water signs last sea-
son. 1t gave many hot senator and
representative sickly shock to drink
the lukewarm water which ran from
the neatly silvered faucets in each Of
fee room. and great uproar was
made during the torrid days. They
tried the beer pump method OF icing
the pipes with great quantities of
clipped ice, but this had no effect on
the fluid as it trickled with disap-
pointing heat into the waiting cups.
However, economy or no economy.
Superintendent Woods IS at work In
stalling a s1.400 icing plant
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
HIGH-cLASs COACH HORSES
Farmers to Increased Production
of This Type Of Animal.

The excessive demand and large
prices paid for high-class coach horses
in America should stimulate our breed
ers to an increased production of this
fashionable type Of horse. While the
demand at present is very great, the
indications are that the usefulness
of this class of horses will increase
with coming years, says writer in an
exchange. The farmers who will I'M
would do we'll to select a stallion of
standard breeding and possessing the
requisites OF the desirable coach type.
An ideal stallion should have STAN
dard pedigree and of that clags the
American trotter would come nearer
answering the purpose than any ether
breed in this country. The trotter
would undoubtedly supply the import
ant requisite of speed. A well-bred
trotter to get suitable carriage horses
should not only have speed inherit
ance, but should combine the qualities
of beauty of conformation, size, action.
courage and endurance. The reason
L argue TOT sITaISAI DFeeuinS Is lHdl
mongrels never reproduce uniformly.
And prefer the trotter because it is
the main source of our supply of car
riage horses.
A horse may be a speed marvel and
model in beauty, but if lacking in
size and substance will prove fail
ure as sire A carriage horse should
be able to pull weight and have en-
durance enough to continue at fair
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
Silent AirshIps Invisible.

The perfection OF the noiseless mo-
tor for aeroplanes is announced from
the army aviation school at College
Park, Maryland. This invention. in
connection with the newly compound
ed paint which renders aeropianes in
visible when several hundred feet in
the air, will bring new dread when
great nations engage In war. Oper-
ated with noiseless motor, aero
planes can be manipulated with only
the hum Of the propeller to give no
tice OF their approach.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

The frank envelopes used by gov
eminent officials for official business
bear the warning, penalty for Private
Use, $780," A woman who received a
communication In such an envelope
recently evidently misconstrued the
meaning of the notice. for she wrote
to one of the departments at Washing
ton: II see from the envelope in
which you answered my letter that
you want $500 for private use can
not supply that large amount, but
might raise $3.50"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
NAz1M PAsHA, TURKEYS EMBARRASSING

At the outbreak of the Turlto-
Balkan war there was some nicer
tainty as to the precise commands. OF
the various Turkish generals The
chief command of the Ottoman forces
in Europe was assumed by Nazifn
Pasha, the minister of war. He re.
ceived his early training at ST. Cyr,
the famous French military school
He is now sixty-four years old, but
full of vigor and considered an able
soldier. Ali Ria Pasha, according to
the best sources Of information, was
made commander of the Turkish
western army. He was trained in the
German school. Mahmud Shevket
Pasha was put in command of the
Turkish forces operating against
Servia.
Maxim Pasha was spoken of as
the Turkish Kitchener" He was
one of the most brilliant pupils at St
Cyr. From time to time he has Wis
tied France, and on more than one
occasion was en- interested spectator
has often expressed his gratitude for
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

RECTOR SAYS $1,000 is NOT ENOUGH

Clergymen in all parts OF the
country are busily engaged in discuss
sing the action of Rev Gilbert A..
Shaw, who resigned from the rector
ship of Grace Episcopal church of
Riverside, L. l., because "a minister
at the present time cannot live and
maintain his honor on a salary OF
$1,000 a year" Rev Mr.. Shaw, there.
fore, is going to accept call TO ehuroAl
at Hazleton. Pa, where he, will re-
ceive larger salary.
REV. Mr.. Shaw made very rash.
assertion when he said that minis
ter of today could not live honoraBly
on $1,000 a year." said Rev. Arthur
H. Judge, rector of st. Matthew's
Episcopal church of New York CITY
though. of course, whether or not a
minister could live 'honorably' upon
that salary depends entirely upon cir
cumstances. The cost Of living for a
minister, as for anyone else, depends
upon whether he is married or single,
and whether or not he lives in great
that always surround big city II
from New York not to be affected by
Shaw has his rectory furnished rent
en- he ought to live very decently upon
OF.
that clergymen are ulderpaid as a
are paid as well as the members or
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

had for him
ne pous thanksgiving was extreme of the result OF Bekers
conviction life
the haun of crime the effect the
Of in
murder plot which Becker
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