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The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

Rev. Paul r. Hickok. pastor of Metro
politan Church, has returned to the city
and will occupy his pulpit tomorrow
morning. His vacation was spent quiet
ly on the shores of Lakes Michigan ant
Erie, where he swan and fished with
great enjoyment. All the activities oi
Metropolitan Church will be resumed on
September Is.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

At Washington Heights Church, DR..
B. R. Larrabee, Of Livonia Center. N
Y, will preach tomorrow morning. Rev.
W. d. Moss, the pastor, is expected to
return to the city next Friday, and on
the following Sunday, September 8, will
deliver his farewell sermon. A new
pastor is being sought by committee
of the congregation Of which DR.. How
ard Fisher is chairman. This committee
will hold meeting tomorrow after the
church service.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

The Travel Club. Of lexington Church,
which spends the winter evenings in the
study of the geography. history, litera-
ture. and religion of different countries
VIII go for an outing on Labor Day to
the battlefield Of Bull Run. where We
hicles have been engaged to carry the
visitors to points of interest
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

lily has been prominent In Chicago for
80 years, returned from a 2,000-mile
tour, during which he sang his way
through IA states.
Mr.. Best, who is now nearly thirty
years Of age. Is the son of Henry Best.
for eight years clerk Of the circuit
court in Chicago and later for two
terms South Town assessor He was
educated at st. Johns Military school,
Delf1eld, Wis, and at the Princeton
and Yale preparatory school in Chi
cago.
In the height OF his success as a
musician his flancee, Miss Eleanor Da-
Wis OF San Francisco, also a composer
of music. who had been one of his pu-
pills, died suddenly and he was plunged
in grief.
In the melancholy mood which fol
lowed this loss" he said, 81 made a
VOW to myself that l would give up
my career in the musical world and
go out into the world as a troubadour,
singing the songs of great composers
to the masses Of the people, conceal
s.
without reputation or any of the ad-
vantages Of friends and acquired posi-
ton, to see If the people would not ap-
preciate good music.
During my tour of 1000 miles, in
which l sang In IA states, wore the
dress you see me in now, khaki trous.
ers, rough corduroy coat, black flannel
shirt, soft felt hat, no collar. carried
no more baggage than was contained
in a small oilcloth case. | never told
my name or my family connections
and never spoke of my former achieve
ments In the musical world. Wherever
l appeared l was only known as The
Wanderer.
Il found everywhere that the best
music is appreciated even by the
poorer classes"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

The great tonic value of Iinseed
meal is evidenced by the fact that
most Of the so-called patent stock
foods and condition powders are
largely made up OF linseed meal. It is
a laxative feed. and for this reason
large Qantities Of 1t should never be
fed as a daily ration.
1t is especially suited to younr
stock. being rich in growing material.
such as protein and ash. Indeed, there
Is no class of farm animals to which
some linseed meal cannot be fed to
advantage. especially when the ami
mails are deprived for long periods of
green or succulent feeds.
Linseed meal takes the place of the
high-priced patent tonic stock feeds.
and costs on the average only about
one-tenth as much. Every weIl-regu-
late1 stock farm should always be
ORC vided with linseed meal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
HAD TOO MANY GHOSTS CALL
1uspand Declares Wife Has More
Time for Spirits Than She Has
for Him.

st. Louis, Mo.-Adolph Schnell has
filed suit for divorce from Lillian
trump Schnell, trance medium, who
remains in Kansas City, Mo, while
he has come home to his mother, in
st. Louis. Mr.. Schnell seems very
Jealous of four spirits who, he says,
nave been on most familiar terms with
his wife; Mike Conroy, whom she calls
her chief guide" and three Indians
Red Wing; his son. Red Feather. and
High Horse
or course, Mr.. Schnell does not
name the spirits as correspondents,
but, he says, feelingly, they have a
bad habit of visiting his wife at night,
and he objects strongly to their at
tention to her and to the attention
she pays them and to the attentions
she compels him to pay them. He
swears he cannot be happy with her
while the spirits are around; he can
not sleep even; so, being ready to re-
linquish her to Mike Conroy, High
Horse and the others, he asks for a
divorce.
Il lost so much rest entertaining
Mike Conroy and the three Indians
that couldn't stand 1t any longer"
concluded Schnell. plaintively.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
BREEDING HORSES FOR ARMY
Government Has Plan Whereby Own
ers of Mares May obtain serv-
Ices of Noted Stations.

The public generally knows that the
government has outlined a plan to en-
courage the breeding of horses for the
army whereby mare owners in suit
aDie sections will have the command
Vi service to first-class stations free.
~ return for which they agree to give
inc United States options on result
ing Ioals at fair price, The plan was
WAS taken up as means to provide
good supply of horses such as the
army needs. which. strange as it may
SEEM Is rapidly becoming more and
more limited. An appropriation was
sussested at the last session OF the
oi.'y-nrst congress, but no action was
'aAen' one objection being that the
pan was not practical-that farmers
~ouio not enter into such agreements
Win the government.
fortunately, funds were available to
make an experiment to determine this
point Mr.. August Belmont of New
iork presented to the government
Two OF his best-known stations. Henry
Oh Navarro and Octagon. and the de-
p"' .nent or agriculture placed them
at the command of farmers In the vi
entity OF Front Royal. Va, on exactly
'ne terms outlined In the government
plan.
by the approval OF the war depart
ment, the price to be paid for the re-
surfing foals at three years of age
was $3.50, and no difficulty whatever
was experienced in getting farmers to
breed their mares under these terms.
ABOUT DO mares were bred, the stall
hons reaching Virginia somewhat late
al the season and Octagon's useful
ness being curtailed by a severe at
TACK OF distemper..
The interest of the Virginia farmers
Is Keen, and already so additional
mares have been offered for the sea-
son OF 1912. and the services of more
stations could easily be utilized If
available.
Circular 178 of the bureau Of ami
mai Industry explains the depart
ments breeding plan and may be OBJ
tanned on application to the secretary
OF agriculture. Washington. D. c.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
COSTLY HATS THROWN AWAY
Garbage Collector Of Seattle, WASH,
Dumps Valuable Headoear Into
City Refuse Dump.

Seattle, Wash.-No Senegambian
satrap will stalk the jungles of the
Dark Continent with prouder grace
than will mark the carriage of several
dozen sons Of Italy, engaged in the
honorable and sanitary occupation of
transporting Seattles garbage to the
dump-that is. If the police depart
ment fails In efforts to recover 5000
worth of Panama hats that Singerman
& Sons, at Second avenue and Seneca
street, had planned to sell this spring.
Because box that he found in the
rear of the Singerman store was light.
a scavenger jumped to the conclusion
that 1t contained only excelsior. He
carried 1t away and cast 1t off at the
city dump at the foot of Mercer
street, on Lake Union. Zip Upon
the odorous heap of refuse bounced
the box full of expensive Panamas.
The hats remained undisturbed for
several days. Then garbage man
with a well-developed bump of curios
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
HARVESTING IN EVERY MONTH
Some Country or State Is Busy From
January to December Gathering
In Wheat Crop.

1t will be seen from the following
that every month in the year has a
wheat harvest somewhere
January-Australas Chill, Argen
tina
FebruaryMarch-East India, Upper
Egypt.
April-Lower Egypt. Asia Minor
Mexico.
May-Algeria. Central Asia, China
Japan, Texas.
June - Turkey. Spain, Southern
France, California, Tennessee. Vir.
ginia, Kentucky. Kansas. Utah, Mis-.
souri,.
July-Roumania, Austro-Hungarv
Germany. Southern Russia, Switzer.
land, France. Southern England. Ore.
gon, Nebraska. Southern Minnesota
Wisconsin, Colorado, Washington
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
Ohio, New York. New England. East.
ern Canada.
August-Holland. Belgium, Great
Britain. Denmark, Poland, Western
Canada, the Dakotas.
SeptemberO ctober-Scotland. Nor.
way, Sweden. North Russia.
November-Peru, South Africa.
Observation-Disclosures. Argentina.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
SPEEDING THE MAIL
Automatic Mail Clerks in Use in
New York.
First Plant for Handling Mall by Ma
chinery Now In Operation In Penn
syIvsnla TermInaIs-Ssving
Of Seconds Valuable.

New York.-The first complete me-
chanical system for loading mail mat
ter into cars. providing for its hand
ling entirely by automatic appliances
from mail wagons to train, has just
been installed in this city.
The apparatus Is part of the equip
mont of the new Pennsylvania termi-
nal, through which passes 40 per cent
OF the mail matter leaving New York
able, and from the time when the
wagons from the post ONCE deliver
the pouches at the street level until
they enter the mail cars waiting on
the level OF the tunnel, 70 feet lower
down, human labor is supplanted by
nine rapid mechanical devices.
There are three stages In tho pro-
cess of getting the sacks of mail from
the street to the mail cars. Some time
before the fast mail train to western
points. consisting of perhaps half a
dozen cars, is scheduled to leave the
station, 1t Is shunted to the mail
track. Into these cars there shortly
begin to drop automatically delivered
pouches coming from some unseen
source. AS the moment of departure
approaches the pouches come in more
rapid succession, until they are shoot
ing into the cars in constant
stream.
Rising slightly above the floor Of
the station at the point where the
mail wagons make their deliveries are
a number Of huge hollow sheet-iron
cylinders. Into these the pouches are
dumped, and slip down to a point just
above the roofs OF the waiting cars
The pouches do not fall In q direct
line, since this might injure their con-
tents. but they go down on spiral
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
WORTH OF THE FERTILIZERS
Real and Relative Value of One Ton
of Different Varieties Given
by Illinois College.

The real and relative value OF one
ton each of several fertilizers are
given by the Illinois College of Agri-
culture:
A ton of fresh farm manure con-
tains ten pounds of nitrogen, two
pounds of phosphorus and ten pounds
of potassium. with a total value Of
1924.
OF dried blood. $50 pounds of nitro
gen worth $42.
OF raw bone meal, eight pounds OF
nitrogen and $50 pounds of phos-
phorus. worth in all $3.50.
OF sodium nitrate, 80 pounds Of
nitrogen, worth s4650
OF steamed bone meal, 20 pounds
Of nitrogen and $50 pounds OF phos-
phorus. worth $33
Of ammonium sulphate, 400 pounds
Of nitmgen valued at $50.
or acidulated bone meal, 40 pounds
Of nitrogen and 140 pounds of phos-
phorus worth $22S0.
or Stag phosphate, 100 pounds Of
phosphorus worth 1920.
OF rock phosphate, ESQ pounds Of
phosphorus worth 500
or acid phosphate. 125 pounds OF
phosphorus valued at SIS.
O. potassium chloride (muriate Of
potash $40 pounds of potassium worth
$50.40.
OF potassium sulphate (sulphate of
potash), 500 pounds OF potassium
worth s4S.
OF kainit. 200 pounds of potassium
worth $12.
OF wood ashes (unbleached), ten
pounds OF phosphorus and 100 pounds
Of potassium worth $7.2O.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
WEBS TWICE IN A DAY
ECHO OF A SENSATION NOW
THREE YEARS OLD.
Girl Who Married One Man In Aft
ernoon and Another at Night
Sued for Divorce on Deser-
tIon Charge.

Memphis. Tenn.-Mrs. Elizabet.
Ship Rolfes. who married one man Il
the afternoon and another that night
and was freed from her first husband
only after legal battle. may be freed
OF her second for another. for he has
fled suit for divorce.
On the morning OF Feb. s. 1908. the
slip of girl was Miss Elizabeth Ship.
18, and beautiful. That afternoon at s
o'clock she became Mrs Harris But
Ter. A few hours later she married
Joseph Roles.
1t was not until the next day that
clerks In the marriage license bureau
noticed that two licenses had been Is
sued In one day to Miss Elizabeth
snip Reporters swarmed down upon
her at the home of her second hus-
band. and she told the story.
i have loved Joe for long, long
time" she said. II used to think I
loved Mr.. Butler and was engaged
to him. After I met Joe kept put
ting on Mr.. Butler. who wanted to be
married at once.
My relatives finally took a hand
and demanded that | marry the man
was engaged to. | protested, but
they told me | did not know my own
mind. They went ahead and made all
arrangements for the wedding. Mr..
Butler got the license and / was called
into the parlor when everything was
ready. Before l knew what was 90
Ing on-really. l can't remember
thing about it-Mr. Butler was kissing
me and calling me wife
When the others had left us I be-
gan to realize my position. ! made up
my mind to join Joe. Excusing my
self from Mr.. Butler l stepped to the
kitchen. took the cooks coat and hat,
and fled the house. l found Joe and
we decided to be married. l knew
they couldn't make the first marriage
stand. He got license through a
friend and we were married at his
mothers home. and we're happy,
aren't we, Joe?"
Joe affirmed that they were, but
that was three years ago. Butler
fought the case in the courts. but
lost. The courts held that in the in
terests Of public policy the latter
marriage must stand, as the first had
been mere ceremony.
But now Joe seems to have changed
MS mind. He charges desertion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

slides like great screws which the
iron cylinders inclose.
When the bags reach the bottom Of
the cylinder the first stage of their
handling is ended. From that point
they drop on to one of number Of
continually moving endless belt con-
veyors, which travel just above the
roofs Of the cars of the waiting train.
Each cylinder leads to a certain belt.
and each belt serves the trains set
on certain track. But as all the
mail is not carried In one car, a third
operation Is necessary. Standing on
the platform beside the train are q
number Of movable curved chutes just
long enough to reach from the con-
veyor belts to the door OF tho mail
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
HOUSE SINKS INTO OLD PIT
Homo OF Scranton, Pa, Family 10 En-
quilted by Mine-Fire Destroys
Furniture.

Scranton, Pa.-The cavein OF an
old gangway of the Won Storch col
liery carried down the house OF War
rem Stephens on Ross avenue near
Greenridge street. 1t was occupied by
Stephens and Patrick ]. Buckley.
Mrs. Buckley was preparing break
fast and as the house settled she
screamed, arousing her family, all of
whom in their night clothing followed
her to the street.
Stephens and his wife were pinned
In their bedroom and were rescued by
neighbors, who lowered a ladder and
carried them out Just as fire broke
through the wrecked structure. The
roof shortly collapsed.
The building went down sixty feet
and the fire destroyed all the furni
ture In 1t. Adjoining buildings were
damaged by fire, but escaped the
cavein except a slight settling OF the
adjacent cellar walls
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
SINGER KEEPS QUEER vow
Sings as Tramp" In Fourteen States,
Wandering IncognIto Over
1000 Miles.

Chicago.-After fulfilling vow
which he made eight months ago that
he would conceal his name. travel in
disguise, make no appeal to friends.
but would support himself by singing
classical and grand opera music with
out the advantage of an established
reputation and conventional dress,
Henry Martin Best, composer. mu-
stefan and singer, whose home is at
4402 Michigan avenue and whose fam
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

ity directed his No. 9's against side
OF the box, crashing 1t in and dis
closing the headgear to view. I'M
mediately a riot ensued and the
garbage men bore down upon that
box. Within less than a minute every
hat had been appropriated, even those
that were torn in the scramble.
Not until every scavenger in pos
session of a Panama is behind the
bars, say the detectives. will they rest.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Rats Nest Yields $3.50.

Trenton, n. J.-Patrolman Patrick
Kirwick has received word from the
treasury department at Washington
that the basket Of torn money which
he found under the floor OF his home
would only net $3.50. Kirwick fully
expected that there would be several
thousand dollars in the scraps. How
ever. he says it is almost enough to
clear the little mortgage on his home.
80 he Is thankful.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Water Soaked Field.

A furrow plowed through a field
that Is soaked with water will aid and
hurry the process of drying several
days. On the bare spots scatter a
generous quantity of grass seed. ma,
nure each lightly and go over the
ground with a spiked-tooth harrow
again. Frost throws grass roots out
of the ground. Get ont the roller and
go over the fields before they are hard
and dry.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
DISEASE FOUND AMONG HOGS
tuberculosis Affects Animals as Well
as Man-Loss Amounts to
Millions Annually.

Farmers Bulletin 473. issued by
Secretary Wilson, contains an impor-
tant and most comprehensive state
ment Of facts on bovine tuberculosis.
The bulletin deals with the history,
nature, symptoms OF the disease; now
1t spreads. how herd is infected. the
tuberculin test, and its prevention
and suppression.
Tuberculosis" the bulletin states,
is widespread disease affecting ami
mails and also man. Human beings
and cattle are Its chief victims, bur
there Is no kind of animal that will
not take it. Hogs and chickens are
quite affected; horses, sheep and goats
being affected but seldom, however.
The disease Is contagious. 1t
spreads from cow to COW in a herd
until most of them are affected. 1t Is
slow In developing and may not be-
come noticeable for months or even
years. The tuberculin test, which
cannot do harm to the healthy COW.
reveals the germ in few hours. and
always proves successful when In the
hands Of an experienced veterinar-
ian"
THE disease is common among
hogs" the bulletin goes on. THE
public abattoirs report that serious
percentage of hogs inspected Is found
to be tuberculous. The losses among
cattle and hogs are enormous, amount
ing to millions of dollars annually"
Turning to the infection Of human
beings with the tuberculosis germ
through cattle. the bulletin says:
Milk is the staple food Of infants
and young children and is usually ia
ken in the raw state. II this milk Is
taken from a tuberculous cow 1t may
contain millions of living tubercle
germs. Young children fed on such
milk often contract the disease, and
it Is frequent cause of death among
them.
Meat from tuberculous cattle Is not
so likely to convey the infection for
several reasons. 1t does not SO fire.
quently contain the germs. cooking
destroys those that may be present,
very young children"
AS to the spread of the disease, the
bulletin says: Sooner or later the
tuberculous cow begins to give off the
germs of the disease. The germs es-
cape by the mouth and nose, the bow
els. in the milk, and in discharges
from the genital organs. When the
germs are being given off in any of
these ways, the disease is known as
open tuberculosis"
The bulletin concludes with: Dark
dirty, crowded stables are favorable
to tuberculosis. Under these condi
tons the disease spreads rapidly and
is only kept out with difficulty.
Clean, airy well-lighted stables, on
the other hand, are unfavorable to the
development of the disease. If brought
into such stable it does not spread
so rapidly and is not difficult to get
rid Of as in the first case.
"A well-built. sanitary stable need
not be made of expensive material or
of elaborate design. but should have
plenty Of light. air. and drainage.
Light is very important. Direct
sunlight is great destroyer of germ
life. Tubercle bacilli soon die If ex.
posed to sunlight 1t is disinfectant
always ready to work without cost"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
6kIllfuI Work.

An expert workman In one Of the
great needle factories, in test OF
skill. performed one OF the most dell
cate feats imaginable. He took a
common sewing needle of medium
size, an inch and five-eighths in length,
and drilled hole through It's entire
length from eye to point
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Farm Separator.

The farm separator and the HON,
raised calf keep about all the fertility
on the farm, but selling milk for the
city tnade takes fertility of the farm
and sells 1t In tin cans at SO much the
hundred pounds
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

car, and by means of an ingenious
automatic tripping arrangement each
pouch, as 1t reaches the point above
the car for which it is destined, falls
from the belt into the curved chute
and lands on the floor of the car.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
As To Honesty

body else gives himself poor recon-
mendation-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Up to tho Bachelors.

II every bachelor would contribute
$50 to a common fund there would be
no dependent children.
The broad ax., 1912-07-27
Suburban obssssio,

The grass-I have to cut the g,
Amid the host OF cherries tbI1-.
That make a round OF country re-
This Is the cheerlessest, by ti1ro,
have the Jacqueminots to sDraT
the hedge to elip-nay. do not seos
The bean to pole. the peas to bos
And when plan an evening ~
II rains and rains and rains srS -,
I have to cut the grass again
But there VIII come a time all rich.
In some far summer ere I mass
When, bent beneath the weight o, -,
l shan not have to cut the grasI.
And II at last the summons be
Not to some verdant realm OF bI,..
But to dry and bladeless bourna
A hotter suburb cen than this
CThey say there's one), why han
At least there'l be no grass to cufG '@S
-Judr,
The broad ax., 1912-07-27
WALTERS A. n. E. ZION CHURCH,
Cor. Ssth 4 Dearborn SITS,
Rev. II. J. Calls, d. D. Pastor.

The interest in our Friday evening
class meeting is stin on the increase.
On last Friday evening We had an at
tendance Of ITO, our class offering was
S2LOO. The spiritual tide was at high
water mark. The Sunday morning
prayer meeting is also increasing in in
teEest, in fact the spiritual activities
were never in better condition.
The services last Sunday were well
attended, the sermons delivered by the
pastor were well received, and many
comments as to the exeelleney of the
evening sermon was heard as the au-
dienee passed out; three persons joined
the church during the day.
The services for the coming sabbath
will be in the usual order, the pastor
viii preach morning and evening.
The Willing Workers Club, a new
auxiliary in the church, viii have their
first sermon at 3 O'Clock in the after
noon, preached by Rev. Webb, pastor
of Trinity Mission. The club is ex-
peeted to serve dinner.
Our annual church and Sunday
School outing will be at Mt. Glenwood
Chautauqua Grove, Wednesday, July
3lst. The train will leave the LaSaIle
Street station at 1880 A. NJ, 3Ist
Street station at 1925 A. NJ, 63rd
Street station at 1O:4O A. NJ. Return
ing will leave at $500 P. NJ. Round
trip, IS cents. It is hoped that all of
our members and friends will avail
of this splendid days outing.
Our former presiding Elder DR.. T.
II. Upton, who has been seriously i'll
at his home, 81 East 34th street, is
very much improved and able to be out
for which we are all very