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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-29
CONCERNING MEETING.

SON~eVNIN1 melting.
The following cleaned from the In
dianapolis News concerning the FEEDER
ated club meeting is of interest to the
club women in this city:
The board of directors of the Indi-
ana State Federation of Clubs closed
it's session at the Claypool hotel yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. F. T. McWhir-
ter. the president, appointed on the
transportation committee for the gen.
eral federation meeting, to be held in
San Francisco in June, Mrs. J. H. Hol-
liday, Mrs. 8. e. Perkins and Mrs.
Robert H. Strong. all of this city; and
on the transportation committee for
the state meeting in October, Mrs. M.
F. Ault,' Mrs. Baumgartner of Crown
Point, Mrs. Joseph Diekember OF Ter
re Haute. Miss Grace Griffith of We
way and Mrs. Beers of Valparaiso. The
committee to arrange a schedule for
the district meetings includes Miss
Vida Newsom, of Columbus. and Mrs
J. H. Carter, of Seymour. who will
plan the meetings in groups, that the
state officers may visit several on one
trip.
The federation adopted for it's key
note THE Homes of Indiana" hoping
to touch every side of the home and
its interests in their work for the year.
The districts will all hold meetings in
the spring. Today Mrs. McWhirter en-
tertained the trustees of the educa.
tional loan fund of the federation,
with Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, of
Evansville, as a special guest.
The trustees are Mrs. Grace Julian
Clarke. Indianapolis; Mrs. Virginia c.
Meredith, Cambridge City; Mrs. Eva
Rohbuck, Warsaw; Mrs. o. p Kinsey,
Valparaiso: Mrs. E. G. Eberhardt.
Mishawaka; Mrs. E. B. Hyatt, Wash
ington: Mrs. Craigle Gum Mitchell,
Bedford; Mrs. Olaf N. Guldlin, of FIT
Wayne, and Mrs. Charles p Drum
mond. of South Bend The trustees had
luncheon together and discussed plans
which were begun at the meeting of
the state federation. 1t is probable
| that the result will be a per capital as
sessment for the financial basis of the
federation's movement for education.
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oSsfk


OyT the leah bic wife wasn't
looking. Nj. Jar slippsd into
~ Gus's plaos on the corner and
breathsd . pleased sigh Of comfort. BE
II ever ~ humble there's no place IKE
tho one where you ought not b.
The corner cafe IN In for much
adverse criticism from tAms to time. ana
yet its dstraotors have never suoossds d
In msk!ns II wholly unpopular.
The hot water urn was steAminS
slightly but chcsrfuiiy. the glass and
brass work %slis,snsd, the mahogany
counter and partitions shons n the
whole place wAA warm, spacious. cosy
and pleasant.
Better than this, perhaps. there was
no one to scowl. TO scold. or. worse
yet. TO be silent with one. No one &c
pick up after ons. to pick PERSISTENT,
AT one, 70 regard one with distrus'
ard suspicion,
This Is the lure OF the man trap. II
10 too GOOD 10 be true, too sweet TO b'
wholesome. Consequently Il 10 no
strange that In the end II ADDS like ~
adder. and all that sort Of thing.
However, Mr. Jar put his Good righ'
elbow on the bar rail. Ms GOOD righ'
foo, IN tho arch thereof on the brasl
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CHANGING ONES MIND.

@oNyTSrKNCY - S~a ansd Tie bugbs.r Of smun minds.
Wssdrsv Wnss. b ~ . nan mind, for he hs changed t.
~Ths people NJ = ~ Aaass ths, ninda," he sy. are
w impossible people, Men must change their minds else there
can b - peogrsaL Time maks snoisnt good unoeuth" and out
worn truth , The big sAseads - pssgrs~.
whrsforA Just q . deg b permitted enc Bite and q horse one
hck, - = . msnS mind permitted . certain number Of changes
Gladstone. "ths rising hope Of the ssrn, unbendins Tories," becomes
the Liberal champion, aA Chamberlain. the Radical Mayor, becomes
the Conservative lssdsr. Only TIE Bourbons "tosst nothing and
learn nothing All that soosty may demand Of . man ID that he
do not change hs mind too eftsn for people to place him at any
given moment, and that not Ill f his changes be ON the side Of
interest That must not b sd Of him which Lowell said Of an
othsr-that he has bssn con Ill dd~ where theres plsos or pef,"
but yst hN bssn "tus - one party, and that 10 himself"
Gov. Wilson ussd . significant word when he said that absolutsly
consistent people were Smposfbls" Hs perhaps meant they were
difficult or "sbsurd." Yet they as literally impossible There
10 no place for them In sodsty and they osass 70 b. The logic Of
consistency, like the logic 6 truth. b death. The man who goss
around saying exactly what b tAinH win got himself killed. p~hsp.
rightly. The man who undertakes to b true At all tmss and places
to his original set Of principles and bsliefs and never to amend or
mitigate them will end BY taking hs own life, thereby avowing hs
an impossible" task. Such 10 the lesson Of Japanese har-kari. The
sdfslaughtsr II incuioatss 10 tho ssl, not Of honor, as often alleged
but Of consistency.
People who profsn . double loyalty and arc both extremely
candid and utterly consistent ere called fanatics. Most Of these
sscsty kills. and the rest take thar own livs.
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wardi" FTowersf Why. 4. would haye
surprised Clarence II he had even h.ard
Of q man send,nr his wife nowers
Aside from tho p~lessips nav Of the
partnership In comrsdeship. II ~. evsn
a delicate matter 10 approach any
MONEY contingency. Money m.t,ars
seemed TO matter very much NOW
lie d,d no, realize that the partner,h,n
OF mnrriage mu,t needs hay, thu divi-
! lend declared w,,hou, continuously AP-
PLYING for II. And that n 4. com,ns
20 the batter ha,f as HER nav ,or N.
proclnct she presidea over QUITE AS
| FULLY as hi, right 10 IN. whole nav
enyelope.
He d,d not nrure that n is N. ons
importsnt barometer TINT chronicle, chs
,.mp,rattne-the hone atmosphere % a
| comfortable or An uncomfortab,. degree
He AID not understand TIM, the sp,r,,
OF REAL. liy,nr Il. oil the decline vhsn
this barometer approaches tho zero
mark.
So mat. in mort, IN. d,rec, confirms,
OF Ia yinr ALL showrred on her before
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A POLITICIANS A s

TV1TTH Dtwa 4 Merritt j. spsskr 4 TIE Assembly, and
w tAsssfrs . ssssqssntial pubic Official. It y ncosssry to
- suspoisas hat 81 Il charity 70 the man were kept
n sbsyanos while - ~ . mere hyman In legislation. Il the
speaker IN I'D guardsmAn, . spodlsman, . political cyn4o - he pro-
Sssss - b q b he Just . shssp masqusrsdins In wolrs ~dothingi
People ~ . rputataon fer Political iniquty TOO eshy now
eAay. whst hs I'D" Merritt svsr done to win the lsures with
vhnA hs dsoortss himsdf 70 ostentstouslyi Talk, talk, nothing
but sslt-tal~ Of practical village politics told on warn spring even-
nC - tie stoop Of The Tub; sosdsmio defenses Of the boss
system poured Into the ~sduls1s can Of correspondents on the law
nAksN special cut 1t Albany "a Saturday afternoons.
Wh~s b ~ scandal 70 sAsv Nat he new Speaker n anything
DMs tAn . posw t dsprsngs You look IN vain for Il in his
sssssd. Hb quarry ssns stone - ne stss> but can he prove that
n b w0s than any sAse ssns psecu~Asi He has promoted
Wat ss called water storsgs C,hs," but In the North Country
suy1ody faveW thsss ~C~ba," and ct last one Of chem has been un-
AskA end dseevsrA - b that snug rsspsutabnity, conservation"
Il IL hs Suaryman from B. LAwrsnos ths pirate he Processes
~ - juG ans<hss ~7layecy 4 ~ Western Worldr'
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W. PLY talk about TIE Presidential bss"i Thsv can b no
w better time 10 protest against the injustice done to N In
W dustrous and meritorious insert than now, with the Demo
cratic National COMMITTEES In session and Presidential bees supposedly
buxsing around. The origin Of the Amsrcsnism Ia plain enough
II comes from the phrase 80 have . bee In ones bonnet, or head"
and this, . . synonym for . persistent or fixed ambition, or some
mental twist, u At least - old - Ben Jonson. But II docs not At the
phenomenon.
Bees, to quote authority, conduct . community life Of extraor-
binary sctiTty and usefulness by . Systematic economy and q body
Of instincts modified by Intelligent Judgment, which cannot be
matched elsewhere In the animal kingdom" II these word. could be
applied to men Il would b before rather than after desire to be
President had seized upon them. Bees move in a "bec.ine." Attic,
n man with Presidential ambition and he does not move at all, or
iaoves in . circle, OF 1t least follow . course like a rail tence-tarn.
ing from eide to side but persisting in one general direction. The
bee has 5000 faoss In ID eye and $500 olfactory cavities In eca
antenna. Sometime Il seems - II . Presidential candidate GOULD
notSss anything. nor msl anything In his own party, The bee pro
ducss honey. The candidate osss~ producing. The bee d MOI
afraid to use IL sting. How about the candidseH
II any insect b 10 b dragged into the metaphor let 1t be tn
tArAntula, the bite Of which, according to medieval belief. producct
a dancing and lsspins mania known as tarantism, with "gcsticula
tons, contortons and cries somewhat resembling those in Sain
vituSs dance"
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MI. Jarr Finds There Is no Place
Like Where He Ought Not to Be


Upstairs my wife don't let me have Il.
downstairs my customers boss me.
Only I don't want to Insult you by
throwing you out because you amt
been here in . long time. I wouldn't
give o . thing you want!"
So saying. ne grumbllnxly prepared
Mr.. Jarr . hot toddy.
"Who's your friend over there. read
ing he German newspaparf" asked
Mr.. Jar. ~ he toysd with the toddy
tin Il cooled.
That's my cousin. Ludwig" said
Gus. You often heard me speak on
my cousin. LvdwtEf''
'Oh. that's the one that plays the
yellow clarinet Ind smoked cigarettes
In the holes to color ~" said Mr..
Jarr. questioninsfy.
No: now you are speaking of my
brother. Meyer. in the BronL;." said
Gus. my cousin Indwfg 10 . comical
artist. what draws funny p~ioturea."
The person in question was . most
dismal ioO&1nE individual. and gave
no evidence Of exudinE pictorial COM
icanty. He was . thin and ssiiow
stcop-shouldered man Of sbout thirty
Ave. with long. struggling yellow hair
and . dropping yellow mustsche. lie
was attired In . long. faded green
ulster and wore . heavy brown knitted
scarf around his neck.
'Doss no draw for the Sunday "a
persr' asked Mr.. Jarr. who was inter
estcd. a. he seldom met with artists.
serious or corntcai. .. close range.
no" said Gus, ne wes Oh one Of
than weekly eonicsi papers. ''But he's
nred n he amt got no chob Just
now"
How go he oans' 70 ioss nis 3obr'
asked Ne. Jar.
TITS all a mistake" said Qua IT'S .
lot Of mistakes. He u drawing pic
lures for that weekly eom!cai paper
and ne draws one OF . corn he.d mi, .
~srarecrow and nos got all the corn
growing out on tho end OF the branches
OF me corn tree. anil they tell him that
amt rxht. Then when he draws troll
ley cars he always ~ me trolley out
over mo front OF the car pulling II
aions. when everybody knows the troll
ley gets behind and pushes t."
HE should have '-n more care
fri." remarked Mr.. Jsrr. This IL the
age Of exactitude and efficiency. still.'
ne added as ne took another look At
the rueful artist. IT should have
thought those mistakes would be about
tho only funny things In any pictures
he'd draw"
well. they Hdn', matter so much"
said Gus. "But," here Gus sunk his
voice 20 = whisper. when ne makes
such q mistake a. 20 draw a barber on
ths wrong Ats OF the man the barber
Is shaving. all the barber shops won't
take h comic paper any ore and
Il eusss. and Ludwig Il, nred. Would
you itks 70 met himr"
40" said NJ. Jarr: i've rot mis-
tAkss Of my own TO live down n my
own treutlss 10 forgSt. Gimme an
eth1 ~ Oday. Qua Aaa sing ~ Q
euray ssaas
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ming game 10 . pleasing one. for its
aim 10 TO PLEASE. Therefore. In the
hsyday OF Il life Was strewn with roses.
and thornlsss ones, too. mark you.
A little nAttsry. . few flowers. theatre
uckets, candy and all the rest OF the
p%otpourri that O without saying In
the eivillred day.
In short, every favor was given her.
II shs would but scratch her rnror-
Poor little thing. II mu1, be loved quite
we'll again. for II Il HER little nnger.
II she be tired. she must "take care
Of herself" for mustn't she keep well
for HIS saksf So II continued after the
mhT-c words II promise thee"-for .
little while.
For II was all 40 NEW. IIo hadn't a
pleasure he IA not SHARE. Money
matters ala not matter much In THOSE
days, SO It went on for u time.
But later. one blue Monday morning
she saw the winning game In q DIFF
FERilSr light, She found II was only
Ciaronce's counting cloak. and whsr
that Was SHE'D tho pOMINEERISG sid,
Of him showed itself.
For he gave some talk IKE. TITS time
one settled down Women shouh hAv,
plenty Of WORK to keep them busy
Nothing else mAtterA- Fun-makins IL o.
folly. Married people should work ant
' ACCUMULATE"
II che hurt her nnsss D0v, "Hsv eva
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Letters from the People

Of nres IN tho past, six months, used as
a basis 20 calculate tho number ~ nres
10 expect for the year. seem 20 mo un-
fair. Al thinking people know that
there are. from natural coalitions. many
imss more nres from Jan. ! 20 May l.,
than duHns ali tho balance OF tho year.
ii. 7. p.
II The World Almanac.
~ - nfa0 4 TNs Hsuins woadi
Whsrs oar ! nnd Q lis, OF the amend
men's that have been addei 70 the Con.
sGtuuoa OF the United Slatssf
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~ tAs BHtu q Ths Evening wo4Ai
II Il correct to sAy; 'rhis 10 all the
farther I'm goingr' y. y.
Ts Rschssss . Battery.
z, ~ Edit~ a rs Evening wotdi
Can any electrical reader tell me- .
simple way TO rscharss the battery Of
q electric ssarehlightf This should In
terest all who use such lights and who
are put - the frsausnS sxpsass Of buy.
Ag new batteries. v. r
Ne s'Ftys A~vesagsy~
20 the Editor Il ts Evss1AG waAi
he sAuatoal sAh1ae g ~ M@10
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and many winning
ways - either way
wins.
T mis- man WA
blest with BOTH.
In fact. ne worked
both ovartime. &C
much so that the
woman IN the case
had little or nc
chance to X n o "
ANY OTHER side,
which Ia q yer,
com mon. eveYday
occurrence.
o W. tho win
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Spoiled His Story.

7 " Q small restaurant where every word carries,
. man and his wife and another man dhstsi
into tAh across the tables Of small por and
chicken -pos and the ailments Of dogs. The W.
attached mas bad IN unwuhsd expression anl
IN air o. . swashbueksr. lie sho wed his Icft
wrist and declared that II had been Gu. right
through. The nan who did IT," ne said gandi.
osely. "nsvW struck another blow-natusly. :
"Ym explain" asked the proprietor Of the res.
tsunnt. Rans he wrist on exhibition. 40 II were.
show \ths uttls Aos. he bite youf"-Loudon
Chronicle.
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(. g%MS %@5ov

loot rail- snd ioAfSA and invited his
soul and Gus.
Gimme . hot To-Day" said Mr.. Jarr.
What you want . hot toddy forr"
asked Gus. You a,n't GOT no cold
Newer mind what I've got. TITS
what want that concerns Me-" replied
Mr.. Jar. ''Gimms n hot toddy."
by Goiliss. I never - Q fslisr %
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Not in the Life.

a. A IL great mm have their veahn.s'ss.
IA Doctor." aid Bosssll. taking his toun-
tain pen out ~ his pocket. and ! am
going 20 ask you what you consider the most
Niniue thing you ever aid"
"Bosweil." replied Dr. Johnson. without .
moments hesitation. - Applncott'a
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obstinationali" said u Always
wanting to make trouble
"Whst arc you kicking for7" asked
Mr.. Jarr. "You'vs got hot water In
tho urn ana you've got all the other
ixings."
''by Chimminetty! I got everything
but my own wayl" said Gus. Never
In my own life my own way DC I get,
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Logical Enough.

r. he teaches IN the primary dspartmsnA q .
Philadelphia school hAd been holding forth
Of sMe length With rferonce to the three
rrsnh d~ivisions Of nature-+he animal. the vege-
table and the mineral. whsn she had finished
she put this question.
''who can tell ne what the highest form Of
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The Days Good Stories

animal life isf"
whcreupon the pupil nesreA her hastened u
supply the answer - follows;
THE gfrsffe. "-Appirco,t'a
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The May Manton Fashions

THE gown made
In ~semi.prdn-
cesse y
that 10 closed at
che front 10 q now
one. lmuch liked
and 0dapted 10
many uses and oc-
casions. This one
can DO made Of
simple material
and become ap-
propagate. for morn
Ing wear or. caII
Be made Of more
elaborate material
and become &ppro-
pirate for after
noon use. Tho collar
can be made OF any
contrasting mater
iel. For morning
use. washable ma
tertals are exceed
ingly we'll liked.
but c~AAhmere. ohal-
Az and altatross
are much used. For
afternoon
uhe model can be
utilised for taneta,
henrietta olorh, the
f~ashionAbls poplin
o. m simiiaf ma
tS1AL
Ths Uwn - mses
Win blouse snd
skirt The blouse
consists Of from
end baok portions
With one-piece
sleeves that are
eewed to the arm
holaA Me skirt Is
i've gorsd. m tw,.
are Joined TO . belt
ana can be closed
with buttons end
buttm-holes for
tho entire length
or stitched together
70 . ron venient
depth. a. Iked.
For the sa6dlu.
Ezs will De re.
material s3."s s-dass
sc, ~ yards 4,
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NNCE upon . time thsre was . man
who went forth to win . wife
- There are many ways Of winning
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The Fight In
the "Crater."

hole was iaters spoken Of a. 1.-THE Crater" So tar IN plan was = perfect success
Blu. instad Of the quick, tumuituous charge that wns to have followed II there
~ a General ndxup and q inexcusabe delay. Union troops wore not sent
forward quickly enoush ,Moth he e1p There wa confusion a 70 to ORDERS Thou
mnds Of tn. troops that actually ga advance charged straight into ths yawnans
crater. Tho Confederates (who had LAandoned the trenches FOR Hn yard. ssoh
eide VI m mine). were given ample he 10 ecove from tn SHOCK. to reoccupy
their deserted trenche nd to send . murderocS artrry hrei tot M crater. II
va fully half IN hou before they did &c. tut thu Northern troops advance had
been wen slower. The n-arransed attack fell bak with . ioaso OF nearly GU
men,. Gen. Grant wrote Of the AFFAIR.":
"The effort wa n supendOus faime. due to inemdency o. the pMt OF the
corps commander n te ncompetency Of tn division commander who Wal
to lead IN assault"
Tho dreay hsxo a renewed and II dragged o Win terrible o- Of lin
N both sides until early he next spring. Then. Sherman having completed his
ttumphal Georgia march. rushed his army northward. Lee a TIT hopelcMG
meas Cd the out0dk and new this his gallant defense could now have but
m end.
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o6WTF Nceut ouWH-Vd FeTU N0. INV gL 7 v ard q
inchss wide VIII y al 81 inches wide ~ the collar n cuffs, Y yard 2
inch to! shield an. banding .
Gail at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANToN FASHION,
!" {BUREAU. Donald BUILDING 100 West ThiryWcond street oppo-
- {Ns 0tmssi Bros) eens NxtA avenue ana TMrty sscond street
I o>~A, {Nsw York, or ssnt By mail on recsipt q ~ esa 10 eMn %
{ssmps tor each pattern ordered.
"~ nPoRrANr-wrts your address plainly and always specify
SNsM- Sshs wastsA AAd tWs saN ~ iSs~ DsNass u 10 . hsuE
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The First
6lunder.

attack couid Do arranged thousands Of Confederate troops wore pouring into
the Petersburg intrcnchments The chance o. one Petersburg was rw TOT
strong to o carried by storm
n battle followed another. Various points OF vantage around Petersburg
were contested and taken. But Petersburg iseif held firm despite every effort
to capture It, At length Grant realized hat nothing further could be gained
by smashing away a. the defences. SO he besteged ne place. He had inrench'
ments built lose to hose O the Conedoatss. and except for constant kr-
mishe- neither army did more for whle except to construct n strengthen
redoubts. Then came . second great Union plan and Il second great bunder.
The plan, briefly was to I'M . W y underground to q spo beneath an
important part Of IN Petersburg defencss an here to lay q mine. At . gren
through the breach. II would b easy TO take advantage of The panic and o.
penetrate their hns
By July "A everything U ready. The mne ~ lMd ana fou toS a
powder awaited thu fuses spsrk The linton artillery lad orders to fohow IN
explosion With . heavy huFlshs M . certain division ws to dash at onos
into he breach. to bs followed by the main army. Every detail "a perfectly
worked out O paper.
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The Story (.
OF Our Country
Rv Albert Paxson Terhune
BY Albert PaysOn !

COPYRIGHT is2 By tho Pres PuAhhs b. The New orb Wonp.
No. Iz-Breaking D0Un the Last Defences.
colossal bunders turned the Petersburg attack from -
IL episode" into al epoch" Of the civil war.
H Grant had hammered bis way toward Richmond meu"
checked by Lee, sometimes forced to abandon . cherished phA
because the Confederate leaders genius thwarted It. After the union
repulse at Cold Harbor in an effort to reach Richmond from the north.
Grant swiftly moved his whole army south Of the James River n owe
against Petersburg, which place (about twenty miles from Rchmond)'
seemed to be the n great barrier between himself and the Confederate
capital 1t WAS much the same plan that Mcclellan had Deutschland haa
not executed-two years earlier.
Then, in rather swift succession. came the two Up'0 hhne1 -ths
cost the North more than 10000 men and delayed Richmo-ds capture BY
the best part of a year.
SO suddenly did Grant shift his army from Cold Harbor and rush J"
to Petersburg that he Confederates had not time to mass n adequate ocs
behind the intrenchncnts there Grant. OF June II. 1864. ordered n genera
assault m M Petersburg defenscs. And here came the hrst blhnder. OF e
several Generals intrusnd With the attack me moved too slowly. we more
were not kept in touch with the advance Of another. n 81 N. In a series Of
and Misunderstanding that evsn at this une arc hard to unraveL
The assault was made. arer . fashion. And It failed. although te defenders
were few M their defenses weak.
Had there beer a proper understanding hat day
~ between Grant, Meade, Hancock and Smith says on
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The mine was sprung ~ dawn on July 20.
In the fuse caused . two-hotr delAy) The
sent Confederate soldiers and horses and canpo,
Of earth nying high in air. II tore . great !
ground ITO feet iong. 30 feet deep and 60 feet
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Had there been a proper understanding tn
between Grant, Meade. Hancock and Smith, 80
historian. Petersburg would have been taken
night. and . weary. wasting ten-month siege avo
The blunder had been made. Before anothe
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-03-07
THOROUGH DISINFEC TI0N TO
PREVENT INFEC TIOUS DIS EASE


| that the direct RAYS OF the sun are de-
structive to many forms Of bacteria. in
ONE cases destroying them and in 9TH
| ers lessening their influence Thus
the Importance OF well-lighted stables
| is evident. The dark and sunless
building viii be favorable breeding
place for bacteria. and the structure
which admits the greatest amount Of
sunlight will be the least favorable for
their development. Again, heat win.
destroy the bacteria Of disease. BY
this is not meant the ordinary heat Of
the sun, but heat as developed In boil
ing water or in flame. 1t is upon this
principle that the surgeon before OPP
Grating renders his instruments free
from the possible presence Of bacteria
by boiling, and 1t is heat which renders
q jet Of live steam destructive to bac=
terra Sunlight, however, cannot be
tconsidered more than an accessory in
the destruction of bacteria, while the
application of heat In the form Of
steam or flame IL seldom possible
The result is that In the practical
work Of disinfection we are dependent
upon certain drugs. which have pow
or to destroy the organisms OF dis.
ease.
Chloride of lime (sometimes termed
chlorinated lime) is q weli-knoWn dis
infectant, although Its value is doubt
less greatly overrated. This may be
due in part to the fact that 1t Is q