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The Washington herald., 1912-03-14
LEGAL REFORMS TO
BE ASKED BY BAR
New Divorce Law and Two New
Justices to Handle Increasing
Business Desired.

Being aware OF the necessity of the
Inauguration OF radical changes In the
procedure before the courts in the Dis
trict, the Bar Association of the District
met at the City Hall Tuesday evening
to consider means and adopt resolu-
tions which would bring about the de-
sired changes to expedite litigation in
the District courts and lessen the
costs resulting therefrom.
Two additional justices are needed
In order to dispose of the rapidly In
creasing business before the courts.
according to the members OF the asso-
citation. Changes in judicial proce-
dure were also discussed by the law
yers with a view TO expediting trials
and appeals.
a resolution introduced by Attorney
William Henry White was adopted, pro-
viding for the appointment Of 4 COM
mittee OF five to draft a bill and procure
Its enactment into law, smbodying the
need Of additional justices, the hearing
OF testimony in equity and divorce cases
In open court, the shortening of records
on appeal and thereby lessening the cost
OF appeals, and for the expedlting of all
trials.
For Abolition of Appeals.
- ne" divorce law Tor the District was
urged, the members favoring a return to
the old divorce Jurisdiction which pre-
vailed in the District before the enact
ment OF the code. At present, adultery
Is the sole cause for an absolute divorce.
Under the old law. absolute divorces
were granted on grounds OF either in
fidelity, habitual drunkenness, cruelty, and
desertion for more than two years.
\ proposition was advanced providing
for the abolition Of appeals from the
Court to the District Supreme
Court and substitute direct appeal on
bills Of exceptions to the Court of Ap-
pcals. but no action was taken. II was
also proposed that the Jurisdiction Of the
Court be extended to all COM
mon law civil cases, except those in
title 10 real estate. leaving the
and exclusive jurisdiction Of
the cour: as at present TO the extent of
tGc. II was also suggested that a jury
trial be provided in place Of hearings
before the judges only.
The personnel OF the committee will
probably be announced to-day by Presi-
lent f. II. Thomas, OF the Bar Associa-
tiCn.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-14
BOSTON COPPER STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co,
members Of the New York Stock Exchange, Hibbs
The Washington herald., 1912-03-14
FINANCE And REALTY

Railway common was the only stock
that sold to any extent at the meeting of
the Washington Stock Exchange yester-
day. The selling started at 747s for a
quotation lot and then advanced to %, at
which level 159 shares were traded. The
closing sale was for a. -100-share lot at
1875. At the 9ose the bid was TAX and
TIE asking price 20.
The sale Of two shares at 92Is was the
only business done in Railway preferred.
Quotation lots OF Washington Gas stock
sold at S5 and S47s. At the close the stock
was to be had at s.. but the bid remain
cd firm at an eighth point less than this
figure.
In the bond list but little business was
done. Georgetown Gas warrants sold
$50 at IA. Railway As brought S61z for
$50. c. & r. Telephone IS sold at lO4ik.
In the bank list Commercial National
stack sold at 1891 for ten shares and
Union Trust at 146 for one share. Three
One-share lots Of Riggs National sold at
500. So, and 57S, respectively.
Leases Fourteenth street Property.
Announcement was made yesterday that
thc Old Dutch Market Company has
signed a lease for property on the east
side OF Fourteenth street, two doors
south OF the corner OF U street, where
al additional store is TO be opened.
Work has been started on the recon-
CT two small stores which now
occupy the. property for the purpose of
making one large store with a frontage
% thirty feet and a depth of seventy-five
feet.
n. r. Grimm. architect, has drawn
plans for building of highly ornamental
front.
The property is owned by S. D. Bron-
son. and has been leased for a term of
years by Shannon LuChs.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-14
JUAREZ RESULTS.

Apprentices allowance cInimed.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-14
The Safest investments

Are tbose that do not huctuats during dis
turbed conditions Of the money or stock mar
kets First deed Of trust notes (dzt mort
E7zesl. well secured on real estate in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, constitute "Zlt-edse in
TestmentS They do not depend upon the
financial responsibility Of Individuals OF cor
ppratiOns for their stability. and are exempt
from taxation as personal rropcrty. We esn
supply Ench investments in amounts from $50
up~ard- Send fer booklet, "Concerning Loans
and Investments"
Swartzell, Rheem e
Hensey Co.,
525 18th street Northwest.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
SEA ROUTE TO SIBERIA
Company Is Formed in England to
Establish It-Flrst Ship Encoun-
ters FIoes.

London.-A company has just been
formed here to establish a new sea
route between England and the Rus
sian ports on the White sea, with
further calls at more remote Siberian
station. The company is called the
Anglo-Norwegian company, and is the
result of some experiments made by
Captain Webster, Of the barkentine
Nimrod, the vessel which conveyed
Sir Ernest Shackleton to the antarctic.
The first steamer got through to the
Yenisei with a miscellaneous cargo, in
cluding materials for the erection of
wireless stations on the island Of
Vaigats, as well as at Cape Maare-
Saale Ugorski-Shar, and Archangel, to-
ward the cost Of which the Russian
government has granted $4,000. AL
though the vessel encountered dense
masses of erift Ice, she is now on the
return passage to London, and 1t Is
believed that when radio-communica-
tlon Is established it will be DOS
sible to facilitate trade. as navigators
will then be kept well informed about
the conditions obtaining in these north
ern waters.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
TranSmiQratinQ Turkey.

The only time l ever believed In
the transmigration Of souls was ono
frosty November afternoon on my
Indiana farm"
The speaker was George AIDE, the
humorist. He continued:
1T was a day or two before Thanks.
giving. The trees were bare. The
fields were russet brown color. To
ward me over those russell fields
strutted very plump, very large,
very young turkey.
Then it was that an ardent belief
in the doctrine of metempsychosis
seized me.
YOU ! said to the superb bird
you are now a turkey. And you will
die tomorrow. But, cheer up. You
next transmigration will be into the
body Of a humorist not unknown ts
fame"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
MOPLAHS OF MALABAR COAST
Hill Tribe of Aborigines Are Fas:
Dying Out and Only a Few
Hundred Left.

London-This hill tribe of abort
sines of the Malabar coast in southern
India is very interesting. The men of
the tribe wear cotton waist cloths, but
the women wear skirts of teak leaves
picked fresh from the jungle daily, as
they have an idea that they will die
if they wear ordinary clothing. A
local magnate once persuaded some
of the women to wear cotton clothing,
but as some of them happened to die
short time afterwards this only
served to strengthen their belief. The
tribe is dying out and now only num-
bers a few hundred.
It must not be supposed, however,
as Is sometimes assumed, that the
Tamils, and indeed all Dravidians, are
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12

q feeble people. Such is far from
being the case as the late DR.. A. H.
Keane pointed out in Living Races Of
Mankind (Hutchinson), and it can be
shown that under capable leaders they
have at all times displayed splendid
hghting qualities. Clive's famous
sepoys, with whom he laid the foun-
dations of the Anglo-Indian empire,
were recruited amongst the Madras
peasantry. The famous Hyderabad
contingent (Russeil Brigade), served
with great distinction under Wellesley
against Tippoo Sultan in the Mahratta
war of 1903; in suppressing the tur-
bulent Pindaris Of Berar; during the
mutiny, when their valour and fine
qualities were officially recognized;
and in Burma, where they materially
aided in pacifying the country (Major
R. G. Burton). Lastly, the Moplah
force from Malabar made a brave
show at the Rawal Pindi review held
by the Prince of Wales in 1905.
These Moplahs Of the Malabar coast,
continues Dr. Keane, are in many
respects peculiar people" They
appear to be a cross between Arab
immigrants and the Tayars and other
low castles, and although not number
ing more than 100000 or 100000 form
the most vigorous and energetic sec
tion of the Malabar natives. Those
engaged In agriculture often resist the
exactions Of their Tayar landlords
with the deliberate sacrifice of their
lives
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12

Of Bacchus.
In the Yuletide celebrations of the Druids Of
ancient Britain the evergreen had distinctive
place with ivy, holly and mistletoe The Druids
kbelieved that the evergreens sheltered the good
Spirits of the air who fed to them at the approach
,Of cold weather
There Is a Scandinavian myth that tells of the
l1ree that sprang from the blood-soaked ground
where two lovers met violent DEATH and of
mysterious lights that hovered about the tree at
Christmas time At the period of the winter SOL
letice,.s the ancient Egyptians decorated their
houses with palm leaves which symboized i'm
mortality and the starry sky. At this period of
khne year the ancient Persians decorated the plane
teree with ornaments and jewels.
An old German tradition gives Saint Wifred
She credit of transforming the tree worship of the
Savage Teutons to Christian ceremony. 1t was
about the year 725 that he led party Of priests
|anto central Germany for the conversion Of the
iworshipers of god Thor. Prince Gregor, the
grandson of king, with him, having been
Entrusted to his by the abbess Of the cloister
'Phalzel. On Christmas eve they were fighting
their way through the snow of the forest when
they came upon the heather tribe of Geismar
EThey were assembled under the thunder oak
symbolic of the power of Thor and were pre-
i1ared to offer up sacrifice The white-haired
priest of the heathens had chosen the young son
of the chief as the fairest possession of the tribe
Nnd he was to be offered, for the god was very
As the venerable priest raised his stone hatchet
pa high and brought 1t down to kill the boy
Who was ready, prepared for the stroke, Winfred
appeared and warded off the blow with his staff.
Fhe people were gratifed at his saving of their
Navorite and allowed him speech and he gave
&nem the Christian creed Then he and the
Prince Gregor took their axes and cut down the
Ehunder Oak AS 1t was ready to fall the light
ming came and split 1t in many parts and 1t fell
asunder. The waiting tribe then beheld in it's
place slender fir tree, green and sparkling and
Hdorous. Winfred bade the tribesmen bear this
Sree to the hall of Grundhar, the chieftain to
3here assemble about 1t and make merry. About
khis first Christmas tree the wild men of the
AFoods first heard the tale of the shepherd boy
end the fields Of judah and 1t gripped their sturdy
Aearts The tribes became Christian and ever
hitter used the fir tree as token Of the day of
Ehrist's birth
! The Christmas tree In its present style Of
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
PLAN LARGEST MAIL TUBE
New York to Have Carriers Which
Will Save Time Between Penn
sylvania and Grand Central.

New York.-The largest mail tubes
IN the world are to be installed be.
tween the Grand Central and the Penn
sylvania Railroad stations here. The
tubes will be at least "a inches In
diameter and may reach 80 inches.
They will be built to carry mail bags
so that the rehandling of mail will not
be necessary
A commission, appointed by Post
master General Hitchcock to decide
upon the best type of tube, is meeting
here.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
There Were Others.

"You," sighed the rejected lover
would find your name written in i'm
perishable characters on my hear
could you but look"
"So,' murmured the fair young
thing who was aware Of the fact that
the swain had been playing Rome
at the seaside for something like 20
years. $50? Then you must have {.
heart like a local directory by thh|
time. ."-Tit-Bits.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
YULETIDE.

The wind across the snowclad hills.
A restless spirit, roves.
The murmur of the frozen rills
Still echoes in the groves.
The stripped trees, bending to the earth
Their tale Of sorrow tell;
Hushed are the sounds of recent mirth
That peeled in every dell
Old winter breathes along the plain
Its chilling breath of snow;
The pillows bounding DER the main
An added fury know;
The sky is frowning, gray and cold.
The earth is brown and sere.
ret on each barren waste and void
The Yuletids bells ring clear.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her
Health.

Something was making me ill
1 didn't know the cause" write
Colo. young lady: "For two yea
was thin and sickly, suffering from
digestion and inflammatory rheu
tism.
II had tried different kinds of .
and many of the remedies recomns
ed, but got no better.
Finally. Mother suggested ths
try Grape-Nuts, and l began at o
eating it with a little cream or Q
A change for the better began ata
To-day am well and am gais
weight and strength all the time.
gained 10 lbs. in the last five VI
and do not suffer any more frot
digestion, and the rheumatism y
gone. ,
Il know it is to Grape-Nuts !
that I owe my restored health. &,
eat the food twice day and 81
tire of It," Name given by Pa
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. .
The favour of Grape-Nuts is pei
to itself. 1t is neutral, not too p
and has an agreeable, healthful qct
that never grows tiresome. 81
One of the sources of rheumatN
from overlooking the system a
acid material, the result of imp1
digestion and assimilation. u
AS soon as improper food 1910
doned and Grape-Nuts is takep ne
larly, digestion is made strona'E
organs do their work of builafo
good red blood cells and of @ y
away the excess of diseaseyllS
material from the system. M
The result is certain ana n ~
return to normal health ana p
activity. "There's reason q
the little book, "The Road "a
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietter. .5JES
one appears from time to tigSz
nre genuine. true, and full
interest. Adv, i
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
A Narrow Eseape-

Shamokin, Pa.-Wally Buronki a
mule skinner at the Natalie colliery,
had a narrow escape when one mule
and ten wagons were swallowed by a
cave-is caused by underground mine
workings. He slid over the head Of
the mule he was riding and clutch.
ing the traces Of the ANIMAL in front.
was pulled out of the chasm as he
was being sucked under the ground.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
Fathers Admiration.

Mrs. Shortley was discussing th
latest fashions with a young lad
caller.
Did you say your husband WI
fond Of those clinging gowns, Maer
"Yes, he likes one to cling t
me for about three ."-LippbI
colts Magazine.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12

YRIAD are the myths and
legends that cluster around
the Christmas tree. It's origin
takes US far back into pre-.
historic times when our skin.
clad savage ancestors were
tree worshippers and believ-
ed that a god or goddess
dwelt in the evergreen. Long
prior to the Christian era, the
fir tree was used in Rome in
the December holiday festivi-
ties of the Saturnalia and its
branches were decked with
little yellow jeweled images
Of pagan divinities, especially
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
Very Much So,

when Mrs. Jibbetts was asked vii
she neglected her friends so, she ga4
bald excuse"
What was it,"
''The baby"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12

Public sentiment should be against 1t, and we bs.
lieye Is, there be no reason by ladies shouH
have to suffer with headaches and neuralgia, g.
prompt relief Itis smplya question Of getting Is
ladies to try It, All druggists sell Hunts Lightning
Oil in 2oc and SOC bottles. ADV.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
Gloomy Outlook.

ITS going to be a hard winter"
How can you tell?"
by the size of the salary I'm
ting"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12

Most OF the SO called theatrical starr
are rockets.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1912-12-12
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-02
In the Royal Baths of
Great Queen Candace

A most fascinating discovery is
that OF the ancient city OF Meroe, be-
tween Ttbara and Khartoum, on the
upper Nile.
Tho discovery Is the work of Pro-
fessor John Garstang and his asso-
ciated archaeological workers, who
have been furnished with funds for
this purpose by the Liverpool Institute
OF Archaeology says the San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Meroe was the capital of ancient
Ethiopia and the seat OF Queen Can
dace, whose name occurs frequently
in ancient history. One Queen Cam
dace Is mentioned in the Bible.
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter
VIII, verse 27, tells us that the high
treasurer of the Queen of Ethiopia
was converted by Phillip. This queen
was Candace, and the most remark
able ruins now found date from her
reign.
The expression "Queen Candace,"
has become an established one. but
dynasty of female rulers, just as
dynasty of femal erulers, just as
Pharaoh was the title or all the
rulers OF ancient Egypt
Meroe and the empire OF which 1t
was the center enjoyed woman's rule
from a very early period, probably
more than 5000 years ago. How this
system grew up is still mystery, and
indeed, the whole history of Meroe is
still very obscure
Ancient historians like Strabo and
Pilny speak of the wonders and curl
osities OF Meroe and of its female rul-
ers, but 1t has remained for Professor
Garstang at the present day to lay
bare its actual remains.
Meroe lies In a very savage. rather
barren and sun-baked region Lions
and hippopotami now abound among
the ruins. Doubtless It could have
been made agreeable by sanitation and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-02

Daphne in the Fatherland" is the
title of a new and entertaining book
about Germany by a young English
girl, who is understood to belong to
a titled family. She gives us glimpse
of the Kaiser without his imperial
robes and many entertaining pictures
of high society, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Daphne was staying at the Castle
of certain prince in Westphalia
when word came quite Unexpectedly
that the Kaiser was coming to pay
them a visit. A few minutes later he
arrived.
Daphne's first impression of the
Emperor out of uniform, in which she
had seen him often in Berlin, was
one of disappointment. He wore "a
gray tweed suit, brown boots, yell
low tie, and a Panama hat worn lit
tie on one side" and she decided that
his rather sallow complexion" need
ed bright colors as a foil. He gave
her a "paralyzing handshake'" and
said, as he did so, "The matted fist, y
with a funny laugh down his nose
Very quickly Daphne's feeling of dis
appointment was dispelled.
THE Emperor's face was so alert
and wideawake, lit up by his bright
blue eyes. which he constantly bulges
out at people in a rather alarming
way, that / felt stimulated and in
spired. He was very joky
fidgety, always shaking his right fore
finger to emphasize his words; or
If he sometimes rested his hand on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-02

Hamlet" Julius Caesar and Venus,
when it was spread rather crumpled
on the grass
1t is a very pleasant picture and a
scene typical of German life, which
has not yet been over-complicated by
luxury. If the Emperor has his way
it never will be. But luxury is maxi
ing strides in spite of his example.
Those of us who recollect Berlin.
staid and provincial, as it was twenty
years ago, see it today altered almost
beyond recognition, with its palace
hotels and glittering restaurants and
numerous all-night places of enter
tainment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-02
Fixing Men Fall

victims of stomach, liver and kidney
troubles just like other people, with
like results in loss of appetite, back
ache, nervousness, headache, and
tired, listless, rundown feeling. But
there's no need to feel like that as
7. D. PEBBLES, Henry, Tenn, proved.
"Six bottles of Electric Bitters," he
writes, did more to give me new
strength and good appetite than all
other stomach remedies used" So
they help every body. Its folly to suf-
fer when this great remedy will help
you from the first dose. Try it, Only
so cents at Koeppens.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-02

the surrounding country made fertile
by irrigation. The female rulers prob
ably established their position by
their success In doing these things.
Among the many temples, palaces
and other buildings discovered at
Meroe the most remarkable are the
royal baths. series Of buildings not
surpassed in the world for their splen-
dor beauty and convenience. The
celebrated baths OF Carnacalla, at
Rome, cannot be compared to this
central African structure in splendor.
1t was perhaps a knowledge OF the
uses and advantages OF bathing that
enabled these African queens to main
tain their power in a climate that is
today regarded as fatal to energy and
high achievement.
The baths are so enormous that
ly beautiful. This is evident in their
present condition of ruin and destruc-
tlon, in which their most brilliant or
namentation Is hopelessly marred.
They are decorated with colonnades.
frescoes. glazed tiles and splendid stat
ues, which rival the work of Greek
artists of the finest period.
The baths ar ESQ enormous that
they must have been sufficient for a
large part of the population OF Meroe.
Probably the city lived under a COM
municistic system, under which the
queen and her lieutenants directed all
the public utilities. Pliny tells us
that Meroe had an army of 100000
soldiers and 100000 skilled artisans.
Those who used the baths enjoyed
practically every convenience that
modern civilization can furnish today.
The arrangements for supplying heat
were perfect. There were steam
rooms. hot air rooms, cooling rooms,
reading rooms, play rooms and ex-
quisite swimming pools. The remains
indicate that many OF the rooms were