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The Washington herald., 1912-02-15

day. DR.. Smith scored the lack OF or
ganization among Protestant churches,
and urged that from a business stand
point, IL for no other reason, they unite
TO do 3 great deal OF their work.
Speaking on the Spiritual value OF the
social service" Frederic Almy, Of Buff
faIo, declared at the convention yester-
day thas long work hours are not con-
ducive to good citizenship. and that there
should be no twelve-hour days or seven
The Washington herald., 1912-02-15
DIVERSE VIEWS ON
LOCAL HOME RULE
Men and Religion Experts Speak
on Vital Needs Of the
Capital City.
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.

1885 noon-Meeting for men in
Epiphany Church.
$500 p. m.-Mother's meeting
on boys work in Mount Vernon
NJ. Z. Church; Arthur n. Cotton
will speak.
4:5o-s .. m.-Institutes on boys
work, evangelism, missions, Bible
study, and social service.
Sp. m.-Dlstrict platform meet
ings.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-15
SWALLOWS SEVERAL NEEDLES
Harry Houdini Entertains News
paper Men ut Press Club.

A large and enthusiastic crowd of
newspaper men watched Harry Houdini,
the handcuff king. do tricks of parlor
magic at the Press Club last night.
Houdini concluded his performances by
swallowing several needles, thereby en-
couraging nervous gentlemen present to
almost swallow their palates, and repro
ducing them on string. A pleasant
evening was had by all.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-15
The Two Moral Codes

We will take LAS a Man Thinks as
one OF dozens of examples I might men,
ton This powerful exposition Of So
c!ety's two codes OF morals-the one for
the man and the other for the woman
The Washington herald., 1912-02-15
PROBLEM PLAY MORALLY NAUSEATING

Don't you have the two separate
codes Of morals society demands Of man
and woman brought home to you with
suficient force without paying out your
perfectly good dollars to have 1t rub
bed in?
Don't you find enough Of sordidness
in real life without paying for more?
Don't you get enough recitals of do
mestic rows from your friends without
watching through a whole evening the
unfolding % some wretchedly morbid
story OF domestic infelicity?
II one may judge by the ever increas-
ing number of problem plays and the
big audiences Of women who sit through
them the answer is disappointing be-
cause It reflects on woman directly.
Ask any chance theatrical manager
upon whom and what the success OF a
play depends and he will tell you with
out hesitation that unless the women put
their stamp Of approval on any the
atrical undertaking IL will have to be
taken on the road in quick order.
The women make or break every the
atrical venture. They go to see the
things that please them and the men
80 10 see the plays the women like, be-
cause a man usually goes to the the
thsater with a woman, and usually ac-
cepts her verdict as to what they shall
see.
Very well. then. Granting this. as all
theatrical managers do, who, then, IS
responsible for the tremendous increase
I'm the morbid, morally nauseating tri-
angle OF the problem play.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-01

and higher price named as the basis
of comparison with the Cadillac.
And we believe that the last mental
reservation is about to remove itself
from the public mind.
We ourselves have felt serenely
sure for long time, that in point of
real and substantial value the line of
demarcation between cars of highest
price and the Cadillac was an imagin-
airy line.
We have felt that it was written in
water, like the international boundary
lines in the ocean and we feel that
this new Cadillac will complete the
process of so convincing the public.
The advent of such a car at the
Cadillac price is, of course, a matter
of genuine moment; and you will be
interested, therefore, in this news con-
corning it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-01
Long stroke engine.
More pow

er. Silent Chain-driven camshaft; en-
closed valves quiet engine Longer wheelbase; larger
tires. Electrical system of automatic cranking. light
Ing and ignition simplified and improved; automatic
spark control Many refnements of essential details
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-01

You will bear witness that the Cad
lilac case has never been overstated.
Hold to that thought, please, in con-
sidering what we shall say of this car
Cadillac practice has progressively
improved itself season after season,
1t has now reached point, which,
we believe warrants us in thinking
that comparison of the choicest cars
with the Cadillac will hereafter con-
fer distinction upon those cars, rath-
er than otherwise.
For several years we have calmly
observed the rapid rise of the Cadillac
in public opinion.
Each year we have seen the little
group OF its equals in popular esteem
narrowed down.
Each.ye we have seen higher
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-01
Styles and prices of the 1913 Cadillac

Six passenger Car
Phaeton, four passenger
Torpedo, four passenger
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-01
4 the improvements in the 1913 c.

Automatic Electric Cranking Device Electric
Lights, Ignition-A vastly smplifed and improved
Delco system developed at the nstigaton of the Cadi
lac Company for Cadillac cars the result of experience
with the old system on twelve thousand 1912 models.
While the old system demonstrated itself to be by
far the most efficient for its purposes that had ever
been developed, the Cadillac Company has evolved
means of increasing that efficiency to the O
per cent point as any mechanical appliance could be
Among the smplifcations are the successful adoption
of the single instead of the double voltage system
thereby eliminating the controlling SWITCH the meter
much wiring and other parts. The meter is replaced
by voltage regulator which automatically governs
the charging rate of the battery reducing to an abso
lutte minimum the attention required the part of tn
user The switches for starting, lighting and ignition
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-01

Long Stroke Engine AZ inch bore by 534inch
stroke increasing the power of the always extraord
narily efficient Cadillac engine This ampifcation of
power is especially observable at speeds from IL to IS
miles an hour, dynamometer tests registering an in
crease of from Is to Is per cent.
Silent Chain-driven cam-shaft- also pump and
generator shaft replacing meshed gears, in conunc
ton with
Enclosed Valves and the superb workmanship
throughout in which the Cadillac has always exceed
producing engine which runs with unusual quieness
Carburetar-A carburetar of marked efficiency
and simplicity has been further smplfed now requr-
ing but single means of adjustment, removing from
to the greatest possible degree the necessity of at
tenton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

round about 1t.
 One fine Saturday a number of the school boys, including Billy, decided to make an excursion to the top Of one of the highest mountains near to the village. This was a difficult noun tain to climb, owing to its steepness and its very rocky sides. A few brave hunters had gone to the top of 1t, but few boys had given their time to 1t, preferring to wander about the mountains easier of access So this promised to be quite an experience for the boys comprising the party on that particular Saturday.
 The boys got good early start, all gathering at Billy's uncle's sawmill at the outskirts of the village. Each boy carried some cold provisions and a flask of water, fearing that they might feel thirsty when not near to spring or mountain brook. And each boy had with him his gun, for they had heard tales of a Hon having been seen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

blackness, for you know that all plan cts have their birth, their life and their death just as we do, poor tiny specks of creatures, that inhabit them. And there are systems so much larger than ours that we could be lost in one little corner of them. Yet how large seems our earth, how almost beyond measure of the mind Is our sun! And this sun of ours could be lost inside some of the mightier suns that hold together immense systems as ball would be lost if tossed into the ocean.
 Some scientists tell us that the Milky Way is the building place Of suns and planets. So distant IS this great path of heavenly bodies from us that our astronomers have to make most of their observations through means of photography. Many planets of vast size and importance have been found by the photographic instrument which cannot be seen through the strongest telescope. We wonder what causes the milky appearance"< of that great path across the sky. Astrono- mers tell us 1t is caused by many tiflnSSt Hcpulho ai0 See~> among the causes.
 | There Is constellation called scorpia by the astronomers. The largest and brightest of the bodies forming Scorpia is named Antares, and though liar out on the confines of space" this wonderful planet shines with remarkable brilliancy. It Is great joy to the scientists to get in touch with such a planet as Antares, it is such 'showy," conspicuous fea- ture in the heavens.
 As we search the sky at night we see many stars-or lights from stars that are so far distant from us that their light has been thousand years or more coming to us, and when we learn that light travels at the rate of 186, 900 miles a second, we understand but vaguely the great distance some of | the heavenly bodies are from us. And when we read some of the figures ex- pressing the sizes of many of the bodies In the heavens we realize that our own earth Is but an atom in the entirety of Gods great realm-limit- less space!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

water from a trickling waterfall near by. Thus rested and refreshed they got up and turned their faces down the mountain. They decided to make the cutoff from this point to the spring. shortening their way by fully mile.
 They had gone some distance, and the day was waning, when the sound of gun came over the mountain to them. It seemed to come from above them, and slightly to the east. The three boys stopped and listened. Could it be that their companions were lost and signalling to them7 But no, Jack knew every inch of the mountain, and by now the three home goers must be within {. short distance of town.
 But while they conjectured, again came gun shot, and from the very same spot. And this time the faint est suggestion of a voice crying out in distress. Billy whirled round and declared he was going to find the owner of the voice. Its some one in distress" he said. But Harry and Charlie shook their heads. "As sure as I'm here" said Charlie. that was catamount's cry. No m l or boy ever made that sort of cry"
 That's the way 1t sounds to me-" said Harry. 'I'm in for getting home as fast as we can. Our old lion may be proving about in the vicinity of wildcats home, and the latter doesn't relish the intrusion. Pm not much for hunting wild animals-espe- cially wildcats and mountain lions so late in the day as this, and so far from home. Let's get along"
 Well. you two boys m follow your own inclinations. said Billy determ- inedly, but I'm going h the direction of that cry. It was human cry, and not the yawl of a cat. As for the lion, I'd be glad to get him-if there's but the one left on the hill. But I daresay. there are more than dozen on this mountain alone. See how lone- ly and rugged it is!-just the place for lions and catamounts. But-I'm off. Ia, ta."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

inner-cave, and got out alive. If any others ever went down they never came out to tell the tale.''
 And then all Mir. Woodpecker's friends gathered round him to offer their congratulations on his escape from such dangers. and to ask many questions. While he was replying to them, and feeling himself quite hero, the story of his short captivity in the "inner-cave" was being told by the giant who had given him his freedom.
 You see, boys, 1t was this way" said Georgie Henry, sitting on the school-house steps half an hour be- fore school time. 'I was at home alone, and suddenly I heard some thing very strange going on in the kitchen. I went there and found the noise to come from the cooking stove. Some creature was inside the stove. trying to get out. I decided it was rat and ran to call to old Aunt Jane. the colored woman who washes for us. She lives in the cabin behind our house, and her sons work for us.
 Well. Aunt Jane came hobbling up to the house; came the kitchen and listened for half a minute. Then, her eyes sticking out of her head, :: Q said in a quivering voice: Its a spook. chile.s Your house is hanted! Come. git long wid me! It's spook. an it might do us bodily harm! Come dis mint and go home wid me! When your pa and ma comes home. ~hey'll git rid of 1t. Maybe they'll smoke it out
 'I tried in every way to convince
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
! Our Puzzle Corner x
LETTER ENIGMA.

LETTER ENIGMA. My first is in bread. but not in meat: My second is in burn, but not in heat: My third Is in cat, but not in dog: My fourth is in COW. but not in hog: My fifth is in harvest. but not in
 grain: My sixth is In illness. but not in pain: My seventh is in river. but not in My eighth is in vessel. but not in boat:
 My whole spells those
 Who constantly slay
 Some creature ir life
 Almost every day.
 CHARADE. My first you will find is soft and white. Though oft 'tis color as dark as
 night: And out of the ground this varied
 thing grows. My second does form your table and
 chair; Wherever you go you will ind it there. You grow 1t and burn 1t with equal
 zeal; It is inanimate and cannot feel. My two joined together will form a
 tree, It Is tall and straight, and very pretty: Meath its shade the children love to
 play When the sun is hot on a summer day.
 WORD SQUARE. My first Is something rich and sweet
 which we all like to eat. My second is a girls old-fashioned
 name. My third is a complication of twisted
 threads. My fourth is something pig does all
 day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

You're doing a very foolish thing" declared Charlie and Harry. But" went on Harry, If you insist on go> ing. we'll not altogether desert you. We'll stay here and build camp fire so as to light you on your way back. You can shoot off your old blunder- buss to let us know of your where abouts. Got plenty of ammunition. eh?"
 Yep, I'm we'll fixed for shooting material" replied Billy. And I'm much obliged to you for sticking to me this way. If you keep fire going, can see 1t. And you can yell out occasionally to help me in my direc- tion--if I don't turn up within half an hour"
 Harry and Charlie set about build ing a fire of twigs and dry leaves which they found scattered about among tke sparcely growing pine trees. Soon they had fine blaze. which they kept fed, and 1t cheered them as they sat beside it and chatted. Every now and then one of them would scream with all his lungs; "Hel-lo-o-oi" And an answering "Hello-o-o" would come from Billy, growing fainter and fainter as he got farther and farther away.
 For over half an hour Charlie and Harry remained anxiously waiting the return of Billy. The afternoon was fading into evening. and the boys knew how short would be their twi- light. and they also knew that they were following a new trail back to the village, and there was danger or getting lost unless they had daylight to guide them.
 Every five minutes the two boys had called out three times distinctly But for twenty minutes or more. there had been no answering call. Both were beginning to be very much frightened on account of Billy, when suddenly they heard his "Hel-lo-o-o!" fifty rods distant. They sprang to their feet and went to meet him. As they rounded boulder in the trail they came to him, face to face. But he was not alone. On his back hung a fellow fully his own size.
 Billy did not wait for questions, but gently placing his burden on the ground near to the fire, he explained.
 See, it was a good thing l went back, boys. I found this young fel- low badly hurt-a broken ankle, think-either broken or badly dislo- cated. He had fallen over that infer nal crevice-at the very place where we left 1t, and had managed to pull himself to the top by the twigs and rocks. Ant there he lay. calling for help. He had only one charge left in his gun, so decided not to use 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

up as he had seen the lion an hour before and was in pursuit of it when he fell. It was rather a close call for a chap-alone on Old Crafty at evening"" finished Billy.
 Charlie and Harry felt very sorry that they had not accompanied Billy, and helped him to carry the boy down the mountain. But they set about to carry out his orders. Strong limbs of trees were brought and made into a sort of litter on which the injured boy was placed, the other boys first spread ing their coats over 1t to mako 1t more comfortable.
 The march down the mountainside was hurried, and before the boys who carried the litter scarcely realized 1t, they were standing at the doctors office door. knocking for admittance. The injured boy was the aon of Q tra per who lived on another moun- tain some ten miles away, and had come out on an adventure which had ended so disastrously for him. But he was brave and of good courage, and when Billy promised to take him home in his uncle's mountain wagon on the following day, the youth smiled and said:
 Il can't say that I'm sorry I rot this little knockout; it brought to me real friend, for friend in need is one indeed. I'll never forget this day when, lying there without a mor- sel of grub or a drink of water, and suffering agony from my broken ankle, a good fellow heard my cry and came to me-"
 The worst phase of the situation was that lion meandersng about some- where near" smiled Billy. But as soon as you get over your broken bone, we'll get that old fellow yet"
 That we will, and his skin shall be yours" declared the boy. finch ing as the doctor bandaged his ankle, which was broken just above the joint wen go a hunting before the snow falls, if this peg of mine gets useful again by then"
 "You'll not know you ever had break in this ankle, two months hence." said the doctor. And you're brave fellow, I must say"
 There's the brave one." cried the injured youth, pointing finger at Billy. But for his braveI ;, I'd be lying on Old Crafty. ready to fight for my life with but one round of ammunition. Gee, but was in close quarters''
 Which goes to show that we should always investigate anything which sounds like a cry of distress," said Charlie. And Harry nodded his head in assent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

something worthy of her courage and | claws. So she began to meow round and to scratch at the stove and to smell about the oven. Of course the rat wasn't in the oven, but in the top of the stove where the pipe leads in. Well. getting kitty, I put her on top the stove, which was stone-cold, and then I very carefully removed one of the stove lids. Kitty made a leap. but didn't get my rat. The thing flew like flash of lightning to the screen door and tried to get out managed after some time to get hold of it. It was pretty black with soot, but I made out the species to which it belonged"
 You don't mean to tell us you caught a rat up in your hands and examined it." broke in one of the listeners.
 Nope" said George. shaking his head. My rat turned out to be fine big woodpecker. But you should have seen him! Gee. but he was the dirtiest chimney-sweep you could imagine. do believe he had gathered every bit of soot in that stove pipe onto his feathers. And do you know that kitty was afraid of him? He looked so funny, and she never made a second attempt to catch him. She went off into the corner and washed her face with her paw. I guess it made her feel dirty. just to look at MT. Woodpecker."
 Then the bell rang, and the boys scrambled for their place in line. and the story of the woodpecker was fin- ishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

nHILDREN who love to look at the
 " heavens at night, because of the
 brilliant display of stars, do not know, nerhaps. that they are look ing at great heavenly bodies which are making their way through space with the regularity of perfect clock Indeed, should one of these Immense bodies get the least bit out of place, be one minute behind its scheduled time in it's orbit, it would throw Ian entire planetary system into wild confusion. perhaps causing ter rible collisions which would wholly destroy whole worlds. Of course, this tragic result of planets going wrong is mere conjecture, for none has ever got out of its orbit or been a moment out of Its scheduled time as 1t rolls through space. Thus the whole plan etary system of countless systems, is held in order to the fraction of a min ute. Scientists who have made this a study can tell you to the exact moment when a certain far star will cross a certain meridian of our earth.
 Sometimes we pick out a very bril- liant star in the sky and say, That must be star of the first magnitude" And in very truth, we may not be looking at star at all but the light from one long since dsAd. That star was perhaps two hundted years send ing its light to us through space. and may have died soon 3fter we received 1t. But we are stn looking at the light, and will look lat it two hundred years after the star has gone out in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
A Close CaN On The Mountain

way carefully and therefore slowly.
 They paused to look about them. They were still about three-quarters ot mile from the summit of Old Crafty, and they could see that the remainder of the climb would be even more diff flcult than that part of it already accomplished.
 Well, I guess we'll have to fol- low our captain," suggested Harry. But we've found the real way to the top of the mountain. We'll cut off all that first part of the climb next time and make directly for this spot, coming diagonally cross the old hill"
 "Yes, that's about right" agreed Billy. Well have to return now, for 1t will be plumb dark before we reach the spring, which is about mile from unele's mill, isn't it 2"
 But before starting on their return trip the boys sat down and ate the remainder of their food and drank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
Two Stories of Ono Happe nins A Bird and Boy Tell Their Experiences

Aunt Jane that the house was not haunted, and that the creature that was struggling inside the stove must be a rat, and that we must get 1t out, dead or alive, for should it get down in the heating wall behind the oven, 1t would die there and make things very unpleasant. So I let Aunt Jane run off alone. crying out to me, Its a spook. honey chile, an you had bet
 ter foller mel l only laughed at her and went n quest of our kitty. You
 know, she's only a young cat. and l never heard of her even catching mouse yet, but I decided to let her help me get that rat. I found her in the woodhouse asleep, and took her up in my arms and carried her into the kitchen. When she heard the scrambling and scratching inside the stove, her cat instinct told her 1t was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

larger cave had openings, but they were barred with something through which the sun shone. I beat myself against one of these barred openings, and of sudden a giant came and caught me in his hands. He held me for some time thus, fastening his great eyes on me and making a close examination of my whole body. Then to my great happiness, he opened the barred thing which covered the open ing to the outer cave and let me fly to liberty.
 ''Ah, shall I ever forget the happi- ness which filled my heart at that moment? I went straight homeward, and here I am, tired, but full of thanksgiving at being alive. I had very narrow escape, l can tell you. I am the first woodpecker of these woods who ever went down into that