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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

Such orgefulness is really disease of the musical
memory, and While the term "amusa" has not been
in long the fact that musicians sometimes
do suffer from loss of musical memory has been known
for fifty years
In 1873 Barre tenor who singing the important
part of Petite Fadette at the Comque was sud
denly seized evening the midst of the perform
ance by total musical amusia Neither the orchestra
his associates who sought prompt him. succeeded
in revying his memory He longer understood what
they were singing, could he emit single note On
reaching home he perfectly able to understand
what was said to him in ordinary language and to reply
ntellgenty, but everythng-words and music-Whch
bore any relation whatever the work which he had
been singing, or, indeed to any part of his entire
a few months, and was able to resume his lyric
activities
Away back in 1852 there is recorded the case of pau
lst then widely known by the of Prudent whose
memory of musical notes was held to be remarkable
but one day while playing in public, with orchestral
accompaniment, one of his certos, he suddenly
lost all memory of things musical At that moment his
not phrase of the orchestra melody did he com,
prehend AT the same time there absolute inability
10 play even from notes He abroad the following
day. having largely recovered but thencefOrth PLAYED
only with the notes before him
That musician may forget to read his notes and
forget tone values and be able printed matter
and 10 talk ntegent is evidence that the part of the
brain which enables US to read play and sing music
separate from that by which We can read and talk
Further proof of this lies in the fact that children
sometimes sing before they talk. that idiots who
sometimes unable to talk can sing. drunken men
utterly unoae TO talk sing quite clearly birds that
sing cannot be made TO talk; there are many su9h
examples showing that music affects an entirely seba-
rate part OF the brain than do 0her things Of life,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
Just Why HIDDEN
RAT TRAPS Are Best

T F. you leave your rat traps out in the open, no
matter how well baited they may be, your
chances of catching a rat will not be as
great as if you placed the trap in some out-of-
the-way corner or nook.
Just why this is so s difficult to undo staud
other than the fact that rats prefer to go after
their food where there is mere danger ana
whore the d if cultes are grea er l. an to seek
it in some simple and easy locality. For
long time it has bee known tn t rats ave a
habit of rejecting food that is in the middle
of a Coor CT shed, apparently just eclu~e it is
easy of access. It may be that rat ow food
is not ordinarily left about in 0 en- and SO
they suspect it, but do know food is generally
tucked away on shelves and in the corners OF
closets and so seek it out there as a perfectly
natural place for it.
Experiments have been made in granares
and il was found that by putting either the
bateI traps or the poisoned food used as ex-
termnators i'm out-of-the-way hooks hey
either caught or killed off the rats much more
quickly than by leaving these traps and ex-
terminatOrs out in the open.
Rats are moi the only animals with peculari-
ties which are difficult to understand Cats
for instance. viii not thrust their paws out to
"a fireplace or warm stove, no matter how cold
it is. They always stretch out sideways along
side the heat while dogs almost invariably
sink down and stretch their paws directly to-
ward the heat Whether the cat cannot stand
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
How to Avoid Common DANGERS OF ELECTRICITY

standing barefoot especially when standing
on a damp floor
Never touch electric light fixtures while
holding a telephone in the other hand.
Never touch electric light fixtures while
turning a water faucet
Never touch electric light fixtures while
standing in your bath
Never attempt to rescue a victim still
clinging to whatever shocked him without in
sulating yourself otherwise the shock will
pass through your body equally powerful.
Stand on two plates or two large platters, or
a board resting on plates or bottles.
Children are taught the dangers of deep
water, of railroad tracks, of high cliffs, and
scores Of other things, who are never told
of the dangers of electricity.
It is true such accidents do not happen in
the home very frequently, but that they do
happen once in a while every one knows, con
seQuently there Is a certain amount Of danger,
and the danger. although infrequent, is suffi-
ciently liable to prove fatal when it does
happen to make it imperative that every one
should know about these things
Always remember the electric current is
constantly running along the wires. Never
touch any loose ends of wires that NAV be in
your cellar attic or any other portion of your
wires. send for an electrician to fix them,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

the heat on his head as we'll as the dog is only
guess, no actual reason for this having been
proved
Hens invariably scratch tie era ell In tAeir
quest 70, worms and bugs, with Their backs 20
The sun. Hens will zee a bug qgi il ,lncc
if they stand back to the sun, bul overlook
such a dalicacy if taey nap en- to b, facing
the sun and it is believed they lac; protecting
eyebrows and lashes to such an extent that
the sun "a er r,als hem n ) t ey natuf-
ally turn their backs to the sun that they may
b. sure 20 see ~'hatever Trey ger t. m. But
always hold good since hens have been seen to
scratch " tn their backs to tie sun ana then
deliberately turn about facing She sun and
rick on, the worms and bugs they have
scratched up.
And in mentioning such pecuarities. there
is the common house A.. He will limb brave
ly and rapidly up the most polished surface,
whether it be glass, or wood, or entail He
will climb straight up with the same rapidity
that he would walk across level surface,
but he never descends straight. That is. he
will walk down at an angle but ne will not
walk down in straight line If he wants
to descend straight he will do it by flying
1t would seem that if he can cling to a pol
ished surface sufficiently to enable him to
lift his weight upward he could hold back
his weight and come straight down, but he
never does this.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

a tough curd like flakes of chamos skim while the
sugar and acid are the ideal things produce fermenta
ton.
Many a socaled elegant course dinner starts with
grape fruit and ends with ice and coffee while
bread potatoes rice macaron and other starch foods
are taken in between
When the stomach liver and all the digestive or
gans rebel against these customs, instead OF needing
natures language we undertake to remedy the trouble
nv taking something" instead of giving some Thought
TO right and wrong combinations of food and endeaVor
ing to remove the cause.
The acid fruits above named, including ALI kinds OF
berries are useful in their place but they should only
he taken between meals, the entire meal snoud De
composed of nuts fruits salads and perhaps neutral
substance like eggs or fish
Eating is a very important function Everything "o
eat should be for a definite purpose instead OF the
mere satisfying of appetite
The National Government has created a Bureau OF
Animal Industry the purpose of which is to teach
farmers how to raise the best stock The chief thing
in stock raising their food. Nearly every farmer UNI
derstands the effect certain foods cattle horses
and hogs but there place in the nation where he
can get authentic information in regard to feeding him.
self or his family.
The human body, which is the sacred heritage Of .
million years of evolution is built up wholly by chance
and feeding. which should be of our greatest
branches of science is in reality haphazard, hitoE
miss affair
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
How WRONG
DESSERTS
Will Spoil
A Good Meal
By EUGENE CHRISTIAN, Esd.

Just as the chemist can produce a definite result
by combining certain elements or the musician
J can produce the sweetest music by combining
tain sounds the artist produce great picture by
combining coors also every intelligent person
ought to be able produce definite desired result
by combining certain foods
II we knew we were going to be exposed to
weather we should begin to build the fire certain
heat making foods the day before, If knew we
would be exposed to excessive heat should limit the
Matchmaking foods to the minimum
We of course, should know what foods produce heat,
and We also should know what foods would build up
the best muscular tissue with the least amount of
heat. This would lead naturally into the study Of
the simple principles of food chemistry, which is so
important and which civilized people have all so
much neglected.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
"Amusia," the Disease
of FORGETTING MUSIC

HERE 70
which o fogetn dIyhow
IN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
Home Made Brass Polish.

very good. polish allowing
fermented kechup will
polish
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
For Burnt Matches.

matches dirty dangerous throw about the chad
II the glowing sometimes burning fine
polished
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
YOU MIGHT TRY
Stretching Tight Shoes.

TIGHT may stretched by filling them half full
ened Plug the the shoes with
ness will
he oats until thoroughly dry
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
To Stop a Curtain.

your up violently
roller put a creweye
happen will
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

(A) Never Touch Telephone and Light Fixture; OBJ
Never Stand in Bath and Touch Fixtures &C. Never
Tu-n Water Eau -et and Touch Light Fixture; Cd
Never take Ho, oE -scuic Lamp with Both Hands;
IE) Never Stand on We, Floor and Touch Fixtures.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

does away with the necessity of
threshing, doing both grinding and
threshing at the same time.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26
COOperated on Christmas Money

10y Oulleu ITeSS ASSOClal1OnS)
Yonkers, N. Y, Dec. 26.-There are
few of the newly weds and the older
weds of Yonkers, Mount Vernon and
other sections of Westchester county
who bethought them of the fine Christ
mas they had yesterday-and then
looked forward with gloom to the bills
that must be paid one week hence,
when the monthly statements arrive.
For the newly weds and older WEEDS
of these localities this year solved the
problem of spending with fair de-
gree of prodigality on their Christmas
presents without going into debt or
completely depicting the family ex-
chequer to do so.
They formed Christmas clubs early
in January, 1913, with headquarters
in various banks and financial institu
tions, and by the time Christmas shop
ping was necessary had saved sums
ranging from $4,000 to $175,000
Members of the clubs, according to
their finances, banked sums ranging
from 10 cents to So every week. Two
per cent interest was paid on the
average weekly balance, except when
a member failed to bank for one week
Scores of children's clubs were formed
but very few had a clean record for
continuous deposits and therefore they
lost the per cent interest. The club
which had $4,000 to its credit this
year worked the plan last year, when
t met the drains of Christmas with
| $4,000 fund. Another club this
year deposited 100000 to it's credit
When it came time to buy Christmas
PRESENTS. The amount this club saved
vas not given.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

Chas. Spunangle, the enterprisin.
foreman Of the ranch belonging to Mr.,
Coggins Of III Centre, is trying the
experiment Of grinding up some Kaffir
corn putting the entire head through
the grinder. Cattle eat the product up
clean and pigs all but a very small
part. Mr.. Fattening Pig becoming
choicey and leaving some Of the stalk
/. would seem to be a success as IL
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26
Admiral Dewey's Birthday

Washington, Dec. 26.-Admiral
Dewey, hero of Manila bay, was 76
5ears young today. His years did
lot keep him away from his desk ami
luties at the navy department, but
he continuous stream of callers to Of
er congratulations did Besides best
wishes personally offered by high OF
icials and friends in Washington the
;panish-American war naval hero Was
literally showered with letters and tel
grams of congratulations from all
,ver the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

ripe cotton, but picks both; while the
McComb harvester only picks the per-
feetly ripe and matured cotton, which
is oil bearing and commands higher
market price than the unripe green
cotton, which contains no oil.
The McComb harvester will in a
given time pick fifty times as much
cotton as a single hand picker.
Another feature of the invention
is that injurious insects or bugs, such
as the boil weevil, which prey on the
cotton. can be gathered and de-
stroyed."
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26
Letters From the
Rural Wayfarer
MESQUITE LAKE

Know. gentle newcomers and fair
newcomer. that Mesquite lake was
once a really lake, and ever since the
settlement Of the valley there has been
water in Il. East of Imperial soma
two or three miles there is a sharp
declvity. locally called the ten foot
drop, which extends around an area
several miles in circumference, and
which il rich good land. Some years
ago when the lordly Colorado went on
the historic rampage which incidental
ly called the late Mr.. Harriman's at
tention to the notable fact that the Big
Stick was no respector of persons, the
overflow from the Colorado widened
the Alamo river and drained the lake,
leaving but the name Mesquite Lake
20 an extraordinarily fertile tract of
land.
Mesquite Lake produces, among 9TH
er things, dough OF the simoleon va
riety, as the wayfarer found out, much
to MS satisfaction.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Counts. Marie, Mary and Ray, visited
with the family of Mr.. Waldron of the
East Side, this week.
r. o. Sharps And family-uff Holt
lille, have moved to- Mesquite Lake
and rented a farm.
|. J. Harris, road supervisor, who
owns 22O acres west of the lake, is
levelinR about 100 acres. Mr. Stone,
Just north is having some land leveled.
Williams & Lockridge have moved
10 Mesquite Lake and taken a large
tract of land which they will rustic
the coming year.
"Yes sir" said II. H. Counts, II take
that little old paper and | expect to
continue taking it right along. And
u that man Howe improves the I'M
I rial Valley Press as much in the next
TX months as he has in the last six
months the Los Angeles papers might
@ well keep out OF this valley.
Mr. Sheets has rented some land
with the option of purchase and will
exercise his option.
J. H. Cox andNgife, parents of Mrs
ter and family Tuesday.
The wayfarer has had his attention
strongly called several times to the
wide spread interest taken in the Pub
iic Market Place department of this
paper II has an interest to the entire
valley. and is especially and deservedly
popular with the out of town readers
Of the Imperial Valley Press.
A costly and well nigh fztal run
away occurred at the place of f. NJ
Smith this week A team was hitcheC
70 a blackboard The neckyoke became
loosened and slipped up on the tongue
causing the vehicle TO strike the heel,
Of the team which inclined to be frae.
tiOus and the horses bolted. They die
not bolt very far and il v a. the last
boiling FOR one of them as the anima
struck head on against a tree and wa
instantly killed. George, young sor
Of Mr.. Smith, was thrown out anO
rendered unconscious for some time
but was not badly injured except b!
the severe shock. The blackboard was
literally torn in two.
Chas Spunangle, the enterprisin;
foreman Of the ranch belonging to Mr.
Coggins Of FL Centre, is trying the
experiment Of grinding up some Kaffir|
corn putting the entire head through
the grinder Cattle eat the product up|
clean and pigs all but a very small
part. Mr.. Fattening Pig becoming
choicey and leaving some Of the stalk
/. would seem to be a success as IL
sCFNF EDou uARoIp REIJ wp
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

Speaking of boquets, the wayfarer
gatherer also a brickbat. "That man
Howe is the worst liar / ever heard
of" said a-oh well, Imperial valley
man. "He said that thirty-five acre
tract produced six thousand dollars,
which could not be DONE" Upon ar
irving at the office the wayfarer taxed
the chief concerning the lamentable
lack of veracity. Did he wilt? Nay,
not, nein, also no! why" said that
prince of farmers, Imperial valley
land can easily do that. Single acres
of land have produced a thousand dol
lars per acre of asparagus and it
would be no trick at all for thirty
five acre tract to produce six thousand
dollars. 1t depends on how intensely
the land is cultivated. The wayfarer
took off his hat in the presence of
genius. 1t is no wonder that the po-
sition of Spokesman of the Imperial
Valley is conceded to the Press. 1t
surely is a good spokesman.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

1t sometimes happens that merch-
nts make awards of prizes and eX-
,ect to announce the results in the
,apers, not knowing that the postal
avs prevent newspapers making the
esults known. The situation then is
Embarrassing, and all the merchants
an do is to post the results at their
torres.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

Lee Tires-Roy Norman & Co..
Phone Main 91.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

Best equipped and most careful
piano mover. Ed Royce Transfer. II
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

Take the FL Centre Auto Co. stage.
Where? To Holtville of course
Adv. X207
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

California products for Californians
savage Tires-Roy Norman & Co.,
hone Main 91.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-26

Symmes and Bent, already large
land owners, have bought eight acres
of w. ID. Wattenbarger. Mr.. Watten-
barger traded Los Angeles county land
for the place last April and in selling
cleared two thousand dollars, which
naturally gives him high idea of
Mesquite Lake land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-14
Kicks IN
VERY POOR FORM
But the Michigan Lad Man.
ages to Guido All His Rivals
on the Squad.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. October Fly
bentley Of Detroit Is the most reliable
kicker on Coach Yost.s squad. For dis
lance, accuracy and difficulty OF ham
ding by the opposing backs, Bentley has
his three competitors beaten. But "Ev''
kicks the ball In a manner never seen
before an any gridiron.
/. Every rule he can think OF, he violates
with the best Of results. He chucks the
ball away from him and swings his foot
at It with SO much force that at some
point OF the Kick he Is invariably on
balance. He finishes the punt with both
feet of the ground. He hits the bah
with the toe of his shoe. the side OF his
foot, or his instep--any where. to hit 1t.
The result Is invariably the samoa
long, high spiral that curves and wob-
bles and takes an end-over-end twist
which is hard to catch. 1t sails slowly
and gives the ends plenty OF time to get
down.
Rules and forms are all very well for
those that need them, but Bentley, short.
comparatively light. but with powerful
leg muscles, makes new rules for him.
self every time he kicks. And for dis
lance and placing he has no equal on the
Wolverine eleven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-14
WE 0UGHTER BEAT
THEM THERE BIRDS
Was Tesreau's Contribution to
One Of the Articles, Which
Appeared Under His Name.

NEW YORK. October 14-At nm in
formal meeting OF the base ball writer's
during the world series, the conversation
turned to the base ball writer's new com
petitors. the ball players who break into
print with articles Under their names.
One Of the players who have been widely
featured as an author in the last two
years is "Jefr' Tesreau, the big Ozark
2o0-odd pounds into a uniform one day
day following.
played up daily In a prominent New York
newspaper and other papers for that
matter under flaring headlines. At this
meeting the man who wrote the articles
happened to be preset
How much information did Tesrean
give you for these articles" he WAS
Well" replied tile writer, after one
game / went back to the clubhouse. Tes-
reau had been knocked out of the box.
When ] came In he was rubbing his
thumb
"'1sivc me some dope on today's game.
50 I can write for you, j told him.
JEFF looked at me and looked at his
thumb. He thought for a minute or so.
ana finally answered: I hurt muh thumb,
and that was all he said.
i; ':sTesreau's $. best interview, though, was
the one he gave after a game last year
/ was about written out, and ] took one
Tong chance that the big fellow might
have at least one forlorn idea which |
could build Il story, on. so / went back TO
see him stated the purpose of my visit
and waited for his answer. II finally
came. and here it Is verbatim;
We oughter beat them there birds
today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-14
S0x WIN THE TITLE.
-tt4.ffi -
Cubs Fall Before SCOTS, Fine Pitch
ing in Chicago Series.

CHICAGO. October 1.-THE Chicago
Americans made 1t three In row from
the local Nationals. Yesterday and won the
city championship. The score was TO =.
Scott vanquished in duel With Hum
phries Friday. had ample revenge on his
rival in yesterdays game.
To jacques Fournier. the former Mont
real Royal. goes the honor of driving in
the runs which decided the game. His
double in the fourth inning sent the win
ming runs across the plate. The Sox
started bombardment against Humph-
rios curves In the fourth inning.
Yesterdays victory for the American
Leaguers brings to close the seventh
meeting of the clubs, the Sox winning
four times and the Cubs twice. with the
first series tie.
The attendance yesterday was 29.4S4:
receipts. SIS. 800; national commissions
share $1,0v6: each clubs share, $S.SO6.
The grand total of attendance for the
games. with the receipts and division Of
the money. In as follows:
Total attendance. 153.020: total receipts,
$1U0, S15; national commissions share.
SO. JOoa each clubs share. $2..453: play
ers' pool flor first four games), $685.
This amount Is divided between the win
ners and losers. as follows:
American League players, $21, I0o.
National League players. $i4.oO.s
Score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-14
ona Commission VIII Refuse Recognize President Dave Fuz
COMMISSION WILL NOT
RECOGNIZE DAVE FULTZ
Players Will Get Concessions, But Must
Appoint Committee - Captain
Arson Is in Town.

to confer which win not have Fnits as
a member.
most famous base ball player, IL In the
one OF the local playhouses. Old Anse. as
tine greatest batsman the game has ever
produced.
Arson was member of the team which
toured the world I'm 1883 and he Ia natur-
ally much interested in the trip which
the Giants and Sox are going TO make this
fall.
II fear that Callahan and McGraw are
not finding II an easy matter to get two
teams together said Arson. II do hope
that they will have two good teams, for 1t
would be better not to make the trip than
to take lot OF mediocre ball players to
the other side. Our fielding when We went
over was q revelation to the Europeans,
and we must show a lot OF Improvement
in every respect this time, for there la no
doubt that they have improved their
games since them -.
Clarke Griffith started his major league
career under Arson, who was then the
manager of the famous Chicago Colts.
1t was under Arson that Oriflith became
great pitcher.
"Griffith was great pitcher in his
day, and II he had been blessed with the
speed OF Walter Johnson he would. have
been the greatest the game ever produced,
for Griffith knew more about pitching
than do the twirlers of today" is the
compliment the Grand Old Man of base
ball paid the local manager