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The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
AN AFRICAN KIoND1KE.
One Years Profits Mt Rand Are
sI35, 900, 900.

From the Boston Transcript
one hundred and thlrty-five million dol
lars worth OF gold in twelve months.
That Is the output OF that particular
sixty mile tract of rocky country in
, South Africa known as the Rand, which
was the scene of terrible strike warfare
recently: and Il Is calculated that the
end OF the century will not see the gold
mines exhausted Since gold was first
discovered In the Rand about thirty
years ago something like s,7a5, ,O00.0 900
worth has been extracted from 20S,OOeOoo
tons OF rock torn from the bowels Of
the earth. The working expenses. of
course. are enormous and some idea of
the labor Involved may be gathered from
the fact that from the flS5,OOO.OO worth
Of gold produced In 1912 nearly one-half
was paid In wages to 2J.41S Europeans
and 1884 negroes.
These remarkable figures concerning the
vast industry OF the Rand gold fields are
provided by Sir Lionel Phillips. one of
the shrewdest and most successful of the
giants Of the goId-minIng industry. and
equally interesting In the story which
he unfolded during a lecture recently
OF how gold came to be deposited I'm the
Rand, or WitwateTsrRnd, to give its
proper geographical name.
Many years ago Witwatersrand was
really an inland sea enclosed by noun
tains. which were gradually torn down
by the action OF the water. and rocks
deposited to a depth OF over forty-six
miles. After this volcanic upheaval
took place, dispensing the sea and break
ing up the country into fragments.
AT the time this upheavaI took place"
said Sir Lionel. the whole Of the earths
surface was cracked. and through these
cracks came UP plutOnic rocks-molten
rocks-and after them came up fumes
gold in a gaseous state. These rocks
brought up solutions of vapors containing
the gold. No doubt these vapors were
chemically associated when they came
up. possibly with chlorine. The chlorine
would cling to the gold: but as il has a
greater affinity for iron, and that de-
posits the gold free in the rock.
THE theory as to the way which the
gold was deposited which has the great
est scientific weight is the theory uf i'm
pregnation. The beds which have been
deposited there ages before were per-
meated by these fumes or solutions, and.
the chlorine having taken the iron and
freed the gold. left the gold in the rocks
as we find II today"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Thc StnE of Life.

Prof T. r. Wood. of Cambridge, lee
turing at the Royal Institution, London,
exposed the pretensions OF bread.
THE 'staf OF life" he said, has been
masquerading as a valuable food on the
strength of the protein it contains, but II
has now been discovered that half Of that
protein is composed of glutominic acid.
Of which the human system requires but
a minute quantity, while the remainder Is
split up into a dozen or fifteen other prod
UCts of considerable value TO animal life,
but which are necessarily found in bread
only in almost infnitesimal proportions.
In order to obtain sufficient quantities
of the latter on a bread dietary. the sys-
TEN would have to cope with a vast
amount Of waste Glutominic acid.
What We want TO encourage people to
do" Prof Wood declared. is not to
worry about eating this kind of bread
or that kind of bread, but to mix other
things with their bread in order to get
protein better suited to animal require
ments than is this extraordinarily lop-
sided protein which is derived from
bread"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
"Oyster Day. Is the Latest

From the Philadelphis Inquirer.
We have Flag Day. Tree Planting Dav-
Carnation Day. and many other 'da,ss,-
too numerous to recall at the moment.
and now some ingenious person has added
a new one. to be known as Oyster Day, -
which is to be observed on Ocenber %.
on which occasion everyhody-and that
includes yOu-is to eat the succuleut hi
valve instead of meat
The object as may be suspected. Is to
help to bring about decrease in the
cost OF living in the United States The
movement has received the Endorsement
Of the Chief of the Bureau Of Chemistry,
Of the Department of Agriculture but
what il needs to make it a success Is
the Endorsement OF that powerful body,of
persons known as the housewives Of
America
The idea seems allUrinE. II everybody
stops buying meat for day it will surely
anect the price of meat. But is Il not
possible that in substituting oysters for
meat the crusaders will send the price OF
oysters soaring? We do not pretend to
solve these economic questions, and we
have no wish to discourage the promoters
OF Oyster Day" but We simply offer
this thought for their consideration.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Reye-e WAY.

A prosperous farmer has gained the
reputation of being the stingiest man IN
his town, and, consequently is not q
general favorite with his neighbors, sayS
Everybody's Magazine. He owns an old
horse, which. to put it mildly, is very
thin. As II to make up for the lack OF
flesh on it's body. however, the animal
has head many times too large for IL
OF course. people talk about the horse.
and the owner doesn't like it. Last week,
for instance. he went to the expense OF
a new collar for the animal A very few
minutes after the delivery he was back
at the saddIcr's with the collar.
Don't YOU know nothinc he blurted
out. You've made It too small I can't
get IL over his head
over his 1ead" reiterated the saddler
Man alive it wasn't made 70 Ee8szas
his head Back him ma ts;s - ~
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
BY MAY AYRES.

Russell SAGE Foundation, Division Of Education.
lExclusiye service The Surrey Press Bureau
Last spring ten-year-oId Ralph, in one
Of the Rochester public schools, wrote a
letter TO his teacher:
DO you know what the Childs We'll
fare Exhibit is for? Well, if you do not
know what it is for. l will tell you. 1t
is for the child to know better and try
and keep the house clean. for dirty
house is a terrible house to live in. And
most every disease comes from a dirty
house-especially tuberculosis"
Ralph has been 10 the Child Welfare
Exhibit and come away with one impOr
tant truth thoroughly impressed upon
him The exhibit was held during the
second week in April. Every one helped.
and as their part the public and parochial
schools offered their children as living
demonstrations of Rochester school work.
There were dances, drills, and games
every afternoon and evening. Children
sang together, and other children formed
small classes of sewing. carpentry, cleo
trio wiring cooking, rug weaving, draw
ing. &C, and worked steadily under the
direction of teachers. The school chill
dTen Of Rochester were constantly in
touch with the exhibit: they were given
special holidays in which to see it: and
their interest was keen. The following
week those in the upper grades were
asked to write letters telling about what
they remembered.
Some 553 of these letters were examined
for the purpose of asCertaining first, the
most effective form Of presentation for
exhibit material. and second. the degree
to which children understand and re-
member the lessons which different eX-
hibits are designed to teach. In making
the tabulatiOn. only those letters were
used which were written by the children
themselves. without outside help. Several
had to be discarded because they showed
evidences of suggestions and corrections
from the teacher. Every reference to an
exhibit feature was counted, even where
the child spoke of the same thing more
than once.
Entertained by Dance.
The most popular feature among the
children were the entertainments each
afternoon and evening. This consisted OF
dances, drills, games, and chorus sing
ing by the children themselves.
The school children, with the help of
their teachers also formed classes which
worked and recited as living exhibits.
All the children found the classes inter-
esting. Says little Michael Ethiopia:
Il saw manual training. They were
making desks TO sell them. Many people
bought them for their children to get
learned to write and read. saw some
girls; they were making candy. and I
asked If they would sell the candy. They
said: No. little boy; We don't sell candy
So the people could see how TO make
candy"
Particular attention was paid TO tbs
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Two 0ld-Timers on Maine
Coast Said to Be More Ex-
pert Than the Govern
ment's Regular Weather
Prophets.

The United States Weather Bureau is
regarded as a super1uous Institution by
many residents on orrs and Bailey
Islands, Maine resorts in Casco Bay, just
a short sail from Portland.
Two grizzled old lobster men, Uncle
Tom Alexander and Uncle" Henry SIN
nett. are responsible for this attitude
toward the governments much-abused
Department: for, according TO every ono
on the islands. either OF these old men
each has lived more than three-quarters
of a century-can do a better job of prog
nosticating than all the experts with their
barometers, aerometers, and other IN
struments.
Probably every summer resort along
the Atlantic coast has one or more sure
thing weather prophets. But there never
were two. say their adherents' VINO SC
constantly and consistently toreteh tht
quirks Of the elements as Uncles Tom and
Henry OF CHsco Bay.
II il impossible to vouch for the correct
ness OF their forecastlng. However, on
the day that a reporter visited the Two
islands, which are close together, all the
residents vowed that the bright, sunny
weather was just as the two CIVILIAN
bureau chiefs had predicted.
And the government forecast in the
morning papers read: Cloudy, with
probable showers"
''Yessiree." proudly declared a resident
of Orrs, when questioned as to the
ability of Uncle Tom az a prophet. that
is some looking ahead. I'll tell you. that
man is a wonder He heats out the gov
ernment sharps every time. and. whisper
I think myself that he is little better,
lust a shade better. you understand. than
Uncle Henry Sinnett, over on BaleyS'
Comparing the For~castcrs.
Opinions as to the relative merits OF
the volunteer forcasters differ. naturally
enough. The orrs islanders think their
Uncle Tom the best; the Raileyites
swear by Uncle Henry
Uncle Tom IS all right BaileEite
delivered this opinion judiclally-"out
IL seems to me he isn't quite sure
enough. He'll never come right out and
saw direct what the weathern be- He II
SLY, I guess it'n be sunny tomorrow,
or I reckon it'll rain. Now, our Uncle
Henry says. We're going to have
storm or its going to he cloudy. DO
you see the difference? It's just d ques-
ton of confidence
The two objects OF endless discussion
never take part in it; each regards the
other respectfully as a contemporary
who has won his honors riKhtfully, and
who is entitled to his share of the public
applause.
Both are picturesque old men, patri-
archaI and benign in appearance. The
first glimpse of Uncle Tom on Orr's re-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Unfair to Good Men.

From the WstertOwn N. Y STANDARD
The State at large will have sympathy
for the splendid staff OF the executive
chamber in its position between two
fires. Gov. sulzer demands that the force
remain and Acting Gov. Glynn drafts the
members for work. II they quit Mr..
Sulzer and he is not impeached they will
lose their jobs. II they fail TO answer
the Acting Governors call other men
will be put in their places The whole
proposition is unfair These men were
organized and trained by Gov. Hughes.
No Governor in the State has had so
competent staff. Each man is so COM
retent that no Governor would ask his
politics. Every one is doing his duty
faithfully and Loyalty. II is shame to
place such force in danger of losing
their positions.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Pretty Good Exeuse
Firm Ersrybody's Ma-aytpa

Firm ETsrybodys Ma;aztna
There are endless numbers OF oor-r-
spondents who would like to make the
excuse given by a youth who was mass
ing his nrst year at boarding school
The first letter was anXiousIy await
ed by his loving parents. When It came
some time after his arrival, it read thus:
Dear parents: I hardly think I will
he able TO send you many letters JyhiIa
here. You see when things are hap
pening 1 haven't time, and when they
aren't happening I haven't anything to
write You'll understand how it is. won't
you. father? And mother, you Just ask
father to explain to you how It fs. So now
Tn say Good-by with lots a love. In
haste, Raymond"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
The Ls'nx-Eycd sIeufh.

Prom Judge.
What's them feIlers Joshing Constable
Sam Slackputter about?'
'Aw. YOU know he prldes himself on
being just as good a detective as any of
them city cops, Well, he went to the
circus yesterday and couldn't pick out
the clown"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

There is also present the constant
thought Of q probable separation OF
Church ana State in European countries
where the Lutheran Church prevails In
the event OF such separation II is be-
Iieved the work Of the Church would go
forward with the least disturbance if
its members learned 70 work together in
conferences that are independent of civil
government Again. since there is a
strong tendency to undertake to live and
practice the Christian life apart from
the Church, the conference is constantly
holding up the work of the Church in
the past. and the logical necessity of an
institution for the present and future
that teaches the fundamentals Of Chris
.ianitl.
The Lutheran Church. as is well
known. is distributed widely. and num-
hers upward of 100000 communicates
The principal countries where almost the
entire population Is Lutheran are
Sweden. with 5.@a5 Ooo: Norway, $50. =
ooo: Denmark. 100000 and Finland
2a7OO00. In Germany. where the Protest
ant population Is more than 3S.0O0.OOO
about threc-fOUrths OF the people are of
the lutheran confession The Church is
also strong in Holland, Austria Hungary.
France. Iceland, and Finland In America
cant membership. and is fourth in size
among tho church bodies. The foreign
mission activities are carried on in all
countries. In 1105 the first Protestant
miss ionarles. IlegCnbaIE and Plutschau.
hpf Halle were sent to India by the King
OF Denmark
The conference will have representa-
tves and visitors from all European
countries and from America to the num-
Der OF about 100 The language used
will be chiefly German, although greet
ings and reports will be presented in
other languages.
The German tncOloEian. Prof. Dr.. d.
shn1eIs. president of the theological fac
ulty al Baipsic University. is president
Of the conference. The vice president is
Bishop Won Echeele of Nisby. veteran
rhurchman of Sweden and for FORTY
seven years member of the Swedish
Parliament. The Rev. p. Heubener, of
MiltitZ, near Dresden. is secretary.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

For pecliug Potatoes in large quantities = car
horundun-Iiosd steel sylindsr has been invented,
aeainst the inside Of which the tubes are vhried b.
. rsFolE1nE bottom plate
The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
What School Children SAN
In Child Welfare Exhibit

| work of the boys from the shop school. "
There was a class in electric wiring
where the children loved to watch the
work
The most impressive single exhibit
seems to have been that of the tidy anC
| untidy home. which received per cent
OF the 3,l2G references. The moving pic.
ture show and the library received per
cent each. and the dairy, playground, and
market per cent.
The moving pictures appealed strongly
TO children in the fourth, fifth. and sixth
grades; they are mentioned only half as
frequently by those I'm the seventh and
eighth. The other exhibit features re.
Ceived practically the same amount OF
attention from children in all different
grades.
Many children devoted two pages or
more to description OF the bedrooms
and kitchens in the tidy and untidy home
Here is an account given by a ten-year-
old girl in the fourth grade:
Then in a corner opposite that Il
showed how dirty people keep their
houses. The bedrooms had dirty old
clothes on the bed which was half made
The kitchen was all dirty and dusty
and there was a can of tomato emptfed
out in the dIshpan with wet dripping
greasy rags right above them and drip
ping into them. And the table cloth was
all dirty and mussed up. and there was
some sour saurkraut and cabbage mixed
together and cooked an hour or two too
long. The coffee was the strongest |
have ever seen in my life, and l don't
believe I shall ever see any more as
strong as that as long as ] live and
there was not any milk for it, and the
pickles were moldy enough to kill any
child, and the sausage was terrible"
The same child went on to describe
the clean and dirty dairy.
Good stores and Bad.
The clean and dirty markets held a
peculiar fascination for the children and
there are vivid accounts OF the cat that
was walking over the meat and licking
the meat" and the COWS head with n
disease that made 1t all lumpy. lying
in the corner, with the blood dripping
out" As Helen remarks;
I'm the good store the storekeeper
was dressed I'm white, the food all looked
clean and in a nice glass case. In the
bad store the cat was on the counter,
and the celery and lettuce was all dried
up, and the rest is too disgusting to tell
about"
All the children saw the moving pic-
ture show, which they take care to tell
Us was FREQ show, The flm dealing
with tho care OF tho teeth, that telling
the story or a boys camp, one vzgueIy
described as The knocked his wife down
and he knocked his children down, and
they all fought" and the clean milk
hlm received ths most attention.
Tbs library proved great attraction
10 the children Naaf =fAs iiHrsTy7spas-a,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-30
Supplies Are Scarce.

LONDON. July 2a.-The Rumanian
and Servian prernicrs, according 10 the
Times's Bucharest correspondent con-
ferred on a request from tho Bulgarian
government that Rumanian troops ocCu-
py the fortress at Nidin, Bulgs ria i'm
order TO protect the population from Ser
yians.
TelcgraphinE from Sofia. the Timcs's
correspondent says The Bulgarians have
succeeded IN driving back the Greek cen
ter some twenty miles but that the
Greeks stll possess a great advantage In
artillery. The correspondent adds that
bread IS scarce in Sofa. owing TO the
cutting OF the railways. Wounded
soldiers are arriving by thousands and
the medical supplies arc quito inadequate
for their needs
The Tfmes's Salonik correspondent
notes n growing desire there FOR peace.
He says tho continuous arrival Of con-
voys with severely wounded men from
the recent battles causes painful I'm
preston and effectively Is calming the
martial ardor OF the Greeks The cor
respondent adds that Il is Tumorel In
Salonikf ttat fierce battle between the
Greeks and BulEarians Is raging between
piumz and DuhniiZa.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-30
To Present Peace Plan.

LOUISVILLE. ny, July 2a.-Dr.
Henry Allen Tupper. special peace COM
missioner OF the International Peace
forum passed through Louisville tonight.
en- route 90 Mexico TO present peace
plan TO Vanustuo Carranza, rebel leader
IN the north. and representatives OF tho
UuoTta government The plan involves
tho resignation OF President Huerta as
an apparently necessary condition TO
recognition by the United States, and
selection or a new provisional president.
sccept3 bic ~ ali factions. This, followed
by the calling OF general election. ~
h suggested, would invite recognition by
the United States and resul; In Coop
eraticn among other nations In solving
the copntry's difficulties.
Something OF this plan. according 10
Dr. Tupper. was outlined 10 General Car
n MA last ApriI. on a former visit OF Or.
Upper 20 Mexico and met with en-
couaCinE response. He win meet tho
rebel leader at Piedras Ncgras. Or. Tup-
per said also that DC planned establish
ing a branch of the International Peace
forum In Mexico city TO AID In bringing
about peace. lie left on lato train for
| SeF Orleans
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-30
Americans Released.

WASHINGTON. July 29.-Charles Bis
mel and Bernard Mcdonald, the two mine
managers held by Mexican federals un-
der sentence OF death at Chihuah hua,
have been ordered released by the Huerta
government. Charge Algara OF the en-
bassy here so Informed Secretary Bryan
today.
II was said Mr., Bryan expressed grau-
nca ton at the prompt action the Huerta
government had given to American rep
rescntations in the cases. as well as that
OF Dixon. the immigration inspector sho,
at Juarez. ,
Improved railroad facilities are re-
ported in today's state department dis
patches, which say the first train from
Laredo, Tex, In four months and ten
days has arrived at Monterey with both
passengers and mail Trains also are
running from Monterey TO Laredo.
Consul Miller OF Tampico reports r.. r..
Fredericos OF Los Angeles safe in VIC
toria as are Mrs j. NJ. Gonzales In
Monterey and r. s. Holiday in Tampico.
Senator Sheppard OF Texas today IN
,roduced a resolution asking the foreign
relations committee TO advise the senate
II the bclligerents in Mexico should be
formally recognized by the United
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-30
PROPOSE NEW PLAN
FOR WATER PERMITS
Lower Rate Charged to Con.
Stunning Public Less Gov
ernment Fee.

WASHINGTON. July ce.-A new policy
In granting water power permits WAS be-
gun today when authority for develop
ment OF an electric project with an ulu-
mate capa city OF $50. 900 horsepower on
the Pend D'Oreille river Washington,
was granted TO the international Power
and Manufacturing company. Inc grahS
may run perpetually and can be revoked
only for violations of It's terms OF the
provisions of the general regulation The
lower the rate charged to the consuming
public the lower the rate made by the
further. a maximum charge OF cents
per Rllowatt hour was tiXed-
TO allow the United States TO compete
with Sweden. Norway and other coun-
fertilzlng purposes, the company VIII
have TO pay only about 20 per cent OF
the regular rate for the power IL uses In
such maDufa cture.
n was announced that the Interior and
agricultural departments, In agreement
on the power permit resolution at a re-
cent conference between Secretaries
Lane and Hobson. had three objects In
NIT.
The first and most important was to
control the price Of water power 10 the
consumer by charging the development
the public less. and by fixing a me ximun
charge. The second was TO secure fui
development Of the power available
through low rates on water used for GER
tain purposes and by. decreasing rate:
with the amount OF power developed
The third object the government desired
was fair compensation and this. the Of
ficials say. they have secured. The COM
pany must begin work within one veal
and within three years must have A
least so. 600 horse power developed. Par
Of the Intended construction is In tho
kaniksu National forest. In northeast
ern Washington. Spokane Is the near
est rIiv