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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14


Numerous letters protesting against
the action of the regents of the state
university resulted this week in Gov
ernor Lister wiring a request to the
regents to postpone the signing of the
agreement with the Northern Pacific
deciding it an 80-foot right-of-way
through the campus.
The railroad claims 200 feet of right
cf-way under grant from Congress,
For many years the rights of the rail.
road have been questioned by the uni
yersity regents. Two weeks ago the
board drew up an agreement giving
the railroad title to 80 feet of right-of-
way and reserving to the university
the remaining 120 feet of the strip in
controversy. This agreement was
scheduled to be signed Tuesday
The university lost $450.000 at one
fell swoop this week when the house
committee on appropriations Topped
that off the sum asked by the universe
sity for the coming two years. The
100000 asked for woman's building
was removed from the budget, as was
the $250,00O desired for new class
room building.
This left the university only the
81 ,OS4, 900 which is It's share of the
1-mill tax levy for state educational
and the committee decid-
ed to cut 10 per cent. or 100000 off of
that, to allow for uncollected taxes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14
Sheen Iika Variety.

One of the greatest drawbacks to eff
cheney In sheep raising is the lack of
variety in their rations. While a little
clean, tender roughage and some shell.
ed corn will carry them along, the cost
Of wool and mutton production really
viii be cheapened by furnishing the
animals with more Of variety, espe-
cially in the matter Of grains. A few
oats and bran mixed with the corn will
keep them In SO much better condition
that less grain will be required to main
tain the tissues of the body and pro-
mote the growth and development Of
wool and mutton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14
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FOR TIE FARM BOY.

? Senator John Sharp Williams.
practical, aSriculturi>t, has
handed out few words of ad-
vice To- the boys. MY word to
the farm boy he S3yS. would
) he that the three elements of
success are industry. pcrsevcr-
5 ance and inteliarnre. Industry
without intelligence does not
; win. intelligence without indus
( try does net win. and the two to
gether must be coupled with per-
. severance. and to this must be
added that degree of honesty in
dealing with ones neighbors that
makes friends for life"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14

No horse should stand on cement
door. This is an axiom insisted on BY
all who know much about breed
Ing. Following are others, and they
are excellent: Every horse should
have clean bedding and his feet picked
out and kept clean. There Is no ex-
cuse for thrush. Have no hangers and
feed hay on the ground. Feed grain
but of Q, pail or portable feed box that
may be removed when the horse has
finished. Keep the horse clean and be
sure he has feed, light, rest and exer-
else.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14

ROLLER GATE. the center to the
front end Of the gate. The posts are
mortised to let in a two inch block.
and the casting that holds the roller
is let into this block and an iron wash
er slipped over the bolt SO the casting
will turn easily.-Farm Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14

the purpose and sold
in hardware stores.
The cut shows how
1t is fastened to the
posts SO the gate
slides halfway back.
In a long gate there
Is always a center
piece up and down.
with a diagO M |
brace running from
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14
The Highland breed Of cattle is

The Highland breed OF cattle is
not well known in the United
States. but In the British isles Is
prized for its hardness and high
quality beef. The Highlanders are
direct descendants Of the wild cat
tie Of Great Britain. Their hair Is
sometimes six inches In length and
their horns long and spreading. In
Scotland some herds remain In the
field all winter, with no food other
than the grass and heather, paw
ing away the snow to get at 1t.
The pure BREEDS or crosses would do
well on our northwest ranges. but
because Of their late maturity they
are NOT favored by feeders. The
Highland bull shown b owned by
w. n. Van Norden, Rye. n. 7.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14
Roller Gate.

A farm gate sixteen feet long. AS it
should be to get through easily with
hayrack.. Ia too heavy to slide easily.
There Is a cast iron roller made for
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-14

No man has better right to
stand up squarely and look the
world squarely in the eye than
the farmer. He is the creator of
this nations wealth. Stand up SO
the back of your neck will touch
your collar Kansas Farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
As a Cure for Tarantula Bite.

As a Cure for ldrdntuld Bite.
German magistrates of the olden times
used to lure musicians to play and usty
companions to g trip the light fantastic toe "
with those affected with st. Vitus' dance.
Up to the end of the seventeenth century,
Italians and other southern people held the
belief that music cured the bite of the taran-
tula.
On the authorities of .Drs. Hecker and
Fournier Pescay we learn, that various kinds
of dances were used for different varieties
of the disease. each characterized by spe-
cia1 name. The manuscripts of these sngu
lar and interesting dances are now in the
library of the Sydenham society in London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

fishes unless they should chance to be close to
the surface.
1t is probable that most of the fish cannot
distinguish differences of tone, as in the case
of animals on land. There are well authent-
Gated instances of fish responding to noises
in the atmosphere fact that would seem
to indicate that certain finny tribes are pos
sessed of better developed sense of hearing
than others.
Many writer's have described the fsh's love
Of music, and Rondolet, the nGl bralist, has
given an account of how he caused school of
shad to dance to his fddling. 1t is said that
the German Calpea fnta eyinces the greatest
delight in musical sounds. The fishermen,
therefore, fasten to the nets bows of wood. to
which are suspended number of small bells,
which chime in harmony as the nets are
swayed to and fro. The fish are thought thus
to be lured to their capture, and that, as long
as the sweet notes endure, they cannot escape.
similar method is employed in the Danube
river in the case of another species Of fish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

cap of gutta percha WAS made with an cleo
trica connection for showing the slightest
modification in the volume of pusaton
A pulsation took a higher range after n
musical note and fhe same result followed
every repetition of the same note. 1t was
found an increase in current was greater
with a high note than one of low pitch. 1t
also was found that any excitation of the
brain by musical sounds must be accom-
plished by similar decrease of pulse in other
parts of the body as had been claimed by
former observers.
Does this not prove that music viii infu-
the circulation of the blood to the extent
that it will promote the growth Of hair, and
does it not give foundation to the theory
that music will send the blood into vessels
supplying the teeth and account for the ma
jority of musicians having unusually sound
teeth?
The influence of the using. of the hands on
the nervous system as directed by the brain
will account for the pianists being the fa-
vored among musicians as to this theory.
We live in world. indeed in suniyerse,
composed altogether of vibrations. If there
were no vibrations there would be no sight,
no sound, no life.
Made up ourselves of vibrations, we pos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
The Dogs Day to Hide Out.

each year. They are always served first with
great ceremony and the menu must include
bowl of punch and veal pie with plums
in it,
In small village near Fosdyke the ba-
bes are the recipients Of the church honors.
The first snnshiny day in May is turned over
to the little ones. Presents suitable for ba-
bies under 3 years of age Brought by
members of the church and these are pre-
sented to the children. Each child of the
village, therefore, is allowed three gifts. one
each year for three years. As the gifts are
frequently handsome, consisting of tiny
dresses. coats, and shoes and stockings, every
one is in favor of the church custom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
A Case Where Money Really Talks.

~ ANK notes that speak have just
* been patented by an English bank
- note expert and are expected to be
adopted in the near future when bank
officials find themselves the victims of rogues.
The principle of this invention lies in the
application to the edge of bank note of
pictorial" record of some specially ar.
ranged phrase. A bank note provided
would when placed in phonograph, repro
duce this phrase for the benefit of the bank
manager or the person disputing the genu-
ineness ospthe note.
Assume that the code phrase for a nve
pound note is Five pound note" This
would be extremely unlikely, but would serve
to illustrate the/ int. pictorial record of
the oscillations produced during the utterance
of the phrase would be made and die cut
capable of reproducing the peculiar wave
lines With this die the edge of the FIVE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

IV2 age breast to soothe, can do lots of
other things. 1t can make hair grow.
1t can sway the sick mind and cure
the body's ills. 1t is panacea in class by
itself
In regard to the abundance of hair with
which musicians are blessed, the pianists
seem to be the favored ones and | find the
rule has few exceptions.
In searching for scientific support for
this theory l find in Music" Vol XI an ar
tice based on a statement made in the third
issue of LA Revisita Musicale 1856. re-
lating experiments made by Prof. NJ L.
Patrici on the circulation of the blood in The
brain o. mad under different kinds of musIc
boy named Emanuel Favre, aged 13,
while cutting wood, was severely injured in
tie head by a glancing blow from an ay
Through treatment in hospital he was re-
stored to health, although the wound was
more than three inches in length cleaving
bones of the skull for the entire distance.
When the wound healed the bones did not
fully cover the exposed brain, consequently
changes of the circulation in the brain coud
he determined accurately.
The boy was of doee, bright, and intel.
lgent disposition, probably more than nor
mally sensitive to the influence of music
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Music Sways the Fish.

blennies emit similar sounds. In the Gulf of
Mexico the big Jewish breaks the stiffness of
the night and the waters with his sonorous
boom! boom :"
In the old Roman days the muraenas. or
sea cells, were supposed to be possessed of a
Language -" low and sweet" it is denom-
mated by one ancient writer, :" and with an
intonation SO fascinating that few could resist
its influence" The Emperor Augustus, it
was contended, was the only mortal who could
understand this +" language
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
1t Will Make
the Hair GroU,
one Up the
Mind and Body
and Do Other
Things.
By MARY BOWER.

ab USIC, besides having charms the saw
V2 age breast to soothe, can do lots of
l other things. 1t can make hair grow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

existent in parts of rural England
w that seem odd to the American, who
is used to the spirit of change and
progress that is brought by each new genera
tion
One of the oldest of these quaint old GUS
toms is in the little village of Quadring, near
Spalding, in Lincolnshire. 1t is the employ.
ment of -whipper in church. Years ago,
il was customary in most villages to have
dog whippers, whose only duty it was to drive
away the dogs who followed their masters
were attracted by the crowds and who yeped
and howled just outside the church. T.. IL.
Elcy, the Quadring sexton, still receives
small salary for performing the duties of dog
wbipper
Another old church custom is the presenta-
tion of black gown every year to the oldest
widow in the church. This is made possible
by small fund left by worthy woman
who knew what it to be cold There is
only one objection to this custom and that is
that the gown, according TO the donor, must
have the name of the elgbly worked
on the front of the skirt The woman who
receives this gift is called " The Lady of the
Gown and Mrs. Peach is now the recipi-
ent.
At Fosdyke, Lincolnshire, quaint din
ner, known as the Bede house feast" is
held every year. An old man once left
sum of money to the church to besused in
building a series of Bede" houses for the
old Six old men and six old women occupy
these houses and a dinner is given for fnem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Lure Fish Nth Music.

formerly it was believed that fish could not
hear, since they had no ears" but anato>
mjsts have proved that these creatures have.
indeed, organs of hearing, though not external
ones. Inasmuch as water is of greater den
sity than the atmosphere, the sounds uttered
in water do not penetrate it readily, and, un-
less they are sufficiently loud to produce well
defined vibrations, are not apt to be heard by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Queer English Church Customs;
Dog Whipping Is One of Them.

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l.. Il. III hmm Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

frog by the natives of Malabar on account
of the noise it makes when captured The red
gurnard has been dubbed the seacock" by
reason of it's growing, while another species is
called the piper" for afsimilar reason.
The armado," siuroid found in the Rio
Parana, is most remarkable for the harsh
grating sound it emits when caught with
hook and line. 1t is said that this noise can,
be heard distinctly while the fish is yet be-
meath the surface.
=
Have Language Lon and Speet.'
There is a fish of the Tagus, the Corvina
nigra, that emits sounds resembling the vibra-
tions OF deep toned bell, gong, or pedal pipe
Of an organ. Sea herings, when the net has
been drawn over them have been observed to
do the same, and similar accounts are given
OF the fresh water bullhead of our own waters.
An amphibious siluroid fish, Clarias mac
racanthus, is said, on being taken into the
hand, to squeal and shrek, and certain of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Music in The Case Of Waller.


1t will be remembered in the case Of
Banker Walker of Georgia, who died Of
bichloride of mercury poisoning few weeks
ago, that physicians were much puzzled that
he lived as long he did. 1t also will be re-
membered that musicians were called to his
home to play almost constantly thinking
he had only short time to live. He did this
to keep up his spirits and make his last hours
as pleasant as possible. rs the poison so
slow in taking tile usual course he resolved
to 90 to Il hospital and make every effort for
recovery. but after being moved TO the hos
pital he began to lose ground and died
Could it rot hnve been that, through the
influence of the vibrations Of music previous
to his removal to the hospital. his blood
was kept circulating. and when this support
was removed at the hospital the physicians
treatment did not have the desired effect?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Pulse Faster NTH High Note.

For determining the progress of circula-
ton an apparatus called plethysmograph
was used consisting of closed cylinder of
iistering apparatus connected with the needle
5 of a galvanometer.
For registering the pulse in the brain a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Fish Have Many of the Emotions of the Human Race

- ISH have been referred to as voice
r. less and emotioness creatures but sci
entihc investigation appears to demon
> strate the fact that fishes, well
land animals. are largely swayed by the same
emotions, and that they, in limited way,
give expression thereto. Among such means
of expression may be mentioned their habit
of erecting their scales fin rays when under
the influence of anger or of terror, pretty
much in the same way that feathers and hairs
are erected in birds and mammals.
Inasmuch as fish have eyes without nova
BILE eyelds, cheeks incrusted with bony plates
or covered with hard scales, and internal ears,
one may hardly expect to find special express
sions, as of JOY pain astonishment etc., so
well marked in the case of the higher animals
wherein the play of the features gives an in
sieht into their emotions.
In fish change of color is of the best
indexes to the emotions. When the fish is
sick its color is apt 10 be faint, while in health
the color stands out WILDLY. One of the most
striking examples of the effect of the emotions
OF. color is that Of the stickelback This fish
shows violent temper Indeed, it might be
said to swim about with a chip on its shoul-
/. der During the breeding season fierce COM
Y bats among the males are of frequent occur
renee When fighting their brilliant colors
stand out with extraordinary vividness; but
upon the conclusion of the combat the de-
feated one, his gay colors now quite faded,
seeks refuge among his more peaceable COM
panions.
H. Ee1o o1r 81 kh~i~
pugnaciousness, and as in the case of the
stickelbacks, the color changes are extraordi-
narily noticeable.
Fish That Sing.
\ So far from being voiceless,' fishes, in the
case of more than 800 species, are known to
produce sound. The Sciaenidae are probably
the best examples. These fishes, which are
called maigres" emit sounds having dura-
ton of about twenty FIVE seconds, and also
various notes, usually degenerating into d
mere humming either from excess .or want
of intensity. When these fish are travelling
in schools, the sounds given out by them may.
be heard from depth of twenty fathoms.
More than once it has been suggested that
the story of the sirens had its origin in the
utterances of schools of these fish.
When captured the scad, or horse mackerel,
the globe fish, the grunt. the pig fish, and the
hog fish all emit sounds resembling the grunt
of pig; while one, the species well known
along the Atlantic coast" the croaker de
rives its name from the croak it gives when
taken into boat. The barbel and the carp
also croak when taken from the water
There il species of Tetrodon called sea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

sonata is a masterpiece of the Tarantella.
The great thing in curing the bite of th
tarantula is to keep the ratient awake if hs
dead man in no time. so music is chosen
of peculiarly exhilarating kind to throw
the "hapless wight" into "A violent fit of
dancing which brings ON plentiful perspira-
tion and effects cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

sess, while the atomic combination of which
we are formed persists, the power to perceive
yet other vibrations which tell us all we know
Of the universe about us.
The arrangement Of the nerve envelopes
is so much like that of the best constructed
cables that cannot telp thinking both
We're constructed TO carry something very
much alike.
Music excites the action of the heart, and
this action influences circulation of the blood,
causing it to coincide with changes in the
breathing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-30
MAILS MOVING UNDER GUARD.
No Delay Says New York Postmaster.
Status of Strike.

New York, October 2S.-Guarded
by policemen and Federal secret SER
vice men, the United States mails to-
hight were being moved about the
city on normal schedules that had
been interrupted for nearly twenty
four hours by 125 striking mail truck
drivers.
Postmaster Morgan said there now
was no delay in transportation be-
tween postofices and railway and
steamship terminals. Strikers and
sympathizers to-day attacked several
trucks. In Eighth avenue they set
fire to a truck, but the driver and
the policemen on the truck put out
the flames.
Among those arrested was Patrick
Johnson, who said he was vice presi-
dent of the local branch of the Chauf-
feurs' Union that is conducting the
strike. Johnson and other prisoners
were held by United States commits
sioner on a charge of interfering with
the transportation of the mails.
Officers of the Postal Transfer Ser
vice Company, which has the contract
to carry mails, said tonight that the
mems demands, including union rec
ognition, would not be granted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-30
Charged With Taking $4,000.

New York, October 29.-John c.
Schildnech;, the twenty-year-old for
mer cashier for the Washburn-Cros-
by Flour Company, was arrested to-
day, charged with having diverted
$4,000 of the funds of the firm to
his own use. He will be arraigned
on the charge tomorrow. Schild-
necht, according to the story he told
operatives for a detective agency,
who detained him at Brooklyn
boarding house last night, recently
returned as a stowaway from South
America. where he fled when the
story of his speculations became pub
lie.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-30
FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Wagon Tongue Pierces Radiator and
Skull of Driver.

Macon, Ca, Oct. 24.-Ivy Star
buck, 80 years old, farmer, merchant
and owner of a garage at Perry, was
instantly killed tonight when he
drove his automobile head-on into a
wagon occupied by three negroes,
just outside the city limits of Macon.
The wagon tongue pierced the ra-
diator of the automobile and pene-
trated the skull of Starbuck, so that
he was killed in his seat.
J. o. Watson, 5 years old, a son
of the deputy sheriff of Houston
county, riding with Starbuck, was
badly injured, as were the three ne
groes, all of whom were taken to the
Macon hospital.
Starbuck and the Watson youth
were on their way to the State Fair
to take. in to-night's performance OF
circus at the time of the accident.
There is a sharp bend in the road at
the point where the accident occur
red, and they did not see the mule
team driven by the negroes until 1T
was too late to stop the car.
Coroner Young found the automo-
bile and wagon demolished. The
mules have not yet been found, hav-
ing been cut loose from the wagon
BY the crash.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-30
THREE CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Storekeeper, Clerk and Wife Lodged
i'm Lancaster Jail.

Lancaster, October 2S.-Fire last
night, which originated in ]. E. Wal
ters & Cos store on Factory Hill, de-
stroyed the store, a barn across the
street belonging to Henry Plyler and
one dwelling of the Lancaster Cotton
Mills. The fire was outside the limits
and had it not been for the valiant
work of a bucket brigade number
of tenant houses would have been de-
stroyed.
Investigation as to the origin OF
the fire by the local police officials
disclosed, it is alleged, that the build
ing had been set on fire by Hugh Tay-
lor, a clerk in the store of Walters &
Co. Taylor was Immediately arrest
ed and, according to the authorities,
made full confession to-day, stating,
it is further alleged, that Walters
offered him S25 to bum it and that
Walters had fired a trash barrel
Saturday night with the intention OF
setting the store on fire, but that he
(Taylor) went back and put it out.
Late this afternoon Walters and
his wife were lodged in jail, charged
as accessories. Walters had $1,000
insurance on his stock, which was a
total loss. The buildings were in
sured for about half their value, it is
said.