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The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
NO VACATION IN Sc YEARS.
Gov. RaIston of Indiana Taking His
First One.

indianapolis Correspondence New York Tribune.
Gov. Samuel NJ. Ralston started yester-
day, with his family, on the first vaca-
ton he has ever had-and the Governor
is fifty-six years old. He will spend two
weeks in Massachusetts, at the summer
home of Thomas Taggart, Democratic
national committeeman from Indiana
The Governor has always been busy.
As a boy, he says, the school vacation
meant more work on the farm for him,
and as a lawyer at first he was too busy
building up his practice to take a vaca-
ton, and later was so busy with his prac-
tice that he didn't have time for vaca-
ton
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the gilIs, which serve the animal in lieu
of lungs for breathing. But also ties
serve to filter the water and separate
from it the food particles it con-
tains-these, as already explained, being
largely diatoms. Such microscopic plants
have flinty shells, which fit one into the
other like two halves Of a pill-box; ard
tie oyster, when 1t has digested the ccn-
tents. throws away the boxes The food
supply Of the mollusk likewise comprises
animalcules Of many kinds, the eggs OF
shrimps and marine worms, and spores
of seaweeds
An oyster bed is by no means inhabited
exclusively by oysters. 1t Is like a city,
having various classes of inhabitants,
with not few criminals to prey upon
the respectable and conservative mol
lusks. In this watery town are numerous
nimble pocket crabs, spider crabs OF
alarming appearance. hermit crabs in
abandoned snail-shells, spiral-shelled
snails, starfishes. sea-urchins as big as
small apples. greenish and bristlins
black mussels, and marine worms OF bril-
liant hues.
Covered with BarnncIes.
Even the shells of the oysters them
selves are covered with barnacles, over
grown with sponges. and bedecked with
tassels which are communities of little
animals called "bryozaa." Sometimes or,
single bivalve will be found as many
a; 200 species of animals. And at least
one oyster in every five regularly enter
tains a boarder, which Is a small crab,
hardly more than half an inch from claw
to claw. The crab is not welcome, pre-
sumably; he makes his home in a pocket
shaped cavity close by the oysters
mouth. and picks up what he wants of
his entertainers food.
The aforementioned Criminals in the
molluscan town are the starfshes and
the spiral-shelled snails. The latter bore
through the shells OF the oysters by
means Of proboscis that is provided.
as IL for the purpose, with rasping teeth.
As for the starfish, 1t grasps the oyster
with Its five arms and pulls until the un-
fortunate bivalve Is. tired out and unable
to keep its shell closed any longer. When
II opens, the oysters body is soon de-
voured by this most inveterate of its
foes.
An average female oyster lays from
10000 to ;, 900 eggs at a spawning. At
the breeding season the surface water
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look into the matter. The old fellow
persons from death by drowning, varying
the performance two or three times by
saving persons from burning buildings
brought up his record before me, and
showed not a little nervousness and agi-
tation, for it appeared that he had
grown gray in the service. and performed
feat after feat of heroism, but had no
political backing Of any account.
No heed had ever been paid i'm. He was
one OF the quiet men who attend solely to
duty, and, although a Grand Army man.
he had never sought to use influence OF
any kind. Now, at last, he thought there
was a chance for him. He had been
twenty-five years on the force, and dur
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Can't Bet on Them.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
In the lobby of Washington hotel the
other night the conversation turned to
the fads and foibles OF the fair sex. when
CONGRESSMAN Milton W. Shreve, of Erie,
recalled an incident that happened in his
home town:
Some time since" SO related the Con-
gresham, lone of certain party OF
men started a remark with the words
III bet she WILL" whereupon an older
citizen Immediately interposed:
Don't. young man" said he, with a
positive air. Don't bet that "she" win
do anythingi You never can tell what a
woman will dol
Yes protested the young man. but
/ was going to bet that she would do the
unexpected
Don't do itr was the quick response
of the older man. Even that Is not a
safe bet!'"
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Baltimore, Aug. %.

The government Fisheries Bureau, as
The result of a recent and careful study,
arrives at the conclusion that the oysters
of the Chesapeake in the course of a
twelve month filter through their gills
not less than half Of all the water con-
tanned in that great baylor the purpose,
be it understood, of separating out the
tiny plants and microscopic animals on
which these moIlusks subsist.
Actual experiments have proved that
an adult oyster of average size, four and
a half inches long, filters, in the man.
ner described, thirty quarts of water per
diem-frOm which quantity of brackish
fluid, in river-mouth or estuary, it sepa-
rates out from one to two cubic milli-
meters of food material A cubic milli-
meter is one-twenty-fifth of an inch on
an edge-about the bigness of the head
of a good-sized pin.
The estimate for the entire Chesapeake,
above quoted, is figured on the basis of
the oyster population per acre. They
average from sixty to seventy bushels
per acre, about 400 oysters going to make
a bushel. With these data to start with,
It is easy to calculate the total amount
of food consumed in a year by the oysters
Of the great estuary.
There are about 100000 acres Of beds
In the Day-repTeSeEllnS, on tne ABOVE
basis of calculation, a total population of
1900, 100000 oysters. Supposing that each
OF them consumes (on an average) one
and a half cubic millimeters of food
daily, their total requirement for susie
nance every twenty-fOur hours would be
twenty-one cubic yards of provender. In
a year they would eat 1865 cubic yards
Of food. a quantity which. in one chunk,
would form a cube nearly twenty feet
on an edge.
Must BE Literally Fed.
It appears, then, that oysters. IL
satisfactory crop of them is to be pro-
duced, must be literally fed. Indeed,
this matter of feeding has become very
serious in some localities-for example
IT Lynn Haven Bay, not far from Nor
tolk, long famous for its bivalue output,
where during recent years the oysters
have shown i disinclination to grow ara
fatten properly. The trouble is lack of
sufficient pr1vender. If more oysters are
planted within a given area than the
available food supply warrants, they will
suffer from partial starvation.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
SCIENCE LEARNS SOME FACTS ABOUT THE OYSTER

much for our oysters. Theirs are arti-
ficially fed in "claires"-i. e., pounds in
swamp and salt meadow, supplied with
water from canals. Such ponds are ex-
traordinarily productive OF the micro
scopic plants called "diatoms," which
furnish an important part Of the food
of the bivalves. From this diet they
acquire a slightly greenish tint, which
the European epicure regards as highly
desirable.
But this is only the beginning. In
order that the oysters may be freed OF
any traces of undigested matter that
might linger in their intestines, they
are placed for several days, before be-
ing sent to market, in stone basins Of
clear water, which are allowed to fill
and empty with the tides. Then, as a
final touch. their shells are carefully
cleaned with a Jet of water and metal
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ethnic strains most strongly represented
in the New York police force, being re-
spectively of native American, German,
and Irish parentage.
The German was a man OF enormous
power. and he was able to stop each Of
the many runaways he tackled without
losing his wheel. Choosing his time, he
would get alongside the horse and seize
the bit in his left hand, keeping his right
on the crossbar of the wheel BY de-
grees he then got the animal under con-
troll. He never failed to stop il, and he
never lost his wheel He also never
failed to overtake any "scorcher." al
though many of these scorchers were
professional riders who deliberately vio-
lated the law to see IL they could not
get away from him; for the wheelmen
soon get to know the officers whose
beats they cross.
The Yankee, though a tall. powerful
man and a very good rider, scarcely came
up to the German in either respect; he
possessed exceptional ability, however,
as well as exceptional nerve and GOODNESS,
and he also won his promotion. lie
stopped about as many runaways, buC
when the horse was really panic-strickan
he usually had to turn his wheel loose,
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Punishment of Law-Breakers Regardless Of Personal
influence Grand Jury Notes Decrease in Crime.

. q
took office, soon grew to show not only
extraordinary proficiency on the wheel
but extraordinary daring. They fire.
qunetly stopped runaways, wheeling
alongside of them. and grasping the
horses while going at full speed; and,
what was even more remarkable. they
managed not only to overtake but to
jump into the vehicle and capture, on
two or three different occasions, men who
were guilty of reckless driving. and who
fought violently in resisting arrest. They
were picked men, being young and ac-
tive. and any feat OF daring which could
be accomplished on the wheel they were
certain to accomplish.
Three Brave Men.
Three of the best riders of the bicycle
squad, whose names and records happen
to occur to me. were men Of the three
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brush, to remove any dirt or plant ma
terial that may adhere to them. Thus
prepared, they sell at cents a piece,
retail.
Lies on Its Left side.
An oyster always lies on its left side.
Its shell is hinged like a checkbook, end
its mouth (at the hinge end) opens into
a stomach (surrounded by the liver),
from which proceeds a long intestir n
canal The so-called heart" is in raal-
ity the big muscle which the animal uses
to close its shell and keep it shut. One
may Judge Of the strength of this muscle
from the difficulty Of oPening an oyster.
Close by the muscle in question will be
seen a transparent crescent-shaped body,
enveloped in a delicate membrane,
which. when cut away, reveals the
heart, beating slowly.
Around the edge of the shell are seen
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thousand acres are under cultivation.
and some of the beds are eight miles
from shore and at a depth of 100 feet.
Eventually, beyond a doubt, we shall
adopt more scientific methods of oyster
farming. In Europe the up-to-date cul-
turist puts his young oysters into rear
ing cases flax boxes with top and bot
tom of wire mesh), sometimes packing
them side by side as thick as they will
go. The boxes are placed in shallow
water. each one standing on short legs,
and, as fast as the oysters become too
crowded, some of them are removed to
fresh cases. They grow rapidly, are
protected from all enemies. and when
sent to market are every one of them
perfect in shape-a point which some
day will be regarded as Of Importance
by American epicures.
The French people do not care very
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
Far worse Than before.

From the Pittsburgh Press.
The longer Democratic government
lasts in this State. the worse il gets. The
people thought the Dix regime was the
limit, but the reign of Sulzer is ten times
more discouraging. The people are not
saying much at that, but it is evident
that they have about made UP their
minds that 1t is time to try a new deal
and that the end OF the Sulzer admins
tration will mark the finish OF Demo-
cratic ascendancy in the Empire State
for some time to come.
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Has Earned II,

From the Little Falls Transcript
julie NJ. Hannaford, after al almost
continuous forty-five years of service
with the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, will shortly assume the duties of
President of that company. successor to
Howard Elliott, who will head the New
Haven road. A man who has given the
major part of his adult life to the service
of one corporation is deserving OF the
highest office within the gift of the COM
pany.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
Bvave of the Chesapeake Filter Half the Water of the Bay
Through GilIs to Get Their Food Season Will
Open First of September.

The same trouble has been a cause
of much anxiety in portions of Long
Island Sound, where farmers of the
mollusks are obliged in many instances
TO dredge them up from deep water and
plant them for a while of the mouths
Of rivers, before sending them to mar
Eet in order that they may have a chance
to fatten. In other cases, the oysters are
taken across to the Long Island shors,
where (although the bivalves will not
breed there, for some reason unknown;
they grow fat at an amazing rate. the
muddy bottom being exceedingly rich il:
the food they like best.
In view of this new understanding OF
the subject, the method now commonly
adopted when oysters are slow to grow
and fatten, Is to thin them out and plant
them in other places, using the old beds
mainly for the production of seed.
l. e., baby bivalves OF thumbnail size
suitable for planting. Such a condition;
of affairs is particularly liable to come
about where tidal currents are sluggish;
for, as will be understood, these cur
rents bring the food.
Chesapeake Bay is one Of the richest
agricultural regions of the earth. the
fertility of its bottom being comparable
to that of the valleys of the Nile and
Ganges. But it is adapted for only one
crop-the oyster. The whole of its bot
tom is covered by a finely divided black
sediment, known as "oyster mud" which
is so rich that the material putrefies in
few hours II exposed to the sun.
This sediment is extremely rich in
oyster food. and 1t is reckoned that there
is an available area of 500 square miles
on the bottom of the chesapeake which,
II proper methods of planting were
adopted, could easily be made to yield
$50 an acre per annum.
Semi-Artihcia1 Breeding.
Oyster culture in this country reaches
its highest development in Long island
Sound, where practically all Of the enor-
nous annual crop is produced by a
crude, semi-artificial breeding; that is to
say. by planting oyster shells and other
kinds Of shells on the bottom for the
young "spat" to settle upon at spawn
ing time, and using the little oysters
thus obtained for planting purposes
Nearly one-third Of the bottom of that
great arm Of the sea is now occupied
by oyster beds (protected by rigid laws).
the product of which is harvested as
regularly as any land crop. Seventy-five
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tributinS editor. through the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. Copyright. 1918. By the Outlook Com
pany. An rights reserved, including rights Of
translation.D
The next instaIlnsnt will appear in the Wishing
ton sunday Herald. August 81.
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The next installment Of Mr.. RooseTelts Chap
teTs Of Possible AutObiography' is entitled The
POlicr the Politicians. and Vice.
Published BY special aranSemsnt with the Out
look. Of which Theodore Roosevelt 5 the con-
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

In December, 1896, one of our officers
was shot. row occurred in a restau-
rant, which ended in two young toughs
drawing their revolvers and literally ruE-
ring amuCk. shooting two or three men.
= policeman. attracted by the noise, ran
up and seized one of the toughs, where
upon the other shot him in the mouth,
wounding him badly. Nevertheless, the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-15
SOCIAL EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK.

will be meeting Of the
club on North Thirteenth street -
Tcknor Mrs Jonn b. Dougan Will ente
club North Tenth street
will be given in the Pythian Temple by the Past
o Pythian Sisters
a
at her OIL North Eleventh
direction of Crichet will
me N Fellows hall
club of First presbyterian church Will
a
issued
North D street
Tuesday-The will Fellows
and Mrs Bert kolp
w. meeting of the Criterion
club at herh home on Seventeenth
of Progressive will enjoy
oona a Richmond
Campbell will be meeting Tues
Bridge her home on East Main street m .
Domestic Science Association will with
Mrs E. G. Hill at her home on East Main street
will meeting of the Friday bridge
North Thirteenth street
will hold its meeting morning
oclock in he Gallery High School
A OF will be held
Mr. MrsB n
Wilt the class
Neatrophian club will hold its regular meeting the aft
supper PauIs Episcopal church will
he $50 o'clock
Alice club will held
home of If West Richmond
Cunnngams dancing class Will meet IN the knights of
Columbus hall
will his Country club dancing
Country club
A meeting of will
a
will be the St school the
of
will entertain the members of weekly card
a North Eleventh
home of Mrs Roser South Tenth given by
Unversalst church
FrdayThe Athenaea Literary society will with Mrs N c.
Heironimus home West Richmond
will her dancing in the Odd Fellows
hall Piano drums will furnish the dance music
their husbands their home North
Tenth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-15
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Try it! Your Hair Gets
Soft, Fluffy and Luxuri-
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If you care for heavy hair, that glis-
tens with beauty and is radiant with
life; has an incompatible softness
and is fluffy and lustrous, try Dander-
inc.
Just one application doubles the
beauty of your hair, besides it imme-
diately dissolves every particle of
dandruff; you cannot have nice. heavy,
healthy hair if you have dandruff This
destructive scurf robs the hair Of its
lustre, its strength and its very life.
and if not overcomes it produces a
feverishness and itching scalp: the
hair roots famish. loosen and die: then
the hair falls out fast.
If your hair has been neglected and
il thin. faded, dry, scraggy or too oily.
get a % cent bottle of knownon's
I,anderine at any drug store or toilet
counter; apply little as directed and
ten minutes after you will say this
was the best investment you ever
made.
We sincerely believe. regardless of
everything else advertised. that if you
desire soft. lustrous. beautiful hair and
lots of it-no dandruff-no itching
scalp and no more falling hair-you
must use Knowlton's Danderine. II
eyentually-why not newf--Adv.
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president. The afternoon was spent
in discussing the benefits to be de-
rived from visiting nurse and the Red
| Cross. Much interest was shown in
the Child Welfare movement The
association has a register at the Ross
drug store. After the program a so
cial hour followed and refreshments
were served. The organization meets
once a month
! Mrs. Edna Jay will entertain the
members of the Friday Bridge club
| Wednesday afternoon of the coming
week at her home on North Thirteenth
street
Members of the Friday Bridge Club
| will be entertained Friday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. o. Craw-
| ford on North Tenth street. The hus-
bands Of the members Will be the spe-
cial guests of the occasion
Mrs. Thomas ]. Campbell will be
hostess Tuesday afternoon for meet
! ing of the Tuesday Bridge Club at her
home on East Main street.
The Primary Department Mothers
Day will be observed tomorrow morn
ing at 1890 o'clock at the Second
Presbyterian church All are cordially
welcome. The following is the order
of service:
Hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy .......
Devotions, Primary Department. -.
Praise Ye the Father" . Gounod
The Choir
Greeting ..... Mr. A A. Mumbower
ne RoDln Song ................
Primary Department
Cradle Roll Exercises. .........
Remarks ........ Mr.. Herbert Weed
The Lost Chord" ....... Sullivan
The Choir
Jesus VIII Bless the Little Ones.
Primary Department
The Mems Club of the First Presby-
terrain church will enjoy a supper Mon
day evening at $50 o'clock at the
church. The ladies' aid society of the
church will serve. Members will be
privileged to invite guests.
A card party will be given Monday
afternoon in the Pythian Temple by
the members of the Past Chief AssO-
citation of Pythian Sisters. The pub
lie is invited to attend.
The Mary Thomas w. C. T L. will
give a rummage sale Wednesday all
day at the corner of South A and
| Fifth streets
Mrs. E. w. Stigleman was hostess
yesterday afternoon for a meeting of
social number nine of the Pythian sis
| tiers at her home on North Fourteenth
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OF Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rice at their
apartments in the Pelham.
Mrs. Vernon Potter of Newport. Ken
lucky. nee Miss Cora Kirby. is the
guest of relatives in this city for a
few days.
The Rev. Addison Parker, OF Rich
mond. was one OF the speakers
at a banquet given this week al the
Battle Greek Sanitarium. Battle Greek.
Mich, for the guests who have recent
ly arrived Mrs. Parker was among
the guests.
Mr. s. A Hamilton OF Muncie, was
guest in this city today.
MIR s. :. Strattan OF Chicago was
the guest OF friends in this city yes
terday. Mr.. Strattan has just returned
from a trip 10 Russia where he went
for the benefit OF his health. He ia a
former resident OF Richmond and his
many friends were glad TO greet him
again.
Miss Grace Crumbaker of Eaton,
Ohio, is the guest of her cousin, Miss
Esther Hill at her home on East Main
street.
Mrs. Caxton Maxwell Hamill of
Terre Haute. is the guest OF MIR. and
Mrs. George Seidel at their home on
North Thirteenth street.
Mrs H. B. Burnst, State Art Chair
man, who resides in Indianapolis and
Mrs Jessie Riddle of Lawrencebure.
Indiana, were the guests OF Mrs. NJ. F.
Johnston yesterday at her home on
North Tenth street. In the evening the
guests attended the art exhibit the
guests OF the association.
Mrs Fred Bartel is in Indianapolis
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. w. s Hiser
former Richmond residents. She will
be Joined this evening by Mr.. Bartel
They Will remain over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ridpath OF
Connersville are the week end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. b NJ. Thomas at their
home on North c street.
Mrs John VESSEL has gone TO
Terre Haute to visit friends and rela'
tives for a few days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-15
ART NOTES

Among the Richmond artists who
are showing pictures in the exhibit of
Indiana Artists now hanging in the
Art Gallery is Mrs. Francis Anscombe.
Mrs. Anscombe's picture, "A Marine
Scene" was entered too late to be
listed in the catalogue. The picture
was on exhibition during the Fall
Festival.
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street. Twenty-four members were
present. The afternoon was spent So
cially and with needlework. A lunch
con was served. The next meeting
will be held in a fortnight with Mrs.
Parsons at her home on South Fifth
street.
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CHIMNEY BLAZE

4 board two feet long and six inch
es wide and a little paint viii repair
the damage done by a fire to property
owned by Ed Thompson at 5 Fort
Wayne avenue. at o'clock yesterday
evening. SCOT and sparks dropping
around the galvanized iron chimney
caused the blaze.