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Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
ENGLISH DISCOVERY MAY
UPSET COTTON MARKET.
Hailed as Meaning End Of Our Work
Supremacy.

According to recent dispatches from
London. revolution in cotton grow
Ing is promised by discovery which,
1t is asserted. will give the British do
minions an opportunity of breaking in
brief space of time the supremacy Of
the United States in the worlds cotton
markets.
The discovery, which was made by
Waldemar Schutze, consists in sim
pie means of producing perennial cot
ton crops without the degeneration Of
the plants and developing within the
plants such healthy characteristics
that they become not only immune
from pests. but resist frost in mod
crate climates.
Mr.. Schutze. it is stated, found that,
whereas the qualities of a good moth
er plant are not produced with any
certainty by seedlings. these qualities
can be maintained by grating from
a high quality mother plant on to a
daughter plant.
Mr.. Schutze says that if British cot
ton growers adopt his methods immedi-
ately they will obtain five year lead
on America
On the other hand, another side of
the picture is shown in recent reports
from st. Petersburg, where some time
ago the Russian government embarked
at great expense ON a plan to encour-
age the cultivation of cotton in Asiatic
Russia, principally Transcaspia and
Turkestan, to such a degree as to
emancipate Russia from American cot
ton imports.
Great irrigation works were under
taken, and bounties were provided for
cotton planters; but, according to a
report recently received by the Rus
sian minister of commerce, all the ef-
forts proved absolutely unavailing. As
heretofore, Russia will have to depend
"a American cotton.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
STRANGERS In Fer

'The people of Fee are charming
declares ]. F. Legard in the Pail Malaa
Magazine. During ones walks er
rides through the town it is quite the
exception to be spat at. as is often the
case in other ultra a-Mohammedana
towns. and the crowd is, on the whoies
merely smiling and inquisitive. like a.
crowd in Naples or any other south.
Italian town. Now and then soma
fanatic-generally an epileptic-will try
to raise disturbance and will be
gently removed by his friends-tha
Moors are kindness itself in the face sn'
poverty or aff1iction-but except foEr
these and a few casual curses froEn
the old and soured. the Christian dog
may pursue his way in comparative
peace. provided he does not attempt to-
enter mosque or pass the barriers
placed in front of those streets leading
up to the tomb Of Moulai Idriss. the
founder and patron saint Of Fez.'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
SCHAUER, $4,000 PITCHER.
Some Experts Say Giants Youngster
Is Greatest of Minor Leaguers.

some Experts say GIANTS Youn9ster
Is Greatest of Minor Leaguers.
Alexander j. c'Rube'D Schauer, the
sensational Superior OVis.) pitcher, pur-
chased by, the New York Giants for
$4,000, according to some experts, is
the greatest pitcher who has appeared
in the minor leagues in years and was
much sought after by all the major
league scouts.
Curley Ulrick, promoter in Superior,
sends along the following comment on
the pitching find of the year:
"Schauer pitched but eight profes
sional games previous to being signed
by Superior last spring. The eight
games on the previous record of Mr.
Alexander J. were pitched at Garrison,
N D., which is the home town Of the
now famous athlete.
Garrison has semipro team made
up of boys from that vicinity, and the
players split up the gate receipts after
paying the expenses. Schauer accord
ingly received his first regular pay
when Bill CONNER handed him a check
for his first months pay just about a
month ago.
"Schauer has pitched three no-hit
games this year and holds the strike
out record in his league.
Before twirling for Garrison 'Rube'
pitched a few games for school teams
and performed ON the corner lots, so
that his pitching for Superior practi-
cally is the first real test he ever had"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
JAVA'S ISLAND OF FIRE.
u is Really Lake OF Boiling. Butss
bIinq Mud and Slime.

Dti19 muO ana SIITnes
The greatest natural wonder in Java,
II not in the entire world. is the justly
celebrated "Gheko Kamdka Gumko." or
Home of the Hot Devils" known e6e
the world as the Island of Fire. This
geological singularity is really a lake
Of boiling mud situated at about the
center Of the plains of Grobogana aDd
Is called an island because the great
emerald sea of vegetation which sur
rounds it gives it that appearance
The island" is about two miles in
circumference and is situated at G1zs-
tance of almost exactly fifty miles frcFzs
Solo, Near the center of this geologiea,A
freak immense columns of soft. Soa
mud may be seen continually risi1g
and falling like great timbers tfruzsG.
through the boiling substratum by gians
nands and then again quickly with
drawn. Besides the phenomenon OF
the boiling mud columns there are.
scores of gigantic bubbles of hot slirSGa
that ill up like huge balloons and keep
up series of constant explosions, shs-
intensity of the detonations varying
with the size of the bubble.
In time past. so the Javanese author
tiles say, there was tall spirelike ecl-
umn of baked mud on the west edge OF
the lake which constantly belched a
pure stream of cold water, but this has
long been obliterated. and everything
Is now seething mass of bubbling
mud and slime.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
THE HISTORY OF ZINC.
introduced Into Europe From India.
Under Several Names.

introduced Into Europe From India
Under Several Names.
Zinc was introduced into Europe I'm,
the seventeenth or eighteenth century
by men from India 1t was known
then as calaem. splauter or tuttaneg0,-
and was the same metal which the fa-
nous alchemist, Andreas Lebavius. de-
scribed in 1906 and which he declared
consisted of silver. cadmia. mercury
and arsenic.
Late in the sixteenth century keen
competition was going on between the
Portuguese and the Dutch in the In
dian seas. and. Portuguese ship hav-
ing been captured by the Dutch. her
cargo of calaem or Indian tin" fouDG
its way into Europe. Nobody at that
time knew what it was. and it was a
piece of this cargo that became thai
subject of analysis by Lebavius.
Zinc, it seems. was first produced IN
India. but soon became an Important
industry in China. The first Chinese,
book which mentions zinc. calling it yA-
yuen. according to the Engineering and
Mining journal. is the Tienkonggaiou.
or Technical Encyclopedia. China was
the sole producer of zinc until the mid
die Of the eighteenth century, disrs-
garding minute Quantity Of that met
al which was occasionally obtained aa
a byproduet lin the lead furnaces OF
Goslar insathe Harz mountains.-Nevs
York Post.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
TOAD VENOM A HEART CURE.
Stimulant Discovered by Johns Hop
k,ns Physician.

DR.. L. G. towntree of Johns Hop
kins university, who is now on his
way to Europe. is taking with him a
box of gigantic South American toads
which secrete a particularly virulent
venom from large glands on each side
of the head. A dose of -thousandth
of gram of the poison will throw a
guinea pig into violent convulsions
and cause death.
DR.. Rowntree discovered in expert
menting that the venom was a heart
stimulant. acting directly upon the
cardiac muscle when administered in
sufficient dilution. 1t is said that in
the future this drug may supplant
digitalis and other drugs of this char
acter because of its greater potency
and ease of production.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
KINDERGARTEN AT HARVARD.
University Will Establish Course For
Benefit of Tots.

With the reopening of Harvard uni
versity In the fall. Kindergarten
rourse will be established at the uni
Tersity. 1t is the ambition of the edl-
Gators to establish series of courses
that VIII bring the child from infancy
through the varying stages of youth to
manhood, all under the guidance of
the university.
Children of both sexes will be admit
ted and taught studies of the elemen-
tary grades. up to ten years of age. If
this course proves popular and profit
able further grades. will be added until
the school can take the child and fit
him or her directly for college. 1H
The scheme is the plan of Professor
Paul II. sHanus. He will have the as
sistance of Ernest C. Moore.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
Minute "Movies'
of the News
Right Off the Reel

Fish walk dance has turned the
scales of popular favor in London So
ciety.
To stop aeroplanes on Sunday Eng
lish authorities invoked a law enacted
under Charles l., but the judges would
not stand for it.
Woman in Brookline. Mass, reversed
a common form of will by leaving her
husband $4,000 on condition that he
does not marry again.
Schoolgirl in Chicago was awakened
by railroad car entering her bed
room. After a smashup it stopped d.
rectly in front of her bed.
When a man remarries after the
death of his wife he ceases to bear any
relationship to the dead woman, ac-
cording to decision of a New York
judge.
Yale student. son of Boston mil
ionaire, works nine hours daily in a
temperature of over 100 degrees in his
fathers rubber shoe factory to learn
the business.
French countess has obtained a $500
rebate on the purchase price of a new
motorcar in court because the limou-
sine roof was so low as to damage the
plumes of her hats.
Congressman Willis, who won the
Washington spelling bee, has received
letter from a man whose card read
James ]. Observation-Disclosures
tourgeotopoulos" asking him If he had
any names like that to spell.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
JEAN BoUIN.

the worlds record. He announced ast-
ter the race that he would go to Amer
lea about the middle of August
1,137 yards made by Alfred Shrubb of
England in 1904. Bouin has been the
leading long distance man in France
for many years. In the 5000 meters
at the Olympic games last year he
forced Hanpes Kolehmainen to run his
hardest and was beaten by the won
derful Finn by. only few feet.
At thar time it was said that. Bouin
was not In his best condition. which
Is borne out by his remarkable per
formance recently.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
Lions as Watchdoas.

A Rhodesian farmer is reported tas
have trained two African lions TO pro
tect his premises They act as nighk
patrols. and are keenly on the alsxe
to every sound. For a considerahNs
time he had employed dogs. bna they
were invariably poisoned. He tried
the experiment with lions as the result
of his knowledge that the king Of the
forest" will not touch poisoned food
London Globe. A.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
DEERFIELD.

Deerfield, July 23.-Harry Ware, of
Newburg, Pa, is spending few weeks
with his father, Arch Ware
Floyd Kerns, of Wilmington, Del,
is spending some time with t. Henry
Brown and family.
Mrs. John Frazier spent Tuesday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jona-
thap May at Cohansey.
William Shull, of Philadelphia, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
c. Shull.
Mrs. John Garrison, of Atlantic City,
is spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. L. A. Ackley.
Master Herbert Cooper is spending
a pleasant visit with relatives at New
field.
Horace Edwards has purchased a
touring car.
spending few days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Elwell, of CAL
ifornia, are spending several weeks
with the latter's sister, Mrs. Mary Tice
and family.
Mrs. A. G. Thompson has been Wis
itfng her daughter, Mrs. L. R. Casper,
near Palatine
John Rachor, of Evan, is spending
some time with his sister, Mrs.
Charles Linwood Cobb.
Miss Tillie While, of Bridgeton, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel While
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Coleman
have been visiting his brother, Will
liam Coleman and family at Woods
town.
Miss Margaret Astle, of Union Grove
is spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. John Coles.
B, F. Coleman was a recent visitor
at Mullica Hill and Gloucester.
ID. D. Jaggers and T. M. Time are
planting seed potatoes.
Leonard Moore, of Ohio, is spending
the summer months with his nieces,
the Misses Juliet and Lydia Moore.
Rev. J. w. Bischoff- spent Tuesday
In the Quaker City
DAVID Cassidy, of Millville, has
been spending several days with Isaac
Sugars.
Harry Ware with party, from
Brfdgeton, left on Monday for a week S
stay at Washington, D. c.
Misses Estella and Anna Johnson
spent Wednesday with their cousin,
! Mrs. Addison Shimp at Palatine
Farmers are beginning to dig their
potatoes this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Padgett, of
Seeley, spent Tuesday with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Padgert.
Miss Lottie Davis has been visiting
her aunt, Miss Ida Ackley at Union
Grove.
Miss Ethel Ware is spending a few
weeks at Cape May attending summer
school there.
Miss Henrietta Cattell, of Davenport,
Iowa, is spending her summer vaca-
ton with relatives in our vicinity.
Miss Anna Munyon, of Worthwhile, is
spending some time with Mrs. Esther
Kreckman.
Arch Ware, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Ware,
Mrs. Mary Hart, Mr.. and Mrs. John
coles, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Padgett,
and Misses Margaret and Mary Coles
spent the day at Fortescue
mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Selak and
Mss Elizabeth Selak, Mrs. Mary A.
Floyd, Mrs. Isaac Grunhart and Miss
Pearl Wood, of Auburn, have been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Brown.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24

Threats.

I consider it mark of great prus'
dence in man to abstain from threats,
or any contemptuous expressions, for
neither of these weaken the enemy,
but threats make him more cautious
and the other excites his hatred and a
desire to revenge himself-Machiavel
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
The Riuht Thinn.

what did you do with your book
whose leaf you found loosened?
"Put 1t through legal process
what do you mean?"
Had it bound over to keep thasp
piece."-Baltimore American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
Ants Kill Babies.

get on the rampage.
Ants Kill Babies.
1t is in these statements collected
from the infested territory that the
reports of infant fatalities due to the
ants are found Authentic cases are
found by the hundreds, the experts
say, where the ants had covered the
bodies of babies and crawled into their
mouths, ears and nostrils.
So destructive Is the Argentina ant
10 certain forms of vegetation that in
southern Louisiana land values are
governed to a considerable extent by
the presence or absence Of this ant.
The insect is partial to nectar and
causes 1t to be feared by those who
raise flowers. If 1t cannot reach the
honey in a blossom otherwise, it will
cut its way to it. This has been found
highly destructive to certain fruits,
among them oranges. Some garden
seeds also find favor with the ants,
and this us why cornmeal always is
sown with lettuce seed in an ant in
tested district. While the ants are
harvesting the meal the lettuce seed
has time to sprout. Otherwise the ants
would eat the lettuce seed.
Fondness For Other Pests.
Another popularity of this ant is
its fondness for the excretions of
plant lice, mealy bugs and many other
insect pests. In the case Of the mealy
bug the ant erects a shelter for the
bug and cares for him much as a
dafryman cares for his cows This,
the government experts say, is a
straight and truthful statement They
also say that in almost every instance
where the ants are in attendance upon
plant bugs and lice the bugs and lice
flourish and multiply. This has been
more pronounced in corn and sugar
cane regions. The Argentina ant also
exterminates other and useful species
of ants as fast as it comes into contact
with them, which is another potent
reason to call the Argentina ant an un-
desira BILE.
The Argentina ant was first noticed
in New Orleans twenty years ago. 1t
must have been brought there with the
cargo of some ship. At that time it
was not known outside of the city.
But now it has penetrated the interior
of the country, has densely infested
the southern half of Louisiana and is
steadily moving north. Already it has
covered six counties in Mississippi and
three in Alabama, and in some parts
Of Louisiana it has reached practically
to the Arkansas line. It's movement to
the north has been by railroad, and the
government has no means Of knowing
how far small colonies have Travelled.
The official observations have been con-
fined to sections where the ant has de-
yeloped sufficiently to make its pres
ence felt.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
Ant Eats Everything.

1t eats whatever man eats. 1t pene-
trates iceboxes, breadboXes, paper par
cells and even glass fruit jars if the
housewife forgets to put on the rub
ber gasket before she screws the cover
down. In houses infested with Ii
there is no sleep unless the legs Of
the beds are wound with tape poisoned
with something that will affect and
stop this ant and only certain poisons
will do that. Beds to be secure must
be pulled out from the walls so that
no part of bed or bedding touches the
wall, and the person before retiring
must stand upon an insulated chair
and make certain he is not taking any
of the ants to bed with him. Let the
baby but kick the corner of sheet
against the wall and in a few minutes
the screaming infant has to be snatch
ed from its crib, disrobed and i'm
mersed in water to make certain that
all the ants are removed.
In such a house the use of poisons
and repellents must be continuous. A
little carelessness and the foodstuffs
of the household are filled with count
less numbers of the ants in a short
time. The ants are predatory social
lists. If one finds way to get into
sugar fruits, meats. lard, olive oil,
cream, butter, eggs, raw or cooked;
fish. cornmeal and even wheat flour he
does not keep the secret to himself.
The ant scout informs the tribe and
they all come.
1t is customary to wind the legs Of
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
RUNNER BoUIN COMING.
Great French Distance Man Will Visit
America Shortly.

Jean Bouin. the French amateur dis
tance runner. ran II miles ,442 yards
in one hour at the Olympic stadium,
Stockholm, Sweden, recently, beating
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
ANT PEST CREEPS
DESTROYING.
Destructive, Life Taking Ar
gentlna Insect Marching
Up From South.

~ Keeping northward out of
New Orleans, like the measur-
~ ed and wavering advance of
age and death, comes the Ar
gentina ant. Committing atrocities at
every step, this newest insect pest
may cover the country. Government
experts who have spent months of un-
remitting study of the creature decline
to commit themselves.
If certain line marks its northward
limit the Argentina ant will not get
beyond Georgia. But it already is be-
yond that line. Again, the experts
say If another set of contingencies
govern it will not go north of Colum-
bus, o. Yet nothing is certain, and
none will deny that it may cover the
United States and penetrate Canada
! The Argentina ant is an undesirable.
Its malignant offenses are so many
that they obliterate and outweigh its
one virtue, which is that when it goes
into a house the bedbugs go out Even
this one virtue may be regarded as
doubtful when it is known that the
Argentina ant will bite q human be-
ing and will make its bite peculiarly
effective and painful if it can reach
tender spot. such as the space between
the fingers at the point of intersection
with the palm. 1t is known to have
killed babies. 1t is known to have
killed newly Matched chicks. 1t devas-
tastes many forms of vegetation, and
as household pest it stands in
class by itself. Nothing to compare
with it as an everlasting as we'll as a
dangerous nuisance ever has been dis
covered
Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-07-24
NORTHWARD
ALL IN ITS PATH ]:
Creature Invades Everything
In House and Even At
tackS Babies.

the dining table with poisoned tape
and sometimes even set the legs Of the
tables upon panes of glass coated with
vaseline poisoned with some repellent.
Yet so persistent are the little immi-
grants in their attacks that even these
obstacles do not always stop them. The
government reports are full of state
ments to show the ineffectiveness of
all repellent agencies when the ants
get on the rampage
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-17
YOUTHFUL FOOTBALL
PLAYER I'M HOSPITAL
FROM BLO W I'M GAME

Sam Carter, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. F.
w. Carter of Emma street, and full
back on the Mckinley High School
football team, was removed the
Queens Hospital at an early hour
this morning, suffering with hemor-
rhage of the nose resulting from a
blow received while engaged in foot
ball practise Three doctors are in
attendance on him, and his condition
is reported as being serious.
Carter was struck in the nose dur
ing a practice game Wednesday
afternoon, and that organ commenced
to bleed violently. He went home
and a doctor was called. Yesterday
morning he appeared to be all right,
but the hemorrhage returned when
he ran for a street car. Al physician
worked over him the greater part of
last night, and this morning advised
Certer's removal to the hospital The
bleeding continues at intervals, and
the doctors are as yet unable to as
certain the cause. Carter was one
of the mafnstays of the High School
team and his absence from the game
tomorrow will be keenly felt.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-17
MAY
INSIST ON
PUBLICITY
H..
Contention That Physicians
Sell Drug Prescriptions
ArouSeS Professionals

II is reported that the Medical So
ciety of Hawaii viii make demand of
Dr.. j. S. B. Pratt. president OF the ter
ritorial board Of health, that he pub
liely disclose the names of the two
white physicians whom he accused,
before the board Of health yesterday.
of supplying cocaine and opium pro-
miscuously to persons by selling pre-
scriptions to them.
Members of the Medical Society to-
| day declared the disclosure should be
made in Justice to all the other prae-
Iicing physicians, that their patrons
and friends may know they are not
the ones alleged to be responsible to
certain extent for the growth OF the
terrible drug habit in the territory.
Use of the two deadly potent drugs,
cocaine and opium. has been spread
ing insidiously throughout Honolulu
and Oahu for the last six months. ac-
cording to statement of DR. Pratt
and it already has reached serious
proportions. His attention, he said.
was called to the traffic about six
months ago by an army officer, when
its prevalence was discovered among
the enlisted men stationed on Oahu.
As near as they could ascertain at that
time the traffic had its principal
source in or near Iwilei, but the exact
center of distribution could not be
found and definite proof to support
prosecution obtained.
s There is only one way we 9can
cope with the situation effectively,
declared DR.. Pratt today, That Is by
the close cooperation of all the ply
sicians of the islands, all agreeing to.
give no more prescriptions for the
drugs. Unless they will do that we.
stand little chance of stamping out the
evil. II they will cooperate, however,
it will not be so difficult to locate the
few druggists who may be weak
enough to sell it without prescrip-
lions, and those places can be quickly
put out of business.
We are up against serious propo-
sition in the islands, however, for we
have no up-to-date laws on the drug
business. As it is now anyone who
happens to know the patent medicines
which carry large percentage of the
drug they desire, can easily obtain
those medicines at any grocery store
Under the existing laws any merchant
can obtain a license to sell the medi-
cines and all the small corner or coun-
try grocers throughout the islands
can handle them freely, selling to all
Corners. =
s DR.. Pratt told the health board yes
terday of an instance where q physi- |
clan has been known to give pre-
scription for as much as q half pound
of opium, and for an ounce OF cocaine
enough in either case to kill so men
unused to the drug.