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The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
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| make Neale's War Library. which COM
prises more than 100 volumes that relate
to the civil war. written by both North
erners and Southerners. To this library
doubtless the largest that relates to any
war. important books are being added
so that every phase of that titanic strug-
gle may be presented. The Neale output
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poetry, politics, religion. miscellany, and
works OF sheer literature.
In his volume The Evolution OF
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light the ruling forces in political life,
ancient and modern alike. The book
serves to eNpound views of history which
still requires champicning and to chal-
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are too complacently maintained.
Harper & Brothers are putting to press
for reprinting one of their new books:
Your United States" by Arnold Ben
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Ralph, the five-year-old son of James
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The author of "a Vagabond Journey
Around the World" Henry a. Franck,
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with FrancE's experiences as plainclothes
policeman and census taker during five
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Flavor in Food" is the title chosen
for the new book by Henry T. Finck
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CThe Century Company. Part of the
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An important book. Socialism and De-
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Germany, and England, will be issued by
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Is. The author is known for his trench
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Worlds Work.
Jean Webster's "Daddy-Long-Legs,"
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The Putnams have in train for publica-
ton early in 1913 volume entitled THE
English Scene in the Eighteenth Gen.
tury." by Z. s. Roscoe. author of
Robert Harley" Earl of Oxford" and
joint author with Helen Clergue, of
George Selwyn, His Letters and His
Life" Mr.. Roscoe has presented the
essential characteristics Of life In the
England of Pope and of johnson.
The Putnams will bring out under their
imprint a volume entitled THE Person
atty of Napoleon embodying the Lowell
lectures, delivered during the spring of
1872 by ]. Holland Rose. DIR. Rose pre-
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

even more than they need instruction in
the technical details of their art
THE SPIRIT OF FRENCH LETTERS: By Mabel
| :. G smith, New York-The Macmillan Com
| RAINY. Irice. S5O.
! This volume is one which will be of
| interest TO all students of French litera-
| ture. and also to those who desire to
grasp the broad outlines of world litera-
! ture. 1t surveys French literature and
| shows particularly its connection with
| the political and economic conditions OF
| the various periods which produced it
| This is accomplished not alone through
comment, but by the use OF translated
extracts OF outstanding examples, the
choice sometimes being made to illustrate
| the authors reflection of the age and
| sometimes to exhibit his spirit and work
] manship
The titles of the ten chapters, which
| show something of the authors aim of
| relating literature to other fields of hu-
| man endeavor, are as follows: Through
the Winter Days and After" I'm Lyric
Mood" STRINGS of Democracy and the
! Great Awakening" when the Printing
Press Came" THE Century of Begin
| nngs-the Sixteenth" THE Great Cen
tury-the Seventeenth" Drama Through
the Centuries" The Century of Discus
sion-the Eighteenth and THE Century
of Inventions-the Nineteenth" and ITO
day."
AUCTION BRIDGE: By ]. B. Elwell. New York
Charles Scibnss Sons
J. B. Elwell, who is the greatest Amer
lean authority on bridge GENERALLY and on
auction bridge especially. has revised his
book, Auction Bridge from cover to
cover, in accordance with the new count.
Mr. EIwell had intended merely to pre-
1N,.r H.
PRODUCTION of royal spades" and other
recent changes had completely revolu-
tionized the game. Instead of making a
few notifications, he found that the book
had so far to be written over that not
one single paragraph is the same in this
as in the previous edition. OF course,
that substance of the earlier book is COM
prised in this, but in every other respect
the book is entirely new. The authors
aim has been to give a clear and prac-
teal exposition of the principles of auc-
ton bridge as it is played to-day. such
as will enable the ordinary reader to
gain a good understanding of the game.
At the same time he believes that in
the pages will be found much that will
be Of value to the expert player who de-
sires to acquire a more complete compre-
hension Of the underlying theories Of
auction.
ILLUSTRATED SOUTH AMERICA. a Chicago
Publishers Travels. with 500 photographs: BY
W. d. Boyce Rand, McNally & Co, Chicago
and New York.
The physical features of South America
are on a more gigantic scale than North
America, and despite the British Ambas- |
sador Bryce's very able description of |
the collection of republics south Of US, !
or Prof Chase S. Osborns interesting |
two volumes THE Lands of the Andes"
the average, busy Americans knowledge |
OF that continent was not very accurate, |
unless it were the fact that the inhabi- |
tants possessed a pronounced weakness |
for revolutions.
successfully and it is nothing short of
marvellous to perceive the patience with
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
By 4. ID. JACOBSON.

THE MORTAL GODS AND OTHER DRAMAS:
by, Olive Tilfori DargaR- New York-Chares
ScribnCrs Sons.
Olive TiIford bargains new book OF
poetic dramas. The Mortal Gods and
Other Dramas stands in the front ranks
Of American poets and holds a position
peculiarly her own, both as a poet and
as dramatiSt Her literary descent from
the great EliZabethan dramatists was
pointed out upon the appearance of her
two earlier books, "Semiramis and Other
Dramas" and Lords and Lovers and
Other Dramas
1t might seem to indicate that Mrs. Oar
gan had been brought up in some highly
cultivated center and had passed her
years in community saturated with lit
Crary traditions. But the fact is quite
different. She was born in Grayson Coun-
~, Ky, and went to the public schools,
in which her father and mother were
teachers. until she was ten years old.
Then, with her parents. she moved to the
town of Donophan, Mo-, where she stayed
for four years. At the age of fourteen
she herself became teacher in the back
woods of Northwestern Arkansas. She
had always hoped for a college educa-
ton. but when she became eighteen her
mother died; her father. now an invalid,
returned to Kentucky. and her chance
seemed lost.
She was determined, however. and
finally obtained a Peabody scholarship,
which took her to the University of Nash
vile. Tenn. Two years later she was
graduated. She found means to take
year at Radcliffe in 1894 for the study of
English and philosophy.
In The Mortal Gods and Other
Dramas" there are three plays: THE
Mortal Gods which deals with current
social philosophy in an imaginary coun-
rrl,a
reference TO the present political strug-
gle in our own country; "A Son of Her
mes" is a drama of the time of Alcib-
iades, and 'Kidmir'' turns on a crusade
Of the twelfth century.
THE HUMANITIEs IN THE EDUCATION OF
THE FUTURE: BY William Baxter Owen In
ID. Boston-Sherman. French & Co. Price, SIS
group of some twenty papers on
subjects connected with education. Nat
urally il is of special interest to educa-
tors, but the aim being to discuss gen
eral principles and questions of school
and college policy rather than details of
method. it is of interest also to the gen
eral reader who is alive to the impor-
lance of his subject.
The treatment of each topic is individ-
Ual yet the unity of the volume is I'M
married. For the most part the serious
side of school and college life is con-
sidered. The glimpses of college life
given in Town and Gown" "CollesS
Fraternities," Freaks of College Sentl-
ment," give interesting educational side
lights. The chapel talks come in well.
Two memorial addresses are not without
pertinence, DIR. Francis A March being
one OF the most eminent educators of his
time. and DIR. W. c. Cattell being for
twenty years president of Lafayette.
The book has unique charm. the author |
is a man of experience as a college |
professor. eminently successful in his |
work. and one who has high ideals |
OF liberal education as a means of devel- |
oping character as well as making men |
practically efficient. He believes that |
teachers need stimulation and inspiration
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

that is hundred times as large as the
seeding.
This is known as the arch tree. The
outer bark is scraped from the side of
the nurse tree a foot above the ground.
The outer abrk is likewise scraped
from the seeding. The two wounds are
bound together with soft cloth bands.
The ball of dirt on the root of the seed
ling is bound to the side of the nurse
tree. In two or three weeks the plants
have grown together. The dirt from
the roots of the Seeding may be re-
moved. 1t is now drawing its vigor
from the nurse tree. Eventually its
roots are cut OF smoothly below the
point of union. The nurse tree has
taken the little orphan plant unto
itself.
But this is not the end. After the
union is thoroughly established the plant
jugglers cut the top on the great Wig
orous narse tree. Then is all the nourish
ment that was going into its top di-
verted to the single small stem Then
do its roots which have been establish
ing themselves deep in the soil for years
send their soil into the small Seeding.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

This space must not be too wide. for
the screw has a tendency to spring up
when heavy pressure is applied. Small
blocks are to be used when narrow mold
ing is being held. or on any molding
which the end OF the screw would dent
The difficulty in making frames is in
holding the pieces firmly together while
mailing. With a little practice as good
a Joint can be made on this machine as
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

1T. A device for holding the moiding
while mailing and gluing, which is prac-
teal, can be easily made. as follows:
The clamps can be secured from the
tops of two old clothes wringers by
saving about three inches on either side
OF the screw. The base OF the device
should be a two-inch hardwood plank
or better still. two pieces of inch-board
glued together with the grain OF one
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

heated 20 about 80 degrees Cent, and
allows the expelled water to drain off
together with the fat each time the meat
IS lifted out until the water contained
In the outer layer of the meat has been
completely expelled. the meat being then
placed in vessel. closed air tight, and
filed with hot fat and the fat being
driven out by a neutral gas
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running at right angles with that OF the
other. The size Of the base ought to be
eighteen by twenty-five inches.
A board six by eight inches and one
half inch thick should be glued and
screwed to the base. Bolt the clamps
to the base. leaving sufficient space be-
tween the ends OF the screws and the
holding board to place the widest mold
ing which one would use for any frame.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
Meat Preserving Process.

for this paper. Copyright, 1919, by Mum & Co..
For preserving raw meat a German
inventor has patented process in which
he dips the meat repeatedly into fat
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
AN OUTFIT FOR
PICTURE FRAMING

dreIared hy the editors Of the Scientific American
for this paper. Copyright. 1918. by Mum * Col
The handy mans workshop is not
complete without a picture framing out
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
The Benencent Nature of Patents.

Have you ever thought that a patent
does not and cannot deprive any one of
any right or privilege he had prior to
the invention covered by the patent:
II it should by its terms abridge any
previously possessed privilege. it would
TO just that extent be invalid and in
effective. Therefore, IL the patent should
not be a benefit in the form of an adj
dition it cannot be a detriment by sub
tracing anything in the way Of a
right or privilege previously enjoyed.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

with a bought device. IL one has a true
mitre box.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11

Cahokia cAsek. Practically all of the.
waterfall OF the plateau was formerly
carried through the lower area by the
Cabokia creek to tue Mississippi
river.
In the event of heavy rainfall the
water from the plateau would augment
the drainage of the lower area, and the
Cahol1ia creek would overflow its
banks in the lower area. High water
in the Mississippi river and the Ca
hokia creek would frequently occur at
the same time The Mississippi river
water packing up into the channel OF
the Cahokia creek would meet the
downward rush of the water from the
plateau and the result would be a
disastrous overflow. The Mississippi
river. inundating the area from the
west and the Cahokia creek overflow
ing in the central part furnished
enough water to almost, submerge the
area. These. ovePflows occurred fire..
quently, and caused great inconven-
fence to traffic and devastation of
property. :4,,
Keeping the Mississippi river out OF
the area was simply matter OF build
ing levee high enough, but harness
ing the 'Cahokia creek was a problem
presenting a number of difficulties.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
BACKACHE- RHEUMATISM
QUICKLY VANISHES
Even Most Chronic Sufferers Find
Relief From Few Doses
of Crox0ne.

Croxone soon relieves such condi-
tons because it reaches the very
roots of the disease. 1t soaks right
into the stopped-up, inactive kidneys,
through the walls and Innings; cleans
out the little filtering cells and glands;
neutralizes and diss0lveS the poison
GUS uric acid substances chat lodge in
the joints and muscles to scratch and
irritate and cause rheumatism; heals
the infiamed membranes of the blad-
der, and cleans out and strengthens
the stopped-up, lifeless kidneys SO
they can filter and sift all the poisons
from the blood, and drive it out of
the system.
So sure, so positive, so quick and
lasting, are the results obtained from
the use of Croxone, that three doses a
day for a few days are often all that
is required to end the worst backache,
regulate the most annoying bladder
disorders, and overcome the numerous
other similar conditions.
Croxone is so prepared that it is
practically impossible to take it with
out results.
An original package costs but tri-
fie, and all druggists are authorized to
return the purchase price if Croxone
fails to- give desired results, regard
less OF how old you are, how long
you have suffered, or what else has
failed.-AdV."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
Use Of Tact.

How much trouble mothers. young
and old, would save themselves by a
little continuous nursery diplomacy
in other words, tact! 1t is so raucn
better to secure voluntary discipline
than to- multiply exacting rules. ~~'
A reasonable being knows that neg
lect of right-doing brings suffering, to
somebody: and how much more use
full it is to develop reason" in a
childs mind than. sullen obedience!
A very successful trainer of her chill
dren never gave utteTance beforehand
of what punishment waste be for
shortcoming She was accustomed to
say to her children: Don't you think
you had better do thus or so before
such a time?" A sort OF confidential
leading, this, to the right view OF
things, which comes before obedience
proper, and in most cases dispensss..
with it. 'F;~. ss-s*As e,.-'-e '.-st,. 80, '' -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
COULDN'T SHAKE HER LOVE
Certain: Considerations induced Fair
Creature to Be Magnanimous
and Forgive.

"Ths time has come for me to,
speak" he said. going over to the
manteipfece and leaning his head alb
stractedly against the cold marble.
MY dear. before we are married
and while there is yet time to pause,
py conscience bids me tell you about
m7 self. 1 have deceived you. am
not The nobie-hearted, unselfish. REIN
ed end altogether desirable man you
have been Ied to believe. 80
" nave deceived you even about
ny age.
mot only am / 40 instead of "a. but
I am a widow2r | stay out late at
night when / feel like it. smoke all
over the house, am particular ABOUT
my meals, find fault all the time,
blame tie servants. never go anywhere
to obIige anyone else, drink more than
ought to. and, in fact, am vulgar,
disagreeable, gruff, inhospitable, irri-
table. incoDsiderate, insuferable nui-
sRaca IS -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
WALK TO AVOID STARVATION
Eight Children "Trudge Forty Miles IN
Search of Father, Mother
and Food.

: Los Angeles, Cal.-Facing9 starvaA
ton in their isolated home in the
Malihu mountains, eight children,
ranging in ages from eighteen years
to eighteen months, started on 40
mile walk to Los Angeles in search Of
food and their father and mother.
The father, R. w. Baller, homestead
er, came to Los Angeles some days
ago. to seek work, they said.
After they had walked Is miles the
older children, taking turns in carry
Ing the youngster as well as their pet
dog and cat, which they would not
leave to starve, they were found by
Ray. Nimmo, an attorney Of Los An.
geles. He gave them money with
which to ride to this city, where they
have arrived.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
lie Ped Button
XAFn Tv,xAv1~
AUTHOR OF THE CITY that WAS, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY f1arrYR.G riSSin6er
COPTRiGHT i9l2 BOBBS- MERRlLL CO

tory light they saw all tnat 1t was
necessary to sees
Captain Hanska's body blocked the
door. He lay dressed in his pajamas.
the Shrunken relic of what had been a
portly man---lay on his back with his
hands lifted over his head as though
he were clutching at the air. From
his breast stuck, the haft of q great
knife; and from the wound the pool
of blood flowed to the threshold. The
match went out; and with common
impulse Tommy North and Professor
Noll struggled to see who would be
the first to get back through that door
There followed alarms, screams. the
running Of women, Mysteries on the
part of Mrs. Moore, who had started
from bed at Tommy's first cry. Tom
my North, albeit ordinarily a brave
and resourceful young man enough,
was of no use in this crisis, what with
the compression Of ten emotional
years into ten minutes of life. Worse
for him, the hen-minded Mrs Moore,
seeing the blood, cried, You MUIR
derer!" clutched at his coat. and fell
into a faint. Upon Professor Noll de.
volved the masculine guidance Of this
affair. And he thought first, not of
the police, but OF a doctor. BY this
time, Miss Harding and Miss Jones
were weeping breast to breast; Mrs
Moore had recovered to say that she
always expected it Of Mr.. North, and
Miss Estrilla, the invalid lady on the
top floor, had called from the head of
the stairs, What is it?" With the
brutality which impels us in crises to
confide unpalliated horrors. some one
shrieked. "Hanska's murdered"
There came from above some Spanish
calculations to which no one paid
much attention, and then rafting of
the hook of the telephone, which hung
on door.post in that fourth-foor hall.
Professor Noll. his mind still on the
necessity for calling a doctor, slipped
into ulster and bed-shoes and rushed
across the street to rouse the house
physician in the apartment-hotel. He
was some time making himself known
and understood. AS he neared his
own door again, he saw Mr.. .Estriila
entering almost on the run.
There's been a murder! Captain
Hanska's killed." Professor Noll
called after him.
II know-my seester lephone-she
is frighten'." Estrilla called back
siniilS over :zls shoulder And he hur-
ried up the stairs.
BY this time, the open door, the
fluttering. lights, the screams and hys-
terics, had begun to attract the atten-
ton OF this and that late pedestrian
A milkman pulled up, hitched, and en-
tered and then a night-faring printer.
Presently the little knot in the street
and the parlors was augmented by a
woman, fully and rather over-luxuri-
ously dressed as though for the the
ater-a big picture hat and black
satin, fur-edged evening coat over a
light gown which showed here and
there the glitter of sequins. She was
large but shapely woman Of uncer-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
GUARDSI0FF FLOODS
East Side Levee and Sanitary
District of Illinois.
Section IL a Municipality Chartered by
the state and Has Power to CoIleet
Taxes to Keep the Mississippi
River Within Bounds.

East st. Louis.--The east side ievee
and sanitary district, in which the city
of East st. Louis ia situated, is mu-
nicipality, chartered blythe state of IL
linois and given power to levy. and
collect taxes for the purpose Of pro-
vidipg food protection and drainage
for a $50 square mile area situated on
the east side of the Mississippi river
opposite the city of st. Louis.
The area extends about 30 miles
along the Mississippi river. and Is
bounded on the east by chain, or
bluffs! Within the area is a large in
dustrial, center, and very prolific ag-
ricultural dietrict, The principal city
In the area is East st. Louis, which
has population of $4,000. The other
cities are Granite City, National City,
Madison, Venice, Brooklyn. Nameokt
and Cahokia. @F--
In the past this area has had to en-
dure many floods, resulting from an
unusual combination of causes. The
estimated cost of the work provided
for in the present plans of the east
side levee and sanitary district is $6,-
100000. The east side levee and SAM
tary district as a municipality embrace
a large territory, including the cities
mentioned, but is in no way directly
connected with them. The district
is governed by a board IF trustees
elected every four years, which board
appoints a chief engineer. treasurer,
clerk and attorney.
To appreciate the significance OF
the measures taken by the east side
levee and sanitary district, toguard
against future floods In the area, 1t
is necessary TO have a clear under
standing of the causes Of the frequent
foods.
The area is comparatively low,
and the Mississippi river formerly
spread over a large portion OF 1t.
Through the area runs a stream cali
ed Cahokia creek. Lying northwest
of the area is 200 square mile plat
eau, which forms a watershed for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-12-11
PLUMAGE. CAUSED THE. ERROR
Naturalists Have Discovered They
Were Wrong in Idea About New
Zealand Bird.

Since birds frequenting flowers for
honey or insects are apt to get their
heads covered with pollen, and since
the pollen of different flowers varies
in color, a bird may become yellow
headed, red-headed, blue-headed. etc.,
according to season. This circum'
stance led to a curious mistake in the
case Of New Zealand bird, a honey
sucker and a hunter of flowers. In
the early summer it visited most fire.
quently the flowers of the native flax.
and later in the year fed chiefly on
the fuchsia. The pollen of the former
is red, and of the latter blue. Hence
in the early summer the bird appeared
with a red head and was named the
red-headed honeysucker. But when,
later in the year. il vent to the fuch-
STA, its head was stained blue, and 1t
was called the blueheaded honey
sucker.
Thus for a long time this bird was
thought.4tQ be of two distinctssDeeIes,