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The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

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SsTHESE here gum shoes of mine,
said Sim Perkins. wasn't no

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ssTHESE here gum shoes of mine,
i said Sim Perkins, wasn't no
good AT all. There ought to be better
gum shoes. II the United States an
nexes Mexico"
"Speakin' of arks and annexation and
things that begin with an A, said
Uncle Ashdod, 4 remember as plain
as day as nice little bit of anncxa-
ton as ever was. There was Noah's
ark right on top of Mount Venus"
Whose ark asked Sim Perkins
specifically.
"Noah's ark said Uncle Ashdod. Il
knowed i. was Noah's ark because
there was a place Oil the stabbard raj!
where the initials S. II. and ]. was
carved, standin' for Shem, Ham, and
Japhet. Them three boys was probably
always foolin' around doin' mischief,
after they got, the animals fed. And
the way the inside of tine boat was
divided into stalls sort of make me
surer. There was one stall that was
rubbed in front, by the elephant tusks,
and one that was rubbed on the ceiling,
by the giraffes' heads, and one that was
rubbed on the floor, by the croeodiles'
bellies, and"
'.All right said Sim Perkins has
tily. I'll let on it was Noaf's own old
ark if it is goin' to do you any good.
Only-what mount did you say it was
On top Off"
Mount Venus" said Uncle Ashdod.
"Of course | amt no authority said
Sim Perkins with mock humility, but
seem like the mount the ark stranded
on was Mount Ararat."
SO it did," said Uncle Ashdod.
Thought YOU said the ark was on
top of Mount Venus" said Sim Per.
kins.
$50 | did, and so she was sad
Uncle Ashdod. That voyage / was
hired by the Kansas City, Kansas, Null
timillennial Exposition Company, that
was goin' to hold a worlds fair at
Kansas City, Kansas, to celebrate the
multimillennium of the flood. There
didn't seem to be nothing much left to
celebrate, so they thought they'd cell
CITRATE that. So the United States
gov'ment had a postage stamp printed
to a'vertise the show, and the bosses
of the show bought up all the plaster
of paris there was OH earth, to make
exposition palaces OF, and Teller in
Topeka, Kansas, made a statue of the
Goddess of Liberty out of Indian corn,
and Teller in Wisconsin made
statue of Noah Feedin' the Hippypot-
anus out of butter, and it looked like
1t was going TO be a great exposition,
but when they come to hgger up they
found that every nation on earth was
soin to exhibit except Europe, Asia,
and Africa, South America, and Aus
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licity. may effect hiStoTy in the making.
The civil war ia its early stages, was
certainly affected. from the military point
of view, by the New York Tribune's cry
OF On 10 Richmond The Spanish war
was FASTENED, at least by the exploitation
in our press of the starving reconcen-
trados in Cuba. The Boer war was large
ly the product OF skilful and rather I'M
scrupulous newspaper campaign against
the Tsansvaal republic. Gen. Sir William
Butler, in his memoirs, gives illustration
after illustration of how the London
press worked up a militant spirit in Eng
land through the South African corre-
spondents.
"a very rich man may have control of
many newspapers and magazines: II he
uses the publicity they command for him
to promote good causes and advance the
interests or careers Of good men. he helps
to bring about events good in themselves;
IL he does the opposite. he helps TO bring
about events in themselves bad For the
press is not exclusively used to record
events as they happen perchance; it is
often used to make things happen in a
particular way.
Reporter as n Historian.
I'VE come now to consider the press in
its relation to the writing OF history
Prof. Munsterberg not long ago wrote lot
one of the magazines very entertaining
article on his melancholy experiences
with newspaper reporters. The case of
the reporter he said as a final word. has
Tot yet found that attention which II de-
serves to the fabric Of our public life.
When finally we come to the ascertain
ment of current facts in the moving life
of the world, and the earliest recording
of those facts in a literary form. We run
straight into the hospitable arms of the
reporter. II is not necessary, In this con-
nection. to quarrel with Prof. Munster
berg's statement that the editorial page
has declined in its infiuence'-although
personally do not believe 1t. He writes
no less than the truth. however, In say
ing that the vivid. living report OF actual
experiences has taken hrm grasp on
the popular interest. This focuses the
interest of the social student on the re-
porter who supplies the news. Does the
American reporter fulfil his task In .
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

I Farmers Almanac that says About
this time look out for volcanic trou-
bles.' What's that? he says, for the
old ark gave lurch and there was a
big thump down below. That's Fatima
tryin' a new wriggle, most likely, l
says. She prob'ly hit her anatomy
against bulkhead and shifted the
cargo l was standin' by the main mast
and he was leanin' against the rail,
and he looked over the rail. Zap he
says slow and calm, maybe you're right,
, but how much water does this ark
draw? Ten feet l says. If ! was
to say she was DRAWN only five feet
would you think anything was wrong?
he asks. L would I>says. If was to
say she was DRAWN no feet at all.
would you say somethin' was mighty
wrong?' he says. i would | says,
We'll, Cap, Inc says, I'll say right now
that she's DRAWN FIVE feet less tan
nothin',' he says. So | went and lookeu
over the rail"
"And you saw the whale that had
swallered Jonah" said Sim Perkins sar
casticslly.
"Whale nothin," said Uncle Ashdod
Il saw what looked like the ocean was
droppin' away from under the ark,
that's what | saw. But it wasn't. The
ark-was risin' up above the ocean. 1t
was risin' sky-hootin' fast, too. Like
one of them rapid elevators down to
New York. Mate | says, we've dis
covered land He looked a minute and
says: We? We've discovered nothin'l
Lands discovered usr And that was a
fact"
Go on" said Sim Perkins. Il can
stand most anything
Before the mate got them words
out of his mouth said Uncle Aslfdod.
I'VE was quatter of mile up in the
air and still goin' right on up. Cap
says he. L told you to get away from
here. What's happened is that one
of them volcanic mountainous iSonds
has sprung up from the sea bottom
right under us and il is boostin' us I'D
on its very top And that was what
had happened. So named tire noun
tain Mount Venus. because it arose
from the sea, like Venus did, and
sent the mate down to tell Fatima to
stop dancin', lest she jOggle us off the
top of the mountain. We was three
miles up in the air by that time. and
that was too much toboggan slide for
an old boat like the ark to try. So |
looked over the bow of the ark. and
over the sides, and oTer the stern. and
see it was as good mountain as
anybody could wish, and there was the
ark on top OF it, like summer hotel,
with stalls that would do for boardcrs'
rooms. and says, This is goin' to
spoil that AIillennial Exposition. but
from now on I'm no captain-'
IF you ever was" said Sim Perkins.
From now on I'm no captain
continued Uncle Ashdod. From now
on this is my mountain, and I'm Mis-
ter Ashdod Clute. Proprietor OF the
Ark Hotel, beautifully situated on the
crest of Mount Venus. on Clute Island,
Republic of Ashdod, Pacific Ocean,
World-Board by the Day or Week,
Special rates to Families. SO | started
down the companionway to tell the
mate he was Head Waiter. and 10 tell
Fatima she was Cook. when bang! a
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
You don't understand

your telegram. You don't understand
what IL means-to both of you. Didn't
any one in Tilton tell you that 1t Is a very
serious thing for a bank to close its
doors?"
Barba looked first at Walter and then
at her father. "Oh, You poor foolish
men! she said. with laugh that was
contagious. what baby you must
think ] am! You thought i meant that
the bank had closed its doors for good.
and all l meant was that by the time
got your draft Saturday and got down
to the bank with il the doors were closed
for the afternoon. so I couldn't get any
money. That's why I decided to use my
return ticket to come back home. And
here We three are together. just as I
hoped"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02
Get Out From Under the
Shadow Of the knife.

Taken in time they can be cured and
the operation avoided.
The tonic principle of Stella Vitae
picks you up and gives you new life and
hope, new desires and energy, new
strength and purpose in life.
For two generations DIR. Thatcher has
been helping Southern women to better
health, to more cheerful lives. Stella
Vitae is the means employed and evolv-
ed by this celebrated physician from
thousands of test cases.
Any woman who suffers even in a
slight degree. can be benefited by just
one bottle of this celebrated remedy.
Don't put it off, don't neglect yourself
and become old and care worn before
your time. Get a bottle of Stella Vitae
from your dealer and if you find that
it does not improve your condition the
dealer will return full purchase price.
BUTT will help you It will improve
your digestion, clear up your complex
ion and work wonders with your dispo-
sftion and appearance. Get a bottle
today. Don't delay! Your dealer sells
this wonderful Observation-Disclosures
remedy in 81 bottles. Thatcher Medicine
Co., at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02
START YOUR LIVER,
DON'T STOP WORK
DOdson's Liver Tone Acts Mildly, but
Surely. Lfyens Up the Liver
and You Stay On
Your Feet.

IT is the experience of calomel users
that if they take enough of the drug to
have the desired effect, it seriously in
~terferes with their work the day after
But this is the least important. item,
for calomel is often a dangerous drug
and acts on the system violently.
Don't take chances with calomel.
Get a bottle of the pleasant, safe and
perfectly harmless Dodson's Liver
Tone, guaranteed to take the place of
calomel. Instead of making you feel
worse the next day it makes you feel
better-and you actually are better
for no remedy in the whole world liv-
ems up the liver, regulates the bowels
and really rejuvenates the system any
better than this dose.
You are the sole judge of its merits,
Justus Pharmacy Is fully authorized
to hand you back your money without
question if it fails to please you-and
you.
Remember, if you feel constipated
and bilious, what you need is Dodson's
Liver Tone. A large bottle and a good
guarantee for so cents from Justus
Adv. 3-26-2t
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02

TO change horses about seven times
LOn the road he will stop at ever!
house and make a personal call OF
the occupant. de will go prepared tt
face all kinds Of weather and viii
carry a supply of campaign literature
This literature will consist for the
most part Of post cards bearing his
picture and appropriate campaign ex-
pressions.
This literature will be carried / ID
soddle bags containing campaign but
tons, candy, chewing gum for the
children, and personal necessities. On
some of the postcards this motto will
he printed: 9This is the man that rode
miles to get your vote" On the
candy wrappers there is printed "Ask
your daddy to vote for Bob Reynolds"
Mr.. Reynolds states that he intends
to get acquainted with the men he
wants to vote for him. He stated yes
te-day that he wants them to know
the man who is soliciting their vote.
He says that in this the
voters of the district can know him
for what he is.
In making the ride, Mr.. Reynolds
says that he realizes that it will be a
strenuous jaunt, but he feels fully
able to bear it. The acquaintance he
will form in this manner will be worth
far more than the labor expended, he
believes.
He announces the following speak
ipg dates for the trip:
Haywood county-Monday, April 6,
2 p M, county court house, Waynes-
vile.
Monday night, April g., 8 p. M. Odd
Fellows and Masons' auditorium,
Canton, N. C.
Tuesday, April Z, noon, Clyde, N. C.
Tuesday night April z, school house,
at 8 p. m. Hardwood.
Jackson county-Wednesday night,
April 8, school auditorium at 8 p. M.
Sylvia, N. C.
Swain county-Thursday night
April 3, Bryson City. at county court
horse at 8 p. m.
Graham county-Friday night April
10. at Robinsyille in county court
house at s p. m.
Cherokee county-Saturday night,
April II, Andrews, N. C.
Clay county-Monday, April Is, at
Hayesville, in county court house, at
t:30 p. m.
Macon county-Wednesday night,
April Is, at Highlands.
Pennsylvania county = Thursday
April 16, al BOSNIAN, in public
school auditorium at 8 p. M.
Friday night, April II, at Brevard,
in the auditorium theater at 8 p. m.
Henderson county-Saturday night,
April 10, at county court house at
Hendersonville, at s o. n.
Macon c~ounty-Monday noon, April
20, at Franklin at 1870 p. m, in coun-
ty court house. Adv.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02
ROBERT R REYNOLDS To RIDE
IN A HORSEBACK CAMPAIGN.
THROUGH WESTERN C0UNTE;
POPULAR CANDIDATE FOR CONGR Ess WILL LEAVE THE RAILWAY
AND TAKE TO THE COUNTY DADS TO MEET THE PEOPLE.

Robert r. Reynolds is going tC
make a horseback tour of the Tenth
district.
He wants to carry his candidacy TO-
congress into the homes of all the
people he can. Therefore, he will
leave the railroad and take to the
county roads with his horse and sad
die bags so that he can get way out
into the country where the people
live.
1t will be the most novel tour in the
history of the district and will be
bound to attract much favorable in
tcrest.
81 want to meet the people person
ally" said Mr.. Reynolds, and this is
the best way, I think. If time per-
mitted, 1 would ride every neighbor-
hood road in the district"
In the last campaign MI. Reynolds
was at a disadvantage because he did
not have a chance to become &C
quainted in some of the western coun-
ties. His largest vote was in coun-
ties where he was known, for example
in Buncombe, where his majority was
699. People who know him take to
Kim and he will make thousands Of
new friends on this trip.
The route outlined swings a circle
the western counties. When i.
was suggested to him that weather
might keep him from arriving at diff
places on schedule, MIR. Rey-
holds said: "1 will be there regardless,
lt ] have to ride Shank's mare" A
tour will be made in the east
ern counties when this one is finished.
While talking to a representative Of
The GazetteNews yesterday, he stated
that he will ride 276 miles across the
country in a whirlwind campaign for
votes in the counties of Haywood,
Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, Clay,
Pennsylvania, Henderson and Chero-
kee and will later speak in the other
counties of the district.
MI. Reynolds state that he intends
to leave Asheville the morning OF
April 6 and make fourteen speeches
at as many different places in as
many days. He states that he expects
to get in personal touch with more
than 1000 voters of the district on
his ride. The first stop is to be made
Canton, where an address will be
delivered on the night Of the sixth.
The next day he intends TO make two
speeches, one at Clyde in the after
noon and the other at Hazlewood at
night. At 2 p. n. Monday April 6, he
viii speak at Waynesville and double
cack to Canton for his first night adj
iress.
This district is one of the largest In
he entire south and in making a can
on horseback, Mr.. Reynolds is
attempting something that probably
nc other candidate for congress ever :
lied. In making the ride he intends
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02
not give your lad
V1A4 the same training?

when ! was a growing lad, and came
upon many words in my reading that
/ DID not understand, my mother, in
stead CT giving me the definition when
I applied to heE, uniformly sent me to
the dictionary to learn ii, and in this
way / gradually learned many things
besides the meaning of the individual
word n Gzestion-amOng other things,
how to use a dictionary, and the great
pleacUre and advantage there might
be in the use of the dictionary.
Afterwards, when I went to the village
~.EcaoOl, my chief diversion, after les
cns were learned and before they
were recited, was in turning ever the
pages Of the Unabridged of those
days. Now the most modern UEa-
bridged-theNEW INTERNATIONAL
gives ne a pleasure of the same sort.
&c far as my knowledge extends, it is
at present the best of the o~1e-voIuEe
dictionaries, and quite sufficient fSr
I'll criiEz-y C-c5. Even thc5e who
posses tie Ca1c16I dictionaries In
EGEeral vCZ1rre5 WI yet End il a great
c-cz7c1:c7cc 20 have this, which is 30
compact, so fu;l, and so Trustworthy
IS to leave, in most cases, little to be
dcs:rcd."- Albert s. Cook, Ph.D., LID,
Professor of TIE English Language and
Literature, Yale Univ. April q, 1911.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02

The State Board of Health an
nounces that DIR. L. B. McBrayer of
Asheville becomes a member of tn
staH of the Department Of Health
special attention to be devoted by him
to the campaign against tuberculosis,
this to include the management of the.
state tuberculosis sanitarium.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18

The case of foreign ships which
nave been heither owned nor sper.
ated by American citizens and cor.
porations, but which may be taken
over by them, may be less clear
'han that Of the numerous vessels OF
the Steel corporation ana the United
FRUIT Company But " seems doubt.
iui that any complication can Arise
from the bonsfide sale and. aside
from the interests of the United
states, 1t will be well for the peace
ana commerce OF the world In have
this principle well established by a
conspicuous instance. For that Il will
be established becomes apparent
when the purely practical conditions
are scrutinized.
None Of the warning powers, bur.
dened as they are. will seek difficult.
ties with the United States. They
have troubles enough Ms It is. Fur
thermore, since 1t is increasingly
probable that England will retain
command of the sea and that the few
German cruisers now at large will In
time be forced to inferno in neutral
ports, any question of the validity OF
transfer of registry would almost
necessarily come from England. Hut
1t Is already apparent that. due large
ly to the wanton course of Germany
In bringing on the war, the sympa-
thies Of the people of this country
are strongly on the side of England
and the triple entente. And it will
be to the ports of England aud France
kept open to neutrals by the British
command of the sea, that these YES
sells transferred to American regis
try will be most numerously olyirg
with cargoes of grain and other com.
modties. With the immense British
feet in the North sea, any erdeavor
to reach the blockaded German ports
will not be an attractive adventure,
The wireless telegraph, by which
scouts can keep in touch with each
other across wide area covering the
approach to any port, must add great
ly to the practical effectiveness o.:
any blockade. - Springfield Repub-
lican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18

THE farmer or Other landowner"
say our national forest oiiicers, "tSc
often sells second growth white pine
stumpage for less than It is worth
because he does not know how much
lumber The stand 10 actually capable
of yielding" This timber will often
earn good profit II #srsly allowed
to stand, with perhaps some thinning
at the proper time. Owners OF white
pine timber lands who are not conf.
dent On their own judgment as to its
value should take the advice of the
state forester, or tie Forest Service
at Washington. lr
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18
GIRL HARVEST HAND
DRESSES AS MAN
Sex Was Discovered When She Tried
To Handle q
Pitchfork ~nN.

Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 15.-For six
weeks Marie Patrick OF Des Arc, Ark,
posed In Kansas as man. She wore
mems clothing, and during harvest
helped about cook shacks and the
barn and did light work because sho
announced she was not strong enough
te Do q mars work.
The farnSf beeshs shert OF help
and she was compelled to take bitch
fork and help stack wheat. Her &C.
tons caused the farmer who had
been suspicious OF her sex to accuse
his slender. girlish looking hired man
Of being a girl, and Marie confessed.
An effort is being made to locate
her relatives.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18
BANANAS MAY
COST 81 EACH
imported Goods VIII BE Higher and
Home Products
Lower

Gloucester. Mass, Aug. 12-Apples
this fall may be q dollar barrel,
bananas may be one dollar each,
WOODEN goods may be higher, gasoline
may be lower, tires and rubber goods
may cost more.
These are some of the price chang.
es in America that may result from
the European war, according to Rog.
er w. Babson, statistician of Welles.
ley Hills.
The statishcian pointed out that
because there would be a decrease in
the exports Of innumerable commodi
ties, this couatry should be able to
buy at reduced prices. ,
Prices in general. he said, woule
be higher on those articles that are
imported, such as sugar, rice and
tea. Flour he believes should be
cheaper, as should also prices for
cotton, meat and all grain products
1.-The packers, however," he said
may put up prices because of the
war and then put them up again when
the war is over, because peace is
made. would advise hand to hand
purchases.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18
The Transfer Of
Merchant Ships to
American Registry

The fear that the transfer OF ,or
eign vessels to American registry IN
der the bills introduced by Congress
man Underwood, with the presidents
approval, may involve the United
States in serious international coli,
plications ought not to be well fornd
ed; We do not believe that It is. In
the first place, the officials Of the
government, acting under the bill
when 1t becomes law, should be .,'.cd
upon to exercise the most scrupulous
care in admitting to registry only
such vessels as now belong to, or ma :
be formally purchased by, Americ an
citizens or American corporations du
ly chartered.
No one, we take 1t, would be so alb.
surd as to doubt the validity Of the
transfer to our flag of vessels Le-
longing to such companies as the Uui-
ted fruit and the United States stee,
corporation, which although built,
owned and operated by American
capital, have sailed under other flags
because of the burdens OF our regis
try laws. 1t appears that the steel
corporation thus owns outright . or
10 of its fleet of As ocean carriers
and that 1t is considering the purch-
ase of the others, which it now oper-
ates under lease, with view 10 en-
tering the Atlantic freight bus,ne IS
In the transport Of grain. 1t Is said
that practically all the corporations
vessels in the far East and elsewhere
have been engaged. no matter under
which flag the individual ship has
sailed, in the general freight bust
ness aside from the transportation OF
steel. The suspension or annul,nent
by order of the president OF the re-
quirement that ships Of American reg
istry must be Differed by Americana
would make 1t possible for these ships
to continue to operate with their.
present personnel, for It would De OBJ
viously impossible to find at u Lo.
ment's notice American officers srf-
ficient in number and adequate in
training for the command Of large
number of vessels.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18

The Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association, speaking for the med
ical profession, seems to have proven
beyond doubt that septic sore throat
in human beings in many cases is
caused by drinking milk from a cos
suffering from gsrget. At Cortland
and Homer, New York, the epidemic
was traced to one milkman. Two
cows in the herd were found to have
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18

An Illinois farmer after pasturing
fifteen horses on sweet clover Is
convinced that 1t has furnished him
as much pasturage OF the best and
most pa.atable sort as four times as
much land would have given In blue
grass. II was green and thrifty all
through the drought. And yet there
are still people who call sweet clover
noxious weed!