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Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
Crowes of Hoboes.

Fairfield Fairfield is infested with about every species of the genus hobo. and many are the stories heard during the course of a day regarding the iden- tity and whereabouts of the knights of the road to whom many of the re. cent robberies are laid. Some say that they live at the beach and others remark that the robbers are at pres ent living in barn at Greenfield Hill. Also q story of large camp of the rascals in the woods back of the Wakeman farm on Benson road is cir culating about town. While motoring to Westport, Deputy Sheriff H. R. El- wood counted 20 men hiking along the road, apparently down and out"
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
LOST

On Monday morning, Dec. IA, be- tween Providence and Elm streets, a Ladies Gold Watch with innitials l.. NJ. ID. on fob chain. A reward of 5 00 will be given 10 the finder by return ing the .property 10 this office or ls' Providence street, Putnam. 5f
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
New JaIlor Named.

New Haven.-Sheriff Hugo has to fill the place made vacant by the death of Charles J. Donahue. The ap. pointment is until the present term ex- pires on June l. but 1t is expected that he will be reappointed for the next four years. Mir. Brown has been prom inent in ninth ward politics and has been chairman Of the ward for four years. He has been emrioyed at Win chester for twenty years.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
Grand List sf4s.ooo 900.

New Haven.-The board Of assess ors will complete the grand list for the year next week and they believe that 1t will reach the sum of s14s.000, GOO, which is an increase Of s4 .000, 900 over that of last year. There are 10000 taxpayers in the city. which is an in- crease of 300 over last year. The Winchester company is the heaviest taxpayer among the manufacturing corporations. while the Malley com pany leads in the amount of taxable property held by any one corpvra- ton.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

The Young Ladies seminary closes Friday for three weeks vacation. Miss Beebe is at her residence again, after spending few weeks at the VeT- non Stiles.
 Travel as the crow flies-direct. Sit still and telephone. adv
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
pr. Flint Promoted.

Hartford.-Announcement is made by Adiutant General George NJ. Cole of the Connecticut National Guard, of the promotion of First Sergeant Fred erick A. Johnson to be second lieu tenant of Co. I, First Infantry, and the promotion of Dr. Joseph NJ. Flint of New Haven to be first lieutenant of the Medical Reserve corps.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
2OMFRET LANDING

Mrs. A. Nson lost valuable COW on Saturday night.
 Fred Paine hss moved from the Key holds house to ope owned by F. l.. Wright near the bfidge.s
 Fordice Hilton, wiso is at the Day Kimball hospital, is.reported AS doing well and on the road 10 recovery.
 Miss Edna iillibridge. Eas a recent guest of Mrs. J. D. Johnson and her daughter.
 Be an economist. Save by tele- phone. huN
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
Iarue Sent Home.

Bridgeport.-Alfred Larue. suspect ed of being demented. was returned to Ansonia by the police. He was held here for investigation following 6 viv- i'd story of fight which did not take place and in which he said that he was shot in the head. Investigation proved that the story the man told was true. His relatives. who reside in Massachusetts will care for the man in Ansonia.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
Somfres NeiyhbosAood Association Notes

No special program will be given Saturday evening, but the Hslse VII be open for social time for ans oi the mem bers who wish t6 come.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

Deans Rheumatic Pills for Rheu- matism and Neuralgia. Entirely veg etable. safe, adv
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

In Putnam, Dee. 15, William Man son, aged 56
 In Meriden, Dec. 9th, Mrs. Belle Snow, aged 64, formerly of Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
BIRTHS

In Campo Seco, California, Dee. slh, daughter, Ruth Bond, to Raymond A. and Edith NJ Fuller.
 DEATHS
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12
Thlckenlne and En-.
largement Caused
by Old Age.
Normal Hart of a
Full Grown
Person,

his brain greatly atrophied. The same
condition was found in the brain Of Mommsen.
the great German historian.
Everybody knows, of course, that sight Is
impaired In various ways in old age. There
are some curious eccentricities about this
process Where there has been short sight in
earlier life it frequently happens that the senie
fattening of the lens will so far reduce the
former excessive convexity as to bring about
normal convexity of the eye. This explains
the Second sight" of aged persons who had
been obliged to use glasses in earlier life and
can see we'll without glasses in old age.
The author has found red amorphous phos-
phorus very useful in senile hardening of the
arteries. 1t is eliminated as anonymous phos-
phate of lime and increases lime elimination.
The badness of old age is explained by DR..
Nascher to be due to atrophy OF the sebaceous
glands of the hair roots. He gives some useful
suggestions for treating this condition.
"'The diminished sebum can be replaced by
animal oil or fat" he says. "Petrolatum Is not
an animal fat and its employment is harmful.
The mouths of the follicles should be cleaned
out by washing the scalp with 2 per cent
solution of biborate of soda. After the head
has been cleaned a mild stimulant should be
cantharides, capsicum or jaborandi, using L
dram of the tincture to 4 ounces OF water.
The fat or oil should be used only after the
scalp is thoroughly dried 1t may be men.
toned that when hair oils which consisted OF
animal fats, we're used, badness was Tar less
prevalent than now.
1t should be comforting to many to know
that old age, when healthy and normal has its
compensations The resistance to bacterial In
huences is apparently greater in old age than
In earlier life.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

Columbus's egg: It is infinitely more useful
to mankind. pudding" is a thing some
thing like a bolster of stout ropenet stuffed
with old junk, but much thicker in the middle
than at the ends. 1t can be seen on almost
every tug working in our docks. 1t is, in
fact, a fixed cork-fender always in position
where presumably it would do most good. Had
the Storstad carried such a pudding" pro-
portionate to her size (say two feet diameter
In the thiekest part) across her stem. and
hung just a little above the level of her
hawse-pipes, there would have been an acct.
dent certainly. and some repair work for the
nearest ship yard, but there would have been
no loss of life to deplore.
We shall see If, with that disaster calling
aloud to them they will make the rule that
every steamship should carry a permanent
fender across her stem, from two to four feet
in diameter in its thickest part in proportion
to the size of the ship. But perhaps they
may think the thing too rough and unsightly
for this scientific and aesthetic age. It Ger.
tainly went look very pretty, but l make
bold to say it will save more lives at sea
than any amount Of the Marconi installations
which are being forced on the shipowners on
that very ground-the safety of lives at sea.
We shall seei
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

partial tribunal, which has never punished
seamen for the faults of shipowners-as, in
deed, it could not do even II it wanted to.
And now, apart from all problems Of
manoeuYring, of rules of the road, of the
judgment OF the men in command, away from
their possible errors and from the points the
court will have to decide, If ask ourselves
what 1t was that was needed to avert this
disaster costing so many lives, spreading so
much sorrow, and to a certain point shocking
the public conscience-f we ask that ques-
ton, what is the answer to be?
can give it-but dare hardly set It down.
Yes; what was it that was needed, what in
genious combinations of shipbuilding, what
transverse bulkheads, what skill, what genius
how much expense in money and trained
thinking, what learned contriving. to avert
that disaster?
Yes; one man, a quartermaster an able sea-
man that would know how to jump to an order
and was not an excitable fool In my time
at sea there was no lack of men in British
ships who could jump to All order and were
not exctable fools. AS TO the so-called cork
fender, it is a sort of soft balloon made from
a net Of thick rope rather more than foot
In diameter. It is such long time since
have indented for corkfenders that don't
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

appear attractive, even when extremely old
The oftrepeated advice that the aged should
eat little and often is irrational, tor diges-
ton is naturally slower in old age, and fire.
quent feelings keep the stomach constantly a.
work, there being always of food in this
stomach in different stages of digestion This
Is the most frequent cause OF hatulence. heart-
burn and senile gastric catarrh.
In old age food should be taken not oftener
than once in five six hour intervals at fixed
hours each day. The number of meals, like
the time of day when the principal meal Is
taken, is a matter of habit often of nationality.
and does not affect the rule. few simple d.
rections will serve better than any liked diet
list.
If food cannot be masticated It should be
chopped up fine or administered in the form of
mush. No food should be taken between meals.
Milk, buttermilk, weak tea, coffee, strained
cocoa, can be taken, however, preferably an
hour after meals. Meat should be used spar
lngly, not oftener than once day, preferably
underdone. Pork is forbidden. Fish and she'll
fish may be taken if they do not produce Ill
effects, but If they harm once, they will harm
again.
Vegetables containing much fibre, like Gao
bage, turnips, carrots, sweet potatoes, ETC..
leave large amount of waste, and induce
peristalsis. The cereals and the breakfast foods
all good.
The day should be begun with a glass of
hot water containing a little table salt or
If necessary, a teaspoonful of the cathartic
salts, and at night glass of hot milk may be
taken before going to bed. AS the old person is
liable to awake during the night, a glass of
milk can be left at the bedside. Gastric and
intestinal disorders may necessitate modihca-
ton of these rules. A safe general rule is to
avoid all purinforming substances. foods con.
tanning much celulose and foods containing a
large percentage of water. This will hold
good for all conditions. Notwithstanding all
that has been said and written against drink
ing and smoking, most men who have reached
advanced age have INDUCED in both. Every
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

tenders are effectively used. The water was
as smooth as in any dock; one ship was
motionless, the other Just moving at what
may be called dock-speed when entering
leaving, shifting berths; and from the
moment the collision was seen TO be unavoid
able till the actual contact a whole minute
elapsed A minute-an age under the cir
cumstances. And no one thought of the home
ly expedient of dropping a simple, unpretend'
ing corkfender between the destructive stem
and the defenceless side!
Nothing more was needed. assure my
readers that say this with absolute corvic-
ton, and that l am talking Of something l
know. ! appeal confidently to all the seamen
in the still United Kingdom, from his Majesty
the King (who has been really at seal to the
youngest intelligent A. B. in any ship that
will dock next tide in the ports of this realm.
whether | not right. have followed the
sea for more than twenty years; / have seen
collisions; have been involved in collision
myself, and repeat emphatically that in the
case under consideration this little thing
would have made all that enormous difference
the difference between some slight damage
and an appalling disaster
This solution of the problem is as wonder.
full in its simplicity the celebrated trick OF
ID
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

remember how much these things cost apiece
ST or IS, perhaps. And one Of them, hung
judiciously over the side at the end of its
lanyard by a man who knew what he was
about, would have saved from destruction the
ship and upward of thousand lives.
Two men with two tenders would have
been better, but even the use of one would
have made all the difference between a very
damaging accident and downright disaster
BY the time the cork-fender had been squeezed
between the liners side and the bluff OF the
Storstads bow, the effect or the latter's re.
versed propeller would have been produced
and the ships would have come apart with
no more damage than, perhaps, bulged or
started plates and that above the water-line.
too. not enough to cause leak-let alone
a sinklngi
Wasn't there lying about on that liners
bridge, fitted with all sorts Of scientific con-
trivances, a couple of simple and effective
corkfenders-or on board of that Norwegian.
either? There must have been, since one
ship was just out of dock or harbor and the
other just arriving That is the time, If ever,
when corkfenders are lying about ships
decks. -
And there was plenty of time to use them.
and exactly in the conditions in which such
1914. by the Star Company. Great Britain RICH
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

How Increased Curvature Dmin-
shes Stature.
thing in excess is harmful AS for the deter.
mination of what is excessive, every man Is
his own Judge. When a man has lived so ra-
tonal life that he has reached old age. 1t
be safely left to his own judgment to de-
eide how much he can drink and smoke with
out harm.
The question of exercise is intimately bound
up with mental stimulation The aged need
mental and physical exercise and recreation,
the form Of both depending on the individual.
Physical activity cannot be prolonged on ac
count of the weakened locomotory tissues
these soon becoming tired; also on account OF
the increased action of the heart and lungs
which cannot keep up prolonged hyperacttvity
without increasing their own degeneration
Still, some form of exercise is necessary to
prevent stiffening OF the joints
A walk through unfamiliar forest
path will not alone give physical exercise, but
will stimulate the brain and cause continual
mental exhilaration. Nothing, however, equals
a few hours of fishing when fishing is good.
Functional changes in the brain and nervous
system as age advances often the most
marked of all the changes in the organism.
The brain and spinal cord shrink and the
nerves receive and deliver messages more
slowly.
Strange to say, extensive anatomical
changes have been found without functional
changes Bunsen, who died at the age OF
eighty-nine, was engaged in profound scien.
tifc research up to the time Of his death. yet
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

pulp aS go SulpS Oul VI any 4gOuV INV
= afloat upon the sea.
AS to the point which must come up for the
decision of the Court of Inquiry, it is as fine
as a hair. The two ships saw each other
plainly enough before the fog closed on them.
No one can question Captain Kendalrs pru-
dence. He has been as prudent as ever he
could be. There is not q shadow OF doubt
as TO that.
But there is this question: Accepting the
position Of the two ships when they saw each
other as correctly described in the very latest
newspaper reports, 1t seems clear that 1t was
the Empress of Ireland's duty to keep clear
of the collier, and what the court will have
to decide is whether the stopping OF the
liner was, under the circumstances, the best
way of keeping her clear of the other, who
had the right to proceed cautiously on an I'M
changed course.
That, reduced to its simplest expression, is
the question which the court will have TO
decide.
I, who have been seaman, mate and master
for twenty years, holding my certificate under
the Board of Trade, may safely say that none
az us ever felt in danger of unfair treatment
from a Court Of Inquiry. 1t is perfectly inn
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12

ERIATRICs: the diseases OF old age
and their treatment" Is the title OF
an interesting new work by DR.. l. Il.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-12
Joseph Conrad Suggests Simple Prevent Collisions Between

THE Empress Of Ireland was as safe a
ship as 999 ships out of any 1000 now
= afloat upon the sea-
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-10-22

Miss VERNE Beerup is visiting
aer cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Simons Of Bellingham.
~. r. Sorensen made a trim to
Blaine last Wednesday on telephone
business. He took az his guests.
MRS. Mary Nelson and daughter,
Clara, Of Ferndale; Mrs. Rob Soren-
sen and Mrs. N. P. Sorensen.
Mrs. Beauregard, of California ia
visiting with her son, l.. D. Beeman
MIR. and Mrs. Will Gilfillen, who
nave been making their home in
Anacortes for some time, have re-
turned to their home here for the
winter.
Miss Laurel Wight has resumed
her duties as teacher in the Eureka
school after two weeks illness.
Miss Cady Cameron, who has been
visiting for week with her sister,
Mrs. Ed Richie. Of Anacortes, was
accompanied home by her, sister-in-
law, Mrs.. N. A. Cameron. Of Man,
iiton. who will visit for a short
time at the cameron home.
Nels Jordal has sold his fine
forty acre farm to Swan Nelson of
Bellingham for consideration Of
$4,000. Mr.. Jordal does not know
Just where he will make his future
home.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-10-22
VAN BUREN,

r. Kirkman and family spent
Sunday with o. Wilcoxson and fam
lily.
Arthur Pierce called ON William
Rarick Sunday evening.
Mrs. Rachel Alex arrived Satur-
day and will reside here this winter
Miss Anna johnson and father
were In Sumas Thursday.
Lois Heathers spent Sunday with
Ida Hinton.
Mabel Wilcoxson spent Sunday
evening with her cousin. Margaret
Kirkman.
H. Hinton and family attended tn
Sumas fair Thursday.
Alfred Alex was a Clearbrook Wis
itOr Saturday.
Mrs. Dora Miller OF Lynden spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs. r.
Kirkman.
Fred Larson and wife spent SUM-
day In Stranded.
F.. Ware was the guest of VIM.
Rarick at dinner Sunday.
Margaret Kirkman visited Miss
Lissie Perry Saturday afternoon.
Viola WilcOxsOn spent Sunday
night with her cousin. Mildred Will
cOxson.
Mrs. Sherman Heathers and four
daughters visited Mrs. X. Kirkman
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hinton and
three children called at the r.
Kirkman home Sunday evening.
Abbie ellis. Olga Tagenbeldt and
Jennie Ware were SumaS visitors
Thursday.
Ray Heathers called at the Hin
ton home Sunday evening.
Henry Nutter and wife were visit
ing at Stranded Sunday morning.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-10-22

The Ladies Aid was very pleasant
ly entertained Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. A. w. Jones.
Mrs. Herbert Mcleod and little
daughter of Bellingham spent Sat
urday and Sunday visiting her
brother, Norris Howell and family
at the L. l.. Reynolds home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Nixon return
ed home Monday from six weeks
visit in the East.
Miss Ina Schell spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her, parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Schell.
Mr.. Mosher from Seattle spent
from Wednesday until Monday visit
Ing his sister. Mrs. Claude Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jones entertain
ed at dinner Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Tarte, Mrs. Clara Behme and
daughter, Amy and Mrs. Claude
Behme.
James Vaughn returned Monday
from months visit with his per-
ents in Tennessee.
Mrs. Will Pratt, Mrs. Amt, Mrs
r. M. Hale, Mrs. Clara Behme, Mrs.
Jas. Porter, Mrs. Bannister and Mrs.
Hamshaw Of Ferndale attended Re-
bekah District Lodge at Sumas Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Behme are
the proud parents Of baby girl,
born October 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Schell enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Beatty
and family at dinner Sunday.
Nine year old Johp Markinson
had his face cut quite badly Satur-
day ON a barb-wire fence.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Holman were
the dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Rogers Sunday.
Mrs. Olive Robbins and daughter.
Pansy BrunsOn were Bellingham
shoppers Saturday.
The Odd Fellows will give a
masquerade ball, Halloween night.
October 81, with music by the Lyn-
den orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Williams and
little son, Morris left Monday for
a short visit with relatives Ia Seat
tie.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-10-22
CLEARBROOK

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Anderson of
Carlisle. Lummi Island. visited Mrs.
Mabel Smith Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Merriam and Miss
Guile were Bellingham visitors Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Hardness Of
EversOn visited the Weide home Sun,
day.
Visitors to the .Sumas fair Thurs
day were Cora Hagen. Mrs. Roy
Hagen, Mrs. Greenough. Mrs. Alex.
l.. Baldry. H. T. Dillen. Mrs. Mabel
Smith, Leona King. Rachel Turner,
lone GreenOugh and Lizzie Cornell.
Mrs. Mabel A. Smith and daugh-
ter, Helen were Bellingham visitors
Saturday.
Rev. William Motter has accepted
a call at Concrete AMI will take up
his work November 1.
Miss Eleanor Elder of Tacoma
visited relatives here last week.
Mrs. Clark Smith Is visiting her
mother in Bellingham.
Carl Johnson and Charlie Smith
OF Bellingham visited Carts parents
here Sunday.
Mr.. ROckelar from Massachusetts
IL visiting his sister. Mrs. West.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-10-22
WEST DELTA

An auto belonging to E. A.
Moody Of Lynden stirred up Delta
considerably Saturday night. Mr..
Moody had travelled to Blaine and
had returned as far as Krist
Krohn's house on his way 10 visit
Barney Weidkamp when his machine
broke down. Mr.. Weidkamp took
Mr.. Moody to Lynden In his own
car. leaving the Moody machine in
the road. AT 8:45 in the evening,
Mr.. TObiasen saw the car blazing.
The fire damaged the top and
cushions before it could be extin-
guished. The loss il 5000.
Mrs. Henry Wampler and Mrs.
Minnie Weidkamp visited Mrs.
KrOhn Sunday.
Barney Weidkamp and Ben Mari
were Lynden visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weidkamp
spent Saturday night in Lynden
with their daughter, Mrs. B. Ship
py.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Axling and
children, Hilmer and Levern, were
visiting ut the w. w. Johnson home
Monday.
Mrs. Andrew Harlander visited
Minnie Weidkamp last Wednesday.
Henry Weidkamp is i'll this week.
DR.. MOunter Of Lynden was called
to attend him.
Mrs. GOOtkenic and Miss Julia
were visitors at the Henry Keuchen-
reuther home Saturday afternoon.
Bill Bitterman and Miss Louise
Bitterman, Will YeagOr and Miss
Mamie Wright spent Sunday at the
homes Of Barney and Henry Weld
kamp.
Frank BOstwick made his first
trip through Camp town Monday.
A number OF young folks gather
ed at the Charlie Henderson home
to congratulate Will Henderson who
surprised his friends by bringing
home bride. Mr.. Henderson WAS
raised in Delta and is well liked
throughout the district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kuchenreuth-
or and children visited the Krist
KrOhn home last Sunday Afternoon.