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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03

And HE wasn't known--tlll
today.
A ponderouu rumor has been
ploddlnu heavily about tho
country 20 the effect tina, there
was an auplomeratlon Of adlpos-
ny by tho name Of Eckert. who
exceeded by over hundred
pounds the 625-pound weight Of
Charles Jackson, Masaaehu-
sett's claimant OF tho grand
gold medal In the fat-n,an con
test.
Editors kept tho wires hot. try
ing 10 locate bis royal fatncsn. but
IN vain.
They were skeptlch.
Surely. a man OF that size couldn't
travel about without being noticed.
He'd TIP down the side OF the
continent. or cause some other ter.
reetrial disturbance that would
make his presence felt.
Well. the editors were right.
Happy Jack" Eckert got gu; OF bed
this morning. and the town trem
bled.
Il Is trembling now with pride, 90
discover that Il hArborn the hugest
human In history.
Jack Ecker; Ia travelling with a
street carnival. That has been his
profession for many OF tho years
which he has passed helping 90 sta.
billxe old Mother Earth.
He was born In Sydney. Austria.
lia. When he entered the ring, he
weighed.in At 10 pounds. lie IL now
81 years old. and has gained 100
pounds In those 80 years
Happy Jacks circumference
10 HIS prize dimension.
he 10 Q feet inches around
tho wsis,i
he 10 unable. because % this
slxe, 20 enter carriages. and 90
does HE travelling from station
10 hotel on a truck with the
scenery.
IN trains his manager 10 al
ways careful 90 locate him In
the center Of the car. 90 there
will be no danger OF capslxinp
u. and 30 the springs a, each
end can cooperate In bearing
hls weight.
Happy Jack" II a member OF the
Loyal order OF Moose. belonging TO
tho Alexandria fIsal lodge.
He does not claim 20 DO the fat.
test man In the country. bu, none
faticr has been found. aud II seems
certain that Ecker, will soon ba
wearing tho grand gold medal for
being Americas biggest man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
PROUD DADDY
SEIZED BY COP

The stork visited the homo OF
John Humphrey Allen at George.
town yesterday.
II tickled the new dad so much
he went autoing 20 tell his friends
about II. Each one who heard the
news also had a little nip. A po-
liceman stopped him. Allen landed
in police court. Charge: Driving
an auto while intoxicated. Fine S..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
EATS ICE CREAM
IN STORE; GOES
HOME and DIES

Ptomaine poisoning from a dish
of ice cream Is believed 10 have
been the cause OF the sudden death.
last evening Of 22-year-old Howard
Sinclair. 202 Republican st.. sales
man for the Morris Candy Co. Sin
clair ate the ice cream in Pike st..
store. went home and died IN a few
minutes.
The police are investigating.
A barrel OF gelatine consigned to
an Ice cream company here was
held up by Federal Attorney Clay
Allen yesterday, on a charge that It
Is misbranded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
CLUB KICKS ON
PORT SCHEME

Does Seattle want any more cold
storage warehouses;
The Commercial Club says nay.
Too many already.
The port commission says yea.
The two came together yesterday,
but agreed to bury the Ratchet until
July 10.
The port proposes to build a
seven-story one at the end OF the
East waterway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
LEARNED DOC OF HARVARD :
JUST DOES LOVE TO FISH

To be great historian is all
right. as far as II goes. but DIR. Fred
J. Turner OF Harvard. who Is leciur-
ing at the state university summer
schools. says fishing is more sport
Students at the ~" were quite
shocked when they saw the doc
sneak across the campus the other
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
HAPPY JACKS QUITEAB BROTH
OF A BOY! MEASURES EIGHT
Feet AND HALF ROUND WAIST

POTTSVlLLE Pa. July 3s-Your correspondent was
about 10 send out of the tremendous earthquake the
first in Pennsylvania history which shook Pottsve today.
causing considerable damage chmneys and brieabrac
But instead. he is forced send the glorious
that THE champion fat of America has been found
The earthquake-t turned out-was just Happy Jack
Eekert getting out OF bed Many elephants and baeshps
and several mountains known weigh 739 pounds
But Happy Jack Eckert is tho only HUMAN BEING
attained that weight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
They MUSTLOOk
FUNNY TO WALT

The astounding statement that
styles in women's clothes have
changed is made by Walter II. John
son, assistant educational superin-
tendent OF Northwest Alaska. who
is here after five years In the North.
We hadn't noticed II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
DOCTORS Wife
GIVEN DIVORCE
ANDS25 A Week

Judge Macintosh granted d.
vorce TO Mrs. Emma Shaw Johnson
from DIR. Smith s. Johnson yester
day afternoon, following testimony
from the wife TO the effect that the
physician had squandered her for
tune OF $4,000
She also charged he had kept com
pany with another woman.
She was granted SIS week all
mony and $3.50 attorneys fees.
DR.. Johnson pleaded that he had
little money or properly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
SEATTLE CHERRY CITY

Editor The Star: Let us plant
cherry trees for every house on
every street and on every vacant
lot. If Portland Is the Rose City.
then let Seattle be the Cherry
City.
The kaiser and his family visit
Ellevaley, Germany. every year.
whore n great annual cherry fes-
tival is held II is great event
and could be made such in this
very city, too.
GERMAN READER,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03

day, clad in rough clothes. with a
fishing basket slung across his
shoulder and pole In one hand.
Il like to fish better than study
Ing history" the doc explained.
sheepishly.
He is recognized as one OF Amer
ica's foremost historians.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
FUNE TODAY

Funeral services for Charles +.
stastny. 50. who died yesterday at
his home. 1902 First av. ~. will be
held from the Bonney Watson I'M
dertaking parlors at O'Clock today.
Mr.. Stastny was secretary OF the
Puget Sound Notion Co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
some SHOW, BOYS

The Midnight Alarm staged By
the Elks last night at tho Pantages
theatre as benefit for the Elks'
special 10 the Denver convention.
lived up to expectations. Perform
ers from various theatres took part.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03
FERRY SCHEDULE JULY 4

The public ferry LeschI will
leave Leschl park AZ tho ports
landing for Wildwood park az
follows: 7:2o, s:o5, 1850 a. m.
1850. 1910 .. m Boats return
Ing from Wildwood park TO
LesehI park will leave Belle
vue a. foIlo~ss: 4:4S ESQ.,
$50. 1000. ii:S5 .. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03

mIss Adeila Parker will deliver q
lecture on The Five Monopolies-
at the Socialist temple. I'll Olive
st. Sunday evening. at O'Clock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-03

t:s reward for information leading 10 the
r~ccvsry % the body % Henry y. hoss
drowned IN Henderson bay. near Rose
dale Iuns a.. NsiEht feet ~ ineh~a
wefrhs ia pounds sxe - years Nerr
slender iirht hicnts ssnccfh shawn
exceps short clipped musssch.i olcnt
hair and r,ur,arhs. Notify Dr. VIVA
n Scott sts tsth Az. v. seatfl@ WASH
Phone East set
In the story which this small sd
reveals is mystery that may never
be solved.
Henry r. Roe. IS. the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. II. o. Roe. s2T 23rd az. ~.
for several years an employc OF the
East Mercer Pharmacy. 18th av.
and Mercer ST.. Is dead.
At least his relatives and friends
have given him up for dead.
Was he drowned while enjoying
= swim In Henderson bay. or did
some unknown assassin send him
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16

s.fanf.r foo rrfund lhN 1sas
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urraIh ind even "a few apfs
should Show wonderful mp
.Hue .I lue -m1lI.r rockies -
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
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Coupon
TODAY

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bound volume.
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

sown in the spring on winter grain, the
grain Is narrowed very lightly after
the clover seed is sown broadcast, or
the clover seed may be put In with a
double disc or shoe grain drill. The
selection Of nurse crop for clover
must be determined quite largely from
the crops best adapted to the soil and
needs of the farm; and, at the same
time, one that will materially assist
the clover in meeting the usual eli
matte condition of tho locality should
be used.
Young clover should never be pas
tured or cut for hay the year of It's
seeding, unless it should show signs OF
blossoming after the nurse crop has
been removed. Then 1t is safer to clip
off the heads with q mower than to
pasture closely OF cut for hay. Meth
er should 1t be pastured the second
spring, before 1t has a good start and
the ground Is we'll settled.
Clover is an excellent pasture crop
for all classes Of stock, as 1t furnishes
luxuriant growth of highly nutri-
tious food from early spring until late
in the fall. providing 1t is not pastured
too closely. During the heat of the
summer it should not be pastured
closely, as this will curtail the fall
feed. The after crop that comes on
after taking off the hay crop makes
excellent fall pasture. The grave dan
ger from clover pasture is bloat.
Where stock is turned on to 1t gradu-
ally until they are accustomed to It..
and then kept on 1t continuously, with
access to some kind of dry feed, salt,
and water, there Is very little, IL any,
danger from bloat.
Clover makes splendid hay when
properly cured and stored. One ton
of well-cured clover hay Is worth, for
feeding purposes, nearly one-half as
much as ton Of bran. Glover hay
is especially valuable for feeding dairy
cows or young stock. The quality of
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
ITCHING, BURNING ECZEMA

r. F. d. No. 1, Box Is, Corapeake,
N. C.-"My baby began with the ecze-
ma itching and burning. 1t broke out
all over his head and face, legs and
arms with little pimples. | did not
sleep any In about four months. He
cried and itched all night and day for
four months until his head and face
were matter all over He was dlsflg-
ured badly. His clothing would be
difficult to remove at times.
II tried two treatments with no sue
cess at all and l had almost decided
there was no cure for 1t. / was told
by a friend that Cuticura Soap and
Ointment would cure 1t. / washed the
child with the Cuticura Soap and
warm water two or three times a day,
then anointed him all over with the
Cuticura Ointment. He took a great
change and slept night and day.
used Cuticura Soap and Ointment six
months and he was cured complete
ly." (Signed) Mrs. Arma Lee, Mar.
"a, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample Of each
free, with SIP. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
LAUGH ON OLD CAL CLAY
Jack London Makes a Comparison In
Story That Has the Elements
OF Humor.

Jack London said In Vera Cruz,
where he was sojourning as war
correspondent:
Some of these young war CORE
spondents whom see about me are
as ignorant of war correspondence
ship as old Cal Clay was ignorant of
astronomy:
81 found old Cal Clay sitting in his
shirt sleeves on his front stoop one
day, putting like mad on his pipe, and
never getting puff of smoke from it.
"As l drew near he struck three
matches and held, them to the bowl;
he sucked and sucked till his cheeks
seemed TO meet inside; still never a
puff Of smoke.
"And burnt matches lay all round
his chair There must have been a
boxful of them.
why, CAL said I, what on earth
are you doingr
THAT chump of Wash Whites
been tryin' to fool me, expect said
he, and he took another futile puff
and put his pipe down in disgust. That
chump Wash told me If l smoked
piece of glass could see the spots on
the SUM-"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

clover hay depends on its palatibility
and nutritive value. Much of the
clover hay now used is very poor, ow-
ing to the fact that many try to cure
clover hay in the same way they cure
timothy hay. Glover hay is even more
valuable as feed than is indicated by
the amount of digestible nutriments it
contains. This is due to the fact that
clover is rich in protein or muscle
forming food. Such forms of rough
age as corn stover, timothy and fod-
der corn, are lacking in protein; and,
IL one using them as the roughage in a
ration, protein must be supplied by
feeding such high-priced grain as
oats, bran or oil meal; while il clover
is fed as the roughage, corn and bar
ley, which are cheaper grains, may be
used.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

they are attached. To prove this,
plant two beans in tin can contain
ing sandy soil; water and keep in a
warm, light place. Soon after the
beans push above ground take.a sharp
pointed knife and carefully cut off the
two half beans without injuring the
rest of the plant. Allow the plants to
grow for a week or two and note the
more rapid development of the plant
to which the half beans are attached.
The illustration shows beans planted
In rich black earth on the same day.
Both plants came up on the same day.
The half beans were then removed
from one. The other, 1t win be seen,
grew faster because the half beans
furnished food.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
TIME FOR CUTTING CLOVER
With Good Weather Hay Should Be
Left In the Wlndrow Over Night
and Turned the Next Day.

) Glover for hay should be cut as
soon as the first blossoms begin to
turn brown, and the hay should be
cured In the shade. After the clover
has been cut, 1t should be turned with
a tedder as soon as the leaves in the
upper part of the swath are well
wilted. Before the leaves and stems
become dry and stiff, the hay should
be raked into windrows. This will
shade most of the hay and allow u
good circulation of afr through it.
Clover cured in the windrow does not
get stiff like that exposed to the sun
In the swath for day or two. With
good weather the hay should be left
in the windrow over night and turned
a time OF two the next forenoon. II
should then be ready for the stack
the second afternoon. Cured In this
way the stems are soft and pliable and
much natural moisture is retained In
the leaves.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

Of white serge trimmed with colored
embroidery at the collar and on the
blouse fronts. The vest is of dull red
cloth and is embroidered in harmon
izing colors. The belt, cuffs, pocket
and skirt are piped with dull red.
Another suit which would be a
good investment for the seashore out
fit is a severely tailored suit of
dull blue, soft, basket weave wooden
material The upper part OF the coat
is made with yoke running around
the body of the coat underneath the
armholes. To this yoke the lower
part of the coat is attached with a
wide overlapping seam. There is a
stitched tailored collar also turn back
cuffs. The coat has large patch
pockets.
Linen is not an ideal material for
seashore wear, because 1t muses.
readily when damp and loses the
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
MoULDs FATAL 70 POULTRY
One Great Cause Of Large Number Of
Deaths Among Poultry, and Par
ticularIy Among Chicks.
tBy H L. KEMPSTER, Missouri Elk
pertinent Stationl

(By H l. KEMPSTER, Missouri Ex-
pertinent Station.)
Mouldy litter in poultry houses and
mouldy feed are the cause Of large
number Of deaths among poultry and
particularly among chicks. These
moulds taken into the body of the
fowl cause disease known as AS
pergillosis, The disease is as fatal as
the name sounds. Our scientists have
neglected to find shorter name for
the disease, but among poultrymen
chicks affected with the trouble are
commonly spoken of as '1ungers."
Many times the disease is mistaken
for white diarrhoea. The Missouri
college Of agriculture, In its investi-
cation of poultry diseases, notes the
following characteristic symptoms:
The chick stands around in a drowsy
manner and shows little desire to eat.
The wings hang down, the breath is
rapid and a white diarrhoea is pres
ent.
An affected chick will be found to
have soft, yellow growths from the
size Of a pinhead to that of a pea, main
ly In the lungs, but sometimes in the
intestines and mesentery. These
growths, clogging the air passages of
the lungs, ere directly responsible for
the death Of affected birds.
In mature fowls there are two forms
of the disease, The mucous membrane
lining the air-sacs and tubes may be
covered with membranous formation
which is soft and yellowish and has an
offensive odor, or the post mortem
will reveal white or yellowish nodules
imbedded in the tissues Of the lungs.
Early symptoms are that the bird is
inactive. sleepy and If forced to run,
will fall from exhaustion; breathing
is rapid, appetite is diminished and
more or less catarrh Is present.
There is no cure for the trouble, but
since 1t is caused by eating mouldy
feed or by being permitted access to
mouldy litter, it can be entirely pre-
vented by not compelling fowls to eat
mouldy food and by keeping them
away from mouldy litter.
This is just one of the many poultry
troubles that can be entirely avoided
by feeding nothing but fresh, clean
feed and keeping the pens and yards
free from filth and moulds.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
EASY TO BE MADE RAINPROOF
Garments of Almost Any Material
Worn Can 30 Rendered !mper-
vious to Moisture.

1t is generally known that garments
for rain, snow and dampness now
can be made so that they are what
might be called weatherproof. Rain
coats of rubber are still seen, but they
find a serious rivalry In the craven
cite coats, suits and wraps that look.
as far as material and cut go, like
any other garment. Most materials
now can be made rainproof. That Is
to say, fabrics can be treated by
chemical processes known to certain
manufacturers so that the rain or
snow does not soak through
Wooden material Is not the only
fabric that is so treated for travel
clothes, but also silks, cottons and
the new materials made of odd COM
positions that now are invented to
get new lusters and textures that give
us such variety in materials.
For the aew outing capes there
are plaid checks, called velour, check,
In the strong color combinations that
look SO we'll out of doors. For these
lovely mannish long loose coats that
are invaluable winter and summer as
loose, comfortable wraps and can go
over other and lighter coats, there
are the duff1e fieeces with their strik-
ing block effects softened by the fieecy
down on the surface.
Iridescent gaberdine is something
new for travel coats. and is refec-
ton of the changeable silk styles. 1t
ia two-toned, shading from one color
to another, as do the other change
able materials, and is Of texture that
shakes the dust we'll.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
COLLAR MAKES THE GOWN
Most Important Accessory May sc
Fashioned In Short Time by
Clever Woman.

A clever collar is made of lace that
is merely graduated into shape when
sewn on the bodice, while few small
wires at the back of the neck hold II
In place. This Is very easy style to
copy. though 1t must not be con.
founded with the real medici, which is
more elaborate, and needs to be com
pleted with sharp corners.
Other collars are made of soft white
silk or satin, very much like those
seen in the old paintings of Lord
Byron.
Only these are slightly more exag-
gerated In style than the Byron col
lar of a few months ago. Many Of
these have a wire run in on either
side to lift them well over the coat
collar, and give that pretty winged"
effect which is so immensely becom.
ing to many people. For summer
wear there will be all kinds of muslin
and embroidered neckwear, but on the
whole the severe modes, after the old
fashioned Quaker and Puritan de-
signs, will be most seen.
Any one with clever fingers is able
to manufacture for herself the dain-
test and most charming CONNECTIONS
of this sort with very little expendi-
ture of time or trouble, and, indeed,
there is nothing like fresh and be-
coming collar for making the plainest
of gowns or blouses attractive.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

didn't
saying" I
Quenty
school
odeons instead school
Next the
presiding
Dan who had heard of the
George Hoe a of Juvenile
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

to pay fair price. either the white
serge frock or the white serge suit
may be satisfactorily bought in the
shops.
An exceedingly chic little coat and
skirt of fine white serge which would
make an admirable suit for seashore
wear has been chosen for description.
The coat is made simple of line and
reaches we'll below the hips. There is
wide belt of tan colored leather
which buttons with the same colored
leather buttons at the back. The
coat also fastens at the back with
large buttons of the white serge.
In one of the small illustrations is
shown a modist little one-piece frock
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
USE FOR THE CLOvERS
ExERTS MOST BENEFICIAL Ac-
TON ON THE SOIL.
Its Long Period of Usefulness and Its
Excellence az Hay and Pasture
Crop Make Il Quite Valuable
Plant on Any Farm.

All clovers are sown with a nurse
crop, and opinions differ as to which
is the best. Whatever crop is used as
a nurse crop, 1t should be sown some
what thinner than when no clover seed
is sown, as the thinner seeding gives
the small clover and grass plants a
better chance to grow. Placed in the
order in which they are generally used,
which indicates approximately their
relative value as nurse crops, the COM
mon grain crops would come as fol-
lows: spring wheat winter rye, winter
wheat, fax, oats. Wherever clover is
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30

And now Brownie Wink Blink Tinke,
sucky Tot Bddy to them
interested
about Miss TRULY believed that setting hen
borrowed
filed excelsior fifteen
the
tables Bddy left
she would duck her
rolled
rolled In this
al the their share of warmth
delighted the children them questions They
could patiently all day. and then when the nhab
shells pick their toward the light the class
collectively its breath second and then exhaed
then before
holes
stumbled the expecant world.
beautiful Miss TRULY notice the children watched
she them them them
her wings, and how proud she Of them"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
RabY,s Bonnet.

To fasten baby's bonnet get a yard
of satin or taffeta ribbon about three
inches wide and make small bow
on each end. There should be about
five inches of ribbon between the
bows. Fasten one bow securely to
the bonnet and sew hook on the
under side of the other bow Then
sew an eye on the bonnet and be sure
1t fs sewed even with the opposite
bow.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-07-30
Anrosa the Seas.

Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain unveiled a
memorial at Weymouth. England, to
her ancestor, John Endicott, first gov
ernor Of Massachusetts, Bay, and
Richard Clark. who sailed from Wey-
mouth for New England 800 years ago.
Louis Cook, representing the town Of
Weymouth, Mass, was present.