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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
ADVOCATE NEW
TIME RECKONING
Revised Calendar Would Cause
Easter to Fall on Fixed Date.

Paris.-Recommendations by the in
ternational calendar commission at the
meeting to be held in Berlin shortly
by the international Association Of
Academies include the adoption Of a
perpetual calendar and a fixed, IN
changeable date for Easter. The com
mission also advocates giving thirty
one days to June and September. thir-
ty days to February and cutting down
other months.
The idea is to give to each month
an equal number of working days. and
it has been so arranged that the first,
fifteenth or thirtieth of the month new
er falls on Sunday. So far as Easter
is concerned, the commission will take
no action unless 1t is sanctioned by
the religious authorities
NJ Lecointe, director of the Royal
Belgian conservatory. one of the men
Interested, says the warmest partisans
Of the proposed reform are not uto-
plans. but practical men. They are he
says. tinanciers and business men,
NJ Lecointe recalled that at a meet
ing Of chambers of commerce the Ger
man delegates declared that German
commerce lost millions of francs when
Easter came in March. The two AGA
demic semesters, separated according
TO universal custom by Easter. are de
clared also TO cause Inconvenience in
teaching, while spring vacations are
apt to come during bad weather when
Easter falls too soon.
As to the actual division of the year.
it is true. cay those interested. that
one Is accustomed to the anomalies.
but that it is nevertheless highly de
Sirable TO do away with them.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
TO DRINK RUM 214 YEARS OLD
That's What Wistar Institutes Di-
rectors VIII Do In 1892.

Philadelphia Jamaica rum pa years
old is promised to the directors Of the
Wistar Institute of Anatomy of the
University of Pennsylvania at the cen
tenary Of the institute. But the only
directors who will be allowed to drink
it will be those who are in Office in
1892. when a dinner will be arranged
for them for the specific purpose of
drinking the rum. The centenary of
the institute will be in 1892
A bottle Of Jamaica rum was left TN
opened in this city by British officers
upon their evacuation of Philadelphia
in the War of the Revolution. and its
history since that time is recited upon
a card tied to the neck The card was
written by Isaac Wistar, founder of
the institute.
Mr.. Wistar inherited the bottle from
his uncle, Franklin Jones. In 1894
two years after he founded the insti.
tute. he presented the bottle to the in
stitute. with the request that it be held
for the centenary celebration. The
bottle is of green colored glass and
holds about three pints.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
How Congress Works

Senator Kern, WHO Is normally the
administration leader, is sul kidding
himself into the belief that congress
may adjourn by the tenth OF July. 1t
may be a fond hope, but for once Sen.
ator Bristow has nearly everyone a.
greelng with him when he says that
such talk is Ridiculous. There is a big
task ahead of congress. in consequence
of the executive 0. X. of the anti
trust measures. the Interstate Trade
Commission bill. and the balance Of
the proposed legislation.
In the earlier DAYS Of our country
congress met in December and finished
ITS short session in March Then the
session convened in December and time
was jockeyed away until after the new
year. BY January congress steamed
up with full crew ana usually finished
ITS work before the first of July. In
those times the congressman received
S. 600 a year.
Bat the country has grown and 10
meet new conditions congress- has rails.
ed the salaries of It's members to
$500 year. ana having attended to
this all important matter. ITS member
ship has bravely shouldered the load of
government and is now in almost con.
tinuous session. In 1909 the regular
session of congress adjourned on March
4. and an extraordinary session CON
vened on March Is, and continued with
the protrscted consideration of the
paype-Aldrich tariff bill until August
of that year. Congress met again in
December aud continued until July
with the consideration of the Mans-
Elkins act. in addition TO routine susi.
ness. The members reassembled as
usual IN Decemba and had a month :
vacation after March 4. They reas-
sembled IN April on the call Of Presi-
dent Taft for the consideration Of the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13

dren and REORGANIZATION The
twins sat side by side at the dinner
table. On one side sat the children of
Samuel and their children's children.
and on the other sat the progeny of
William.
Samuel was not in the best of health
then, and he grew weaker and weak
er, until he succumbed William was
at his bedside, and it is feared that
the shock of his brothers death will
be more than he can endure. The two
saw each other daily and the com
partnership of the two was keen.
Both men were tall and stalwart. 1t
was ouly until recently that they could
not devote much time every dag to
some sort of labor. Together they
took walks, and the friendship be-
tween the two was just as keen as
when they went fishing or hunting to-
gether as boys.
The two men were proud Of their
health and longevity. They attributed
their long life to work in the open air
and abstinence from alcohol and to-
bacco. They never gambled. Both
were ardent Prohibitionists and argued
hard for the cause. They voted for
James G. Blaine for president, but
since then they have been in the Prohi-
bition party.
The twins were descended from a
long line of prosperous farmers. The
farmhouse in West Babylon in which
they were born is probably the Oldest
building on Long Island. The twins
had two brothers and one sister, but
they outlived them all by many years.
The twins married about the same
time. Samuel married Rebecca Sam
mis- Of Babylon when thirty years old.
and shortly afterward William mar
ried Mary E. Fleet of Brooklyn. They
had been widowers for many years.
Both men were blessed with eight chill
dren each. Up TO few years ago four
of Samuers children and seven of VIII
jams were alive. lust how many de-
scendants of the two are alive today ii
would be hard to calculate.
At the time of their respective mar
riages each built home for himself
on the old Muncy farm. After the
death of their wives the two went to
live together. but they decided finally
il would be better for Samuel to have
his daughter, Mrs. Samuel Smith. with
him, while William went to live with
his son. Smith Muncy. near by.
The two men owned a great deal of
property on Long Island Both be-
leved they would celebrate their one
hundredth anniversary together, and
they decided they did not want their
children to wait for years to enjoy
things, so they parceled cut the prop
erty.
There was some talk shortly before
their last birthday Of hiring a special
car and sending them to Washington
TO see President Wilson. but the twins
felt they were too old TO make the trip,
and the project was abandoned.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
NEWS FROM Washington, D. c.


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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
BRIDAL HAT So YEARS OLD.
Eler Wears II on Every Anniversary Of
His Wedding.

Jamesburg, n. J. - When he was
married fifty-nine years ago Matthew
Eler. now eighty. promised his bride be
would wear the silk hat be wore then
on every Anniversary OF the wedding
Mrs. Eler died sixteen years ago. Eler
wore the hat the other day.
The hat is little less shiny than it
was when Eler was a bridegroom Of
twenty-one. and 1t is slightly out Of
fashion. But he has kept II carefully
and. with the exception Of the year Of
Mrs. Eler's funeral. has worn It but
once each year. 80
Elef. who is one Of the oldest pen
sioners on the relief fund u the Penn
sylvania railroad. said that he homes TO
wear the hat on many more anniver,
saFies.
Il bought IL from John s. Stewart of
New Brunswick. who died at the age
OF eighty four two months ago. be
said. Il remember the day we'll"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
The Greatest Man in Washington

The Greatest Man in Washington
The National Capital is the natural
gathering place of the celebrities of
the nation. Many people would infer
that the president was the greatest
man in the Capitl. but that is not the
Washington viewpoint. Have you
ever heard of Walter Johnson Well,
he is it-and his name is always in the
pink sheet or sporting section Walter
is perhaps the greatest bail pitcher in
the country and 1t has been largely
due to his successes that Washington
has become stark mad over baseball.
The whole town 5 now discussing the
question az to whether there is to be
Sunday games Of baseball. thus bring.
ing Up an issue that 1T is nation wide,
for while the advocates of the Sunday
game declare that it is in keeping With
this progressive spirit of the times"
that we are hearing so much about,
the opponents of the Sunday game say
that The recognition of such a thing in
the capital of the country would be I'M
pardonable from the viewpoint of
Christian decency.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
BIDS 100000 FOR A BABY.
But Rich Virginian's Offer Is spurned
BY the ChiId's Mother.

But Rich Virginian's Offer Is Spurned
by the Child's Mother.
Washington. - According to women
connected with the Florence Critten-
ton mission, which is having a baby
exhibit here to help raise funds for a
summer camp and hospital for babies,
a wealthy man from Richmond, Va,
offered to endow the mission with $780,
300 if he was permitted to adopt a boy
infant he had seen at the exhibit. Mrs
Kate Waller Barrett national presi-
dent of the Crittenton mission. said
that the Richmond man told her that
the boy, who is known as Baby
Frank" resembled a portrait of one Of
his ancestors.
Arrange for me to adopt him and
will have my lawyers draw up the pa
pers turning over that amount of
money to the mission at once" Mrs
Barrett quotes the man as saying.
Mrs Barrett said she told the man
that the babies at the exhibit We're not
for sale and that she knew Baby
Franks" mother would not consent to
an adoption
In statement Mrs. Barrett said that
many persons who had visited the eX-
hlbit had demonstrated with the baby's
mother because she refused to part
with him Almost all of them said, in
substance, according to Mrs. Barrett:
They ought to think Of the child and
its future This man is rich and can
give the child every advantage
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13

Toe Marion-Woods Stock CO.. who
will appear at the Temple theatre
every Saturday night hereafter, are
making big hit IN all tne cities where
They present a new play on certain
night of each week. The Prince of
Liars will be the bill for Saturday
night OF this week. This comedy Is a
scream from start TO finish. Seats Oh
sale at Sullivsn's drug store.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
His Brother, at Bedside, May
Not Survive Shock.
HAD LONG LIFE TOGETHER
Last Family Reunion on Christmas
Day Attended by scores-They Were
Both In Excellent Health Then--Re-
markable Parallels In Life of Two
Men-Eaeh Had Eight Children.

Babylon, r. Y.-Samuel Muncy, one
of the oldest twins in the world. died
at his home here in his ninety-sixth
year. Samuel and his brother William
were born on the old farm in Baby
Ion on Christmas day, 1918. and lived
there ever since.
Last Christmas. when the twins ceie-
hrated their ninety-ffth birthday, there
gathered about them at SamueFs home
thirty Of their many descendants, in
Guiding sons and daughters, grandchil-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
samaan. Fran sandust.

Somerville. Mass -Adulterating sau-
sages with sawdust was the charge on
which man was found guilty. Sen
tenee was deferred to enable the judge
TO find a punishment TO Of the crime
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-06-13
CALL OUT FOR BACHELORS.

Husbands Wanted For Sekty-five
Widows Who-o~n Property.
Syracuse. N. Y.-President F. NJ. Par
sons of the vieage of Weedsport has
sounded clarion call for bachelors TO
come TO his village and marry sixty
Eve widows who own property there.
The town has too many widows, be
says. adding that he knows sixty-nve
OF them who would marry again.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23

to the manner in which Merriam had
asked the question. He then said
that he had laid the matter before
the city civil service commission.
There was a short debate and 1t
was finally voted, II to 1, to take the
most serious step and lay the matter
before Hoyne. Aid. George Harding
voted against a grand jury investi-
cation and suggested trial by the
city council.
Mccain went to his home shortly
after his collapse. He has been a sick
man for several months. Around the
city hall it is generally believed that
if something crooked was pulled OF
in the oil contract that he never had
an intimation of it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23
ALCEcE $4,000 CRAFT IN THE |
STREET OIL DEAL

A bombsheH was burst in the City |
Hall today when the finance commit
tee voted to place before States At
tOrney Hoyne for grand jury inVesti-
cation an alleged graft iR--the sale OF |
oil used on the streets.
Further sensation was caused at |
the committee meeting when Com |
missioner of Public Works Lawrence |
E. McGann fell to the floor in dead
faint as he was asked significant
question by Aid. Chas. E. eMTriam.
Mccain was revived after a few min
Utes, but appeared very i'll and nerV-
GUS.
In April, 1913, the city, through
McGann's department, awarded the
oil contracts to A. D. Chamberlain,
who agreed to sell the oil to the city
for ~ cents a gallon. The next bid
was 7$4 cents, made by the Barrett
Manufacturing Co!
The cat came out of the bag re-
Gently when the Barrett ManUfaCtur-
ing Co. sued the Chamberlain Co.,
charging that they Cthe Barrett CO..
had sold to the Chamberlain Co. the
oil which the Chamberlain, Co. sold to
the city and that the Chamberlain Co.
only paid 515 cents. Then some, one
got wise to the fact that the city was
getting stung two cents on every
gallon.
$49,945.83 has been paid by the
city so far. After the above discovery
they agreed to hold up $14,094.O4,
which the city was still to pay.
ct looks to me like somebody peel
ed off SIT 900 on this deal" said Aid.
TheO. K. Long.
Mccain appeared in the room then
and wa sasked to take the stand.
The facts were told him. Then
Merriam, who had been sitting silent
ly, suddenly snapped out: What are
you going to do about it, commits
siOner?"
McGann'S fare nailed His knees
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23
-O--O-
GOOD IDEA
BY Jim Nance.

BY Jim Nance.
John Wananaker of New York
And Philadelphia, too,
Has thought plan, he says it's gram
That he is going to do.
To work your help on Saturdays =.
He rather thinks is wrong, .
So he will close on Friday night
And make Sunday two days long.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23
P. S.-But will the pay envelope be
two days short.
ToDAY,s HEALTHoGRAM

TODNT > HENL F1OONNW
When we say a person has jaundice
it means that some bile that ought to
have gone through the bile ducts has
been absorbed into the blood. The
most frequent form of jaundice Is
known as catarrhal jaundice. 1t is
due to swelling of the bile ducts from
a localized temporary infection. Sim
pie saline Iaxatives usually hasten the
cure of this form.
Gall stones or cancer may also be
the cause of jaUndice. -.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday;
possibly showers; not much change
in temperature; moderate variable
breezes. Temperature Friday-High-
est, u; lowest, 81.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15
STATE LIVE STOCK
MEN BACK ON JOB
STATE LIVE STOCK MIN MAY
TAKE on NEW ENERGY AND
PREPART TO FIGHT TICKS.
fever TICK IS TACCART
Practically All Of old Indian Territory
l. Below Quarantine Line; Bar
southern Cattle.

MUSEOGLE. okla, Feb. lite
Oklahoma livestock Association,
which has been in ssmi-comatosc
stIje for the past three or four years
took on renewed energy an the called
meeting here this week. and the stock
mon who We're present declare their
determination 90 make the old organ
izaton stronger than ever Thr cattle
tick situation. with its attendant
Texas fever dangers, Is the spur that
is causing such aCuNitU Practically
all OF the old indian Territory sec
tiou Of oklahoma is sun below the
federal quarantine line n condition
which COW men say must not continue.
Another thing that caused the rally
Ing cry 10 go mp was the recent rec
ommondation Of Secretary Houston
OF the department of agriculture.
that congress repeal that section of
the present quarantine law whereby
cattle for immediate slaughter are
permitted to be shipped to northern
markets. n congress follows this rec
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15
iRAN.NS.

What bring go me, o camcls, across
the southern desert,
The wan and parching desert, pale
beneath the dusk?
We great. slow moving ones, faithful
as care Is faithful,
lucouth as dreams may be, sluggish
MS far-om ships
What bring ye me, O camols?
we bring thoc gold. like sunshine,
saving that it warns not,
Aud rarost purple bring We, as dark
as all the garnered
Bloom Of many grape vines; and
spices subtly mingled
For lasting saNor; The precious nard
and alocs.
The bitter-sweet Of myrrh, like a sor-
row having wings
Ghostly breath Of lilies bruised-how
white they We're,
Md the captive life OF many a far
rose garden.
Jewels bring We hither surely stars
once fallen.
Torn aeaiu from darkness The sunlit
frost II topaz.
Noon-fire peut in opals. pearls that
oven tho sea loves.
Webs or marvel bring We. broideries
that have drunken
Deep Of an litc-color from a thousand
lives
Each the royal cere- cloth Of a century.
We come What wouldst thou more"
Al this dust. these ashes, have ye
brought SO far?
Al these days. these years have I
waited ia tho sun
would have had the winged Mirage
~ youder desert.
Josephine Preston Peabody.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15
BERMUDA GRASS.
.s.....cc.cscs..t
lBy J.. A. "Rermuda' Mitchell Chan
dior, OklaJ

CBy T.. a. "Rermuda' Mitchell, Chan
dlor OklaD
The place for bermuda grass is
upon every farm. Every farmer needs
grass for workstock and COWS After
finding the value Of Bermuda, people
Will set more Of It mtil the now waste
unurofitable lands are affordmg most
excellent Bermuda pasture, and abid-
ing prosperity has come to our state,
for when It comes 1t must be hand in
hand with livestock. which in turn is
dependent upon Bermuda for pasture
and hay.
Bermuda grass will make money for
any farmer This prosperity will eN-
tend to others. There isn't anything
We can produce that will pay better
than livestock. Nothing has a great
er demand We can raise kaflr for
grain and forage. IT can be stored
in the modern silo. StIll we need
grass for pasture, The Oklahoma
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15

farmer is satisfied only with tho BEST
so he viii select the best grass Tor
Oklahoma bermuda
During term Of years We hayo
been experimenting with grasses for
oklahoma We have but one grass
that has stood the test II Is Ber-
muda II has grown upon all types
Of soil and under ever varying cllmai-
ic conditions II ~ eaten and rel
ished by an kinds Of stock II Is au
excellent grass for dairy COWS, sup
plying their demand for protein, SO
essential I'm the production Of milk.
1t has not always made satisfactory
growth. There is no plant that has
Many fail for the rcusun that they do
rot secure good, vigorous, hardy
roots. Roots from an old pasture Will
give no better results than strawbcr-
RIGS from an old bed. with either
the ycaring roots only should be SET
Bermuda is propngatcd by selecting
stems from the best plants, setting
them I'm good soil and giving good cul-
tiyatiou. This we have been doing
for several years until now we have
an improved variety
In order to secure definite data In
regard to the value of the improved
variety over the common, we Will gi'o
a sack Of our improved, big, creeping,
hardy Bermuda roots f. O. ID, Davcn-
pert, okla, TO the first farmer whose
letter we shall receive stating that he
will accept tho prize roots, set and
care for them according TO instruc-
tlcns and report results to us, that We
RAY have them for publication for all
interested parties.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15
WOMAN IS Saved
BY WONDERFUL stomach REMEDY

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clears tho digestive tract Of mucoid
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Gus operations, many declare that it
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Because of the remarkable success
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15
Mrs. Bray of Chandler, After Long
Suffering, i Restored TO
Health.

Mrs. Mary Bray of Chandler, Okla,
suffered for years with stomach ana
liver troubles. She tried all kinds OF
treatments and medicines in vain.
At last she came upon Mayr's Won
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