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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Dove Has a Long Memory

From the New York World
 Bath Me.-A wonderful case of mem- ory was shown by a dove the other day at Bath. A former resident, D. H. Lea witt, who has for few years been in Portland, is visiting lis son in Bath
 When he formerly resided there he tock much pleasure in feeding doves, they becoming very tame and respond ing to his whistle. He always carried a pocket full of corn and had a small army of bird friends
 While walking along Center street Monday morning he recognized one of his bird friends and whistled to it. The bird instantly recognized the sound and made straight for MT. Leavitts shoulder. seeming to be perfectly aware of his identity and very glad to see him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

Every now and then we come across accounts of the wonderful wealth and re- sources of the South American republics. Sometimfes, too, we read Of revolutions and bloodshed. so that in the minds of many of us there still fingers the idea that the man who goes adventuring in Latin America takes his life in his hands, says London Answers.
 From the Argentine frequently comes under this head, but that this is an in- justice to one of the most wonderful coun- tries in the world may be realized by all who read "The Amazing Argentine" by John Foster Fraser recently published by Cassell & Co, Ltd.
 For every year, principally from Spain and Italy but also from Russia, Syria, France, ermany and England, over '900oOO fresh arrivals land in the Argentine Of these many thousands come from Italy for the harvest only, returning when the harvest is over their native land for the rest of the year.
 But even allowing for this ebb and flow, the annual increase in the population of the Argentine is something like 250,oo0,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

turn from cattle and cereals. So whilst the value of exported mutton remans very much what it was 10 years ago about f1 ,250. 000-the value of the exported chilled and frozen beef has risen from q. 100000 to over e6,000000 year.
 These are big figures. but it should be remembered that, so far, the great plains of the Argentine have been but scratched she has room for thousands upon thou sands of men and cattle still.
 .'The Amazing Argentine'' is. in truth. the correct title fo MT. Foster Fraser s splendid book. and should be read by all who take an interest in the progress of the world. When they have done so. they will no longer feel inclined to speak of South America as though it were s..ll in a Gilbertian state of civilization.
 South America. writes MT. Fraser, lis not the land of the future. It is the land of today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

During the last two years a special plot of ground has been devoted to the
 training of rabbits. They were kept without food for several days, and then released in the plot, which had been
 prepared by putting on the cultivated plants a chemical which would make
 the animals i'll. After repeated trials the rabbits seemed to understand that they might only eat weeds with i'm
 punity. says Mir. Reed. Now, when his
 garden becomes eluttered with weeds.
 ne says, he starves his rabbits for sew
 eral days, and then lets them into the
 garden, where they effectively do the
 work that formerly required hoeing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Rabbits Trained to Work
the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Ithaca, N. Y.--No longer need farmers rack their backs and get stepping shoulders by hoeing out weeds, accord Ing to statement made by James R. Reed of Trumansburg.
 By careful breeding and systematic training MT. Reed. so he claims, has produced rabbits which will go into garden patch and devour all the weeds but not touch a single cultivated plant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
NO MILLIONS IN CHANCERY
Myth of Unclaimed Wealth in Great
Britain Exploded But Still
Causes Trouble.

London.-Of all the hoary and oft
exposed myths going, there is none,
apparently, that dies so hard, especial
ly among a certain class in the United
States, as the myth that there are I'm.
told millions, most of them belonging,
rightfully, to American citizens, lying,
unclaimed, in the possession of the
British court Of chancery. There isn't
any British court of chancery and
hasn't been for quarter of a century
or more, but that is a detail.
Ever since the time when James
Russell Lowell was American ambas-
sador to England the representatives
of the United States government in
this country have been attempting to
kill this fiction, which gives them no
end of trouble.
This, Of course, is owing partly to
the fact that any legend about vast
wealth that is supposedly going a-beg-
ging is bound to take lot of killing,
but it is much more largely due to the
ceaseless activity of enterprising
missing heirs" agencies and 'tnext-o'-
kin" agents-a few of them in this
country, but the vast majority on the
other side of the Atlantic-who keep
on working the unclaimed millions in
chancery" delusion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Sun for a Blotter.

It is only within recent years that
we have been able to obtain any reli.
able information regarding the social.
political and religious conditions that
surrounded the great founder of the
Hebrew race while he dwelt In Ur.
Here he married Sarah and here he
was surrounded by his friends and
relatives, including Lot, his nephew,
who was his companion in his later
journeyings. Here he was surround
ed by heather population worship
ing Bel (BaaD and Belts, his con-
sort, and other gods. Here he must
frequently has seen the splendor of
Babylonian royalty and the idolatrous
worship of heather gods. Here also
he must have been conversant with
Babylonian literature and familiar
with the wedge-shaped cuneiform writ
ing in which all business and official
correspondence was then conducted.
These writings were done with a sty-
lus of hard wood or metal with a
square end This was pressed on
the soft clay, which was then hard
ened either by sun-drying or baking.
These tablets we're the standard writ
ing materials-the stationery-of that
far-off age.-Christian Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
ROME Is 2,667 YEARS OLD
Italians Celebrate April Fl as AnnIver-
sary of Birth of Ancient Capital
of the Romans.

Rome.-Rome celebrated her two
thousand six hundred and sixty-sev-
enth birthday on April Fl with a gen.
eral hosting of flags and illumination,
but there was no revival this year of
the celebrated Feast Of the Century.
the ancient ceremony, which was last
attempted in 1900, when the Forum
and Palatine rang, as it did 20 cen
turtles before, with the invocation by
Horace to the Alma SOL" in which he
asserted that the sun in its passage
around the world would see no such
sight as Rome. Although the year Of
Rome's birthday is officially recognized
as $50 B. c., recent archaeological dis
coveries indicate that 1t should be
moved back many centuries.
Another celebration now in progress
is in commemoration of the work of
Bramante, called "the Prince of Mod
ern Architecture" who died in 1914.
Bramante's work is scattered all
over Italy and Rome, but his most cele-
brated edifices here are the Palace of
the Cancelleria and the Courts of San
Damaso and the Belvedere at the Vati-
can. His was the original design for
the present st. Peters, but both he
and his patron, Pope Julius II, died
soon after the building was begun.
Had he lived, Michael Angeles cupola,
considered a marvel of architecture,
would not have been realized.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
NEW STORY WITH OLD MORAL
Had Young Wife Remembered Maxim
She Might Have Been Happier
and Richer Today.

There's a mean old man in Sweden.
dead so as to see what she would
do. He got his doctor to pronounce
life extinct and place him in a coffin.
When his wife came in and saw him
lying there in his white cravat she
laughed till she almost cried, and
stepped right over to the telephone
and called up a nice young man who
adored the very ground she walked
on eighty acres in fee simple, unin-
numbered, with improvements, city
water, ETC., only ten minutes ride
from the city of Stockholm The
young man responded to her hurry
up call like fire chief to a third
alarm, and, thinking her widow,
took her in his arms without more
ado.
If the old mans vanity had led him
to hope that he was going to hear
any compliments about himself he
was destined to disappointment. The
happy pair alternated between abusing
the old curmudgeon and doing the
make for Joy around his bier till
he got jolly well bored and sat up
in his dignity and threw a damper
over the party. Then, in huff, he
scrambled out and went to hfs law
yer's and instituted divorce proceed
ings and got a decree and took all the
poor woman's property away from
her, and now we don't know whether
the young man is as keen to marry
her as he was, and it's pretty sorry
affair all around.
Moral: De mortuis nihil nisi bon
um-or, speak nothing but good of
the dead.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts of mind and body are GER
tain to follow continued use of i'm
proper food.
Those who are still young and ro-
bust are likely to overlook the fact
that, as dropping water will wear a
stone away at last, so will the use of
heavy, greasy, rich food, finally cause
loss of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle of cause and effect in
their daily food. A N. Y. young wom-
an writes her experience thus:
Sometime ago had a lot Of trou-
BILE from Indigestion, caused by too
rich food. / got so I was unable to
digest scarcely anything, and medi-
cines seemed useless.
"a friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly and as
a last resort, tried it. / am thankful
to say that Grape-Nuts not only re-
lieved me Of my trouble, but built me
up and strengthened my digestive or
gans so that I can now eat anything
desire. But / stick to Grape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and full OF human
fnteTests
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

Alas, I could not solve the prob
lem and passed a sleepless night.
Elida arose the next morning, listless
and preoccupied. About ten o'clock I
left her alone in the house. | could
not rest. | must know something Of
this mysterious Dalziell. | determined
to call upon Mrs. Richie.
had gone two blocks from the
house and was turning into an inter-
secting street, when CHANGED to look
back. A man was just going up the
steps of our home. In flash l rec
ognized him as answering to the de-
scription Miss Evans had given me
of Dalziell / hurried back to the
house The screen door was unlocked.
! entered noiselessly. My nerves were
on a tense strain. ! knew not what l
feared. / paused to take up small
revolver kept for security in the draw
er of the hall rack. Then l proceeded
to the parlor entrance.
An amazing spectacle met my view.
Seated at little stand, her face pale
but placid, her eyes dreamy and
glazed. was Elida. Standing before
her was the stranger. He held a
piece of fauceted crystal in one hand.
On that Elida's eyes were fixed.
who are you? what are you doing
here?" l quavered impulsively, and
the man turned to face the weapon In
my trembling hand.
He was not in the least moved. He
placed a warning finger to his lip,
never lowering the crystal.
For willard Hull" was his aston
ishing announcement in low musical
tones.
"From Willard HULL" l cried.
"No-for him. Do not interrupt
is a critical moment. Speak," he
added, directing the mellow insinuat-
ing word at the transfixed Elida and
fixing his glance piercingly upon her.
1.-THE wallis it east? And which
WALTZ"
mo-" came in a dreamy, fataway
murmur from Elida. mot wall-but
a WE'LL
"Success!" gasped the stranger, and
sank into the nearest chair ah If ex-
hausted after some superhuman effort.
In a few moments the man arose.
He made some movements with his
delicate hands toward Elida, whose
face renewed its usual expression.
Then he turned to me.
Miss Nettleton," he said, y have
heard of you. l am a friend of Will
lizard Hull, who has gone to look up
the hidden fortune of his dead uncle
He did not find it at any WALL as the
hint was. l am credited with possess
ing certain occult power. Perhaps
At least, my mind filled only with
honest motives, working on the pure
crystal-clear mentality of this beauti
full young lady, has evolved clue
well not WALL"
1t was a well, indeed-we knew II
within week, when Elida's fiance
came back a rich man.
And Dalziell, the strange, mystic
genius whom l at first SO feared, we
all love now as loyal, devoted friend
Copyright. 1914. by w. @. CHAPMAN,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

pened at the soiree last evening that
was inexplicable. 1t has been in my
thoughts all today. 1 could not resist
coming here to see Elida."
Something happened?" I repeated
trifie fearsomely
Yes. A young man, his name was
given as DalZiell, attended the soiree
last evening. He came with the
Ritchies, whom l only know incidental
ly. He is a wonderful conversational
list and marvel at the piano.
"And he met Elida?" asked, dread
ing that something might shadow the
love and loyalty of my darling and
her fiance.
"Only as he did the others, as a
gentleman of great attafnments, cour-
teous to everybody He was not at
the first particularly attentive to her.
Elida just noticed him, that was all.
He had just finished brilliant must
cal composition of his own, however,
when 1 saw him lean toward Elida,
who sat near by, and fix his eyes upon
her. A light shone in them, / cannot
describe. 1t did not repel, but it was
deep, flashing, piercing"
you are alarming me-" / said tim
orously.
81 am sorry, but must tell you ALL
replied Miss Evans. Il saw Elida
start and a nervous tremor crossed
her face. Then in a rapt, wistful at
titude she leaned slightly forward.
She was like one enrapt, fascinated.
Suddenly, but without removing his
glance, this Dalziell dashed both
hands down upon the keyboard Of the
piano. There was a strain of wild,
unearthly music. A look l cannot de-
scribe passed over Elida's face Near
to her was a stand containing a frag-
lie glass receptacle for calling cards.
She seized this, dashed it violently to
the floor and it shattered to a thou
sand atoms. Then with a low cry
she shrank back shuddering, covered
her face with her hands, but when
she looked up her features were calm,
restful, as natural in their bright
sweetness as ever"
"Yod astonish mel" was all I could
gasp out.
Il glanced at young Dalziell," went
on Miss Evans. There was a strange,
weird expression on his face. / may
call it triumphant. There was moth
ing sinister to 1t, but it expressed in
finite satisfaction. He dashed off into
a quick, lively Polish mazurka."
"And the guests?" 1 asked breath
lessly.
Passed the incident by in wonder,
too well-bred to notice it by open dis
cussion. heard one lady say it was
an accident, another an impulse hys.
terical. In my opinion the man had
hypnotized Elida. For some purpose,
good or evil, he had 'hypnotized her,
and she, then as now, all unconscious
of it. He had tested some occult
power he possessed. Why?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
ERUPTION ON CHILD'S BODY

r. f. d. No. 2, Jackson, Mo.-"Our
daughter who is ten months old was
suffering from an eruption all over
the body. In the beginning they were
small red spots and afterwards turned
to bloody sores. We tried all sorts
of ointments but they did not procure
any relief for our child. She cried
almost day and night and we scarcely
could touch her, because she was COW
cred with sores from head to foot.
eve had heard about the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and made . trial
with them, and after using the rene
dies, that is to say, the Soap and the
Ointment, only few days passed and
our child could sleep well and after
one week she was totally WELL"
(Signed) August F. Bartels, Nov. 25,
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with S2-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Observation-Disclosures
CHANGE IN ELIDA
BY SELMA ELIZABETH HIGGINS.

For whole day our darling had
moved about the house as one in some
dream-like trance. Never was q be-
ing so gentle, and she was gentle now.
The same sweet smile framed her
lips, the clear earnest eyes showed
the old-time tenderness in their depth,
but-there was a change.
Elida was listless. She would sit
for an hour gazing at seeming moth
ingness. When she was spoken to, her
pretty brow would wrinkle, there was
a puzzled Pickering of the delicate
eyelids. 1t would take her quite a
minute or two before she would seem
to understand what was spoken--she,
usually so quick to comprehend. Her
thoughts seemed far away from her
habitual environment-her soul at
times, as though her emotions were
wandering in some vague distant
sphere-yes, Elida was changed.
I, her aunt and guardian, wondered
if 1t was anxiety for her absent lover,
Willard Hull, that had brought on
this deep abstraction. But when !
spoke of the estimable young man
whom we all liked intensely, she only
smiled and spoke quietly of his speedy
return, as though her heart were at
perfect ease regarding him and his
prospects.
1t was early that evening when a
warm friend of the family dropped in
She was a music teacher and quite an
attraction at local social entertain
ments. She looked around for Elida
who had retired to her room saying
she was wearied. l did not wonder at
this. Elida had acted so all that day
She had been out late the evening
previous at a soiree that l knew Miss
Evans had also attended.
We were close friends with the
music teacher, and In my anxiety and
perplexity / spoke of the strange
mood that had held Elida in a strange
thrall all that day.
my dear Miss Nettleton," spoke my
visitor. when l had concluded, Il came
purposely to see Elida. You under
stand me we'll enough to know that
1t would not be from any idle curios
ity, but from motives of the purest
friendly interest. Something hap
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Hia WnrrN.

Clarence" said the American heir
ess hesitatingly, Il think that you
should be told at once how my father
made his money. Our business men
in this country have methods which
to one of your pure soul, whose motto
is 'Noblesse oblige,' cannot but"
Cease, Mamie, cease" said the young
lord reassuringly, "tell me no more.
However he made his millions can
forgive, for your sake. But-er-has
he still got them all right?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Painless Death.

On one occasion a well-known pub
lie man described the act of dying as
"a great adventure that must be much
more interesting than setting out for
the north POLE" While few will agree
with him, it is a great thing to know
that science has robbed death OF its
terrors, and has taught us that no
matter how much dying person may
appear to be suffering, he or she, I'M
mediately before death, can feel no
pain whatever.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
When a Man Is Happy,

Paris.-A man, a Paris psychologist
says, is happy when he has something
definite to make him happy. A wom-
an, on the other hand, is happy un-
less there is something definite to
make her unhappy. The reason Of
this is, he adds, that woman's sense
of responsibility is small. She is con-
tent to enjoy the present without wor-
rying about the future.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Bears the
RestfuI Exercise.

A hint for the tired housewife when
there's no time for mapping: Lie fiat
on the foor-a bed or couch won't do
for Is minutes.
Exhale and continue to relax and
when the time is up you'll feel alto.
gether different.
Do not put pillow or anything else
under the head.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

during part of the time he cam
paigned in Connecticut. Today 1t is
visited by thousands of motor car
parties yearly. 1t is very good ex-
ample of New England architecture of
a century and half ago. The Porter
family was one of Connecticut's most
distinguished families and played an
important part in the history Of the
state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
PORTER MANSION is HISTORIC
Ancient House In Naugatuck, Conn.,,
: Was Washington's Headquarters
During War OF Revolution.

Bostdn.-There are still left In the
country some houses where George
Washington stopped during the War
of the Revolution" No more pic
turesque Washington stopping place"
exists, however, than the old Porter
mansion at Naugatuck, Conn, near the
thriving city of Waterbury. The Por-
ter house is kept in good state of
preservation by historical societies. 1t
is filled with revolutionary relics. 1t
is in the same form as it was when
Washington made it his headquarters
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
american Women Blamed.

Paris.-American women are the
cause of indecency in dress, accord
ing to a prominent Paris dressmaker.
French women initiate the mode"
he said, "but Americans degrade It."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
To Stop Phone Eavesdroppina.

Denver, Colo.-D. Schaefermeyer
has invented device to make tele-
phone eavesdropping impossible. An
Indicator discloses the fact that the
line is in use and If the interrupter at
tempts to talk the telephone will give
out the busy signal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
First Arrest After Years Work.

Chicago.-After more than a years
service in the police department, Pa
trolman William Tuohy made his first
,rrest. His fellow bluecoasts pre-
ented him with a green ribbon
medal"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Instinct of Thrift.

your income tax will amount to
several hundred thousand dollars"
my! N.Y." exclaimed Mr. Dustin
Stax, what a beautiful chance to
economical"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

Where one man throws his whole
soul into his work another man is sat
isfied to put his foot in it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Great Story State

Wright see Indiana in 1912 pro.
duced minerals to the value of $42,
239,193.
Penman-To say nothing of the Sc
rails.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Peculiar Showers.

The village of Kennaway, IN Fife
shire, Scotland, witnessed a shower OF
small frogs which fell in such num-
bers that, hopping into houses, they
had to be swept out in heaps. And
there have even been showers OF sea-
weeds-in one instance the pare tree
limbs of a town in England being
draped in winter with these marine
plants swinging weirdly in the breeze.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28
Obstinate.

Fred-What kind of fellow is hef
Ned-If you should tell him that see
ing was believing, he wouldn't look
Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

Doing beats wishing, but it's more
like work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

Putnam Fadeless Dyes make no
nuss. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

OF course It may be possible for 8
man to be honest and succeed 1n poll
tics but is isn't necessary.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-05-28

CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it