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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-11
EARTHQUAKES SHAKE FOUR
STATES-ONE MAN is KILLE[

quake shocks, which. caused one
death, lasted for one minute and
| thirty seconds and startled residents
in scores of cities in New York, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
yania and along the whole Lauren
tan formation to the north of St.
Lawrence river from Toronto to Mon
treal, Canada. The region of the Lau-
rentian rocks had been regarded as
almost immune to seismic disturb
| ances.
Rocco Avesz, 80, Binghamton, was
working in an excavation for a new
building and the tremor caused a
slide that crushed the man under a
mass of frozen earth.
The shock was most severe in
Brooklyn, where buildings rocked,
and in Buffalo and Syracuse. The
New York Central station at Little
Falls reports clocks stopped along the
line.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-SeVere earth
quake shocks registered on seismo-
graph instruments. at University of
Michigan at 1924 yesterday. Records
showed center of disturbance to
northeast.
JACK JOHNSON FAR FROM BROKE
New York, Feb. 11.-Jack Johnson
broke in Paris? Well, not so you
could notice it.
Dan Morgan today received let
ter from a friend in the French met
ropolis, saying the big cinder owns
three automobiles, has bought $4O,-
900 worth of diamonds for his white
wife and, besides, receives over 81, 900
for every wrestling match he stages
with French or English wrestlers.
1870
A DISTINCTION
did 1 understand you to say Mr..
Shimmerpate is one of our best
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
HORRORS OF WAR INCREASE.

War under any and all circumstances is a
horrible thing, but in this present day its hOr-
rors have been increased because of the inge-
nuity of man.
The %dirigible and the aeroplane, triumphs of
the ingenuity of man, are proving terrible en-
gines of destruction, and the use of them in
war is not alone a menace to the combatants,
but to those who are not taking part in war.
By means of these machines of the air bombs
are being dropped into the cities of Europe, and
the innocent are being made to suffer along
with those engaged actively in the war. A
bomb from out the air makes no distinction.
When it is dropped into a city women and chill
dren, the aged and the sick are alike subject to
the explosion. In all ways those not enga ged
in war are made to suffer because of air craft.
In Europe now we are seeing the horrors of
war increased. And this increasing horror is
such as to make more earnest the efforts to
bring about peace. Europe is destroying itself,
and doing hurt to the rest of the world by it's
conflict. Sampson pulled down the temple to
his own death. The warning nations of Europe
are now engaged in action like to this.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
CONSIDER OUR COTTON.

The immense Importance TO North Saroiina
and other cotton producing States that there &c
steps taken to protect the value Of the cotton
crop Of 1914 is justification for all meetings
which have been held and all meetings which
are TO be held TO plan for action TO keep cotton
at a legitimate selling price.
Governor Craig has been diligent in taking
steps to aid the cotton producers of North caro-
lima and all the cotton producing States by call
ing meetings to consider what are the best
things to be done. In this work he should re-
ceive the earnest aid and cooperation OF all
who are interested in the crop, or who have
plans to submit which might help.
In response to a call issued by Governor
Craig there lis to be held in Raleigh tomorrow
a meeting of cotton producers, bankers and
business men generally to consider the cotton
situation as it relates to this State. The price
Of the staple threatened most disastrously by
the war in Europe, there is needed the most
careful consideration as to what should be done.
The meeting tomorrow is one which should be
attended as far as possible by every man who
has some plan to suggest, for out of the coun-
sci of many there may be devised some way in
which the situation can be met, and the inter-
ests Of the cotton producers of the State be
preserved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
MAKE BOUNDARIES ALIKE.

The County Boards of Election of North
Carolina are to meet to organize today in each
county.
In Wake county there is a work which the
Board should do. There has been inextrica BILE
confusion in ward lines in elections in Raleigh,
the city election lines and the county election
lines being different. This makes it SO that the
average citizen is always mixed up when he
goes to register or vote.
The Wake County Board is, we understand,
going to change the lines so as TO have the
county lines conform to the city lines. This
change should be made by all means, as it
would change a confusing condition which ap-
plies to city, county and State elections. About
twenty per cent of the voters of the city have
to registered and vote at one place in a city
election and at another in a county and State
election. This is unnecessary confusion and
trouble, frequently resulting in a voter losing
his vote.
The change is needed and We sincerely hope
that the County Board Of Elections will make
the lines conform.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
sCRAPPING OF THE FACTIONS.

Peace seems to be affair off among the warning
of the frantic waving of the olive branch hy
recent convention at Raleigh, the new or Pro-
themselves, refuse to be caught in the net and
are standing from under.
The Wilkes Patriot, a Republican paper pub
lished in the big Republican county of Wilkes.
whose editor is Charles H. Cowles, the nominee
publicans for United States Senator, comes out
this week with the following choice morsel:
The so-called Republican State Convention
at Raleigh last Thursday was a rather slim
affair, according to all reports. A resolution
passed by the convention, making all Republi-
cans present delegates, enabled the convention
to claim a majority of the counties to be rep
resented. Mr.. G. Call bore the distinction Of
being the only man from Wilkes county at the
convention. All the convention did was to elect
a bitter anti OoSevelt man State chairman and
appoint a State executive committee of the
same faith. To control the State organization
seems to be their only ambition. The executive
committee was empowered by the convention
to nominate a Corporation Commissioner and
a candidate for the United States Senate"
1t would seem from the above that it will be
useless for 'Brer Linney to journey up in Avery
county to attempt to smoke the pipe of peace
with the backslidden brethren on the Estatoe,
for would-be Senator Cowles will be missing.
: With the Republicans SO badly divided in the
state of Wilkes this year, the Democrats
have an excellent opportunity to elect their
ticket in that county, and when it comes to old
fashioned, dyedln-tne-wool Democracy it can
be found in great abundance in old Wilkes.
It's a county that should be in the Democratic
column.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
PREVENTING WAR.

Few probably can contemplate the war in
Europe without wondering what might have
been done to prevent such a terrible event.
Writing in the current issue of The Navy, the
official publication Of the Navy League of the
United States, Capt. John Clark Wilson, a re-
tired officer of the United States Navy, makes
the point that we cannot trust our lives and
property in any community without laws, and
such laws to be effective, he says, must have
power back Of them. Then he adds that there
is no such thing as law among nations and each
is free to act as it pleases.
There is the explanation of the great conflict
now raging. Even in this age of advanced civ
ilization every nation is to a great degree q law
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

unto itself. Efforts have been made to bring
the various powers 10 some understanding by
which differences among them could be adj
justed in some great international court OF arbi-
tration, but they have never been completely
worked out and applied with any binding force.
Nevertheless the plan Will not be perma-
nently discarded because of its failure TO avert
the war in Europe. In large affairs as in small.
experience is the best teacher and the imms.
date future will see the efforts TO make a great
war impossible renewed with redoubled energy.
The parliament of man and the federation Of
the world will Yet be realized.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
Nncle MaH maacm

TT HE nations of Europe are wading in
- slaughter, the sound of their conflict en-
circles the world; some thrones may collapse
and some dynasties totter before the red flags
of the fighters are furlcd. The men Of our VIII
hge are vastly excited, they sit by the pump in
the big public square, ex-
WAR n WORK. planning how Germany's
plans should be rightcd,
how Russia and France are both up in the air.
They point out the errors of Serb and of Bel
sian. they criticisc Icgions. the rank and the
file. and hope they may nc'er either swallow or
smell gin, If they couldn't manage those armies
In style. Their wives, in the meantime, are bit
terIy signing, the wolves by the doorway all
threatening Turk: the children are hungry, for
wicnerwurst crying: their dads are entirely too
busy to work. I'm sorry for Europe, that
knows not the beauty of Peace, for poor Eu-
rope, whose rivers are red; but foremost and
first ! regard it my duty TO rustic around for the
liver and bread. The first of the month will be
here ere we know il, and if L can't pay for my
coffee and hash. the grocer will have little use
for the poet whose sympathy kept him from
earning the cash.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Cotton mills at Fort Mills will close down
because Of a shortage of dye-stufs. The war
has shown that this country is rather more de-
pendent on foreign countries than was generally
supposed. The war should and will have the
effect of making our people more self-reliant.
We grow pretty nearly everything in this coun-
Try and the United States should get into the
industry Of supplying itself with dyeing ma
yerialA
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

: The woman suffragists are showing bad judg-
ment In being bitter against the Congressman
who are opposed to woman suffrage. There
ere two sides to almost every question and it is
bad policy to consign to the lower pit every
person who chances to think differently. A
wiser policy is to tread softly and carry a saucer
Of moiasses.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
Morning Tonic

tSeneca.)
A S gratitude is a necessary, and a glorious,
q N so also is it an obvious, a cheap and an
easy virtue; SO obvious, that wherever there is
life there is place for it; so cheap that the
%covetous man may be gratifed without ex-
pense, and SO easy that the %sluggard may be so
without labor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Washington agents find that there is no con-
splracy TO raise food prices. We advise WASH
lngton to keep a sharp lookout, however. Eter-
hal vigilance is the price of keeping the con-
SPlracleS from forming. There is no doubt at
All that prices would save risen more sharply
IMAM they ana had not the government pro-
ceeoeu with promptness to Investigate reported
advances.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

The various persons interviewed on the prob.
able outcome of the war say that the Germans
or the Allies will win according as the one in.
terviewed is a German or friendly to one of the
opposing nations. Such opinions are worth abb
solutely nothing, for it is a part of patriotism
to think right.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

The present prices of grain furnish a fine
argument for the farmers Of the United States
and particularly those of the South to plant
more grain than ever before. This would have
been wise even had the war not occurred. The
farmer is safer>when he grows something that
his family or his stock can eat. For eating is
a large part of the cost of living.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in North Carolina
so much good reading for so little money as we
are offering under the following proposition: For
sl.70 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eightpage
weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal, pub
hshed by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina home and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
v. {. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Greensboro keeps up its fight against the mos.
quito and the fly. The Gate City is aggressive
as well as progressive and continues to set a
pace that other North Carolina cities have to
bestir themselves to follow. Watch Green's
boro keep up the lick.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Word from Washington Is that Congress may
stay in session as long as the European war
lasts. Here is hoping that the war will end as
soon as a few indolent solons want Congress to
Quit.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

II is good policy never to disturb the enemy
"heh ne IS making a mistake and, very prob
AMY, the pronlbltlonist forces in Virginia are
not complaining because of the fact that some
VI II { advertisements in favor Of the contin-
o@hce Oh the saloon regime and headed Real
r'c's are not facts at all, as the statements
u d NUMBER OF North Carolina police chiefs
have shown,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

"heh WOODROW Wilson some time ago found
ou' 'ha' >orth carolina did not have a legal
l@eo primary law, he expressed surprise. He
- t>orth carolina was a more progressive
"N"0 'hdh the absence Of that important IA
"i'S Ahoiea'eo. But if North Carolina should
o"op' 'le proposed Constitutional Amendments
"0oi ~ iar towards making amends for it's
"'oihes III securing a primary system for the
Oh candidates for office. BY adopt
ing the amendments it would take its Mac.
among the progressive commemorative And
every one of the chances in our governmental
system as proposed in. the amendments will be
good for the State.
Evening star., 1914-11-11
Style Tips About Town.

Ribbons form an easy solution of
many perplexing problems in the home
sewing room. Chiffons and nets are
difficult to hem evenly, for the mate
riaIs are so sheer that the least un-
| evenness in the fold of the hem gives
bunglesome look on the outer side
and robs the finished frock of cachet.
| Instead of hemming sheer tunics and
bodice draperies, many dressmakers
edge the filmy fabrics with inch-wide.
or even two-inch-wide ribbon-satin.
taffeta or messaline, according to the
| material used for the foundation slip.
| The ribbon may be stitched on as it is
stitched to mourning wells, without
| doubling under the edge of the ma
! terial. If the seam is not made too
narrow there will be no danger of
| fraying out.
! Plaid taffeta and serge used in COM
bination make very charming frock
for the mornings One such frock has
| a skirt of accordion-pleated pussy
pale buff Scotch clan pattern. the ma
terial being used on the straight of the
goods. Above this pleated skirt is a
ripple tunic Of navy serge in uneven
length. bordered with black monkey
fur. The sleeveless bodice is of serge
sleeves of the gay plaid. Across one
shoulder, in the Scotch highlander
fashion, is draped O. length of the plaid
which crosses the serge bodice and eN-
tends downward at the front in sash
end. Over it is drawn sash end OF
the serge, and the two sashes. taffeta
land serge, meet at the back of the hip
and fasten together under a straight
falling sash end of plaid.
Women who own handsome hand-em-
broidered collar and cuff sets of sheer
white batiste or handkerchief lawn are
dipping them in solution Of weak tea
or powdered ochre water to give them
the delicately creamy tone that is now
more fashionable than pure white
Creamy natural silk stockings are also
more fashonabl with buttoned walk
ing and dancing boots than stockings
Evening star., 1914-11-11
COULD NOT SLEEP,
J COULD NOT EAT
Woman So Weak and Nervous
Gould Not Stand Her Chill
dren Near Her - Vinol
fChanged Everything for Her

Plant City, Flat wish I could
tell everybody about Vinol. For
nine years I was in bad health.
got so l could not sleep, and | couio
not stand it to have my children
come near me ! could not even
sew or do any heavy housework- !
was simply tired all the time.
tried so many medicines l couio
not recall them all. but nothing did
me any good. One day a frlend
a SIX ed me to try Vinol and said IL
was the best tonic she ever saw;
i did so. and soon got the first Sood
pieht's sleep / had had for a long
time. Now 1 sleep well. my appe-
tite is good. my nervousness Is all
gone and | am SO strong and well
/ do all my homework and work IN
my flower garden without feeling
tired or nervous. Ninol has made
me n well and happy woman. =
Mrs. C. II. Miller. Plant City. Fla
Vinol contains the curative, heal
ing principles of fresh cod livers
without oiD and tonic iron.
We ask every weak, run down,
nervous person in this vicinity to
try Ninol. our delicious cod liver
and iron tonic without oil, on our
guarantee to return their money II
il fails to benefit. o'Donnelfs Drug
Store. 904 F street northwest,
Washington, d. C.
NOTE-You can get Vinol at
other leading drug stores in Wash
ington. Look for the Vinol sign
displayed on their windows.
Evening star., 1914-11-11
Picked Onions.

Take the smallest onions you can buy.
pour hot water on few at time, and
they can be peeled easily. Don't have
water boiling or it will spoil results.
Make a brine of salt and water and let
them stand in this for three days and
nights, making fresh brine every morn
ing and pouring off the old. On the
fourth morning put them in fresh
water and let them come to the boiling
point. putting milk enough in water to
make it white. and being careful you
don't let them boil a second. Drain
and place in jar. pouring hot vinegar
over. Make them alright.
Evening star., 1914-11-11
Evening Gown Holder.
BY HELEN HOWE.

After the coat hanger the combination
suit hanger, the muff and scarf hanger
and few others, comes the evening
dress hanger. This is very dainty
affair, as may be imagined. and is A bit
of work that can be made entirely at
home by any one who is handy with the
needle
The frame is a strong piece of wire
bent into heart shape. ending with
a hook at the top. but before bending it
INTO shape it must be covered From the
hook to the point of the heart should be
about twelve inches. -Four feet of wire
will make the heart, exclusive of the
hook which should be of the wire twist
ed, seeing a thin wire is used. The COW
ering is Of inch wide pink satin ribbon.
two lengths being placed back to back
and sewed through twice its entire length
to make a casing through which the wire
is run. Five yards OF ribbon will be
necessary. as it is fulled over the wire,
which creates little frills on either edge.
If wider frills are desired use a wider
ribbon The hook is just twisted with
the ribbon and a bow of wider ribbon
is sewed at its base, from which depend
strands of pink baby ribbon supporting
tiny scent sachetS. The advantage of
this improved holder compared with the
wooden frame is it's lightness. The shoul-
ders do not slip from the hanger: sleeves
can be pinned to the ribbon cover should
they be of heavy beads; also the dress
can be pinned at the belt to the point of
the heart should it be necessary Some
times heavy sash or ornament will drag
a gown when hung upon the ordinary
holder.
Speaking of the ordinary holder. I see
changes there, too and. in my opinion,
for the better. Tapestry Is used for the
covering after padding, instead of the
daintier ribbons which quickly soil and
look draggly. A hanger, covered in rich,
Evening star., 1914-11-11
Red Cabbage.

Select two small. solid heads of hard
red cabbage; divide them in halves
from crown to stem: lay the split side
down and cut downward in thin slices.
The cabbage will then be in narrow
strips or shreds. Put into a saucepan
tablespoonful of clean drippings, hut
ter, or any nice fat; when fat is hot.
put in cabbage, a teaspoonful of salt,
three tablespoonfuls vinegar Gf the
latter is very strong use but two), and
one onion. in which three or four
cloves have been stuck, buried III the
middle; boil two hours and a half; if
it becomes too dry and is in danger of
scorching. add a very little water.
This is very nice.
Evening star., 1914-11-11
MAKING OVER LAST
WINTERS BLOUSE

If YOU have on hand a last seasons
blouse that is only out of style, not
really worn, it may be made to do
duty this year by little refurbish-
ing If it is chiffon blouse and the
sleeves are short, use the chiffon of
front and back sections to lengthen
the sleeves, attaching the extra length
just above the elbow, and have the
seams hemstitched. Then cover the
body of the blouse with a sleeveless
jumper of pussy willow silk which
may be cut in two sections and fas-
tened at one shoulder under one of
the coauettish shoulder roses now SO
fashionable.
If you make n new lining for your
chiffon blouse, an entirely new color
combination may be effected. and. of
course, the taffeta jumper will har-
monize with coloring and not only
with the shade of the chiffon. For
instance, if your blue chiffon blouse
was worn last year over white silk
lining. drop it this year over green
and match the blended colorings In a
rich shade of peacock pussy willow
| silk.
| If your last seasons blouse is of
white lace and net, dip it into water
in which teaspoonful of powdered
ochre has been dissolved. This will
give the material creamy tan tone,
more fashionable just now than clear
white. Drop the creamy white lace
blouse over a lining of flesh pink
daphne silk and wear it with the new
tailored suit of brown broadcloth or
corduroy. Be sure to invest also in i
pair of the natural silk stockings which
are in the creamy tan shade that is
smart with brown costumes-with all
costumes. in fact, for these stockings
are the fad.
If the last years blouse was of pussy
willow silk or of crepe de chine. match
| it if you can, and if not, match its
| shade in some other silk. Pussy will
low is used with a crepe de chine or
Evening star., 1914-11-11
LADIES! DARkEN
/, YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look years younger! Use
-Sgrandmother's recipe of
Sage Tea and Sulphur and
. nobody will know.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for
restoring faded, gray hair to its
J natural color dates back to grand
mothers time. She used it to keep
J her hair beautifully dark. glossy
! and abundant. Whenever her hair
I fell out or took on that dull, faded
for streaked appearance, this SIM
{ple mixture was applied with won-
( ferful effect.
( But brewing at home is mussy
and out-of-date. Nowadays, by
} 5sking at any drug store for So
cent bottle of 'Wyeth's Sage and
} Sulphur Compound" you will get
! this famous old recipe, which can
be depended upon to restore
natural color and beauty to the
hair and is splendid for dandruff.
! dry, feverish, itchy scalp and fall
Ting hair.
J A we'll known downtown drug
,laist says it darkens the hair so
4 naturally and evenly that nobody
}-can tell it has been applied. You
simply dampen sponge or soft
fbfush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one strand at a
Sulc. By morning the gray hair
disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two it becomes beauti-
J fully dark, glossy and abundant.