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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27

are. however. in some places shifting
their positions in consequence Of local
climatic changes.
Deserts are not absolutely incura-
bic. AMI. owing to Ii better knowledge
OF how to use their slight and irregu-
lar rainfall. many once-dcsert areas
are now in profitable occupation.
When suitably watered deserts may
be extremely prolific, for their soils
are often rich in Immediately avail
able plant foods which have accumu-
lated during the long period of resi-.
The desert soils are often very deep,
and their crops are nourishcd from
an unusually thick layer. The desert
soils especially accumulate salts Of
potash and lime. which would be
leached out of them with a heavier
ro fall
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Did the Turks BLOW THEIR EMPIRE AWAY I'M SMOKE?

"TAS tobacco largely to blame for the downfall OF
NAf the Turks? Was it their TOO great fondncss for
w the seductive pipe and cigarette which reduced
them from great world power their present low pos,
ton among nations? There many who believe So
including among others Won Moltke the great German
sraegst who planned the campaign against the French
in 1870.
In his Letters from Turkey" Won Moltke drew a
contrast between the ancient and the modern Turks
the former fierce and unamed the latter supinc and
sluggish 10 degree. lie attributed the change which
had come over the people to the effect OF tobacco.
Won Moltke was not alone in his opinion for as long
ago as lS29 one Doctor Madden published Il book
cnttled, Travels in Turkey and Egypt" in which he
SAID: The pleasure the Turks had in the revere con.
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How Drink Affects YOUNG BRAINS

\ Italian schoolmistress has been making
IN some interesting experiments to find out
just what effect small quantities Of alco-
ho have OH the workings of children's brains.
Her subjects were girl OF ten years and two
boys aged fourteen and sixteen years respect
lively.
The normal capacity Of the children as re-
CARDS attention and memory first carefully
determined. half hour befor; the final tests a
mixture containing fourteen per cent alcohol
was administered to each child.
Even this small quantity OF alcohol produced
Il state of mental excitement which rapidly
reached its maximum and was slow to decline
While this condition lasted the children were
able TO fix their attention more quickly and in
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Chemical Fat Is POOR FOOD

A L recent meeting Of the American
~ Medical Association. Professor Mendel
4 h of Yale University, presented an ex.
ceedingly interesting paper on foods and nu
triton in which he gave an account of studies
made by him for the purpose of determining
the food value of various commonly used fats
In experiments upon young animals Pro
lessor Mendel found that when lard was the
only fat used, there was Il cessation of growth
and decline of weight at the end OF three
months. When butter fat was used there was
no sign whatever Of failure after feeding for
year or more.
Cottonseed oil is mentioned by Professor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
TREES, FLOWERS and VEGETABLES

The plant, like man. is intensely susceptible to the
impurities present in the air. The vated air OF the
town exerts on it very depressing effect. According
to popular belief what is death to the animal sup
posed to be life for the plant for flourish
in the deadly atmosphere of carbonic acid gas? In
reality the plant becomes sufocated just like human
being
In contrast to the effect Of carbonc acid ozone rem
ders the plant highly excitable. Suphuretted hydro.
gen. even in small quantities. is fatal to the plant
Chloroform acts strong narcotic inducing rapid
abolition Of excabilty The gait of the response
the plant under alcohol is udicrously unsteady as
that OF the village drunkard his way home from
debauch
AS regards the action of ether plants the effect
OF very diluted vapor is generally to induce
eXaltatlon followed by depression and pusa
ton III the leafet be subjected strong ether vapor
and the application be prolonged the arrest of pusa.
ton is permanent But If diluted vapor be employed
ana fresh air substituted immediately after the arrest
the leafet. 80
The effect of chloroorm is similar to that of ether
its reaction however. being far toxic; slight
access i'll the application OF chorofom is by
permanent arrest OF pulsation. This numerous
other reactions all exhibit remarkable similarit in
the effect of various chemical agents the
vegetable tissues
Another striking result that out Of my investi.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27

Ncarncss to the sea is quite con-
sistent with desert dcvclopm ent, for
If the sea water be colder than the
land, the capacity OF the air for
moisture is increased as it blows
ashore. and Il sea wind may therefore
act as drying and not as moisture
carrying agent.
Desert and non-descrt conditions
have frequently a!tcrnated in the
same district. Thus in the British
Isles there is evidence that desert
conditions prevailed during very
ancient times. and there is evidence
of an arid climate in Ireland during
Il later period. 1t has been suggested
that the existing deserts are now In
creasing. but the evidence indicates
that there has been no general eX-
pansion OF the desert areas. which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27

degree locally but that ii would impossible to do so
over large tracts of land But Mr. De Ferranti thinks
otherwise
1t has long been suggested that the inhabitants of
up the Summer heat for Winter use The whole aim
or science is to increase mans Nature and
10 90 TINS ways must be devised of utilizing energies
instance, comes to us without cost and in unlimited
measure. II is estimated liner at sea receives
Twice every day the attraction of the sun and the
moon combined with the rotation of the on it's
axis, causes an upswelng the of the sea to
pass round the earth The here going to waste is
almost beyond calculation.
htoE
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sequent on the indulgence in the pipe consisted in
contemporary humiliation thought. The peope
really cease TO think when they been long smok.
ing. have asked Turks repeatedly what they have
Dcen thlnkng of during their long reveries they
rcped vi nothing could not remind them of a
single idea having occupied their minds: and in the
consideration OF the Turkish character no more
dition."
This claim is borne out by Lane the great translator
o. me ARABIAN Nights who says of tobacco that "in
the character of the Turks who have become
addcted to It's use it has induced considerable changes
particularly rendering them inactive than they
were in earlier times. leading waste over the
pipe many hours which might be more profably en-
ployed." ' -
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WHAT BECOMES OF THIS PAGE When You Through Readn6 II

wv HAT becomes of this page and mill
w ions Of other newspaper pages when
their readers have finished with
them is an interesting subject
Although few realize it, the disposal of the
old newspapers, which accumulate so rapidly
in our homes in railway stations and where
ever men and women congregate. is an i'm
portant industry, in which millions of dollars
are invested and thousands of persons EN-
ploycd. Very few of the discarded newspapers
are allowed 10 go to waste. They are utilized
in all sorts of ways itnd supply us with many
things which we could not get so cheaply
from any other source.
For one thing, old newspapers form the
basis OF most Of the boxes in which our
dresses, shoes, shirts and other things are
delivered 10 lis from the stores When ground
into pulp and treated with certain chemicals.
they furnish an ideal material for the paste
board used in the cheapest as we'll as the
more expensive grades OF boxes.
One of the largest factories in the United
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How PLANTS
GET 'I'HREHD
and FEEL PAIN
just as We Do
By Prof. J. G. Bose, III. A., D. S c.

N TY experiments with plants to bring them
EVs much nearer TO human beings than
S ~ thought. Plants not mere mass of vegeta-
tive growth every fibre in them is instinct nth sensi
bility Plants answer to outside stimuli the responsive
twitches increasing with the strength of the blow that
strikes them.
We are able to record the throhbing of a plants
pusang life and find these and according
TO the life conditions Of the plant and with the
death of the organism The whole plant is made one
by connecting threads, that the tremor of excation
started in place goes through every part it, This
nervous impulse in man. be accelerated or
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ing TO transform the heterogeneous mass of
mixed papers. which looks for all the world
like so much useless rubbish and waste into
the clean cardboard material into which ii is
ultimately fashioned
The manufacture of pasteboard alone Gre
ates such large demand for old newspapers
that many women's clubs church societies
and other organizations find a very profitable
source of revenue in collecting them and
selling them to dealers.
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the heavier adulterants removed the
mass of paper is ground to pulp in a special
beating and washing engine. The mass is
then led over strainers, and the odds and
ends Of tin, bones wooden toys, iron and
WOODEN material that have escaped the atten-
ton of the first sorters are removed.
special furnace is maintained for the
incineration OF these foreign materials the
ash Of which is utilized in other industries
1t takes a lot of beating, pulping and wash
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Why We Need More Calcium

SCNCE dec that
dns oil bread II order
IN the bread
number
calcium In the diet
breadmaking
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
ADAM May Have CARRIED A CANE

VIE latest discoveries of anthropologists and
cthno!ogists make it seem quite possible that
Adam on his strols through the Garden Of
Eden carried cane Whether he used his stick as q
staff or weapon OF defence is not known but it is
certain that the found its way into nearly every
family of the human Ions before history began
to be recorded. -
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A Really Hygienic Sausage.

Ja'anse
morse or other animal that popularly
II
enn wei ooieduSuaiy in water but sometimes mlunt
Is nodded into ckike lengths with the fingers in
sausage is either
80 1890 "oAs "''n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
New Facts About Cancer.

STUDY OF 1000 OF
this disease claims and
most frequently
stomach other
heredty seemed TO "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
SCIENCE NOW KNOWS
Silk FROM Seaweed.

"a slime of the on
excellent quality
O 80 49, $500
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arrested under the several actions
of drugs and poisons. In these and
many other ways the life reactions
in plant and man are surprisingly
alike
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
THEY ARE WORSE THAN HUERTA

NICTORIANO uerta began his dletator9 rei with treaeh
erv and baptism of blood and by blood must be brought
end
Retribuon swiftly coming with its inerccss certainty
With the hand of traitor he killed the who trusted
him such ofense there among mortas.
He made himself despsed by all normal OF there
few who rallied President Wilson becase he refused to
grasp that hand stained with the blood henefacor
and friend these and newspapers later howed be-
the president did hasten into with Mexico They
called him weak and dreamer; rdiced and reycd him for
his watchu waiting while in caunes and dignity he
refused be disturbed by their canln2iEc swapping.
Now that he has taken tbs step he dreaded
which forced upon him this band nncerc and dishonest
yepers has turned around and started campaign of vcaon
and abuse for doing exactly had been demanded of him
months.
The American people tired of such humbug practices
The deceitful and howlings of these hvpocy
fit them class with llerl himself only the savage
Mexican with animal IKE .ulage shan the used
strument of speedy de h chef Willie they th ng
words and treasonable uttec,n,,s
There will be day of reckoning for them hese surely
will be for Huerta.
For the American people coming demand honesty in
newspapers and public
The dictator betrayed his presidents these IRE
trayng the people, which is wore-Salt Lake City Telegram
Independent.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
WHY SUFFER FROM
UPSET STOMACH
Mi-o-no Regulates Bad Stomachs and
Ends dyspepsia.

II you feel melancholy, languid. or
have headache, coated tongue, dis
tress after eating. heartburn, beleh-
Ing Of gas and undigested food, you
are suffering with indigestion and
dyspepsia. Now--at once-is the
time to stop this distress. Get from
C. d. Smith Drug Co. a fifty cent box
of Mi-o-na Tablets Their action is
sure, effective and immediate.
Besides stopping the distress Mi-o-
Ea Strengthens the gastric glands so
that they pour out their daily supply
of digestive msterials-what YOU eat
is converted into nutrition aud the
entire system is properly nourished
You feel perfectly we'll. strong and
energetic.
Mi-o-na is truly household rem
edy-perfectly harmless-and is
surely one of the best preparations 10
fix UP out-of-order stomachs.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
BOYCOITING NEWSPAPERS

WYE have only admiration the Denver News and The Den
w Times for the which they have defied and
turned down the Denver Chamber of Commerce. which sought
have those papers suppress the state of affairs the coal
strike district demanding that the papers withdraw telegram
President Wilson, and when the papers refused do
s Chamber of Commerce commanded members of the organza
nmated that boycott would be put effect against the
papers.
lie big Denver papers told the Chamber of Commerce
Dictator.
The News and Times are both fair and fearless this strike
situation They propose print the truth whether the
coal operators and their Denver spomen of the Chamber OF
Commerce like it
For long time have had whatever for the Denver
Chamber of Its chief work for long period has been
that of defending prang and esoung in favor of the big
moned interests the One day is rcsotng favor
the sugar the day favor of the coal and
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28

1t is one of the most remarkable
stories and one OF the most wonder
full moving picture productions ever
offered and is certain to prove inn
mensely popular here.
The feature is brought to this city
at considerable expense.
Each Wednesday for fifteen weeks
starting one week from tomorrow
The Sentinel will publish an INSTALL
ment of the story, and each Thurs
day for fifteen weeks, starting with
Thursday of next week, the Majestic
viii show the films illustrating the
story. Attention is called TO the big
advertising announcement appearing
in tomorrow's issue.
While in Denver Manager Wilson
also contracted for the franchise for
the famous Mutual Series OF moving
pictures. This gives his popular
playhouse two moving picture fran
chises, that OF the Universal and of
the Mutual. and as a result Mi. Will
son viii be able each day to select
his daily program from the very
best pictures offered by the two
great companies the Universal and
the Mutual, thus adding strength to
his already splendid daily program
and giving him a service second to
none in the United States.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
A THOUGHT FROM SHAKESPEARE

Blow. blow. thou winter wind,
Thou art not as unilind
AS mans ingTatitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen
Because thou art not seen.
Although thy breath be rude.
Freeze, freeze. thou bitter sky
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot;
Though thou the waters warp
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friends remembered not.
All the worlds a Stage"
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
CAUSES MUCH COMMENT

IT HE article Are We On the Wrong Track appearing
editorial columns last night has called forth considerable To-
cal and the declarations made by the writer the Amer
ican Magazine very generally endorsed
In conversation with Superintendent Allen, of the city
Schools he declared that of the charges made the
article applicable the Grand Junction schools and he
pointed features and departments the local schools to be
found the grades below the high school that make these grades
far than mere stepping the high schools Super
nndent Allen further contends that the Grand Junction schools
lave doing great deal toward indviduazing and paying
attention peculiar needs and ability of each individual
dent iLi .taT
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
DEBEQUE PEOPLE
BOOST FOR TRAIL

a Letter was received this morning
from Perry n. Cameron. of De Beque,
by the Chamber of Commerce and it
fairly breathes the enthusiasm Of
that community for the Midland
Trail. MIR. Cameron declares that a
half dozen business men of that com
munity are willing to close up
shop and get out on the road.
A few bad places in Garfield coun-
t. between Grand Valley and De
Beque are reported but the road to
the Garfield line is said to be in ex-
cellent shape.
An invitation is extended to the
local Midland Trail leaders to visit
De Beque and hold meeting to stir
up enthusiasm.
Something of the sort viii prob
ably be decided on in a short time.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
MRS. BUDELIER
IS APPOINTED

Gov. Ammops has announced the
appointment of Mrs. Emma J. Bude-
-lier, Of this city who is county pro-
bation officer. as one Of the Colorado
delegates to the National Conference
on Charities and Corrections TO he
held in Memphis. Tenn, May 8. to 15.
This meeting will be attended by
delegates and officials from all parts
OF the nation.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
A WISE MOVEMENT

XE believe the city commissioners acting wisely perfecng
title site Hannah Greek for the erection of cleo
power plant any the future the city may determine
that it best for the community to plant the
from which supply, in order furnish
Ibis city with electric power.
1t planning for the future but it wise plan for the fu
and glad that the commissioners alive to
he Importance of this
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
GEORGE F. BAER

a REMARKABLE died in Philadelphia Sunday, man
who ranked of the greatest railroad builders and rail-
road operators this country has known George Baer
dent of the Philadelphia and Reading from apprentice
railway systems and through his efforts that made
of the finest equipped and most profitable railroads in the
world His wonderful throughout Pennsylvania
lost of her greatest and powerful when George f.
Baer died
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28

Alexander Bowie, founder of the
town of Bowie and one OF the prinei-
pal mine owners of the place. arriv-
ed last evening aud is registered at
the La Court.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28

Vim. Monahan. a well known local
young man, left this afternoon for
the government camp at Cameo
where he has accepted position
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
ARRIVALS AT CiTY'S
LEADING HOTELS
ST. REGIS.


Chas. Marshall, Glenwood Springs;
A. j. Taylor and wife, Whitewater; /;
Harry A. Knarling. Pittsburg; l. G.
Nathan. New York; j. Gutenberg.
New York. w. r. Booth. Denver: Il.
w. Gould. Cripple Creek; Fred II.
West, st. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. j. \.
Martin, Ouray: NJ. F. johnson, Den
yer: e. l.. Smith, Denver; b. Berine,
Telluride; W. d. Hart and wife. San
Francisco; c. r. Hart, San Francisco:
II. r. Bryan, Salt Lake; c. W. Ward,
Denver.
OXFORD.
Hugh Long, Salida; l.. c, Marvin.
Salida: c. d. Johnson. Salida; G. w.
Everett, Salida: w. f. Neany, Dem
yer; t. w. Stuerd. Salt Lake; A.
Buer and wife, Salt Lake; ]. Vaughn
'Salida; V. c. Fogle and daughter.
Salt Lake; Mr.. and Aks. ]. f. Crane,
Indianapolis: t. V. Conway. Salida
V. V. Barcaley, Amorilla, Texas:
Henry Curtis. Salida. j. f. Robert,
Silt: Al d. Hawkins, Newark. n. j.;
Horace w. Smith Iona d. w. More
house. Salida.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
EDITORIAL
s
COLD BLOODED

HE which the Rockefelers father and son. turned
down the appeal from President Wilson, asking then the
biggest do all they could end the labor Cooa-
do shows how cold booded this family The lives of
and children nothing these grabers their
private interests concerned.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
FAMOUS STORY
FOR THIS CITY
Daily Sentinel and Majestic Theaten
Perfect Plans for Lucille Love,
the Girl of Mystery; New
Service for Theater.

Manager A. r. Wilson of the =
, Majestic theater who returned .
, yesterday noon from a busy =
3 week spent in Denver in the in .
, terest of his popular playhouse, =
, perfected arrangements while 4
y there, on behalf of himself and .
v The Daily Sentinel, for the .
, bringing to this city of the =
. startling and fascinating new =
serial story and picture. "Lu- .
, ellie Love, the Girl of Mystery" .
3 which is to be handled stimuli =
= taneously by leading daily news .
; papers and moving picture the .
= aters throughout the country. =
. = & a a e n a a a, n =.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28

Mrs. ]. Ed Hanson was local ar
rival last evening from her home in
Hotchkiss and will be here for sew
eral days visiting friends.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28

]. Gutenberg is registered at the
81 Regis for this week from New
York.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28

w. R. Robb of the Glade Parl, sec
tion was a local visitor yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-28
SENTIMENT OLD AND NE

While Picked Along the Ways Some from Pens
Long Pens of These Later Days]
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
New Game law.

A new game law that should be
passed by all States would contain The
following: Book agents may be shot
between October ! and September /;
Spring Poets from March to June
1; Automobile Speed Demons from
January l to January I; Road Hogs
Hunters from September to February
/; War TallSers--no closed season. Any
mau who accepts paper for two years
and then, when the bill is presented,
says 1 never ordered 1t, may be killed
on sight and shall be buried face down n
ward in quiclxlime so as to destroy the
germs aud prevent the spread of the
infection"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
Z COMMON COUNCIL

The Common Council met IN regular
session Tuesday evening Dec. IS. Mayor
Perry in the chair and seven alderman
present.
On motion of Aid. Chandler the read
ing of the minutes of the proceeding
meeting was dispensed with aud min
utes approved as printed.
Petition for annexation of part of
Government Heights aud Graystone
Park read and referred to committee
on Judiciary and city attorney.
Petition for additional lights in First
Ward referred to finance committee,
and officers performing duties of board
of public works.
Communication from city attorney
relative to employing an assistant read
and referred to committee on judiciary.
Resolution adopted authorizing pay
ment of $500 to the city of Milwaukee,
for connection with sewer tunnel ut
East Milwaukee Avenue aud Spring
Avenue.
Resolution adopted allowing city
libarian IS for contingent expenses.
There being no further business the
Council adjourned.