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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
Woman Asks $l,5OO,OOO
for Breach OF Promise

Los ANGELES, March 20.-Bryant
81. Howard. q San Diego, Cal, mill
lionaire. was made defendant in a
81 500. 000 breach of promise suit filed
here yesterday by Maud Armheld,
who alleges that Howard is the father
Of her two-year daughter. In her
action Miss Armfeld asserted she
married Howard at San Diego in the
summer of 1909. only to learn In the
following February that a complaint
charging Howard with bigamy had
heen issued.
Howard, she alleged. influenced her
to obtain an anulment of marriage.
After he had obtained a divorce from
his legal wife she said Howard re-
fused TO keep his promise to marry
her. She declares Howard Is pos
sessed Of property valued at $4,000, 600,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
Appeals to the Police When
Challenged to Fight Duel

NEW ORLEANS. March 20,-A
challenge to q duel sent through the
United States mails yesterday by
Captain J. N. Nyholm retired Of
ficer of the Danish army, to Count
Viggo Knuth, a Danish nobleman, re-
suited in Count Knuth appealing to
the police for protection. Detectives
advised Captain Nyholm that dueling
is not permitted in the United States,
and that further hostile advances
toward the count would result in
grave consequences. Both count and
captain admitted their differences
grew out of business transaction.
Captain Nyholm, according to the
police, admitted that he sent the chal-
lenge, saying that the connt had as
sailed his honor, and II was his de-
sire to settle differences by means OF
the international code,'' which, he
explained. was by the use of weapons.
Captain Nyholm has been a resident
u skis city nesglS two years.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
Miss Carrie Cooper

Funeral services for Miss Carrie
Cooper, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Garret Cooper, who died yester-
day, will be held tomorrow afternoon
at the residence Of her sister, Mrs.
Sheppard Roland. Of II Park street,
Montelair. Rev. Harry Emerson Fos-
dick, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will officiate. and interment
tomorrow will be in Rosedale Gene
terry, Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
Texas City Taxes Cats, at
Humane SOciety's Request

HOUSTON, Tex, March 1s.--What's
sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander; that is to say, if dog is
taxed, why not q cat. Mrs. Jessie
Jordan, secretary of the Houston
Humane society, put 1t up to the
city council and they passed an ordt-
nance requiring cats to wear license
collars same as dogs. A license of 81
will be paid on "Toms" and tabbies
will be taxed 81.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
Fireman Is Fatally Hurt
When Auto Truck Turns Over

ATLANTIC CITY, March 20.-One
fireman was probably fatally injured,
three others less seriously and five
escaped injury entirely yesterday
when the new $1,000 automobile
fire truck turned turtle while respond
ing to an alarm of fire. The machine
was travelling at about forty miles
an hour when the steering pin gave
way at Michigan and Atlantic ave-
nues and the machine turned over.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20

Charles A. Whelan, Of l06 WASH
ington street, OF East Orange,
who returned home yesterday on the
Imperator from 81 European trip,
was rendered dinner at the Wash
ington Restaurant. this city, last
night by John II. Conroy, jr, also Of
East Orange. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs Paul Hay Of East Or
anRe; Miss Arlene Luttgen, OF Or
ange; Miss Helen Middleton, of En-
glewood; Miss Frances II. Mullins,
of this city; Miss Dorothy Cray, OF
New York: John ". Marshall and
James II. Shackleton, Of East Orange,
and Leon Tunison, Of London, Eng
land.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
Breaks Altitude Record,
Carrying Three Passengers

JOHANNIsTHAL, March 2o.-The
altitude record of 12'SoS feet Ior
flight with three passengers was '5s,, eso
,.arn Lapei'' nv Robert Thelen, the German
aviator. s e.. , 9ght IN
aeronlane carrying three passen-
81 n,.s an ,ges held by the French aviator
SGaraiT who on March attained an
Si1ittde T Of Il, 500 feet at Chartres'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Old-Fashioned Agricultural Implements

Times have changed In agriculture, as In many
other things, and at the present day we can
hardly realize the difficulties that beset the farmer
upwards of a century ago. Early spring was
often a trying time for him, when his supplies Of
cattle food were apt to become exhausted before
the new grass appeared. There were then no
turnips, mangolds, oilcake, soy beans or similar
foods to be procured. and he had some
times great difficulty in keeping his cattle from
starvation, especially in the late districts. 1t is
difficult to believe, but it is nevertheless true. that
IN parts of Scotland the cattle were at times 80
weak in spring from want Of food that they were
unable to rise from their stalls when the new
grass did come. The custom therefore arose for
farmers in a neighborhood to meet together and
go from farm to farm for the purpose Of carrying
the helpless cattle out to the fields. This was
termed the cattle lifting, a much more humane
method of cattle lifting" than that which used to
prevail on the borders.
In the wilder parts of Scotland, where gorse or
furze was plentiful, the young shoots we're often
used In spring as a supplementary food for both
cattle and horses. The shoots were cut down
and then removed to the farm to be there crushed
into a rough pulp which could be eaten by the
cattle. 1t was eagerly devoured by them, and they
throve upon 1t. Cows gave richer milk when they
were supplied with crushed gorse, and the milk
was free from unpleasant flavor, such as other
green winter foods sometimes induce. Horses,
too, relished the food.
Great faith was placed in the n~utritive value of
whin shoots. Indeed, so popular did whin diet
become, that fields, especially where the soil was
dry and light, were set aside for the whin crop,
the seeds being sown in drills in March, so that
the shoots became ready for use in the autumn
Of the following year. For several years In sue
cession forage was obtained from the original
crop.
There were several methods employed for pulp
ing the gorse. In small farms, where only a limit
ed quantity was needed, the method usually adopt
ed was to lay the young shoots on a fat stone or
block Of wood and hammer them with a mallet
similar to that now used for driving in paling
posts. Sometimes one end Of the mallet was fitted
with iron blades for ~chopping the gorse, while
the other end was fiat for pounding it. Otherwise
a hammer" or "bruiser' might be employed, an
instrument consisting of a shank of wood, three
feet eight inches in length. e bulged out part to
give the instrument weight ON being used, and a
base which is contracted into a square, and shod
with an iron shoe embracing parallel iron cutters
one inch asunder and three inches deep, and
sharpened at their lower edge"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

These methods, however, entailed too much
manual labor where gorse was used in consider
able quantity. In such case a gorse, furze or whin
tricts, was utilized. The whin mill was built after
one Of two types; the most common consisted Of
a circular stone. shaped somewhat like q mill
stone, standing on edge, with approximately a
diameter of four feet and a thickness Of a foot. In
the center of the stone a hole was cut, through
which a shaft about IA feet long was fixed. On
end OF the shaft was attached to an iron pin firmly
fixed into an earth-fast stone, and the other end
was fitted with tackllng to which a horse could
be yoked. The gorse shoots were then thrown
into a circular trough or course, where they were
crushed as the milestone slowly revolved. The
farmer occasionally stirred them up with a hay
fork and sprinkled them with water to facilitate
the crushing process. Crushing went on for about
a couple OF hours, by which time the gorse was
sufficiently pulped to be eaten by the cattle.
In the second type of mill another form of stone,
shaped somewhat like a feld-roller, was utilized.
This pattern was not 30 common as the wheel.
shaped. The roller revolVed on a fat circular
course paved with stones, and had one end rather
thicker than the other to enable It more readily
to turn round the circle.
In process Of time these gorse mills gradually
fell into disuse. AS the land became better popu-
lated, gorse became less plentiful and cattle food
more abundant. The Introduction of turnips, too,
provided a plentiful supply Of food in spring, when
1t had formerly been very scarce. Farmers, more
over, grudged the amount of labor entailed In pre-
pairing the gorse, and were not unwilling that the
apparatus should fall into decay.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
Land Campaign Of 1914.

One hundred years ago March 2 the
preparations of the Americans and
British for beginning the 1and cam.
paign of 1914 were about completed.
The American army under General
Wilkinson had already crossed the
Canadian frontier. On the Canadian
side the preparations for the campaign
we're being conducted with equal en-
Ssrgy. Stores of every kind, and in
vast quantities, were being forwarded
from Quebec and Montreal by ~brigades
of sleighs to points of distribution
near the frontier. At this time the
prospects of peace appeared very re-
mote. Early in the year the emperor
of Russia had offered to mediate be-
tween the belligerents. Great Britain
declined the offer. but proposed direct
negotiations with the United States.
The commissioners appointed, how
ever, did not meet until August, and
meanwhile the war became more
deadly and mutually destructive.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
PERFECT HUMAN FORM

thighs. "a inches; calf. is inches;
upper arm, IL inches; forearm. nine
inches. However. as have stated be-
fore, there are many who would not
deem this their ideal in many re-
spects. OF course. If you are shorter
or taller. the proportions OF your
body will vary from these somewhat.
and your present state will reflect
the habits and training OF past years.
The proportions should be observed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

unexpected outlet for its energies than
that OF the See You Home Company
which has been started in Belgium.
Agents Of the company visit the
hotels and restaurants at an advanced
hour of the evening and convey safely
to their domiciles those in whom the
desire to go home is greater than the
ability to accomplish the journey.
The charges vary. Summary con
veyance" costs but 16 cents, convey
anc in a wheelbarrow covered with
a sack So cents, but conveyance in
q cart drawn by dogs. SO cents.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
immense Wind Motor.

A wind motor claimed to be the
largest of its kind in the world has
lately been brought into use at Har-
Iingen, Friesland. for draining a tract
OF iowland redeemed from the sea by
high entertainments, with an area of
1850 acres. This machine, which has
steel sails and is mounted on a steel
tower, has a diameter Of SO feet and
as said to be capable Of dealing with
$4,000 to 10000 cubic fee. of water an
hour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Addresses were made by DR.. W. s.
Montgomery, supervising principal OF
the thirteenth division of the public
schools Of Washington, and president
of the board of directors Of the Manas-
sas Industrial school, and by James
C.. Chestnut and Charles NJ. Thomas
Of the Colored Normal school. at a
meeting of the Negro Farmers ALI
ance Of northern Virginia, held re-
Gently at the Manassas school, Wash
ington. Prof. C. H. Marlborough, d.
rector of the school, conducted the
sessions.
Reports made by the farmers
showed progress in cutting expenses,
In raising stock, in improving the
condition Of women on the farm and
in lengthening the school term. as well
as improving the service Of the teach
ers in the rural schools. A committee
on ways and means to aid the con-
structive work of the school was
formed by the farmers. Appeals were
issued for funds to meet current ex-
penses as well as to increase the en-
dowment. The present enrolment Of
| students numbers 1876.
The third session Of the meeting
was given to entertainment by the stu
dent body under the direction OF
Misses Hershaw and Kennedy, teach
ers In the Institutions and graduates
of the Colored Normal school.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

What constitutes a perfect form is
largely a matter of personal opinion.
Certainly however, the old hourglass
shape is entirely out of date, and what
a blessing 1t is. Recently the follow
ing figures were given out by a group
of artists as being those Of a perfect
figure: Height. five feet eight inches;
weight 140 pounds; neck, IL inches;
chest. IS inches; bust. SO inches;
waist. 20 inches; hips. "a inches;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

So much js heard of the heartless-
ness of New York business men that
It is refreshing to hear another side of
the story. A young woman had been
employed by a large wholesale house
for three months. 1t was her first
position. She became i'll, and. believ-
ing that conditions surrounding her
work were unsuitable to her, resigned.
The firm then sem a check for two
weeks salary and wrote that when
she recovered If they could help her
In any way. eithar financially or to %
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Native children in the Alaska
schools under the United States Blu
real of Education become so enthu-
siastic over the personal hygiene cam
paign that they frequently bring their
fathers and brothers to school to have
them put through the clipping and
cleaning process at the hands OF the
teacher.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

as nearly as possible, If milady would
appear up to date In the newest
dresses. The same hip as bust meas
urement, with a ten-inch decrease in
the waist line. are the lines recon-
mended by the h~igh-grade corsetieres
of today for the woman who would
be strictly modish.-Woman's World.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
Sympathetic.

~Are you doing anything to relieve
the sufferings Of your fellow mann"
asked the philanthropist.
Il am" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. 81
refuse TO make large donations. there
by preventing pangs of jealousy on the
part of institutions that didn't get
any"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

The art Of living resembles wrestling
more than dancing. for here a man does
not know his movement n his meas
uTe beforehand. No; he is obliged to
stand strong against chance, and Sc
cure himself as occasion shall ofer.--
Marcus Aurelius.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

In the last four years q number of
important nations have adopted the
compulsory use of the metric system.
Among these are Denmark. China, ia
pan, the FIVE republics OF Central
America Bulgaria Chile Uruguay and
Slam.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

In the ear 1909, TIT establish
ments were engaged In the United
States in the manufacture Of paper
from wood pulp. These gave employ
ment to an average OF S1,473 persons
and paid ~$50,914,643 in salaries and
wages.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

In Paraguay there is found a rail
way beetle" a kind Of glow-worm,
which emits a strong red light from
head to tail. but also a green light
along each side of its body.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Eighty-four colleges and %universi-
ties are represented by the parents
of the students in the present fresh
man class at Princeton university, but
of its 430 members only 16 say that
both their parents r college grad
yates.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Germany discourages the cutting of
peat, as the government desires to
convert the moor and bogs into ara
BILE lands through proper drainage.
This action is taken because of the
scarcity Of cattle and meat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
EZ2ESNZYF

UTILIZATION has as yet made little
progress in Persia. Western mod
ern inventions in agricultural ma
chinery and scientific methods Of cul-
tivating have passed over this country
without leaving any impression on the
farmers. The land is titled in much
the same way as In the days Of Noah!
The simplest and most primitive tools
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Sawmill waste of Douglas fir, Of
which an enormous quantity is found
in the western forests, is being used
to make paper pulp by a mill at Mans
field, Ore.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
: HOW STUPID.

YES" observed a young medical graduate,
"all the communication that l receive have DR..
on them, but the senders will put the DR.. after
my name instead Of before It,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Nearly 7OO,O0O.O00 pounds of olive
oil we're extracted from Spanish olives
last year. Much of this oil goes to
Italy to be re-exported thence to other
countries as italian oil.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
INAPPROPRIATE.

Scruggs-While I have noticed many steam
ships named for cities. I have never seen one
called after Cork.
Buggs-It would never do to speak of the
Corks crew.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

One hundred men took part In "a
municipal game hunt in P~latteville.
Colo, to destroy animals which do
damage to crops. In all 1,0S5 animals
we're destroyed, Including 1s varieties.
from magpies to muskratA
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

About 5000 tons OF cork sawdust
are used in Spain annually in packing
fruits for shipment. Some 10000 per
sons are employed in some manner in
the cork industry in Spain, with an
average wage of about 81 cents a day.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Notwithstanding the troubled con
dition in Mexico, 1877 new government
schools for the native population have
been organized in the various states,
according to a statement on Latin
American republics in the annual re-
port Of the commissioner of educar
ton. 4
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

cure another position. she was to call
upon them. Fortunately she didn't
have to, and now no one dares to tell
her that New York is cruel and heart
less to the struggling newcome
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
COULD NOT AFFoRD 1T.

Mrs. Snobbs-I wintered at Palm Beach this
season and expect to summer at Mt. Savage.
Mrs. Hobbs-I s~pringed at Pratt City and ex-
pect to autumn at Bessemer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

"see You Home Company
Commercial enterprise goes far and
displays boundless ingenuity in these
days Of competition. But 1t is doubt
full whether 1t has aver found a more
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
ounht 70 Win.

Don't you think l am bound TO win
In my latest speculation"
what vas III"
Il took a dyer in aviation stoAk"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

A dressmaker may not be able to
write her own name and still be an
expert at figures.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

When a young man asks a girl for
her photograph she Classics him al
once as a matrimonial possibility.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Recent French statistics show 45
families in that country having IS or
more children each, 81 with II chill
drea each, and more than 1900. 900
with no children.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Holsters are now caught with a snag
consisting of a circle of hooks hang
ing under a piece OF bait
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Horses are scarce in Alaska, as 1t
is too great a expense to provide
food for them during the long winter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

st. Louis churches are using half
page advertisements in daily papers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
CkAEF

pestles, to get rid of the remaining
husks. The Persian wheat bread is sold
IN big nat, ~pancake-like pieces called
sangak (from sang, the stone), from
the TACT that 1t is baked in an over
with a floor Of heated pebbles. AS 1t is
SO thin, it Is baked through into crust,
tastes best while still hot. AS the
poorer classes all over the south of
Persia live on nothing else but bread,
the harvest means everything to them,
price of wheat is a very serious matter
riots break out If prices reach the fami
and are a source of much trouble to the
ties. Many a governor has had to face [
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28
wAFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

The education OF the negro in the
essentials, the three Rs" and the rest
of a good common school course, to-
gether with his education to a trade,
has shown excellent results, The negro
makes a good farmer, a good artisan,
a good man in most trades, after he
has had proper training. Leaders Of
the race are proceeding upon the
theory that the best way to break down
the barriers Of prejudice is to make
the negro a self-supporting, industri-
Gus, thrifty, useful citizen. This theory
appears to have INDICATED itself. Tus-i
kegee institute has probably done
more to break down prejudice against
the negro in the south than any other
single agency.
The negro, for his own sake and
happiness, should realize that the PRO
fessions do not afford him the same
opportunities as they offer to white
men. The fact is that anything greatly
different could hardly be expected.
The negro has only had half a century
of civilization in America, as against
many ages for the white man. Under
the circumstances he has done re-
markably we'll, but he should remem-
Der that the old adage, 1.-THE more haste
the less speed" holds good in race de-
velopment as in most ether things.
The negro cannot reach the goal OF
the highest civilization and the great
est mental development as a a C by
any short cuts. He will progress more
rapidly, more solidly and more salts
factorily II he prepares himself by
going through the same experiences
which have been necessary to every
other race.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-28

Afghanistan, the buffer state be-
tween British India and the Russian,
possessions in Asia, with an area Of
about 250, 900 square miles and a pop
ulation Of probably about 100000
Mohammedans Ono ensus has ever
been taken), is, with the exception
of Tibet, the largest closed country
L. the world.