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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-22
BATTLESHIP MINNESOTA
AND MARINES ARRIVE

WashinEtOn, d. c, AprlI - -,
ADMIRAL Badger has reported the a illl,..-
az Ferecruz Of the battleship AlIlii -. -
aua the naval transport Hancoch' win
marines from New orleans
| --I9ese ships had stopped at IaInplco
ere ordered to proceed 10 NeIa
be admiral reported that ne mac
HQorincs 10 control the slSA"-
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
JUMPING BEANS OF MEXICO
Not a Bean at All, but a Species of
Fruit-Queer Antics Caused
by Caterpillar.

You may have noticed among arti-
cles offered for sale at a bazaar some
curious little thrre-cornered objects
that keep hopping about as if alive.
They are called jumping beans,
though really they are not beans at
all, as you can tell by their shape.
They are the fruit of a tree growing
in Mexico. four of the so-called
"beans" forming one fruit, which splits
open and divides as it dries.
While the fruit is still young and
soft, tiny caterpillar eats its way
through the skin to the inside and
takes possession. 1t gradually eats out
the whole of the inside of the fruit,
and of course grows larger. Mean
while the skin has hardened into a
thin but strong shell, and the fruit
having divided has fallen to the
ground. The caterpillar is thus shut
into a strong prison.
Mexico being very hot country, it
will make a difference to the temper
ature of the shell whether it falls into
a shady nook or is left out in the open,
exposed to the sun. Now, though the
caterpillar cannot see through the
walls of it's little house, instinct leads
it to try to get into some sheltered
spot where it will not be trodden on
or disturbed. The only way it can do
this is by knocking it's head against
the top of the shell and falling forward
whenever it feels the warmth of the
sun.
1t takes long while to get over the
ground in this way, at the rate of a
quarter of an inch each Jump" but
by dint Of perseverance a safe retreat
will generally be found the seed Will
eventually burst and grow. The cater
pillar then turns into a chrysalis
which develops into pretty little
brown moth that lays it's eggs on the
leaves of the same tree.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
VENICE A DREAM CITY
Approached by VladuCt Over Two
Miles of Breezy Sea.
Dwelling Place of the Doges Has
Kept It's Medieval Aspect Albeit
Its Comforts Have Kept Pace
With Modern Progress.

London.-Venice is the dream city
of the world. You cannot imagine it
before seeing it and after leaving it I
think it must be hard to believe in its
existence. Travelling, while probably
the best brain stimulant and mind en-
larger known, is apt to spell disil-
lusion most of the time. Foreign
places, after all, are amazingly like
home; foreigners seem to be just
plain human beings doing common
place things in queer ways and the
wonders" we have anticipated with
excitement from childhood dwindle
dolefully on being visited.
The only scenery l have found
which exactly conceded with my pre-
vious fancy is in the Highlands of
Scotland, and the only city thus far
which has surpassed my fondest ex-
pectations is Venice
In these days you usually enter a
town by that most depressing of back
doors, railroad yard, hemmed about
with dingy traffic and squalid build
ings. Venice is approached, not
through desolate wastes of improved
real estate" not through the CRIME
of manufacturing suburbs, but by a
viaduct, across more than two miles
OF breezy sea-, on whose horizon
seems to lie some fair mirage in the
form of a city-a jewel city set clean
cut in water and light. Suddenly the
ic h1nffnd oh hxy a
wall. You are in railroad station.
Gust like other railroad stations,
you say cynically to yourself, and
drift toward the exit to find a cab.
You step forth and, presto! the dream
begins-or at least it did for me. OF
course, had heard there were canals
for streets and gondolas for transpor-
tation in Venice, but without just real
izing what this meant. Here before
me was a beautiful sweep of green
water which knew, by the handsome
stone fronted buildings that hordered
it opposite, must be the Grand canal.
Here at my feet was a fleet of the
most graceful small boats ever de-
signed, long and black and narrow,
each with the scimitar like sword of
medieval Venice decking it's prov,
each with sunburned, picturesquely
dressed oarsman at it's stern.
Quietly, with none of that clamor
usual in Italy, was motioned aboard
one of these fairy craft, my baggage
was slowed forward and 1 was pro-
PEELED in silence through shadowy
lanes of limpid water to my hotel,
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18

house. When the rabbit sees them he
will want them, and we can get him
to race with the deer"
so that's settled" said Mamma
Bear, and she went back to her fire.
Pretty soon the chipmunk came and
told Mamma Bear that Young Beaver
had finished the horns, and the chip
munk took a stick and drew in the
ashes a picture of fine, spreading|
pair Of antlers.
Sure enough, the rabbit wanted the
horns as soon as he saw them.
81 thought maybe they would look
we'll on the deer" said the Great
Beaver. But after he had sat and
smoked for a while, he said: 'Pll tell
you, the thing to do is to fix up race
between you and the deer, and the one
who beats shall have the horns."
So the animals all got together and
| fixed it up to have the deer and the
rabbit run through thicket and back.
They were to start at the same mark
when the Great Beaver thumped his
tail hard on the water, "Plomp!" like
that and the first to get back should
have the prize.
While every one was admiring the
horns, the rabbit said Il don't know
this part of the country, SO I'm going
to take a look through the bushes
where we are to run" They said that
was all right, but he was gone so long
that the fox said he must be up to one
| of his tricks.
'I'll go and see what he is doing"
said the fox, and pretty soon he came
back and said that he had found the
rabbit gnawing the bushes and clear
ing path to run over. When the rab-
bit came back at last to start the
race, the Great Beaver told him that
the horns would go to the deer, for
they could not allow a tricky fellow
like him to try a race for them.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
HoRsoN TELLS CAMPAIGN COST
Alabama Man Makes First Report
Filed Under New Law

Alabama Man Makes First Report
Filed Under New Law.
Washington.-First reports Of a
campaign expense in senatorial pri-
maries under the new direct elections
amendment were made public by the
senate.
Representative Hobson of Alabama
sent in a detailed account of expend-
itures aggregating $5,367.34, of which
$2,174 was spent in travelling and $2,.
618.19 in newspaper and other adver-
tising. Contributions to his fund
amounted to $1,825, of which 5000
came from the National Women's
Temperance union.
From South Dakota, Senator Craw-
ford, who was defeated by Representa-
tive Burke, reported spending $2,055,
while Representative Burke's list to-
tailed $3,32S.8O:
Senator Clark of Arkansas reported
$360.30, and his opponent, William F.
Kirby, $1,631.50.
Senator Shively of Indiana reported
he had spent nothing.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18

Eat only when you are hungry. Leave
worries outside the dining room door
Eat slowly and masticate thoroughly
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18

Copyright. 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Long time ago the deer had no horns,
and the top of his head was as smooth
as the does head is today. He was a
good-natured fellow, who liked to
show all of the other animals how fast
he could run and how far he could
jump.
Now, the rabbit was also a great
runner and good jumper, and he
liked to tell about what he could do
whenever he could get anyone to
listen
One day the rabbit was shifting
around Mamma Bear, as she was
taking the last of the corn cakes out
of the fire, and begging for some of
the hot and crisp pieces off the edge.
Give me two pieces, and l will
show you that I can jump clean over
your fire" said the rabbit.
81 declare" said Mamma Bear, if
you don't stop bothering me I'll pick
you up and hold you over the fire until
all of your fur is singed off,"
CdCCn me HTSt! SalQ the rdDDlC,
and ran away to see what other mis-
chief he could get into. After the
rabbit ran off, Mamma Bear sat down
and thought out plan to stop the
rabbit from boasting any more of his
speed. She folded up her apron and
went to call on the Great Beaver.
Il think we ought to fix up a race
between the rabbit and the deer" said
Mamma Bear, and offer grand prize
to the one who wins. If we do that,
know that the deer will beat, and
won't have to listen to Mr.. Rabbit talk
about himself"
And l know just the right prize to
offer to the one who wins" said the
Great Beaver. Il will tell my son to
whittle out a fine pair of horns, and
then l will set them up in front of my
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
Piazza del Signori.

into the front door of which l stepped
right from the gondola. For the ar
rival of a stranger in a strange city,
it was all preposterously lovely. And
I may say at once that after nearly a
week here I am still TRANQUILITY dazed
with the beauty of the place.
In practically all respects, save that
of comfort, Venice has kept it's medic
val aspect This is due to the absence
of horses or of wheeled vehicels of
any kind. All traffic passes through
the waterways in barges or gondolas.
The narrow streets which interlace
between the canals are used only by
pedestrians, and are spotlessly clean,
somewhat like strips of courtyard of
American fiat buildings, save for the
bright display of merchandise and the
endless passing of the crowds. To
walk about in these streets is pleas
ant mystery. They wind ceaselessly,
and just when you think you are
surely coming out somewhere near the
spot you were foolish enough to aim
for you are brought up abruptly by a
canal with no bridge, and have to ad-
venture some long ,detour.
Your recompense is that the jump
ing off place at which you emerged
was likely to have given you one more
of the inexhaustible variety of pic
turesque views which will never cease
10 draw artists to Venice as long as
the sea tides wash the canals and the
stones of the palaces stand.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
WHEAT SHOWS INCREASE.
2,328,ooo Bushels on Colorado Farms
March I, Says Federal Report.

There were 2,32S,0OO bushels of
wheat on the farms of Colorado on
March !, according to the government
report for March an increase of 1885,
900 bushels over year ago. Oats
show decrease from 4.340,000 bush
els year ago to S,745,0OO on the first
of this month.
Corn showed a decrease, the total
on March 1 being 100000 bushels as
compared to 3,219,0OO a year ago.
Barley crop on March 1 was $4,000
bushels as compared with 1,050,000 a
year ago. All the figures show big
increase as compared to the average
for the past five years.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
s65, 100000 FOR TERMINAL.

Chicago Council Passes Ordinance
Providing for Great Depot.
Chicago.-An ordinance providing
for the expenditure of $65,000,0 900 for
new terminal and station for the
railroads now using the union station
here passed the city council. The plan
provides for new station on the same
location of the present station at Ad-
ans and Canal streets. The new sta
tion is to cost approximately $1500O,.
600.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18

ton, the inventor has made an imita-
tion of smoke, which is to be seen
bursting with startling realism from
the smoke stack of the miniature en-
gine. The imitation is made by a COW
ering of cotton, suitably colored, over
a piece of wire, and when this is prop
erly placed in the smoke stack of the
engine the effect is astonishing.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
Lands Restored to Entry.

Nearly $4,000 acres of land from a
former oil withdrawal in Wyoming
were restored to entry by the Presi-
dent during February on the recon-
mendation Of Secretary Lane, exami
nation of the land by the United
States Geological Survey having
shown that it is non-oil in character.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
Underwood Files Expenses.

Washington. = Representative I'm
derwood, candidate for the Alabama
senatorial nomination, filed his cam
paign contribution and expense state
ment showing expenditures of $3,-
477.3S, with contributions from private
sources amounting to $2,136.65.
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
SMOKE ON TOY LOCOMOTIVE
inventor Has Made an Imitation by
Covering of Cotton, Suitably Col
,ored, Over Piece of Wire.

The toy locomotives made for nurs-
cry use are so cleverly constructed
that, with one accord, we are all
prompted to say, as we see them run
ming over the floor, 1T only needs a
little smoke to make it look like the
real thing" so, taking the sugges-
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
In the Glass.

Tommy, stand up and tell the class
who was Atlas"
"He was the biggest thief that ever
got away with the goods"
Tommy Smith, what do you mean
by talking such nonsense?"
well, Atlas held the world up,
didn't he?"
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
Doc Gets Medal for Rescue.

New York-For rescuing his mas
ter, Jim, great Dane dog, was pre-
sented with a medal at the banquet
of the Canadian camp of New York
The Winslow mail., 1914-04-18
Weds on Death Bed.

Camden, n. J.-Although told that
he had less than twenty-four hours to
live, Howard Schemley was married
to Miss May Connolly.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19

taffeta. 1t is a straight skirt wide
enough at the bottom to allow a FREQ
step. The shaped tunic is rounded at
the front. There is girdle about
the small coat in the plain taffeta in
the colors used in the skirt and in the
binding
There is an underbodice OF the
sheerest materials, open at the throat
and finished with deep folds of white
chiffon. The skirted bodice, or coat.
whichever one considers it, is finished
with a turned-baek collar patterned
after the Chinese model and opening
below the bust The sleeves are wide
and full, with deep turned-back cuffs,
and are three-quarters length.
For summertime this dress embod-
les about all the good points that are
to be considered. First, it is good look
ing, smart In fabric and cut, cool and
delightfully."- refined in design.
The other dress has a plain skirt,
with some drapsry arranged in the
seams. There is a cloth coat finished
with a draped collar in Roman striped
taffeta. The model follows the Russian
blouse inspiration, with skirt cut long
err at the right than at the left side.
This is a separate coat and practi-
cal for other wear. The Roman stripe
decoration and the draped collar have
been especially well handled.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19

THE Camera Man, armed with his
merciless instrument and his alert,
discriminating eyes, we have always
with us. And now the Moving Pic
ture Man is taking unawares, every
thing within his reach. Both are as
jnsistent as the Jersey mosquito, and
many wrathful victim considers him
self stung by all of them.
But the Camera Man and the Nov
ie Man are destined to do us much
good We are about to see ourselves
as others see us-and when we least
expect it.
On the Board Walk (Which may
stand for any fashionable dress pa
rade) the Camera Man has chance
to make comparisons and to look for
standards by which to make compar-
isons. In the picture shown here
he has succeeded in catching the pho
tograph of two wonderfully wellclad
women whose charming costumes are
standards of excellence, that not many
others measure up to. They demon
strate that modes of the season which
have been much criticized and are un-
satisfactory to the majority of the peo-
pie, may be developed attractively, and
more than attractively.
The costume at the left is of plain
and figured taffeta The skirt is of the
plain fabric, bound with plain silk in
the color of the flower in the figured
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19

is covered with the plain Grape.
The long net veil is held corner
wise and pinned at one corner of the
toque at the right side toward the
back. 1t is laid in folds without any
attempt at regularity, and pinned
down to the hat with pins having dull
black heads. This brings the broad
part of the veil below the shoulders
and gives an effect of length which is
achieved without weight
This design for first mourning may
be duplicated in white Grape for sum-
mer wear. But with the black net
bordered with Grape used as a sub
stitute for the all-crape veil. and the
drapery all falling from the back.
the design is not heavy or burden
some.
A round hat faced with white Grape,
with drape and trimming of black
Grape, is worn without a veil. 1t is
very attractive. depending for its
charm upon good lines and workman
ship of exquisite neatness. The white
next the face and hair will be found
more becoming to the majority OF
wearers than all black.
JULIA 8oTToMlEY.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19

ACQUIRING millinery in new designs,
lvk for spring and summer wear, has
no strikingly new features to offer
and does not need any. The smaller
turban and toque shapes, which are
familiar in other kinds of millinery,
have afforded the best of foundations
for specialists who make mourning
hats.
The persistent draping of wells at
the back and the use of portion of
the veil as a drape for the body Of
the hat, are noticeable in all the best
displays. And the use of net bordered
with Grape is concession to COM
fort which has also beauty to COM
mend it. On the round sailor shapes,
with brims one sees occasionally
square wells of net bordered with
Grape or OF chiffon, finished with
woyen-in border, that are placed to
fall over the face and are thrown
Rack over the hat.
Two very good examples OF UMPIRE
tentious but elegant hats of Grape are
shown In the illustration that heads
this article. The toQue, in all black
Grape, has coronet made of folds laid
about 1t in diagonal lines. The crown
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19
WHY The CLOVER
CROP OFTEN FAILS
Rotation Alone Will Not Always
Maintain Fertility of Soil,
Says Prof. Hopkins.

The most thorough investigator
and student of actual soil conditions
and the highest authority on this sub
ject. Is Professor Cyril G. Hopkins OF
the Illinois experiment station. Con
corning rotation of crops he has this
to say:
1.-THE only kind of soil treatment in
common use that Is even believed to
benefit the soil is crop rotation in
GLIDING a clover crop, but that rota
ton is means of depicting fertility
and the clover used in, this way in
grain farming serves only as a most
powerful soil stimulant, leaving the
soil poorer with each passing rota-
ton until crop yields become reduced
clover being the first crop to fail In
this system.
"At this point land values usually
begin to decrease. Under the success
full clover system of grain farming
the landowner may receive one-half OF
a 60-bushel crop of corn, which at 81
cents a bushel will return $1,000 an
acre-5O cents for taxes and per cent
interest on 5000 land, but 10 or 20
years after the clover system fails the
landowner may be receiving only one
third of 80 bushels of corn per acre
which with the same price and tax
would leave him only $3-5 per cent
interest on $50 land.
Crop rotation alone is sufficient to
maintain the fertility Of some soils at
a low-yielding power, as on sloping
land whose surface is washed away
at least as rapidly as the fertility is
removed by crops and whose subsoil
is as rich or richer than the surface
Suppose we are practising four
year rotation; corn two years, oats
with clover seeding the third year, and
clover for hay and seed. crops the
fourth year. Let us assume yields OF
100 bushels of corn per acre, 100 bush
els of oats and four tons per acre OF
clover (such yields have been pro
duced). The four crops In such a TO
tation would remove 81 pounds OF
phosphorus per acre from the soil, OF
Ii we leave the stalks on the land 81
pounds of phosphorus.
1.-THE principal type of soil In the
great corn belt averages about Loo
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19
: Orchard :
Inflammation
WORK IN RASPBERRY PATCH
One Of Our Most Delicious Fruits Is
Adapted to Both the Garden and
the Truck Farm.

(By j. e. NORMAN. Copyright, 1914)
The raspberry is the queen OF all
small fruits. 1t is delicious both as
fresh fruit and in preserves, and for
culture the raspberry is adapted to
both the garden and the truck farm.
The canes grow rapidly, the better va
rieties produce heavily the second year.
and a patch with proper care will last
for about twelve to fifteen years.
Spring is the best time to set out
raspberry canes. If the canes are
planted in the fall alternate freezing
and thawing cause the rootlets to de-
cay, and the plants, unfortunately
readily winter kill. Among the varle-
ties on the market the Cuthbert RED
raspberry is still at the head of the list,
and In the gardens the canes should
be planted about three feet apart, IN
rows at least three feet from each
other. For farm planting rows should
be about six feet distant and the plants
set out about four feet apart, and, II
possible, plant the rows north ana
SOUTH which permits the sun to reach
all of the fruit, and thus it ripens bet
ter. The rows should be cultivated
once or twice in assessor. During the
summer the most vigorous shoots
should be allowed to grow after being
placed carefully between two wires
which are stapled to posts placed
about twenty feet apart in the row.
To keep the wires firm during the win
ter, clamp them together with short
pieces of wire.
farm work slackens, pay the raspberry
patch a visit and trim out all the dead
canes. These should be burned to de-
stroy any lurking raspberry borers.
Trim back the live canes to about four
feet. This compels the plant, when
growth starts in the spring, to throw
out numerous side branches and thus
increase their fruiting capacity. Then
mulch the rows with leaves, If they
are abundant, and weight them down
with a heavy coating Of coarse farm
manure, good compost or chicken ma
nure. The decaying organic materials
furnish humus to the soil, and humus
is necessary to supply the plants with
sufficient plant food. The rain and soil
moisture dissolve the materials which
plants need, and when the raspberry
plants take up this moisture they grow
rapidly and bear profusely.
Raspberry canes bear about one wear
only, but nature provides a new sup
ply of young canes, SO that a patch
cared for as above described will bear
annually and last many years, and
since the raspberry blossoms late it is
practically guaranteed against injury
from frost. For this reason a rasp-
berry crop is almost certainty.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-06-19
HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS

For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment, on the end of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash off the Cuticura
Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat
ment Is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as
sist in preventing Inflammation, irri-
tation and clogging of the pores. the
common cause Of pimples, blackheads.
redness and roughness. yellow, oily.
notify and other unwholesome condi-
tons Of the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston" ADV.