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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13
Memoranda.

Power boat Thomas Z. Oliver is due at
his city from lower Potomac point with
oysters for the market here; schooner
Annie NJ. D. Roehle is at Norfolk. en-
route to the Chickahominy river 10 load
lumber: schooner Maine is on her way to
the James river, from Baltimore, to load
lumber for this city; schooner Wildhower
is at Baltimore. from the Great Wicomico
river, Va. with lumber; schooner Joseph
me Keys is at Virginia point TO load
cord wood for the dealers here; schooner
QuIchtime is at dowa-river point to
load oysters for the local market. and
schooner Mary Lee has arrived at Nor
tolk from Baltimore to load lumber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13
Tugs and Tows.

District tug Louise arrived after deliv-
ring lighter from Occoq1an at Alexan-
dria to load coal; tug James o. Carter ar
wed with oyster-laden vessels in tow
rom down-river point; tug ID. NJ
!Sey left with lighter. but returned with
=. ice not allowing her TO go into Broad
eek, Md. and tug Minerva left George
t pwH for Alexandria and returned light.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
SHOWING Georoe Up,

William ]. Burns. the detective, was
congratulated in Pittsburgh on a sue
cessful coup.
My success" said Mr.. Burns, was
due to the fact that i went to the
right source for my facts. You must
always know the right source to go to
then your facts will be valuable.
It's like the sister story.
Nobody like sister, you know, to
give you a line on a young man. Thus
a girl had just got engaged to a fine,
handsome chap, and she said to this
chaps sister one day:
Next Thursday Is Georges birth
day, and l don't know what to give
him, VIII you, as his sister under
standing all his tastes as you do, sug-
gest some present for him.
"'Oh, | hardly know what to sug.
gest,' said the sister, carelessly: but
from my knowledge Of George,
should say that he'd prefer something
that he could pawn easily"
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
Self-Criticism,

A business man who had amassed
a comfortable fortune, lost it in spec
ulation. He became a travelling sales
man, and having to work" every ham
let and country store in order to make
ends meet he found himself one night
crossing pasture where a number Of
mules were grazing.
Now it is a well known fact that
those animals, particularly after dark,
will follow in single file any moving
object that attracts their attention.
This they proceeded to do, stepping
sedately and at regular intervals be-
hind him.
When the worried man, immersed
in his troubles, looked over his shout
der and saw the sort of procession he
was heading, he stopped. Then, al
though he had only the rising moon
to share the spectacle, he said, SOL
EMMY:
Right, you are, boys. You know
me, I'm the biggest donkey of you
all!"-Youth's Companion.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

The Audubon society has issued an
appeal to the people of suburban and
rural communities in Ohio to feed the
wild birds when sleet and snow cover
the ground and trees this winter. This
request deserves favorable consslera-
tion from all the people of Ohio who
live In the open country. In the SUI
burbs of the big cities wild birds can
get along even in the most severe
weather. Out in the open country,
however another story is apt to be
told. There snow and ice have things
their own way; a cold spell following
n thaw, is apt to make the whole
country one great glare of ice and to
put an effectual lock on the food store.
houses of the wild birds All winters
are more or less hard on the wild
birds. 1t is in periods of deep snow -
particularly when there is a crust on
t-that they are in the greatest dan
ger of starvation. At such times men
and women ought to be glad to come
to the rescue with food, both for
humanitarian reasons and because the
wild birds are n great asset to any
community, with their songs and their
very valuable services in getting rid
OF insects that prey on plant life
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
CLEANED THE DOCS BUGGY
Which Was Not What 5oys intended
to DO, but That Was the End
Of the Adventure.

II remember said Uncle Josh, who
had just finished IA hearty dinner and
was In the humor for telling a yarn,
Il remember one. balmy day In July
when the other boys and | decided to
steal old Doc lIoffum's horse and
buggy and drive to the river to go
swimming. Doc was visiting at our
house that day, and II looked easy to
us to drive two miles over TO the
river and get cooled OF and then
bring the horse and buggy back before
the old man missed them.
There were a good many Of us
and We were not dressed very fine.
Slim, for example, was attired in n
long linen buster that topped out be-
hind. The springs allowed us to bump
pretty hard, there being so many pas
sengers. but we got to the river safe.
ly.
We had bully swim, but Slick
said he thought we ought to wash the
buggy while we were there. The way
to do It, he said was to run the buggy
into the river.
I'VE unhitchcd the horse and pro.
ceeded to back the buggy into tho
water. But the buggy got away from
us, and away II went, much further
than we expected. We couldn't hold
it and 80 1t disappeared entirely. A
couple of bubbles came up and that
was all!
while We were diving to locate the
buggy the horse got away, and we all
took after him. We chased hin
around a clump of trees. half of us
on one side and half on the other 70
head him off. Both parties rounded
the clump of trees at the same time
and ran plump into a camp meeting.
mostly women!
we let the horse go then and BY
that time we had forgotten where we
left the buggy"
i suppose some one stole all your
clothes while you were gone" sug-
gested the man from Topeka.
No said Uncle Josh. I'VE found
our clothes, and from their position
on the bank we figured out where the
buggy ought to be. One of the camp
meeting people brought the horse
back and We got rope from him and
Owed around until we got the rope
Tied to the buggy. Then we got it
out on the bank, That is the only
time Doc lIoffum's buggy was ever
clean"
Didn't 1t hurt the buggy" asked
the man from Topeka.
Didn't harm thing but the
squeak The bath utterly destroyed
that Old Doc Hoffum often wonder
ed what had become Of the squeak,
for he missed it badly The horse
missed it, too, 1t was good, soothing
sound that the two OF them were ac-
cuStomed to doze by as they logged
over the road"
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
Home Made Floor polIahnr

rake a wooden box, such as starch
or cocoa is shipped in, and stretch sew
eral thicknesses of carpet or flannel
over the bottom. allowing 1t to come
well up on the sides and tack smooth.
ly. Make handle OF two stout pieces
OF wood thirty.six inches long, and
Join their upper end to a shorter piece
of wood as a cross piece and nail all to
the box. Place three paving bricks
inside OF the box and it will weigh
sixteen pounds. just the weight sold
for use by women. Rub always with
the grain of the wood.
This, with the addition of housewife
muscle and elbow grease, makes the
work perfectly simple.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
MISSED LITTLE "PlLE"
JOKE THAT WAS VERY MUCH ON
THE TWO PlcKPocKETs.
Fortunate for the Old.Fashioned ,Vom.
an That They Had Not Thought
to Open II for Any
Purpose.

Granted that person wishes TO do
well whatever he sets out to do, no
matter what the nature of the under.
taking, there must have been two
chagrined young men on an Eighth
avenue car "Wednesday evening, SAYS
the New York Times. They rode up
town at the rush hour. Crowded onto
the rear platform where they stood
were several other men and one WON.
an. The woman was old-tashioned
enough to wear dress with pocket
in it. Some time during the trip from
Thirty-iourth street to Fifty.ninth ono
of the men found the pocket and ex.
traCtcd its contents
At the Circle the woman, unaware
Of her loss, pushed into the car and
found seat Presently the sclcmnity
of the tired crowd was disturbed by
a burst of hilarity on the platform.
The two young fellows were chatting
each other in boistcrous tones.
You're jay, you are" said one
Anybody'd think you had spent all
your life rolling over plowed ground
What you going to do with it? Keep
it?"
"No," was the reply What's the
use? 1t amt no good"
The woman listened inattentively to
the loud remarks and wondered, in a
listless way, what they had reference
to. She nearly collapsed when she
found out. At Eighty.sixth street the
conductor came through the car hold
ing out a small leather.bound prayer
book, which, when folded, might have
been easily mistaken for a pocket.
book
This belong to anybody in this
carr" he asked.
Several passengers appealed to
shook their heads. Presently he
stopped before the woman. This
yours he asked.
Hastily the woman felt in her peck.
ct
Yes. it is" she said. where in
the world"
Guess you must have lost it, Some
fellows out there picked it up and
handed it over to me-"
The woman turned cold all over.
Give it here, quick" she said. Il
want to see"
Words were not required to tell
what it was she wanted to see. The
pause was filled up eloquently by her
actions. Rapidly she turned the
leaves till she came to kind of
pocket fastened between the pages
at the back. From this she drew two
$40 bills.
Il declare IL | didn't forget all about
leaving them in there" she said.
Thank goodness they didn't get lost"
The two hoodlums on the platform
eyed the bills greedily.
Jay" said one of them, lis no name
for US fellows"
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

Vienna, Feb. 2G.--Radium worth
$3.50 disappeared down woman's
throat in the general hospital here
while she was being treated for can
GER When the doctors discovered by
electrical examination that the miss
ing radium tube had been swallowed
by the woman they prepared immedl.
ately for an operation, owing TO the
harm that might arise to the woman's
Internal organs from tho radiums
presence. The operations we're sue
ces'iul the radiWm being removed
without harmiug the patient.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

A mouse saved family from
death from the fumes Of gas escaping
from a fallen chandelier in the dining
room of house in Sheffield, England.
The fumes drove the mouse upstairs
to a bedroom, where it scampered
across the bed and awakened Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Turner, the occupants.
Startled. without knowing the cause,
they made an investigation Of the
house, and discovered the escape OF
gas, They flung open the windows,
and then returned to the bedroom,
whore they found the mouse dead on
the Pillow.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
Rare Ennllsh Coin

A unique gold coin has lust been
purchased for the nation by the trus-
tees OF the British museum, with the
assistance of private subscribers. It
is the only known example of the gold
coinage OF the Anglo-Saxon King Ora
"a. ID. 757-79G), the most celebrated
OF all the Mercian princes, the friend
of Charlebagnc, and tho recipient Of
many present from that emperor. 1t
is the earliest gold coin that can be
definitely ascribed to any English
king, Although struck by a Christian
king, it bears a Mahommedan inscrip
tion in Arabic.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

FOR SALE 2OO-acrc farm, 100 acres
in cultivation. 10 acres in fin" timber.
All bottom land, not subject to over
flow. S-room frame house, barn So
Nl2O it., COW barn, smoke house and
other out-buildings; splendid water.
Buildings nCw.---Scc \. j. Flcntgc.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

LIST your farms and property with Il
man who will sell it do business.
Call Phone G5i or address \. J..
fIcntgc Cape Girardcau. Mo
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRIBUNE
FREE FARM AND PIANO CONTEST.

Any residing Cape Grardcou city county and
surrounding territory excepting employees O rriunc)
enter the They be subscribers of
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contest They will make the
final.
The awarded to the contestant securing the
most votes in the entire contest.
The awarded to the contestant standing next
highest in number of votes in the
Votes be clipped from the paper subscrp
mated.
No will be permitted buy papers in the
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the sources from which you may gather the votes Interest all
OF friends relatives neighbours saving coupon
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Votes will also be subscriptions and this will be the
main issue of this for the big prizes Subscription
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some one of his assistants will call upon you.
Cut coupons neatly out. Pin or tie them
together securely When arranged it is
the contestants the first coupon only thus saving
useless labor Postage must be fully prepaid.
The Manager the right to make anv and all
rulings which be necessary for the
test. His decision will be final and conclusive.
The Contest Manager shall decide all questions may
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make
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able
Votes absolutely transferable If you drop of
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each week.
questions will be chccuIy answered.
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deau Tribune, Cape Girardeau Mo.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

FOR SALE OR TRADE-for CITY
property, 90 acres, 40 acres improved
land, Wire fence, l-room house.
barn 3OXGO , cistcrnS, fruit, 3 miles
Gravel road.--II :. DEANE. Is
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27

Gravel road Also 10 acres, 80 i'm
proved land. Wire fence, fruit, t.
room dwelling, barn. outbuildmg-,
3 cistcrns. II. :. DEANE. 2>
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
WANT ADS

LOST \ small rosary with read
beads. Return to Tribune Office and
receive reward Address -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
The Dried Apple

From the Detroit Free Press.
 An eastern paper the other day re- marked that "dred apples of the kind that used to hang from the rafters in the frelight are about to swell the volume of export trade" buyers from Norway and Sweden being in the United States mar ket for ladge supplies of the product. We'll, don't you believe it. The dried ap- pie that hung from the rafter In the fire lights glow when you were boy sitting beside the blazing log in the cabin fire place went out long years ago as com II ercial product. The ''evaporated apple of the trade is whiter cleaner, different product. Only here and there in isolated places where the tradition of doing and making things for ones self survives is the old-fashioned dried apple to be found and it isn't dried in the firelishts glow. For the glow and the crackle are but memories of vanished yesteryear, since the coal stove came to the farmhouse. And yesteryears are all bygone, to return no more. taking everything with them, their thoughts and customs and deeds. and leaving only few whitening heads to remember them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Catholic Alumni to Organize

Cardinals Gibbons, O'Connell and Far ley have formally approved plan to bring together alumni of all Catholic colleges and academies for women, and convention for organization has been called in New York for November T-29. The movement started year ago in a small way at St. Joseph's college at Elm mitsburg, Md, and has been indorsed and entered into by women educational lead CTS In every part of the country.
 Aims of the proposed federation are an- nounced to put an end to religious preju- dice as far as possible, both between con- petitive Catholic institutions and between Catholics and all others; to advance the social and social service life of Catho- lie women, and to bring women who are competent into the plan of child training on week days. Concerning the latter ain, 1t should be explained that in some cities Catholic teachers have offered to give an afternoon a week to religious instruction to Catholic children who do not receive such instruction in public schools.
 There are nearly 1000 institutions whose alumni can be asked to enter the fed eration. These include large number of schools of varying grades in charge of religious orders of women. It Is re- ported that these orders are enthusiastic for the federation. So far more than l0t institutions, including some of the largest have elected delegates to the organization convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

claims 100000 Christian Endeavor mem- bers at the present tlme scattered In every part of the world, and 100000 more once Christian Endeavor but now no longer young. The pledge he asks all to take follows
 'As a follower of the Prince of Peace. I will seek to promote good will among men and peace on earth, I will work as have opportunity toward the abolition of war and will endeavor to cement the fellowship of people of all nations and all denominations throughout the world ' Christian Endeavor members are formed into local, city, county, state, national and international unions. 5000 such in all, covering all of Europe, much of Asia, and thousands of societies in South America. It is claimed there are S0,000 active so- cieties at the present time, all countries. President Clark says the movement is both to put an end to war and also to help solve some of the problems that will at once present immediately the war now on comes to an end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

the cold weather's advent the first of them are being put te use. Most of these are located in training camps. where some of the 100000 recruits just authorized by Parliament are stationed Five hun dred association secretaries are manning these camp stations in England and with the British army on the continent Addi- uonal secretaries are in training, and some new men, already trained, have been asked for from America.
 Association buildings in Moscow and Petrograd both built in part with Amer lean money. have been turned into hos pitals and are filled throughout. Fifty association buildings in France and 400 In Germany are given over wholly to hospital purposes. and all of them filled There Is in Constantinople, also built in part with American money. fine asso- ciation building. but since the Turks de- clared war no word has come from there. The association in America has word, however. from France and Germany that there is tremendous need for additional hospital accommodations.
 Because of the war the President of China has increased his association sub scription from S5000 to $5000 year. There Is just now gsing on in 14 principal Chi nese cities an association campaign, with George Sherwood Eddy as conductor, and meetings are attended by educated classes, officials and leaders New association buildings are under construction in Foo chow. Canton. Hongkong and Hankow, American money helping in some meas ure, although it is reported that Chinese are giving liberally to all association ap- peals. There is in Tokio a large asso- citation building for the 5000 Chinese stu dents who are there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
New York Worse Than Ever

County judges of New York are de- claring at public meetings of Christian workers. that conditions are worse in New York at the moment than they have ever been They declare also that they are worse than they have ever been in any city calling itself civilized. These judges refer to defiance in various forms from private denunciation to bomb throw ing by the so-called criminal classes At one public meeting just held by workers
 | in one Christian body judge made these assertions and added that so far as he could see churches are doing little or noth-
 ing to counteract menacing evils.
 It Is known that leaders in this social
 | unrest in New York are saving, more
 | or less privately, that the disturbances
 | of last winter were mild indeed compared
 l to disturbances to come during the winter
 now near at hand New forms of disturb ances, all less than bomb throwing, have
 | been devised and people in the criminal ranks or at least confidence are known
 to be in training to put them into effect. While last winter Catholic churches were oftenest disturbed. it is now stated that Protestant churches are this winter to come in for the same or worse
 At meeting of Episcopal church work CTS just held in a New York suburb, where 250 men were present, the city au- thorities furnished, without any request from the church meeting at all, eight patrolmen in uniform to guard the en- trance. and 10 plain clothes men stationed
 about small hall. The meeting was not
 held to discuss criminal evils but to pre- sent work of Red Cross, missions and religious education. A county judge was.
 however, one of the speakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
TURCO KEPT BULLET AND WENT HUNGRY Declares He Is Going to BayOnet 50 Germans to
 Avenge Captain

Bordeaux, November 9f.--(Special) ) He is black Turco. convalescent from an ahsurdly slight wound. a bullet through his right hand, and the day after tomorrow will leave again for the front He has the bullet in his pocket and shows it round. but re- fuses to sell it at any price. He has fwe afterward find) not penny in his pocket. but he won't sell the bull let He starts telling his story and begins crying like baby. Not about his wound. Let me translate his story from his negro French into some Eng fish equivalent.
 Me only 13 Germans kapout Go back soon; then 50 Germans. But poor captain! Was captains orderly. Cap tain he very great man. Wanted die for captain. And de died for me-
 Led great fine charge, me following him close. Bayonet charge. I only had time run through 13 Germans with bayonet. Then good captain he bullet in head. carried him on my back about IF Kilometres into wood, laid him Gown, watched over him. Watched there two days. then Germans gone and safe to carry him out of wood to ambulance. But poor great captain he died of wound. Next time will kill E0 Germans to avenRe him"
 And the great black Turco cried like q baby.
 After that we discovered by acci- dent. that the great big baby warrior of a Turco actually was hungry and had not q sou to buy a meal with. He would not think of selling his Ger man bullet. but the cap was passed around and came back with francs