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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11

Kni,fer-p!i Jones want YOU to advance
h.u some money?
Bookel-No, what he really wanted was
for me 10 retire him some money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11
TAFT URGES ACTION
70 PREVENT WARS
Tells at Mt. Morris Baptist
Church Need Of League to
Keep World Peace.
THINKS NOW RIGHT TINE

Tx President Taft In an address 4.
the Mount Morris Baptist Church yes.
terday morning replied TO the criticisms.
which have been made OF the programme
OF the League to Enforce Peace. %,
which Mr.. Taft is president.
Mr.. Taft. explaining why tho lol.t.
was formed, said that the present Euro.
pean war had made Americans rcal.zs
that the attitude OF neutrals with 70.
spect 10 war was growing more and
more difficult and that the crisis in
American relations with some ~ tie
belligcrents could not have been possible
about a hundred years ago.
we find that the Interests % neu-
trails are sacrificed more in modern con.
ditions Of warfare than they ever were
before" said Mr.. Taft. W shall con.
tinu. to have war as long az Govern
ments are made OF men and mon have
the human nature and the defects OF
human nature that lead to controversy
and ultimately to war. The business o,
men who are practical men IL to look
about for some plan. not to abolish war
but to furnish "A means OF avoiding war.
furnish some machinery by which war.
when IL threatens. shall be- made Ices
probable"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11

~ our friends rho fdror us ,rih manu-.
scripfs and Illustrations for publication irtsA
10 hare rejected articles returned hev must
IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-03

NSOpyilSuL lSISJ ny Inc NEW
''MaTgie, dearest,~4'Ye come to take
you for a ride" said Dick, as he bent
to kiss me. Before I answered 1 felt
a vague surprise go through me that
had not the slightest thrill at Dicks
kiss. Some way every bit Of feeling
seems to have been taken out Of me.
I seem numb mentally and physically.
I do not care whether anyone comes
to see me, not even Dick. I don't
want to talk don't want to think.
I just want to be let alone.
81 don't believe l want to go, Dick"
I said.
Don't you feel well enough to
gO?" he asked.
81 don't know guess I am feeling
all right"
could see that my absolute in
difference was hurting Dick, but for
the life of me I could not care about
anything. Then, through my be-
nUmbed brain there floated few
lines from Mrs. Browning:
"Dead-dead, did you say?
Have they taken my boy away?
God give me strength to pray"
must have said it out loud, for I
caught Dicks Mortified expression. It
almost made me smile. mo, Dick, l
am not insane and I don't think l am
going crazy, but those words of Mrs.
Browning fitted through my brain
and I guess I Unconsciouslysaid them,
but, Dick, don't want to pray. Pray
ers are Unavailing; they did not save
my beautiful boy for me-"
ooh, MaTgie, Margie. can't you re-
concile yourself to the loss of our
baby? Don't you care anything for
me anymore? Come on out motor
ing. Harry has sent over one Of his
cars and told me to tell you that you
must regard it and the chauffeur as
yours until you are thoroughly well
You must use it every day"
''That is kind of Harry" and again
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-03
Err A COMFORTER


stay at home"
Come on, dear; nurse will get you
ready and we will go out for a little
while now"
''A1 right" I answered istlessly.
ct is a glorious day, Mrs. Waverly,
and know the sunshine and nature
will be the best prescriptions you can
have" said the nurse.
Twill they?" I asked, while little
feeling of irritation possessed me.
That nurse gets on my nerves with
her senseless recommendation and
her constant treatment of me as
though I were a child.
In a little while we were motoring
out into the country, which really is
beautiful-too beautiful.
wonder, little book, who first per-
petrated that silly lie that nature
always sympathizes, always fits in
your moods. It's one of those beau
tifuI myths which we humans mag
inc, but can never realize.
Nature is many wonderful things,
but she is never sympathetic. She
goes on her way making the glorious
days of June a splendOT of rose and
gold while you wander about, your
heart in dust and ashes. And then
again when your whole soul is at
tuned to happiness she covers her
self with cold and lets the sObbing
wind send pittiless rain through the
uncovered branches of the trees,
signing and sObbing. :
l looked about me. Birds were
singing, flowers were blooming, sum-
shine over all, everywhere 1 turned
fruitfulness, life, and all the while 7
could only sense the feel Of that lit Z
tie cold, stiffened form as 1 made 7
them place it in my arms and let me }
hold it for an OhuT or two before it
was taken from me forever"
Dick, who had been watching my
face closely, said to the chauffeur ?
%
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
|Fumo gen..-PIants Are Made to Thrive on Bacteria

tract free nitrogen from the air and then
feed it to the plant roots in the form of
nitrogenous products. Now the prob
lem was to discover a substance as near
as possible to pure nitrogen to be fed to
the plants by the bacteria. Fertilizer.
both artificial and natural, contains nj
trogen, but in quantities too small to be
used as plant food in the form Profess
sor Bottomley desired.
Peat-moss,-a plentiful but hitherto
useless substance, is rich with nitrogen.
but in its natural form peat-moss is posi-
lively poisonous to plants. Treated with
certain kinds of bacteria, this peat-moss
crumbles up into black. crumbly stuff
sixty times as effective as the best fer
tilizer. This Professor Bottomley calls
"humogen." fromtthe "humus," which is
the essential part of soil, and genesis"
meaning life-growth.
Chief among the cultivated bacteria
with which the peat-moss is treated are
the "azotobacter," the super-bacteria of
q benefcent kind. Given q colony of
azotobacter and a supply of peat-moss.
the English professor claims he can
transform hundreds Of acres of arid land
into fertility hitherto never approached
by any Of the garden spots" of the
earth. On the other hand, q hundred
pounds Of potatoes can be grown in q
window boz
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

THE exact origin Of trench fever" or
intermittent pyrexia. has not yet
been discovered by the medical men
who are caring for the soldiers on the
western front. Although all the armies
have been seriously affected by trench
fever. none has been hit quite so hard
as the British and naturally the British
medical corps have devoted considerable
time to investigation of this disease.
1t has been discovered the disease is
not caused or transmitted by either bac-
terra or insect bites. The symptoms are
closely related to those of malaria, in
fuenza and dengue, but 1t has been de-
termined that the malady affecting the
soldiers is distinct from all or any of
these diseases.
In most of the cases the onset is sud-
den. characterized by headaches, dizzi-
ness and shivering. The chief symptoms
are headache and pain in the back and
legs. Catarrh is always absent and other
indications of influenza are not present,
neither is there any rash as would &C
company dengue.
Exhaustive laboratory tests determined
that the blood of trench fever patients
was free from any distinctive bacteria.
Although practically all the patients had
been bitten by insects, so also had thou
sands of others that showed no symp-
toms of trench fever. In all the cases.
however. the patients had been exposed
to cold and damp from sleeping on wet
ground or from rain. The following data
is taken from a typical group of thirty
patients whose cases were given special
attention in the British base hospitals:
In twenty-three cases the onset was
sudden, in seven more gradual. In the
former case the disease began with head
ache, dizziness, and shivering; in the lat
ter with headache and general malaise
The chief symptoms were headache and
pain in the back and legs. Headache oc-
CURED in every case. 1t was rarely very
severe. and in two cases only was 1t in
tense; it was usually frontal. Pain in the
lumbar region was present in twenty
seven cases, pain in the legs in twenty
six; in no case was 1t very severe Pain
and stiffness in the neck we're very rare
Abdominal pain occurred only in four
cases, and was always described as radi-
ating round from the back, and was prob
ably of muscular origin. Dizziness was
complained of in the majority Of cases,
and was an early symptom, but some
times it persisted for several days. Two
patients tainted at the beginning of the
illness. Vomiting was rare flour cases
only), and was never very persistent; in
every case it was associated with, and
probably due to. obstinate constipation.
Constipation was present in seven cases;
diarrhea occurred only once, and then
lasted only one day. Dryness of the
throat was complained Of by two pa
tients, but in neither case was there any
redness of the throat
The most striking feature In the con-
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
HERALDRY of
Medicine is Now
BeingSTUDIED

ERALDRY in medicine is becoming
popular study with British physi-
clans. Several interesting articles
have been published recently in scientific
magazines. 1t has been stated that the
first medical man in Great Britain to re-
ceive a grant of arms was John Leche,
surgeon to Edward III. in whose blazon
appeared an arm erect proper grasping
a leech or snake environed around the
arm vert.
Corporate medicine in the tight little
isle did not fall under the cognizance Of
the heralds until the year 1451, when
arms were granted TO the Guild of Sur
geons, followed about century later by
a grant to the Royal College of Physi-
clans OF London. The surgical arms show
three feams argent, fieam being the
instrument used for cupping and bleed
ing purposes. The medical arms appro-
priately contain hand proper feeling
the pulse Of an arm proper issuing from
the sinister side of the shield. with
pomengranate to represent therapy The
Physicians of Ireland have a similar coat
of-arms with the fruit
In all these arms the field is sable, pos
sibly abusive to the fact that a doctor
Is frequently brought into contact with
the phenomena of death. The traditional
bearings most frequently met with are
two In number-the staff OF Esculapius
and the wand of Mercury The former is
a wooden staff, whose roughness is sup
posed to be typical of the doctors life,
entwined by the serpent who imbued the
physician with wisdom
The staff Of Esculapius has been borne
by many medical men, including Lord
Lister, and appears in the arms of ST.
Georges hospital and the badge of the
Royal British Army Medical Corps The
caduceus, or wand of Mercury, is a rod
of white metal probably quicksilver,
entwined by two serpents. 1t appears for
the first time in English medical heraldry
in the crest of Sir William Butts, physi-
clan to Henry VIII, and since in that of
many other medical celebrities, not, how
ever, being confined to medicine, as it
occurs in the borough arms Of Rother-
ham.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
DICTATES to
Typewriter

r HE complete elimination of the ste
nographer is the aim of Brooklyn
inventor who is at work attempting
to perfect an apparatus by means of
which the voice. speaking into a telephone
transmitter, will operate typewriter.
He uses system of steel reeds, which
correspond. in their operation. to the
fbers of the internal ear and a number
of electrc-magnets. sound spoken in
to the tranSmtter sets the diaphragm vi
brating. zach letter of di-ti ctive sound
possesses an individual overtone, and this
affects the steel reed attuned TO it, caus-
ing the reed to vibrate sufficiently to close
an electric curcuit.
AS soon as the circuit is closed,
magnet moves the key of the letter
spoken. The apparatus is said to record
perfectly all the vowels when spoken dis
tinctly into the transmitter, but it has
trouble with some of the consonants,
which is attributed to the lack of sensi-
tiveness in the steel reeds.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
ORIGIN of TRENCH Fever"
Is PUZZLE to Medical MEN

dition Of the patients was the absence OF
any objective signs. There was very lit
tie constitutional disturbance, and only
three patients looked very ill. The pulse
rate was not raised out of proportion to
the fever. The tongue was sometimes
clean, but more often was slightly furred;
in three cases it was thickly coated
There was generally some tenderness over
the backs and legs. but it was always
slight; in four cases there was a little
tenderness of the abdominal muscles.
The heart and lungs showed no abnormal
signs, and bronchitis was always absent.
The spleen and liver were not enlarged.
The temperature chart furnishes the
most characteristic feature of the disease
The temperature was at first raised, then
fell to normal. and this fall was accom-
panied by one or more relapses With
each relapse there was a recurrence of
an aggravation Of the symptoms
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
Water SPOILED
Easily By IRON

IlALF a part per million of iron in
water is detachable by taste. and
more than four or five parts makes
water unpalatable. In some mineral
springs iron is the constituent which i'm
parts a medicinal value to the water, but
ordinarily it is undesirable.
More than % parts per million in
water used for laundering makes stain
on the clothes. Iron must be removed
from water from which ice is made. or a
cloudy, discokored product will result. An
iron content of over two or three parts
per million in water used in the manu-
facture of paper will stain the paper.
Iron is harmful in water used for
steaming, for it is in equilibrium with
acids which inside the boiler become dis
sociated, with the result that the free
acids corrode the boiler plates; but the
amount of iron carried in solution by
most waters is so small that the damage
it does to steam boilers generally amounts
to little.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
DISH Towels
and NAPKINS
Are in Disrepute

NloW the dish towel is in disrepute.
IN Medical men have begun a cam
paign against unclean kitchen
towels and the over-used napkins in the
hands or at the belts Of walters and wait
resses. Sterilization is the cry.
One of the crusaders, writing in the
Journal of Home Economics, says that the
fate of the dish towel. even of the genteel
barred variety. called a tea towel. has
been sealed ever since man began to
look Though the microscope and think IN
terms of the microscope.
Only when freshly washed and boiled
and used in clean hands to wipe the rims
of scalded and drained dishes is 1t to
be admitted into modern kitchen. Used
In dirty hands till grimy, carried on the
arm of a waiter and used to polish plate
or wipe up a table, 1t belongs to the dark
ages. hygienically speaking. In dish
washing the household should more and
more approach the practice of the labora-
tory, where glassware and porcelain are
washed rinsed in boiling water and placed
to drain. No cloth, no matter how well
known its antecedents. is allowed to touch
them, for they are now absolutely clean
and must remain clean"
Perhaps, If such ideas as these are be-
coming current, We may hope for the day
when Bridget will invariably steriliZe her
dish cloth and scorn the dish towel for her
aseptic dishes, while "neat-handed Phillis'
will always complete her coiffure beyond
all revision before coming to serve our
food
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

426.TonEnsine
Evolved From
ATOM Start
a Century Ago

a CENTENNIAL that passed almost
~ unobserved in 1915 was that of
y the locomotive. probably the
greatest factor in the marvellous
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
THE MATT ~ SHAN

cowcatcher was the John Bull" built
by George and Robert Stephenson in
1881
''Old Ironsides" was the first engine
constructed by Matthias W. Baldwin. who
founded the Baldwin works. 1t was a
four-wheeled model and weighed about
five tons. 1t was built for the Philadel-
phia. Germantown & Morristown railroad
in 1882, at a cost of $500. Some OF the
great freight engines of today cost over
$4,000 and some of the passenger en-
gines of 1915 cost over 100000.
With the introduction of coal as a fuel
in the '70s. the giant locomotives of to-
day became a possibility. The Matt II.
Shay" is the largest ever built. although
the Erie is building three more of the
same type. This huge ''pusher" has
three pairs of cylinders. each driving four
pairs OF wheels.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
Don't KISS the Family CAT

souls who have lately vigorously
the practice of kissing eentered their shafts
a
or i o
of freely
minute
So odon'tk kiss the cat
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

The 65S gold, silver, copper. lead and
zinc mines of California yielded S25, no.
645 in 1914. In Oregon, los producing
mines yielded s1,676,153 worth of the
same metals.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

Not single serious case Of typhoid
fever has occurred in the forces of the
geological survey since the field men
three years ago took advantage Of the
offer of the war department to supply
antityphod serum.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

Experiments to determine the value OF
the potash deposits in the desert basins
of the west are being carried out by the
United States geological survey.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

Chelan river. In the state of Washing
ton. is only four miles long but has
drop of $50 feet. 1t forms the outlet of
Lake Chelan and Columbia river at
Chelan Falls.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

Three mills are now in operation in
the Willow Creek gold mine district,
Alaska. and more are soon to be in
stalled.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
Corn or Cash fer Votes.

DIES MONIES, Ia. Aug. 3i-To
secure funds to carry out their
campaign for votes to secure a CON
ssitutionai amendment. giving
women the ballot at the next state
wide primary election, the suffrage
leaders have issued a call upon ev-
cry farmers wife in the state to
give a bushel OF corn, or its value
in cash. 10 the fund. At the state
fair here the suffrage leaders haze
a corn booth where fair Yisiters
are delivering their corn or agree
ing 10 pay the cash. in every coun-
ty in the state an agent was nam
ed to receive aud CARE for the corn
and attend to its sale. Many thous-
anas of bushels OF corr are being
obtained.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
GREAT COLE MATCH
IS DE|NG PLAYED
NEW CHAMPIONS ARE uEING
DEvElnPED ~ THE CON-
TEST At DETROIT.
The Contest of the Day h Hctweeu
.Chick~ Evans and Ned
Saw er-TcNan in
the Match.

DETROIT. Mich. August H.
One OF the greatest golf matches n
the history of the country for the
amateur championship i under way
this afternoon between Chick
Evans. the wester champion, ana
Ned Sawyer OF Chicago.
Sawyer was two up on Evans al
the end of the morning round 81
eighteen holes. Sawyer made y. OF
one below par. the finest score q
the 1915 tournament. Evans score
OF "a was the second best of the dag,
The feature play was a 5o-foot pu'
Iby Sawyer.
Frances Ouimet was six up on W.
II. Gardner this morning. Jerrs
ITravers was IL up on Geo, Crumg
and Tom Sherman was two ZIP on
Geo. Rotan of Waco, Texas. Jimmy
Standist WAS leading G. w. Tonnes
the former champion. with three IN
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
BANK TAKES DEFINITE
STEP TO AID FARMERS

DALLAS. Tex, Aug. s1.-The
first definite and material step By
any Texas bank t assist the farm
ers TO hold their cotton until they
can procure at least 10c a pound for
il was taken yesterday by the First
State Bank Of C~arrollton.
The board of directors adopted a
resolution agreeing to take the lead
in building a warehouse and to
lend SS5 Q bale on insured cotton
stored in the warehouse, the rate OF
interest to be 6 per cent per an
nun. The directors also agreed TO
carry the loans until the cotton
can be sold at loo a pound.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
DOVE SEASON WILL OpgN
IN TExAs OK WEDNESDAY,

Get your gun down and oil it ur
good this very afternoon. FOR the
dove season will open tomorrow
[ Wednesday and you xiii be want
ing 10 get on; the very first day
For a long tine the dove seazoa his
beer the same as the quail season.
but the last legislature saw fit 10
change the Law TO permit an open
season on doves from September Ist
until March 1st. but the limit for a
days bag has been cut down 80
fifteen by any ons person
Local hardware men report tina,
they have had = great many orders
placed tos.sy for ammunition and All
their rent guns hare been reserved
fer the initial hunt For several
DAYS the local spcrssrnsn have been
planning trips for their first hunt,
and it is POSSIBLE that from fifty o
seventy five hunters viii be in the
field some time during The day we.-
nesday.
The oFeen season for quail Is from
December list 70 February lss. Just
two months. The ws.d turkey sea
s0n ofenx in December and closes IA
March. The deer season-bus what
II the use 10 60 on and tell about
game that was esseruaiuated in Ellis
county a quarter OF q century ago.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
WILL NOT ENTER
WAR ON GtRMAhY's SIDE

LONDON. aug. 3i-sweden sill
never enter the saf Oh the side Of
Germany. Edward Dlerkman. Ssed-
lsh-Ameriean author. told the Unit
ed Press today.
II And sinister influences are AZ
80rk "a Europe TO provoke S2ed-
81 t. tEhi. bat there are 10 signs
~ Sweden weakening. Sweden l. a
democratic country a. the last
election there we're fso.eoo pro
rreaslses 10 zse.~ee reaefionaries
AT the p~rogFesslsss are AGAIN a
Germany and Wnh thsla are ger
hape half ol the reaetionaries Only
a ycry small party Ia Sweden faYer-
Germany and the Wishes % tbe
multitude vfH prevail and she
multitude fasors the allies and
Goes not ia4or Germany
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
THE FIRST DlOOOlEss
BATTLE IS F0Uen1
GERMAN GARRISON CAPTURED
IN WEST AFRICA WITHOUT
LOSS OF BLOOD.
After Three Hours Of Violent Cam
nonasiing n Was Found that
No Onc Was Killed ar
Wounded.

LONDON. Aug. 3l-The battle
which preceded the capture OF a
German fortress in West Africa was
one OF the most bloodless of the
war.
The attacking French and Eng
ligh shelled the German positions
tn rec hours, according TO reports
Just receired here. The Germans
replied With an equally violent
cnnncuading. The German garri-
son OF IL officers and zero men fin
ally surrendered. There was not a
single man killed or wounded on
either side.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31
THE WALES MINERS
MIN GREAT VICTORY
THE THREATENED STRIKE
ENDED WITH VICTORY
FOR THE MEN.
Operators Make Concessions After
Two Days IT Conference.-The
Rsfify Agreement.

LONDON. Aug. 31.-The strike
Of the South Wales coal miners
ended this afternoon IN a complete
victory for the men. After two days
Of conferences the operators con-
ceded the demands OF the min
ers. The men who had quit work
are expected to return tomorrow
The terms agreed upon by a depusa-
ton Of operators and miners will
be submitted to the miners dele
gates at cardig tomorrow for for
nal ratification.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31

4 committee from the city eoun-
ell lent to Dallas more than three
weeks 8 and purchased . new
street sweeper. and expected to re
eeive the machine here within two
weeks. BOT II has not yet arrived,
and as = result the streets are IN :
pretty serious coalition. Attempt
nas made last night 10 Flush the
streets with are hose. but this II
slow work and the counciimen will
be glad when the sweeper arrives.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-31

1nn Be11ah Colvin OF Ryron.
eei>eded the State Normal At
6uotsn nd came out wfia : arst
UFa1s c~ortinease. has been employ
~ = intermediate sescher At
Grfsot Which raises he ~classi6ca-
80 u ~ school from an eiemen-
1nsy ~ : hfeh school Of II grades
~ mes1ins the requirement OF en-
p1oy1ng two teachers With FIRST
nrnae oertlrcaxes-
- snne II true OF the Bsistol
echSei where Miss Curry OF Ksuf-
man county has been employed to
enarA. This school nos becomes .
htgh school OF III grades.
n y rrported that the sardis
1checl wi1l Also make provisions
~ ) raise IN classification.