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The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

various shapes and sizes. and the skulls
of the collection show that the first
medicine men, we're no mean surgeons.
Primitive people are careful observ-
ers Of nature" DR.. Thompson writes.
"and 1t is to this that they owe their
skill in hunting and woodcraft. These
ancient Peruvian Indians observed that
once in a while warriors who had re-
ceived a serious injury Of the head re-
covered instead of dying. In the course
of time they learned that these recover
les were due to one Of several causes.
The skull in the living subject Is
very resilient, and it may have happened
occasionally that when a piece Of skull
wall was displaced or dented. thus COM
pressing the brain, this offending frag-
ment suddenly sprang back into place,
thereby relieving the symptoms and af-
fording the patient a chance to recover.
Among primitive peoples some very Curl
Gus ceremonial rites take place over the
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Musk Is BASIS
OF ALL Perfume

- ENTER of the musk industry Is the
little known honor accorded Tach-
~ ienlu. China, which is also known as
the gateway to Tibet. The handling ana
expectation of musk is the chief business
of this town of $4,000 people. Three
thousand pounds Of musk year are ex-
ported from Chungking and fully halt
that amount passes through Tachienlu.
Most of this musk Is sent to France,
where it is employed in the manufacture
of perfumery The musk is not only used
for the perfume that bears this name, but
is a most essential ingredient in all OF
the better classes Of perfunery. Musk
has certain radioactive properties that
cause the odor of the perfume to be car
ried through the air in way that would
otherwise be impossible. The radioactive
property of the musk affects most pc
culiarly the natives who carry IT, II u
is held close to the body for any length
of time 1t produces sores that are prob
ably similar in character to those caused
by pure radium.
The musk pod above referred to Is
sort of gland or pouch Of the male deer,
and the musk itself Is secreted only DUR
ing certain seasons of the year. 1t Is SAID
that this highly odoriferous secretion Is
provided by nature to enable the musk
deer to be followed by Its mate Ihls
species of animal is much smaller than Is
generally supposed. 1t is seldom more
than three feet long and twenty or twenty,
two inches tall. 1t is becoming more and
more scarce each year. and at the present
rate Of destruction will eventually become
extinct
Tachienlu Is twelve days journey from
Chengtu, the capital Of Szechwan prov
ince, on the great road which connects
that city with Lassa. 1t is situated on
the In river which connects with the
river Tung. flowing into the Min river.
which last named stream joins the Yangtse
at Suifu. Tachienlu is eighteen days
from Batang. an important frontier town
to the west.
The population of Tachienlu is about
$4,000, but fuctuates to certain extent
since a yery large number Of the people
reside there only temporarily. It Is 10
Gated in q sparsely settled district whicn
probably contains not more than 100000
people within . radius Of several days
journey.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Dogs Rescue Men
Lying WOUNDED
Before Trenches
NEW plan for rescuing the wounded


~ in NO Mans Land" between
the trenches. has been tried suc-
cessfully by the French in the Vosses
Specially trained dogs are sent from the
first line Of trenches by night toward
the Germans. Each dog carries a small
bottle of brandy attached to his collar
and a light string tied to his neck. When
a wounded French soldier is found by
one Of the dogs. the man pulls the string
to which Is attached a light. strong coil
Of rope. He wraps this rope about his
body and is then pulled back to the
French trenches.
The dogs. which are the old police
dogs Of Paris, are trained not to succor
Germans About twenty of them are
now being used in the Vosges and many
more are being trained for the work.
The training takes six or eight weeks
So silently do the dogs work that the
Germans apparently have not discovered
their purpose, for they are not molested
on their errands Of mercy.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
French Now Using
Metal Head Shields

- frequency Of wounds in the head
suffered by men at the front has led
to the use by the French army of
metallic headpieces. A fraction over 13
per cent Of all wounds are in the head
Out OF fifty-five soldiers hit in the head
and recently treated at one Of the French
hospital units, forty-two were without such
headpieces and thirteen possessed them.
OF the forty-two soldiers without. twenty
three suffered fractures which for the
most part were followed bv death, and
nineteen had wounds Of the head and
scalp. OF the soldiers with the head
pieces. i've had simple superficial wounds
or scratches or suffered no harm at all
IuLY n
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Earth Wears
Away One Foot
in 0,l20 Years
THE Missouri is the muddiest river IN
the Mississippi valley; it carries

THE Missouri is the muddiest river In
the Mississippi valley; it carries
more silt than any other large river
IN the United States except possibly the
Rio Grande and the Colorado. For every
square mile Of country drained 1t carries
downstream 3Sl tons OF dissolved and
suspended matter each year. In other
words, the river gathers annually from
the country that it drains more than 123..
900, 600 tons of silt and soluble matter.
some of which it distributes over the
flood plains below to form productive
agricultural lands but most Of which
finds its way at last to the Gulf OF
Mexico.
1t is by means of data Of this kind that
biologists compute the rate at which the
lands are being eroded away. 1t has been
shown the Missouri river is lowering the
surface of the land drained by 1t at the
rate of one foot in 6,036 years. The sur
face of the United States as whole Is
now being worn down at the rate Of one
foot in 9.l20 years. 1t has been estimated
that II this erosive action of the streams
OF the United States could have been con-
centrated on the 1sthmus Of Panama it
would have dug in seventy-three days the
canal which has just been completed.
after ten years work, with the most
powerful appliances yet devised by man.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

ing up to the viaduct shown In the pho
tograph is the only concrete winding
stairway in America. The stairway II
about IS feet high and contains dfty
steps. It leads from the viaduct to
Cooper's Cave. familiar to readers Of
THE Last Of the MohicanA"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

Woolwich Arsenal employs over 1900
men, covers 5000 acres. boasts twenty
to thirty miles OF railway, has its own
wharf with two piers. its own canal. its
own hospital and surgery. between 200
and 800 workshops. and its own gas
works.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-18

Anew uses for concrete are found ev-
IN cry day. but one Of the most novel
is employed In connection with
the recently constructed $15o.000. Via
duct bridge spanning the Hudson river
at Glens Falls. N. 7. The stairway lead
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Another "Right-O" Story
The Marriage Trail
BY DOROTHY DIX.

ct NOTICE that a rich society
spinster has been giving an in
terview in which she advise.
girls TO hit the matrimonial trail" re-
I marked the BooKKeeper.
/ 4 don't observe that she takes her
] own advice" retorted the Stenogra-
( pher.
People never do" assented the Book
keeper, most OF the matrimonial fans
3 that 1 have ever met were old bach
I elors and spins They advise the holy
estate, and the domestic bliss stuff,
while the folks who have gone through
the matrimonial mill look about as
battered up and as enthusiastic as Jack
johnson did when Jess Willard got
| through with him"
There's a lot Of difference between
theory and practice" observed the
Stenographer, and one Of the reasons
that old maids are so strong for mat
rimOny is because they haven't tried
it. and haven't got any facts to the
contrary to jolt them out OF their
+ dream about vine Wreathed cots, and
little faces at the window pane, and a
sturdy masculine arm on which a WOm-
an can lean and be protected from
the cruel world
And it's the same way with those
who get married. They advise YOU
to stay single, because when they think
Of all the trials and tribulations Of
trying to stretch a one horse power
income over a 40 horse power family
circle it looks to them as il anybody
had just deliberately gone out OF their
way to hunt up trouble who gets mar
ried."
you bet" responded the Bookkeep-
er. our kind friends hang out plenty
Of danger signals on both division Of
the road"
That's right" agreed the stenog-
rapher, when 1 90 to see my Aunt
Mary, who is a spin with a good in
come, and a nice little home of her
own, everything is so comfortable and
quiet, and she's so free and independ-
ent that I think the bachelor girl life
is the, only life for me. But Aunt
Mary won't have IL. Cut il out, child
she says, an old maids hometis the
abomination OF dissolution and lone
someness- Get married and have chill
dren- That's the heaven on earth for
a woman
Mamie's GrOuchy Husband.
Then I go to see my sister Mamie,
who is married. and has a grouchy
lives in an uproar that makes her
house sound like q combination boiler
factory and insane asylum. And Ma
ME Is thin, and nerve wrecked. and I
snabby, and over worked, and never
mas penny Of her own. and she saws.
re warned by me and stay single
Take II from me that any girl who mas !
got a good job and her own pocket
book IS the wise dame who freezes on :
to them"
ITS a case Of pay your money and '
trust TO luck,H said the Bookkceper 3
srimIy- Whichever way you dc, yeu 1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
CALL ON PRESBYTERIANS To
RETURN To OLD DOCTRINE

RETURN To OLD DOCTRINES
This years moderator Of the Presby-
terrain general assembly, Rev. DR.. Matt
land Alexander Of Pittsburg. together
with three former moderators and some
Of the foremost Presbyterian ministers
and elders, $50 in number. have issued
a statement declaring there to be great
theological unrest at the moment and
TO get back 10 fundamental doctrines.
These fundamentals refer 10 the divin-
ity of Christ and the authority Of the
Bible. The claim is made that had more
time been allowed many more sigma
lures could have been obtained The ac-
tive man in getting up the call is known
TO be Rev. DR.. Mark A. Matthews Of
Seattle.
Along with the call in question Rev
Dr.. John Fox, Of New York has issued
a pamphlet and sent il TO 5000 Pres
byterian ministers and elders, calling
upon the approaching general assembly
Of the church to name a committee that
shall demand Of the New York Presby-
terry why il persistently disobeys the
assembly's twice given orders about the
reception Of candidates for the ministry.
The demand is based on the charge,
many times made. that Union TheolOg-
zeal seminary, New York. sends out
gra duaIeS who are unSOund in PreSby-
terrain faith, and that the New York
presbytery. completely under the in
fluence Of Union seminary. receives and
Ordains them Rumor has il that the
demand is more than likely TO be COM
piled with. The assembly has three
times admonished the presbytery in
question against the very thing now
complained Of
Signers Of these protests include John
Wanamaker, who is Presbyterian elder,
and 1t is stated that president Wilson
elders, expressed sympathy with It but
declined to sign at this time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

have read Of these tender lungs they
have helped and these blind and eye
troubles Of every native, some suffering
with blood poison and spinal menin-
gifts they cured when all else had failed
and appendicitis yields like the morning
dew. 1t Is the easiest disease there Is
TO cure and fema7e troubles over 1900.
some with great assesses and never
used knife. We viii give you the
names of hundreds Of them.
Children's diseases OF every descrip-
ton. Mastoid assesses can be cured
in most instances while operations are
nearly always fatal. Don't take chances
Of death by operations. Piles Of all
nature are cured by restoring the eircu-
lations of the blood for the blood made
every part about YOU and it only can
cure and TO dope on earth ever made
any part about YOU
Try Ostcopathy and it viii deliver
the goods at the Dr.. a. T. Still Osteo-
pathic Iulirmary, who have been here
for u wears. Have handled over 10000
cases and can give You satisfaction and
restore. your health the same as these
other friends who speak so well Of US.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
SERVICES FOR
10Th INF ANTRY
Company K in Charge of the
Morning Service; Plan
Evening Meeting.

Company K. goth infantry. com
manded by Capt. Lawrence B. SimOnds,
will have charge Of the morning serv-
ice at Fort Bliss Sunday. They have
planned an evening exercise entirely
different from anything undertaken by
the other companies in their effort to
make divine worship among the sol
diers attractive. They have asked
chaplain John T. Axton to deliver a
dramatic Interpretation Of DR.. Edward
Country" as special stereOpticUn slides
covering the story are being projected
on the screen.
The exercise will be in the open air
and Will begin at SIS o'clock The
male quartet from Company X viii
sing appropriate selections.
Morning Service
The morning worship begins at $3.50
IN the big recreation hall with the fol-
lowing order of exercises
Prelude, Flower sing From Hearts
and Flowers" ...---..---...-- TObani
Twentieth Infantry Band
Hymn, Onward Christian Soldiers"
..--.------. Barring Gould
Duet The Lord Is Ny Shepherd
.-.-.--...------.-. Smart
Mrs Ralph Henderson and T A
Christian.
Trombone solo, Evening star from
seTs. R. NJ Eckman with fan Band
accompaniment
Scripture reading
Selection. The Lost Chord" .Shubert
Company K quartet First tenor, Jack
Price: second tenor. Alfred Mundell;
first bass, Tex Malone; second bass,
Richard Morris.
Prayer.
Hymn. stand Up for Jesus. .Doane
Sermon $500. Chaplain John T AxtOn
Solo, Just for Today $1,000, Maddox
T. A Christian.
POstlude, Entry Of the Gladiators''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .Eucik
goth infantry band.
Company X Ushers-
Corporal Ollie A. .3aker, private Le-
roy X Pemberton, private George n
Dorman. private William A Riggs
private Louis J. Dezarn. private Arthur
j. Refs, private George B. Colby.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
LUTHERANS PLAN FOR
THE 4OOTH ANNIVERSARY

Lutherans have formed a committee
charged with the duty of giving infor-
nation, through the press and in all
other ways, about plans for the observ-
start Of the Protestant Reformation.
This anniversary falls in 1917. Martin
Luther. the parish priest Of Wittenberg
having nailed the more than 30 prOpO-
sitions to the door Of the Castle church
on October 81, 1911 The Lutheran body
to name the committee is the synOdical
conference, also known as the Missouri
synod the largest single body Of Luth-
Grams in America The head Of the bu-
reau is the Rev. II. P Eckhardt ofPitts-
burg
Several American Lutheran synods have
already laid plans to raise big jubilee
funds for presentation at these 1917
celebrations. The general council will
try TO get together $2,OO0.oOO the gen
eral synod Sl.OOo.0OO. the joint synod of
Ohio $3.50 600 and the Iowa synod $780,
900. The Missouri synod viii raise a
fund for Lutheran church extension. and
of il 100000 has already been collected.
The Norwegian synod viii try to raise
money for two new buildings, both Of
them in the DakOtas. where these Nor
wegians are strongest Plans Of some
Lutherans are not vet completed IN con-
nectiOn with this anniversary, but it is
expected they viii be fixed up in de-
tails as meetings of general bodies held
this spring and summer
Plains of Lutheraus 10 give infOrma
ton as Just announced. include articles
in newspapers and magazines, a lecture
bureau. to get men upon courses tins
coming fall and winter. a tract commit
tee 10 inform the public. including
Lutheran young people. the principle
points OF the reformation, the placing
of documents in libraries, and appeal
TO young people 10 form clubs for the
study Of Lutheran doctrines and
achievements.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
.PRESBYTERIANS MAY FILE SUIT To
GET MONEY FROM UNION SEMINARY
Foremost Presbyterians Call For Return to Fun
damental Doctrines Declaring Theological Unrest to
Be Great; New Departure Is Inaugmated in Chau-
tauqua Plans; Salvation Army Works in So Lands.
- REsBYTERIANs say that the nc

~ RESBYTERIANs say that the most
serious business to come before
their general assembly. meeting
in Rochester on May 20, is the case Of
Union Theological seminary, New York,
the institution that produced the Briggs
and McGiffert heresy cases. This sem
inarv has now no official connection
with the assembly, but it once had and
II holds endowment funds that some
Presbyterians claim are trust funds Of
sembly has been looking into the legal
aspects Of such possible trust cases, and
it is reported on good authority shat II
viii report at Rochester that a suit at
law ought to be started to compel the
seminary to give up some Of its nil
Lions.
For a long time the seminary was
that all Of its professors should be
Presbyterians. Under such reign much
money was Willed to il, the givers
STIMULATING that doctrines Of the West
minister confession be taught by pro-
fessOrs maintained on income from it.
byterians, that Union seminary today
teaches anything but the confession
Some Of its professors are not. Presby-
terians, and the sOundness Of the faith
Of some that are such is questioned
Legal lights Of the first grade have
been employed on the investiga tiOns,
which have been going on for two
years Whittier union now teaches con-
fessiOn theology will have to be solved
by the assembly, and perhaps later by
the courts, but the assembly has re-
peatedly put itself on record that II
does not The seminary has S3,O0O,OOO
apart from some Of the most costly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

SALVATION ARMY Is
AT WORK IN IS LANDS
The Salvation Army, which has Just
dedicated its exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition, has issued its annual
report Of work throughout the world
The army is WORKING now in So coun-
tries, and employing workers and issu-
ing literature that use Sc languages.
There are no fewer than 10000 officers,
located in and having charge OF $500
army corps. FOR the American WORK
no fewer than 274.000 Christmas dinners
were given away last December, and
in So working mems hotels beds were
supplied to the number Of 2.1O0. 900. A
larger feature than heretofore was
made last year Of getting work for men
and women discharged from prisons,
and the number Of such who were found
positions was 413.
The exhibit just dedicated is placed IN
the Palace of Education and Social
Economy and the feature of it is the
placard. in big letters that $4,000 per-
sons are converted by the army in a
year. Almost equal to il in striking
prominence is another statement 10 the
effect that fallen women are reclaimed
by the army at a cost Of SIC each Long
tables are covered by newspapers is
sued by the army in many countries.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

/ viii wish you had done the other"
I'm the face of all the evidence, I
wonder why people continue to marry -
the Stenographer said, speculatively.
ITS the sporting blood" returned
the Bookkeeper. Its because matri-
mOny is the biggest gamble on earth
that we all want to take a flier in it"
And because its capital prize is the
best and biggest thing on earth, and
that we viii be the fortunate one who
viii draw it,"
"Right-o." assented the Bookkeeper-
We'll, so far as I'm concerned said
the Stenographer, I think I shall imi-
tate the aforesaid spinster's notable
example / shall stand safe and sound
on the bank. and urge other people
TO take the plunge by telling them that
the water is fine"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
WORK IN RUSSIA Is
REING GRFsATIY HAMPERED

In their educatiOnal Work In Russia,
Disciples Of Christ are finding II al
most impossible either to get infOrma-
ton from Russia concerning the work,
or money from America TO Russia 20
support it Only postal cards are per
mitted to be sent FROM Petrograd. where
Disciples have a college Disciples are
making out better. however. than the
Baptists. whose work has had 70 be
closed up all together. Some Baptist
workers in Russia have been compelled
to return to America, and planning
work among Russians. here.
The Disciples college in PetrOgrad
has 60 students, all Of them training for
evangelstic work. The president is / S.
Prokhanoff The funds TO support the
work 90 through the hands OF the
American Christian Missionary society.
There is, however. a separate committee
on this Russian work. so unique and
important it is regarded.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Vienna Needs Scissors TO
Cut Bread Tickets; 10000
Bought by Cafe Walters

Vienna, Austria, May 15.-Scissors
L does not seem to have occurred to
are oddly in great demand in Vienna
the authorities to perfOrate the coupon
parts Of the municipal bread tickets, so
they have TO be cut off with scissors
In consequence these, instead Of being
merely a professional or household
necessity. have suddenly become in
dispensable for everybody.
As bread can only be had in restau-
rants and cafes in exchange for cOu-
pons, the walters must be provided
with scissors and il is estimated that
at least 10000 pairs have been bought
for them alone. The bakers must have
them also as disputes frequently arise
as 20 whether il is the duty Of the
buyer or seller TO detach the coupon
Many private persons carry their own
scissors round with them.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
CHAUTAUQUA MAKES NEW
DEPARTURE IN MUSIC 1


ChautauQua. the western New York
resort after which all others were named.
makes a departure this year in The di-
rection of music. Even an American
Beyreuth comes well within its new
ambition. William Wade HinshSw, Of
the Metropolitan opera company. viii
head the ChautauQua vocal department
He is creating the baritone role in HO-
ratio Parker's new $4,000 prOze opera,
''Fairyland," which is given at Los An
geles next month, and Immediately
thereafter starts on the ChautauQua
plans He is TO have the cooperation
there Of the Russian symphony Orches-
ira.
In common with. some hundreds Of
other resorts, ChaUtaudua is this year
preparing to entertain people, especial
" ministers, who usually so 10 Europe.
Already IL reports that July and Au-
gust bookings surpass anything Il ever
enjoyed. and these are made Up almost
exclusively Of the usual European class.
A special offer has been made concern
ing attendance OF Literary and Scien-
tific circle members, and several Chau-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
YACHT IS WRECKED
ON SONORA COAST

NOgales. ARK, May s15--United States
consul Frederick Simpich received a
report in NOgales, Sonora, that the
American pleasure yacht Ramona, from
san Diego, Calf. had been wrecked at
Port Lobos, on the Sonora coast Some
Of the party walked to Caborca in the
Altar district, and telegraphed the con-
sui No lives were lost governor May
tOrena gave instructions to the authi-
ties at CabOrca to give all possible aid
to the stranded Americans. Among the
party were d. II. Wait and W r. Nc
Lean, both of California