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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
Permit LEPERS
to Intermarry

DRITISH physicians are said to approve
n almost unanimously the order Of the
\Russisn medical council permitting
the inmates of leper colonies to marry
among themselves. Experts agree that,
with the exception of the aged and inlrm
victims, colonies are the most satisfactory
places for lGpers and that their burdens
are lightened if they are permitted to in
termarry and maintain some sort of homes.
The effect on the potential children is
given the greatest consideration by those
who disapprove Of lepers marrying among
themselves. But the Russian council
points out that the birth rate in such cases
is very low and that only per cent Of
children born Ito lepers become tainted
with the disease. Leprosv is not believed
to be hereditary disease. but close and
intimate contact, such as that between a
mother and her child, is regarded as at
fording the surest means of conveying the
infection from one person to another
British physicians admit that the fertility
Of leper marriages is not great and that
impotence develops as the disease ad-
vances. They are inclined to insist,
though, that in the rare case a child is
born to .eprous parents it be at once re-
moved from the care of the mother and
that this rule be strictly understood by
both parents at the time of marriage and
regarded as an inevitable result of child
birth
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
WAR Declared
on SlLVERFlSH

u low it's war on the silverhsh, Swat
IN the silverfsh. Uncle Sam has is
sued a special bulletin" on the
ravages Of the silverhsh and recommends
a number of ways to exterminate him.
II you don't know what a silvernsh
Is, It Is also known as the silver witch
and silver louise and sugar fish. Yet it
has a distinct aversion to water. In fact,
1t makes its home in articles containing
starch, and is especially fond Of the
paste used in the binding Of books. So in
libraries is found tho field of its great
est destruction. Bu- 1t also freQuents
linen chests and clothes closets. The
silverfish is the proven enemy OF the
housewife, whether she knows it or not.
So swat the silverfsh.
Uncle Sam advises that the best way
to exterminate the pest is to distribute
poisoned paste on bits Of cardboard in
book shelves, backs Of mantels, under
washboards and in the bottoms of
bureau and bookcase drawers. The best
poisoned paste is made by adding 8 to
8 per cent of powdered white arsenic to
a thin. boiled starch paste. Caution
must be used, as this preparation is
also poisonous to human beings.
The silverfish gets its name from its
peculiar fshlike form and its scaly.
glistening body. 1t is about one-third
of an inch in length. Pyrethrum and
sodium fuorid are also poisonous rem
edies that destroy the silverdsh.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
Mosaic MAP Is ID CENTURIES OLD

earliest map Of Palestine in preservation.
the reproduction is inscribed in Greek.
1t combines with geography pictur-
esque illustration of the Bible and
Christianity in Palestine. In fact, the
artist seems to have been more intent
on picturesque detail than on the
geography. Unlike modern maps, the
Medeba map Is orientated not toward the
north but toward the east, sunrise, SO
that places and legends are arranged on
the west line. Cities and towns are rep
resented by buildings, sometimes sur
rounded by palm trees.
The Jordan is shown as a comparative
~ broad stream which falls into the
Dead Sea. and the latter is agitated by
currents represented by thick black
streaks. The banks Of the Jordan are
connected BY two bridges, while on the
surface Of the Dead Sea, two vessels are
depicted. The mountains are designated
in various tinta- to indicate their several
strata. In the desert east Of the Jordan,
Q gazelle IL represented a. being pursued
By some animal, possibly q lion or .
panther.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

A MOSAIC map 1.4oo years old has
~ just been installed in the National
u Museum at Washington. The map
is a reproduction in coiors Of a mosaic
chart Of Palestine and part Of Egypt.
1t formerly formed the floor Of an old
church in Medeba. a town in the former
territory Of Moab, situated almost d.
rectly east of Bethlehem, and often men
toned in the Old Testament. The mosaic
was presented to the Museum by 8. w.
Woodward. Of Washington.
The map itself. dating from the Sixth
century A. D., was discovered in 1882
when the site Of the old ruined church
was being cleared for the erection Of .
new church building. Unfortunately, the
mosaic floor was much damaged on that
occasion by ignorant workmen before It
was saved by the scientists. The part
of the map saved from destruction ex-
tends from Nablus, the Biblical Shechem,
in the north. to the Nile delta Of Egypt
in the south.
Like the original mosaic. which u the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
France to BURN
BODIESofDead

THE French chamber of deputies mas
passed a bill for the disposal OF the
bodies Of soldiers found on battle
fields, as follows: l. All unidentihed
bodies of soldiers are to be burned. Z.
All identified bodies of French soldiers
or allies are to be buried according TO
regulations No exhumations are to De
authorized during the war.
1t was not until the fullest investlsa-
ton had proved the efficacy Of incinera-
ton that the chamber passed the Dill.
MANY objections were raised. the prlncl-
nal one being based on the difficulties OF
making incinerations with the means at
hand. However. DR.. Bordas. professor
at the College de France, evolved a tar
preparation which not only insures the
complete incarceration of the body on the
open field. but prevents the escape OF the
uauseous and unwholesome doors gener-
ally associated with open cremation.
BY sprinkling the bodies With the
preparation. even putrid flesh is rendered
odorless Decomposed bodies and the
bodies of horses alike we're burned quick
lv and without unpleasant odors in the
experiments with which DR.. Bordas
proved the efficacy of his preparation
and won the day for incineration Of I'M
identified soldiers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
Dance Hall CUT
in SALT Mine

THE most wonderful salt mines in the
world are situated at Wieliezka. a
small town nine miles from Cracow.
The mines have been worked since
the eleventh century but their produc-
tiveness seems unending. They are on
seven different levels, connected with the
surface by eleven shafts, and have more
than siXty-five miles of chambers and
passages. Within them also is Lake Pry-
skies. 1875 feet long, 120 feet broad and
from 10 10 IS feet deep. In some cham
bers Z: the mines, statues, candelabra,
affairs end even two large chapels have
been cut out OF rock salt. A large dane
ing salon has also been followed out Of
the living salt.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

ullu duu even lQc SlAIA-DoiA
The bulk of the book is taken up with
a discussion-of whether the first-born is
actually handicapped in the struggle for
existence and DR.. Pearsons answer is
emphatically yes" Many factors enter
into the alleged inefficiency Of the first
child of a family His quoted statistics
show that the number of still-births
among the frst-born are highest of any.
until after the twelfth child is born.
Arguing on this basis. DR.. Pearson
points out that the birth of the first child
is likely to be attended with more diff
ficulties than with subsequent issue
Thus the chances of birth-injury, not
fatal but sufficient to handicap the child
physically or mentally, are definitely
greater for the irst-born. Then. again.
the raising Of the frst-born is more in
the nature of an experiment than with
succeeding children, due to the mex
perience of the parents. especially the
mother.
Infantile death rate for the frst-born
child is shown to be higher almost by
twice than among the second born. The
frst-born. by DR.. Pearson s statistics. sue
cumbs the most readily to any hereditary
diseases with which the parents may be
afflicted. This is especially true in the
case of tuberculosis and then, in the
order named, in instances of insanity and
epilepsy. AlDlQlSN, duu SOu-
genital cataract are also most prevalent
among the frst-born.
The statistics quoted by DR.. Pearson
are taken from a wide range of territory
and cover a number of races. SO the con-
illusions arrived at must be given serious
consideration by practical eugenists.
In his chapters devoted to the in
efficiency Of the children of small
families. DR.. Pearson turns somewhat
aside from his general run of arguments
to point out that small families are often
due to the late marriages of the parents,
to their loss of virility and to certain
form of degeneracy which seem incap-
able of producing more than one or two
children. In these cases, Of course. ne
admits that the frst-born Is suffering
from a handicap not to be experienced IN
the case of young and healthy parents.
Further statistics Of the author appar-
entity prove that children born later than
the sixth show declining efficiency, de-
spite the splendid records made by the
children Of some Of our pioneer ancestors
But Dr. Pearson's figures are published
in an attempt only to prove that the sec
ond. third and fourth born of family
are the most efficient, and that the chill
drep of very large or very small famlhes
are the most readily afflicted with dis
ease, criminality, degeneracy or stupid
ness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
DEEPEST Well
lnUnited States

- ERMANY is about to lose another
= honor to the United States. Until
~ recently, the deepest we'll in T.
world was in Upper Silesia. 1t is dia-
mond-drill hole in a coal field and is
1850 feet deep. But Pennsylvania
which by the way is state OF deep wells
threatens to take this honor from the
German Empire Four miles northwest
of Mcdonald. Pa. and fifteen miles west
Of Pittsburg. there is being drilled well
which is already 7.174 feet down. At
the depth o. 6.775 feet the temperature
was determined as 1853 degrees Fahren-
heit. The second deepest well la the
United States is at Derrick City, Mexican
county, Pennsylvania. 1t is $3.50 feet
deep.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

water sailed great flying draeons-ths
pterodsctyls.
The animals Of that day were strfk.
ingly different from those Of the present.
The birds. unlike any now living. had
jaws armed with teeth. The monarchs
of the air then were not in fact birds
but flying reptiles. whose fore limbs had
been modified into wings by the enor-
nous elongation Of fingers between
which stretched thin membranes like
the wings Of . bat
Many Of the physical features of
eastern Nebraska were produced BY
sheets Of ice that invaded the region
during and after the earlier stages of
the Great Ice Age. At the opening of
the glacial epoch the great Keewatin
glacier spread southwark and covered
large parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota.
and Iowa and extended thence into
eastern Nebraska, whore II vas probably
several hundred feet thick. This first
stage Of glaciation was brought to . close
BY the melting Of the Ice In . varmee
intsrglacial time or stass-ths AftoaiaA.
Ausus1 u
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

Mt. Gyllstrom device consists of a
bright electric light to attract the in
sects, placed between an electric fan and
a funnel shaped bag with an insect trap
at the small end The philosophy of the
invention is simple. The bugs. lured by
the light. get in the path of the fans
current and are blown into the bag.
from whence the current of air main
tained b. the fan prevents them from
escaping. Eventually. the bugs are
driven into the trap, from which. of
course there is no escape. 1t is to be
hoped that the patentee realizes all he
hopes from his device.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
AMERICAN Manufacturers Are
Wrestling From GERMANY Her
Supremacy in Making DYES

the United
"a
sutely dyetuf production
o.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
HAIR Turns WHITE

CCIENTISTS have tried In vain to 81
= plode the possibility Of a mans
hair turning white in a single night,
as poets and romanticists love to describe.
The European war has furnished another
proof of sciences error. A French physi-
clan Of undoubted reliability has reported
the case Of a soldier who was blown up
into the air by the explosion Of a mine un-
der a trench. The very next day his hair
on the left side Of his head was pure
white from the base to the extremity. The
physician ascribed the cause to shock.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
Bug CATCHER Is
Operated by FAN

HNUT GEORGE GYLLSTROM, Rich
N mond Hill, \. Y, has patented a
bug catching apparatus which should
be very efficacious against the innumer-
able little pests that inhabit the air the
latter part of the summer and the early
fall. Placed in a house or public build
ing. it ought to catch most of the insects
which squeeze through the screams or
zip in when the door is opened.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
First.Born Of Family Most
Likely to Prove Deficient, Is
Conclusion of Investigator


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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

on the AMI
NAL, consists
Of a leather
sheath with a
base conform
ing with the
bottom con-
tour of the
hoof, an up
wardly slop-
ing sic . v o
shaped piece
adapted to At
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
NEW DisinfeCtant

THE use Of copper sulphate in disin-
fecting indoor swimming pools
promises soon to surpass that Of the
familiar calcium hypo-chlorite, which.
while undoubtedly effcacious, carries q
disagreeable odor and is irritating to the
eyes and mucous membrane Of the bath
ers. Copper sulphate is declared to be
cheaper. odorless and non-irritating to
the eyes
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
A Real Horseshoe!

A HORSESHOE that is a horseshoe,
u and not merely q semt-circular band
Of iron nailed to the animals hoof,
has been patented by a New Yorker,
Karl Bischoi, Of New York city. The
shoe, which can easily be put on or taken
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

front and sides Of the hoof and formed
with extensions which buckle in the
rear, and side flaps liked on the rear Of
the base and adapted to be buckled at
the front Of the horses foot.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

Germany is understood to have sub
marines that can lay mines. Russia has
a similar craft.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15

In 1915 China imported 474,120 tons
Of sugar valued at 1890, 900.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
YOUNG Adds BLAKE
How a Carrier Pigeon Foihed the
Plotting Of a Schemnq
Lawyer.

Il declare, Marie, I don't know how
much longer l can stand this" ex-
claimed Miss Belinda Dawes. spinster,
and aunt Of the lovely niece she had
arraigned before her.
Marie Powers, With her sweet face
and gentle. coaxing ways, did not at all
resemble culprit. She came smiling
ly up to her aunt, who stood wringing
her hands over garden box, the dirt
Of which looked as IL q colony Of rats
had been sporting across 1t. Marie
put her arms quite around her COM
planning relative.
Dear aunt" she said soothingly,
don't scold this time. faithfully
promise that Juno shall be kept closed
In her box until your special seeds are
all fully sprouted.
Juno! For mercy's sake, Marie,
have you given that outlandish name
to rubbish. common, every day
pigeon?"
why, no-he-that 10, Mr.. Blake
called two Of his pet dove mates Juno.
the other Venus"
"H'm-so that's the secret of your
fondness for that audacious nuisance
that has eaten up my choicest sprouts
imported, too! l wouldn't moon
much over that young man II were
you. Marie. They tell me he never
worked q day In his life, and all his
father left him was a lawsuit"
Marie blushed to the roots of her
hair, fastened to her room. and coaxed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23

event he could choose his own time
for an evening call.
1t nettled him angrily to find that
the premonition Of coming disaster
was still with him when he crossed
the courthouse square and came into
the main street few doors from the
Winnebago entrance. Attacking from
fresh vantage ground 1t was warn
ing him that the town hotel was the
stopping place of the man Broffin, and
that he was taking an unnecessary haz-
ard in passing It Brushing the warning
aside. he went on defiantly, and just
before he came within identifying
range of the loungers on the hotel
porch an omnibus backed to the curb
to deliver its complement OF passen-
gers from the lately met northbound
train,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
TASK CALLS FOR BRAVE MEN
Ife-Saving Service Instituted bv
Uncle Sam Offers No Tempta.
ton to the Timorous,

Inc sea and lake coasts of the Init
ed States. exclusive of the coast ot
Alaska, have an extent Of more than
10000 miles. More extended than the
coast OF any other maritime country
the waters touching the shores Of the
United States are among the mos,
dangerous.
1t was for this reason that, In 1879
congress formally established the life
saving service, at that time the only
institution Of its kind in the world
under government control.
AS the service stands TODAY the
coastal regions Of this country have
been divided In 13 district, each in
charge OF superintendent Assistant
inspectors are also connected with
each division, being officers of the
United States revenue service. In
many instances the revenue cutter
service assists the lifesaving service
in rescue work.
At each of the 27e station IA +.
keeper, as we'll as a captain of the
crew. Crews number from seven to
ten, according to the Importance of
the station in relation to the prev.
lence Of danger. the total number of
surfmen being 1851. At the head NJ
the service is Sumner l. Kimball. gen.
eral superintendent. Oliver NJ. Maxam
ID assistant general superintendent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23

What the detective was saying was
only too plainly evident. johnson
wheeled short to face the sidewalk
group. and Griswold could feel in ey-
cry fiber of him the searching scrutiny
to which he was being subjected.
When he stole a glance at the pair
on the porch. Johnson was shaking
his head slowly; and he did it again
after a second thoughtful stare. Girls.
void, missing completely now what
cambridge was saying, overheard the
teller's low-toned rejoinder to the de.
tective's urgings: "It's no use. Mr..
Broffin: I'd have to swear positively
to it, you know, and / couldn't do
that. No. don't want to
hear your corroborative evidence: II
might make me see a resemblance
where there is none. Wait until Mr.,
Galbraith RECEIVERS; he's your man."
Griswold hardly knew how he made
shift to get away from Bainbridge
finally; but when it was done, and
he was crossing the little triangular
park which filled the angle between
the business squares and the lake.
fronting residence streets. he was
sweating profusely, and the departing
fear-mania was leaving him weak and
tremulous.
Passing the stone-basined fountain
in the middle Of the park he stopped.
1erked the pistol from his pocket,
spilled the cartridges from its maya
zine. and stopped to grope for a loose
stone In the walk-border. With the
fountain base for an anvil and the zoos.
ened border stone for a hammer he
beat the weapon into shapeless inutili-
ty and flung it away.
God knows whom shall be tempt
ed to kill, next!" he groaned; and, tho,
trembling fit was still unnerving him
when he went on to keep the appoint
ment made by Charlotte Farnham.
Ito Be Continued.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23

to her finger dove pecking at some
cage crumbs on the sill. It had a
hamper to one foot. SO it could not fly
nor wander far away Marie placed
1t In the grated box resting on the
porch roof, first fondling it caress-
ingly
She sat down and covered her face
with her hands at remembrance Of
her aunt's illusions, and a thought of
how much. indeed, she cherished the
dove. Her aunt knew only q part of
the story. Marie secretly wondered
what she would say II she knew all Of
it.
She had met young Adds Blake at a
village party two months previous.
There never seemed q pair 80 mated
as they to one another. After a week
OF picnic pleasures and woodland
roamings that now came up before
Marie's imagination like some beaut-
iful dream, Adds returned to his home.
fifty miles distant
Young Blake made q practical fad
Of pigeons. He boasted the ownership
OF Silver Wing" q carrier that had
won the prize for the longest sus-
tanned flight on record. The week he
spent at MILFORD had been occupied In
training some of these pets. The eve
ming Of his departure he had sauntered
down to the Dawes home. q small port
able cage in his hand.
I wonder II you would accept . Gift
from me, Miss Powersr he said, ~
they sat In the garden In the moon
light, and Marie thrilled at the ten
derness in his tones.
I should cherish any reminder Of
the pleasant hours We have spent to-
gether." she said frankly.
Then l am going to leave Juno
with youn