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railing public opinion on many mat
ters or interest to the country the
White HOUSE regularly receives and
reads "A large number Of . pers
from all Of the principal cities. some
OF these are sent free of expense To
the Government. others are subscribed
To and paid for.
tine man on tho stan ~ the en-
ocutiNe ofiicc-and II wonder he is.
too. AT this special work reads these
newspapers with unerring vision,
marking articles. paragraphs, even "A
Few sentences. here or there that he
deems worthy of attention. All of
these passages arc clipped from the
papers and pasted on sheets of yellow
paper. For example. the CLIPPINGS
referring to the currency measure are
all pasted on sheets of paper which
are fastened together. Clippings Of
articles concerning the shipping bill
or any other matter are likewise
pasted and the sheets kept separate
from tho rest.
Wren completed each day these
various sheets make n pile approxi-
mat"ly six inches thick. and AK n
whole they are known in White House
p~nrlanCc as THE yellow Journal"
Sometimes five ar six hundred elm
ping" VIII constitute n single number
aud as soon as completed tho "vcllov
%j"urnn" is placed on the desk nf Mr..
Tumulty. who reads Il through from
beginning To end. reading ca-,fu,ly
'"t IL he said. and aftorward calling
w me ircsid"nts attention anything
y" thinks the ITc-ldsnt should see.
rms * IN" only way in ,Slt,h Mr.,
wilson reads newspapers. Time is too
precious and Responsibilities too heavy
Tor him to read them as men Usually
do.
II is easily understood that the
PRESIDENT must have a staff of assist
ants not surpassed for loyalty. in,ep-
ritN and ability 10y any correspondent:
,ffi,e staff I'm the land. Yet almos,
nothing is heard about that staff MS a
whole. who's services are So respon-
SIhi" That n"ithe: Mr.. Wilson nor any
other President could possibly carry
on his work without 1t.
IN" most important member Of
PRESIDENT Wilson's personal staff il,
oi course, his official secretary, Joseph
J.. Tumulty. who's first job is Ia stand
letween thc President and the world
at large. relieving the President Of
all details that can be attended To by
a trained. confidential assistant. And
rlSht here may he said something
about the calibre of the man chosen
10y one President or another 10 fiji the
post at present occupied 10y Mr..
Tumuliy.
The secretary must be in intimate
touch and accord with the President
whom he serves. must fully under
stand his theories of vernme his
methods Of work. his mental habits.
n must know the political and husi-
ness advisers of the Administration.
no matter where they live. or how
seldom they write To or call at the
mite House. Such knowledge in
cludcs Cabinet members. heads of De-
partmcn's II bureaus, influential
party leaders whether in office or in
private life. the Ambassadors and the
Ministers of the United States To for
"'gn countries. the CoYsuis-General
and many of Uncle Sans minor rep-
rc~Scntu~ivcs abroad.
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II was tn. wall behind which th.ugS
are always happening the wall Of
Gods mysterious designs. At times
We have a glimpse by prophecy. and
the at once the Wall IS blank
II seemed as IL Russian jealousy and
German secret plans had c%Ouspircd to
make the Balkan States eat each
other up Germany VAS already the
occult ally Of Turkey Hands OFF con
Stant.noplc'
Ferdinand attacked his allies In
turn Berlin and Vienna failed him.
Savoff WAS crushed between Greek and
Serbian forces. Turkey. Cortcmptu-
ous of the London conference, rushed
back and seized .A~drianoplc. Carl of
I,umania started to give Bulgaria "A
lesson, And "A combined whirlwlnd
and earthquake devastated the plains
Of TirnnNo Tho peasant soldi.ry SAW
in II the hand of Sod
Ferdinand also began Ia doubt the
guidance of PROVIDENCE. Was his
hockuning angel a will o the w!sp?
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There were plenty more Just like
them roaming all over the streets up
town and downtown. They wouldn't
get off the sidewalk for YOU. Just
stood on the sidewalk or in the street,
N place, eating IN" sarhiS"' eo-
pie VINO complain ah"nt the Str"e's
being clean now should nav" HNeu
IN those days me W"uIu nave seen
Things dlner.ht' WIN the
present New YORK, wheh ! can feihoin-
Der 1t it was hlthy. Every sort OF refuse
was thrown INTO the SN'eet ~ ~ u
moved by the city carts. Ana those
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washington Treated to a Surprise in Promptness With
Which the Scholar Grasped the Multitudinous
Details of His Great Office

leaves his office. going thence back
to the White House for luncheon.
In the early Afternoon, when the mid.
day meal Is over. there may he one ~
two appointments at tho White House;
and in good weather Mr.. Wilson leavca
there at . o'clock or half past, motor
ing To II NJ the country clubs near
by for n game of golf. II may bc the
Washington Country Club. or Ban
nockburn, the Suburban. Chevy Chase
or Columbia for he is seen nj all NJ
them. As u rule. his physician. Dr.
Cary Grayson. accompanies him on
such occasions. And because he is
systematic and regular about fresh
air, physical exercise. diet and sleep. IL
is said that Mr.. Wilson is to-day in
better health and evidences greater
strength than cvcr before in his life.
During the summer Of 1914 il was
not unusual for the President to he
out of doors and playing golf with
keen zest as early as & or half
after & in the morning. Since then,
however. domestic as well as inter-
national questions have demanded Of
him So much time and study by night
as we'll as by day that during the sum-
iner If 1918 these early morning out
ings have been seldom INDUCED in.
ON Saturdays no appointments are
made for the President. This last day
of the week nc plays golf. walks. ~
mulls over his papers IN that private
study on the second floor IL the White
House. where he secluded himself for
several days and nights while framing
the notes to Germany when excite
ment over the I.usitania disaster was
at its height.
As n usual thing. Cabinet meetings
are held twice u week on Tuesday
and on Friday-in the cabinet room
of the executive office building. a large
room. comfortably furnished. down the
middle Of which runs "A long table. At
which the various Secretaries sit.
When Congress adjourned and tho in
ternatiuual situation became acute the
usual routine was somewhat varied.
For months aftcrward the President
seldom visited his office. prcferring the
quiet and uninterrupted private STUDY
callers To pay their respects seldom
sought "A personal intervicw-and while
the Tuesday meetings Of the Cabinet
took place in the Cabinet room as
usual. the Friday meetings We're held
in the White House proper.
1t is Mr.. Wilson's custom to meet
one each week OF Tuesdays the
Washington correspondents of great
newspapers published in all parts OF
the country. Al a specified hour they
gather in his room at the executive
offices. They ask questions and he
answers such as he deems pertinent.
Then the correspondents fi.e out.
This suggests the question as to
wlrre and how the White House
which means the President. the Cab
met and the Presidents secretaries
obtains informant. II as To happen
ines throughout the world. and Of
changing conditions of public opinion.
Every President, like every other
public man. understands fun well the
fact that whatever tho American peo-
pie think about one matter or an
other H. based on what they read in
their newspapers. So in order to
| gauge with approach to accuracy pre-
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WAYS LAST FARM-RECOLLECTIONS OF ITS AGED WOMAN OWNER

THE last farm IN broadway is
also the only farm on Manhat-
tan Island IT lies IN the angle
between broadway and Magic avenue
or! tie farmer and owner is Mrs.
Aoptp. Icrrcncr. Containing less than
SN .'!oe. ii is valued al considerable
hp'' than a quarter of u million dol
lars and is said to he the most valu-
able fam Of it, size ia the world.
The original farmhouse is gone, be-
Inr torn down years ago when Broad
wy VA, extended through the heart
oi that little strip Of meadow land
when al the upper end of Manhattan
divides tho TWO rock ribbed hill ridges.
On the end of the easterly ridge dur
ING the Revolution frowned Fort
George, while across the little valley,
on the higher ridge which stretches
Tie Il backbone overlooking the Hud-
son. wdS Fort Tryon. The Zerrener
i"rm is about midway between the
S'cs of these TWO old forts.
There are tories about more than
"n" ha''." having taken place on the
'Nd ON" Of these was between the
Indians and the carly settlers, the
o'h"r between the British and patriot
'''''- Yet another story declares
''"i Washington led his army directly
''I"s" ih" narrow hr of meadow land
'''"I' making his last stand against
."' HlIish in Sew York. BE that as
" may. unusual happenings have
"iN"n place there Not only have can
non tails. rust eaten four Founders.
'''h'.r Of INIT arrow heads and other
WARNS" relics been ploughed up by
Mrs I%crroncr's workmen, but the
S"'''"ns Of eve Indians were found
~ one grave.
' AIS 4. rruucr'S recollection goes
u"'h 'o hcIJrc the time when Charles
DicArr' visited New York and made
mn" i!-s fr%cpIonting the streets
''h"Ht According to Mrs. Zerrencr
I'SN and goats of those days took the
i'''" of tho present day street sweep
'f' and when it was dark it was
Cars
Yes there were pigs in the streets
" 'H" days. Mrs. Zerrener said
"h'n 'ulkiu- about the New York OF
Atf childhood. There were plenty
" 'n"m running about everywhere
ana there were poats too, Some oi
'N'ln would chase you, Though
was born in l1rouklyn, W. moved L
.NeN York when | was quite young
Nl father had a farm ON Tenth ave
oue between Thirty eighth and Thir
N'hu'u streets and ! used to go Il
sca"ol near what is now Fifty-nintf
Sfc"' aud flith IN Their wa
d pS ana n goat hat used to NEE
uS "u the way To and from schoo
me used to terrify me. Chase me
N lnch.
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President Wilson at his desk.

Sow there are mult!tuIcs OF .Ameri-
cans VINO have legitimate reason for
wiring N occasion to some high Off
cal in WASHINGTON and are not sure
whom they should address. As "A def
mite c,st IN point. let US suppose that
John Smith, !rS!d!Ug in some little VII
lagc. East or West. North or South.
wants to he postmaster. He knows
tina; his loca! office c-mes under the
head of Presidential appointments and
very Likely thinks that the President
himself selects the occupant finally
chosen. 50 he gets his friends to write
Mr.. Wilson rr whoever may be I':esi-
dent AZ the time and when the mail
,.orN in IN" stan room opens these let
,,vS ne promptly sends them over To
an, T. Enthusiastically office.
WNi' II -r,at deal OF mail il adj
blessed tu the President which should
aY; ir -, adite scd ami which. Of
'"niS., To-" never sees, Yet all .ottsrs
.aUs Ji', go arc carefully read ana
az" dr were! 80 N" official ur tn" l,c-
pa:tnc.' to which They saou.i have
been cent h> the N .Iv.dual writers.
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7OLLOWlNG PRESIDENT WILSON
THROUGH HIS BUSY WORKING DAY

nue. The purpose Of maintaining these
various direct wires IL to avoid any
possible delay In getting connections
through telegraph loops or telephone
central stations.
While there is nothing in the regu-
lations to enforce the rule, yet II is a
fact that telephone connection with
the White House IL practically instan-
taneous. II you happen to he in
Washington and wish To see how
quickly the telephone car I've operated
under advantageous conditions, step
into n drug store, a hotel, "A cigar shop,
n department store. in fact wherever
Their" IL n public telephone station,
TAXI down tho receiver and ask the
unseen operator i'm the central station
to give you 80 Main" that being the
White House number. Before the
words have fairly left your lips n voice
nj the other end responds. "This is
the White House" You will find the
telephone connection SO quick as to be
almost miraculous.
h need for direct wires may he
understood when one remembers how
important II is for the President to
be kept in constant means IF COM
municatipn with abine members
and other advisers throughout the
country. II mas been said that the
executive Office Is the nerve centre Of
the nation, and In a sense this may he
true. for public opinion is registered
there In the form of letters and telc-
grams when matters If wide and
Urgent Importance arise.
For example. in times uf quiet. par
ticularly in midsummer. when all of
official Washington Is absent from the
capital and when domestic AZ wei, as
foreign affairs pursiic their usually
peaceful way. sometimes less than
fifty kilograms a day come over the
wires into the White House. Yet at
other times the number received not
in~frecuently runs up Ia "A thousand or
fifteen hundred, occasionally even as
high as two thousand. but this only
when intense interest is aroused over
some critical situation or hccausc IF
n definite campaign carried on in order
to pass or defeat some pending ON
gressionnl measure or Government
policy.
within "A few days after the Lusi-
tania was sunk by "A German suu-
marine kilograms poured into the
White House literally 10y the thousand.
President Wilson had no difficulty in
ascertaining what public opinion was
in that crisis. Again it happens not
infrcQuently that some organization.
pushing a particular measure. will
start Il chain Of kilograms through its
members. and If the membership he
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letters each day are received at IN,
executive Office. and they are deliv-
cred u the mail clerk, whn opens "A
very large majority If them. The
Presidents personal mail goes directly
to his private office without being
opened and The mail clerk unerringly
recognizes letters that are genuinely
personal" lie car spot them at Il
glance. and II is laid that he does
rot make "a mistake = time In a
thousand.
Scores of letters directed to ihc
President written on expensive sta
t.oacry and mlrEsl personal "r 'pt!-
vatc" rod II the mai. clerk DAY after
day. hut almost none uf them - : N
- Mr.. wilson own d'tcr uati. they
have, been examined 10y ;huso cmp."N"t
for tltt purpose II is mott thl' th"
nrts.i"u; uuid, aiuuf from his ',l"w
cit."r- Mno ~, suihcluHt'y Interested
20 - down and write him, hIt that
f. - pu,s.rt Is mn" >ihlo for any one
m.a Tee RAJ AID reply ;p such an onor-
NOUS ana. AMI also tind ;imc enough
To L,t,1i tu anything clso.
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NotwithstaudiHv THIS careful sitting
of mail adir,S "a To- the White House
and Forwarded from there To- other
branches of the Cove nmcut. "A great
zeal remains that must lie answered
D.! Ia President or his secretary.
and in norma. times the services ~
six or seven rapid s~tcc"srapher5 are
needed to handle Il. Supervision of
this vast correspondence Is one uf Mr..
Tumu.ty'S most important duties.
He. does not attempt to dictate all
replies written on Whit" House sta
t!oncrt, but h" does 81" every note
that y sent ult from the executive
office. Ia NJ other way could he pos.
s.hly keep 3" hand ur lu mind tho
thousand strands Of communication
upon Il |tliuu-dnd Slhlc - running
ron The Wh.t" lIuus" To- the utter
most parts ui IL" CI"th. any on" %
whi'h may IA" potentially alive with
a spark Of vitality m aiming much TO
tn" national comfort AID Prosperity.
;" great = thus task tina 'h, s,rre-
tar, to the President himself has a
secretary.
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n, ROOD.


w ter Woodrow Wilson was
w inauguratcd President and
moved into the White House the
civ of Washington was treated to
,pe " the surprises Of its life. AS
whole. the national capital expected
tho incoming President to he invested
ui,h that atmosphere of scholarly in
io,eucc which Is supposed by many
., surrnund a man who has spent n
u,etime as college professor. Yet
from the outset President Wilson
,boncd himself to I've prompt, methodi-
,aI and sympathetic in ~transacting
IN. multitude Of business matters
b-ought before him. Each morning
no found. a. he still finds. on his desk
schedule VI appointments: and as
Car AZ known he has allowed this
calendar for the day to accumulate
:, a point where he could not get
,brough with II as has been the case
with more than me President in times
past.
\, general manager VI the eNecu-
five 4. partmcnt uf the Government
Mr. Wilson occupies the same office
that MIR. Taft used. although he has
q pr.yatc study in the main building
of the white House. where he Sc
cuI,s himself when he wishes to be
wholly und!Sturlcd. In ordinary
,inc. the Presidents stenographer,
charles l.. SVEN. zoe tn this private
study ON tho second floor of the White
Hons. a littl, before . o'clock on every
week day m rning except saturday.
With him he carries any letters that
NAV need the Presidents personal at
,en'.nr. and lays these on his desk.
A, Q o'clock the President arrives.
-eads the letters and memoranda. die
n'.S replies thereto, attends To other
ml;rers of like nature, and then walks
yer to- the executive office So as to
b. there 10y 10 o'clock.
Instead ~ commencing business at
once. however. Mr.. Wilson pause { r
fifteen minutes. possibly in the Cahi-
re, room. where he frequently finds
waiting for him as many as sCverty-
I'VE or a hundred men and m
bearing letters fru I'm senators or other
high officials. wh have called Ia pay
their = epor' \ brief Introduction. a
word Of greeting. a shake of the hand
and tho visitors file out.
Precisely at 1890 this informal
morning reception comes e. an end.
and the President steps hrlskly into
his private flee. there Ia remain un-
III business has been disposed Of. He
works closely on a schedule of engage
msr;s Which his secretary. Mr.. Tum-
ulty. has passed on. and which is
handed the President as soon as he
arrives NJ his desk. As an example
Of hi y mpathetir habits, the routine
Il single morning may lee cited. At
1880 y" secs Representative smith.
a. 1885 h" secs Representative Jones.
az 1870 Representative Brown calls,
al 1880 Mr.. Brown leaves and Rep
reseltatiye Robinson promptly enters
fr ,oA minutes.
b ginning with II o'clock other APP
~ro.r,m,u;S are scheduled. which re-
ol.-e more than ten minutes each
possibly fifteen minutes. At noon
commence those which call for twenty
or twenty-five minutes each. one af-
Ter Another j. taken up on ~" min
utC. ,.'i N is the allotted tim" en-
tended beyond a few seconds. No
WORE, arc wasted in getting t. the
matter ~ hand ur N finishing il; and
prurpily at | o'clock NJ. Wilson
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her carpets. If they didn't do it
the water was turned on all the same.
II they refused to open their doors
81 windows the fircmcn broke them
down. and carrying the hose upstairs
and turning the water ON washed out
the house. I,sides men and BOYS
ven around with whcclbarroNs or
pushcdrts of Lime and threw il into
every place. 1t was over everything.
l.mc was. but it didn't stop the cholera.
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~ iIuoklNn hcfnr" Was born. lie
oilN moved "a New York when II bc-
came against the law In keep COWS
IN liIuuklyn. At that iirs; New York
farm. the II where Tenth avenue
and Thirty ninth street now l., we
kept FORTY three COWS and sold All our
inilh Wholesale.
At that um" my grandmother had
II farm near where FIFTY ninth street
and i}tth Venue NOW cross. That
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different. In my day Il was larger
than New York and much more ~tyl-
ish,
II wouldn't Ike to i've in the city.
not in the CLOSELY built section I've
hN"d on "A farm So lonS, raised my
own things, that | wouldn't Ice ON
Portable unless ! had a garden or =
place TO raise chickens | MAS born
on II farm ana have lived on one all
my life. My father had u dairy farm
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PROPHECY THAT GUIDES CAR FERDINAND

Continued from FIRST Page.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-26
Ohio EXHIBIT
At The Panama. Pacific Ex
position Being Arranged

The last general assembly appropri-
ated $4,000 for an agricultural ex-
hibit at the Panama-Pacitic interna-
tlohal exposition at San Francisco,
the appropriation to be apportioned
as follows: $4,000 for transporta-
ton of horses, cattle, sheep, swine
and poultry, and $4,000 for agricul-
tural and horticultural products.
Newton M. Miller, directing COM
missioner of the Ohio commission,
has just returned from the exposition,
and makes gratifying report of the
exhibit as so far gathered He will
spend the next two weeks in adding to
the agricultural, horticultural exhibit
It being the commissions desire to
make shipment of at least two cars
early in April. The live stock and
poultry exhibit will be taken up later
due announcement of which will be
made in ample time
The commission believes this will
ne Splenulu opportunity LOT Ohio u
make a showing of it's wide pOssibili
ties, and the assistance Of all inter
ested farmers, poultry raisers and
others is earnestly desired. At Q
meeting of the commission the past
week Charles Allen of Washington 9
H. and l.. p. Bailey of Tacoma, mem
bers of the commission, were appoint
ed committee to collect, ship and in
stall the agricultural exhibit with the
least possible delay. Offers of exhib
its and suggestions will be welcomed
| Write or communicate with the com
mittee or Newton M. Miller, direct
ing commissioner, Columbus, o.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-26
BLACK BASS
Deposited In kOkosing River
Tuesday Afternoon u

Eight large cans of black bass and
crappies, taken from Lake Erie, were
received Tuesday noon by the Knox
County Fish & Game Association and
immediate disposition of them made
III the various streams of this county
The fish were shipped down from
Sandusky and are unusually beautiful
and well-developed specimens of these
branches of the finny tribe
The train, on which the fishes were
shipped, was met at the B. e o. sta
ton by. large number of the mem.
bers of the local association, well
provided with automobiles. A start
was made Immediately and the early
part of the afternoon spent in placing
the fish where the most benefit will
be derived.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-26
Face Eiuptions Have
Deep Significance
Often They Indicate I'm
purities Deep in the
Tissues.

The results SHOWN by s. s. $. In clearing
the skin reveal how searchngly and how
deeply this famous blood purifier attacks
blood troubles. Facial eruptions are more
often significant of impaired nutrition result
Ing from faulty elimination OF body wastes.
Most people realize this to be true. And
yet II is difficult matter to convince such
people they should avoid those harmful drugs
such as mercury, iodIde Of potash, arsenic
and so on. =. y. s. gives just as good effect
without the destructive results, because 1t Is
more searching. 1t goes deeply into the cir
culation wherever the blood flows, but 1t does
not remain TO clog the system. And its effect
is complete and thorough as indicated by
blood tests. One of the strange things today
Is that so many people are welded to the
notion that mercury Is the one antidote. 1t
Is not so. There is in s. s. $. a product Of
nature that is rated one of the most potent
principles known for the complete elimination
of blood troubles
Wherever you go there are people who
know this to be true from their own expert
ence, for 1t has been clearly shown there Is
one ingredient In s. 8. s. as essential to
health II the blood be impure as the nOurish-
ing elements Of the grains, sugars and salts
Of our daily food. Get bottle of s. S. 8.
today of any druggist, but insist upon s. s.
s., accept no substitute. And II your case is
peculiar or of long standing, write to the
Medical Adviser, The Swift Specific Co., 101
Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.