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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN
SPENDS TWENTY MILLIONS
Sixty-six Per Cent. Comes From
Public Funds. New York
State leads

More than $20,5O0,000 was
spent last year in the campaign
against tuberculosis in the United
States. Of this sum, 66.8 per cent.
was derived from public funds,
either federal, state, county or
municipal, and the remainder was
contributed by private philanth-
ropy. These are some of the in
teresting figures contained in the
annual statistical statement of
The National Association for the
study and prevention of tubercul-
osis, made public to-day. The
statement is based largely on ac-
tual reports received from anti
tuberculosis agencies throughout
the country, but where reports
are not available, the figures have
been estimated.
Institutional care and treat
ment of consumptives in hospitals
and sanitoria makes up the lar
gest share of the total expenditur-
es. More than $17,300,000 was
spent for this purpose, with an adj
ditional 1925 900 for special treat
ment Of tuberculosis insane and
prisoners, These figures include
not only the cost of maintenance,
but in some instances the cost of
construction of institutions. Anti
tuberculosis associations spent the
next largest sum, amounting to a
little over 100000. Care of pa
tients in dispensaries and by visit
ing nurses cost almost as much,
approximately $860,000. The
growth of the open air school
movement is shown in the fact
that last year more than $500, 900
was spent for this purpose, as
against $4,000 expended five
years ago. State and city boards
of health spent 100000 directly
on tuberculosis work.
In the last five years, the per-
centage of money spent from pub
lie funds has steadily increased
from SO per cent. in 1909 to 63.3
per cent. in 1913, and 66.8 per
cent. last year. The National
Association considers this increase
significant, since it indicates a
shifting of the burden of institu-
tional care of the consumptive
from the private purse to the gem
eral public purse where it rightly
belongs.
New York State spent more
money last year in the tubercul-
osis campaign than any other two
States II the Union, due largely to
the increased and rapidly develop
ing movement for city and county
care of the tuberculus. Pennsyl-
vania, which has occupied second
place for the past four years, was
superseded last year by Illinois,
with Massachusetts in fourth
place and Colorado in fifth pla"e.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Adjourned Meeting Town Council

Town council met in adjourned
session Tuesday evening, Decem-
Der 10Th, at 7 o'clock at the town
hall. Present were: U. S. White
aker, president pro TEN. Adam
Silcox, couneilmen attorney Wal
lace Chadman. There not being
a sufficient number present to
form a quorum to transact any
business, the president pro tenn.
adjourned the meeting until 7 p.
m. Tuesday, January 5th, 1915
P. O. GAUTIER, CLERK.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Long Leaf Pine Suitable
For Craft Papers

That long leaf pine treated by
the sulphate process and properly
handled will give excellent kraft
Ipulps and papers, especially the
very strong and very tough, light,
weight browp wrapping papers, is
the conclusion reached by the de-
partment of agriculture after a
series of tests to determine the
woods possibilities as a source of
pulp This conclusion is of sig
nificance at this time, because war
has cut off the German supply to
this country. The high specific
gravity of the wood and the re-
sultant high yield of pulp per
cord, says the department in a re-
Gently issued bulletin, give long
leaf pine an advantage possessed
by few other commercially import
ant woods suitable for pulp max
ing.
This new use for longleaf pine
furnishes means of utilizing the
waste in slabs, edgings, and trim
mings from southern mills. Tops
and defective logs left in the
woods and small logs which at
present are converted into lum-
ber with little or no profit would
furnish a supply of raw material
for pulp making even greater
than that derived from the mill
waste.
The tests were made at the
forest service laboratory and were
of two kinds, those to determine
the effect OF varying the cooking
conditions in the sulphate process,
and emi-commercial tests carried
on by both the sulphate and the
soda process. The sulphate pro-
cess was found to be superior to
the soda, al least so far as lnng
leaf pine is concerned. In the
former process the pulp can be
very much undercooked and still
produce a fair quality paper,
while a soda pulp must be com
paratively well cooked before a
good paper can be made from it.
The best sulphate kraft pulps
were obtained with a total dura-
tion of cooking of only 3.5 hours,
against 6 hours for the best pulp.
Sulphate kraft pulp of fairly
good strength and toughness can
can be obtained from long leaf
pine with yields as high as 81 per
cent. or 2, ITO pounds of absolutely
dry pulp per hundred solid cubic
feet of wood. For the production
of high grades of kraft wrappings
he yield of pulp could be approx
nately 81 per cent, or 1900
pounds of absolutely dry pulp
equal to 1900 pounds air-dry pulp
per 100 cubic feet of solid wood.
he yield per cord would be some
What less than the weights given
since an ordinary 4 K 4 x s foot
stacked cord may contain from rs
20 100 cubic feet of solid wood.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

Messrs. Shrieve and Grove are
two new comers who have bought
land in section 81. The former is
from West Virginia and intends
at once improving the fifty acres
he has acquired, while the latter
has not yet intimated his intention
as to the use of the 140 acres he
has bought. Mr.. Grove is ac-
companied by his charming wife
and daughter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
Unsu ccessful Attempt to
Rob Fort Ogden Depot

New Years night some petty
thief pried off the screen in one of
the windows of the A. C. L. depot
at Fort Ogden and effected an en-
trance by smashing the glass with
a railroad spike. Nothing Of
value was taken, Agent Morgan
having placed all money in the
safe, which the thief did not tam
per with. The general belief is
that some tramp passing through
was responsible for the crime.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07
TIE ALLIES APPEAR TO
BE MAKING SOME GAINS
French Advancing in Upper Al
sace-Russians Rout Turks
News of the War in Brief

London, England.-The right
wing of the French army is less
than thirty miles from the river
Rhine, holding the Alsastian vii
lage of Steinbach and the heights
to the southeast, after one of the
most stubborn localized fights of
the war. AT no other point Of the
western front has there been any
noteworthy change.
In Poland there has been little
shift in the relative positions of
the contending armies. The Ger
mans continue their furious and
intermittent attacks on the Bzura-
Rawka line. To the south the
Russians have swept forward to
ISusawa, near the Roumanian
Frontier. In the Caucasus the
Turkish invaders and the Russi-
ans are apparently still fighting
out their battle about Sari-Kam-
ysh, both sides claiming victory.
The Fench progress in upper AL
SAGE is probably the most signifi-
cant news from the western front
IN number of weeks and by some
observers here it is taken to indi-
cate future attempts by the allies
to break through in that region,
maintaining meanwhile base ON
Belfort.
For the moment the swampy
ground in west Flanders precludes
a general advance in that locality. /
furthermore, General Joffre's
feeling" tactics at other points
have resulted in no great gains
and it consequently would not be
surprise if the heaviest fighting
during the next fortnight center
EN- on the eastern slopes of the
Vosges mountains.
1t was down those hills that the
French Alpine chasseurs, backed
by the famous seventy-fve milli-
meter guns, swept to victory at
Steinbach. Only a little further
advance southeast, British COM
mentators point out will give alli-
es possession of the village of Ger
nay. They now hold the heights
west of that town, and its fall
would throw open the way to
Muelhausen.
Whether the Turks are or are
not exaggerating their successes,
they are giving some hard fight
ing in the Caucasus, judging from
Even Petrograd tel
egrams admit that the situation is
becoming one of first Importance.
There is no sign as yet, however,
OF Russia's moving troops from
her western to her southern from
tier.
A Russian Victory I,
London.-Two of the three Tur-
kish columns which last week in
vaded the Russian Caucasus, have
met with disaster and the troops
NOT kllleQ or captured, are III dI-
orderly retreat.
The column which took Arda-
han a few days ago, have been
driven out of that town, according
to Petrograd official dispatches.
and is almost surrounded by the
who hold the main road.
Another column, which crossed
the frontier near Sari, Kamish, on
the road to Kara, has suffered ev-
en- worse defeat, one Of two army
corps which composed it, being
captured in its entirety.
The Russians also report anoth-
er victory over the Austrians in
the Uzok Pass of the Carpathians.
Emperor Frances Joseph's army
in this region is declared to be in
full retreat in a mountain pass
deep In snow, with Russian caval-
ry attacking its flank and rear.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

Work is going right ahead on
the drainage canal south of town
and benefits from it are already
being felt by those truckers whose
land lies Immediately adjacent to
the completed portion.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

Miss Estella Groom returned
Saturday morning from Lakeland
where she has been spending the
holidays with friends and relativ-
es. ..,ry,. ..y
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

Mrs U. s.. Whitaker is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. G. II. Cleve-
land, at Boca Grande.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

Tomorrow is the anniversary Of
the battle of NewOrleans.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-07

When in doubt lead a boost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
WET GOODS OUT
BY DECEMBER 81
Ruling by Attorney General, Forecasts
Closing Before End Of
of the Year.

That saloons must not only be
closed but that they must have all su-
perfulous goods out Of the state by
December 81, was the gist OF letter
received this morning by County At
torney George Hill from Attorney
General George Cosson, says the Bur-
lington Gazette. Mr.. Hill had written
for some specific ruling relative to the
now law and the communication
quoted in the answer he received
The state attorney general declared
that Iowa was going to have prohfb:-
ton in fact as well as technically, and
that he was going to make every eff
fort to see that the law was obeyed.
He asks the hearty cooperation of
the various county attorneys in this
work and will make sure that the adj
vent Of 1916 will see a non-alcoholic
Iowa.
Mr.. Cosson declared that the post
ponement of the enforcement Of the
law from July 4, as is usually the case,
until January l., was done with the
idea in mind OF giving the liquor deal
ers an opportunity of disposing Of
their stock and fixtures without any
great financial sacrifice. He stated
further that II the dealers have not
taken advantage Of this opportunity it
is not the fault of the authorities and
that they must be the ones to suffer
from the effects of their action.
The announcement from the Office
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01

eighty-five miles southwest Of Louis
vile, and not far from Green river,
into which the caves eubterranean
waters empty. This section Of Ken
lucky, where may be found limestone
beds frequently reaching thickness
Of 500 feet. is noted for Its rocky grot-
toes, sink holes, and caverns. The
rocks in the vicinity Of Mammoth
cave give evidence of but little dis
turbance by the dynamic forces Of
past ages. 1t is such areas of lime
stone deposits, with comparatively
level strata and located somewhat
above drainage level, with small
crevices or joints. that furnish the
conditions for the formation OF under
ground passageways and chambers by
the chemical and mechanical agency
of underground waters.
From geological viewpoint Mann
moth cave is of comparatively recent
origin, its formation having begun
something less than 100000 years
ago, in the Pliocene age. The cave
action began after Green river had
cut It's channel down into the lime
stone stratum which underlies this
section. The rain water, with it's car.
bonic acid content, seeped through
the everything earth and passing into
and through the crevices and joints of
the stone, at that time above the level
of the river, began the work OF solu-
ton and erosion. These underground
waters gathered along the planes Of
least resistance, and as the crevices
grew in size more and more Of the
surface water was drained into them,
and as Green river cut its bed deeper
into the limestone underlay the cave
waters kept pace with the process IN
til what had once been mere subter-
rarean rills grew into that remark
able underground stream known as
Echo river. which now flows through
the lowest levels of the cave and emp
ties into Green river. During the
ages it has been at work dissolving
tho stone and cutting its way along
| where resistarce was least ever seek
ing lover levels. It has left behind It
the twisted. tortuous nassageways and
large ralleries and chambers which
form this mi"ht;est Of all known cav
erns. According to biologists, 1t took
! Green river nearly 100000 years to
cut away it's present bed go the cave
is estimated to be almost as old. It
| first came into prominence during the
war of 1912, when the United States
government needed nitrate to make
| powder Some Of the large entrance
chambers OF the cave had formed the
winter habitations for myriads OF bats
! for many ages. and as cons enuenr,,
! the soil had become converted into
/ guano beds with large nitrate con-
tent. AS a result the cave became a
nitrate mine whence much Of the pow
! der supply for the young nation was
obtained.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
SYMPTOMS OF DEBILITY

People who are tired all of the time
and never feel rested even after long
night in bed, who cannot regain weight
and strength, whose step lacks elasticity
and who feel no joy in living, are debili.
tated.
A medical examination might easily
show that every organ of the body is act
ing normally but the pallor of the face
will usually show that the blood is thin.
This is the root of the trouble.
Debility is loss OF vitality, not affect
ing any one part of the body but the
system generally. The blood goes to
every part of the body and the use OF a
blood tonic like DR.. Williams Pink Pills
quickly tones up the system. The first
sign Of returning health is q better appe-
tite, improved digestion, quicker step,
brighter eyes, better color in the cheeks.
The rich, red blood, reaching every organ
and muscle, carries renewed health and
vigor. The nerves are quoted, sleep be-
comes more refreshing and with persis-
tent treatment and proper living the de-
bilitated patient is once more enabled to
enjoy life.
Two useful books, ''Building Up the
Blood and "NVhat to Eat" will be sent
free on request by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y. Your
own druggist sells DR.. Williams Pink
Pills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
THE 'LOPEMENT.

THE 'LOPEMENT.
When grandma wore that bonnet,
An grampa wore this hat.
They took horse n buggy
An 'loped-1es' think O. that.
He said, You're awful pretty"
She said. You're brave and true,
An then. beneath the bonnet,
/ think they kissed, don't you?
When grandma's hair was golden,
An grampa's hair was brown
They ran away together.
The talk of all the town
Some folks said, Goodness gracious! -
But from the sky above,
A gentle breeze was singin'
The song of youth an love.
When grandma had a dimple,
An grampa's smile was gay,
They took a horse n buggy
An rode fer miles away.
An Oh! they loved each other.
(What do you think Of that?)
When grandma wore that bonnet
An grampa wore this hat.
Margaret E. Sangste- Jr.. in the
Christian Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
MAIL ORDER HOUSES.

The following editorial from the
Burlington Hawk-Eye will apply to
KeokUk:
One of the weakest arguments in
defense of purchasing goods from
mail order houses is that wealthy
members OF the community are pat
rons of Marshall Field & Company
and other great metropolitan stores
and if it is right for them to buy out
of town, it is right for the remainder
of US to do likewise. if We are so dis
posed. The right of any one to buy
wherever he pleases SO long as he
has the money to pay for the pur-
chase is admitted, but the gross stu
pidity Of any one sending the dollars
he earns at home away from home
for goods he can purchase at home
must be admitted. too. There is a
kink in human nature that makes all
of us think that goods from Paris are
better than those from New York
that those from New York are better
than those from Chicago. and that
| those from Chicago are better than
those in burlington. In sentence
the green hills are ALWAYS the furth
| est. The Hawk-Eye contends that the
local stores can supply the demands
| OF the average citizen at less cost. all
things considered, and much greater
satisfaction to the customer than out
side houses and mail order houses In
particular It holds that II the mail
order patron will start his his trad
| ing at home. he will find himself a
Weather and wiser man at the ex
piration of this current year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
HOW OLD is MAMMOTH CAVE?

Doubtless everyone In this country
who can read, knows som ething OF the
Mammoth cave of Kentucky On the
other hand, there may be quite a
number who know very little abou;
how this and other similar caves were
formed. how Cid the Mammoth cave
probably is, what service it perform
ed for the youthful government OF the
United States during the war OF 1912.
and various other interesting features
connected with this greatest OF all
known caverns Of the world brought
out. in an article in the September
number Of the Bulletin Of the Pan.
American Union. WASHINGTON. D. c.
From time imnemorial"-to quote
from the Bulletins article-"caves
have been objects of interest to man.
kind Around them have clustered
legend and su0erstition, in them men
have found habitations for the living.
refugees for the pursued. secret
temples for the practice Of their re-
ligious rites. and mausoleums for their
dead. In ancient DAYS they were the
abodes Of svbils and nvnlDhs Of Ro-
man mythology; in Greece they be-
came the temples for the worship OF
Zeus. Pan, Dionvsus, and Pluto as
well as the homes Of the oracles Of
Delphi Corinth, and Mount Citheron:
In Persia they we're connected with
the worship Of Mithras. and in more
modern times popular fancy IN Europe
peopled the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. caves
with elves, fairies, and evil spirits
galore"
But after all caves are but the re-
suits Of perfectly natural forces work
ing beneath the surface of the earth
Just as thev do upon its face. and for
the sake Of convenience NAV be d.
vided into three classes: ~ Those
formed by the action Of currents. the
force of waves. and the grinding Of
shingle AGAINST a cliff on a rocky sea
coast which forces gradually hollow
out caves in the weaker places. of
which those found near Par Harbor.
Maine NAV serve as examples: ~
those found IN volcanic regions. form
ed by the suhterran can flow Of lava.
or BY the expansion Of steam and
gases. such as those IN the Klamath
lake REGION in Oregon which are so
large that they often served as effec-
tual hiding places for tho INDIANS IN
the early davs NJ the rOnnuest Of the
west; and (3l those which have been
cut out Of Calcareous rocks by the
chemical action OF carbonic acid IN
rain waite. combined with the mechan-
fcal friction of the sand and stones
set IN forcible motion by the streams
of water which have flowed throueh
them for ages. These last are the
most numerous and most important
in size. and Il Is to this class that
Mammoth cave belongs.
- most peopIn know. the cave Is
in Edmonson county, Kentucky. about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
LADIES'! SECRET To
DARKEN GRAY HA|R
Bring Back It's Color and lus'e W."
Grandma's Sage Tea
Recipe.

Common garden sage breWea ih no,
a heavy tea. with sulphur and a,co nnd
added. will turn gray, streakeu al
faded hair beautifully dark ana III III
ant. remove every bit OF danI ho w.
stop scalp itching and 1aiilIs .,n n
Mixing the Sage Tea ana ou nphla.
recipe at home. though, IS tlout ,ba
some. An easier way is TO &c. "A
ready-to-use tonic, costing aoout -e.
cents a large bottle, at drug e siD
known as "Wyeth's Sage and supp" Il
Compond," thus avoiding lo'
muss. :. not
While wispy, gray, faded hal mar % our
sinful. we all desire to retain 1--WE.
youthful appearance and aura !I With
ness. BY darkening your nan I'm ,sn
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, no one ..Ilv,
tell because it does it so natu INA a,.,,
so evenly. You just dampen srV his
or soft brush. with it and ara" .nad
through your hair. taking one s,i sTay
strand at a,time; by norIiills :. anoth.
hairs have disappeared aue t,,r be-
er application or two, your n~N soft
comes beautifully dark gloss' ;vear,
and luSuriant and you appeA'
younger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-01
HOW TO ENJOY MOVIES.

Do the movies" hurt your eyes?
The Journal of the Medical assocla'
ton, one of the leading publications
Of the kind in the United States finds
that there is an increasing tendency
to patronize this form of theatrical
amusement and makes the following
suggestions for the protection of the
eyes in case eye strain is felt:
The progress made in the character
Of subjects presented in the movies
today, makes it desirable for all en-
curing people to at least attend occa.
sionally. Annoying after-effects on
the eyes of many prevent them from
enjoying the social diversion and Of
ten the educational advantages thus
derived The great majority OF those
who suffer from eye strain after
watching moving pictures. can find
much. if not complete relief, IN per-
fectly fitted glasses. The picture may
not be quite SO sharp, but this Is more
than compensated for by the in
creased comfort. Fer those with very
sensitive eyes, a colored glass, either
amber. yellowish green or amethysts,
may be necessary to give complete re-
lief. There have been put on the mar
ket recently several varieties Of col
ored glass, each Of which has some
advantages, so that some suitable col
or can usually be secured. A subdued
light in the theatre is much less irri-
tating than when the only light visible
comes from the screen. 1t is also adj
vtsabie to avoid sitting in place
where it is necessary to look upward.
as the additional strain becomes very
tiresome, and frequently leaves a
headache.