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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-11
CARPENTERS MEET
FORWARD LEADERS

Meeting of tie Carpenters Union
will be given over this evening to the
labor forward movement. Everybody
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-11

An average of $4,000 documents are
signed by President Wilson each year
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The undersigned, petitioners afore-
said herewith recommend that said
highway as now established shall be
graded, drained, paved, and improved
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-05

ris County. Texas, and the Dallas
News. a newspaper published In Dallas
County. Texas. for period OF Ten
(10) days prior to and before the op
ening OF said bids. said bid OF The
Kaw Paving Company OF Topeka. Kan.
sas. was accepted as the best and
Lowest bid for said work. and said
contract was awarded to the said
Kaw Paving Company.
And. Whereas, A. s. Adams. enpi.
neer OF the City OF Bryan. has filed n
written statement with the City Coun.
Gil OF the City OF Bryan as to the cost
OF said improvements for the paving
and grading OF portions OF Dallas
Street from the north line OF Moseley
Street to the south line OF East Bur.
net Street; Anderson Street from the
west line OF Dallas Street to the west
line OF Reed Street; Moseley Street
from the north line OF Dallas Street TO
the east line OF Washington Street:
Congress Street from the South line
OF Anderson Street 10 the south line Of
Fannin Street: Bryan Street form the
north line OF Fannin Street to the
south line OF Jones Street. together
with the installation OF concrete curbs
and cutters and as TO all matters by
said ordinance and resolution:
And. Whereas. according to the re.
port and written statement OF the
CITY Ensineer as TO the improvement
OF the aforesaid streets having hereto.
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Official Notice to Property Owners on Por-
tons Of Dallas, Anderson, Mose|ey,
Congress and Bryan Streets

], Robt. T. Smith, Secretary of the
City Of Bryan, Texas. In pursuance OF
resolution and ordinance heretofore
passed, do hereby give notice, by pub
LEGATION, that the City Council OF the
City Of Bryan has ordered the paving
and grading Of port as OF Dallas
Street from the north line OF Moseley
Street to the south line OF Burnett
Street. Anderson Street from the
west line OF Dallas Street to the west
line Of Reed Street: Lee Street from
the north line OF Burnet Street TO the
east line OF Wheelock Street; Wheel
ock Street from the south line OF Lee
Street to the north line OF Smith
Street; Bryan Street from the north
line Of Fanhln Street to the south line
of Jones Street; Caldwell Street from
the east line Of Washington Street to
the east line Of Robertson Street; Rob.
ertson Street from the north line OF
Caldwell Street to the north line Of
Austin Street Tor Ursuline Avenue) I;
Austin Street from the east line OF
Robertson Street TO the City limits;
Moseley Street from the east line Of
Washington Street to the west line Of
Dallas Street; Congress Street from
the south line OF Anderson Street to
the south line OF Fannin Street. to-
sether with the installation Of curbs
and cutters.
And. Whereas. after advertising for
bids by publication in the Houston
Post, a newspaper published in Har.
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street. sToss.7i.

ttreet, SfUsVIf.
hearing shall be held at the City Han
In the City Of Bryan on the 18th day
OF May. 1916. at o'clock a. m. at
which time all Of said owners and
their agents or attorneys or persons
interested In said property are mott.
fled TO appear and be heard. and al
which hearing said owners shall have
the right 10 contest the said assess.
ment and personal liability. and the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-05

fore, on the eth day of April. 1915
been approved by the City Council OF
the City OF Bryan, Texas, the total
cost OF said improvements of portions
OF Dallas, Anderson, Moseley, Bryan
and Congress Streets is Fifty.fiye
Thousand Seven Twenty.seyen and
S5-1O0 1855, 72735) Dollars.
On the portions and amounts OF
such improvements to be assessed
against abutting property owners and
their property is s2S,777.27: for the
paving, including curbs and cutters,
same to be paid for in Five (5) equal
payments. one Thirty 600 days after
the completion Of said improvements
and their acceptance; one in twelve
months one In twenty.four months;
one In thirty.six months, and one in
forty-eight months, from their date.
Against the City of Bryan &c.,
s50.0S.
In accordance with said written
statement and report of the City En-.
gineer Of the said City of Bryan, Tex.
as. the names OF the owners of said
property and the description Of their
property on portions of Dallas, Ander-
son. Moseley. Congress and Bryan
Streets. and the amounts contemplated
to be assessed against each lot or par.
Gel of land and Its owners are as fol-
lows, to-wit:
LAS STREET FROM THE NORTH
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regularity Of the proceedings with
reference 10 the improvements and
the benefits OF said improvements 10
their property and any other natter
with reference thereto. and that said,
hearing shall be adjourned from day
to day until finally accomplished.
Witness my hand and seal Of Office.
this the 2eth day OF April. A. u. 1915.
R0BT. r. SMITH.
City Secretary. City Of Bryan. Texaa
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ton, $3.50. Amount. sis5.5s. Lines
1is. Amount, 6.72. Total cost, s.
Total cost OF paving and gradin
THEREFORE,. you are notified that
a hearing will be given to each OF the
above named owners or their agents
and attorneys, of said matters as to
the assessment and as to the amount
TO be assessed against each owner
and his property and az to the bene.
fits TO said property from said i'm.
prQvements or any other matters or
things connected Herewith. which
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;:@Z + I6eRealnly q Literature aoaArt@ GW11D

THREE SCANDINAVIAN COZ n
TRIES. BY Povl Drachmann. Edited
by Harald Westergaard. LII. ~,
member of committee of. research
Carnegie Endowment for lnterna ,
tional Peace. New York OXFORD
University Press.
THE BURDEN OF THE STRONG. BY
Josephine Turck Baker. Evanston
Correct English Publishing Com
pany.
THE JEWS IN THE EASTERN WAR
ZONE. New York: The American
Jewish Committee.
WHY WE PUNCTUATE; or. Reason
Versus Rule In the Use Of Marks.
BY William Livingston Klein. Sec
ond edition. Entirely rewritten.
Minneapolis: The Lancet Publish
ing Co.
HARN ARD UNIVERSITY Gaia
LOGUE. 19I5-I8. Cambridge: Har-
ward University Press.
TIDES OF COMMERCE.: school and
College Verse. BY William Cary
Sanger. jr, New York: Country
Life Press
THE MARTYRS RETURN. BY Perci-
val w. Wells, author of Lilies of
the Valley" etc. illustrations by
Percival and Lillian Wells. Wan
tagh. y. Y: Bartlett Publishing Co.
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mural paintings. decorative designs
and sculpture. This is set forth in the
Fine Arts Galleries, on 57th street.
The league opened it's exhibition this
year with a garden party instead of
the usual formal dinner for members
only. To this garden party ladies were
invited an innovation and other
guests. The garden was in the Van
derbilt gallery. which had been trans
formed as by geni with Towering
plants. gravel walks and pools. in
which real goldfish swan. 1t was an
Italian garden orderly in arrangement
In the center was a Greek urn, and
around this three Greek maidens per-
formed classic dances. The ceiling was
covered with canopy representing
the night sky. stars -twinkled and light
cleaned from lanterns of opalescent
hues There was music by an orches-
ira and harp. A severe and realistic
thunderstorm broke up the festivities
and drove. the participants into the
first gallery. where other gayeties
awaited them. The last of these was
Spanish bull fight. Luis Mora. the well
known painter and illustrator. was
chief toreador, and finally succeeded
in mortally wounding the bull. which
was big and black and Of distinctly
the cubist order. 1t was very exciting.
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leading young DIR. Eaton and pretty
Daphne Thompson safely through ethe
barriers set up by Daphne's ambitious
father. Taken all in all. Drusilla was
the belle of Brookvaie. She is. besides.
the heroine of a very charming story.
THE COAST OF ADVENTURE. BY
Harold Bindloss, author of THE
Secret of the Reef" etc. New York:
Frederick A: Stokes Company.
In choosing Central America as the
stage of this adventure. and the Spanish
Main as its approach. Harold Bindloss
gives invention free rein. However
swiftly though. in the role of novelist. he
may move events here. with whatever
challenge of color he may paint them,
with whatever surprise he may cap them.
the historian has been there before him.
swifter in movement. more fervid in
pa geantry. more astonishing in climax.
So sanctioned and upheld by the true
stories of this Hista BILE zone. Mr.. Bindloss
revels in plot and counterpart. in revolu-
ton and counter-revolution. He sets up
relationships, creates patriots. inspires
against them. and besides
such turmoil of martial to-do he insti-
tutes and sees to happy finish two very
highly involved romances. A couple of
adventurous Americans are the gods of
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grows. 1t came about in this way:
Elias Doane. after bequeathing the
bulk of his millions to philanthropy.
stipulated that a search be made for
any member, or members. of the Doane
family that might survive him. To
such person. or persons. if found. he
made bountiful provision. prescrib-
ing it's use with great defpiteness. The
search discovered Drusilla at THE
Home" Beginning at this point of dis
covery. the story progresses by way of
the interesting incidents of her life in
the great mansion to whose elaborate
and ordered life Drusilla fell heir by
the last will and testament of Elias
Doane. To the aristocratic denizens
of Brookvale D1usilla was new sensa-
ton. She was also a CONSERVATION.
Having deliberately left behind the
homely meaning of the word neigh
Dor" the 8rookvalians were upset,
quite. over the neighborliness of Dru-
silla's homemade fried cakes and mo-
lasSes cookies. AS might have been
expected, the men were the first to sue
cumb to the culinary Establishments of
this irresistible old woman. 1t was
not long before Drusila was having
things pretty much her own way.
Weekend parties became a feature of
the stately old house. And for guests
Drusilla had forlorn babies and their
worn-out mothers. Soon she added
match making to her ether activities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
THE, WITCH HAZEL INDUSTRY

earliest distir1ers was Redfeld' OF Killing
worth, and he made about ten barrels
year.
All the witch hazel distilled in Con-
necticut does rot grow in that state but
good deal of it does. arid it 10 said that
the swamps of Connecticut produce
superior variety, but possibly that is
local fiction.
Witch hazel. or HamameIis virginia.,
grows in the damp woods Of the eastern
seaboard of North America. from I-ousi-
ana to Canada, ard it is plentiful around
AS a household remedy 1t
has been used from time SO remote
that it is not known. The virtues of witch
hazel were appreciated by the American
Indian. before the coming of the first
Europeans: but of course, they did not
distl it. Witch hazel brush cut and de-
Gvered at the dlstillery brings on the
average of $3.50 a ton. and as new
growth Of the shrub is ready to cut again
in from three to five years. it makes a
handy and profitable crop for farmers.
permitting them to make cash from other
wise worthless land. Witch hazel cutting
is a winter industry. 1t begins after the
first hard frost and ends when the leaves
of the shrub appear in early spring.
Witch hazel belongs to that race of pre-
cocious plants which put forth their bios
SONS before their leaves, and it blooms
in winter. its bright yellow blossoms DIP
pearing fresh even in zero weather. or
when the ground is covered deep with
snow. The brush is hauled to the chop
ping mill, when it is hashed and shipped
by the carload to the distillery These
chopping mills are located near railroads
in different parts of Connecticut, and are
numerous in Middlesex county.
Up to the time of the passage of the
federal drug act a large amount Of
adulterated. or even imitation. witch hazel
was on the market 1t is said that by
running alcohol through pine shavings and
fiavoring with acetic acid the resultant
fluid would deceive any but the most ex-
pert. especially as to the odor
There are various grades Of witch hazel,
its strength and price depending upon the
amount of witch hazel brush used in dis
tilling gallon of the fluid. The United
States pharmacopeia requirement, which
is the standard upon which the pure food
and drug act bases its requirements, is
S.3 pounds of brush to the gallon, but
in the highest grade witch hazel twenty
pounds to the gallon is used it is said
that some Connecticut natives drink witch
hazel.
No great fortunes have been made by
the distillers. 1t is said that the margin
of profit is small, and lit is possible to
operate the plants only during the grow
ing season.
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Army of School Children.

From the Philadelphia inquirer
According to the best estimates at
tainable there are or have been some
100000 men enlisted in the present
world war. This is the precise number
of attendants at the schools and col
leses. public and private, in the United
States. 1t gives us an opportunity to
estimate the immensely of the military
struggle by supposing every one of our
youth and children taken from their
homes and sent to slaughter.
OF this grand total over $4,000. 600 are
in the elementary schoo!s-havc not
passed beyond the grammar grades In
the secondary schools, public and
private-there are l;S74.000 enrolled
This is the attendance at high schools
and academies. and although il is an
enormous advance compared with the
statistics of a generation ago. it shows
that not one-tenth of those in the ele-
mentary schoofs go any farther. This
is lameptable. for in these days when
education is free TO all there should be
a much larger number who are able to
so through the high school at least
Colleges and universities claim 2ls,-
900. not including $1,000 in the profess
sional schools and 100000 more who are
preparing to teach. This shows that
with all our boast of higher education,
with all the opportunities afforded by
500 colleges and universities, young
men and women are not ma king use of
their opportunities.
To shepherd this great army the peo.
pie employ 100000 teachers, which is
about an average OF one to each thirty
pupils. II all Of these teachers were
of the right sort and il the distribution
was made on an actual basis of thirty
to each there would be better results.
We know that many teachers have to
which is entirely beyond any ones
capacity.
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007HEN the barber dabs lie"
WV drops of witch haze on a
w freshly and more or less
smoothly shaven face. the customer
does not often turn his thoughts 10
what witch hazel is or where and now
it is produced. The production OF "itch
hazel-that is, the fluid which is not
the witch hazel of the low and swampy
woods, but the witch hazel OF com :
merce-amounts to 5000 barrels, or
about 5,O0O,0 900 quarts. a year. and the
greater part of that volume is pro
duced' in eastern MiddleseX county
Conn In New York state hue
witch hazel is distilled. and Ne"
Hampshire and Massachusetts, make a
small amount The home of the witch
hazel industry is along the lower parts
of the Connecticut river and westward
along the shore of Long Island SOUND:
Middlesex is the central county OF
Connecticut. fronting or the sound. l.
New London county and east OF New
Haven county. The Connecticut river
flows through it. though that river IN
the lower part of its southerly course
touches the township Of Lyme and
Old Lyme of New London county. The
townships of Middlesex county are
Cromwell. Portland, Middletown. Mid
dlefeld. Chatham, Durham. Haddam,
East Haddam, killlnSWorth, Chester,
Saybrook. Essex. Westbrook and Clin-
ton.
Middlesex county might properly be
called the birthplace of the CONNER
cial witch hazel distilling industry.
An. authority on the history of this
subject says: REV Thomas Dickinson
first distilled witch hazel extract and
oil Of black birch in Essex. Conn.,. some
fifty years ago. and Essex has remained
the center of the industry. His de-
scendants are among the chief factors
in the trade today. Clinton, in south
ern Middlesex county. is another witch
hazel center Just why the witch
hazel industry should have stuck to
this spot through the years it is not
so easy to say, except that the men
who have carried il on have been able
to defend their trade successfully"
Rev. Thomas Dickinson distilled witch
hazel only for family use and that of
his neighbors. The first man to put
the extract on the market was DR..
Whittemore. the Essex druggist, svho
called 1t Halves extract" EXTRACT of
Hamamelis" and Golden Treasure
at different times. He had picture of
a miner digging for gold on the label of
the last-named extract. One Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
Raising Flowers i'm America
For Manufacture of Perfume

commercial and scientific flower raising.
especially in the matter of roses. car
nations and violets. The idea, though.
has been to raise flowers for their
ornamental value and not for the pro-
duction of perfumery.
Among the test rose gardens in the
United States one of the most promls-
ing is the national rose garden on the
Arlington experimental farm. which is
a cooperative effort between the De-
partment of Agriculture and the Amer
lean Rose Society, the department
furnishing the ground and proper care.
while the members of the society pre-
sent plants representing their choicest
standard varieties and new varieties.
One of the great rose gardens of the
United States is at Cornell University
and another is in Elizabeth Park,
Hartford, Conn.
The rose garden on the Arlington en-
pertinent farm is new. but it was a
beautiful spot last summer, and the
promise is that its beauty will be
greater next summer. The area of the
last summer one acre had been planted
with more than 5000 specimens, repre-
senting about 500 varieties. When
the garden is completed it will have arbors
and pergolas for the climbing roses
The Cornell University rose garden con-
tains about $500 plants. representing 400
varieties. and the Hartford garden about
the same number. the latter garden.
which was instituted . in 1912, being
the first municipal rose garden Gre
ated in the United States 1t is
said that the greatest rose garden in the
world is the Rosary of Paris
The south of France. in the region of
Nice and Marseille. is the flower growing
district of the world for the perfumery
makers. 1t is not always or even usually
SO that the most beautiful flowers are
richest in perfume. Some flowers are
bred for beauty. color and size, and some
are bred for the richness Of their perfume.
1t is believed that the growing of flow
ers as the foundation of the perfumery
industry might be made successful in certain
parts of this country. especially along the
Pacific coast and the south Atlantic and
gulf coasts.
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York, and better collection than this
of water colors has not been shown for
several years. There are more than
300 water colors displayed, and all are
of more than passing interest.
One panel is given over exclusively
to a group of water colors by the late
F. Hopkinson Smith. There are works
by such well known artists as Charles
Warren Eaton. Albert Grol1. ]. Alden
Weir, George Wharton Edwards. Ed
ward Potthast and John Carlson. There
are also many new names. and to the
credit of these comparatively unknown
painters stand some of the best works
shown. Again the Washington repre-
sentation is small. Miss Bertha E. Per-
rie, however. makes excellent show
ing with a picture of San Michel. After
being shown in New York the major
portion of this exhibition will be sent
on circuit of the leading art mu-
seums under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Federation of Arts.
1.-THE Architectural League of New
York is also holding its annual exhi-
bition comprising not merely architec-
tural drawings and photographs, but
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a \ extra demand lis; being made
~ upon the flower growers of the
g u United States by. reason of the
war. There are difficulties in the way of
meeting that demand. but a way out of
the difficulty may be found with the re-
suit that a new American industry may
be built up The industry of perfumery
making is founded on the rose. the tube
rose, the rose geranium. the carnation.
the violet and hundred other blossoms.
Perfunery making is an old and i'm
portant Industry 1t has been growing
throughout the ages. The industry is
a large one in the. United States in
spite of competition with the older
countries. This country is consumer
of immense quantities of imported and
domestic perfume. rt'uses it as straight
perfume and as scents for toilet waters,
soap, pomade. various. powders and in
numerous other ways.
The perfumery industry in the United
States has been DEPENDENT in a large
MEASURE on the flower. extracts and es-
sences made in Europe. The. war has
made it difficult to secure foreign per-
fumes and their manufacture in Europe
growing of flowers and the production
of extracts have also been interfered with.
The demand on the American perfumery
makers has been increased and their
profits enlarged on what they have to
sell but they are hampered by the fact
that they cannot obtain the. extracts in
sufficient quantity from the sources by
which they were supplied at the time
of the breaking out of the war.
Thus they are seeking to obtain flowers
in the United States. 1t has been re-
ported that manufacturers have been Of
fering attractive prices for ton lots of
petals of red and white ro6es, rosebuds,
orange blossoms. lemon blossoms. lemon
yerbena. carnations and violets. These
offers have been made to people on the
Pacific coast. and 1t is reported that eff
forts. are being made by flower garden
ers to meet the demand. Flower. grow
ers are discussing various cooperative
plans to supply flower petals in ton lots,
but the thing is young yet.
The commercial growing of American
flowers for other than decorative pur-
poses and the extraction Of their per-
fume may be developed into an ex-
tensive and profitable enterprise. There
has been an awakening. OF interest in
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the desert. among the seri Indians
studying the conservation of natural
resources. making geological discover
les and drawing the economic deduc-
tions that these discoveries impose
None of these. however, takes on quite
such proportions of heroism as is shown
in the last of these extracts, wherein
the writer sets down. step by step. the
symptoms of the disease which cul-
minated in his death. This too, is an
experience. one of such import that he
dare not. nor does he desire to. with
hold it from the common service to
which the rest of his life has been so
whole heartedly devoted. Writing this
book in fervor of love. Miss MCGEE
has. nevertheless. used the best pos
Sible means of presenting a fair and
restrained survey of the distinguished
career of one who was world-man as
well as a brother.
DRU SiLLA WITH MILLION. BY.
Elijah Cooper. author of Living
Up to Billy" etc. New ork: Fred
erick \. Stokes Company.
That Drusilla Doane. milionairess at
seventy odd. continued to be the same
as. and indeed no other than Drusilla
Doane. charity inmate of THE Home"
constitutes the happy general situation
out of which this engaging story