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The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

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detic Survey. has accepted position as
instructor in civil engineering at the Uni
yersity Of Tennessee.
McNier Smith will enter Cornell Uni
4 versity on Monday.
Howard L. Hodgkins, of T street, has
been appointed member OF the commit
tee on statistics of the Society for the
Promotion Of Engineering Education.
Louis Lawych has been with the Signal
Corps at Brisbee, Ariz., as sergeant.
MCLEAN B. Smith has accepted a po-
ttion in the Department of Terrestrial
Magnetism of the Carnegie Institute.
Stevens Hughes has been elected presi-
dent of the Junior class Of the College
of Pharmacy Of George Washington Uni
Iversity.
Max Rhoade has been appointed assist
ant librarian in the law department of
the George Washington University
Il ], w. Webb. Of Alabama, Is stopping at
the Sigma Phi Epsilon house while pre-
pairing for Naval Academy examinations.
Aldace H. Davidson, of Vermont has
been promoted in the Geological Survey.
James H Yeatman has been transferred
from the Patent once to the Treasury
Department.
William e. Dalrymple has been trans
ferred from the Patent ONCE to the War
Department.
Julius Metelttz has resigned as messen-
ger boy in the Pension ONCE.
James Aston. of Ohio. has resigned from
the Bureau of Mines.
Cloyd L. Riley. of the Bureau of Mines,
has been promoted.
Russell B. Munroe has been temporarily
appointed a Junior explosives chemist in
the Bureau Of Mines.
Mrs. Mary E. Barker, of this city. has
been reinstated in the Patent ONCE.
Ellis A. Johnson has been probation
ally appointed a clerk in the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce at $500
Harry ]. Benoit has been reinstated as
sos. ''A the bureau OF 'ns census at
Ernest W. Barnes has been Temporarily
appointed as assistant in the Bureau of
Fisheries at 81, 400.
Capt Clemens Mcmillan, who was in
Washington during the past week, has
gone to the Mexican border for service
In connection with mastering out troops.
Mrs. J. R. Darling is entertaining Mrs
Sidney Hood, Of Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Rust are in
Baltimore.
Lieut. Philip Sheridan leaves Fort Myer
this week to rejoin his regiment on the
border.
Mrs. William c. Hicks, of Cumberland
Md, is the guest of Mrs. Charles M Fen
ton, wife Of the Marine Corps command
er at Fort Myer.
Mrs William NJ. Connell has returned
from New York and New England.
Miss Edna MINI, of Milwaukee, has
entered National Park Seminary.
Mrs Robert NJ. Barton. of Memphis,
Tenn, who has been at Ocean City. Md,
has returned to Washington and is the
guest of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rob-
ert M Barton, jr.
MISS Sluney hOOQ, OF HnllaQelpnla, Is
visiting Mrs. ]. r. Darling and will spend
the winter with her
Howard GiIbreth, son OF Capt Joseph
Gilbreth, U. S. A, has returned from a
visit to relatives in Rockville, Md, and
has Joined his mother at the home Of
Mrs. Julia Gensler, in Columbia road.
Mrs. Charles G. Wilson, of SandS
Springs, Md, visited friends in Washing
ton yesterday.
DR.. and Mrs. F. R. Hagner have re-
turned from their summer vacation at
Cape Cod, Mass.
Miss Viola NJ. Hance, who has been
motoring through the North, has re-
turned to her home in Park road
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The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

white Potatoes, 4Oe pk.i Tbs kess
rice, 25c; lbs, black eye peas. CSC:
Wonder tea, csc; Wonder coffee, 2Oc;
II lbs white meal 50c; large mackereL
751c; grape juice, quarts, 22c: Jelly
Mints, 1Sc; loaves bread, iOc; pure
pepper. CSC; large jars mustard l2c;
Isrge Jars moiasses. lze pound Jars
peas, CSC; large cans asparagus lsc:
Wisconsin peas. 7hc; peanut butter.
Zoe; Star Of the East flour, $500 bbl.
"a lbs. Old Time flour, sl.00. AZ eth
St. S z. and all the J. T. d. Pyles
stores.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
IT.
Humphreys Seventy-seven
For Grip, Influenza
COLDS

A tickling in the nose-a slight sniffle-mAy be
the forerunner-the hrst sign OF cold, or, il may
be sneeze or a shiver chills down the back or
dryness Of the throat
A dose Of "serenty-seven' at the first appearance
Of any Of these conditions viii give the best results
II you wait until your bones begin to ache. have
sore throat and lairs/in your chest, have tenn
pcrature and SICK sbed II will take longer; the
recovery will b. slower, bat "SeTenty-seTen breaks
up han, stubborn colds that hang on and do not
yield 10 treatment
Seventy seven" contains nothing harmful nor In
furious and leaves no had after effects.
small yial Of pleasant pellets fits the vest
pocket handy TO carry easy to take. sc at all drug
stores in all America.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
College Women Lease Quarters.

The College Women's Club has leased
rooms at 1902 and 1904 F street northwest,
and expect to hold house warming there
the latter part of this month, as their first
meeting. The walking section of the
club is organized for the season and has
planned. under the leadership of DR.. v.
K. Chestnut, a number of daylight and
moonlight walks.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
LOCAL MENTION.
WILSON SUPPORTERS,
ATTENTION.

THE WILSON MARSHALL DEMO
CRATIC ASSOCIATION
of the District OF Columbia has
opened HEADQUARTERS at ROOM
S37, SOUTHERN BUILDING, where in
formation relative 70 REGISTRATION
and VOTING and RAILROAD RATES
may be obtained.
ALL WILSON SUPPORTERS are In
yited to join the ASSOCIATION. MEN,
BERSHIP. ONE DOLLAR.
NEXT MEETING OF ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL RIFLES ARAfoRY,
G Near NINTH.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER l5th.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia-Fair Sunday and Monday;
rHc baby cooler Monday; gentle shifting winds b.
coming northwest Monday.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair Sunday and Monday;
probably cooler Monday; gentle shifting Winds be
coming northwest Monday.
Generally fair weather viii continue Sunday and
Monday east Of the Mississippi River. with lower
temperatures Sunday in the Upper Lake region and
Monday in the Ohio Valley Tennessee the
Lower Lake region, the Ni5dle Atlantic States and
the interior Of New EnsIard
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Resignation Of CEpt william T. Npper. FirsE
Infantry, Georgia NHtionEl GuEId, accepted b. the
President
Resignation Of FIrss Lieut.. Adolph Geus. Second
Infantry, TeIss NStioaL Guard. accepted b The
President.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
WILL VISIT CEMENT PLANT.
200 Capital Business Men to Inspeer
Factory at Hagerstown.

FACTORY at Hagerstown.
The Security Cement and Lime Com
pany announces that on October II it will
run special excursion carrying 2o0 local
business men to Hagerstown. Md, to in
spect its Portland cement plant near that
city. The trip will be made over the B.
& o. The special train, consisting of one
club car, one diner, and four coaches, will
leave Washington at a; m, arriving in
Hagerstown at II o'cloM On the return
trip the special will leave Hagerstown at
p. m, arriving in Washington at 4
o'clock
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
TONIC TABLETS
fHuMPHREYsD

For the convalesceut for the weak and the weary
Pnce, 800. at all drug stores or sent c. o. ID.
Humphreys, Honeo. Medicine Co., ls VIII
r>-A strs-& N-~ yaxk-
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Flowers for Fail weddings.
GUIDES flowers and floral decorations
are the best that can be had. 1914 F.
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
KENSINGToN RAILWAY.

Chevy Chase cars pass main entrance
Zoo and Country Clubs-eornset st
lake with Ksnsinrton Ina
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
LOCAL rENpEKArrRE.

,,,,,, ..OSAL ih,.at f-"A th-
Midnight, 66; a. m, 81 a. m. 81 6 a. N, So;
a. M, g; 10 a. m, q; II noon Il; ? p. m, 50;
p m, 81; p. m, 70; p. m, G5; 10 p. m, 81
Highest 50: lowest, %.
Relative humidty-s a. m. 90; 2 p m, 70; 8
.. m. p. Rainfall Is p. m. to p M, 0. Hours
Of sunshine. 81: per cent Of possible sunshine. S.
Temperature sane date last year-Highest, IS;
lowest 40.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
The Aquarium Society of washing
| tom will hold held rnHetine this

ton will hold field meeting thi;
afternoon at Shaw's Ponds, KeniI.
worth. D. C. The aquarium plants
propagated at the ponds will be the
principal objects of interest Car,
for Kenilworth leave New YorI
avenue and Fifteenth street at Ia
and 2:07 o'clock
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Purely Personal

Erwin c. Hasch. of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey. has accepted a position as
instructor in civil engineering at the Uni
versity of Tennessee.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Harry J. Benoit has been reinstated a,
a clerk in the Bureau of the Census al
$500
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

McNier Smith will enter Cornell Uni
versfty on Monday.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Howard L. Hodgkins, of T street, ha,
been appointed member OF the commit
tee on statistics of the Society for the
Promotion OF Engineering Education.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Mrs. Mary z. Barker, OF this city, has
been reinstated in the Patent Office.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Ellis A. Johnson has been probation
ally appointed a clerk in the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce at $500
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Ernest W. Barnes has been temporarily
appointed as assistant in the Bureau OF
Fisheries at s., 100
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

OWEN & CAMPBELL
Dainty Boy and Girl Entertainers.
The Home news., 1916-10-20

Meet me at the Fair, McCrory, Oct. 31. Adv.
 Overseer Wes Reneau of How ell was a McCrory visitor Satur- day.
 MT. Edgar Marsh of Wiville was the guest of his parents. MT. and Mrs. A. J. Marsh Satur- day.
 Dr. Alex Westbrook, Dentist, will be in McCrory Nov. 20, for ten days at Waverly Hotel. Adv. 1O-13-3t.
 The advocates of Amendment No. 12 are not asking anybody to vote tax. This Amendment will not force a tax on any man or any school district. It leaves the question of taxes for each school district to settle for itself at the annual school meeting the third Saturday in May each year. This ought to be fair enough. It can't hurt you, and it will help lots of needy districts.
The Home news., 1916-10-20

Did you ever here of the dog in the manager? He himself could not eat the hay and he would not permit it to be eaten by any other animal. So are the opponents of Amendment No. 12. The adoption of the Amendment cannot hurt anybody and it will
The Home news., 1916-10-20

help lots of districts by permit ting them to add to their reve- nues. The districts that do not need an increase will not have to vote it even after Amend ment No. 12 is adopted. Yet some people are too selfish to concede this simple right.
The Home news., 1916-10-20
Augusta People Contribute.

The following have contributed the amount opposite their names in cash for the purpose of help ing on the construction of a cross ing on Cache River between Jelks and Fakes:
The Home news., 1916-10-20
Ginning Report.

Following is the number of bales of cotton ginned by the various gins in this section up to and including Wednesday, Oct. IS:
 Fakes Nero. Co.,, McCrory, 1,104 A. s. Thompson, DeView, 982 Gray 6 Co.,, Grays, -- 820 JerniganM. &G.Co., Bullville 720 McCrory Gin Co.,, McCrory, 664 Planters Gin Co.,, McCrory, 607 Gardner & Co.,, Jelks, ,---- 290
 Total ---- 5,187
 Cotton was selling for 1734c pound and seed for S52.00 a ton at McCrory Wednesday.
 Mir. A. J. Handwerker of the Memphis Branch of the Ford Motor Co.,, was interviewing Riggs Bros, local distributors this week.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
If Too Fat Get
More Fresh Air
BE MODERATE IN YOUR DIET AND
REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT. TAKE
OIL OF KOREIN.

Lack OF fresh air it is said weakens
the oxygen carrying power Of the blood,
the liver becomes sluggish, fat accumu-
lates and the action Of many Of the vital
organs are hindered thereby. The heart
action becomes weak. work is an effort
and the beauty of the figure is de-
stroyed.
Fat put on by indoor life is unhealthy
and If nature is not assisted in throw
ing IT off a serious case Of obesity may
result
When you feel that you are getting
too stout. take the matter in hand at
once. Don't wait until your figure has
become q joke and your health ruined
through carrying around a burden of
unsightly and unhealthy fat.
Spend as much time as you possibly
can in the open air; breathe deeply. and
get from Kelly a. Pollard. the Peoples
Drug Store or any druggist a box of
oil OF korein capsules: take one after
each meal and one before retiring at
night.
Weigh yourself every few days and
keep Up the treatment until you are
down TO normal Oil OF korein is alb
sOlutely harmless. IS pleasant to take,
helps the digestion and even a few
days treatment has been reported 70
show a noticeable reduction in weight.
Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
Uncle wIGGILY LONGEARS the
rabbit gentleman, came out of
his hollow stump bungalow to

7 Uncle WIGGILY LONGEARS the
rabbit gentleman, came out Of
his hollow stump bungalow to
take a walk in the woods one day.
4 hope I may meet with an adven-
ture" he said 10 himself, as he limped
along on his red, white and blue crutch,
that Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady, had gnawed for him out
Of a Cornstalk
An adventure YOU know, as i have
told you before, is something that nap
pens to you. If you find a stick OF
lollypop candy, that's a nice adventure.
But if you lose your penny down
crack in the board walk. that's an
unpleasant adventure: though il may
turn out all right in the end.
Yes" went on Uncle Wiggily, sort
Of twinkling his pink nose, thought
full like ct hope I nave a nice adven-
ture or perhaps, even a funny one,
like sneezing. as, when Tommie Tucker
gave the barber the pinch Of snuff
That's the story 1 told you last night
IL you will kindly remember.
So Uncle Wigguy hoped along, over
the fields and through the woods, ana
pretty soon he came to where Mother
Goose lived. not far from his own hol-
low stump bungalow. Mother Goose was
looking up at the sky
Good morning! What are you look
ing for2' asked the bunny uncle
Are you looking for signs Of rain, or
snow in the clouds?"
NO. indeed" laughed Mother Goose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
What Thin Folks Should
Do To Gain Weight
Good Advice For Thin. UndevelOped
Men and Women

Thousands Of people suffer from ex-
cessive thinness. weak nerves and feeble
stomachs who. having tried advertised
flesh-mGkers, food-fads physical culture
stunts and rub-on creams resign them
selves TO lifelong skinniness and think moth
ing will make them fat Yet their case is
not hopeless A recently discovered combi-
nation Of assimilative agents has made fat
grow after years OF thinness, and it is also
uneQualled. judging from reports for re-
pairing the waste OF sickness or faulty di-
gestion and for strengthening the nerves.
This remarkable preparation Is called Sar-
gol Six strengthening. fat-producing as
have been combined in this preparation,
which is endorsed and Used by prominent
people everywhere. 1t is absolutely harm
less. inexpensive and efficient.
A few weeks systematic use OF SarEol
should go far to produce flesh and strength
by correcting faults OF digestion and by sup
plying nourishing fats to the blood. II not.
every druggist who sells II is authorized to
return the purchase price. Increased nour-
ishment is obtained from the food eaten. and
the additional fats that thin people need
thus provided A. L. Ryan and other
leading druggists supply SargOl and say
there is a large demand for it.
While this new preparation has from re-
ports given splendid results as a nerve-
tonic and vitalizer. its use Is not recon-
mended 20 nervous people unless they wish
to gain at least ten pounds Of flesh--Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21

With the resinol soap and warm water
battle the affected parts thoroughly.
until they are free from crusts and the
skin is softened- Dry very gently,
spread on a thin layer of the resinoi
ointment, and cover with light band
age-if necessary to protect the cloth
ing. This should be done twice a day.
Usually the distressing itching and
burning stop with the first treatment.
and the skin soon becomes clear and
healthy again Sample free. Dept.
ar. Resinol. Baltimore. Md.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
CHEERFUL WOMEN

Dependency is a thing of evil origin
and evil results. Worry produces moth
ing but wrinkles and wretchednesS-
Let the reader put up a little note on
her bureau, on her desk, and at the
head of her bed, just two words, DON'T
WORRY. Worry IS the greatest foe to
the happiness of any household. An
anxious, respondent face, a fretful
complaining voice, will make every one
uncomfortable.
A woman's nerves are more truly the
cause of worry than outside troubles.
The nerves are of a woman'S body the
telegraph system, which surely warns
her of any trouble in the feminine
makeup.
DR.. Pierce, during a long period
of practice, found that a prescription
made with glycerine, entirely OF roots
and herbs, without the use of alcohol,
cured over ninety per cent. OF such
cases. After using this remedy Tor
many years in his private practice he
put II up in a form that would make
It easily procurable.
Women are earnestly advised TO take
Il for irregular or painful periods,
DdCkdCnCr uCdudNuCs AAslldNNulNAlti "a
tarrhsl condition, hot flashes, sallow
complexion and nervousness.
For girls about to enter womanhood,
women about TO become mothers, and
for the changing days of middle age
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription
should always be on hand. In liquid
or tablets.
Write DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N Y, for
free 1856 page book on womsn's dis
eases. Every woman should have one.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser, cloth
bound, sent free TO you on RECEIPT of 3
dimes Cor stamps) to pay the expense of
mailing only. DR.. Pierce, Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, n Y.
If you are troubled with Indigestion,
Constipation, Biliousness, Bilious Head
aches. and hundred and one ills which
depend upon an inactive liver, use DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
PORT ARTHUR MAN
FINDS GOOD HEALTH
Sufferer Is Restored and Makes Re
mnrkabIe Gain in Weight on
Few Doses.

J. +. Stoneburner Of Port Arthur,
Texas suffered from stomach ailments
for a long time. He fell off in weight
and took treatment without apparent
benefit He tried physician after ply
sician until he almost lost hope.
He at last took Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy. then wrote:
Il have taken all Of your wonderful
stomach remedy and got good results
from 1t. I have gained In weight since
starting on your remedy-twenty-on
pounds so far. I was under the care
Of five doctors for about six months
before I got your medicine. I am en-
tirely well now"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating. pressure OF gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee-if not salts
factory money will be returned.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
Hope FOl. the Leper
By WOODS HUTCHINSON. ND.
The Worlds Best Known Writer
on Medical Subjects.

- ONLY a few weeks ago the spe-
cialist and experts who had as
sembled at Washington to urge
the passage Of that humane and most
necessary blu for the establishment of
a national Ieprosarium assured US of
the disquieting fact that we had nearly
500 lepers at large in these United
States
In the very same month. almost the
same week comes the report from Dr.
Victor Heiser the brilliant and devoted
director of public health in the Philip
pines, that cure has apparently been
discovered there for leprosy. or at least
a remedy which produces most hopeful
results in a considerable proportion of
cases, chaulmoogra oil
Good News.
This encouraging news is strong
additional argument for the establish
ment Of a leprosarium, because ii adds
TO the advantages OF protection for the
rest OF the community and the kindest
treatment and most comfortable life
possible for these poor unfortunates.
the hopeful possibility Of effecting a
cure in a fair percentage OF them.
Incidentally il may be remarked that
while 500 lepers at large is believed to
be an over statement rather than an
under estimate. inasmuch as there are
only about 200 known cases, and 50
percent Of these are in colonies or hos
QlLdlS. Vet SO SLOW Is AllE nlHFdEF III
spreading under civilized conditions that
the whole of these 500 are not as
great an actual menace 10 the national
health as 90 third stage" or advanced
cases of tuberculosis.
Though hundreds of cases have been
brought into this country by immi-
grants from Norway and Sweden and
from tropical America, and by sailors
and other visitors from the far east and
from northern Africa, practically
scarcely a single case is on record Of
the catching or development of the dis
ease on our American soil.
Outside of two small native leprosy
areas. where the disease gained a foot
hold nearly 200 years ago. one i'll New
Brunswick and the other in Louisiana,
now numbering about 40 in the north
and about 80 in the south, both among
the same Norman French people. power
ty stricken fishermen and scratch farm
ers. and both diminishing in numbers.
The new probable cure reported from
the Philippines is nOt so much the dis
coVery Of a new remedy as new and
greatly improved form Of application Of
an old one chaulmooEra oil This is an
aromatic veEetabl oil Of oriental origin.
which for many years past has had
a considerable reputation both popular
and scientific as a cure for the milder
forms Of leprOsy.
Many of the severer forms would also
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21

"HE charity bazaar was in fun
swing as Penelope Vanplunks
- stepped into the booth marked
"Ishmeal Golem, Palmist"
They tell me you are a real Hindoo
palmist especially imported from Palm
adenia,' she said.
The dark visaged figure in tho flow
cred robe and turban nodded gravely.
Then please read my palm" And
Penelope seated herself and extended
her left hand
You are engaged to be married" be-
gan Ishmeal Golem.
why. how wonderful, But then of
course you could tell that by my en-
gagement ring"
THE man TO whom you are engaged
bears the name Of Edward Ritz. and
the engagement Will be broken Ish-
meal Golem droned on.
why, this is uncannyi" cried Pene-
lope. and fled without coming across
with fee. while Ishmeal Golem
chuckled grimly to himself Not so
uncanny, considering that Edward Ritz
has pawned that engagement ring in
my hook shop and redeemed it again
eight times!"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
NEM(SNOTB99
S 0UDAISY DEAN TlI

- DITH REEVES. a lineal descendent
n of William Penn, reputed to have
- been the greatest peace-at-any-
price man of his time" has been cap
tured by the movies.
The vivacious and pretty young
woman has just appeared in her first
film play, "The Moral Fabric" pro-
duced by Thomas H. Ince for the
Triangle.
Though descended from the peace
loving founder of the "City Of Brother
y Love-" she prefers to mention the
fighting members of her family and
points with pride to William Payntor
Of Chamborne House. Belgrave Square.
London, who was major of the kings
dragon guards and earned numerous
decorations for vaIOr. He was one Of
the governors Of Delaware in the early
Gays Of the history OF that state