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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

Quoted in the great shcep-growng sec
tlons In Arizona, Colorado, Nevada
New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. This
was followed by marked decrcaS,
in the number of coyotes in the sec
tions poisoned, with corresponding
decrease in the losses of sheep, pigs
colts and poultry. Reports have beer
received from stockmen stating that
on many ranges and Landing grounds
the former heavy animal losses have
become negligible or have been entire
ly eliminated.
For n number of years rabies has
been prevalent among predatory ami.
mails In California, Idaho. Nevada. Ore.
gon, Washington and Utah. A part of
the money available for predatory ami.
nal control has been appropriated for
the specific purpose of DESTROYING the
wild animals affected with this dis
ease In the states named. Although
the disease still maintains a foothold
In all of these states, efforts In sun.
pressing its carriers have been so sue.
ccsSful that its spread to other states
has been prevented, and the number of
domestic animals and persons bitten
by rabid animals has steadily de.
creased until ut present the number IL
very small. When an outbreak of the
disease occurs in any district. hunt.
ers are Immediately concentrated
there, so that the wild animals carry.
ing the rabies are summarily de.
stroyed and the spread of the disease
is promptly stopped.
The serious situation resulting from
the outbreak Of rabies before II was
controlled is indicated by the fact thrt
In the fiscal year 1856, when the
principal outbreak In Nevada occurred.
II was estimated that live stock In that
state valued at about 100000 was
lost through being bitten by rabid
animals. Some ranches lost from 200
" wv Va tultit.
Up to the present time approximate
ly 1900 persons are known to have
been bitten by rabld animals and
treated for the disease. and at least
AZ are known to have died from II.
Without federal intervention for the
Of rabies, the ravages
brought about by 1t would have been
vastly increased.
Special efforts are being made by in.
spectors of the bureau to destroy indl.
vldual predatory animals which have
become notorious for their stock killing
exploits In various states. Near Du.
bois. Wyo., mountain lion was killed
IL the spring of 1919 which was known
to have destroyed $1,000 worth of live
stock the preceding October and to
have killed a number of cattle during
The winter. This was a much.hunted
md battle-scarred animal which had
been wounded a number of times by
private hunters. Another mountain
ion taken in April had killed seven
,olts during the spring. In the same
state pair Of wolves were kllled-the
'emale by government hunter and
he male by a private hunter--which
lad destroyed fore than $500 worth
If stock during TIE preceding year.
The owner of ranch near Merit
ION, Tex, reported that In less than
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Elf Arrows

Elf arrow is meme given to a tri-
angular piece of flint, formerly used
as an arrowhead by early inhabitants
of Great Britain and Europe generally.
It was once believed that these barbs
of flint were shot by elves or invisible
beings at cattle or men to bewltch
them, hence the name. Cattle dying
suddenly in the fields were said to
have been struck by an elf arrow /;
and this superstition fingers in Ire
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

pan add four tablespoonfuls of corn
starch and one tablespoonful of -four,
one-fourth of teaspoonful of salt.
four tablespoonfuls of cold water and
cook until clear. Add one cupful of
hot apple pulp, sweetened to taste and
one teaspoonful Of lemon juice. Re
move from the fire and add three we'll
beaten egg yolks, then cut and fold
in the whites beaten stiff. Pour into
well-buttered baking dish and bake
until pulled and dellcately brown.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
HAPPINESS.

Happiness Is rarely absent; IL is we
that know not Of Its presence. The
greatest felicity avails us nothing II
welknow not that We are happy. There
Is more JOY, In the smallest delight
whereof we are conscious than there
10 In the approach Of the mlghtiest
happiness that enters not into the soul.
-Maeterllnck.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Women Guard Siam Palace.

Women police, an Amazon guard,
for the most part old and uhattrac-
tive. have long been an institution In
Siam. As gatekeepers of the Wom-
ans palace in Bangkok, they are as
signed to a special vocation. One Of
their duties is to follow any visitor
who visits the palace and remain with
him or her until their departure They
see that no mischief is done. and that
no one annoys the ladies of the court.
The women police are attired In dis.
tinctiye uniform. but are not armed
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Baked Banana With Sultan sauc,

Cook one-half cupful of sultana raj
sins in w cupfuls of boiling water
for 30 minutes. Mix well one-half cup
full of sugar with two teaspoonfuls of
corstarch, then stir into the ralsins
and water which should measure a
cupful. Boil six minutes, add one tea
spoonful each of lemon juice and va
nilla. Serve poured around baked ba-
nannS.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
E@R MOTHERS 2
& COOK BOOK s
- by Nun< MAt~s4e :

A pound OF patience and self-control
With words OF honey sweet
Endurance quart and energy roll
In all you desire to eat
When mixing a cake be not a machine,
And learn from lessons Of sorrow-"hy
giene"
But study the why and the how.
The effects of all you allow.
Mary c. Upham.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
The Worlds Population.

A conservative estimate. based on
rough estimates of the worlds popula.
ton. which even now are hardly more
than guesSeS, shows that there are
probably about as many people living
now rs have died within the last 14O
years.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
A Gentleman

1t appears that the most general Idea
which people have formed of gentle
man is that Of a person Of fortune
above the vulgar, and cmbellshed by
manners that are fashionable in high
life. In this case, fortune and fashion
are the two constituent ingredients In
the composition Of modern gentlemen |;
for whatever the fashion may be.
whether moral or immoral. for or
against reason, right or wrong, Il Is
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

equally the duty of gentleman to con-
form. And yet apprehend that true
gentility is altogether independent Of
fortune or fashion, OF time. customs, or
oplhlons OF any kind. The very same
qualities that constituted gentleman
In the first age Of the world. are per-
manently Invariable and indispen.
SADLY necessary to the constitution of
the same character to the end of time.
Henry Brooke.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

through the blur of touch of sun"
or the haze of Il burning fever they MS
sumo proportions out of all reason.
The odorS, the mists the sights, the
sounds get on the nerves, the heavy.
dropping silent, impenetrabe green
forest everywhere shuts one in like Il
smothering grave; the mind grows
sick, and the body follows. No one
should stay on the west coast of Africa
longer than IS months at time.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

ure. putting something hard under
feathers with blood on. and rubbing
with the back OF a knife. Each feath-
er must be done separately. OF course
goose or other feathers for cushions
or pillows may be put into cotton
bag and washed and dried. but pre-
llminary soaking In brine will be Of
advantage.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
WORTH REM EMBERlNG
Friendship rings truest in adj

Friendship rings truest in adj
versity.
Poverty need never fear that
sunshine will be rationed.
Many a hero owes all to the
thought that he gave to his COM
rade.
An unjust sentence is never
known In the court of con-
science.
The wrong we do to one anoth-
err is sure to return with its
sting.
II the sum total OF health could
only be calculated. there would
be very few who could truthful
~ say that they are poor todayl
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY |
PETER AND JOHN IN SAMARiA

MAY be used with missionary applica
tions)
LESSON TEXT-Acts Si-25
GOLDEN TEXT-Ye shall be witnesses
unto me both In Jerusalem, and In all
Judea, and In Samarla, and unto the ut
termost part OF the earth,--Acts is.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-II Kings
T:A-3l: Luke l0:33-5; John Ale.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Tellng Others About
Jesus
JUNIOR TOPlC-Peter and John In a
Strange City.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
lC-Three Missionaries and Their Tri-
umphs
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Popular and Electoral Vote.

The number of electoral votes and
the popular Vote for President Wilson
and Charles +. Hughes in the last cleo
tion were: Popular vote: Wilson,
9,129,6oG; Hughes, S,53S.221. Elector-
al Wilson, 277; Hughes, 254.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Blanquette OF Chicken.

Make one cupful of cream sauce, put
1t in double boiler and add one pint
Of cooked chicken cut In bits and one
tablespoonful of minced parsley. When
hot beat the yolks of two eggs, add two
tablespoonfuls of milk and stir into the
chicken.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

land at the present day. Elf arrows
set in silver. We're frequently worn as
talismans, and were considered most
eflicacious as preventlves against poi.
son and witchcraft They are also
called elf bolts, elf darts, elf shot and
elf stones.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

Z THE total federal funds
available for the cam
paign against injurious
animals, conducted under
the direction of the bio
logical survey of the
United States department
of agriculture, about S375,-
600 was provided for use
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

Taking Blood Stains From Feathers.
Make strong solution of salt In wa
ter, and saturate large and thick
cloth with It. Wrap feathers up In
cloth and keep until blood gets soft.
When soft rub out with gentle press
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Homemade Breakfast Food.

Take three-fourths cupful each of
graham and wheat -four, mix we'll add
salt and water and cook as usual to
q thick mush. Serve with cream and
sugar.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Macaroni.

Macaroni originated from Greek
phrase meaning ''the blessed dead
an allusion to the ancient custom Of
eating Il at feasts for departed scala
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Early Playing Cards.

In early playing cards swords took
the place Of spades" and representa-
tions of coins were the equivalent of
diamonds"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Fastest Flowing River.

The fastest-flowing river In the
world Is the Sutlej, in India, which
rises 1920 feet above the sea and
falls 1900 feet In $50 miles.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Apple Souffle.

Pare, core and stew four tart apples
In Just enough water to keep from
burning. Put through sieve. To
one tablespoonful of butter in sauce
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Defeat.

what is defeat7 Nothing but edu-
cation, nothing but the first step to
something greaer. Wendell Phillips.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30

Don't, however. LET pleasure seeking
supplant successseeking.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
Particulars.

Mlstress-Do you work by system.
attic effort? 80
Maid--No, mum; I work by the day.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-30
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAYSC|1O0L
LESSON

tby REV. +. Is. tlTLWAIkR. ID, ID.
Teacher OF English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute OF ChcagoJ
Copyright. 1920 Western Newspaper Union)
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Wife Would Drink

The woman agreed and he mar
ried her. He became a father to
the four children and the woman
admitted that he was a good hus-
band, devoted and true. The trouble
was that she did not give up drink
ing and her husbands remon-
strances were Of no avail. At times
in fits of anger over her drinking he
would remind her of her past, and
then they quarreled bitterly. At
last he had struck her and she had
had him arrested.
"you have done a thing for any
man to be proud of" the judge told
the husband, when he was brought
into court after the probation officer
had reported. "Now, be man and
forget the past"
The husband was placed on pro-
baton under suspended sentence
and the probation officer had a talk
with the husband and wife together
The wife took the pledge and lived
up to it, and the family started to
go regularly to church. After sew
eral months under the watchful eye
Of the probation officer the husband
was discharged by the court. He
and his wife have forgotten their
old troubles and there is no more
quarreling in the home.
The only trouble with probation is
that there is not enough of it, and
the reason there is not enough Of it
in New York is that the city will not
pay for an adequate staff. 1t has
been found by practical experience
that the largest number of cases a
probation officer can handle at one
time with proper attention to eacn
is fifty. In New York tnere are
only fifty-eight probation officers,
and they have to handle from 275 to
800 cases per officer, instead of the
fifty that is the maximum that can
be handled properly. This is the
only city in the country where pro-
baton is used that does not make
adequate provision for the service.
In New York in 1919 there were
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
The Young Bank Robber

That story recalls another one
something that took place more than
twenty-five years ago. 1t relates to
boy Of about sixteen years who
started to sail down the Potomac
River from Washington in small
boat one summer evening. A big
storm came up and the boy put into
shore just above Alexandria. He
walked 20 the town, but it was late,
and the hotels in that sleepy village
were all closed for the night. There
would be no boats up or down the
river and no trains out before morn
ing. The boy sat down on the steps
Of small brick building on the
main street. He had q screw-driver
in his pocket that he had used to
fasten a cleat on his boat.
The boy had been sitting there
sleepily about half an hour when he
saw the lights Of q steamer coming
up the river. He got up and raced
for the wharf, and the screw driver
dropped out of his pocket on The
steps where he had been sitting. OF
course, the steamer did not stop at
Alexandria, so the boy sat down
again on the stringpiece of the
wharf, and four policemen sur
rounded him and arrested him, and
took him to the local Jail on the
charge of trying to rob the bank
1t was the bank steps where he had
first sat down and where his screw
driver had fallen.
Elated by their prowess, the four
policemen got the chief out of bed
to see the prisoner The chief was a
big red-headed man, who came to
the jail in his bare feet and no shirt.
He looked at the boy and heard his
story. and said to the four intrepid
policemen:
"You concentrated essence Of i'm
hecility, get out Of my sight before I
kick the pants off the lot Of you!"
To the boy he said
ou are free. would advise you
to sleep here in the jail until morn
ing. but you can do what you please
Good night" He left the jail door
open and went home TO bed.
The storm was over, and the boy
walked back to where he had left his
boat and resumed his business of
sailing it with one hand and bailing
it out with the other.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

saving to the city for the mainten-
ance in prisons and correctional In
stitutions of the 27,737 defendants
convicted and placed on probation in
the years 1915 to 1919 totals ap-
proximately s5,817,586.85
Men on probation support them
selves and their families and they
are productive factors in the COM
munity. In jail they are liabilities
and very often their families become
q burden upon the public Proba-
ton, instead Of being an increased
expense to the city, is in reality a
great tax saver"
This is only the material side Of
the question and does not consider
the social problem. Yet the Board
Of Estimate, under the guidance Of
Mayor Hylan, has refused to IN
crease the appropriation for proba-
ton SO that the work can be ex-
tended
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Comparative Costs
By r. F. oster

Author Of "Foster on Auction :"
Auction Made Easy" "Foster's
Complete Hoyle," etc.
n N MANY cases the assisting hand
\ will be strong enough to carry
IA the bid up several tricks, al
though the original caller NAV
refuse to go any further than his
first bid. The principle to be kept
IN view by the assisting hand is that
If the first call is free bid, show
ing four tricks, but is now fol-
lowed up, even after dummy's en-
couragement in assisting, the origi
nal callers hand is good for Just
those four tricks, and no more.
The callers expectation being to
find three tricks in the dummy, to
make good the contract, to win
seven, it is clear that dummy can
not afford to assist, or increase the
contract, unless he has more than
those three tricks. 1t should also
be clear that he can increase the
contract by just as many tricks as
he has more than those three.
There is no necessity to do this
all at once, because it is often good
policy to give the original caller a
chance to show whether he has any
thing up his sleeve or not. MANY
tine two-suiter has been killed off bv
dumnsy's overriding on the first
round.
The real trouble with the ma
jority of auction players is that
they cannot count their hands prop
erly for the assisting bids, and
through ignorance of the true value
of their cards either overdo it or
stop too soon. An excellent plan
IS to count the hand the moment
the partner calls suit and fix it
IN the memory just how many tricks
1t IS good for as an assist. Then
one can watch the mannerisms of
others without looking at ones own
cards again.
Here is good example of two
original bids which were based on
the conventional four tricks and
had nothing more to say; bot it so
happened that their respective part
ners could go a good deal further.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
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Z, with four values in hearts,
called that suit. A, with four values
IN spades, bid spade. Counting up
Us hand for his assisting strength
we find that he has four trumps to
two honors, one as good as a queen.
which, we saw in Article No. p, is
worth two tricks.
No one having yet mentioned
clubs or diamonds, these aces are
worth two tricks apiece. In ad
dition to this, Y can ruff the sec
ond round of spades, which is as
good as king, or one more trick.
Counting the hand in this way, we
find the total value is seven tricks,
or four more than average, but it
is not necessary to bid more than
two hearts to overcall A.
Coming now to B's hand as an
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
The Only Wav

But in about year the baby
IL s4me' and then he got lazy and lost
.uS !0o' and l had to 20 on the street
gan TO keep the baby. I kept ask
."s MIN to marry me, but he kept
Su.'ing It off, and he wouldn't work
.4u l mad to make a living and l
.s knew one way to do it. He IS
w o1 a Job now, and | haven't any
"ey and the rent is overdue, so
=, 'led to get 50 out of that Jew
'As other night to buy some food"
Inc probation officer got a church
Ssanization 70 pay the wonan's
'sa' and the magistrate to release
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
"GOODBY and good uck." prisoner 1Uho has proved
" has reformation and been discharged from probation
tions Court with one eye black

Relations Court with one eye black
ened and closed and bruises on her
arms. The woman was thirty five
years old, while her husband, who
was with her, was forty 1t was not
a case Of beating given during a
drunken spree, nor of an evil-tem-
pered loafer who resented with his
fists being asked to support his fam
lily. The man did not drink and had
been working for one firm for seven
teen years, while before that he had
held another job for ten years.
The magistrate was puzzled, and
turned the case over to the proba-
ton officer. The man was inter
viewed first He blamed his wife
for all their trouble He said she
drank and was quarrelsome. 1t came
out that they had been married four
years and the wife had four chill
dren.
"How did you meet your wife,"
the probation officer asked.
The man did not know what to
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Family Was Respectable

Il belong to respectable family"
he said. Il can't marry a street
woman. My people would never get
over it,"
"You are living with her, aren't
you?" the officer asked. do your
people know you are living with q
street woman?"
NO" the man admitted; "they
think we are married."
"Who supported you for ten
years?" the officer asked.
The man mumbled something
about hard luck and being sick and
unable to work.
'You think it over" said the Off
Ger, "and l will come back to-mor
row night and see if you don't want
to give this woman q square deal. /
can have you married without any
publicity"
The next evening the man agreed
W marry tNe woman. lhe PROBATION
officer Immediately made the ar
rangements and twenty-four hours
later the ceremony was performed.
After working for three months
they moved to an apartment in q re-
spectacle neighborhood, and to-day
they are living in suburb and their
rent goes toward the payment for
their house. The woman has long
since been released from probation,
but the probation officer continues
to visit them as q friend of the fam
lily, and she is known to the parents
of both the husband and wife as the
wife's Sunday school teacher of
years ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
A Sordid Story

There was nothing prepossessing
about the atmosphere. 1t took an
experienced probation officer to dis
regard everything except the wom-
ans story and listen to it with an
unbiased mind
l have been on the street since
was sixteen years old" she said,
and am thirty-two now" 1t was
not very good start and the story
so' worse as it went along. But it
aad the virtue of frankness. II am
"o' married TO the man | am living
wth,' she continued, "but I have
AVed with him for ten years and
supported him most of the time by
my earnings on the street. About
"ree years ago he started to stay
away first one night and then two
nights a week and at last told me
ne had another girl and was going
10 leave me.
We both came from respectable
families who believed We were mar
''eo' and I begged him not to leave
.4' and show me up. He said ne
was tired of living with a street
"Uman and was going to be respect
sOle' / told him if he would get
'Oo | would quit the street, and
4e old get sob and l was straight
as long as could be.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
A Chief With Judgment

That red-headed Alexandria po-
lice chief had never heard Of proba-
ton. but he had a lot of common
sense, and l have always been CRATE
ful II him. I don't care what he
called his action. Probation smells