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3? "tffJ I/"VI IT IO /J^CGreen wl'h NA ar'- NF 1,1 ws a •i'/ 3T NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM -. ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. Some townships of Johnson county $•{ '"^were surprised when they 'were re $%« -fused the auto tax moqey-collected for the year within their, bordens. 'j. The reason for the refusal la that the townships. did not make the Ira •provemeijts on their roads required ft' ,^y law. Any township thus neg- "u lecting to spend this tax mon«y for :V^ro8djmprov«inentiB cannot receive the proceeds of the auto tax according to 'the new law passed by the last legis latnre. An advance of |65 an acre for a farm in 'Marshall county in four p5r' years' time was shown in a sale made hy Thomas Thirlby. Four years ago Mr. Thirlby bought a 275 acre farm A four miles north of Marshalitown for 5*1 $127.50. an acre. A few days after lie bought he sold ninety-five acres of *the tract at- $145 an acre. The re Sgp srnatniDg lSO acres have Just beer sold S6v 'to D. B.Wyatt of Polk county for (31,500, or $176 an acre, a profit of Miss Helen Green, of .Oilman, will ifTrecelve within thirty days the largest C: siira ever paid by a railroad in Mar yj^'.shallcounty for a personal Injury. jjf^'4^ The Iowa Central will present Miss ni.500. according to a V/TV stipulation of settlement filed In "the ^district court. Miss Green was hurt 0,^ three years ago when she tripped ^?SfeifOVer mail sack on the station plat- Inform at Gil man. An. outfit known as the Iowa, tailors ^-canvassed .TelTerson County and took *-g,i ...... orders: for men and women's a deposit in cash on orders. Some of the clothing ...s&Sma.ny £.* -a'clothlng, with .^^the J.was delivered, but there tire a large .'number of certificates of deposit still ,belng held by people who, are now ''.-looking for their suits. The thirty-sixth annual convention .'of the grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will* be held at rt^noimcii Bluffs Oct. 22 to 25. The fli'met jgsrarid chapter of the order in Iowa In that city- last in the year 1881 t^''-""when the membership In the state :was only about 500 now it Is over 36.000. The highest price ever obtained for 'a Marlon county farm was $450 an ^^acire, brj.tiO.OOO' for a 25-acre tract -*^S*hioh was solil, by the Knoxvilla rJgX,and company to Charles Snalth of fra^Monroe county. New York. The tract 'r'^adjolns Knoxvllle and has been Mkw»ini' as -the John ~A. Crozier fruit ^.t'-farm. An action for divorce in wfcfoh the "^Samount of alimony asked la 330,000 ||P|!ias been assigned for hearing in the 'l&ljKebkuk county district court at Sig ^Pjourney. Tlie'plaintiir, Eliza McClune !^|alieges cruel and- inhuman treatment. ^WsitJ) also avers Uiat the-, defendant, '^Alexander McClune, worth SCO,000. According to the, report of an ex -^_^»ert engineer, engaged -by tha city council at Perrjr .to go over the water lt|pldht. owned by the city. It will take i$§$6n.000 to pnt it .In running order. The enginieiRr auggests the rebuilding Lot the entire plant, and the- pur 'vihase of much additional macblnaryl •T*'0 youths have been arrested' and ^another from Whshlngton towoihip /J ls sought by officers at _jOenterville charges of having conspired to as-' •^4|^aiilt criminally a young girl. It li ,Q.clalmed one ot the young men acted f- ^as her escort borne.:from church after ^^uthe assault .had been prearranged. Judge KeUey lii the district court 'at Mason City sentenced Louis Pres '%ott, who shot and killed his wife at sg -Clear Lake on June 1, to the penlten- for 1,fe' H® kr V~. & I waB found guilty ^^pf,n|Vrder In the second degree. WVrton Prall 74 years of age, one t\_|Wof tue ploueera of Cass county, and uWon* its largest landholders and %r most successful farmers died recent "Jy of pneumonia.' Mr. Prail had lived jflln that county for sixty years. Mrs. Mercy X: Starr/ Tabor's oldest citizen, is dead at the home b( her Jr eon, O. C.' Starr. She was in her ninetieth year and is survived "by aevten children, the oldest* being 73 ^years °'d and the youngest 55. William I'Hesse, who has been on Pf^trlaI at Albla. was found guilty of, ^^manslaughter for the death of Mrs. c.john Carson near Lovilia dn: Decern te^ber 12, 1912. The testimony was en ^4^Jtirely circumstantial. Reese GTiOln, Wsgwho' was Jointly indicted with Hesse, |will be tried later. tg.ri ^Commissioner of Pensions. C. M.: Saltzgaber. has officially notified Dr, §:J. V. Bean and Dr. L. D, Jftmes, mem libera of the local bpard 'of pensfon ex /-aminers, of the termination of their E& services as members of the board. Postmasters in Iowa recently ap pointed are Craig, Plymouth county, "v Henrietta's. Johnson, vice 0. jL /^Brooks, resigned: Nemaha. Sao-conn- Fred VV Mack, vice J. Cash Fuller. -•$/ resigned. Thirty-eight fat cattle, raised o» Yf the farm of R. H, DeLa, neaT* Perry, •^"'-brought the' owbpt the top price. The cattle average 1,521 pounds' each ana brought-a total of 95,002, or 1131.05 '-jeach. The flVty-nlntli annual convention of the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Iowa takes place in Des Moines toe ginning Oct. 16 and continuing until Oct. 20. 1^,,, Charles E. Robinson, of Coralvllle, for fifty-five years a resident of -John son county, died recently, aged 84 a I ij*?-^ Herman Schierholtz," for flfty-iTve years a-resident of Allamakee ccAinty, died at his home at Lansing, recent ly. ,He was a veteran of the civil Jwar and is survived by his wife and one sister. Mrs. Mimonson. living near Osks loosa, fell through a platform ovet a well and hung suspended by one^leg •over twelve feet• of water. for two hours until rescued. Joseph SullivaJi, son of a local pa trolman/ was struck by an Illinois Central, train, in'the Dubuque yards and Instantly killed. The Tama scbool bonds, an Issne of 160,000, for /building a new scbool building, were sold to a Davenport Arm. bringing a substantial premium. The district ie entirely out of debt, has cash on hand and soon will begin' the" erection of a modern school building. -r4 '"v ,' Thomas Dic^erson, sclfconferaed horsethief, was/sentenced at Boone to serve not more than five years by Judge Wright for horse stealing, the specific charge being that he stole the Rochc team In that city two 'months ago. 1 f- The- Iowa grand, council a(nd the. Sl3?ty-slxth ndnvocation of Royal Arch Masons closed':'its meeting at Oska loosa after ,' an enjoyable session. Among,the:officers elected are: W. M. Morrla of Manchester, most exalt ed ''grand roaster Win, D. Irvine, ot Sioux City,'deputy Charles A. Djb.w ey, of .Washin| ton, conductor A. .-A.. Hplt. of Waterloo, treasurer, and Alt tVlnga'te, ,of Des Molnea, recorder. In the district court at Le Alars, Mrs. Ed Pendleton pleaded guilty to a statutory ^charge and was sentenc: ed to six months in the county Jail and to-pay a fine of $150. Mrs. Pen: dlo'ton, who is the wife of* a well known faruieijr living near Akron, and the' mother of.^slx children,. eloped three weeks ago with James Robin son, who took her to his home at Vail, where they^ were arrested. A r^ndway Engine in the' Rock Islaiid yarcls at Iowa Falls put the city gas plant out of business. A switch engine rushed down a loading •track, firnshed: the bumper and push ed two box cars across a street and through the rebuilding demollahlaa three walls of the structure and wrecking theMilant's machinery, leav ing iKttrons without- gas. Dr. C. S. Chase/and Professor R. E. Heilman, ot. Iow^ 'City. wlll go to At kins, UeatQh oounty. on Oct. 17 to hold a rural conference'. At this meeting 'the representatives of the •university'.will' outline the up to date methods. of ""self-betterment for the smaller towns'' and villages of the state. -flluatrated lectures will be given. "Prof. B. Marflhx.. manager of the Sioux City Business College," and his assistant, L.~B. Thomas, are wanted by the police on the charge of con ducting a fake commercial scbool. The two men left the cfty after col lecting $45* In adyance from a num ber of studepts for "life membership" in their college. The uew hospital committee at De cora b". has purchased a site for the building from M. Toyen, 350 feet by 150 -feet, on Broadway and State, at a cost of $2,600. It has.been decided to continue the. subscription until $10,000 more is raised, making a to tal of $35,000. H. F. Healey, of the Manson Blec trio Light 'A, Power plant, is laying the"'Cables for sixteen new electroliers to be./placeid in two blocks of Main street In that place. The electroliers were purchased by the Manson bust men and presented to the city. Demands have been made in open letters' upon the city commissioners by labor unions at Mason City for public scales. The demands/ formally made seek a public scale and master, a public market or market square and a municipal ice house. "German day" was celebrated at Schleswig Manning and Manilla, with Denison, ah enormous crowd being present. German organizations from local lodges took part in the parade. There were jpany floats representing the business houses. Movements for the consolidation of schools in various parts of Cerro Gordo county have been started. Spe cial elections are to be called at Ply mouth, Hanford and Cartersville soon A consolidated school has been estab lished at- lto«k Falls. Tony Bartlllo, 23, is dead and Frank Rucci,*25, is in the 'hospital: with three bullets lodged in his abdomen And7 will die, as a result of a duel In Ceiitervllle. Both are Italians and the trouble started over a card game. This week the Milwaukee railroad will complete cutting in the 150 miles of newly constructed double track in Iowa. This will leave only 200 miles of single track between Council Bluffs and Dubuque. A successful business n^an of N»w ton, Iowa, relates that three years ago, a Jasper county farmer sold his farm at $10 per acre and moved to California. Today the same farm Is worth $200 p^r cre. State Warden Hirishaw Is replenlsh lng Clear l^ke with fish a large num-: ber being seined, from the bayous in and around Sabula.'! All ar*- game fish. Okobojl ,and Spirit lakes will be similarly treated. The last square of cement has jiut been laid on the mile of concrete road near Makpn City. The. pave ment is sixteen feet wide and is laid by the county,,except $2,500 privately contributed. The fish car "Hawkeye," deposited in Clear Lake, last week .more than 50.000 fish taken from the hatchery near Sabula. The Beh were c*oi» pies, sun fisb, oat -fish, pike and pickerel. The two branches of the. NorweEian Lutheran church were ordered \^ted by a vote of the synod of the Lmher an church at a recent meeting held at Decorah. The sixteenth reunion ot the Forti eth Iowa riafahtry held in RnoxvlUi had a total-of' sixty-five -survivors present from a half dozen different states. .J. The proposition- to erect a new $15,000 cement bridge to span to Das Moines river at Estherville was car ried at a special election. Wiljlam G-nlloway, of Waterloo, Is going to dlspdse of his fine stock at public sale on October 28-29. At a special meeting of the Jef ferson' County .Old Soldiers and Sailors association,, the annual re union was arranged to be held Oct. 17. at the public library in Fairfield. In a rear, end collision of trolley cars on the suburban out of Sioux City to Leeds a score of passengers were liurt Amos J. Cole and A. IS. Prager were' most severely injured. 1 Ben Yeag^I was seriously "Injured when he, fell against a running saw that severed the lower bowel- from the back, while at work on the' Lat ts farm southeast of Logan. The Western Implement and Motor company of'Davenport has been forc ed into involuntary bankruptcy by the action of creditors, who secured, the appointed of a receiver from Judge Smith. McFherson. Tha com pany is. said to owe $100,000 and have $50,000 assets. Options have been secured on 800 acres of land lying five miles west or Mason City on both sides of the in terurban aft a site'for the home of the opllep'.lc colony of Iowa. It is offered the state as an inducement to place the colony near that city. An election /will be held in McGreg or Monday, Oct. 20, to decide the question of granting a twenty-fivt year franchise to the McGregor Elee trie Light & Power company to main tain lines foi the transmission of eleo trie current to Monona and village! and farms along the way. There has not been enough cold weather in Iowa to check hog chrt' era. Dr. James L. Gibson, state veter inarian, said. The lflsses from this disease have been more this than last-., when. the total exceeded $12,000,000. |&£$> tf&A's K/fchfr"* England Will Preserve Its Histor ic Structures. Commissioner of Works to Prevent the Destruction or 8ale of Relies —Will Thwart the Collectors of Ancient Edifices. London -—The session of parliament which recently closed enacted one law which meets with universal approval. It is called the "ancient monuments act," and the credit for its passage Is due to Lord Beauc^amp. In the future, says the Times, there is no reason wby such a building at Tattershall-castle should be despoiled if the first commissioner of works, with whom rests the power of putting the new law in motion, acts with en ergy and promptitude. A simple order of the commissioners of works will make any injury of such a place an of fense time will then be given for de liberation bn the future of the build ing, and its fate will in the last resort be determined by parliament. The late Lord Avebury led the way in bringing the subject to the notice of parliament, and in 1882 Mr. Shaw Lefevre* (now Lord Eversley), as first commissioner of works in Mr. Glad stone's government, passed the first ancient monuments act. It extended only to monolithic and other prehis toric remains,1 and was purely permis sive in its character. The owner of such a monument might place It. in the guardianship of the commissioner of works, and It then became an of fense on the part of anyone (Including the owner) to injure or deface the monument. In 1900 these provisions were extended to any "structure, erec tion or monument of historic or archi tectural interest," with the exception of a structure occupied- (otherwise than for care taking) as a dwelling house, but- the application of the act still depended upon the consent ot the owners of -monuments. Lately the specter of the wealthy American prepared to give fabulous sums for the power to tear down a ruin and transport it across the Atlan tic has been conjured up in otder to raise the market for ancient monu ments,"and a much more serious risk jhas arisen in the shape of persons dealing in valuable fittings and mov able details of old buildings. For the purpose of this trade the structure Is bought, and the artistic work that It contains is torn out and sold for use in modern buildings. It Is obvious. says the Times, that in relation to such traffic the mere scheduling of monuments or any other arrangement devoid of such machinery for arresting destruction merely at tracts the destroyer. Hence the ex istence of the royal cotamlsslona,1 .which, have been at work for the last Ave years examining and scheduling the places of historic interest in Ens land, Scotland and Wales, and which have already made, valuable reports, Is an addltional reason for protective leg islation. At. the same time the com missions form a nucleus for an author itative advisory body to share with the commissioners of works the re sponsibility of restrictive action. These considerations have been in the minds of the framers of the new act, which not only amends but con solidates the existing law. In the first place, it authorizes the purchase of monuments either by the commission ers of works or by the council of any county'or borough, or the common council of the city of London, but such a. purchase can be carried out only by agreement with the owner. The glftaor devise of a monument "to the same bodies Is also authorized. The alternative machinery of guard ianship Is then provided,' as In the existing acts, and the effect of guard ianship is explained. 'By constituting the .commissioners of works or the local authority guard ians of his monument the owner does not divert himself of any right of property except that of destruction, activeior passive In other words, the guardfans of the monument may re- PICKtED WHALE MEAT GOOD Ship Returned From Arctic Regions Brings Ten Barrels of the §#!., Marine Viand. San Francisco.—-Mere 1b something new for Jaded appetites, aijd may be come a dish to set before the king. The steam whaler Gayhead, which arrived from the far north, brought ten barrels of pickled and salted whale beef. It is predicted by Captain Porter of HURLS BABE FROM- WINDOW Girl Employe, Mother While at Work, Throws Child Four Floors to Death. SAVE ITS BUILDINGS '.' Philadelphia.—After giving birth to a girl baby while at work in a factory at 210 Sou^h Second street, Lizzie Pre ole, nineteen years old,. wrapped the infant in her apron and hurled It from the fourth story window to an alley in the rear. 3^hst&$p£)$viH ,* *t "-4? *S M'* •*'~J .-, )"•. 31 AN CHESTER Gorgona, the largest community in the Panama canal zone, occupies a site which will be covered by tha waters of Gatun lake. Buildings are halng moved piecemeal, as shown in the Illustration, t6 Balboa and-Em pire, other zone towns. strain t|he owner from Injuring it, and may, concurrently with the owner, do any" work necessary to maintain and protect it So far the act follows on previous lines, and can only be applied with the consent of the owner. On this stem is grafted the compulsory machinery of the act An ancient monuments board, representative of the three his toric monument commissions, the so cieties of antiquaries of London and Scotland, and other artistic bodies, is to be constituted by the commission ers-ot works, and on their report that any monument Is in danger ot destruc tion, removal ot damage, and that the preparation of the monument is of na tional-Importance, the commissioners may make' a preservation order, plac ing the monument under their protec tion. and while such an order Is in force the monument can not be demol ished, removed, added to or altered without the consent of the commis sioners. i'/Vs-s BECOMES 'CONVICT' TO STUDY Head of New York Reform Commis sion Loses Mustsehe During Ex :,.s perimeitc at Auburtf. Auburn, N. Y.—Thomas Mott "Os borne, chairman of the state commis sion op prison reform, entered-Auburn prison to Berve a short term, self-im posed, for tha, purpose of studying the effect of the prison, system on the men tal and physical condition of a man. He was assigned to the "idle gang," has a cell in the south wing'and will live the life of a convict in every dev tall while' in prison. His mustache Thomas Mott Osborne. was ^kaved off, but his hair, normally cropped closely, was not touched. He wears a convict's uniform. The pri mary purpose of Mr^ Osborne is to as certain the psychological effect of pris on confinement upon a man. Mr. Os borne outlined his purpose to the con victs and justified it in this statement: "I have the feeling that after I have really lived among you,.marched in your lines, shared your food, gone to the same stone cells at night and In the morning looked at God's sunlight through those same iron bars—that then, and not untlltthen, can I feel the knowledge which will break down the barriers between my soul and the souls of my brothers. "I expect to serya my sentence this week at hard labor and am coming to live Hke one of you, to be housed, clothed, fed and disciplined like one of you.". Mr. Osborne was. asked it he would accept dungeon punishment it he broke a rule and replied/ that he ex pected ho consideration if. he ..was guilty'of any infraction. ft :K-. Declared Dead by Court Returns. Newark, N. J.—Declared dead by court ten years, ago, John H. Boyce has just returned to hia home here. the Gayhead that the meat will be come a delicacy. The officers and men of the whaler said they preferred it to anything they had aboard. Two barrels of ^t were consumed by them 3n the way down from the arctic. This is thev first introduction of whale flesh to the epicure. Several barrels have already been ordered by\wire 'or eastern restau rants. It was brought to San Francisco as an experiment, but if there is a de- Several men employed. In a restau rant adjoining the factory saw the girl throw the bundle out of the window, and on investigating found that it con tained the child, which was still alive. The Infant was taken Into a restaurant and later to the Pennsylvania hospital, where it died. A Tr?^\r sH' E DEMOCRAT, OF THE PANAMA CANAL l* The girl had been employed in the box factory for a number of years, and appeared to be in good health when she reported for work. Tlie girl was taken to the hospital -where she ts in a serious condition. 5*£• Sf •wj."yr*.T -.r-'tTtpW WHY TEETH DECAY Thyroid Gland Has Much to Do With Their Quality. What Can Be Accomplished by'the Use of Substance Obtained From Animals—Views of an Eminent 'LV British Dental Authority* New York.—More, important than all the dentists and their new fillings and methods is the mystery of wh^ teeth decay. An eminent British den tal authority believes that a certain ductless gland in the neck, known as the "thyroid," largely controls the destiny ot our chewing apparatus. Of course, no one doubts that cleaning the mout, selecting proper food and general care of the* health, aid in keep ing the teeth sound, and lack of these things contributes to their breaking down. But .these are not the only causes nor the main ones. In spite of neglect ahd ignorance, some people have absolutely no trou ble with their teeth, while others brush and clean and yet spend small fortunes with the dentist. "A polished tooth never decays," they say, and this Is probably true, but it is equal ly true that nobody can keep every portion of every tooth polished all the time. "The lungs and the liver and), the heart and other organs are supposed to take care of themselves without ope's personal attention," says this doctor. "That is nature's business. If nature does' not attend to her busi ness, we ought not to be perpetually dusting and sweeping and cleaning up after her, as it she were a careless housemaid, but should,call her to ac count "Good health was early recognized as one of the .foundations for good teeth. But many cases ot excellent general health show poor teeth, so we must conclude that there are various kinds of good health, some which in clude good teeth and some which do not. Also many patients ot very feeble constitution for some reason have no need of the dentist." Among air the varying causes ot health and disease is found one con stant factor. When there Is trouble frith the thyroid gland there Is trouble with the teeth. All over the body, in nooks ^and corners, Are found all sorts and sizes of glands. Some of these are well understood, such as those that se crete saliva for the mouth or tears for the eye. These.have outlets called "ducts," which supply their products where they are needed. There are also other kinds of glands -which have no ouUet. These are called the "duct less glands," and whatever they se crete, goes right into the blood itself. The thyroid is a blind, ductless gland. It Is In the neck, and when enlarged causes the disease known as "goiter." The thyioid does several wonderful things for the body of -which we know, and doubtless several others unknown. The entire process ot growth and development of a body into a full grown adult depends on this small body hidden away behind our mouth. When a baby is born without an adequate thyroid It becomes what is known as a "cretin." The cretin is not likely to be more than four feet tall, probably less. His intellect hard ly progresses at all, often remaining so childish that he Is absolutely de pendent on others all his life. The cretin lives a dull, vegetable-like ex istence and takes note of very little that goes on around him. Cotton Mattresses Barred at Vassar. Poughkeepsle, N. Y.—The authori ties at Vassar. college have decided that cotton mattresses are unhealthy. Butter Is also barred from the table as unsanitary. $150 Diamond Found lq Chicken Crop. West Orange, N. J.—In preparing a chicken for the^ dinner, Mrs. O. Mc Laughlin of this town found a dia mond, valued at 9150, in its crop. .mand for it for table consumption the Gayhead will be fitted out to return north for a cargo of the meat The Qayhead left this port tor the arctic on December 28, 1912. It brought back 1,000 barrels of sperm oil. v& Iw- Biind "Hello" Girls Satisfy Patrons. Baltimore.—Six blind telephone girls are working switch boards in this city and are living satlfactlon. They were taught to operate at th« Maryland School tor the Blind. Sentence Man to 150' Years. Estancla, N. M.—Probably the long est sentence ever meted out to a murderer in a New Mexico court was Imposed by .Judge Edward L. Medler In the district Sourt here when he ac cepted Justiano Moya's plea of guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced him to the state prison for not less than 150 years and not more than 160 years. Moya killed his paramour at WI1 lard three months ago, crushing his victim's head with an ax. **"3&&*s:3«? r?5^i •*V "r—"^ V* IOWA MANCHESTER, Boston Man'Writes 'ipx WEALTH NOT GRASPED MEN WHO OWNED OIL LANDS -LOST OPPORTUNITY. These things happened when I was a child and now I am trotting along towards my eighty-seveath birthday. It does not seem like the same world I was born into.—I. L. C., in the Bos ton Transcript. Religion and-Etymology^ Mr. Crawford declares that the Afri can njlnd Is fitted, to grasp- the princi ples of Christianity with remarkable quickness, strength and accuracy. "Can they appreciate the doctrine ot the Trinity?" I asked. He smiled. "Everything in their thought and ob servation exists in threes. They are Hegelians, and do not know it. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis—they find it everywhere. Hegel did not know he was a Trinitarian. The African, takes to the doctrine as to something he has always known." "The Atonement?" "Their language and their thought are full of it- They have many provesbs like this: 'No blood, no blosom.'" Then he madie one of his amazing plunges Into etymol ogy. "You see, evdn In English, they are all the-same word: 'Blood, bioom, blossom.'" Not only can the African grasp Christianity, but they express it most forcefully and beautifully. For in stance this, from the lips of one' of ou^, young converts recenUy "God al lowed sin to unmask,it8elf In the mur der of his Son."—Christian Herald Materlsl for Composers. Modern composers who lackv the faculty of creating original melodies sometimes try to console themselves with- tie reflection that the melodic possibilities have been exhausted. How far this is from being 1 true Dr.* Ralph Dunstan has shown: "Even with such a short musical form as the Ang^can single chant, which consists In' its simple statement of the notes, no less than 60,00tf,000 different mel odies are possible, without regarding the multitudinous differences formed by passing and auxiliary notes, harmo nies and rhythmical accentuation. Supposing only one in a hundred of these tones to be musically Interest ing, we have a possible repertory of 600,000 single chants. And it this be true of such a simple and restricted form ot melody, with what overwhel ming force does it apply to longer and more important compositions!" The. chromatic scale yields over 6,000,000, 000 possibilities in the construction of melodies. f. Tvnlfth Century Football. In the twelfth century football was a game for the streets. The chron icler of that period tells how after dinner the city ik^ Entertainingly of -{he Early, Days Before the Worth of Natural Oil Was of Com mon Knowledge. Lately the Transcript published news of a proposal to erect a monu ment) to Edward L. Drake, who was one of the earliest to Btrike oil In Pennsylvania. It recalled incidents of my early life that may be of in terest to others.' I have a letter writ ten l?y &' brother of my mother from Cannaught, Pa., in 1824 he was a contractor on one of the canals that were being constructed at that time. He gives a sketch' of the times and customs and tells of the various canals being planned at that time, and con cludes by saying: "If all the oanals are built that a're now projected, Pitts burgh will become quite a city." Ow ing to this knowledge my uncle—Hen ry Burleigh Smith—obtained in this work, he advised his brother—St. John Smith—to go into the -wild land specu lation that broke out about that time. The firm (Smith & Brown of Portland, Me.) had already dipped in pretty deep "by buying wild lands In eastern Maine. However, they bought a few townships In what afterwards proved to be the heart of the oil region. They sent one of their frlendB. who had just failed in business, to look after the property. His wife accompanied him, and their life was of the most priml-. tive kind. Half a flour barrel served as a washtub the broad stump of a tree was the bench. She wrote home to her friends that "water was plenty and very nice for washing, but there wks a greasy scum on the top of it in places." The German women told her to boil her clothes in such water—it made them very white. The specula tion' bubble burst and the firm sold their land in a tew years scarcely, was it out of their hands when the.value of the oil was discovered. However, they had the comfort of not losing by their transaction. If they had kept it it would have netted millions. My uncle —St. John Smith—subsequently start ed an oil refinery which Wks very prof itable for m*ny years. As he left a million apiece to his widow and to his 'children he had no need to mourn that he did not develop that large trust in Pennsylvania. Previous to this epi sode my Grandmother Smith—who was a daughter of John Burleigh of Newmarket, N. H.—was troubled with deafness. Some doctor recommended a new remedy—"Rock Oil." She ob tained a small bottle of it, perhaps equal to a .large spoonful, for which she paid a dollar! It was simply thls~ Pennsylvania oil. youths "addressed themselves to football," and how the scholars of each school and the ap prentices of particular trades, would each have their peculiar hall. There were spectators, too,'in those days— enthusiastic spectators. Fathers would come to watch their sons and "become as youthful as the youngest, their natural heat seeming to be re vived at the sight of so much abil ity." In later years one recalls a famous ball game played In Hyde Park. In 1654, then, "there was a hurling of a great hall by fifty Cornish gentlemen of one side and fifty on the other one party played in red caps, the oth er in white." And—here the histori cal value of the contest—Cromwell was a spectator and applauded tha "great agility of boiy" displayed» Different Ways of Doing It. Mrs. Touchley—-^1 hated to do it, but I. had to take some money out of my husband's pockets while he was asleep last night to pay for his birth day present" Mrs. Chargely—"Mercy! I wouldn't dare do such a thing. I used the market money and then had things charged to _him.—Kansas City Star. True Fortitude. It is easy in adversity to despise death he has real fortitude vho dares Is live and be wretched.—Martial. tl,4$5 ?Uf! ,WA. -f, kt^ w' EHRLICH'S SEARCH FOR CURE-ALL san, his sensational discovery of three years,ago and, outside bacteriological circles, this is perhaps his chief title to fame. It Is well to realize, how ever,, that Ehrlich Js a man of most exceptional genius, whose bold specu lations and Imaginative'theories have been the outstanding features of^ bac teriological progress any time this last 12 or 14 years. Backed by masses of tacts, .patiently accumulated and ably arranged, Khrllch's theories had won appreciation and acceptance all over the world long before the con ception of his therapla sterillsans magna (great sterilizing cure) was given to the world, or salvarsan Invented and put upon. the market. "It will not be surprising If by the time of the next International con gress In London, Ehrlich's name has been promoted to the company of the immortals—Lister,' Pasteur, and the rest. As a matter of,interest we may note 'that the professor is nearly sixty so that- If he lives to see that con gress, and if it meets in London after a similar interval of time to that which elapsed between this just concluded one and its predecessor, he will lje well over ninety years of age. We wish him length of yearB to visit us again when that time comes. Prosit!" GAM50A NAMED FOR PRESIDENT Federlco Gamboa, minister of for eign affairs, nominated for the presi dency by the Catholic party conven tion, and Gen. Eugenie Rascon, named for the vice-presidency, have accepted tho nominations.- Gamboa In accept ing the candidacy pointed to-his rec ord as a diplomat and the absence ot afllllatlons with any party. He tendered his resignation as minister of foreign affairs, but General Huerta has not yet accepted it. Senor Gamboa said he would sot be sur prised lf General Huerta should pre fer to continue him in his present post until the elections, there being nothing in the laws, he said, to pre vent such a course. Meantime Gen. Felix Diaz has been recalled by Senor Gamboa to return to Mexico City. The military mission of General Diaz in France is ended and,he.is at Uie disposition of the foreign office. The efforts of the Catholic party, it Is said, have been directed at the selection of men who would be accept able to the United States.. The choice fell upon Senor Gamboa, far the rea son that he has not been prominently identified with any political party, while it is believed that he will have the confidence of Llhenls, as well as Catholics. General Rascon is regarded as a desirable running mate lor similar reasons. He has always been an army man "and has mixed little in politics. He was a friend of PorOrlo Diaz and was Madero'a choice for wafcr minister in De la Barra's cabinet. The Catholic party is the only political party having far-reaching organization. Its ramifications extend practically to every village and ham let in the republic. central committee and for many years was a member of the committee. In the preliminary campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination a year ago he was an active supporter of Governor Wilson for the nomination. Mr. Schmedeman's selection for a diplomatic post Is regarded by his friends as a most wise and happy one.' Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman have two children, a daughter of fifteen and a son of twelve. WHY 0'HAIR DID NOT VOTE Representative Frank T. O'Hair of Illinois, Democratic successor to "Un cle Joe" "Cannon, Is one of. the mem bers of the house who did not vote on the administration currency bill. But he thinks he has a good excuse. O'Hair was out In hls^ district look ing after his political fences a bit and rounding up some personal mat ters. He planned to leave, for Wash ington in ample time to vote for the currency hill. The day before he had planned to leave, however, he decided to make some cider. Not having tasted any real cider fresh from the press for many moons, he drank cop iously thereof. The same day he went on a Jaunt into the country with a couple of friends and devoured a lot of juicy plums. About two o'clock the following morning he was awak ened by a terrific pain in the region of his solar plexus—the kind of pain that the average Bmall boy knows all about He thought he was going to die. He did not reach Washington until the day after passed the house. his constituents about that aliment it "Uncle Joe" him next year. Finland's Barometric Stone. It is said that there is to be found In Finland a kind of stone that ac tually foretells changes In the weath er. In dry, 'fine weather the stone shows a dark gray color mottled with white spots, but before approaching showers or thick mists it blackens all ovw—most conspicuously, of course, at the spaces which were previously white—and gradually returns to Its former state as the weather Improves. Its prophfetic warnings are regarded by ioa^y Flnlanders as having a su -1*- 51 A* The panacea, or drag that will cure all diseases, was the dream of the ancient student of medicine. It has not yet been found, nor is it likely to be yet there Is at least one great medical authority who expects to dis cover it for one particular class of diseases—namely, those caused by bacterial Infection. There is nothing Illogical In the Idea of a substance that Is fatal to all bacterial organ Isms. Indeed, such substances are al ready known, but unfortunately those with which most people are familiar will kill the patient as well. In an address before the recent Internation al congress of medicine in London, Prof. Paul Ehrlich, famous as the dis coverer of salvarsan, announced his hope of obtaining what he caHs- a "complete radical cure" of all infec tive diseases. A report In the Hos-' pltal (London, August 16) says: "Many, people associate Ehrlich simply with the much talked-of salvar Albert G. Schmedeman of Madison, Wis., was recently appointed United States minister to Norway. The sal ary Is $10,000. a year. Mr. Schmedeman succeeds Laurlts Swenson of Minnesota, who served as minister to Denmark and Switzerland before going to Norway. The ap pointment Is for four years. In view of the centennial celebration next year of Norwegian Independence and which will draw thousands of Americans to Norway the post which Mr. Schmieden man will fill will be one of much im portance and Interest to. Americans. Mr. Schmedeman was born and eared in Madison, wtore the Schmedeman family has long been prominent In business, civic and so cial activities. He is the senior mem ber of the clothing firm of Schmede man and Balllle. In 1910 he was the Democratic candidate for congress from this district He has also served as treasurer pt the Democratic, state Now he Is wondering whether he will be able to satisfy 4 4$ "t 43 1 'Jfl \%I ••meg! tso da -i pf & the currency bill enters the race1against pernatural origin, but a recent analy sis of the stone explains the cause and showB that there Is nothing what soever mysterious in its action. It is composed of a ground mass of ctyty and fossilized organic matter, with a little rock salt and nitre scattered throughout in grains and small patches. These salts absorb the ae rial moisture as it increases in amount and dissolves In it, forming their white color as the drier atmosphere evaporates the moisture from black surface films, while they regain them. ''11 1?*¥ ,1 /''a. j* -fcV J1