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THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR
VOLUME in.
MOSCOW, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914
NUMBER 98
PROMINENT ENGINEERS
VISITING IN MOSCOW
FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY ARE
HOSTS TO THE VISITORS TODAY.
STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATE
Representatives of Three Great Engineering Socie
ties and Pullman Faculty and Students
Journeyed to Moscow.
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ENGINEERS WELCOMED.
Late this afternoon at the Ida
ho University the faculty and
student body is taking a person
al interest In entertaining the
and the en
visiting engineers
giueerlug faculty and students
from the Washington State Col
lege. The program for the en
tertainment of the visitors in
clude a banquet this evening at
which Unie a fixed program will
be carried out which Includes
musical numbers, reading of inl
and round table discussion.
pers
Moscow people are joining the •
university faculty and students .
in entertaining the visitors.
At 2:20 this afternoon the three
score of representatives of the three
great engineering associations,
American Institute of Mining Engin
eers, the American Society of Civil
Engineers and the American institute
of Electrical Engineers, arrived in a
special ear on the Inland electric.
They were met at the station by com
mittees of students and faculty mem
bers and were escorted to the campus
the
where an hour was spent in looking
over the laboratories of the college of
engineering. The entire party divided
itself into small groups in order that
as many students as possible might
have an opportunity of meeting the
visitors.
The noon
Pullman
from
train
brought more than 60 engineering stu
dents from Washington State College
and the entire faculty of the engineer
department of that institution.
Inspect Laboratories.
Following the work of inspection in
the engineering laboratories an hour's
session was called at which papers
were read by a number of the visiting
engineers. Following these the stu
dents were given an opportunity to
join in a general discussion of pracaic
al phases of the engineering profes
sion.
This evening from
visiting engineers and the
members of the W. S. C. faculty will
be the guests of the faculty of the
college of engineering of the Universi
ty of Idaho at an informal dinner at
Ridenbaugh hall. The junior and
senior engineering students of both the
University of Idaho and Washington
State College will also be invited to
attend the dinner. During the pro
10 till 7:20 the
visiting
of the dinner a musical pro
by students.
gress
gram will be rendered
It will include Scottisli songs by Al
lan McDougall, a solo by E. K. Hum
phries and several selections by the
Theta Mu Epsilon quartet.
Program for Tonight.
At the close of the dinner several
will
of the
of the
meeting
members of the visiting party
again read papers on some
great engineering projects
northwest after which the
will he opened to an informal discus
sion by the students.
The Pullman visitors will return im
mediately after the evening session on
a special train. The visiting engineers
will leave for Spokane in their spe
cial car at 9:20.
DEAD IN SUICIDE PACT
Man ami His Niece Found Dead in San
Francisco Under Peculiar
Circumstances.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.—A man
living under the name of A. J. Wood
and his niece, Blance Wood, aged 24,
were found dead in the Woods apart-,
ment house early today. He evidently
shot the girl and himself in a suicide
past. Financial conditions are believ
ed to have been the cause
double tragedy.
for the
Fire Wilted Out Family.
SPOKANE, Jan. 17.— J. C. Curd, his
two children and his wife's sister per
ished in a fire in a cabin near Malta,
Mont., last night. Curd and his wife
escaped with serious burns but Curd
returned to rescue the other three and
bumed to death with them. Mrs. Curd
wag fatally burned.
FRESH ACTIVITY
AT SAKURAJIMA
VOLCANO AGAIN BELCHED FORTH
. LAVA AND ASHES IN STRICKEN
DISTRICT.
Olïieiul Report Says Only 11 Dead In
stead of 00,000 From Recent Erup
tions in Japan.
TOKIO, Jan. 17.—Fresh activity of
Sakurajima volcano was reported in
dispatches from Kagoshima today. The
volcano belched forth more lava and
ashes during last night and today,
is impossible to state whether there
were further casualties.
Loss of Life .Slight.
TOKIO, Jan. 17.—There was the
utmost astonishment when the first
available official reports stated that
the loss of life at .Sakurajima was
very slight, despite the fact that some
2000 homes were destroyed by the two
days' volcano eruptions. The reports
Horn officials said there were only 11
killed, nine by falling walls and two
by drowning.
inhabitants Were Warned.
It is admitted that the total casual
ties would be somewhat more because
some were unaccounted for. More
than 20,000 people lived on the Sakur
ajima islands, but the eruptions affect
ed only a part of the island, the re
port says. The earthquake preceding
the eruptions warned the inhabitants
and they fled to the mainland.
PIONEER PASSES AWAY
Tuberculosis Claims One of Moscow's
Best-Known Young Men—Funeral
Tomorrow.
At Ins home at 527 North Main street
Lee Vosburg, aged 39, passed away at
about 4:30 yesterday morning after
a suffering of several years' duration
from tuberculosis. The deceased has
lived in Moscow practically all of his
life except for brief intervals during
the past few years when he has made
his home elsewhere in the hope of. im
proving his health. He returned from
Lewiston where he has resided for
several months only about, a week ago.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Vosburg who were an]ong the the ear
liest settlers in this section, coming to
Moscow 37 years ago. The funeral
will be conducted from the Steltz un
dertaking parlors at 2 o'clock tomor
row afternoon.
MOSCOW HIGH VICTORS
Defeats Colfax Team in Return Game
Last Night—Stillinger and Jameson
Slur.
Last night while the varsity was
showing Gonzaga how io play basket
ball the Moscow high schoolars were
also busy trimming the Colfax high
team by a 13 to 10 score. Though Col
fax sprung a somewhat rearranged
lineup on the Moscow boys the latter,
nevertheless, proved themselves mas
ters of the occasion and kept up their
almost unbroken string of victories.
The first half of the game ended in
a 6 to 6 tie. In the second period Mos
cow added 7 more points while the Col
fax team was accumulating 4. Stilling
er and Jameson played star hall for the
Moscow team though the whole team
worked in good form.
The lineup:
Colfax.
Roberts ...
Lommasson
Burgunder .c...
Pan
Moscow.
.Hunter
.Jameson
.Stillinger
.... Cornel ison
and Hartman
.Thomas
,r.
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Huffman
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Will Address Miners.
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for its annual session. Professor Ste
wart's address will deal with the rela
Professor C. A. Stewart of the mi
ning department of the university will
leave Monday tor Boise where he will
address the state mining association
wliich is to convene there next week
tion of the mining industry to the state.
NO TRACE TODAY
FRANTIC SEARCH BEING MADE
FOR THE BRITISH DIVER THAT
FAILED TO RISE YESTERDAY.
Now Believed That Officers and Crew
Are Dead—Only Equipped for 12
Hour Submersion.
PLYMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 17.—While
the admiralty today held out no hopes
of the survival of the 11 men some
where on the bottom of Plymouth
sound in the lost submarine vessel, a
frantic search for the A7 was resumed
at dawn today. Every available craft
in the harbor hovered about Whitesand
bay where the submarine decended
yesterday and failed to arise.
Several salvage tugs capable of rais
ing the diver it found were on the
scene. The submarine was equipped
to stand a submersion of not over
12 hours. Naval officers fear the of
ficers and crew are dead.
A rescue flotilla of torpedo boats,
tugs and lighters ceaselessly dragged
Whitesand bay over a wide area today.
Divers were sent down in every part
of the bay but no trace of the missing
submarine was found.
IDAHO 20; GONZAGA 13
Griffith's Men Too Much for Catholic
Collegians—Lonx Plays Sensa
tional Game.
By the final score of 26 to 12 the
Idaho basketball five took the measure
of the Gonzaga at the university gym
nasium last, night in a game that of
fered a full measure of excitement for
everybody. The game was lively' from
start to finish but was comparatively
free from "rough stuff." but few per
sonal fouls being called on either
team.
Loux for the varsity proved himself
a real phenom, tossing 24 of the 26
points that went to make the final
count for Idaho just twice that of the
visitors. Loux's basket shooting and
Sliced stamped him the individual
star of the game, both teams consider
ed, He is ideally' built for basketball
and though he is a fiend at the cen
ter post he is more valuable to the
team at forward. Unless something im
probable happens before the close of
the season it is a safe guess to pick
Lonx even at this early date as a
most likely candidate for the all
northwest frame.
Next to Loux, Keane is deserving of
mention as one of the best men on the
Idaho lineup. His guarding was ex
ceptionally good in last night's con
test despite the fact that he was match
ed against the best man on visitors'
team. For the Catholics Mttlholland
at guard was easily the star performer.
His spurts of speed and shiftiness
brought the big crowd to their feet
time after time.
Last night's game was won in the
first half, Idaho gaining a 19 to 6 load
over the visitors in that period. In
the second half the Irish collegians
mustered all their fighting prowess and
held the score down to a 7 to 7 tie and
the game ended 26 to 12.
Gonzaga's passing was almost perfect
and in this feature of the game the
visitors had much the better of the
varsity team. Their basket shooting,
however, was not up to standard, this
being accounted for, perhaps, by the
fact that they were on a strange floor
and one much larger than that on
which they have done their drilling.
Accompanied by the Idaho squad the
Gonzagans returned today to Spokane.
The two lineups will again mix this
evening on Gonzagn's floor. In addi
tion to the lineup that worked last
night Drown, Gray and Wardrobe were
taken to Spokane.
The lineup:
Gonzaga.
Higgins ,.
Mulholland
Raftis.
Barrington
Meagher . .
Substitutes—McKevitt for Higgins;
Cochine for Meagher.
Goals—Loux, 10; Hyde, 1; Mulhol
land, 1 ; Higgins, 1 ; Barrington, 1 ; Mc
Kevitt. i; Raftis, 1. Free throws,
Loux, 4; Barrington, 1; McKevitt, 2.
Referee—"Hec" Edmundson.
Idaho.
.Loux
... Soulen
Martlnsen
... Keane
... . Hyde
f,
f,
.c.
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FOUR SUFFOCATED TODAY
Disastrous Fire Caused Death and In
jury to Number of People,
BROCKTON, Mass., Jan. 17.—Three
men and one woman were burned to
death and eight others, mostly women,
were badly injured today in a fire de
stroying a three-story brick apartment
house. The four dead were found on
second floor. They had been suf
focated. The loss is estimated at $8,
.
Mrs. J. B. McGrane of Lewiston is in
city visiting her son, Chas. S.
Ward, a student at the university.
GREAT WORK
CLOSED TODAY
FARMERS' WEEK COURSE AT THE
UNIVERSITY SUCCESSFUL AND
. WELL ATTENDED.
Meat Cutting Demonstrations
Marked One of the Most Important
Features of (he Week.
Today
At noon today the llrsl "Farmers'
Week" ever held at the University ol
Idaho passed into hist
a stirring address by
of Spokane and a huge meat demon
stration by Dr, Carlyle and Chris Ha
The attendance was unusually
Mr. Samp
W.v, c
\ (
dosing with
C. Sampson
gau.
good at both attractions,
sou dealt with the problems of fruit
distribution and particularly with the
work of the North Pacific Fruit Dis
which organization he is
He is a very
tributors of
forceful
an officer,
speaker and his remarks always leave
his audi
lasting impressions with
ences.
The big demonstration in meat cut
ting which was given at the judging
pavilion was extremely interesting and
instructive and attracted one of the
largest crowds that has attended any
of the week's sessions.
Last night's program at the high
school auditorium in which both H.
C. Sampson and State Sanitary Com
missioner James H. Wallis gave in
teresting addresses was one of the
best of the week's evening
Mr. Wallis' remarks are no
incuts.
ted in another column of this issue.
Mr. Sampson, taking as his topic the
problems of fruit marketing in the
northwest, presented some of the most
difficult phases of fruit distribution
and dealt with the ways in which these
can he most advantageously worked
out by the growers themselves through
local organizations and a general co
operation.
REPORT OROZCO KILLED
Genernl Bliss Says Report Unconfirm
ed But Confirms Salazar's Arrest.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—-An uncon
firmed report that General Orozco of
the Mexican fédérais had been killed
at Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico, was trans
mitted to the war department today
by General Bliss of the American bor
der patrol. The Bliss message con
firmed the capture of General Sal
azar, who faces trial under a civil in
dictment for alleged violation of the
neutrality laws.
Orozco Now Safe.
EL PASO, Jan. 17.—The safety of
General Oroco at Cuatro Cienegas was
established late this afternoon.
Contradictory advices regarding his
fate reached here this morning. Dis
patches stated that Orozco with 75
soldiers had reached Coahuila today.
VESSEL WENT AGROUND TODAY
Unconfirmed Report Says That Crew
of 16 Managed to Get Ashore—
Seas Running High.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.—The
Charles Nelson company, owners of
the Paiaris, aground on Duxbury reef,
received word this afternoon that 16
members of the crew had escaped to
the shore. No confirmation lias been
received.
The Polaris is a four-masted
schooner and carried a crew of 1C
and went aground near Point Reyes
today. The steamer Iroquois was
standing by this morning but was un
able to take the crew off because of
the high seas.
vers are assisting the Iroquois,
gale continues the vessel will be
pounded to pieces.
Point Reyes life sa
lt the
(Yew Saved, Schooner Fired.
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Jan. 17.—
Captain Wharton, of the schooner Ori
ole, arrived here today and reported
the rescue of the crew from a five
masted schooner by a steamship off
the coast of Maine, Captain Wharton
was unable to learn the name of the
schooner or the rescue ship. The Ori
ole was headed toward the wrecked
schooner in response to distress sig
nals. when the steamship came up, the
crew was taken off and the schooner
fired.
Quash Strike Probe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17,—The dem
ocrats of the house rules committee
today decided against ordering an in
vestigation of the Colorado strike and
the Calumet copper strike,
cided to kill the investigation resolu
tions of Representatives Keating and
MacDonald.
It de
Gorgns was Promoted.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The pres
ident today nominated Colonel Will*
iam CL Gorgas to be surgeon-general
the array with, the rank of brlgar
dler-general.
L
GETS RESULTS
ON THE FARM
PROMINENT FARMER NEAR POT
LATCH CLEARING HIS LAND OF
STUMPS BY NEW PROCESS.
Applying: Prof. Shattuck's llctliml Willi
Great Success and is Likewise
Saving the By-Product.
After a six weeks' trial on his ranch
near Potlatch of the stump-burning
process which was inaugurated a few
months ago by Professor Shattuck of
the forestry department of the uni
versity Joe Hougen, a prominent farm
er of the Potlatch section, is firm in
his belief that the new system of stump
clearing is going to prove itself 01 in
estimable value to the owners of cut
over lands. Mr. Hougen was in .Mos
cow yesterday conferring
fessor Shattuck relative to the detail
workings of the burning device. He
got his first idea in the matter from
an article which appeared in The Star
Minor last fall and shortly after read
ing the account of Professor Shattuck's
experiments he came to Moscow to
learn more about the workings of the
scheme. Later he witnessed a number
of field demonstrations in the process
near Deary and became so enthus
iastic over it that he immediately
resolved to give it a trial on his own
farm.
with Pro
Expense was Ligbi.
At an expense of just $4.65 he con
structed a device patterned after the
one employed by Professor Shattuck
and commenced work on his stumps.
In the past six weeks he has been
burning stumps and giving demonstra
tions to his neighbors. He lias remov
ed stumps of all sizes and has extract
ed several barrels of liquid which he
intends refining right at home as soon
as he can construct a refining device
similar to the one used in the byprod
ucts laboratory at the university.
Extracting By-Product
Mr. Hougen now lias two burners
working on his farm and is extracting
about a dozen gallons of acid liquid
per days from his stumps. He has
found the process successful on ail
kinds and all sizes of stumps and be
lieves that it will soon be extensively
adopted by the farmers in his vicinity.
He says that not oply as a stump re
mover but as a device for extracting
valuable liquids from the stumps will
the new device prove valuable.
HOST AT BIRTHDAY PARTY
Eight-Year-Old Walter Rohhins Enter
tains Party of Boy Friends This
Afternoon.
Little eight-year-old Walter Robbins,
son of Mr. and Airs. W. S. Robbins,
was host this afternoon (o a party
his boy friends. The afternoon was
spent in games.
The party included Frank William
son, Courtney Walker, Richard and
Phillip MeCaffery, Kenneth Yost, Kel
sey Averill, Harold Geise, Lawrence,
Chester, Henry and Paul Johnson,
Gordon Jones, Bernard Driscoll, Fin
ley Hanna. Jack Fried, and Marcus
Ebel.
BLASTS HOPES OF WOMEN
Democrats of House Rules Committee
Deeide to Kill Resolution Favoring
Woman Suffrage Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. -A set
back was given woman suffrage by
the democrats of the house rules com
mittee. In executive session the ma
jority of the committee voted prac-1
tically unanimously against a favora
ble report of the resolution to créât a
new special house committee on vorn
an suffrage.
.11 rs. Crandall Honor Guest.
The quiet of Moscow society was
disturbed most pleasantly yesterday
afternoon by the delightful party of
Mrs. J. G. Gibson In honor of Mrs. E.
E. Crandall. Sewing and conversation
furnished the diversions of the after
noon for (he many ladies in attendance.
Delicious refreshments were served by
the Misses Adair and Helen Patton.
Stewart Goes East,
J. F. Stewart of the Fashloh Shop
leaves for the eastern markets tomor
row to make spring purchases. He
will be joined by Mrs. Stewart at Chi
cago. Mrs, Stewart has been visiting
her old home in Iron Mountain,
Mich. They will proceed to New York
from Chicago.
Thomas A Bonser, a member of the
faculty of the Lewis and Clerk high
school of Spokane, was in Mosoow to
day and addressed the students of the
forestry club at the university, on for
est conditions in the Pend Oreille val
ley.
LIFE CONSERVATION
INTERESTING TOPIC
J. h. WALLIS, COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND
HEALTH, ENTERTAINED MOSCOW PEOPLE.
SOME STARTLING REVELATIONS
Idaho Official Delivered Stirring Address at High
School Auditorium Last Night That Bids
Fair to Awaken the People.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS FROM THE ADDRESS OF JAS. H. WALLIS.
It is real econo in) to lie clean.
Hciillli is cheaper than disease.
Health is the nation's most princely
pensive luxury.
Whenever Hie business interests conflict with public health,
cannot hesitate ns to which we will serve.
ComniunMies should build waterworks and sewer systems before
courthouses and jails.
The national government expends thousands of dollars yearly tea
save our bogs, but not a dollar to save human lives.
inset; disease Ms most ex
we
(lean food is worth more than dirty food.
The kitchen of a restaurant should lie ns clean ns the kitchen In
onr homes.
( lean milk is cheap insurance against sickness.
Dirty milk is expensive, even us a gift.
You cannot get clean milk from a dirty cow.
Y on cannot keep a clean cow in a dirty Imru.
It costs money to scrape off dirty cows.
It doesn't cost much to keep cows clean.
Dirty milk is a poison.
1( is dirt Hint makes dairying a drudgery.
A clean, intelligent hruin Is better than clean,
bile suits.
James H. Wallis, Idaho state pure
food and sanitary commisioner, gave
an interesting talk at the high school
auditorium last night on "Health Con
servation," which was one of the most
forceful health talks the people of
Moscow ever listened to. it fairly
bristled with unvarnished truths, and
the only regret is that we have not
the space to publish it in full. With
out any preliminaries he sailed right
into his talk, declaring that public
health was the most valuable asset of
either the nation, state or city, and
to conserve it yvas tire duty of every
legislative body, public official and citi
zen.
Expeuded Much Money.
In the last ten years our national
government has very properly expend
ed $40,000,000, and now proposes to
appropriate very much more to prevent
tick fever in cattle, cholera in hogs
and chickens, pests to crops and trees,
and to protect other interests having
commercial value," said Mr. Wallis last
night. "In all its history, it has never
silent a dollar or lifted a hand to pro
tect human beings from these far more
important domestic pestilences which
bring constant sickness, sorrow and
death into the homes of the people.
There are abundant experts and funds
at Washington to conduct investiga
tions anywhere, or to furnish literature
in regard to any animal or plant dis
ease, agricultural resource, water
power, or other interest effecting busi
ness, but the citizens will inquire in
vain for information as to how to
protect his family from preventable
sickness, unless it be yellow fever,
cholera, or other exotic diseases of lit
tle practical importanc except as they
affect commerce and trade.
Unpardonable Crime.
"All of which reminds me of an in
teresting story in one of the magazines,
which possibly some of you may have
read. It is to the effect that a lady not
very well fixed so far as this world's
goods are concerned was left in a desti
tute condition on the death of her
husband, with two little children, and
that, in her struggle to maintain her
self and little homo, she contracted
consumption. She appealed to the gov
ernor to render her some aid. In a
very tender letter he replied that he
regretted that there was no means of
taking care of her; that the state had
made no provisions for any case like
hers, and that the federal government
had no appropriations at his disposal
for giving aid to any of its citizens
afflicted with tuberculosis in human
beings. The lady succumbed lo (he dis
ease, and was given a decent burial at
I (he expense of the county authorities.
Aid for a Hog.
"The story goes on that about this
time, farmers in the country were get
ting ready to prepare their exhibits for
the county fair, when one of them who
had been preparing a very choice hog
as an exhibit, discovered the animal
taken suddenly ill one morning. Plac
ing great value upon its life, he wired i
the state veterinary surgeon at Chica
go, telling hint it was urgent that some
help be given him, and asking him also
to communicate with the bureau of
animal industry at Washington, and
have them send one of their nearest
veterinarians. The next train brought
in a couple of state inspectors and also
a federal inspector, and they diagnosed
the hog's condition as hog cholera,
and after considerable work and atten
tion. extending through that night and
most of the next day, the life of the hog
was spared, and it was taken to the
onnty fair, where it drew first prize.
Hu man Life Mast Valuable.
"The political economists now
cognize that the most valuable kind of
wealth is human life—that human labor
is worth at least five times that of all
other forms of capital,
landed immigrant, according to these
investigators, has a per capita value of
that is, he adds just that much
to the nation's capital,
mg Fisher, of Y'ale, one of the foremost
American economists, lias painstaking
ly figured the financial
state of every citizen at particular ages.
A new-born infant,
Fisher, is actually
re
Even the newly
$67
Professor Irv
value to thi
1
says Professor
worth $90, while
a five-year old
From this point on Ills value rapidly in
creases; at ten, could he be sold at
auction, his market value
least $2000; at twenty at could be $4000
and at thirty, $4100.
the average human being begins to lose
value, in proportion to his decreasing
productivity, until at fifty, Professor
Fisher gives him a value of only $700.
This same authority places the worth
of the average life lost by preventable
diseases at $1700.
Value of Children's Lives.
"What is the value placed by the
average citizen upon his children's
lives—not the financial value estimated
by the unemotional economist, but the
worth of affection, good citizenship and
all that holds the social organization
together?
"In an address to the national con
servation congress held in Kansas City,
Mo., Dr, Wiley said that the health of
the nation was worth $540,000,000,000
taking $600 per annum as the average
Per capita earnings of the people; that
is, of $4,500,000 adults, each represent
ing a capital of $1200 invested at five
per cent. This was preliminary to and
explanatory of his declaration ami ne
cessity to enforce the pure food and
drug laws, if the health of the nation is
to be preserved and maintained.
child is worth $950.
vould be at
Prom this point
Health Brings Happiness.
"Health
he said, has more to do
with the happiness, prosperity and utll
ity of the human organization than all
the gold, co.nl and iron to be found
In the land. For. if all of them were
exhausted, science would provide sub
stitutes, although it cannot provide
any in place of health.
"The dangers which confront this
vast asset of the nation, he said, were
the inheritance of disease or of weak
ened bodies, poor nutrition, and unsan
itary conditions, the latter caused by
over-crowding in big cities and the
lack of hygienic knowledge in the coun
try districts brought
able disease, the home was brokeu
and the children were taken to
orphans' asylum.
on an Incur
up.
the
Story With a Moral.
"A big fat hog one morning found he
had a pain in his belly. He squealed
loudly, and the farmer came out of his
house to see what was the matter. 'He's
got the hog oholery,' said the hired
man.
Secretary Wilson of the United States
So the farmer telegraphed
to
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