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Socreta.ry of Agriculture Issues State
ment Calling Attention to Wide
spread Disease nr.d Declares Only
Method of Combating it is to Stop
All Movements of Suspected Stock.
The area included In the quarantine
established by the federal government
to prevent the spread of the hoof and
mouth disease in cattle may be en
larged by the addition of other states.
Ten states early were embraced in
the Inhibited area. Affected cattle
have been found at Johnston, Provi
dence county. It. 1., and also at Glen
dive, Mont.
The secretary of agriculture has is
sued the following statement regarding
the quarantine for foot and mouth dis
ease:
"The present outbreak of the foot
and mouth disease, which is one of the
most contagious and destructive dis
eases of cattle, swine and sheep, ex
ceeds in area affected any of the five
previous outbreaks in this country
Unless the infection can be localized
Immediately and quickly eradicated it
threatens untold losses among live
•tock.
Disease Very Contagious.
"So contagious is the disease that In
past outbreaks where but one animal
in a was Infected the entire herd
In almost all cases later contracted the
•ickntuis. Although the mortality is
not h/gb, the effects of the disease,
©ven n animals that recover, are such
us to make them practically useless.
They lose flesh rapidly. In the case
of covrs the milk dries up or is made
dangerous for human consumption. In
the case of breeding animals the ani
mal once infected becomes valueless
for breeding, as it may continue to be
*>. constant carrier of contagion.
"It Is possible to cure the externa,'
symptoms, but during the process of
attempting to cure one sick animal the
chances are that hundreds of others
may be infected. The treatment or
killing of a single animal in a herd
was tried in an outbreak and did not
prove effective, for the reason that the
remainder of the herd soon became in
fected and had to be killed.
"As a result of the five outbreaks
in this country and other disastrous
epidemics of the disease in Europe
and Great Britain, veterinary authori
ties of the United States are agreed
that the only method of combating the
disease Is to stop all movements of
stock and material which have been
subjected to any danger of Infection
and to kill off without delay all herds
In wfc.ich the disease has gained any
foothold. This enables the authorities
to eradicate infected herds and to iso
late and hold under observation all
suspected herds.
"The owner of the slaughtered ani
mals Is reimbursed on the basis of the
Appraised value of the herd, the ap
praiser being appointed by the state.
The expense of the whole process of
condemnation and disinfection is di
vided equally between the federal and
state governments.
"In some cases, because human be
ings can carry the disease to other
herds, the state authorities have pre
vented children on infected farms from
attending school. In other cases, as
in Illinois and Ohio, the state authori
ties 4 have closed the stockyards until
they can be cleaned and disinfected.
"The first effort of the department Is
to discover and segregate all animals
sick with the disease or that have been
exposed. To this end the federal and
state inspectors are now tracing up
through bills of lading and railroad rec
ords all shipments of live cattle which
have been made during the last sixty
days out of any of the infected or sus
pected districts.
"In this way the presence of foot and
mouth disease has been discovered in
various places in the present wide area
now under federal quarantine, whict
Includes Massachusetts, New Y<v-?c
Ohio. Pennsylvania, In' 7 " ~i. Illinois.
Maryland. Wisconsin and
Tow" The numbers of all cars in
w' i animals have been transported
from iiiese districts have been obtain
ed, and these are being located and
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
Thorough Inspection.
••Following the imposition of a gen
r--l federal quarantine and the killing
of actually Infected herds comes a
form to farm Inspection of the entire
quarantine area. Later, when It be
comes clear that the disease has been
localized, it will be possible for the
federal and state authorities to free
from quarantine all hut the actually
Infected counties or districts nnd allow
the uninfected territories to resume
interstate shipments of stock.
"At present the chief danger lies in
the possibility of their being concealed
sources of infection. Every effort is
being made by state and federal au
thorities not only to trace suspicious
shipments, but to convince farmers of
the seriousness of the disease nnd the
extreme ease with which it ts com
municated and to urge upon them to
report at once to state or federal au
thorities all suspicious cases of sore
mouths or lameness."
LnUicUH DLbiKUYLD NLAK ANTWERP.
9 1014, by American Press Association.
German soldiers are seen inspecting ruins of an edifice wrecked by shells.
GERMANS BEFORE ANTWERP.
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9 1014, by American Press Association.
THE ONLY GRAND OPFTA BABY.
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Photo by American Press Association.
This shows Edouard Ferrari-Fontani, Mme. Margarete Matzenaqer and
Baby Adrienne. The parents are both members of the Metropolitan Opera
company of New York, and Adrienne, now ten months old, is the only Infant
with both parents distinguished grand opera stars.
DAMAGEDTURRET OFFORT AT MAUBEUGE.
® 1914, by American Press Association.
Last Wish of a Poet.
1 wish tu 1 u ou the north side of
the churchyard about the middle of
♦he ground, where the morning and
.wening sun can linger the longest on
my gdtve. I wish to have a rough,
unhewn stone, something in the form
of a milestone, so that the playing boys
may not break it in their heedless pas
times, with nothing more on it than
this inscription: "Here rest the hopes
and ashes of John Clare." I desire
that no date be Inscribed thereon, as I
wish it to live or die with my poems
and other writings, which, if they have
merit, with posterity it will, and
they have not it is not worth preserv
ing.—John Clare, 1864.
An Ungailant Rascal.
"I suppose." said the angular spin
ster, "that you never had a romance?'
"Dat's where youse is wrong," re
plied the unlaundered hobo. "I wunst
had a sweetheart wot wuz a dead
ringer fer youse."
"And did she die?" asked the angu
lar spinster as she helped him to an
other hunk of pie.
"No, ma'am." answered the hobo.
"When leap year come round she
asked me t' marry her—an' I run away
from home."—Chicago News.
A Great V'ar
Days have changed for the war cor
respondent since Archibald Forbes was
praised in the house of lords by Lord
Salisbury and received by Queen Vic
toria at Buckingham palace In recog
nition of his exploits as a news gather
er during the Russo-Turkish war of
1877. Forbes' greatest exploit was his
ride from Sliipkn pass to the nearest
telegraph station at Bukharest and his
reception en route by the czar, to
whom he was the first to communicate
news of the Russian victory, the for
mer trooper of the Royals having out
distanced not only all rival correspond
ents. but the official messengers as
well.—London Mail.
The Egyptian Lotus.
The lotus figures to a very gTeat ex
tent in ancient Egyptian sculpture,
though the flower is often crude and
difficult to make out The fruit of the
Egyptian lotus was forbidden as food
to disciples of Pythagoras. The lotus
was dedicated to the goddess of fe
cundity, Isis, and buds are said to have
been found in the tombs of ancient
Egyptian kings. Egyptologists have
decided that the lotus of Egypt was
the common white water lily of the
Nile and not the true sacred nelumbo
of the far east
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ATBIO
OUR NAVY PLANS
GIANT SUBMARINE
Biggest and Fastest Under
water Gratt In World,
WILL ACCOMPANY FLEET.
Twice as Large as Present Vessels and
Powerful In Proportion—Design Com
pleted and Approved and Ready to
Ask For Bids—Surface Speed of
Twenty-one Knots.
Designs have been completed and
specifications prepared in the United
States navy department for a new and
distinct type of submarine which will
outclass submarines such as the Ger
man U-9 class just as the first Dread
nought excelled the old type ot battle
ship. It will probably be the greatest
submarine afloat.
The new craft will lie known as a
fleet submarine. It will displace about
1,200 tons, which means that it will be
twice 'Che size of any submarine r.ow
afloat. The aim is to build a subma
rine of high speed and great defensive
power that will be able to accompan*
the American battleship fleet and ntv.-
er lag behind It will be about 300
feet long, thi& length being necessary
both to install the more powerful pro
pelling machinery and to find space for
the increased equipment of reserve tor
pedoes and extra torpedo tubes.
The new fleet submarine will have
its own wireless outfit and will have a
cruising radius of about 3,500 miles at
twenty-one knots speed. It also will
have rapid fire guns for self defense
and will carry enough torpedoes to sink
a modern fleet of Dreadnoughts.
Bids for the uew vessels will be open
ed at the navy department on Dec. 15.
The confidential plans and specifica
tions for this powerful new craft are
now in the possession of builders who
are at liberty to bid upon the design
submitted by the department or to
modify the design and submit bids ac
cordingly. The cost of the new type
of submarine will be about 81.250.000-
It is to be built unded the naval ap
propriation act enacted by the session
of congress just ended, containing an
appropriation of 84,400,000 for eight or
more submarines and carrying a clause
that failed to attract public attention.
This clause directed the navy depart
ment to construct a fieet submarine of
not less than twenty knots' speed.
A Phil May Anecdote.
One winter night an old hawker en
tered the bar of the Old Bell tavern.
Fleet street and offered the customers
sets of three studs for a penny. Phil
May said to him:
"You are just the man I want!"
He took only one stud and gave the
hawker a five shilling piece. The bar
maid said to Phil May:
"I believe, Phil, you would give your
coat to the first beggar who asked for
it!"
"Well, miss," replied the artist,
"there would be no liarui in Liiat. St.
Martin gave his coat to a beggar, and
he was a better man than Phil May.
I am only a wicked sinner!"— London
Tatler.
Hard to Explain.
It was a soulful night, and they sat
together in the parlor. The following
conversation was going on:
He—l gave you that parrot as a
ttithday present did I not Matilda?
Bhe—Yes; but surely. Albert, you are
not going to speak of your gifts as
If— He —It was young and speechless
at the time? She—Yes (with increas
ing wonder), and it has never been out
of this parlor. He—There are no oth
er young ladies in this house? She—
No, there are not. He —Then why—
why, when I kissed your photograph
In your album while waiting for you
did that wretched bird imitate your
voice and say, "Don't do that Charlk
please don't?"— Exchange.
Bullet Wounds.
The entrance wound caused by the
modern small arm bullet is not a
grewsome spectacle. It Is small, and
Its appearance has been compared to
that produced by the bite of a certain
parasite insect Often there Is bul
little external bleeding, but this is not
to be taken as a danger signal, at
might be popularly supposed.— Londw*.
Telegraph.
Hero Stuff j
Harold has broken a leg or two,
Phil has a fractured thigh.
Reginald's ankles are out of true
And Percy has lost an eye.
They will be no use to their poor old dad*
But they're heroes iust the same.
For they did their duty as uruiergrads
For their alma mater s fame.
Clarence's head hears a two Inch dent,
Ethelbert's ribs are smashed.
Horace's spinal column is bent.
Almeric's back is gashed
Not one of the bunch can earn his keep
Any more than a etr.na doll.
But think of the glory they lived to neat
In the name of the dear old "col."
Men may die for their babes and wives.
Soldiers may bravely stand
At the cannon's mouth and lay down
their lives
For their fla? and their native land.
But us for the youth with the dashing eye
And the long prognathous law.
Who swears tie ts keen for a chance to
die
For the dear old "col" raw, raw!
—By James J. Montague in New York
American.
LION LOOSE IN SHIP AS
STORM RAGES AT SEA.
Bome Sailors Volunteer to Capture
Him, Others Climb Rigging,
Thrilling stories of a battle with a
lion which broke from its cage during
a raging gale in mid-Atlantic were tola
by the crew of the steamship West
Point, which landed its cargo of more
than seventy-five wild beasts, destined
for Prospect park, Brooklyn, in New
York.
From the time the steamship lefi
London until It docked at pier 25
north of Callowhill street. Philudel
phia, life aboard the ship was one bor
ror after another. Bedlam relguetl
and sleep was imjiosslble. Some of
the crew, ancient mariners, used to
sleeping when the fiercest gales on
blowing, said that it was Impossible
for them to get any rest on the west
ward voyage of the West Point, Boar
ing of lions, chattering of monkeys,
shrieking of jackals and the whining
of coyotes kept them in a constant
state of uneasiness.
The continual pitching and rolling of
the ship made the animals seasick und
at times aroused their anger. The con
staut lunging of the vessel also weak
ened the cages holding those denizens
of the jungle. Before the vessel reach
ed the Delaware breakwater a large
lion burst through his cage, and his
escupe was not discovered for a short
time. Because of the delay caused by
bad weather the vessel v k /is two or
three days late, and food for the ani
mals had run short. The lion was
hungry, and his first thought was for
food. He made for a cage containing
a white mule, and was trying to tear
the bars apart when H. B. Goodkin.
an employee who was in charge of the
animals, saw him and shouted for as
distance.
When the word spread among the
sailors that a lion was loose and help
was needed to get him back into his
cage two or three of them volunteered
to go, but most of them fled to the
upper decks, and some to the rigging
of the vessel. After an hour's work,
however, Goodkin and his volunteer
helpers by dint of skillful maneuver
ing and prodding with sharp pronged
pitchforks, managed to shepherd the
lion back into his cage.
BOOM FOR COLONIAL NAVY.
Emden's Destruction Distinct Triumph
For Australian Branch.
Credit for the destruction of the Em
den. the German terror of the seas,
goes to the colonial navy of Great
Britain. The Sydney was distinctive
ly a colonial ship. All her officers
were colonial, and she was built by
colonial money from Australia. In ef
fect, the mu>t decisive naval blow of
the war was inflicted on Germany, not
by the English navy, but by the hith
erto somewhat belittled navy of the
colonials.
While there could be no doubt of the
outcome of a battle between the Em
den and the Sydney, the fact that the
Sydney located and destroyed the Ger
man boat is a big boost for the colo
nials.
The Emden had a completm ' * o2
361 men. Her armament ooTv<~iid of
fen 4.1 inch guns. eight hve-pouuders
and four machine guns. She also was
equipped with two submerged 17.7 Inch
torpedo tubes. The cruiser displaced
3,G00 tons. She was 387 feet long and
had a beam of 43 1-3 feet. She was
'•aid down at Dantzig In 1906 and com
pleted in May, 1908.
The Australian cruiser Sydney car
ries a main battery of eight slx-lncb
guns, thus giving her a heavy advan
tage over the German ship. While the
speed of the two warships was theo
retically equal, that of the Emden be
ing 24.5 knots against the Sydney's
24.7, the former probably was foul and
her engines badly racked from her
three months of almost constant cruis
ing in southern waters, chasing and
being chased and with no port for re
fitting or repairs.
Ha'a a Daddy Twanty-flfth Tims.
Following the birth of Frederick
Wslkenborst's twenty-fifth child st the
fiamily home at Boscbertown, near 8t
Charles. Ma. citizens of that city have
started a movement to present the man
with an anti-race suicide medal. Wal
kenhorst is a dairyman. He has sa
many children he does not need hired
help. Only four of the children are
married. Three of the twenty-five com
mitted suicide, and eight others hove
died. He has been married Hum* ti mpg
INMATES REFORM
IN JERSEY PRISON
Tliey Aro Successfully Taught
i to Govern Ttioniselves.
FEW VIOLATIONS OF RULES.
Rahway Reformatory Now Known
Throughout Country as "the Univer
sity of Another Chanca"—Prisoner*
Look After Themselves Better Than
Host of Guards.
New Jersey's reformatory at Rahway
is not culled by its official title by in
mates and former inmates. They have
adopted for the institution the name
which Dr. Frank Moore applied to It
i when he assumed charge as superin
tendent and endeavored to do reul re
forming of his nearly 1,000 charges. It
Is known throughout the Uulted States
as "the University of Another Chance."
Dr. Moore cares more for results than
for red tni>e. Unable to personally
study the traits and shortcomings of
each of his thousand wards, he has set
them to studying themselves. He holds
and tells the reformatory inmates that
his business is not to criticise the bad
In them, but to find the good and culti
vate it. Dr. Moore is no dreamer or
Idealistic philanthropist. He is intense
ly practical, and. being practical, he did
not attempt to reform the reformatory
methods all at once. The process has
been gradual. The inmates of the Rah
way reformatory are now self govern
ing. Two years ago there were report
ed to the superintendent 4.559 Infrac
tions of the rules.
Offered Self Government.
Dr. Moore broached his self govern
ment scheme to the inmates. He told
them that it rested entirely with thern-
I selves whether they were granted tiu
i tonomy or not. Last year the number
of inmates Increased, hut the number
of reported infractions of the rules
was 2,002 lo.*s than during the previ
ous year. The older Inmates, who
were working for the privilege of N
ing treated like citizens, were seldom
reported, and they did much to tame
\he new inmates who were inclined to
be obstreperous. Dr. Moore called the
Inmates together and told them that
the time had come when he was going
to grant them autonomy. Tie outlined
his plan, which was to have the mis
deeds of inmates judged and punish
ment for them meted out by a council
of prisoners elected by their fallows.
I On July 12 of this year each of the
fourteen tiers elected two councilmen
to represent it Each Tuesday and
Friday the council meets to act upon
reports of misbehavior by Inmates.
The council has a president, who is
presiding judge, and a secretary, who
is clerk of the court. Prisoners are
produced before the council and faced
by their accusers, who are their fellow
Inmates or councilmen from their tier,
and they are given an opportunity to
cross examine witnesses and testify in
their own defense. If the accused is
found guilty he is sentenced to the loss
of some privilege.
The decision of the council Is final.
It is not subject to approval by the
superintendent or any officer of the in
stitution, and none of the officers il
permitted any voice in Its delibera
tions. If a councilman misbehaves
and becomes amenable for a serious
breach of discipline he Is tried by his
fellow councilmen. If a councilman
is ousted for cause an election to se
lect his successor Is Immediately held
on his tier. Never has the decision of
the council failed to meet with the
approval of the prisoners.
Rules Governing Council.
Here are some of the governing rule*
of the council:
To do all In our power to atop the u*-
of profane language among the inmates.
To try to ascertain the number of anv
inmate guipy of stealing articles from
the room of another inmate and submit
his name to the council for action.
To try tr do away with all disorder lit
the dining room, especially hissing and
loud talking, and to keep perfect order.
To try to have the Inmates take a pride
In their general behavior and in that way
reduce the number of reports against the
of t-fv- institution
To try to instill a better fellowship on<l
spirit among the Inmates. To try to lead
them from the habit of doing things fo r
which they are liable to be reported into
the habit of doing things that are manly
and clean.
The council shall take a lively Interest
In all amusements for the benefit of t!*
Inmates on holidays and other times. T
try to arrange to give shows from time
to time, especially on holidays.
Councilmen will ask the lnmatee on
their tiers to send them suggestions from
time to time for the betterment of the
Inmates of the Institution.
Dr. Moore says that the prisoners
govern themselves better than a host
of guards coold govern them. The
honor roll has grown under autononav
in the state reformatory, and the de
linquent Mil has decreased correspond
ingly.
A Summer of Haze.
Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer of 1783. Says
Gilbert White (letter 100): "The sum
mer of the year 1783 was an amazing
and a portentous one, • • • for, be
sides the alarming meteors and tre
mendous thunderstorms, • • • the
peculiar haze or smoky fog that pre
vailed for many weeks In this island
(England) and in every part of Europe
and even beyond its limits was a most
extraordinary appearance. The heat
was Intense. Calabria and part of the
Isle of Sicily were torn and convulsed
with earthquakes." Cow per also re
|o this phenomenon in speaking eC
with a dim and sickly eye."