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PACE SIX
APPRENTICES IN HARD TEST
Medical Examination for All Entering
Trade Schools of Vienna—All.
irents Will Be Cured.
Vienna.—Throhgh the efforts of the
Vienna Merchants’ association, a med¬
ical examination of all apprentices en¬
tering the trade schools will be in¬
stituted. The measure is expected to
exercise a wide reaching effect on the
health of the community, especially in
aiding to prevent the spread of tuber¬
culosis, which is peculiarly prevalent
in the Austrian capital.
It is thought that the examination
will reveal many latent physical de¬
fects and ailments of which the boys
themselves, have no suspicion, such as
tuberculosis, weak sight, deafness,
hernia, flat feet, varicose veins and
heart troubles. Action will not stop
with the mere discovery of an ailment,
but means will be adopted to cure or
relieve it, thereby increasing the work¬
ing value of the apprentice and bene
flting both himself and his employer.
Spectacles, trusses, special shoes and
other surgical aids will be provided
Doctors believe that at least 10 per
cent, of all apprentices are suffering
from some physical weakness. One
Important effect of the examination
will be the eventual exclusion of boys
from unsuitable commercial life.
There will also be a superintendence
of weak individuals who may later de¬
velop tuberculosis and increase the
alarming number of consumptives al¬
ready found in the ranks of commer¬
cial workers. While they will not be
actually prohibited from engaging in
trade pursuits, it is probable that con¬
sumptives will be urged in their own
interest to engage in open air occupa¬
tions or to enter a sanitarium for
treatment. The school principals will
be advised of the results of the med¬
ical examinations and will be instruct¬
ed to supervise the weak pupils and
In case of necessity to send them to a
doctor for further examination.
CREATES NEW ANIMAL LIFE
Prof. Prizbram Makes Lizards Produce
Young Without Eggs and Changes
Colors.
Vienna.—Prof. Prizbram’s experi¬
ments in artificially creating new spe¬
cies of animal life are bound to at¬
tract the deep Interest of scientists all
over the world.
At the Biological Institute here Priz¬
bram has made certain lizards produce
living young instead of laying eggs.
He has established the possibility of
changing, on a preconceived plan, the
color of animals, the form of the
wings of insects very low in the scale,
and the structure of their skin. He
has produced these changes by apply
ing high temperatures to the crea
tures he experimented on, and their
young have inherited these changes.
Prof. Poch, the great biologist and
ethnologist, says in an interview, that
there are now no fixed rigid forms of
animal life; man can change them in
a methodical, scientific way, thus open¬
ing vast possibilities of improving and
ennobling the human race.
The pioneers in the wonderful work
are Prof. Loeb of the University of
California and Luther Burbank, and,
whore they have shown the way, Prof!
Prizbram has been diligently following
with wonderful success.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD WEIGHS 140
Colorado Tot is Not a Patent Food
Baby, Either, She Insists— Can’t
Get Enough to Eat.
Denver, Colo.—Baby Vera Mary
Jones walked, or rather waddled,
proudly through the streets of Den¬
ver on a shopping trip with her
mother.
Vera Mary was five years old Au¬
gust 4, and her weight Is 140 pounds.
Vera is happy and rosy cheeked and
carries her tremendous weight with
apparent pride.
“Are you a patent food baby?” asked
one of the curious in the Crowd that
had gathered at Sixteenth and Cham¬
pa streets, to see the child wonder.
“No, I aren't a patent food baby,
l’se just all-kinds of a food baby,”
she lisped, and her mother laughed at
the child’s answer and said that she
surely was an “all kinds of a food
baby.”
“Why, I simply can’t give that child
enough to eat,” she said. “Today for
luncheon she ate a big dish of mashed
potatoes, two helpings of baked sal¬
mon, six slices of bread and butter, a
cup of coffee and some cake, and that
isn't much for Vera to eat.’
“Does she eat many eggs and drink
much milk?” an onlooker ventured.
“She’d drink all the milk she could
get hold of, but we don’t order but a
quart a day for her, and she eats lots
of eggs, too.”
BED BUG HALTS TELEPHONES
Invade Switchboard of a Pennsylvania
Town and Lines Are Tied Up_
Routed by Linemen.
Hollidaysburg, Pa.—An Invasion of
bed bug3 put the local telephone ex¬
change entirely out of service the oth¬
er day. Although subscribers rang
vigorously, they w'ere unable to raise
central. When the cause became
known the town was astounded. The
bed bugs had taken up their abode
behind the switchboard at the centra!
office, bred, waxed and prospered
They had dined on the wire and elec¬
tric equipment and stopped all the
afternoon chats of the subscribers
After a gallon of exterminator had
been used by linemen, service was re¬
sumed
DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO
WRECK PRESIDENT’S TRAIN.
Thirty-Six Sticks of Dynamite Found
By Bridge Watchman, Tied to
Viaduct Over Which) Special
Train Later Passed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—A re¬
port recleved here today by officials
of the Southern Pacific Railway com¬
pany from a section foreman of the
road at Naples, California, gave de¬
tails of the discovery of thirty six
sticks of dynamite under the Cairtan
viaduct, twenty miles North of San¬
ta Baa - bar a, sevroal hours before Pres
ident Taft’s special train passed over
tiie bridge enroute to Los Angeles
this morning. The dynamite was
found after the watchman engaged in
a revolver battle with two men" who
escaped.
The dynamite was discovered at
two o’clock this morning. The Presi¬
dent’s -train passed over the bridge
at 5:51 o’clock. The night watchman
saw two men on the bridge shortly
before two o’clock. They were at
the opposite end of hte 1,000 foot,
span and ran when ordered to halt.
The watchman hurried across the
bridge, firing several shots which
were returned.
After the pair had escaped the
watchman returned to the bridge and
began an investigation. Near the cen¬
ter of the span lodged on one of
t H e supports of the viaduct be found
the thirty six sticks of dynamite with
a ten foot fuse attached to one of
the sticks. He left the find unitouche
going immediately to Santa Barbara
and notifying the officials.
Sheriff Wines, of Santa Barbara
county, went immediately to the
bridge with several deputies and re¬
moved tiie dynamise. A general
search, for the men is on.
FOR LOSS OF HER HAIR
GiRL SUES FOR $10,000.
Other members of Sears Family Sue
Street Railway Company.
Alleging that m the street railway,
accident on September 24, when an
incoming Grant Park car was thrown
from its trucks at th osliarp curve
at Hill street, her hair was torn from
its roots and that she was otherwise
seriously injured, Mrrs. Luta Sears
has filed suit for $10,000 against the
Georgia Railway and Electric -Compa¬
ny.
Miss Norine Sears, Marie Sears an
J. W. Sears join in the petition for
damages, the total amount of which
is $30,000.
Miss Norine Sears, a school teach¬
er, sues for $10,00, alleging painful
and permanent injuries. Marie Sears
a minor, sues for $5,000, and J. W.
Sears, the husband of Mrs. Luta Sear
sues for $3,000 on account of the in¬
juries to his wife and $2,000 for the
injuries received by his daughter.
Reuben R. Arnold represents the
plaintiffs.
The accident in which the petition¬
ers were injured was av ery unusual
one, the body of the car being throw
from the trucks whne the car struck
a sharp curve at Hill street. There
were many people on board, but no
one was killed.—Atlanta Constitution
Importance of Typewriter.
The typewriter rankB as one of the
most Important Inventions of the last
half a century in the promotion of
business and the spread of intelli¬
gence. Like the telephone, sewing
machine, automobile, etc., its loss
would cause the world to slow down
a bit.
As He Understood It.
A Chinese boy, who was learning
English, came across the passage in
his Testament, “We have piped unto
you, and ye have not danced," ren¬
dered it thus: "We have toot, toot
to you. what the matter you no Jump.”
Everything Put Right.
“Father, the duke has proposed, and
we want to be married immediately.”
“All right. Here’s a check for your
million. Tell the duke to step in and
I’ll give him a dollar to get the li¬
cense.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Rule for Success.
Having begun in one line, resolve
to fight it out on that line, to lead in
It; adopt every improvement, have
the best machinery, and know the
most about it.—Andrew Carnegie.
Vast Wealth Wasted.
According to the American Machin¬
ist, it has been estimated that there
Is lost annually more than a million
and a half barrels of oil by the burn¬
ing of oil wells.
Rich Woods Put to Base Uses.
Rosewood and mahogany are so
plentiful In Mexico that some of the
copper mines there are timbered with
rosewood, while mahogany is used as
fuel for the engines.
Obvious.
The man who gets much satisfaction
out of the fact that lie has a high,
aristocratic instep never worries about
the height vf his brow.
Trained to Use Both Hands.
The children of Japan are trained
as ambidexters, using both bands
equally well.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1911.
WHY CHILDREN TELL STORIES
Egotism and Vanity Are Chief Causes
of Falsehoods and Habit Is
Difficult One to Cure.
Boston.—How lying children can be
cured and the habit prevented was
told by Rev. Robert Swickerath, S. J.,
professor of pedagogy in Holy Cross
college, in one of ten lectures he de¬
livered before the Catholic teachers’
institute which closed recently at Bos¬
ton- college.
‘‘Liars must not be taken either too
lightly or too seriously,” he said, “but
every means must be taken by educa¬
tors to cure them.”
Prevention he regards as more im¬
portant than the actual curing, yet In
every case lying will crop out from
time to time, requiring the utmost
care, prudence, vigilance and tact of
the best teachers. Said he:
“Lying should .above all, be pre¬
vented. Much can be prevented by
prudence and tact and by systematic
treatment of children. If a child has
caused any disturbance and the teach¬
er, especially one who Is known to
Inflict invariable severe punishments,
angrily charges him with the offense,
the child will usually deny the- deed
in sheer excitement. One lie leads
to another.
“A teacher as a rule should not
Immediately Insist on arguing the
case but await a better opportunity,
until the child has calmed down. A
teacher who is generally sympathetic,
patient, Judicious in inquiries, reas¬
onable In punishment, will seldom be
told a lie.
“It Is much more difficult to assign
general remedies for the cure of the
habit of Jylng. Here, as In other
cases, a specific remedy Is needed.
It Is Imoprtant to know that the lies
are different according to the source
from which they flow.
“The most common of all lies is
that arising from sheer egotism. Lies
are used to shield one from censure
and punishment as the umbrella Is
employed to protect one from rain
and hail. Sometimes the source Is
T anity; children boast at times even
d wickedness, to appear bold before
comrades.
“It is certain that some given to
lying, when once thoroughly aware of
the disgracefulness of this habit, oon
celved such a horror against it that
they became disgusted with every¬
thing dishonest and developed charac¬
ters known for uprightness and hon¬
esty.”
HAREMS ARE FEW IN TURKEY
Mistaken Idea That Each Husband
Takes Advantage of Plural Mar¬
riages—Polygamy Is Rare.
Constantinople.—There exists in
Europe and Amerlck a mistaken no¬
tion that almost every married Turk
has several wives, that he is at lib¬
erty to marry as many times as he
likes, and that It is for him Just as
eaBy to divorce a wife as to change
an overcoat. Polygamy In Turkey Is
the exception, and not the rule, the
majority of the Osmanlis having but
one wife. In the metropolis Itself
polygamy does not amount to five
per cent It Is rarely met with In
other big centers of the Ottoman em¬
pire, save among the richest and most
powerful functionaries, and even
then plurality of wives Is an excep¬
tion.
The legal number of wives is four.
Only the padtshah and caliph Is al¬
lowed to have more, being a person
beyond and above limitations and re¬
strictions of that kind. The prophet
Mohammed had seven wives, and All,
the fourth In the succession of the
caliphate, had nine.
One of the chief causes of the plu¬
rality of wives being so rare among
the Turks Is that, while the prophet
and the Koran permit the faithful
worshipers of Islam to marry four
times, they also provide Btrlct Injunc¬
tions of a religious and ethical na¬
ture, which every Mussulman has to
adhere to If he doesn’t wont to be
excommunicated from the fold of
orthodox Islamlsm. Thus, a Turk
who is desirous of contracting a sec¬
ond marriage is bound by an explicit
law to provide for his new life com¬
panion a separate dwelling place, in
every respect similar to that of his
first wife, as well as an equal num¬
ber of slaves and servants.
FAMOUS OLD HOTEL IS SOLD
Star and Garter of Georgian Days No
Longer Paying Venture—Be Con¬
verted Into Modern Inn.
London.—The famous old Star and
Garter hotel at Richmond, where
lords and ladies of the olden times
danced and made merry, was sold a
few days ago for $90,000.
This hotel was the magnet of fash¬
ion from the time that Lady Betty,
guided to it by her link boys, met
there the beaux of Georgian days, un¬
til the coming of the automobile made
the distance between It and London so
short that persons went to hotels fur¬
ther afield and forced the proprietors
to close the doors.
The new purchasers, however, be¬
lieve that, converting It Into a modern
hotel, they will be able to renew Its
prosperity by catering to those who
wish to be near enough to London to
reach the city In a short time and yet
be “far from the madding crowd.”
8ees Record Wheat Crop.
Minenapolis, Minn.—E. J. Welser,
a Fargo banker, sent to Frank E. Hol¬
ton, a Minneapolis banker, an esti¬
mate of the crop of North Dakota, In
which he places the wheat production
at 80,000,000 bushels, the greatest In
the history of the Btate, with the ex¬
ception of the crop of 190*.
The Time the
Place and the
SHOE
The TIME to buy your fall shoes is now because the se I
lection is best.
The PLACE to buy your shoes is at Mobley's because \u
the only place in town where you can buy WALK
OYER Shoes.
The SHOE to buy is the AVALR-OVER Shoe because it’ s
still the best “all round” shoe made.
This has been one of the best seasons we have ever exper¬
ienced up to this date, especially in made to measure suits,
Our business in this line grows steadily. Ask some of
customers why this is true.
Come in and look over
our line of samples and
you will see that we can
please you in any style
and price.
E. H. Mobley
Mens Department
Two Big Stores Covington
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Fish Aro Rushing Down Bear River In
Idaho to the Great 8alt Lake—
Mud Lake Is Wiped Out.
Boise, Idaho.—“Carp by the hun¬
dreds of tons aro rolling down the
Bear river, fairly tumbling over each
other In their hurry and swallowing
every living thing In their path. This
flood of fish will not stop entirely till
It reaches Great Salt Lake and is
pickled In the brine."
This is the Interesting situation He
ber Q. Hale, chief clerk of the Btate
land board, left at the outlet of Mud
lake In the southeastern part of Idaho
Just before his return to the city from
his vacation.
"Bear river Is not the direct outlet
of Bear lake, as many suppose,” said
Mr. Hale. “Bear river flows through
Mud lake and there is a Bhort stream
that empties Bear lake Into Mud lake.
“Some yp.rs ago the carp was In¬
troduced into Mud lake. They have
multiplied with wonderful rapidity.
They were not disturbed. Being a
low grade fish, nobody seemed to care
to catch and eat them, especially as
there was an abundance of fine high
grade fish In Bear lake, near by. As
a result Mud lake fairly swarmed with
great fat carp.
“A short time ago the Telluride
Power oompany undertook to straight¬
en out the channel of Bear river to
give Increased power. This resulted
In draining the water out of Mud lake
almost entirely. In this way the fiBb
were forced Into the river, and there
they are now in immense quantities
trying to force their way down the
stream.
“Of course Mud lake Is now a thing
of the past. It was a very shallow
lake with a mud bottom, a fine field
for carp, which delights In burrowing
In the mud for food. Now with the
water drained off the lake bottom will
be brought under cultivation or con¬
verted Into pasture land.”
Water Girl In Naw Feat.
New York.—Adeline Trapp, 20 years
old, of Brooklyn, the little school
teacher who surprised the sporting
world five weeks ago when she swam
from Yonkers to Forty-third street, 17
miles, accomplished a more difficult
feat the other day when Bhe swam
from Norfh Beach to Rob¬
bins Reef, near Livingston, Stateft
Island. She covered the 22^6 miles In
5 hours 7 minutes and 30 seconds.
Game Birds Plentiful.
Grand Rapids, Minn.—Game Ward
en Jesse Harry says game birds of all
kinds will be more plentiful this fall
than during the last five years. He
says ducks are more plentiful, and
that partridges are present In great
numbers.
Deer are plentiful also, and on the
less frequented roads it is not unusual
to Mtt five ot mix during a day’s travel
TO THE LADIES
We invite everybody in the city of Covington to vifit our dij
store
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at which time we will open a five pound box of Norris Can
and ask you to tample same. This candy is make of the pu r
and best sugars and flavors and we place it against any can
on the market
Visit our store on the above date and you will bear us (
in this statement. Remember, its a Free Sample that we
you to try.
Brook’s Drug Store.
Bell
Bulletins
12—RECEIVERS OFF THE HOOK
You’d be surprised to know how
many telephone receivers are left
off the hook every day, not only in
residences, but in business offices.
Sometimes it is done through care¬
lessness and often by accident. 9
An extension desk set located
on a table or desk is apt to be
moved into such a position that
the receiver rests on a book or is
displaced in some equally simple
manner. In homes, children and
servants are most frequently re¬
sponsible for this trouble.
When a receiver is left off the
hook and the operator is unable to
attract the attention of the sub¬
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY IJ
AND TELEGRAPH
the “howler is conn
and produces a loud noise, a
fails to cause the subscriber
place the receiver, the telep «
out of order until an employ®
reach the place and put»
ceiver on the hook.
When your receiver is °
hook no one can call
result is annoying to you,
who wish to telephone )*
told your telephone is
are
order,” and to us.
So, you see, it «
tant to all of us that the r .
remain in pl*<» '' he “ *
phone is not in use.
