Show csar or 1 POP 11 MEDICINAL PLANT specialist interest in the sources of 0 our drug supply stimulated by the european war has brought into some abow sams most moat prominence one ot of uncle aless alice employees useful woman henkel a botanist ot of the bureau of plant industry who has made a specialty of investigations ot of medicinal plants miss henkels Hen kela work has had a widespread d influence through tho the bulletins she has written The these nine in number have been among the moat popular bulletins issued by tho the department part ment ot of agriculture in fact they are in such demand that many reprints have been made of each and they are classed among the best sellers ot of the office of 0 tha superintendent of documents one ot of the most popular bulletins deals with weeds that are used in medicine miss henkels pamphlets 4 5 have been used as reference books by many of the leading pharmaceutical ceu collegen codler coll egea and dealers in crude drugs and have been widely quoted not only in the pharmaceutical press of this country but also abroad one example of the far reaching taff nence of her work which homs hohs special gratification tori miss henkel came to her recently in a letter from a small mining town of pennsylvania she was told by the writer a young man who had become a cripple in a mine explosion that after reading her bulletins he decided to follow the business of collecting medicinal plants to sell to drug firms and find out if lie he could become self lie ha said that he had been successful and was able to make a small amount of money enough at least to keep his mind off ot of his condition and lift him biro out ot of the helpless class claas OLLIE JAMES START when ollie james the giant senator senater had finished the high school at marion at the he age of sixteen he sought a position as page in the kentucky senate chamber his immediate state senator promised him a place through the good offices ot of the lieutenant governor when the legislature assembled young james presented himself the lieutenant governor goyer nor declared he had forgotten tho the matter entirely and had appointed all the pages dut but said he be 1 I find in looking them over that they are a lot of 0 spin dle legged weaklings wea klings scarcely able to carry themselves there ought to bo be one page strong enough to lift heavy records and newspaper files come and look my candidate candida td over said james representative when the lieutenant governor governo had rhad a look at the giant youngster outside he gasped show the governor how strong y you ou are ollie said his senator whereupon ollie james picked up the lieutenant governor in one arm and his senator in another and trotted upstairs with them heavens said the presiding officer make a place for the boy make two places for him As soon as ollie james was installed he organized the pages of the senate and house and established them at once as a howerin power in the legislature this was the beginning of a career which has already progressed to a leading place in the united states senate ADMIRAL OF THE AIR the rapid expansion of abie the british naval air service in the war has made necessary its reorganization and it now is under the direction ot of a hag flag officer for the important post of director of 0 air service rear admiral charles lionel vaughan lee was selected and the british public has had to learn about another notability of 0 whom it knew little or nothing before the great conflict began in navy circles however rear admiral vaughan lee has been well known as an officer ot of scientific attainments tain ments born bom in 1867 he served as a pleddy in the egyptian war of 0 1882 like garden carden and many other sailors of 0 his generation he first learned the peces necessity sity ot of putting colton wool into his ears at the bombardment bar dment of 0 alexandria after becoming a lieutenant he devoted himself tc torpedoes and went to work with I 1 is head as soon as he got the chance he has great ability and thoroughness ough ness but despite his elaborate learning in the strict science ot of his profession fes sion he ha has bas always kept himself pliant and tolerant wards towards to the new idea EMDEN RAIDERS ROMANCE E captain lieutenant von one of 0 the heroes ot of the emden has written a pretty love story into the concluding chapter of his adventurous experiences having finally returned 0 Geri nany and at bremen led botho to the altar hla his old sweetheart carla finke finite it was the end of 0 the journey which began oa november 10 1914 when captain von reluctantly started homeward escaping with other members of the crew of the emden when their boat was sunk in 1 11 the indian ocean by an australian battleship attle ship after the emden had destroyed stroy d more than tons of 0 british shit shipping iving and hla his men who had ocen sent ashore at cocoa island to destroy the wireless station ther were maroo marooned n e d when hen the 1 em aden jen fought tier ner last fight ight a schooner booner BC they sailed via java tor for 2000 miles before they reached arabia thence they made their way overland to constantinople at the file turkish capital captain von Mu eckes 8 services were needed mander of ane german squadron at once by the corn com admiral von usedom U and the wedding hail had to be postponed until recently at 1 |