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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Palestine is fast becoming one of
the great growing countries Of
the world. Much fruit of excellent
quality is being shipped every year to
London and other markets in north
ern Europe, and this year the crop OF
the district near Jaffa, the port of
Jerusalem, is estimated at 100000
boxes. Farther up the Syrian coast
Tyre and Sidon are expected to reach
total of 400, 1000 cases of oranges ex-
ported and 100000 cases of lemons.
For small country Palestine has
many interesting and valuable prod
ucts. It's olive groves are as produc-
tive as they are ancient, and its vine
yards yield grapes OF fine quality in
great abundance Notwithstanding the
drawback Of sometimes very dafci-
ent and usually scanty water supply
Syria produces large quantity of ex-
cellent food. But it is not easy to
think of Palestine's exports of oranges
without thinking of the immeasurably
more important exports and ideas
and ideals from that little country.
By comparison with the moral and
spiritual forces which have gone out
from Syria to enrich the world, all the
products of the soil which can be
shipped from the ports as long as the
earth shall endure will be Of little
significance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Experiments have recently been
carried out in Germany with the OBJ
5ect of discovering methods and
means for rendering walls and cell
angs capable Of effective resistance to
sound transmission. One Of the more
recently devised methods involves
the use under the ceiling, or parallel
to the wall, as the case may be, of a
network oftwire stretched tightly by
means of pulieys secured into adja-
cent walls and not touching at any
point the surface to be protected
against sound. Upon the wire net
work is plastered a composition
formed of strong glue, plaster of paris
and granulated cork, so as to make q
fiat slab, between which and the wall
or ceiling is cushion of confined air.
The method described is said to be
good in two respects; first, the alb
sence of contact between the protec-
Tive and protected surfaces, and. Sec
Dndly, the colloid nature of the com.
Sosition recommended for the plaster
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Surely the science of chemistry
has made long strides since the days
Of Paracelsus, when men can analyze
elements at q distance of ninety-five
millions Of miles and undertake to
pronounce upon the characteristics of
a form Of matter which so far has not
been encountered on earth, but has
been discovered to exist in the sun.
Prof. ]. N. Nicholson of the British
Royal Astronomical society, says there
ss reason to believe the spectrum is
now revealing in the corona of the
sun a more elementary form of mat
ter than any yet discovered on the
earth. 1t Is proposed to call this ele,
mentary substance "nebulium." Pro
fessor Nicholson says the spectrum
of the far-distant nebulae in the
depths of space indicates that they
are composed of this same "nebulium. /"
which is coming to light In the solar
!radiations ''Nebdiiun' is considered
as being lighter gas than hydroech.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

The people have reason to fear the
man who comes to them with much
fattery and promise, for this is the
way he appeals to their ignorance or
prejudice, says the Ohio State Jour
nal Their real friend will talk to
their sense and sober Judgment. He
will not tell them the earth belongeth
to the saints and they are the saints.
He will tell them that the earth be-
longeth to those who are honest, faith
full, useful and brave, and make his
appeal upon the truth of this propo-
sition. The trouble we have in pol
itics, society, business, church is be-
cause SO many people adopt the other
idea, and say the earth belongeth to
the shrewd, the tricky, the grasping
and the overbearing, and indeed, it
sometimes seems SO, but it must be
only a seeming. God doesn't drop
from the skies. A man doesn't re-
ally earn what he gets by shrewdness
1t doesn't belong to a man what he
gains by imposing on others. And
still to large extent this is the prac-
tice of life. The welfare of society
is conditioned upon justice and friend
ship, and whoever urges cause from
hate or prejudice undernines those
foundations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
TIME EyENs UP THINGS.

| England is nothing if not proud.
That pride was humbled in the dust
during the greater part of the war
In. the Transvaal And no Boer gen.
eral inflicted greater damage upon
Britain's military prestige than
Botha. Like practically all the other
Boer leaders, he had no military train
ing in the European sense. Yet he
won the great victories over the Brit
ISL at Colenso and Spion Kop, and
after the siege of Ladysmith he held
the chief command of the Boer forces.
He carried on a desultory warfare for
| months after Pretoria was taken and
Paul Kruger had gone into exile But
when further resistance was useless,
he submitted and returned to his
farm. He accepted the situation and
did all he could to advance the well
fare of his people under British con-
] troll Thus he retained their conf
dence and won that of the conquerors
/ Soon ne was called to be the premier
! Of the Transvaal. Three years later
he was made premier of the Union Of
South Africa, says the Cleveland Lead
er. Now, by special command OF
King George, he has been commits
stoned a general in the British army.
| 1t would be strange if the victor Of
Colenso and Spion Kop did not in
dulge himself to the extent at least
Of grim smile, when he received no.
tice of this honor. And he probably
speculated upon what some of the
drawing room generals in London
thought Of it. But England, besides
being proud, Is wise.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Thermoradiotherapy is a term that
ought to bring hope to invalids with a
confidence in orotund words which
they do not fully understand. Per-
haps there is something useful in the
name. Thermoradiotherapy Is mode
Of treating diseased uyers with the x
ray without burning the skin. Cool
ing applications are made to the out
side OF the body while the X-rays pen
etrating to the hspatic structure,
warm it and are supposed to revive
it from torpor. The inventor of tier
moradiotheraphy is a French phys
ician, DIR. Keating-Hart.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
PROFITS AND ACREAGE.

A census bulletin just issued shows
that the total value of the crops in
this country made the immense in
crease from s2,999, 100000 in 1899 to
$5,4S7, 100000 in 1909, or SO per cent
We do not need the further informa-
ton that the acreage of crops with
acreage reports increased but SO per
cent to know that "a large part OF the
extraordinary increase in the total
value of farm crops between 1899 and
1909 is attributable to higher prices"
says the New York Evening Post.
Cereals, for example, increased in
production only IT per cent, but their
value rose by 1913 per cent. Their in
crease in price was thus 40 less than
Al times their increase in quantity.
The production of hay and forage was
much more in 1909 than in 1899, the
percentage of increase being %. The
increase In value, however, reached
7o.2 per cent. Of cotton, the produc-
ton increased 1T per cent, while
the increase in value was ten times
as much, or 117.3 per cent. The aver
age percentage of increase in prices
during the decade was 666 Had the
prices of 1899 prevailed in 1909 the
value Of the crops in the latter year
would have been only 10 per cent.
above what it was In the former This
10 per cent, accordingly, represents
the increase in quantity in the ten
years, and may be compared with the
81 per cent. increase in population
in the same period. Other statistics
have demonstrated the truth of the
bulletins conclusion: ut is only by
reason of great reduction in the ex-
portation of agricultural products that
the increasing consumption Of the
country has been supplied
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

After nineteen years of patient ex-
pertinent, Max Schilling, a New York
florist and botanist, has produced a
clover plant that produces four leaves
upon every stem. The announcement
is made with flourish, and pictures
Of the new clover are published in
the newspapers. Unless he is ambi-
tious to destroy the four-leaf clover,
it Is difficult to imagine why Mr.. Schil-
ling should have spent nineteen years
tinkering with the three-leaf plant to
make it produce four. Surely 1t can
not be held that any good luck will be
brought to the individual who buys
the seed of clover plant that pro-
duces four leaves In every instance
and raises a field Of It? Hunting for
four-leaf clover has been a popular
springtime pastfme of nearly every
Jack and his Jill, and any vacant lot
or even a sidewalk not used suffl-
ciently to be kept free of volunteer
growths has provided the scene of the
hunt. Four-leaf clover in pots, or
plats, or fields, may have the guaran-
teed four leaves. But unless it is good
hay or pasturage for cattle and horses
OF what interest can it be to mankind !?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Are birds able to think and remem-
Der where they have been we'll cared
for? A gentleman living in Leith is,
contributor to the Scotsman writes.
In the habit of feeding the birds which
frequent his garden during the win
ter months. Some time in January,
1911, he enticed green-fnch to enter
cage and SO captured it. 1t was
wearing a ring on its leg marked
Aberdeen university, 1885," In the
following March he set 1t at liberty
He was much surprised when on
January 10, 1912, the bird returned
On his cage being presented to him,
the bird jumped contentedly into 1t
and settled comfortably down for the
severe season. An examination Of
the ring left no doubt as to the tden-
tity of the bird.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A Chicago physician enumerates sud-
denly acquired riches as one of the con-
ditions sometimes leading to insanity
Of course, money is not the immedi-
ate cause Of mental alienation, but
money suddenly acquired often leads
to complete change Of habits and
holds out temptations to high living
to which many people succumb. .iigh
living" long INDUCED in, produces a
low physical condition, and this In
some instances is followed by insanity.
The number of people who go out OF
their heads would be- greatly reducsd
if everybody embraced "the simple
life.s
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
FOOD FApDIsTs.

Thanks to the scientific writer's In
the magaziaes-sa says the journal of
the American Medical Association
and their do1.1aslsm, the public will
become educated regarding dietetics,
while the layman has settled in his
mind many questions that among the
professions are still under discussion.
1t is the faddists-the raw food eat
ers, etc.-who are to blame for popu-
larry accepted theories on questions
of nutrition. rro prove its contention
the Journal cites the controversy be-
tween the vegetarians and the meat
eaters. When some years ago Yale.
professor told the world that It was
probably eating too much meat, the
vegetarians were greatly elated and
at once proceeded to use the profess
scrs experiments, with the aid of pop
ular writer's, into an argument in IA
yor of vegetarianism. On the other
hand, when major of the Indian
medical service punished the results
of his study of some vegetable eating
races in India Of inferior physique
and bad character generally, the meat
eaters declared joyfully that the Yale
professors theories had been dis
proved. Both conclusions, Of course,
were wrong and the middle-of-the-road
man gets nearest to the truth. Just
as too much ssneat is harmful to the
body, so is lack of any neat in the
diet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1912
rnE BORROWING HABIT.

Humanity is afflicted with some ex.
ceedingly bad habits, one of the
worst of which is that of borrowing
money In small sums It is as de-
moralizing as incompetence. Indeed,
it Is often an accompaniment Of that
vice, perhaps the cause of It or per.
haps the effect. A man who lacks
business perception, who is deficient
in the matter of making adequate pro-
vision for his needs, who does not
calculate carefully, and who spends
unwisely on Injuries, starts to raising
funds by appealing to his friends.
The lending Of money is one Of the
vital factors In business, which Ia
largely done on credit But the lend
ing Of money individually, without Sc
cur4ty, without interest, just as a
personal accommodation between
friends, is one of the most unbusi-
nesslike and demoralizing OF prac-
tees AT first these loans are repaid
eonscientfously, says the Washington
Star. Then the time goes by and the
borrower is slow about refunding,
AFTER while he grows accustomed
70 asking, loses his shame, gets cal
lous to the thought of non-payment
and thus drifts into the habit of petty
borrowing Now it lie perhaps quar-
TER or a half dollar, or some other
trifiing sum that the lender would be
perfectly willing to give In a good
cause to meet real emergency,
without hope Of return. But there Is
always the suspicion that the money
Us not really needed save for some
seif-indulgence. The average man
will hesitate about giving in this way
when he feels that the money is go
ang for drink, and that is why or
ganised charity has come to be so
generally supported in these times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

North Pacific whalers are not unan-
imous In accepting the theory that
whale fisheries are playing out on ac-
count of the extinction of the whales.
One captain who notes that his shfp
and another made kill of 1877 last
year and only 81 this year, thinks the
recent volcanic disturbances have
made changes in ocean currents that
have diverted the small fish on which
the whales depend for food. He thinks
that in time the whales will be back
in their old-time haunts, or discovered
in their new ones.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
rREsPAssERs OF The ALI.

The moot question, who owns the
air?" has been placed upon legal
footing The fifth court of the civil
tribunal Of France has awarded dam
ages in the case OF certain French
landowners, who brought suit against
Henry Farman and other avi tors, al
leging that they suffered loss when
aeroplanes managed by Farman and
his pupils alighted in their fields. en-
dangering their workmen and fright
ening their animals The damages
awarded were not heavy. and the re-
straining conditions imposed by the
court seem far from serious, but the
precedent is established and the court
record becomes a reference Briefly
summed up, the judges decided that
aviators who fly over private property
may be regarded as trespassers. If
they endanger the safety of workmen
or others, or If they brighten the own
er's cattle, they can be proceeded
against in the same manner as ordf-
nary trespassers. If they inadvert-
emily alight on private property, they
must promptly reimburse the owner
for the damage they do and for the
annoyance they cause him. The mo-
tors of the flyers should be equipped
with silencers or muff1ers, and the
aeroplanes should pass above private
property at height that would pre-
clude any ordinary possibility of dan
ger or annoyance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A Frenchman has invented what is
sailed a swimming machine-a pole
six feet long, with an air chamber at
each end and pedals 10 the rear COM
munieating power to screw propel-
Ter, by operating which even a man
who does not know how to swim may
travel in the water at the rate of six
miles an hour. Now what is to pre-
vent some ingenious American from
Improving on this device by providing
for the operation Of the propeller by
R gasoline engine, so that the opera
tor may make twenty OF thirty miles
an hour il be feels so daposea9
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

There has been great deal Of gos-
zip TO the effect that the little Don
Jaime, younger son Of King Alfonso
fof Spain, is physically and mentally
defective. A recent dispatch from
Nc rid announces that nine phys
Acians recently held consultation
on his case and pronounce him per-
Sectiy normal, though he is afflicted
with an affection Of the ears which
has persisted since his birth. When
there is any shadow of basis for sem
sstional statements concerning Nom
bers Of royalty, correspondents who
thrive on gossip are sure to make the
most of it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

The United States consul at Prague
says there are practically no flies in
Bohemia. He attributes the phenome-
non to The fact that everything is
made of brick, stone or concrete, and
the streets are cleaned several times
a day" The reason why the fly is
feared is that his habits are so dirty.
Yet where he is numerous, his num-
bers indicate the presence of dirt. I'm
doubtedly the best way to get rid Of
flies is not to swat them, but to
clean up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
THE SAVING HABIT.

One of the most difficult and at the
same time most essential of habits to
form is that Of saving. Of course,
there are many persons in all walks
of life who. although they are in COM
Portable circumstances, are so penuri-
Gus as to be absolutely opposed to
parting even with their pennies. Their
very lives are controlled by the idea
of getting along with as little as pos
sible even at the risk Of earning for
themselves a reputation for stingi-
ness. Such persons, however. make
up class all to themselves, and gem.
orally deserve the contempt in which
they are held by their fellow-beings.
On the other hand, the spendthrift de-
serves as much, If not more, condem-
nation, perhaps, for the facility with
which he allows his often hard-earned.
money to slip through his hands.
There is golden mean between these
two extremes of character and it is
found in the ability of a man to save
from his earnings sufficient for the
proverbial rainy day. The advantages
Of saving may be demonstrated to us
In many ways and on many occasions,
but it remains for necessity to i'm
press its Importance upon our minds.
1t may be that the manner of living
may account in large measure for the
universal habit Of spending all that
we make-the opportunities for doing
30 are very great and at the same
time seem very real and imperative,
and it is only after the pocket is emp
ty and we face stern necessity that
we are able to discriminate between
opportunity and temptation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07
Prof. vinzenz Czernv Of ueidelhorg

Prof. Vinzenz Czerny of Heidelberg,
world-famous investigator of cancer,
discussing the recent reported discov-
cry of cancer cure, says no specific
remedy has yet been found, and prob
ably never will be. But in this sweep
ing limitation of futurity is not the
learned professor guilty of q looseness
of statement as absurd as the, expert
mentors whose premature reports Of
the discovery Of cures he condemns !?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

What is herring? now consUl-
tutes government problem at Wash
ington," remarks the Boston Tran.
script, and 1t adds, aWny not try to
reach the result by process Of elm
ination? To begin with, herring
is not sardine.' We beg to call at
tention of the Transcript to the fact
that while this may be true canned
sardine is sometimes a herring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Some ingenious person invented a
handle whereby q safety razor could
be converted into a pairing knife. At
the same time, double bladed safety
razor is put On the market which
means that the housewives work will
be cut in two.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A woman in Pennsylvania was re-
Gently fined for being a witch. It is
now in order for the sad experience
Of the western railroad to be repeated
In eenters of civilization, which rail-
road was fined for mutilating a val
liable work of art in delivering a
statue of the Venus Milo with it's arms
missing,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

a Chicago judge who Is entitled TO
rank with Solomon has decided that
the idea about beauty unadorned is out
Of date, and that a man who marries
q beautiful woman is obliged to supply
its adornments to the best of his abil-
fly. This decision ought to add to the
market value of the plain girl as a
more economical matrimonial invest
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

King George descended into coal
mine the other day and loosened a
black diamond by welding a pick
with his own hands. 1t Is evident
that he Is going to win the favor of
the plain peepul, even if it shall be-
come necessary for him to curry a
horse in order to accomplish his pur.
pose.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A play III which no women take
part is being successfully presented
at one CT the Chicago theaters. The
atricaI managers who have been &C
tuated by the sapposition that there
was no chance to win with anything
but a "girl show are busy wonder.
ing who has cast the spell over the
tired business man
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

Five hundred students worked
their way through Columbia last year:
which is highly creditable both to them
and Columbia. But we venture a con-
lecture that they did not do it by
standing around yelling after football
matches, or by imbibing cocktails.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A French aviator predicts air ma.
chimes which will fly at a speed of
about two hundred miles an hour.
At present what an alarmed public
is looking for in travel of all kinds
is less attention to whirling haste to
a goal and more prospect of getting
there alive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

An electrical scientist destroys all
the mites In cheese by electrocution.
He did not count them, but he esti-
mated that In one cheese weighing
two pounds there were 5000, 900 mites.
OF course the dead ones were all left
in the cheese, which arouses the
query: What is the difference be-
tween eating dead mite and living
one?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

American dancing is all the rage in
Paris. That means the Texas tommy,
and turkey trot, and grizzly bear, and
bunny hug, and the rest of EN-, prob
ably. But how mild and tame Paris
is becoming.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

An expert foreign chemist says the
fashions of the future will resemble
in tints the chameleon, owing to new
coloring matters. If the feminine cos
tune becomes much more sensation
al, it will have the nation on the verge
of either apoplexy or nervous prostra-
ton.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A Scranton pedagogue says the
teachers first aim should be to in.
terest the child, therefore he urges
the use of slang. The teachers stand
ing on one foot might also interest
the pupil and be about as useful, but
it is not advocated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

An applicant for naturalization pa.
pers forgot he was married when gi1
ing personal information. The av.
erage American husband must wonder
why the applicant left a country
where a wife is SO quiet and unob-
trusive detail in ones life as ac.oa.
sionally to slip ones memory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

A Prussian noblewoman was shot
by her companion in a hunting expe-
dition after wild bear. 1t seems
Maine is not the only place where
amateur craftsmanship makes game
of human beings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-11-07

An Ohio woman secured an injunc-
ton to prevent her husband from
teiephoning her or making dates with
her An injunction isn't needed to
restrain the majority of blase hus-
bands.