Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-05

out inside the aqueduct since Mar
Gus Agrippa built it. The only REM
edy that suggests itself to the Roman
is the manipulation OF the entire
water supply of the city.
Scarcity Of Army Horses.
From the Army and Navy Register.
The army quartermasters who
have to do with the purchasing of
horses for the military establishment
say that there Is a really alarming
scarcity of animals. OF course, the
War Department is more or less
kampered by the fact that Congress
has not appropriated sufficient money
to enable the quartermasters depart
ment to acquire horses in sufficient
number to supply all the mounted
commands. 1t is hoped that during
the coming fiscal year 1t will be pos
sible to make good the shortage in
horses caused by the distribution of
troops on the border and elsewhere
and by the increase to war strength
of troops serving abroad. The price
paid for horses is about the same as
it has been; indeed, the contracts
most recently awarded are at prices
less than they have been for two
years. With sufficient funds the
army could easily obtain enough
horses to supply the commands at |
peace strength. If there were an
emergency requiring larger num-
Der of horses the War Department |
would have great difficulty in getting |
them, even with the reasonable de- |
partures from the official Specifica-
lions. This is due, in part. to the |
falling off in the product of those |
who are raising horses. The automo |
bile has finally had its influence on |
animals, despite the assertion to the |
contrary, and this is observable to |
those who have the task of buying !
horses in quantity. The motor trucks |
also seriously affect the market for |
draft animals, so far as the army is
The mule will always be |
a necessity, despite the improve
ments which have been made in the |
motor trucks. The animal must be |
used with the troops in the field. The |
trucks will be useful for supplying
the column in the rear.
Now the "HIOtor Car Back.o
From the American Medical Associa-
ton Journal.
The motor car is coming into such
general use that any advice to its
users is of general interest. A great |
many persons, in cranking their cars,
strain their backs or drop a stitch"
and If this is once started it usually |
happens more easily another time.
Many people, after riding for any |
length of time, are tired in the back |
when they get out If this is kept |
up the pain or weakness increases, |
until many times the person is held |
up with what is called lumbago or |
Both of these condi- !
tons are commonly due to the wrong |
way of using the muscles Of the back. |
In cranking keep the back straight, |
like the oarsman's back. Bend from |
the hips, swapping the crank over by |
Strengthening knee and hip, but do
not bend at the middle of the waist |
line. In sitting in the car keep the |
back straight also. Get the hips we'll
back against the back of the seat |
and, If the upholstery makes the |
shoulders droop, put robe, a cush-
ion, book, or anything at the hol- |
low of the back to prevent this. Do
not SLOUGH in the seat and do not sit
on the lower part of the spine. This
reverses the normal curves of the
spine and must mean strain, with at
times much Gripping.
SIR Isaaes's Schooldays.A
fTOn tHe l1oiiuoH fCuroHicies
The career of Sir Rufus Isaacs
may be said to support Stevenson's
plea for youthful idling. One of his
school fellows some years ago de- |
scribed him as the very worst of
boys from a schoolmaster' point of
view Lessons he left unlearnt |
class work he sirirl<ed and mischief
was his only devotion. Nor was the
only in himSelf-he |
delighted in inspiring others in his
wicked ways Indeed. my recollec-
ton of him is always of a Economical,
young, mischievous imp with spark
ling eyes, who was always in dis
grace or being caned, and yet withal
was ever merry and deliciously hui
morous. 'Isaacs Secundus, you will
go to the DEVIL was the prognostica-
ton oft repeated by his sclroolmas-
ter. Instead of that the devil Tin a
legal sense) comes to him, and is