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PACKAGES IN PORTUGAL.
Messengers Carry Them, ~ Stores Do
Not Use Delivery Wagons.

Light delivery in Portugal is done al
most entirely by men and women. De-
livery wagons. such as are used in
American cities. are u unknown here.
Some Of the large department stores
are now using motor trucks. but none
has introduced a special parcel carrier.
Lisbon and Oporto. the only large
cities in the republic. are built on hills.
and most Of the streets are very steep.
attaining a grade Of II per cent. They
are paved with stone and generally are
in good condition. The roads immedi-
ately about these cities are fair and
the grades are easy. County highways
are q mixture Of very good and very
bad. They are not kept up as they
should be and for short distances are
apt to be extremely rough.
Nearly all articles such rs are de-
livered In the United States from a
light wagon or motor vehicle are sold
here by men and women. who go
through the streets crying their wares
Fish. fowls. vegetables. bread, oil,
fruit. etc.. are all carried on the head
or shoulders Of the vendor. Delivery
Of goods from small shops u made BY
boys or By the 'galego,' who II found
at every street corner. These men also
transport pianos, furniture and other
articles OF a similar character.-Con-
sular Report
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MILITARY MESSAGES.
Seine That Wsrs Made Famous b.
Their pith and erovity.

Some That Wers Made Famous BY
Their Pith and erevity.
OF famous military messages there
are scores. beginning with the never
to be forgotten .veni. vidi. vici' Of
Caesar and that equally famous dis
patch Of Commodore Perry. I'VE have
met the enemy and they are ours" but
both were beaten for brevity by Cen
eral Sir Robert Boyd. who while gov
ernor OF Gibraltar. being in need OF
beef for his troops. wrote to the agent
In England this laconic dispatch:
Browne. beef. Boyd" Browne sent
the stores with the reply, Boyd, beet,
Browne"
And this In turn recalls the story Of
Peter de Dreux, the celebrated fighting
bishop Of Beauvais. who. being taken
In arms by Richard Occur de Lion. was
imprisoned and fettered. Pope CeIes-
tine III. demonstrated In behalf Of the
prelate. and In reply the king sent the
bishops helmet and armor to Rome
with this neat dispatch taken from
Genesis xxxvti. 80: know now wheth-
or It be thy sons coat Or no." The
pope declined further intercession and
replied that the coat the king had vent
did not belong to . o OF the church,
but Of the camp. and the prisoner.
therefore. va at Rjchard's meeey.-
nAkAaAA 49, nm~An as
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Values In Exhaust steam,

A common error among plant owners
Is to ascrfbe undue economy to the heat
that may be carried In water resulting
from the condensation Of steam. They
conversely greatly underestimate the
heat carried In exhaust steam. A a
matter Of fact the heat In a pound OF
water at PIP degrees II only IN Brit
ish thermal units reckoned above the
freezing point. whereas III Il POUND OF
steam at the same temperature the
heat units number 1850. Hence II this
steam is condensed In a radiator It
gives out $40 heat units. and the drip
will contain $50 heat units.- Engineer:
ing Magazine.
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HEALTH AND wepLock.
Conditions That Should u Studied %.
fore lt 10 Tee Iato.

Conditions That Should u Studied BE-.
fsrs Il % Tee lsts.
Marriage. from any point Ut view. 10
Of course u serious proposition. as It
mas bless or wreck two human lives.
II not more. Not the least important
Of these points Of view 10 that of the
health Of both parties to the contract.
The health commissioner Ut Pennsyl-
vania In an official bulletin gives the
following advice to those about to
Dlarry:
First. y man should not marry un-
less into a family with Il history Ut
reasonable longevity. free from herei-
itary disease. He should not marry
a woman advanced in life, delicate.
feeble or afflicted with any inherited
deformity. The age most proper for
ONE In this climate Is nineteen or
twenty years and for men twenty-four
or twenty-five years. Women Of u
' temperament. those who are
extremely irritable. ~hysterical. subject
to commissions or to epilepsy from or
ganic disease. ought to avoid matri-
m0ny.
lin this country marriages before
the ages Of twenty-five and nineteen
respectively r contraindicated, be-
cause as a rule, previous to these Pc
RODS Of life the body Il not fully de-
veloped, the different functions are not
perfect, and any offspring developed BY
than n fhoip TN -, tnnn condition mn~t
be deficient In vital power"
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A brave spirit struggling with al
versity IL q spectacle for the GODS
Seneca.
Monarchs and Stock Exchanges.
Bismarck was Of opinion that Louis
Philippe used deliberately to cause
panics on the Stock Exchange * as
to swell his boards Of money. Bob
len," records Busch In his diary on
Jan. 20, 1871, remarked that Napoleon
III. had saved at least 5000 600 francs
during the nineteen years Of his reign.
Others say 100000 francs,' added
Bismarck. but | doubt It Louis
Philippe spoiled the business. He had
riots arranged and then bought stocks
on the Amsterdam exchange until at
last business men saw through It,
Hatzfeldt then observed that this re-
sourceful monarch used to fall III from
time to time with a similar object
London Spectator.
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THE GRANT COUNTY MILLING CO
Velocity Of Sound.

The velocity Of sound depends upon
the medium through which the sound
has to travel. The mean velocity OF
sound In air is 1925 feet per second,
while the velocity Of sound in water IS
given ut 4.7OS feet per second. being
about four times quicker than in air.
Cast iron conveys sound at the rate OF
1882 feet per second. or about six
teen times more quickly than air.-New
York American.
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~ Fiest Only ths esd q the Tubsrs
WIS., Thsveht RE - Eat.
When potatoes were arst used for
Nod Il was the seed" or 'apple" that
waS used. ana It was some time before
the tuber was found to be the most
delicious food. Up to the end or the
seventeenth century the potato was
out Of the reach OF people of moderate
Incomes. 1t Is recorded that In 1862
potatoes were sold at ! shilling (25
centsl a pound in the London markets.
but the sale was small because 30
many people believed that the potato
caused leprosy and fever. Others de-
clared that they were endangering
their souls IL they ate the potato. since
the tuber was not mentioned in the
Bible.
The late Duke Of Argyll In bis his
tory OF Scotland says that little or
nothing was known OF the potato In
Scotland until long past the middle Of
the eighteenth century. The Duchess
OF Buccleuch. in her Household Book"
FOR the year 1901. speaks Of the potato
~ 'an esculent Of great rarity"
Hugh Miller. In his SCHOOLS and
6choolmasters." says that his mater
nal grandfather about the year 174O
used to bring home In his pocket some
three or four potatoes al great rarities
grown by the gentry. for he raj 4
friend Of the head gardener at Balna-
gown castle. Thomas Carlyle tells us
that his father got possession Of four
potatoes and knew 20 little about them
that be hid them away for a possible
time Of want and that potatoes were
saved to be eaten at Halloween. There
b no doubt that the Irish were the first
people to recognize the value Of the
potato No a staple article OF food
Youths Companion.
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Function o. Literature.

"A book" said DR.. Johnson. should
show one either how to enjoy life or to
endure It," Was ever the function Of
literature expressed more pungently or
Justly? Any man who enjoys or en-
dures has a right to speak II he can.
II he can help others to enjoy or en-
dure he has q right to speak. II he
doubt as to his part In life. willie II he
cannot ecstaticalfy enjoy be can at
least good humoredly endure.-A. &.
Benson In Century Magazine.
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coLoREo MOTION PICTURES
They Ar Mads BY Using Screens 81
Red and 0roen olaso.

They Ar Mads BY Using Screens q
Red and oreen Glass.
There are colored motion pictures
that A. made % By hand. each little
picture being painted separately. In
making pictures in natural colors"
the aim u the same 40 that OF the or
binary motion picture. But In making
e The speed ID twice 40 fast. thirty
two pictures 20 the second.
'Coloped" pictures IRE photographed
through matS or screens Of c0l0red
glass. Two primary colors are used.
red and green. with 4 sympathetic
touch Of blue. When the machine that
makes the photograph u started . de-
We causes the red screen 70 pass be-
1oee the lens - the nrst photograph
= taken. and the green re paases
tn same way ~ the following picture
= madA They continue to DO % alter
nately - the aim continues to BE- ex-
posed.
The negative u developed and a posi-
tive printed. and when RIM through
the projecting machine the color
scyoGns are used IN the same way al
when Tho negative was made. red and
Gzeen pictures being dashed on the
screen alternately. Those colors that
are In sympathy with the red are
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-12-18
"cAMEL's HAIR" BRUSHES.
The Very Best Of Them Are Made From
9quirroIs' TaNs.

The Very Best Of Them Are Made Frsm
Squirrelsp Tails.
It may sound rather strange. but Il
Is nevertheless true that NJ brushes
are ever made Ut cnmel's hair, yet
they are asked for daily and sold -
such.
There are very many kinds Of hair
used In the making Of "camel's hair
brushes. such rs bear. fox. rabbit
squirrel. etc.. and. indeed. one au-
thority states that over $50 sorts Of
brushes are known - ''camei's hair
brushes. but there Is only one defnl-
ton accepted BY the British board Of
trade-i. e.. ''camel's hair" brushes
made from squirrel tails. these being
the best and most expensive.
Real camel's hair Is absolutely uSop
less for making brushes and resembles
soft tow Of u yellow-brownish color.
The name Of a camel Is the only part
which could be used. and possibly q
dozen brushes could be made from ono
NAME.
Al a matter OF fact. there are only
two specimens Of brushes made from
the actual hair Of a camel in existence.
The reason for the term .'camel's hair
Il the fact that 4 man named Camel
was the first one to make these finer
kinds Of brushes. and they became
generally known as real camel's hair
brushes .'-London Answers.
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His Experiment.

An Irishman went into n hardware
store to buy a looking glass. The shop
man brought him some to choose from.
Pat left One on the counter ana,
walking back a few feet, closed lis
eyes.
What are you closing your eyes
for?" asked the %shopkeepev.
"Bedad.' said Pat. Il want to see
how l look when I'm sleeping."-Chi-
cago News.
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Musical comment.

"Yes." said Mr.. Cumrox. I'VE spent q
lot OF money teaching Out boy Pelcival
Claude to play the violin. But 1t was
wasted"
Doesn't he play"
YES. But II be knew anything about
music he'd realize how It sounded and
WOULDN'T. -Washlngton Star.
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Moee Than He Needed.

More Than He Needed.
AT the end Of ave hours and a half
II you are in town." said the Judge.
you will be arrested IN the same
charge"
"You may i've full hours Of that time
back" said the lawbreaker. Il car
get along with the thirty minutes."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
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On Time.

is this train running on timew'
Il should say So" answered the ron.
ductor. 1T can't run any other way.
The company has had to get 80 many
extensions OF credit thar the whole
road Is now running OH time. "-Nnsh-
ingtOn Star.
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Buying . Dog Blanket

What's the matter there? Can't
you please that lady in a dog blan-
ket? ?"
= can please her. all right" answer
ed the clerk, but she wants the dog
to indicate his preference, and he's one
Of these blase pups that don't seem
to care for anything."-Judge.
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9eared.

what was the matter with old
Boo9ie when he called the doctor at
midnight last night?"
He thought he had lost bis sense
Ut taste. His wife's hat u o the
dining room table and be ate the
grapes on it."-Houston Post
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brought ont. and those that are In sym
patty with the green are shown In
the same way. and through the persist
ence Of vision we do not notice the
changes. Instead they blend harmoni-
ously to our delight. Charles n. Seay
In American Boy.
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Makinn Sure.

II will show my love not by words,
but by deeds"
II think. dear. yon had better show
the deeds to U lawyer Baltimore
American.
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Oiooiun6lArlty.
Marriage II a lottery" said the
ready made philosopher.
Il shouldn't say that" commented
Miss Cayenne. I'm a lottery it's a COM
p~aratively easy matter to tear up q
losing ticket and take another chance"
louisville Courier-Journai.
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The noted order Of the Golden Fleece
Il q military one Instituted by Philip
the Good. duke Of Burgundy. In l429.
on the occasion Of his marriage with
the Portuguese princess! Isabella. The
order now belongs to both Spain and
Austria.
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Quaht Ia IA Marin,

waiter. this pudding II quite colo.
impossible. sir. This II the nftn
time It has been warmed since morn
tng."-Paris Journal Amusaut.
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The strength OF a mans virtue must
not be measured by his occasional ef.
forts, but by bis ordinary life.-Pascal.
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An archer u known BY his aim. not
~ his arrows.-Old Saying.
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lf You know how to spend less than
you get. You have the philosophers
stone.-Franklin.
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Eniamatieal.

little girl. did you ask your mother.
- | told you, to lend me some eggs
for my cake?"
"Yes'm. and she said she hadn't no
eggs to lend. but she'd give you a
lemon."-BaltimOre American.
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and is building II more; France has
70 and Is building % additional ones;
Russia has 20, and is building IS;
while the United States has 20, and is
building 21; Austria has Is, and has
four under construction, while Italy
owns Is, and is building two. Yet the
submarine is still an unknown guam.
THY in warfare.
Submarine in War.
Many Of the early submarines are
small and probably of little efficiency,
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines, while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more of the
French types.
THIS submarine, from a romantic
viewpoint, should be a great factor in
deciding a naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to the present
time it has done nothing to prove It's
value. 1t was believed that the moral
effect Of the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical ef-
feet upon an enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment.
There we're notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
~stroying each other. But it has been
found that when submerged the SUBJ
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. Its crew cannot see any object
under water. and is compelled to re-
sort to the use Of the periscope, which
energies unostentatiously above the
water, in order to see its own course.
1t is known that the periscope 10.
the eye of the submarine, and natural.
ly attention has been paid to the best.
way Of destroying this vital part Of
these boats.
Submarine Versus Airshipe.
The designers Of the submarine did
not count upon it being seen. It was.
believed that it would go upon its wav.
dealing death without observation. al
though its periscope does maLe :.
slight wake on the water, am when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
But it has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may trace
the course of a submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as ii 1t was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret ont the Snoo hin erh~...
they 10Th are supposed to be armed to
destroy the warship that moves like q
fish.
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A|RSH|PS AND
SUBMARINES,
WAsPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
flict in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now Is Prepared to
Pull the Others Sting, But Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons, and for the last
century there have been countless in
yentions for the carrying on Of war
fare in a particularly destructive man
ner. With the philanthropic intent that
wal was fast becoming SO horrible and
terrible that 1t must soon pass away
from the a of the earth, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible continuance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors Immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect. Con
sequently val not only has not passed
away, but We still have it with us.
Thus it Is that each big war, after be-
ing heralded as the worlds last con-
to be false. and the end OF war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war III Europe there
are being tried under the conditions of
actual hostilities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
ditions. Their real worth will only be
discovered at the close of the conflict.
No army or navy engaged in the
present conflict in Europe but what is
possessed Of nearly all OF the modern
improvements made since 1870. The
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submarine, which was a dream in 1865,
is owned by the navy of the smallest
power. 1t is true that single subma-
much in a real struggle, so the larger
navies Of the great powers have fleets
Of submarines. The aeroplane and the
dlrigible balloon are to be found In the
possession of all armies in Europe to-
day, yet they. too. are only expected to
be OF real service when they are pos
sessed III large numbers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little insect, while they have a
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero
plans have been used to a limited ex-
tent, and this use has been so much
limited that their real efficiency is ex-
pected to be finally determined by the
present a
1t is much the same with the wire
less telegraph. While it was used in
the Russo-Japanese war Of ten years
ago, the apparatus was still rudimen-
tary, and the installations too few,
While the range Of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest eff
cheney. In the intervening decade, how
ever, great advance has been made In
wireless. 1t is now possible and, in.
deed, IS a custom every day, to send
and receive messages from a distance
of more than 5000 miles. This, then,
is a new and important factor in naval
operations, as was seen by the censor.
ship put over the great sending sta
tons On this side Of the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aerop!anes.
The submarine was in existence Ia
1904, but it was a very different sea
wasp to that which England. France
and Germany are using today. Yet its
real value is yet to be determined, and
it is expected that this demonstration
will come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase Of Submarines.
At the time of the Spanish-American
war there were only five submarines
in all the navies OF the world.
The latest edition Of Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
Of submarines in the various navies,
and shows what interest is being
taken in the wasp Of the sea. Great
has 76 built, and is building 20
more, Germany, who only began build
ng q few years ago, already has 81,
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ing had grown on it. A scientific sys-
TEN Of irrigation and drainage was laid
out. under direction Of Lord Kitch-
ener, at a cost Of $50 an acre, and it
was then handed over to the fellaheen
in five-acre plots for cultivation. Last
year the land was washed, and a crop
Of rice was grown. giving a satisfac-
tory yield. After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured, and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced. To the great establishment Of
the fellaheen cultivators. 9 permanent
result had been achieved IN one year,
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WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE
Remarkable Results Have Followed
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt.

AS an indication of the ultimate out
come in the great delta OF Egypt,
where 1900. 900 acres OF wash salt
land awaits development, toward the
end Of 1912 about 500 acres Of absolute
ly waste land at Biala were taken in
hand. The land was SO heavily i'm
~pregnated with salt that for ages moth
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Tires at
Before-War Prices

storage an almost record supply of this extra
grade of rubber.
And we paid about June prices.
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times,
the best tire makers refuse it. Much Of it had
been rejected. But that ''off rubber now sells
for much more than we paid for the best.
The results are these:
Tire prices in general are far in advance Of
Goodyears. And many tire makers, short Of
supplies. will be forced to use second-grade
rubber.
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which under the ordinary system pre-
vaillng IN the country would have
taken thre or four years to accom-.
push. Cotton is now. therefore, being
satisfactorily grown on q fair proporl
tlon OF this area, and it is expected
that 1t will bring from SIS to 500 an.
acre.
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Countlno Tn finea

Counting Up Fines. -
Are the running expenses OF an.
automobile very hfgh?"
Not i the motorcycle cop fails -
get your number.":
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Good year Prices
1t is Folly Today to Pay More

There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re-
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires built Of extra-fine
rubber, in the same way as always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early IN rAugust-when war began-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to US.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. We, like
others-ln that panlc-Were forced to higher
prices. But we have since gone back to prices
we charged before the war, and this is how
we did it:
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out. The larger part Of the
worlds rubber supply comes through there.
We cabled them to buy up the pick Of the rub
Der. They bcught-before the ADVANCE, $780,
600 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly al TINS IS now on me way 70 US.
And it means practically all Of the extra-grade
rubber obtainable abroad.
Today we have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para. Those are the worlds
chief sources Of rubber. So we are pretty well
assured Of a constant supply, and our pick Of
the best that's produced.
We were first on the ground. We were quick
est in action. As a result, we shall soon have in