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The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

submarine, which was a dream in 1865,
is owned by the navy of the smallest
power. 1t is true that single subma-
rines are not expected to accomplish
much in a real struggle, so the larger
navies Of the great powers have fleets
of submarines. The aeroplane and the
dirigible balloon are to be found in the
possession of all armies in Europe to-
eday, yet they, too, are only expected to
be of real service when they are pos
sessed in 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 limited ex-
tent, and this use has been so much
limited that them real efficiency is ex-
pected to be finally determined by the
present war.
1t is much the same with the wire
less telegraph. While it was used in
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
xufrn1auc DC sY,
deed, is custom every day, to send
and receive messages from a distance
of more than 5000 miles. This, then,
is new and important factor in naval
operations, as was seen by the censor
ship put over the great sending sta
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
The submarine was in existence in
1904, but IL was a very different sea
wasp to that which England, France
and Germany are using today. Yet it's
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
Britain has 76 built, and is building 20
more; Germany, who only began build
ing a few years ago, already has %,
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

and is building II more; France has
20 and is building % additional ones;
Russia has %, and is building IS;
while the United States has 30, 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
tity 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.
The submarine, from a romantic
viewpoint, should be 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 were 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 sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. It's crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use of the periscope, which
emerges unostentatiously above the
water, in order to see its own course.
1t is known that the periscope is
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 Airships.
The designers of the submarine did
not count upon it being seen. 1t was
believed that it would go upon its way,
dealing death without observation, al
though it's periscope does make a
slight wake on the water, and 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 If 1t was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaking submarine. and
they both are supposed to be armed to
destroy the warship that moves like a
fish.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
A|RSH|PS AND
SUBMARINES,
WASPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
fIiCt 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
ventions for the carrying on of war
fare in a particularly destructive man.
ner, with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming so horrible and
terrible that it must soon pass away
from the face of the earth, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible contrivance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors Immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting it's probable effect Con.
sequently war 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-
fiagration, is found upon examination
to be false. and the end of war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions of
actual hostilities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
dltions. 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
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
HIahland English.

English as she is spoke in the re-
mote highlands Is not exactly the
tongue Of the south, which fact is IL
lustrated by a brief conversation
which took place between three high
land gillies, who had a sup each Of
the lairds own mountain dew. Says
Tougal: THAT wass the ferry pest
whusky her nainser nefer tasted In all
her porn tays!" Assented Tonalt:
so did I neither" And Angus cor
roborated. Neither did l. too!"-Lon-
don Globe.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

ing had grown on it. A scientific sys-
tenn of irrigation and drainage was laid
out. under direction of Lord Kitch-
ener, at 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 astonishment of
the fellaheen cultivators, permanent
result had been achieved In one year.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
OF Course That's I'll

In primary room in a city school
the children were talking about the
flight OF the birds on the approach of
winter. The teacher asked them how
the birds knew when to start away. A
little girls hand went up and she re-
piled, why, they see the cold wave
flag"
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
nHappY Dust"

The public health law, as regards
the restriction of the sale of habit
forming drugs, is very loosely word
ed, and even where its provisions
should apply effectively, are not OBJ
served. Schoolgirls have been found
distributing among their mates papers
Of the dangerous drug. heroin, which
they call happy dust" Physical and
mental breakdown follows inevitably
the requirement of this habit.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
KespIno Within the Law.

She-"But why did you have boy
TO deliver our wedding invitations in
stead OF sending them by post?" Jack
Couldn't afford to take any
chances" She-"Chances of what?"
yack-"Being arrested. Don't you
know 1t Is unlawful to send lottery
tickets through the post?"
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
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 100000 acres of wash salt
land awaits development, toward tho
end of 1912 about 500 acres of absolute
" waste land at Biala we're taken in
hand The land was so heavily i'm
pregnated with salt that for ages moth
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Two Rules Of Life.

There are two great rules Of life,
says Samuel Butler, the one general
and the other particular. The first
is that everyone can, in the end, get
what he wants if he only tries. This
is the general rule. The particular
rule is that every individual is, more
or less, an exception to the general
rule.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

which under the ordinary system pre-
vailing in the country would have
taken thre or four years to accom-.
plish. Cotton is now, therefore. being
satisfactorily grown on fair proper.
tion of this area, and it is expected
that it will bring from $75 to 500 an
acre.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
GOODYEAR 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 very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Due to Quick Action

Early in August-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-in that panic-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 bought-before the ADVANCE ,500,-
900 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way TO 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 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
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Daily Thouoht.

II is in thy power to live free from
al compulsion In the greatest tran.
Quillity Of mind. even II all the world
cry out against tthee.-Antinouous.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Covers Some Distance.

A reasonably active man walks
about 297,2o0 miles IN eighty-four
years, just walking about his home
and place of business.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Yes, There Are Many.

It's wonderful how many people
there are who resemble the small boy,
who peels his apple to commence with,
but eats the peel after ALL
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
Be Careful Now

In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade
tire as always. And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Tiredom-the largest sale
in the world.
And, for the time being, our prices are the
same as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied. And we charge them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices.
That means that Goodyears-the best
tires buiIt-are selling way below other tires.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Land Measures.

One acre contains 100 square rods,
4,S4O square yards, 43.560 square feet.
The side OF a square must meas
ure as follows to contain: Ten acres,
go feet; one acre, 20S.71; half acre,
147.5s; third acre. 120.5O; fourth acre,
104.SS; eighth acre, 1919.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Counting Up Fines.

Are the running expenses of an
automobile very high?"
Not If the motorcycle cop fails to
get your number"
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Looking Backward.

Certainly, we get sense as we grow
older. Every man can remember
when he wanted a revolver and
mandolin.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Daily Thouqht.

to see the miraculous in the common.
Emerson.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
His misfortune"

A man charged at WiIlesden, Eng
land, with being intoxicated said that
he had the misfortune to meet some
friends"
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
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 ''of 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.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

Silver lngots Long Laid Up.
In the Bank of England there ara
many silver ingots which have lain
untouched for nearly 200 years.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
INTERNATIONAL
SUNMSCHOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER {
THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS.
CBy e. o. SELLERS. Director OF Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)

LESSON TEXT-Mark 12:2S-H
GOLDEN TEXT-"rhou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart. and with
all thy soul. and with all thy strength.
and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor
as thyself." Luke 1927.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
The Tent Meetings.

The evangelistic services (unde-
nominationaD being conducted by
Geo. Manning and VIM. Burns of
Persia, Iowa, in the tent east of the
city park, continue every evening at
8 O'Clock, though the weather the
past few evening has hindered the
attendance. All are cordially invit-
ed to attend these meetings and
show the spirit of the people of Be-
rea, whom we read of in Acts 17:11.
When Paul went there to preach the
word of God the writer records that
they were more noble than those of
Thesselonica in that they received
the word with all readiness of mind
and searched the scriptures daily
whether these things were so. The
evangelists have been preaching the
same gospel nightly and seeking to
show that a mans only hope of
Heaven is by being born from above
and becoming a partaker of the di-
vine nature, which experience can
alone enable men to live the life
that will be well pleasing and &C
ceptable to God. The evangelists
seek to obey the instructions Paul
gave to Timothy, viz: Do the work
of an evangelist; make full proof of
thy ministry; preach the word; and
Paul adds, for the time will come
when they will not endure sound
doctrine, and they shall turn their
ears from the truth.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
BRICK AND stone
THROUGH WINDOWS
Hampton Chronicle Made Victim of
Vandals-Has Been Fighting
the Saloon.

The Hampton Chronicle, edited by
Tom Purcell, is one of the fearless
weekly newspapers of Iowa. 1t is a
fighter from the ground up and new
er hesitates in shying it's castor into
the ring. They have been having a
hot fight in Hampton over the liquor
question and the Chronicle lined up
on the dry side. Saturday night
about twelve o'clock a number of
brick bats and rocks were hurled
through the plate glass front of the
printing Office, entailing loss Of
about $50. Belated pedestrians 60
ing home heard the crash, but after
examining their own properties car
ried the investigation no further.
Sunday tracks were found going
around to the rear of the building,
where the culprits procured the
brick and rock. The people of Hamp-
ton are highly indignant over the
affair and q purse of $500 has been
raised for a reward for the appre-
hension Of the guilty parties.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
TALK
ING PICTURES
Wonderful Moving Pictures to be
Shown at the 0rpheum
on May 18th.

In answer to many inquiries rela-
tive to the possibility of Edison
talking, singing and dancing pic
lures being seen here. Manager Hy-
att of the Orpheum is now in posi-
tion to announce that all details
have been completed and that these
marvels of the great inventors art
will be shown at the Orpheum for a
brief engagement of two perform
ances on Monday, May 18th, and
that the exhibition will include all
the improvements and devices as are
now being used in the New York
theatres. In conjunction with this
it is not amiss to add
that the pictures are not to be con-
founded with the regular variety of
pictures as shown in the minor thea
tres. The Edison brand, as referred
to above. are shown in the form Of
mammoth productions of famous OPP
eras, nursery and fable tales, such
as "Old King Cole" Little Red
Riding Hood, 1.-The Fairy Princess, -
1.-The Chimes of Normandy" and
other big special features. 1t is not
a matter of a few minutes, but a
whole evenings entertainment.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
DISTRICT court
GRINDING SLOWLY
Case of Geo. Ely Estate VS.. Fremont
Township and School District
Now On.

There is little of general interest
going on in district court. The case
of the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany VS.. the Crooked Creek Railroad
& Coal company commenced yester-
day, was continued.
The action brought by the estate
Of Geo. Ely against Fremont town
ship and school district No. Is, is now
on trial. This is an appeal from con-
demnation proceedings. Six acres
were taken from the Ely farm for
road purposes by the school district
and the estate. was allowed $3.50 for
the land. The land is worth much
more than that in the opinion of
plaintiffs.
William J. Irwin, guardian Of
Basha Fern Wilcox, has filed a petit
tion in the Office Of the clerk asking
that property in the hands of w. B.
Rood, administrator of the estate of
Albert F. Wilcox, belonging to Bas-
ha Fern Wilcox, be so adjudged. The
property consists of about $4,000 in
the hands of Mr.. Rood, and some
dredging machinery now in the pos
session of %. d. Bryant.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
IOWA ROADS MUST
ALL Be DRAGGED
That is What the State Commission
Says-Hannlton County
Little Behind.

While in some portions of Hamil.
ton county the roads are being drag.
ged according to law they are being
neglected in other portions. The
state highway commission says
the roads must be dragged and that
the officers having that duty in
charge must see that it is done.
Complaints from all over the
state that the dragging feature Of
the new road law is being utterly
ignored has determined the members
of the commission to take decisive
action. The new law is absolutely
mandatory on the question of drag
ging. The township road officers
must expend not less than one mill
tax levy for dragging township
roads. There is no alternative. The
road superintendent is under bond
to see that this is done.
The dragging of county roads is
in the hands of county supervisors.
They are specifically charged with
seeing that the work is done. They
must expend whatever sum is neces-
sary. They are not limited.
The commission has been so tied
up with getting the road and bridge
building of the state properly lined
up for three years that little stress
SO far has been put on the dragging
feature Now that the opportunity has
come, the active campaign for the
enforcement of the law will start at
once, according to reports sent out
by the commission.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
Paving at Fort Dodge.

The city council of Fort Dodge
has just let a contract for asphaltic
concrete paving, best grade, to the
Barber Asphalt company, at S1.59
per square yard. The price paid in
Webster City this year for this grade
of paving is $40. Atlantic, Iowa.
secured bids this spring on asphaltic
concrete Of the best grade at $157,
but let a contract for cement con-
crete at s1.16 to $1.19, the variation
being due to different conditions on
different streets. On vitrified brick,
with asphalt filler, Atlantic secured
bids of S1.79. At that price brick
is the cheapest material that can be
used. When it comes to durability
brick has all other materials dis
counted and when asphalt is used as
filler it is just as sanitary as any
paving, and the noise, of which
some complain, is largely neutral
lied. The experience of many towns
with asphaltic concrete is unsatis-
factory, as in a few years it needs
much attention in the way of re-
pairs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
Fine Loon on Exhibition.

S. S. Parkhurst has on exhibition
in his garage window, a fine speci-
men of loon, large and rather rare
water bird, which was shot last
summer by Rev. A. F. Colver, for
merly of this city, while on a camp
ing trip to Elbow Lake, MINI. This
bird was seen frequently in this
county twenty-five or thirty years
ago and many who lived near the
river at that time will remember the
cry of the loon on a rainy morning
or a morning when the fogs hung
over the rivers and marshes, and
will recall the chill along the spinal
region upon hearing it. The cry of
the loon is most unearthly one.
and sounds more like that of wild
cat or the peculiar bowling of the
coyote 1t was regarded by the In
dams as bird of ill-omen and il
the cry is any indication. it perhaps
is. The loon is as large as a goose
and is not fit for human consump-
ton, as it subsists almost entirely
upon fish. 1t is considered most
difficult bird to shoot, for its move
ments are very quick and with its
strong webbed feet can swim almost
as fast as a fish. A loon has been
known to swim a quarter Of a mile
under water, so when a sportsman
aims and fires at loon and sees it
go down under the water he may
see it five minutes later emerge on
the farther side Of the river and
wing its way serenely of.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-12
THE WEATHER AND
CROP REPORT
Considerable Corn has Been Planted
Grass and Small Grain
Doing Well.

Des Moines, May 12.-The aver
age temperature was slightly above
the normal in the extreme eastern
districts and below in the central
and western. Light frost occurred
on low places in many localities on
two or, three nights, but no damage
was done except to check the growth
of vegetation and the termination
of corn. Local and generally light
showers occurred in nearly all parts
of the state on one or more days,
but the rainfall was not heavy
enoug h to interfere with field work.
Flowing, and in some sections, corn
planting progressed rapidly. In a
few localities more than half Of the
corn has been planted, and if favor
able weather continues the bulk of
the crop will be in by the close of
the coming week. Grass and small
grains are in good condition. Win
ter wheat is jointing and rye is
heading in the extreme southeastern
counties.
The following report by the secre
tary of the Iowa State Horticultural
Society shows the average condition
of fruit on May LIST: Apples, IS per
cent; pears, rs; American plums,
50; European plums, 76; cherries.
90; peaches, SO; grapes, 90; red
"a; black raspberries,
rs: blackberries, 50; currants, 81;
gooseberries, SO; strawberries, rs
per cent of perfect condition. The
average condition of all fruits is IS
per cent, or IL per cent less than
in April. Geo. NJ. Chapel,
Section Director.