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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
A LESSON IN PATRIOTISM

There was a man once. who said
Damn the United States! wish
may never hear of the United States
agsin!"
sSThe man was the leading character
in Edward Everett Hale's celebrated
story, 1.-THE Man Without Coun-
try" In the story he was accused
OF eonSpiring with Aaron Burr. was
tried and made the fatal exclamation
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17

Der, boy. that behind all these men
you have to do with, behind officers
and government and people even,
there is the country herself, your
as you belong to your own mother.
Stand by her, boy, as you would
stand by your mother If those devils
there had got hold of her today"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
Christmas Mailing Supplies, Etc.
Musical Instruments

Are you interested in Piano, Player Piano,
Columbia Grafonola, Edison Photographs, or
other musical Instruments If you are, see
us at once as we have special Christmas
Proposition for you. We believe we can save
you some money and make terms to suit
Let us make arrangements to deliver an in
strument Christmas morning.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
Ink Stains.

To remove ink stains from cloth or
other absorbent substance, dissolve
four ounces of citric acid In two quarts
of water that has been previously
boiled and cooled. Then add six or
eight ounces of q strong, strained So
tuition Of boraX.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
Did L.

An old countryman, being congratH
lated by the rector on the fact that her
only son had enlisted. said: Well
sir; after all, 1t was only to be ex'
pected, for. sure, the old proverb says:
Train up q child and away he goesP"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
Mold on Books.

During continued damp weather
books often become musty and even
moldy. This can be prevented by
placing a few drops Of oil Of lavender
and Canada balsam in the back corner
Of each bookshelf
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
coverIno Food.

Use paper bags to cover food or milk
that is in a pitcher. This will keep
out the dust and there is no danger
Of slipping on as with q plate.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17

Saturate q cloth with water, wiring
1t partially dry, and rub some soap
we'll into It, Rub the cloth we'll over
the iron. and you will find that 1t
will remove any roughness or marks
that might have been there.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
Gave Name 10 Party.

The word Radical" as applied to
a British political party, originated In
a speech made by Charles j. Fox In
1897, when he referred to the me-
cesity for radical" reform.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
OmInouO.

what did the chief of the canni'
bal tribe say when the pretty girl mis-
sionaries were brought into his pres
ence?' "Smacked his lips and SAID
Some chickens. baltimore Ameri'
can.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-17
rh.x Rsat Powder. Anyway.

"This In favor of freckles," re-
marked the Man on the Car-"they
won't rub OF on q fellows shoulder"
Toledo Blade,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
By One Of The FOREMOST Authorities IL AMERICA

The tendency OF the bullets to fly
upward as well as downward toward
the men over whose heads it was ex-
ploded was its chief fault. This was
corrected through the Introduction of
q. heavy steel diaphragm on its upper
side, calculated to direct the forcesof
the explosion downward, This i'm
provement vas regarded as so impor.
tant in its results. that the murderous
device was long referred to as, the
diaphragm she'll" I z
1t was also known as the sseg-
ment" and ring" shell, because of
the tendency of early shell makers to
cast the cases with transverse rings
or segments of iron intended to give
It greater destructive surface when
It burst.
e IF .se sifledi Gun.
The introduction of the rifled gun
did away with all these variations
and standardized shrapnel once more.
AS used today 1t is composed Of the
finest forged steel. copper and brass,
and involves most skilful workman.
ship. Directed against infantry ad.
vancing in the open, 1t is timed to
explode as it speeds its way above
the lines of human targets, spreading
its deadly magazfnesrof hardened bul.
lets tngeyery direction.
In range finding and battering
down light defences 1T. is exploded
through contact when it strikes
Where an enemy IS sintrenched
sweeping III sulplo bat Isl "a
battery OF guns firing shrapnel di.
reefs its successive shots from end ito
end Of the trench, each timedIto: burst
iimmedi lately above the shelter con.
cealing the human targets. With
what nicely this can be done has been
demonstrated in the European war.
where the opposing forces l,ayeifouni
positions untenahle without roofing
their holes with logs and earth as
bomb proofs.
.oyersrown Cartridge"
The timing of a shrapnel explosion
is simpler. yet surer than setting an
alarm clock. Its pointed nose is a
graduated dial, marked in manner
very similar to the dial of safe.
The gunner gives 1t slight twist as
he raises the shell to the breach OF
his gun, and the screaming fight OF
the projectile through the air does
the rest. 1t does 1t SO thoroughly
that shrapnel has forced its early
competitors, case and canister, into
the discard as obsolete.
Shrapnel used in all countries have
similar exterior appearance-that
of a graceful, elongated cone-al
though they vary slightly in length
and form. The nninitiated frequent
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
Hou the KAISER Controls the SERVANT GIRL

hear from servants is not uncommon
here-would not be possible in Ger.
many. The employer is compelled to
give the servant a room Of certain
dimensions. suitable for a human be-
ing, and certain amount Of light, heat
and air.
The hours, of course; and the pay
are regulated by the employer. In
addition to these phases Of this In
teresting subject the welfare OF. the
maid is further considered by a GER
tain specified amount, very snail
percentage of her wages, being set
aside for a sort Of insurance fund.
AS rule the mistress contributes
this. This insures the maid some
thing to be counted upon in case Of
sickness or old age.
Considering IT from almost any
angle, this system which Germany
has adopted in handling. this problem
seems quite ideal AT least 1t ap.
proaches nearer the ideal. perhaps,
than that worked out as yet by any
other country.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
TUNING FORK Test for LIVER

physician to outline this organ with
absolute accuracy. more exactiy. In
deed. than through the medium Of
the N-ray photograph.
a fatty liver is to be distin-
guished from cirrhosis by the
changes in tone which the tuning
fork registers. and cavities in the
lungs may be accurately located and
definitely outlined. It requires con-
siderable training to enable one to
properly interpret the diagnostic
tones of the instrument because of
the different denslties Of the bodies
intervening between the skin and the
organ TO be examined. The ribs Of
adults, for instance, being much
denser than those OF children. modi-
flying the sound.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

n TO technical term finds more FREE
IN quent expression in the daily
press in these strenuous times
than the grim word "shrapnel."
Every report from the battlefelds OF
Europe tells of an avalanche of shrap.
mel being directed against this trench
or that Fertilization. and the domes-
tic commercial and industrial reports
TEEN with stories of huge orders for
these deadly instruments placed with
American. manufacturers.
Strapped making has become such
a thoroughly standard American In
dustry that one New England city.
Bridgeport, Ct, is advertising through
fits manufacturers association for
10000 expert machinists and bench
mechanics, after having put every
available man in town at work on
this pet plaything OF Mars. Yet not
one reader inSten has any conception
Of what shrapnel really is.
Tie popular view issthat 1t is some
sort of q bomb made of cast iron or
steel and filed with powder and
metal scraps. which when exploded
fills the air with a deadly storm Of
flying debris. That part of the prop
osition conveyed in the last ~ words
Is, in a general way, correct. yet the
shell, in order to be effective, mus.
. be made OF 1.-the finest materials and
with greater care and exact sss than IAN
awatch. sss,
An English Invention.
Yet SO general is the misinforma-
ton on the subject that an American
bolt and nut manufacturer ,convulsed
Europe with laughter through his
offer to sell the jagged refuse of his
plant for "slugsp to fill shrapnel
shells. e
Shrapnel takes It's name from its
inventor, an English army officer,
who designed it as a medium for
making artillery more effective
against infantry in the field or be
hind intrenchments. THE young Eng
lish lieutenant, Henry Shrapnel,
evolved the idea shortly after the
revolutionary war that a shell CON
tanning q mass Of bullets capable OF
being scattered with great energy
through an internal explosion would
render an enemy,s infantry useless
He demonstrated his invention in
1884, "a spherical shell with lead bull
lets mixed with the bursting charge
and It was at once adopted by the
British army. The new proiectilt
was given its first test in action a,
vimeira, in 1903. and proved its
value. Throughout the Napoleoni,
wars its popularity increased.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
By Johanna adski

the girl suits andis employed for the
work to be done, she is engaged on
certain terms and regulations, which
are also made a matter of police rec.
ord, for such conditions are specified
by the municipal government.
Under the rules prescribed by the
government the maid is not permitted
to quit the service of household in
q At of temper, nor is the mistress
able to dismiss the servant for some
whim or sudden dislike for the girl.
II the mistress discharges the maid
she must give her two weeks notice.
or If she wishes to have her leave at
once. then she may discharge the
maid only py paying her two full
weeks wages, and II the maid decides
to quit suddenly, without good rea-
son, she forfeits two weeks wages.
When girl leaves q place or
changes her place of employment her
mistress writes reason and date in
her book. Then she goes to the police
station In her district, and there this
statement Is stamped.
II a mistress discharges her ser
want and gives her a bad record, and
the girl feels that an injury has been
done her. making it difficult for hel
to obtain a position elsewhere, she
can appeal to the police. The police
will then Investigate this charge, and
If the girls demands have merit, he
finds, he will have this changed.
You see. in Germany one feels per
fectly safe, for a maid knows that i
she does anything dishonest 1t viii
be made a record Of by the police. ant
render it most difficult for her t
obtain q position elsewhere. Rule
and regulations governing the EN-
ployment of servants also compelth'
employer to subscribe to certain con
ditions, one Of the most important Q
which is proper housing. Such
thing as putting a servant in dam
basement, or compelling her to OF
cupy a little. dark attic room-as
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
Ho,D SUNLIGHT Affects HEALTH

Miners who work underground be-
come pale. Flowers that grow In dark
places have little color and the leaves
are pale. Human beings and animals
are affected In much the same way
for want Of sunlight, excepting those
that by nature are adapted to this
life.
The sunlight does more than tan
the surface of the skin. The coloring
matter is formed and developed deep.
er in. The SUMS rays strike down
and the effect penetrates perhaps for
an inch or two into the soft tissues,
so that the influence of the sun is felt
on the interior of the body as we'll as
on the exterior.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
WHY LAUGHTER Aids DIGESTION

THAT there is a scientific basis
for the admonition. Laugh and
grow fat" is upheld BY an expert.
who says that cachinnhtion Is the
hest thing In the world for digestion.
Food must be mixed up ana prepared
for final digestion by the stomach
which lies just underneath the dta.
phragm, a thin, muscular partition
between the heart and the stomach.
In action the diaphragm moves up
and down on the stomach. When we
draw in breath the diaphragm il
pressed down upon the stomach, the
contents Of which are churned by the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
Why There Is No
Shortest Proper Name

u EcENT Investigation regarding
N the shortest proper name seems
to justify the conclusion that there Is
no shortest one. as there are several
OF one letter.
In Normandy there is village Of o.
Holland has river Y, and China q
town Of the same name.
China also has a city U and France
a river. and Sweden town named A.
The shortest name of person in
the United States is said to be Eda
Elk, resident Of Massachusetts.
and descendant OF John Elk. an
explorer credited with making some
important discoveries.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
NOBEL Solution IF tie
Mystery Of Tie Potato

4 NOVEL contribution to this
* iong-debated subject Of the
]. : Irish potato Is that Of Mr. c.
7: Fitch, who writes from the eco
logical point Of view. His argument
is that the open structure OF the
stomata Of the potato leaf, permit.
ting rapid evaporation and the loose.
ihcoherant structure Of the root cap.
which Is adapted only to penetrate in.
open soils, Indicate that the plant is
q native Of SANDY, open soils and a
maritime. atmosph here or misty. well
drained mountain slopes free from
prolonged and hsary rains.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

process. Vigorous breathing causes
vigorous churning. Slow breathing.
causes but slight action of the dia.
phragm upon the stomach.
AS the eject o. laughing is to in.
crease the action Of. the diaphragm, it
moves at every ejaculation in laugh.
ing-every time one says the syllable
cha" The diaphragm hops up and
down and shakes up the contents Of
the stomach.
A hearty laugh Il an excellent aid
70 digestion, not simply because Of
the pleasant state 81 mind. which
makes the. condition favorable for all
the functions OF the body, but be.
cause Of the actual mechanical assist,
ance given to the process of digestion.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

THERE is a striking analogy be-
tween the beneficial effects of
sunlight and air upon plants and
upon human beings. One Of the prin-
cipal requisites for our physical vel
fare is hemoglobin, the coloring mat
ter of the blood. Sun bathing and
outdoor life are the best means of
making it. Every one knows what
happens to flowers that grow in the
shade.
Psychologists tell US that hemo-
globin Of the blood is to the human
body what chlorophyl is to the plant,
and its growth is facilitated in the
body by sunlight just as the growth
of the green chlorophyl In the plant is
facilitated.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

.HE time-honored tuning fork
Is no longer confined to the
exclusive use of the choir
master. The man Of medicine has re-.
recently added it to his equipment
and at present counts IT a valuable
part Of hix diagnostic machinery. It
has been discovered that when this
instrument is. vibrating. II the shaft
is set against the body wall and
moved about, a note varying with
the density OF the organ underneath
It will be transmitted to tho stetno-
cope.
To be more specific, Il the shaft is
over the liver. the moment 1t Is re-
moved beyond this organ the NOTE
changes. 1t is thus possible for the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
. ERAiAN thoroughness and sys-
!, tenn extend to the handling Of.

n TEN extend TO tue nduulln6 VI
the servant girl question
throughout the empire. Perhaps no.
where in the world is this contrcyer-
sial subject SO happily regulated as it
is today in my native country. Like
so many other departments of Ger
man life so successfully handled. the
servant girl problem has been quite
nicely solved with the close co-opera-
tion of the police.
For instance, when a maid applies
for position the mistress asks to see
her police book. If she is a new ar
rival in the country, or has never
held such position. she is told to
go to the nearest police station and
obtain such a book. This contains a
personal description OF the girl. the
color of her eyes, hair, complexion,
her age, her birthplace, her education,
her training and experience, II any.
This is written in by the police. II
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
ueEy the
Various Distances

cylinder, either forged OF bored out
of solid steel bar. At the back end
is snugly fitted brass cartridge,
which contains the charge to propel
1t from the gun; at the front is the
gracefully tapering head of 20-carbon'
cold.rolled steel.
The head Is attached to the case BY;
light screw threads, Intentionally
fragile, SO that when the explosion
comes it will fly of, turning loose
the death.dealing contents of the cyl
iinder. The latter, a mass Of hard
ened bullets, are incl6sed in wax with.
I'm the shrapnel case proper. SO, that
they viii not shift in transit and ex.
plode the shell premat urely. yet Will
y dy into a thousand fragments when
the proper time comes and let loose a
hail storm of death.
scaasinr the Rotary Motion.
The smallest, yet most important,
feature Of the modern shrapnel shell
isa band Of copper inset in the steel
case and designed for the Somewhat
contradictory reason Of making It
90 x zoo u AZ me sgy,n when the
~ -. e 80 $3.50,
sne!t IS piassa - epe : " sae ps.ssn
admits It Freely. pnt me barrel pore
being somewhat smaller and the cop.
per soft and yielding. ii scompresses
s;,d s,,f,s. y bc,,t I M sn,,ai -,As
-, -, - : - -
erooYes.
In consequence, when the discharge
Of the gun hurls 1t forth onlits mis-.
sion Il takss mn q s,rotarv motion cor.
s,asaa,ss,,,.. = / In i IL,
sponas = sns ilAs s sl..s = ~; sne
sgun: uhis im y not only speed
and accuracy, and guarantees that II
Viii u land point flrst: as directed, but
any y ss.ss = ssa9s ~ hlulne
.; me gunner N timing me explosion
t can oven tnes iatseT py inc mum
per OF reyoipti IONS y describes in d d1
longitadina. nignt or or r. py the lapse q
seconos. A q, y, " explodes
upon CONTACT with any solid sub
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
Shrapnsl 5 AL ARM,
Set Like a CLOCK,
The Call Of DEA TIL

DEsTlNYpF THEwoRID at present, has been said depends
upon SHRAPNEL of gold in
abundance by being poured
these Of DEATH
millions The
Black Flood inundatng The
fictores with tremendous activities scattering millions
sprayed that
other Ilegions may swift MARX TELTAIR.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
Wopdeu Mechanism Making Wide SLAUGHTER in WAR and

fuse. It Is the latter that, Is CON
troned BY the dial on the head.
The timed fuse burns IN the direc.
ton of q small powder charge imme
diately back Of. the head. whichswhen
reached communicates the fash to
the guncotton. Tho flame from the
latter races through the longitudinas
copper tube to the bit Of guncotton al
the rear. which In turn ignites the
explosive charge and lets loose what
Gen. Sherman mentioned as the chief
Characteristic Of war.
1t can readily be understood that
these intricate automatic operations
involve the employment Of ducts.
tracts, Jennings. etc, which are me-
chanically perfect in order to insure
instantaneous action when the soar
ing projectile reaches the spot the
gunner desires to explode 1t.
So perfect is the development Of
/; gun. and proiectils that an expert
gunner will drop a dozen consecutive
shells within as many feet at any dis.
lance from 1000 to 5000 yards and
explode them at HIS will. either above
the heads Of the concealed foe through.
time or distance calculation, or
through contact when they strike.
At least seven mechanical opera
tions are involved in making, the
7 steel casing. without taking into con.
sideration for a moment the filling
I and printing Of the shell. and with
! out reference to the cartridge or the
head. Eight operations on the most
improved machinery are necessary to
turn out a shrapnel head and 16. to
fitting out the fuse bodies and fuse
caps that lie within and back Of the
J. bead.
AS manufactured at Americas mod
ern Essen, Bridgeport, ct, It requires
!. "a fraction under 26 minutes to turn
out each shrapnel case. y minutes
for each head. three minutes for each
fuse body and trife over minute
for each fuse cap. exclusive of the
time required for the preparation OF
the costly and carefully selected ma.
teria1s, which are made elsewhere.
Three minutes will hurl shrapnel
from q gun distance of three miles,
, and under favorable circumstances
On -nan an ''''s'' ~ $3.50. : - ~
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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

lly refer to them as ian overgrown
cartridge" Inside they are very
much alike, although the various
parts may be of different shapes. In
results they are practically the same.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
BRITISH 10 FOUNDER a.as5

peep projec which when used are de-
contains convince seconds
nal observer ha great
thought inches in diameter The
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

The moment the shell emerges from
the gun on It's night "frec moving
slug" far up In the nose of the shrap.
mel head, disturbed by the great
rapidity, rebounds. 1t strikes an
equitable substance, creating a flash
that communicates with the firing
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-22
e q 3 DsAILH
n q Y E'LET T 3
POE.S TNsPIRATIOS.

Putting furiopsiy on Constantine
cigaret 1.-TWO dozen packages 81
which he had received free the weel
before for tcstifying IN newspapel
advertisement that they did not bit,
the tongue). BdgRr Allen Poe frown.
ed until his seyen-inch forehead va.
all wrinkled. 1t was wedncsdal
night.
Dash 1t air. groaned the famou.
poet Here the editor OF the Knock:
out is willing to pay me s2.25 for {
poem and I haven't the ghost OF al
idea, and how the Pegasus heck cal
i think when know the gas man 1.
coming any second to turn of thi
gasi.
All in vain he racked his we'll
known brains.
The thought Of that impending RIM
ct the front dopr-helI filled his mind
He could think of nothing else.
In despair he flung his cigaret tt
the floor. 1t was hitting his tongue.
Just then tho gas mans hob-nailel
footsteps assembled the front door:
steps and there was q furious jang
ling as the bell-handlc was pulle.
out Of its socket. At the same in
slant, the milkman, after $1.25 fol
last months milk gave the gate bel
three brutal pulls, &
II got It'll mean / have it," Shrek
ed Poe, and he frenziedly dashed OF
his immortal 1.-THE Bells.v