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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
FREE PORTS
BUILDERS Of
COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPRo-
PRIATiONS.
By Peter Radford.

This nation is now entering upon
an era of marine development. The
wreckage Of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war is making unprecedented de-
mands for the products OF farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
ON land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our nag
il seldom seen in foreign ports. II
our government would only divert the
energy we have displayed in conquer.
ing the railroads to mastering the
commerce Of the sea, q foreign bot.
tom would be unknown on the oceans
highways.
This article will be confined to .
discussion of our ports for the pro-
ducts Of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 81 ports, OF which
Al are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $4,000
900 for improving our Rivers and
f1aTDOTs anu pTiSdlo CheCA PAAo0 iS'AS
a toll of approximately $50,000,00O
annually In wharfage and charges fol
which no tangible service Is rendered
The latter item should be lifted on
the backs of the farmer Of this ma
ton and this can be done by Congress
directing it's appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie W
to a wharf and discharge her cargo
free of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. 1t takes
out the unnecessary link In the chair
of transactions in commerce which
has for centuries laid heavy hant
upon commerce. No movement is 81
heavily laden with results or vii
more widely and equally distribute
its benefits as that of a free por
and none can be more easily and 81
fectively secured.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
SUBMERGING A SUBMARINE.
Il Takes Five Minutes For the Best Of
Them to Get Under.

Them to Get Under.
Submarines are not easy to handle
and 1t takes considerable skill and
daring to navigate them successfully.
Many people have the idea that as soon
as a submarine sees an enemy. the
officer In command gives a sharp order.
and almost before it has left his lips
the submarine is diving beneath the
waves.
As a matter of fact the very latest
submarines take a clear FIVE minutes
before they can become submerged.
Many of the older submarines took ten
minutes to a quarter Of an hour to
sink.
The reason that a submarine cannot
dive quickly, like fish, Is because the
water which must be let into her tanks
to make her heavy enough to sink,
must be let In comparatively slowly.
II 1t were let In with a rush the
chances are the vessel would not 60
down on an even keel, but would heel
over and be in great danger Of dis,
aster. II water, too. were let In toe
quickly there is danger of letting In
too much and in that case the sub
marine would sink like a stone to the
bottom of the sea.
The depth at which a submarine
travels under the sea Is regulated b!
horizontal rudders. The water that II
let in the ballast tanks is just sufh
Gent to "balance" the vessel in thu
sea without rising or sinking.-Londol
Spectator.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
PETRoGRAD IS A WONDER.
A City Built by Russia In Defiance of
the Laws of Nature.

II Is an amazing monument to the
despot.sm of the cars that Petrograd
has fiourished, as it was built, in de-
fiance of the laws Of trade and of ma
ture herself. As a port it is immeas-
urably inferior to Riga, which has a
much longer open season, for Petro-
grad is icebound from early November
to the end Of April. AS a building site
it has been repeatedly and disastrous
" flooded by the Neva. The highest
elevation within the bounds Of the city
is less than fifteen feet above sea level,
and the cellars have to be baled out
nearly every spring when the ice melts
and the wind blows.
And the rigorous climate constantly
gnaws at walls and columns until the
city has been twice and thrice rebuilt
by the czars. Many Of the most i'm
posing structures are held together
only by means Of iron clamps. and the
huge bowlder on which Peter rides his
bronze horse Is ever crumbling away
The stones Of the streets are continual
" sinking below the level. and the
great Cathedral Of St Isaac never
ceases to settle on a foundation in
which nearly 100000 was sunk. NJ
less than six tiers Of piles were driver
for the beautiful column Of Alexander
l., yet that eighty foot monolith. the
tallest and largest In Europe. has Il
be clamped in iron.
As a dwelling place Petrograd re
mains the most fatal Of any great cit!
in the civilized world. with a MORTAL
ty Of twenty-eight to each 1000 Of pop
ulation, and within ten years its dealt
rate actually exceeded its birth rate
Argonaut
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
DARIUS

The neigh of q horse made Darius
King of Persia, the six contending
powers for the throne agreeing among
themselves that the one whose horse
should neigh first should possess the
kingdom. This ancient method OF
settling disputes among politicians
could be revived with profit today.
II our partisan factions and petty pol
iticians could only settle their dis
putes by the neigh of q horse. the
bark of dog or the bray Of donkey.
II would be q great blessing and would
give our citizens better opportunity
to pursue the vacations Of industry
free from political strife.
Let those who pick political plums
by raising rows and who fash swords
dripping in the blood Of industry un-
derstand that they cannot turn the
public forum into q political arena and
by a clash of personal aspirations
stiH the hammer and stop the plow
and that their quarrels must be settled
In the back alleys Of civilization
Tomboy.
verstegan gives the following origin
az the word ''tomboy" as applied to
romping girls: '@kumbe, to dance; tum-
bod, danced; hereof we yet call
wench that skippeth or leapeth lyke &
boy, a tomboy; our name also Of tum-
bling cometh from hense"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
The House Centipsde.

The common house centipede is not
q creature to be dreaded. although its
bite Is more or less poisonous, but
there are so few cases on record Of its
biting human beings that the danger
from this source may be said to be
negligible. On the other hand. the
centipede Is a valuable destroyer Of
other and far more disagreeable YER
min. According to a bulletin Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, 1t feeds on housefies. cock
reaches, moths, bedbugs and other
such pests. 1t does not eat holes In
blankets, curtains. carpets or furniture.
The centipede thrives in damp places,
such as bathrooms, closets, cellars and
Conservatives; it loves hot water pipes
and steam radiators. 1t is not an in
sect, but one of the order of myriapods.
II by chance a person be bitten by a
centipede, bathing the spot with am
monia will speedily cure it
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
THE VITAL PROBLEM OF
AGRICULTURE
BY Peter Radford.

There is no escaping the market
problem and the highest development
of agriculture will not be attained
until 1t is solved, for a market
is as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop
, Governmental and educational ipstt
tutions have spent $3.50. 0o0, 900 in the
United States during the past ten
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, but
very little attention and less money
has been given to the marketing side
Of agriculture.
The problem is a monumental one
and one which will never be solved
until it gets within the grasp OF
gigantic organization where master
minds can concentrate the combined
experience and wisdom Of the sgs
upon it. It is q problem which the
farmers. merchants. bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite in solving
The Farmers Union stands for al
there is in farming from the mos
scientific methods Of seed selection Il
the most systematic and profitable
plans of marketing, but does not be
lieve in promoting one to the neglec
of the other. We consider the worl
Of farm demonstrators valuable ant
we ask that governmental and com
mercial agencies seeking to help us
continue to give US their assistance
and advice, but we believe that thei
influence should be extended to thu
marketing side of our farm problem
also.
We cannot hope to develop manu-
featuring by over-producton Of tn
factory; we cannot build up mercan
tile enterprises by the merchants load
ing their shelves with surplus good
and no more can we develop agricul
ture by Cutting the market with
surplus of products.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Moor. and .LaIIa RooLh.r

Il was in 1915 that Tom Moore SCI
himself to produce his oriental RI
nance "LaIla Rookh." The poem. say
the Pail Mall Gazette. was the subjec,
of one Of the most curious agreements
ever made between poet and publisher
Longman undertaking to pay Moor,
5000 guineas for an eastern poem an
to take It for better or worse at any
time that suited the authors couven
fence and without any power to sug
eest changes or alterations
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
An Effective Question.

While Henry Clay was a senator a
resolution. in accordance with a some
time custom, was introduced into the
Kentucky house Of representatives In
structing the senators from that state
to vote in favor Of a certain bill then
pending in congress. The resolution
was In the act Of passing without op-
position when a hitherto silent mem.
Der from one of the mountain counties.
springing to his feet, exclaimed, "Mr.
Speaker, am to understand that this
legislature is undertaking to tell Hen.
~ Clay how to voter The speaker
answered that such was the purport
Of the resolution, at which the mem
Der from the mountains, throwing up
his arms, exclaimed, Great heaven
and sank into his seat. 1t Is needless
to add that the resolution was immedi-
ately rejected by unanimous vote.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Public Penanco.

A quaint old law for the punishment
Of petty offenders exists to this day In
Middleburg, the Netherlands, and any.
thing resembling 1t is not known to ex.
list elsewhere. Owing to dampness
weeds quickly spring up in the streets
between the paving stones, and here,
under the eye Of a none too severe
guard, the offenders are put to work
with a large trowel shaped knife clear
ing away the upspringing blades OF
green. Each is provided with a wood.
en- stool; hence 1t may be imagined
that they are not hard driven. Here
men and women alike who have beer
convicted work in this manner.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Glacisr Protect,on-

Protecting itself against glacier is
the peculiar problem that confronts the
town Of Valdez, Alaska. This glacier.
between mountain masses sew
eral miles away, has proved dangerous
in periods Of long sunshine. when great
masses Of ice sometimes fall to the
ground, releasing tons Of water that
had been held In pools and ponds on
the glacier. The water rushing to the
town picked up trees and powders on
the way, often doing considerable dam
age, as In 1911, when lOS structures
were carried to the ocean. United
States army officers conceived the idea
Of preventing the recurrence of such
foods by the construction of a dixie.
The dixie Is In general q shape. so
constructed that the town lies within
the arms out Of reach Of the water. 1t
is 1900 feet long and six feet wide.
constructed of earth. During food
times guards patrol the dixie ready to
give warning II any weakness or break
Is discovered.-Technical World.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24

Most Of the shadows Of this lie are
caused by standing in our own sun
shine-Rslph Waldo Emerson.
Every Man 10 HE Trade.
a bank should Be cleaned out ~ tne
1anitor, not BY the cashier.
A hen can't lay the dust any more
than q watering cart can lay IN egg:
No boy can spin q web IKE spideI'
but q spider can't spin top IKE ooy.
A dentist can't draw picture any
better than an artist can draw eootn
ANY one can pick quarrel put y
requires q certain amount OF skiu %
some men are handy win tneiE
hands and some with their fset soms
a.. knocksrs, and some are k1ck
JudgA
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Mother and Efficiency.

The efficiency experts appear to have
overlooked the most important field
of all. While the railroads have been
subjected to the closest scrutiny. while
the automobile industry has been re-
duced to the lowest cost minimum, and
ding systems, group work. overhead
charges, ETC.. have all received their
need, mother appears to have escaped.
Mother still does pretty much a. she
pleases. Her whims still continue to
regulate the prices Of the leading com
modities. Whether a large portion OF
the community shall travel. how much
they shall eat and what they shall
wear still depends upon mother, who
buys nine-tenths of everything that Is
bought. Until the mother efficient" is
inaugurated. how can we expect to
make much progressf-Life.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
A CLOSE CALL.

Eagene Manuel. a negro laborer In
ne employ of the Algiers Sawmill,
close call Saturday morning,
men at s:15 o'clock he came into con-
cs with a circular saw. which badly
= his right arm between the shoul-
= and elbow and also caused scalp
s0'nd. He was taken to the hospital
= a ambulance.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Why She Wasn't There.

Why She Wasn't There.
An agent approaching a house met a
little boy at the gate and asked:
els your mother home"
Eyes. SIR" said the boy politely.
The agent walked across the long
lawn and after rapping several times
without receiving an answer returned
to the youth. saying:
Il thought you said your mother was
at home"
Eyes, sir; she is" replied the boy.
But l have raped several times
without receiving an answer"
"That may be. SIR" said the boy. Il
don't live there."-Exchange.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
The Good Birds Do,

The department Of agriculture in
forms US that out Of fifty species Of
hawks and owls only four are actually
injurious to crops. One observer tells
Ms that he has seen with his own eyes
an owl of his acquaintance swallowing
nine field mice, one after another. un.
til the tail of the last remained in evil
dence. However, In four hours. this
meal having been digested with no APP
parent effort, the owl was ready for
four more mice. The old hawk and his
wife will consume a round dozen of
mice each during a single day. and in
two months time their youthful brood
will devour a similar quantity. 1t has
been stated that colony of hawks will
kill 10000 rodents In three months
time. We all know what damage mice
perpetrate In our grain fields. The
farmer may well spare a chicken or
two from his henyard In payment for
service rendered him by these birds of
prey.-Countryside Magazine and Sub
urban Life.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Law of Anticipation.

The youngest girl OF a Baltimore
family was recently much distressed
at dessert to discover that there was
ice cream for dinner.
"Oh, papa" exclaimed the youngster
reproachfully, why didn't they tell me
this morning that We were going to
have ice creamr
what difference would that have
nader
Lots" sighed tho child IT could
have expected 1t all day."-Exchange.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
we.t Point Graduates.

1t win doubtless surprise most Amer
leans to learn that out Of the small to-
sal of 4.12l graduates during the first
century Of the existence of the Military
academy, from 1902 to 1902, 2,731 en-
tsred civil life at some period Of their
caresr.-National Magazine.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24

Her Majesty, the Cook.
well, is our dinner party going on
al right tonightT
II hope So"
"And what are we to haveT
II don't know as yet The cook u
to give me an audience at 4:30"-Kan-
sas City Star.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24

Over the Mark.
"Does he aim at realism In the sto-
ries he writesT
HE may aim at It, but he doesn't
lift within a million miles Of It"
Flows thatY'
The hero Of his last story II q
'spendthrift Scotchman.'" - Houston
Post.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24

He-Do you believe that two can live
a cheaply as one? She-That depends
a good deal on the income and expend-
iture Of the one selected az the basis
Of comparison.-Richmond Times-Dds
patch
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Northern Lights.

The frequency of the Aurora Borealis
is supposed to be variable. with a
period of about eleven years, cor
responding almost exactly with that OF
the frequency Of sun spots For TINS
reason. among others, It Is supposed
that some connection exists between
the two.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
He Got the New Suit.

He Got the New Suit.
when / was a boy your age used
to have to wear my fathers trousers
cut down to fit me-"
II know. pa. and II you were the boy
that l think you were I'll bet you
vowed many a time that II you ever
had a son he'd never be made to wear
such clothes."-Detroit Free Press
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
The Human Jaw.

The human Jaw is very loosely SOCK
eted In the skull. so that 1t Is often
dislocated by the mere act Of yawn-
ing. Not being intended for Dung
purposes, offensive or defensive. no at
tention seems to have been paid py
nature to making it fast
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24

Logical.
Miss Bute-You really should give up
smoking; 1t affects the heart Jack
Lover-By that reasoning I ought to
eive up you too.-Boston Transcript
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
stars Hotter Than the Sun.

Scientific research shows that the sun
has a temperature Of 1850 degrees;
Aldebaran. that beautiful star In
Taurus, $50 degrees; the polar star.
5000 degrees, and the dog star Sirius,
1900 degrees. This goes to show that
the sun is undoubtedly one of the cold
est of the stars. 1t also Is evidence
that absurdly low temperatures OF the
earth which living things here consider
hot are, as compared with the heaven
" bodies. regions Of frigidity. Even
the electric furnace. with Its $500 de-
gress of heat, Is as ice compared with
temperatures in the dog star and the
others.-New York American.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Stock Definition.

Little Johnny on being asked oy MS
schoolteacher II he knew what was
meant BY lat par" promptly replied
that .ma was always at pa when ne
came home late at night"-Exchange.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
spitsful.

Patience-Th paper says It II esd
mated that the annual catch Of lob
sters In the world IL 125!O00O00
Patrice-You haven't caught one yet
have you, dear7-YoukerS statesman
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Pa. u.,nv For Words.

Too Happy For Words.
Elbow did Alice announce ner en-
RaRement to the familyT
sShe Just wiggled the finger that mao
m the diamond ring."-Boston Tran
script.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
A Roland For IN Oliver.

Manager-I say, can we get anything
Ike a real doctor In this Jay town to
attend a sick actor? Village Inhabit-
ant-Sure. Just 60 to that corner gro
Gerry. You'll Hnd a man there who's
all right at curing hams-Baltimore
American.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-06-24
Far Apart.

Mother-I hear that Harry Smith u
the worst boy In school, and ! want
you to keep as far from him as possible.
Tommy do. ma. He Ii always at the
head of our class.-Boston Transcript
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

empire for investment. England Hol-
land, Austria-Hungary and Italy, in
the order named, followed Germany
in business with the Russians. Ger
man trade promotion was thoroughly
organized throughout the land, and
in Riga, Petrograd and Moscow names
of thousands of German firms could
be seen.
Russia, as are but few other great
nations, is selfsustaining in the mat
ter of raw materials; but the Musco-
vite empire is dependent upon the
factories of other lands for every step
that it may take in the upward scale;
1t is even dependent upon foreign
manufactures to maintain standards in
its wide-sweeping territory as high as
they are today. There is fabulous
riches awaiting transmutation by Rus.
sian industry, but Russian industry
has hardly passed the birth"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
STAND ON ANCIENT RIGHTS
Northwestern Indians Insist on Fish
ing Without Licenses Accord
ing to Old Treaty.

Bellingham, Wash. - Attorney-Gen
eral W. V. Tanner came here to con
fer with County Attorney w. P. Brown
relative to issuing informations for
the arrest of Indians for alleged illegal
fishing, County Attorney Brown hav-
ing declined to issue informations re-
Gently for the arrest of five Lummis
who had been picked up by deputy
State fish commissioner. Mr.. Tanner
was advised that until cases now in
the courts are settled one way or the
other no more informations will be
filed.
The Indians are defending their
stand under the treaty of Territorial
days, giving them the right to fish
when and how they please on ancient
and accustomed fishing grounds The
fish commissioner is attempting to
compel the Indians to take out Ii
censes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

a
till
They call him at any time they ready office hours be hanged he's
will till
IN them
Now ewett fatfooted
to the office out of hours to issue marriage license
And If there's
for Jewetts his
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

of heor
only
enact
and
existing
us conditions the department prepared bulletin house
which
usefulness and value.
purchase the weights and
urban
discussion comprehensive the field
of ecordage Of wOoda andt tn capacit Of slo
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

toughest ash hoop pole. He cuts a
mortise in an oak heart plank with a
copper chisel and he has a copper
razor which the village barber says is
about the slickest tool he ever han
died.
These tools were forged of discard
ed soldering coppers from the sardine
cannery, bits of copper wire and an
old copper kettle. They may be
ground, whetted or honed like steel.
Foss says he can make copper file.
or copper hand saw, or anything
with cutting edge and Of any degree
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10


Veucc
child his missing
considerable
questioning Famine whose story however remained
house. He
had
children the eleven
discovered that solemn truth missing So
police and Joined the other thirty
six
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10
THIS DOG CATCHES FISH
Water Spaniel Supplies the Needs Of
owner and Neghbors in
Indiana.

Aurora, Ind.-James c. Duggens, a
farmer. who lives on the Laughery
Greek has water spaniel that is
noteC along the stream for its method
of catching fish. The dog has caught
,veral hundred pounds du' ng the
last few months for it's owner and his
neignbors.
Tho dog dives into the water and
soon appears with fish in its mouth,
and will repeat It's diving for several
hours at time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

establishment
question belongs Uncle and
Betsvile Of animal inlustry station
to
they doing
the Besve farm the
poultry dealer them
yk
based
part country highest possible
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10


elements vegetables and the chemistry breadbakng
about feowsfor
in
a
post
ingredients.
which
in
prepare appetng
the top o glass
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-09-10

their fellowship and at the same time keep
AVA useless expenditure for alcoholic drinks
sided the furnishings
lets necktie all around The proprietor
said And without further
ado he attractive fasteners
another member Of the
the proprietor brought them
had ordered panked
to dinner and tell the folks that
weha treated a
And the East Liberty Treating sobely