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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06
No. SiX-Sixty.Six

This 10 prescription prepared especially
Tor MALARIA or CHiLtS & FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
II taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. II acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not grippe or sicken. Csc
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06
The Terrible She'll

In the early days of the falling
back on Warsaw it was reported
the Russians could not face the
German shells. These shells
were described as being enorm-
ously destructive, killing every
thing within $50 yards. This
was probably the Pilsner shell,
of which information comes by
way of The Philadelphia Record.
This shell weighs 2, 800 pounds
and its normal trajectory Is four
and a half miles high Coming
down into a cleared field it sinks
20 feet before exploding, and
when it does explode, it kills or
mains everyone within 100 yards,
the bodies of its victims being
torn to snreds by gas pressure
Small blame should attach to an
army unequipped with such shells
Ter retreating before an army
supplied with them. The Won
der is that the Russian retire
ment was not a riot instead of an
orderly retreat = that the run for
Warsaw was not a parable to
the rush from Bull Run to Wash
ington.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06

August soon be time to do
that Christmas shopping early
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06

We'd rather be right tor
wrong) than President of Haiti
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Entered rs Second Class Matter April
8. 1914, at the Post Office at Roanoke
Rapids, North Carolina, under Act OF
March 8, 1879.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06

If Russia only had a standing
army.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06
Hopeiess.

Greene-"Are there any really In
destructible toys?" Gray-"None that
/ know of, except those that make an
Internal noise."--Judgs.
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Friday August 6, 1915,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-06
No. 666

This 10 prescription prepared especially
tor MALARIA or Chill5 & FEVER.
Five OF six doses will break any case, and
II taken then 40 tonic the Fever will not
return. Il acts on the liver better than
Cslomel and does no, grippe or sicken. 2Sc
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Subscription $l.OO a Year in Advance
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23

and "a small consignment of hard
ware The news is the oldest manor
IN the southwest, and with tbS ev-
Cepuon OF several days during tho
IearIui cyclone of 1900, has never
missed an issue in all of the davq
vi 'S existence. 1t has kept pace
with the times and is TO-DAY far in
advance of the city in which il is
Ihe first editor and proprietor of
Ihe Ii. News was George II. French.
Spon his death it passed into the
hahds OF Willard Richardson and
upon his death was purchased bv A
H. Belo & Co, the original firm con-
islstlng of A. II. Belo, d. c. Jen-
klns and John Hand. Subsequently
John Hand retired and Robert q.
Lowe succeeded to the vacancy in
ene ulumvirate. The paper was in
corporated in 1885, just before the
punhcation of the Dallas News was
oegun The first issue of the pal
ias News appeared in 1885. and it
IS one of the phenomenal successes
Di Journalism in America. It is op-
arated in connection with the Gal
'eston News and marks the first sue
,esstul attempt to operate two pa
pers under the same management
10 miles apart.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23

days. The last verse is as follows:
The Pot Of baked beans ah. the
muse is too frail:
TITS taste to descant on, its virtues
to tell;
But look at the sons of New Eng
land so hale;
And her daughters so rosy-'twiu
teach thee full well
Like me II will teach thee to sigh
for the means
OF health-oh, rapture! the not Of
baked beans"
There is an advertisement Of the
New York Tribune. published bv
Greeley & McEmrath. 1t states that
six copies will be forwarded for s1O
and 10 copies for SIS. The adver-
usement closes in this way: "In short
1t VIII faithfully maintain and earn
estIy advocate the principles and
measures which a people approve in
devolying on Whig statesman-like
conduct OF the government"
The paper is interesting. every ljne
ot IT, carries all Of the local news
OF the port and a liberal sprinklinr
of advertising. One merchant sd-
lertises that he has just received
rom London quantities of ale. nor
'er' brandy, Jamaica rum, eheeses
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23

entrv) $500. the collector NJ Ar,rs,s
SSOO
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49,, o,,I ~, W. Wtrh NreMt brIt-
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g, T,,,l.t ,,....- .-,,
rr,ita5 Cto4.. }.,y ~ ,' ll,"l rom lhe
diff;c,,1tio, I..,,S .',,,r' ''1 nus VI new
Statoe ,'','r a,,3 &C. We, ven ,.,. the unlted
t,,a 80 '''',' v"' I'I.l"Il' ana from
t,,. ~ AZ, o,.iI ,,.u tsgsS t "I lIlIS couh-
o,,,,,,,,. c',. '',vli. I .,'!i 'rS PeopIe are
I,l .o' wa, WIN EuEIaHu' ana
~. .le I%ller country IS willing to let
r,,,l-,..i ,,,l, 10 J., upon almost any terms
,I',, '''. ANU i mas ut'n at peace so long
,,. ,,',,, IN ll.I IulylS are ually expecting
ir1,,, ,,t VIII -, sum- country ana, accord
,"T,S' nav IH"uo preparations Tor
va, yI, '.I one on very exclusive scale
VIZ" InyS II" C"In nN'uc', ear aiter
lItu ,"'y hoNe ueen AIDING steam
sl..p /" steamship oSlehsihly Tor the
ru, p"S'S OF uaue' OUT at the same
u'I' i""NI'- Ihen suitable for war
I,S..'7 III case OF emergency, The
I...o'' 0l'l'S, ON lhe contrary have
",'H 700 "uSN arguing the north
"""IIu,Iy QueSuon' the Nc
l.."u '15' an" 'ne creole question
I'. - ~
lot lH' u'I'uS', mucn less Tor Of
,.uS,Ne V.'Iauoi", ana should a war
~. '|N "". "l inns Nh' II would be,
M, ~, " req, measure unprepared. We
,''""I" L.uyn regret 10 see our ma
Nv, country laHeh NJ dlsadyantage
,I, .,,,..l.3 ,l S''g VIII SuIi'r hetse't TO be
imposed upon IN arguing and con-
uoi'Slu[ tho matter when there is no
'',,..,.1'.,S ''',,SS',S Sle i'USl take me conse-
49, we" IL comes 10 uIoWs. Just
d.. ',,'s u''. CHCI' sam mas but
,'' , ,It'S' 10 pursue ana that is
Inn huiI Is eager for
5,..,ir.,,. '.'9 an y,'"S i''I"ll'h the
W. |u''.N ne received some -V odd
80 -9 io' ',''IPNiE 10 play the
a., '.DHN '5s uI', ne iS now trying
w., r.,l "'' ',u ne WI. continue TIL
'' prc,It,tE W. w.o. T,4nn'1s. WIZ,
o,,,', 49,. va, w., WI" hrN''o'
1-,,.,li 60 ,''y u,l'3N 5 .''s rs oeIWeeu the
s.,ticI t.o, .s I,i" -S'..ol - hIl'alh Is
s1,,,lJ +,I'n NJ, yiv "I.nyr country
.Ya.' sra,a 5. I',>g I,,\'Vo IN h3hu' provided
the meantime for the contepnt With
which she has treated tha Stor
Spangled Banner An atonemont 10 /
required and nothing hut Mexican
blood viii wipe out the disgrace
Tho pacific policy Of the immortal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23
Removes Hairy GrOWthS
Without Pain or Bother


II is not necessary TO use a painful
process 20 remove hairy growths. for
with little delatone handy YOU can
keep the skin entirely free from these
beauty doStroycrs. To remove hair.
make a stiff paste with a little pow
dcred delatonc and water. Spread
this on the hairy surface and In about
minutes rub off, wash the skin and
the hairs are gone. To guard against
disappointment, be careful to get real
delatone-AdV.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23
Getting square.

~ walked into q restaurant" said
tho man with the crouch. "aud the
waiter save me q cracked plate. a
kH.fc that was chippCd, fork that
was bent, and tho glass with tho
water in 10 was uuvlShed."
'pt course YOU complained tc the
PROPRIETOR" said some one.
NO" replied tho man with the
crouch "but when / left I tipped
that waiter with a plugged nickel,''
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23
Tho nnMnMnrl pntln

Cafe Proprietor-Ncs, I had TO let
my best bartender gol He went 10 a
prohibition state on his vacation and
got 10 drinkingl
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23
Copy of Galveston
News 73 Years Old

Continued From PAGE one)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-23

\ Yankee" Bean Poem.
There is a poem eNtolling the yir-
tues Of baked beans credited 10
Baltimore paper and signed. "A yam
kee' which shows that term was
not considered opprobious In those
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

able 10 drag himself along. so great
is his WEAKNESS and so sore are his
hurts Just at this crisis he hears
the enemy again rushing upon him
But at this moment he becames
conscious that he is not alone. and
glancinC to one side he sees Nilci, the
Wind God walking with him And
Nilci brings a great dark whirlwind.
which rOars a moment beside them and
then buries its point in the ground and
digs deep hole there, a cavern with
four chambers"
In this cavern, by Nilcfs directions,
the prosecuted Prophet takes refuge,
while the Wind God scatters and de-
stroys his enemies with lightning and
hail
This myth. which you viii find re-
corded at length by DR.. Washington
Matthews in the Smithsonian ethno-
logical reports. is the basis of a very
elaborate Navajo ceremony called
The Mountain Chant" The Osten-
sible purpose Of this csrmOny is the
cure Of disease. but it is also used for
invoking the assistance OF the gods in
obtaining rain. good crops etc. and
is taken of the assemblage
of the people 10 have a good, jolly,
social time
The ceremony. which includes fire
dancing arrow swallowing, etc, is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

He came home late at night and found
her employed in labor which seemed to
him suitable for the morning hours,
and he spoke angrily about her tardy
habits She flung herself from the win
dow and died in the hospital soon after
ward.
There seems TO be a mixture OF the
pathetic, the tragis and the absurd in
all this.
1t was a small thing to cause a wife
to sacrifice her life-just a mans irri-
table criticism. But we must take into
consideration all that preceded this Oc-
casion-
There had been scolding after scold-
ing. without doubt She had been found
fault with for so many derelictions, for
so many deeds done and undone, that
this final criticism was merely the last
straw on the camers back.
A cross, faultflnding wife is a terri
Bile being. but a man can take his hat
and 80 to the club OF to the corner
grocery, when her tongue becomes too
aggressive.
When the husband comes home and
scOlds the air of the house blue. there
is nothing for a wife to do but to sub
NIT or jump out OF the window.
The wife who died in the hospital
had submitted for many years, I'M
dOubtedly: and then. finding that sub
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
The Art of the Navajos

By GARRETT P. sERVIss

by JARRETT Ea 6EaAAN A6S
~ ydEN shall we ever learn to ap-
NJ preciate the real character Of
the American indians2 The
brutal, unreflecting pronouncement
Of one Of their white enemies: The
only good indian is a dead indian,
has had far too much influence in
forming the general public Judgment
concerning the red men Let us turn
from the evil side Of the indian char
acter and consider a little the better
Take the Navajos. Everybody has
seen or heard of the wonderful Navajo
blankets. People capable Of produc-
ing such work. the invention Of their
own taste and intelligence nave Dy
that fact alone, earned the right to be
treated with respect II the Navajo
blankets now turned out are inferior
to those OF a few decades ago, II they
are glaringly colored with aniline
dyes and decorated with patterns tnat
lack the simple beauty Of their prede-
cessors. the fault is the white mans
and not the indians
Formerly the NavajOs used native
dives. Of exquisite delicacy, and their
designs were remarkable for the
simple harmony Of the combinations.
But to please white people. whose
taste is inferior to their own, they
have adopted cOlors and decorative
forms which Danish most OF the un-
acterized their work. They still
however, turn out blankets. belts,
garters. saddle girths etc, in large
numbers. and some Of the work is
comparable in beauty with that
formerly produced
/, The women are the weayers simple
looms being employed, and the WOOL
comes from the large flock OF sneep
/ and goats that the tribes raise as
| a principal source Of food The NaVa-
I 10 men are often excellent silver
! smiths hammering out articles OF
pure silver with surprising skill
But II you would understand me
I Navajo indian as a member OF the
/ great human race you must look AZ
I him from another viewpoint than thAI
of his Industrial capacity and arLls-
/ tic ability. The social and rehgious
| ceremonies that mark his life reveal
( his Imagination, and show how Tar
above the plane Of mere brutality and
I savagery he exists He has his my tns.
like the ancient Greeks, and some o.
/ his traditions needed only a little more
( poetic power to be wrought INTO eplcs-
( Take the story OF the aoventuI
! OF the Navajo Prophet" for instance
/ We can give but one passage from
IL to indicate its imaginative reach.
( The prophet" relentlessly pursued
I nv his enemies. the Utes. having ira
1 versed mountains and deserts Win
/ out end, loses hope, and IS haroly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

die. Then he sees and admires all her
sweet, tender qualities.
Happiness l. Secretive.
Z like TO think the world is peopled
with happy wives and husbands
know many Many more exist unknown
TO me Happiness is ofttimes secretive
and quiet, misery is noisy and COM
muuicative- Happiness seeks no con-
fidant, unhappiness wants to be sym
pathized with
Happiness thanks God in silence.
Misery cries aloud to the world, And
so we grow to think that unhappiness
is the rule, and that happiness the ex-
ception. But / do not believe ii.
still, i'm this overful world and "Over-
civilized state Of society there are
hundreds Of unhappy wives to be
found; wives who feel often on the
verge OF acts as desperate as that Of
the poor little woman who forms the
subject Of this sketch and husbands
who are as blindly thoughtless and as
uukind as the one whose irritable words
drove her to her death
II YOU who read these lines are a
man and a husband. ask yourself Just
what you are doing toward making
your home the peaceful place a home
should be What are you doing to rem
der your wife happy at the thought OF
seeing YOU each evening" Are you prais-
ing her for every good quality she pos
sesses and thanking her for all her ef-
forts to please yOu2
Are you telling her she IS a good wife
and a good mother. or are YOU finding
fault with every small failure of hers
and ignoring her great virtues2
DO not imagine a good woman is
satisfied with virtues own. reward. The
consciousness OF her own worth is not
sufficient TO keep her happy II you are
silent and never seek TO impress upon
her mind the fact that YOU realize her
good qualities. And this is especially
true il you take every opportunity TO
assure her that you see her faults
Why not study your wife as YOU
study your partner Why not be as
tactful and as patient with her as you
are with him2 Why not entertain and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
ScOlding Husband Wrecker Of Own Home
and Business
Partner Says Ella Wheeler Wilcox
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

mission did not better matters. she de-
cided TO end it all.
II would have been wiser to have
walked out. II is more discreet to 90
INTO highways OF earth unlimited than
TO enter by such means into the rnvs-
FERROUS realm Of death.
Spiritual PsUpers.
The man or woman who commits
suicide is a spiritual pauper. He who
mas spiritual strength knows he viii be
aided TO the end. and waits his call. But
the spiritual pauper declares himself a
bankrupt when he ends his own earth
existence.
We know there are homes for pau
pers in this world We do not know
what provision is made for them in the
next.
1t is always well to go into a new
land with full purse. and il is well
TO enter the next world with a good
supply Of spiritual wealth and not as
a bankrupt
Meantime, there is the scolding hus-
band TO carry his remorseful heart
through life. It is good enough for
him. and yet we cannot help plying
him
He is so sorry he said what he did.
He never dreamed she would take il so
TO heart He would give all he pos
sessed to go back and live that night
over and do. oh. so differently He
would understand her so much better
and be so much better If she were alive
today.
Sometimes the only way a wife can
make her husband understand her is TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

ceivable that the huge rifles might be
so arranged as to disappear beneath
the deck between shots
According 10 the plan outlined, Ger
man troops are to be landed on the
shores of England under protection Of
while the operation is in progress, viii
sweep the coast clear OF the enemy
on both land and sea The mOnstrous
structures as will be understood from
the above description, would be nearly
submerged, and necessarily could move
only at a very slow rate Of speed But,
in view Of their relatively invulner-
able character this would not be a
matter Of much Importance Floated
from place to place, they could be an
chOred in any desired spot, and moved
elsewhere when required for use at an
other point Their home base Of opera
tons would be a zone on the Belgian
coast, at or near Zeebrugge perhaps,
protected adequately by mine fields
and by submarines.
Not a New Idea.
This idea Of floating forts is by no
means new. It has been in process Of
development for more than century.
In 1898 a design for such a military
contrivance was offered TO the French
government. It was circular in shape
a huge raft, in the middle Of which
was a citadel The whole affair was
supposed to be propelled by eight
great waterwheels, which were Oper-
ated by windmills. On either Of two
opposite sides was a drawbridge which
could be lowered for communication
with the land
Robert Fulton, in 1914. built the
DemolOgOs. which was in effect a
floating fort. Il cost 100000, and
mounted 20 guns. This remarkable af-
fair was propelled by a paddlewheel in
the middle. which was operated by
. 49, -
for use against the British the sign
ing Of a declaration Of peace deprived
it OF the expected opportunity for
practical employment 1t was destroyed
by an explosion in 1920
Monitor a Fort.
The celebrated Monitor, which fought
the confederate ironclad Merrimac in
Hampton Roads, March 9. 1852, was in
its way a sort of floating fort--a clta-
del mounted on a raft 1t was, in its
general idea, not so very different from
the French cOntrivance already de-
scribed though propelled by steam in
stead Of Windmills- The Monitor was
sunk off Cape Hatteras nine months
later, in a storm; but congress almost
Immediately ordered ten more vessels
OF the same type to be constructed
None of them was finished in time for
use in the war, and some OF them
were never completed Most OF them
were eventually sold for old iron, and
claims against the government on ac-
count Of them are still unsettled in the
courts.
Russian Experiments.
The "popoffkas" were an experiment
of the Russian government in the
building Of floating forts. They were
circular in shape. and designed espe-
ciaIIy for protecting commerce on the
rivers emptying into the Black sea.
Two Of them were built in the early
7Os'; the NovgOrOd and Popoff-and
they got their name from vice admiral
Popoff. who. If he did not actually in
vent them. was their foster father.
The bigger Of these two floating forts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
T turkey Has Cheapest
Flour Of Any European
Nation; Much Is on Hand

Athens. Greece. May Flour n Tur-
key is at present much cheaper than n
any Of the other countries Of Europe.
This is due mainly TO the large stores
Of grain wisely accumulated in the gov
eminent stores. Turkeys last harvest
was estimated as worth S25O.000.o00. OF
which the government IS said 10 have
obtained f0ur-fifths.
1t is reported that there are heavy
losses to the government supplies from
rottinE. but there appears to be no rea-
son to expect that the stock on hand
Will not last until the next harvest
The next harvest, however. viii be
small one, owing to scanty soWingss
and many experts testify that the re-
suit will certainly be a general famine
in Turkey next autumn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

had a diameter OF 121 feet. with a
draught Of Is feet. There was only IS
inches Of freebo ard above the water;
but there was an armOred superstruc-
ture. and, in the middle, a kind Of tur-
ret called a 'barbette," protected by IS
inches Of armOr- In the barbette were
mounted two alton breech loading
guns.
Difficult to Steer.
The steering Of these remarkable
military contrivances, each Of which
was propelled by six screws. was diff
cult Their rudders were ineffective.
and. going down stream, they were I'M
manageable A great deal Of power
was required TO accomplish even mod
crate speed. When at sea they did
worse yet, and the impact of the
waves on their flat bottoms made them
most uncomfortable.
Only II years ago. Arson Phelps
stokes, a distinguished citizen of New
York, patented floating fort Of a most
remarkable character. 1t was TO be
spherical or glObular in shape. with
steel skeleton and four floors or decks
well was to pass down through the
middle from the armored roof to the
bottom, where a mushroom anchor
hung by a steel cable. There was to
be an opening through the anchor for
the passage Of ashes and other waste
material while the upper part Of the
well was to serve as a smOkestack-a
sort of chimney.
This globular fort, protected by a
complete coat Of steel armor. was to
be propelled by two screws, driven by
engines on the lower deck. On the
same deck were compartments for
magazines, stores, etc. The upper deck
provided cOmmodiOus quarters for off
GERS, with wardroom and two bath
rooms On the main deck, Immediately
below, were the kitchen, pantry, and
rooms for the gunners, engineers, stok-
ers and stewards.
Mounted Big Guns.
Below the main deck was to be the
gun deck. with two modern rifles Of
large caliber mounted in such a way
as to extend through the main deck
above These formidable weapons We're
TO be held not by complicated and cost
" carriages, but by the framework of
the floating fort itself For training
them upon target cOunterpOise
weights running on arc-shaped tracks
were provided, so that the guns could
be pointed by changing the center OF
gravity Of the great steel sphere, thus
lifting or depressing the muzZles.
The gun deck was also to provide
space for the crew, cold storage
plant, coal, and water. A spiral stair
connected all the floors, and on ths
main deck were a cutter and launch,
which could be pushed out upon the
water through a door covered by
sliding armor shutter Similar shut
tiers were provided for the doors and
windows on the upper deck and main
deck. In the roof Of the upper deck
there was to be a grating around the
well-opening, for ventilation: and
facilities for looking out were afforded
by space between this grating and the
armored roof Of the fort
New Use for BnttIeshIps.
A suggestion not lacking perhaps IN
practical value was offered recently, to
the effect that our obsolete battleships
might be utilized for coast defense
forts.
A battleship. costing $4,000 O0T be-
comes obsolete in ten years. and after