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The Springdale news., 1915-12-03
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North Bound
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Meets every Tuesday night at s D. Ill. All Odd Fellows invited
 \. J. White, N C.
 ]. s. Ewalt k. $
 J. C. Mckinney. F. $.
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

F you want q good load of heating wood call Ira Gaatam. phone >I6-92
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03
Of Ioeal Tnterest


Dot pr CT sti at. suascrie for Tn NeWs Whi Xou VaH gel il Ter < Dpt. V ar
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03
NOTICE

ROOMS-E Either furnished or un- furnished for rent See Mrs Be1 Beyers
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

Whsn tae dawn creeps Hp ! from lhr darkig ~llmbeIiu2 1 :, ocean Christina, morn and ] speeds brightly around He world. cir.lin2 il with gold l en eifdle of light. myriads of !
 bells Ill many lands awake and from steeple to Sfeeplp ]
 ring out the glad tidiugs that z .the Messiah k ';ins Etoise Hoofhaf-k in ertft< man
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

When eoa need coal call S4&Fls. Gu1ranteed Marion Lifdiey. "t pd.
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

The "Diamend treH the Sky. ev- cry Thursday night increasing in interest with every chapter. Read it in this paper. see il at the Maies- tic.
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

FOR SALE Fine 3.Yr ar old je. seY CON Phone 31.
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

Ne still sell batteries at the eld price. Sturdbant X F'irman
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

FOR SAbt, -1a pigs and shoats. ]. r.. Lemons. .0-.t.
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

MONEY TO LOAN On city prop erty or farm n per cent John (. Anderson @0#tt
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

Want to trade pair of horses for pair Of mules lra Cir zhau
The Springdale news., 1915-12-03

WOOD SAN-N hen A0t= =Aait 4eaf wood sawed. call CT write me. an ready To do tha work. Lee Nei1I. Soaofa. Ark. Phone SlSF2I ttFd. My house ea Holcoah street IF rant. !. T. Masarer.
 NOTICE
 Better get tfat supply oj b3Gef= ies IL they Wia=iasE only T feH daSs longer
 sturdiYart x F'irman
 r you want a good load of heating wood cal Ira Geatam, phone NI6-92 When 1oa need coal call S4&t,l3. Guaranteed Marion Lifdiey. &tpd Ne still sell batteries ii The eld price. SturdNant X Ftrman.
 MONEY TO LoAN-on city prop erty or farm. h per cent. John (. Anderson. @0ftt
 Want to trade pair of horse for pair Of mules iTa Cir ham.
 FOR SALE - pigs and shoats. ! r.. Lemons. .;0-3t.
 FOR SALE Fine 3.yr ar old ie sey COW Phone q.
 The sDiamead frem the Sky. ev- cry Thursday night. increasing in interest with every chapter Read
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-15
Gin 9rsiBa acknowledgements.

lteber oie gep6lterung Snoiens gibt
bas Iebte 9laubud Der anglo
inbiidsn aegierung intereFante Sab
len an. 0anad bsIduft ii9 Die ges
bolterurg Snbiens duf beina6e 300
Uliaipneu aopfe, genau 294, 361 ,056;
bieie gepaltige WienI6enmeuge fpo9nt
in 55,84l,315 6duiern. 3nei Drift
tel oaDon Iino 5inbus, sttpa 60 nil
lionsn geboren Dem mobammeOanis
i9en glauben an, 3 Nliaionen Iinb
@briIten. Die @runOlage Der Bill
Dung, 2efen unb S9reiben, fn6 in
Snbien ni6t nett berbreitet; oenn bic
StatiitIl neunt nur 1917 Milionen
als bes 2eIens unb S9reibens fun
big. Dies tritt aud i'm poItDerte6r
bes 2anoes outage: innerbaIb zines
Sa6res 6ef0roert bic qoT in Snoien
875, 255,832 8riefe goittarten uno
patete, 10 baB i'm 9ur9i6nitt auf
jeOen ginnobner nur 3 9oitIenouns
gen tommen. 8etradiet man Die I'M
biide 8eb0lterung mad ibren 9eris
fen, 70 fommt man 3u benz merit
ptirbtgen Grgebnis, oaB Der betbrei-
teite Beirut Der Der gettler lit: Sns
bieu 5dbIt etpa A Miaionen 9ettler,
unter oenen beinabe 215 Wiaionen
Satire uno dbnlids fonberbore Seis
Ii9e iinO. 4uberorOsntli9 3dbIrei9
iinb in Snoisn bic garbiere; fe Tnb
ndmli9 nit 1,023,932 aGpfen in Ger
Stntiitit bertreten. WdTder uno @G
i6eriHHen gibt e. beinnbe gIsi1 bieIe,
ndmli4 100000 unb 100000. 268,
900 Snoier iino SdauIpieler, Duff
fer ooer dnoers angeb6rige bes artis
%itsujtan6ss; Elm 5iuftel bieruntsr ges
bort iDrigens benz tpeibli6en Sc
i6le6te an. Der geiItline Stau6 ums
faBt 1,150,525 @ertreter. 3uders
bader eibt 90 284421.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-15

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-15

mentli9 benz s9~ufernFaua. Der bes
tanntIi9 ein sps6redsn Der SdaIei
bon ben 4uf nbGnten erforbert,
oeuienb leidtet einfaher unD Fi1ereM
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bonn eJeinoe" 5lt6eTu5 hteu bat. Das
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3auder &Ieibern er3ielen, periDenos
bar gema9t perben t6nnteu; bod TIT
nod tein WDbsa our geririrtIi1ung
oisie. Gsoantens gefddffsH tporOsH.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-15
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-03-15

8equem. Grember: 80
babe bsri9isOene GduIOen ougsEouFt,
BITE Sic bier In Der GtaOt oenant
baden ..@
STUDENT: nGsbr a~rgtuftta, ba
broude i6 penigIteus nuf eInsa
bsrnus5uI 4meibsn!" u
G9HtteIreim.
Der 9roit, ben Momperl aus TEN
GIaie nimmt,
mis mOrsenrOt auf feinsr Nais
eIimmt.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

@lsls W2ull,t ntrotn an Irasub
nsiF.t a0ysHs ssssu eiulsnouna oss
p'si1s gtitidL. Ndn esbs hummer
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oma1a TribuneP Pattern Dept
1911 s0iBart ct.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

THE snake is the best friend Of the
farmer and the poultry raiser. de-
clares Allen S. Williams. Of New
York. secretary of the International Her
pathological Society, whose mission in life
is to demonstrate to the people OF Ameri-
ca the truth about snakes.
The idea is simple" says Mr.. Will
liams, rats, weasels and other rodents
destroy crops and are the natural enemy
OF domestic foul. Snakes are the natural
enemy of rodents. Keep few snakes to
kill off the young rodents and in time
your crops and your chickens will be
safe
To the cereal crops alone in the
United States rodents cause an annual
loss of 100000, 900. This statement is
made by the United States department OF
Agriculture. If only harmless snakes
were let alone. and not brutally killed
at every opportunity, think what an i'm
mense saving this would be to the farm
ers, If snakes were given half chance
the loss to farmers and poultry raisers
from rodents would be reduced to prac-
tically nothing.
There are a dozen varieties of snakes
that might be used with advantage, but
perhaps the milk snake would be as good
as any for purposes of protection. The
milk snake is small, too small to eat
eggs or kill young chicks, even il it
wanted to. 1t is too small even to kill
full grown rats, weasels, muSkratS.
minks or opossums, which destroy
chickens and crops. But the! kill of the
young rodents. and by thus multiplying
the reproduction they soon would leave
crops and poultry free.
THE chicken snake also might be used
with profit. This reptile is SO called be-
cause it frequents barnyards and is er-
roneously supposed to Kill chickens. The
truth of the matter, however, is that the
chicken snake kills the rats and weasels.
especially the young ones. Almost any of
our nonpoisonous snakes of the north
eastern United States might be used.
None of them, with the possible excep-
tion of the mountain black snake. is
large enough to cause any damage to
poultry.
THE snake is the natural friend Of
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
CAMEL Refuses to SHOW
Affection for It's MASTER

den. centuries of domestication has
failed to develop even the rudiments OF
the docility and affection displayed by
other domesticated animals.
What is the determining factor in this
strangely variable degree in the tamabili-
ty of animals? Why is the elephant-or
at any rate. the Indian elephant-so
docile and the rhinoceros so hopelessly
intractable? The former can be taken
straight from its native wilds. and in
surprisingly short space OF time will be-
have as though born to captivity; the
latter no man has yet brought under
subsection. save as a useless captive be-
hind iron bars. The solution Of the mys-
terry will probably be found to depend
largely on the relative size Of the brain
in proportion to the bulk Of the body.
The larger the brain in proportion to
the size of the body the greater the
educability and capacity for affection.
These remarks apply equally to the
Arabian (or one-humped) and to the
Bactrian (or two-humped camel. The
first named is now nowhere to be FOUND
in a wild state. hence there is still some
uncertainty as to its original home, but
1t seems probable that it is the descend
ant of an Indian ancestor. From India
migrants gradually made their way
through Arabia to northern Africa.
Those still found in a wild state In parts
Of Spain are the descendants Of animals
introduced during the Arab occupation.
Though after five thousand years OF
domestication man has failed to make
the camel a companionable animal, he
has. at any rate, succeeded in producing
several more or less distinct breeds. The
Arabs recognize at least twenty distinc:
strains, which may be roughly divisfble
into riding camels, or "dromedar1es,
and baggage camels. The ordinary pace
of the latter, when fully loaded, is about
three miles an hour. but good dromeda-
~ will cover from eight to ten miles a.
hour for long period.
The camel thrives only in desert
regions. And herein lies its usefulness to
man, for by its means alone is he en-
abled to cross barren tracts otherwise
impossible. This ability to live with
out water and With little food for long
periods is due to two natural reservoirs.
Water is stored in special pockets In the
lining Of the stomach, while large mass
Of fat Is stored on the back. forming the
characteristic hump-though. according
to popular belief, 1t is here that the
water is held.
Though 1t will manage to subsist for
long periods on the thorny scrub such as
forms the only vegetation Of desert
areas, and with very little water, Its
complacency in these matters may be
over-taxed, as was disastrously SHOWN
during the first expedition to Khartum.
Two other factors in the adaptability
of the camel. to q desert life have to be
taken into account. These are the feet
and nostrils The first named have but
two toes, protected by very thick. horny
pads to resist the burning sand. while
the nostrils are long and slit-like, and
can be closed at will, thereby enabling
the animal to survive the awful SAND
storms which so frequently endanser the
lives of travellers in these inhospitable
regions.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Strawberries
for Christmas

THE movement of strawberries to
market has already begun. Those
willing to pay the price may have
them on their Christmas and New
Years tables. The first Strawberries OF
the season always come from central
Florida and the marketing begins early
in December. Florida will furnish the
country all its Strawberries until March.
With March the marketing OF straw
berries becomes more general. Southern
Texas and southern California begin to
ship the first of March and by the mid
die of the month the luscious berries
are arriving from Louisiana also:
Nav is the great month for big ship
ments of berries. BY far the greatest
part of the Tennessee and Virginia crop
is shipped at that time, as we'll asspuch
of the Delaware, southern Illinois ana
MARYLAND supply. By the end OF June
southern California is almost the only
area from which carload shipments are
made. The Strawberries then on the
market are chiefly grown in small guam
titles in areas close to the great consum-
ing sections.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
BisGuns Hauled
On u TRUCKS

A THOUGH the 42-cm. gun used by
~ the Germans in battering down the
Notifications at Liege and Namur
attracted worldwide attention during the
early stages of the war. the secret of its
dimensions and other features has been
so jealousy guarded that practically
nothing has been made public In regard
to this monster mortar, beyond the terri
BILE destruction wrought by it.
At a recent meeting of artillery engi-
neers at Dusseldorf, Germany, an engi-
neer of the Krupp works delivered lee
ture on the making of heavy artillery and
particularly Oh the making Of the 42-cm.
guns, or the big Berthas." as the Ger
mans call them, and an apparently reli-
able report Of this lecture has been trans
mitted to this country.
According to this report, which ap-
pears in the December Popular Mechan-
les Magazine, the big gun weighs about
s7h tons, while the base on which 1t
stands while In firing position weighs
AN tons. The barrel is Is feet long
and shell fired from it is about SO inches
long and weighs $50 pounds.
The gun is far too big to be transport
ed on any kind of gun carriage. 1t Is
made up Of considerably more than 100
pieces and must be taken apart and load
ed on motor trucks, Of which twelve are
said to be required when It iis moved.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
RIPE>Oranses
Are DEFINED

"a YHEN is an orange ripe? Uncle Sam
" has been puzzling his experts with
this query for some time and finally
the bureau of chemistry has decided,
anyway, when an orange is unripe. Ac-
cording to the finding, which applies both
to Florida and California fruit. oranges
are considered Immature il the juice
does not contain soluble solids equal TO,
or in access of. eight parts to every part
Of acid contained In the juice, the acfdity
of the Juice to be calculated as citric acid
without water of capitalization" The
same applies to Florida grapefruit. ex-
cept that the ratio Of soluble solids 10
the acid must be seven to one. or better:
The decision was necessary because OF
the practice Of growers Of picking the
fruit green and "steaming" 1t yellow
either In warehouses or in transit 10
market. In many instances the fruit
contained 80 little sugar and SO much
acid that 1t was injurious to digestion
especially to the digestion Of children
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Christmas Trees
Made Fire Proof

- HRISTMAS trees and other holiday
decorations are usually fimsy and
infiammable, and the practice of
previous years of lighting he trees with
the wax candles was an open invitation
to disaster.
Now, thanks to electric lighting, deco
rative outfits are available for the adorn-
ment Of the trees that are danger free.
They please the kiddies, while afordlnG
genuine relief of mind to the grown-ups.
The public is now able to obtain deco
rative lighting outfits consisting of
number of small incandescent lamp
bulbs made in the form of birds, nuts.
fruits, toys, animals. snow men and San
ia Claus. The bulbs are attached to In
sulated wires covered with green braid.
SO that the entire outfit resembles
vine This may be easily festooned among
the branches of the tree, the wire deftly
hidden and only the small safe lamps
showing. Any convenient lamp socket
furnishes a suitable connection, and the
lighting Of the lamps produces very
beautiful effect.