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Mousson. which has been bombarded
no less than q hundred times and
which 10 located nc more than 500 or
800 meters from the German trenches.
Our machines run up to the dressing
stations On the edge Of the Bots 10
Pretre and at Montauville and carry
the wounded soldiers from these dress
ing stations to the hospitals in half a
dozen towns further back from the
lines. Our men for miles within
sight OF the German lines and within
range Of the German shells and the
service they render is Of the most
serious and effective character.
THE following description from one
OF our men gives a good idea Of the
work Of this section.
THE Anal proof Of confidence is of
course in the work entrusted to US.
This includes going out often at night
to M%ontauville and Clos Bots. stations
behind the trenches, to bring in
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FERTILE FIELD FOR SEERs

THE palm and caro- artist, N,
crystal gazer. the star gao
and all the other "ga.cr." IN
GLIDING the trance medium. WAY
md a fat field in the national can't,
There are certain months when the,
harvest is bigger. particularly in Jun
I'M in November and December. hu
all the other months Yield decided,
worth while pickings.
In the W popular marrying mont
June and Observation-Disclosures is be-.
ter than at any other time. becars,
ADDED TO Washington's own ann.
crop OF brides are honeymooners p,
the hundreds hailing from a'mo.
everywhere. And about % ONT 90
every 100 want their hands read" or
their horoscopes cast or their fortunes
told in some manner.
So the self-styled ~dlvinators Of ne
future make plenty OF money. TIE
Avenue, as Pennsylvania avenue s.
now more generally known. is the'~
happy hunting ground. Most OF those
who hang out their signs along ,Na'
tourist trodden highway are OF tNA
gypsy nk They rent for a few week.
or months cheap halls or old sh0rs
UNFIT for up TO date business enter
pr'ses-there are many such on The
Avenue between Seventh stree. an
the Capitol grounds-and decorate
them in noisy colors. draper!es an
mysterious hanCings. with pictures u.
cats and bats and half moons an
owls and other supposed symbols o.
sorcery They also locate along u am
r streets near the larger hotels On
the Avenue.
The div!nators charge from 25 ccr's
TO 81, and more II they think the"
patrons can or viii pay It. Most o.
them are palmists, as that Is the popu
lar method OF forote,llng events, ar
besides the most expeditions.
A wedding trip bride Is not look'n"
for anything deeply occult. All ~
wants to he told IL that hubby W!
love her and her only &c long as 81"
lives, and then go right on doing tNH
same thing should she die, and
never marry again; and al hub
wants to know Ia that the bride IL h.
for keeps and never will let her eyes
and that they will prosper and hav'
the handsomest baby boy in town.
Thousands OF dollars are gather
annually In Washington ny the 10
tune ~tellers. some OF whom md t'm'a
so uniformly good that they stick ,''
year around and have Office hours a.
make appointments ny telephone. A.
Insight INTO the profits they make W.
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mission was granted.
He was a man OF good appearance.
He patterned his argument on that
Of the Original agent and soon
had a number of listeners around
him. II was an unusual sight to see
a six footer demonstrating tho food
value OF canned Ash.
Footsore and weary. he lectured In
this store until moor and departed
with orders amounting to s25. He
was as successful in the mex three
stores he entered. When ne returned
rowed from the last grocer he had
taken orders for SIS worth Of FISH.
He collected his commission At the
time ne turned in his orders. Next
day he journeyed by trolley to Yonk-
ers, where he was as successful In
dlsposing OF his wares A In New
Rochelle. His daily trips to cities
along the line Of the New Haven rail-
road met with success and he soon
had a fine trade established.
A wholesale grocery house soon had
a demonstration travelling In his wake;
but the former policeman had cap
tured the cream of the trade In his
line. To-day, three years after his
dismissal from the force, discredited
and in debt, he Is one OF the most
successful statesmen In his line.
The member of the Late Start Club
next In line was n sugar inspector,
who was dropped from the Govern
ment employ at the time of the sugar
weighing scandals. lie was unable to
get employment in his own line and
had little knowledge Of any other,
He answered dozens Of advertise
ments, without receiving a reply. The
constant trot for employment he never
could find got on his nerves. He
was beginning seriously to think OF
taking up second story work as a
means Of livelihood.
Things came to such a pass that his
wife asked the other tenants In the
apartment to give her their clothes to
wash instead of sending them to a
laundry. She attacked the tubs with
more courage than her HUSBAND did
| his task of job hunting. lie came
home each day more discouraged, just
In time to preside at the clothes
wringer. 1t seemed as II the couple
would never recover their grip.
One day he overheard the working
member Of the team complaining OF
the quality OF the starch she used
She was comparing notes with tbs
proprietor Of a neighboring steam
laundry, who was trying to effect a
merger with his new competitor. The
! woman said she could finish more
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boosted. and greatly extended his ter
ritory. Then the manufacturers Of
the rival brand Of starch sent for him
again and made him Q liberal ofer.
He placed the fact before the people
he worked for and was Immediately
given q " years contract at a large
salary.
The club member who Is least proud
of his achievement is an elderly man
who was for twenty-five years a clerk
in a banking house that had been
going downhill for years and has
since failed. During the 1907 panic
this man was discharged. The dis
missal vas particularly hard on him.
as he had been with the arm since
boyhood and was unable TO do any
other kind Of work. He applied for
employment in the various banking
houses in Wall street; but At that
time they were Diminishing rather than
engaging clerks.
This man had . wife who could
never save a penny Of his $50 q week
salary. She had for years nagged at
him to seek employment in a better
paying field. At the time Of her hus-
bands loss Of employment she had
not one cent put aside.
The third month after his discharge
he was hopelessly in debt. His furni-
ture was in storage and wife was on
an extended visit TO her sister. OBJ
viously from tho trend of her letters
the sister was growing tired Of the
visit and threatened to terminate II
suddenly. The husband was stopping
at Mills Hotel. No. 8 and was down to
his last dollar. What was worse
there was little prospect OF his earn
ing any more to provide a roof for
wife. Apply where he would. nobody
wanted a silver haired clerk about the
premises.
Worn out and weary, he was look.
ing forward to a long tramp up towr
from Wall street to Thirty sixth
street. when he stopped to examine
history Of the, American people at
bookstall. The set was In -four
volumes and was fiashily bound. TIL,
proprietor FASTENED forward at tn,
sight Of a prospective customer ant
offered the set for 40 cents. He as,
sured him that the books were worth
$3.50.
The ex-clerk had just 40 cents II
his pocket: 80 cents for a nights lodg,
ing. the balance for breakfast-aftei
that. the deluge! Loans were yer,
hard TO make. His friends were be,
ginning to duck at the sight OF him.
The set Of books did look worth on,
dollar. II ne bought and sold on,
set. he would make the price Of 4,
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HAT IL to become Of the no
longer youthful seeker for .
Job? How are the old, old
men Of the ages from forty

Nho oeSo
10 nifty years to make a living?
These are questions recently asked
in THE SUN by a correspondent who
had obviously failed to provide HIM
self with the proverbial nest egg. In
his letter he mentioned the handicap
of age and complained that experience
no longer counted. Almost all busi-
ness men, he said, were looking for
youth and cheap labor. He asserted
that as regards the period Of useful
ness of man. the average broker or
merchant to whom he applied for en-
ployment a%ntedated Osler by ten years
or more.
There Is a group Of men in this city
who rave formed an association which
they call the Late Start Club. They
believe that there are just as many
chances for middle aged men to carr
n living as for their more youthful
brethren. The monotonous trail of
routine may have blinded tho unsuc-
cessful seeker for employment to their
existence: again, fears Of incapacity
to labor In new fields may limit his
endeavor; but the chances are there
just the same.
The club meets at the houses of Its
various members once a month. The
members were drawn together by the
mutual bond of hardship and belated
~endcavor. A year or two ago each
one thought the door to all future
endeavor was closed to him. In his
quest for employment he encountered
the same objection to gray hair and
middle age. To-day each nan Is far
moro ecure In his position in society
than In the day Of steady employment.
The president was for fifteen years
n policeman. There came a time when
he needed money to pay for an opera
ton his wife was about to undergo.
He was tempted, he fell. his delin-
quency was discovered and despite his
previous good record he was dis
missed from the force.
Then he found himself in a posi-
ton that the great god Hard Luck
must have viewed with infinite salts
faction. His wife was in a hospital
his married daughter, widowed a month
before, returned home with three
small children; his fourteen-year-old
son, who had inherited his mothers
weakness, was under the doctors care
and the loan sharks were clamorins
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wounded who have received first aid.
1t 10 often a dangerous service, the
whole district being frequently under
fire.
AT Pont a Mousson our station is
at Hospital No. 80. The cars stand
hidden by trees Ian important con-
sideration, owing to enemy aeroplanes)
In the yard. We await orders at a
caserne some thirty yards distant in
the same street. Some holes in the
walls indicate shell fire In the past, as
since our arrival several shells have
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
Dust These of. Statesmen.

Il refer to cur peerless leader. that
magnificent statesman and diplomat
ist-"
I'VE, the residents Of the brightest
star in the armament of nations, are
proud 10 honor"
There is not a man in this room or
within the reach Of my voice tonight
who will not realize the responsibility
which rests upon him as a patriot. a
gentleman. a scholar and a philan-
thrOpist and go TO the polls on election
morning with courage in his heart and
cast his free and untrammeled ballot
for our magnificent citizen"
There are some here who remem-
Der the history-making days Of the
battle Of Bunker Hill mean Gettys-
burg-when this nations life was in
the balance, and, with this In mind,
say to you. can you satisfy your con-
science IL you vote for any one but our
eminent. forceful, talented. versatile,
diplomatic, philosophical, courageous
candidate"
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
supsrstltious Remedies.

For sore eyes a touch from an old
gold wedding-riLg is a popular rem
edy, and many an old woman's ring
has earned for itself a great name
as an eye healer. Apparently relia-
BILE authorities can be found who as
sert that they have been cured by
touch OF this description. Borlase as
serts as a fact that a halter with
which anyone has been hanged will
cure headache instantly II tied
around the head. and he adds, Moss
growing upon a human skull. II dried
and powdered and taken as snuff, is
no less efiicacious.' Brands tells OF
several superstltious remedies or
charms: Hollow stones are hung up
n stables at night to prevent night
mares or ephialtes. They are usually
called in the North Of England holy
stones The chips Of gallows and
places OF execution are used as anu
lets against agues."
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
TAKES SHOT AT EARLY RlSERS
New York Newspaper Refuses to See
Any Virtue in Leaving Comfort
able Bed, Say at Daylight.

In the whole string of the virtues,
major or minor, cardinal or otherwise
there is not one about which the pos
SCISSORS are so conceited as the early
rising habit. Persons who have this
habit are. no doubt. entitled TO some
little credit; but no degree OF self-mor
tification could justify the airs of vir
tue which people who turn out Of bed
earlier than their fellows give them.
selves.
Nobody was ever ten minutes in the
society OF a confirmed early riser with
out being made aware of the fact and,
directly or indirectly, snubbed for not
being one himself.
Now, is early rising such a virtue?
Certainly early risers get the worm
They are welcome TO It; who wants
worms?
Then they gain so many hours over
US who stay in bed; in proof of which
they perhaps point out that SCOTS
novels we're written before breakfast
Very good let them produce their
Waverly novels; meanwhile we re
main skeptical as to the reality of this
gain Of time.-New York Telegram.
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
sNyRNA TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NOvEMBER 3, 1915
CAUSES OF SWAPPING NERVES
Hard Mental Work Brings Stress on
Brain centers-many Forms
Of Reaction.

Modern man is a top-heavy being,
whose brain is disproportionately su-
perior to his other organs" remarks
the New York Medical Journal in a
discussion Of the war from the psy
chOlOgic standpoint. This is an age
Of hard mental work. which brings
stress on the highest and most recent
ly-developed brain centers: II was in.
evitable that something should snap
and something has snapped; there is
a temporary reassertion OF primitive
human impulses. In America, reac.
tion was taking milder forms; the au-
tomobile, the baseball diamond, the
gridiron. relieved the tension, parti.
cularly the dancing mania which swept
over US like an obsession. Dancing is
the most primitive form Of reaction
and tends quickly to re-establish equi.
librium.
Probably the man does not want
peace and tranquility, which are too
close to ennui, his greatest dread.
Professor James was dreadfully bored
by a visit to Chautauqua. with ice
cream soda as it's utmost offerings
and its 'atrocious harmlessness. He
knew man wanted something with
more zest and adventure.
Alcohol and tobacco relieve in an
artificial way the tension upon the
brain by slightly paralyzing temporar
lily the higher and more recently de
velOped brain centers. Were the use
of these drugs suddenly checked nc
student of psychology or OF history
could doubt that there would be an
immediate increase OF social irritabil
ity. tending to instability and socia
upheavals."
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
cut.rhroat Competition.

A correspondent Of the New York
Sun informs the editor Of that pa
per that a rooster has been discovered
which cannot crow. It-or he-ean
hiss. but the bright ckanticlerical call
IS not for him.
Such are the marvels Of sciencel
Each day Il conserves a new strength,
cuts out waste, diverts energies into
useful channels. The matutinal salute
OF the rooster has long been an exam
pie Of criminal waste and ineficiency.
II announced, at great expense OF en-
ergy, a perfectly obvious thing-that
the sun had risen. Roosters, besides,
have been In the habit Of trying to
scoop" each other, TO score a beat on
the sunrise-as II anyone were pas
sionately interested in the matter
and the result has been a distressing
series OF Extras" called at 2 a. m.
Cut-throat competition has killed the
rooster.-Philadelphia Evening Led
ger.
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
SELFISRNESS TO BE CHECKED
Wise moth.r viii Not Allow the
Smaller Children to Impose Upon
the Older Ones.

The small boy Is loud in his protes-
tations as he and his little chums play
together. ali OF whom are older than
he. The boy realizes that the other
children are prepared TO take advan.
tage Of him and the instructive habit
of self-protection, common to all ami.
mails, makes him resent the attempt.
In his efforts to maintain his own
rights he is very likely to become in.
sistent and dictatorial and he will not
hesitate TO take advantage OF the fact
that he is younger than the others,
and SD under the protection OF his eld.
ers. who he feels certain viii be on
his side in the discussion.
A child is never too young 70 be
taught that he must not be selfish
and must ask no more than his rights.
This habit Of lording It over ali his
companions may increase as he grows
older unless a wise mother can rea.
son him out OF II.
In e family composed for the most
part OF boys the girls often make life
miserable for them by selfishly appro.
priating the chief pleasures for them.
selves. Many men who have a poor
opinion OF women gained this opinion
as children in their own homes, where
selfish girls were allowed to insist
that boys should chivalrously defer
10 them In everything.
Boys and girls in a family should
be brought up in the same way, and
what is right for one should be con
sidered right for the other.
"oh. but you will be a man and give
up TO your little sister," the mother
says. and the selfish girl is allowed tC
impose on the boy In this way.
Little disputes in regard to family
rights should be decided on theii
merits and not with regard to sex
Boys should be taught TO protect theii
sisters. but should not be allowed Il
cater 10 their wishes when these ar,
inspired by pure selfshness.
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
GREAT THINKERS LIKED PIE
Noted Philosophers Celebrated for
Their Fondness for Common
place Dessert.

Commenting on the Inconsistencies
pf longevity, a writer recently cited
The fact that. though a lifelong devo-
tee 70 apple pie, Emerson lived 10 be
over seventy-eight years old. That.
however, is not the important fact.
Many persons have lived to even a
greater age. The distinctive feature
Of Emerson's pie-eating career is the
wholesome, cheerful and thought-com-
peiling system Of philosophy which
Il brought forth.
To demonstrate that apple pie had
much to do with Emersonian optimism
Is no task at all.
Thomas Carlyle. whose disciple and
friend Emerson was, never ate pie,
and although as great lover Of man
kind as was the sage OF Concord, Car
lyle was a victim all his life OF mel.
Rncholia and dyspepsia and hard
words. BY intellectual descent and
association Carlyle was a German
bis thought being fed by Goethe, schil
der and others Of that great group. But
be adhered to the Scottish d.et which
does not harmonize with Teutonis
philosophy, and so he became phys
ically and mentally dyspeptic. Pie
might have saved him had he taken Il
In time.
Further TO emphasize the point tha
pie, or apple pie, at any rate. is th,
optimistic factor OF philosophy, II Il
necessary 20 cite the fact that Metz
sche, who, in his unspoiled years, wa
a devout and cheerful disciple OF En-
erson, became the materialistic "su
perman" Of Nietzsche's later pieles
years.
All buddinig philosophers who rea
these solemn words should be warne
in time.
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
Their Relationship.

"Are you sisters?" asked the CEN
sus taker Of two colored women who
sat on the tiny porch Of their cabin.
mo, sir" one Of the women replied.
'us ain no blood kin. You see"-
pointing 10 a rather pretentious-look-
ing house on the hfll-"hit's dis er
way: Sanders up dar in de white
house. he married me fus't; den Sis
Liza heah come long. an he 'vorsted
me an put me out heah in de cabin
80 he could marry her. But bimeby
he fetch her dcwn de hill to de cabin
10 make room for dat young gal, Cora.
be done married. No. sir, US ain no
blood kin--I guess we's wives-in-law.
-Everybody's Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
GOSPEL and Literature Lo,s

An interesting memory Of old New
York, when church and state stlll had
closer relations than now, Is recalled
BY the supreme courts decision on
the gospel, school and literature
lots" in the Adirondack forest pre-
serve, the Springfield (Mass.) Repub-
hcan states. These lots were set aside
in various townships by act Of the
legislature In 1856 to be retained and
devoted TO promoting the gospel and
literature. The lots we're patents 10
the sacketts Harbor & Saratoga Rail
way company in 1856, and returned to
the state In 1891 By the Everton Lum.
Der company. The supreme courts
decision denies title to the land
claimed By various squatter occupants
and afhrms the states ownership OF
IL
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
steel Rails Improved.

Since the first railroad there has
been great improvement in steel rails
as we'll as growth in locomotives At
late meeting of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers in Paris, An
atole Mallet, inventor of the articu.
lated locomotive, showed that in 1929
engines weighing five tons ran on
rails of 24.2 pounds per yard, the To-
comotive weighing 327 times yard of
rail. In 1916 engines of % tons ran
on rails of 70.52 per yard, or 700 times
the weight per yard. In 1914 Mallet
locomotive having ten coupled axles,
with adhesive weight Of 245 tons, has
been put to use in the United States
on 111-pound rails-an engine weight
of 1850 times the weight of rail per
yard
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27

contrivance used by the Germans is called (after
its originator) the Schwartzkopf-meaning Black
head They differ only in minor details, being
shaped in imitation Of the porpoise and fired from
tubes by charges of compressed air.
The typical upto-date torpedo of this descrip
ton is really a submarine boat in miniature. 1t
is a steel cylinder, Is feet long, with conicaI
attachable nose called "war-head,' which
tains 200 pounds of high explosive The main
body is chamber holding air at pressure OF
1000 pounds to the square inch. This air pressure
runs the machinery in the part of the cylin
der which actuates pair of propellers.
The steel fish travels through the water at a
speed of 40 miles hour, 1t can be discharged
at target with as much accuracy bullet fired
from gun. Pursuing its course at depth of Is
feet below the surface so as to strike beneath
the armor of warship 1t is kept automatically at
that depth by ingenious little rudder which
turns up If the nose of the torpedo attempts to
point downward. or wise Inside the cylinder
Is gyroscope which Is started spinning and
pointed at the target before the submarine proiec
tile is discharged Thus if it tends to turn either
to right or left, it is promptly brought back into
Tine
Until within the last few weeks very little was
known through practical experience of the effec
tiveness of the submarine torpedo as a weapon o,
war. 1t has even surpassed expectations The
cost Of one of these terrible proiectfles is about
$1,000 but, inasmuch one of them is easily
capable of destroying battleship valued at $40.
100000, they may be said to be we'll worth the
money.
The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27
DOES AWAY WITH HEADPIECE
Loud-Speaking Telephone Devised
Especially for the Use of Train
Dispatchers.

Train dispatching by telephone has
been in vogue on some few of the
railroads of this country for some
time, but one of the serious objections
to it has been the necessity of oper-
ators wearing headpiece so they may
hear distinctly. The electrician of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad has devised a aSloud-speaking
telephone which has proved very eff
cient in practice. 1t represents such
a great convenience that it is entirely
likely that the apparatus will soon
come into general use where there is
no demand for privacy The receiver,
which is more sensitive than that or
dinarily employed, is furnished with
a horn, something like a phonograph
horn, and is mounted on the dispatch
er's desk at any convenient point, so
that he can receive a message with
out putting his ear to the receiver
The transmitter is also fitted with a
horn, into which the operator can
speak No amplifiers are used. With
this outfit message may be heard in
all of the loud-speaking receivers on
the line within fifteen feet of any one
of them.