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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31
IMPROVING CITY WHARF.

1t is understood that the wharf
property recently leased by J w.
Thompson representing the Peoples
Steamboat Co. Will be greatly inn
proved The water front viii be-
raised three feet and otherwise viii
be made up to date Mr. Thompson
recently stated that the company
would have a boat operating by Sep
TENDER 1. II now Is said that a delay
has been caused in getting permits
sion from the government TO build a
pier az Pennsgrove.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31
kern TALKS NATIONAL
DEFENSE With Wilson

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-Senator
Kern, Indiana upper house Democratic
floor leader conferred with President
Wilson today concerning .pational de-
Tense
AS outlined in an interview he gave
ont Monday. it was understood the SEN
ator expressed opposition TO an enor-
nous expenditure $500, 600 600 specif-
callv mentioned- merely to provide
against the bare possibility of an attack
on tho United States. but spoke favor
ably of a moderate army and navy ex-
pnnsion program.
II was understood the President was
anxious for Kern's views, deeming them
representative Of the Democratic Sen
ate maiority's and of the middle Vests
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31
silent ON
Peace PROPOSITION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-General
Hugh l.. Scott reported TO Secretary
Lansing today concerning the Nillista
strength in Mexico.
The secretary already knew that villa
and his followers are friendly TO the
Pan American peace plan. What he
sought 20 learn from Scott was the eX-
tent of their ability to maintain a gov
eminent, if as expected. General Car
rama continues refractory.
II was expected SCOTS report would
largely guide The next meeting of the
conference republic representatives. 70
be held IN few days.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31
KoPsCH ACTED ALONE.

DIV TWT |WITVW III10-
WASHINGTON. Aug Nothing
has yet been discovered connecting
Gustav Kopsch. arrested here on a
charge of having unlawful military
information in his possession, with
any German or other foreign agency,
II was admitted by Justice Depart
ment Investigators today.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31

Many persons aie under the I'M
preston that their properties Nill be
supplied with water under the meter
rates beginning January 1. 1916 rs
rule holds good only where new NJ
ers have been installed but ncss
the propert, owners maxi formK ape
phcailon the ilat rate will betcCn-
tinued Several property owners
made the formal application at the
meeting OF the water commission
yegterday
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31
WILL NOT,HOLD UP
MUNITIONS FOR mexico
BY The. United Press.

WASHINGTON. Aug. ,31.-The State
Department will not stop the steamer
lsadora, which was permitted to clear
from Pensacola, Florida. with a cargo
of munitions for a Mexican port to-
day. The lsadora has been held up
for almost two weeks by the Treasury
Department at the Justice Depart
ment's request The Treasury re-
quested a ruling from the State De
partment. which decided not to in
terfere.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31

in 1914. Thus there was a net in
ward gold movement of 1852 dl3,i12
In the first seven months Of 1915 and
net outward movement of SS3,50S.-
S22 in a like period of 1914
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31

The Want Ads are noted the country
over for heinz The only allies that
make success in business certain. Re
advised. therefore, and Get the Want
Ad allies on YOUR side and You cannot
help hut win success ADV.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31
W. G. n. q. MEETING.

The Newport Womans Christian
Temperance Union will hold its an
nual meeting IN headquarters iomor-
row afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31

There is just one place where those
going in and those going out of bust
ness can meet to mutual advantage
and that place is the Want Columns
Adv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-31

Letters testamentary have been
granted by Register of Wills Isaac
r. Brown on the estate Of Emma B,
Vernon TO James 3. Vernon and Viii
liam Leach.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Fish and Game.

The fishes of prehistoric times were
always identical with the fishes of to-
day. Perhaps this is not so very sur.
prising after all, for water is water
always the same. It does not change.
1t is not subject to climatic variations
as are the earth's more solid portions.
The fish Of this country now have a
money value far in excess of it's game.
Some Of us can remember when this
was not so, when game sold for dollars
and fish for dimes. Had it been posi-
BILE to propagate game as it has fish,
no doubt the result would still remain
as is once was. How the one has
shrunk and the other grown by leaps
and bounds is told by the exhibits of
each at the San Francisco exposition,
and no better object lesson can be had
Of the gain of one and the loss Of the
other than by visiting the various dis.
plays Of each. All of which points out
as probable fact that at no distant
day in America the rod win supersede
the gun, and shooting, except at the
trap, will be limited to a fortunate few
owning well located private preserves.
Outing.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
DRESS OF DIVIDED coLoRs
Peculiar Garments That Are Allotted
to Inmates of Holland Orphan
Asylums.

The Dutch differ from the Chinese
in announcing to the world the birth
of children only in the article dis
played. The Cinnamon hang a piece
of ginger over the main entrance to
the house, while the Hollanders indi-
cate the event by piece Of lace, com.
bining with the lace pink background
for a boy and tinsel for a girl. The
orphans of some of the cities of Hol-
land are quite conspicuous, and espe-
cially so when seen on the streets Of
Amsterdam dressed in what might be
termed half-and-half clothing The east
half of a boys coat, including the
sleeve, is red, while the west half is
black. The dresses Of girls are divided
in a similar manner, but are topped or
by becoming white caps, which make
the young misses look very neat and
attractive. This singular style of
dress is said to have been adopted to
enable the railroad officials, as we'll as
the authorities, to keep track Of them,
says the National Geographical Maya
zine. AS the orphan asylums of Hol-
land have the control Of children COM
mitted to them until they are of age,
the more mature of the unfortunates
wearing these odd garments in pub
lic) present a very striking appear.
ance.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
PICK OUT YOUR OWN MORAL
Possibility Reader May Determine
That There Isn't ANY In the
Story Related Here.

Once there was a farmer who got
plumb discouraged. 1t seemed as II
whenever he got a good crop prices
we're 80 low that II. didn't pay to haul
the stun to market. and when prices
were high he had no crop.
At last things got SO bad he said
he'd be hornswoggled II he was going
to work any more. He figured that II
he was going to starve anyhow, there
was no use working himself to death
at the same time.
So when spring came he didn't plant
anything at all, but let the weeds have
full sway. Everybody predicted that
he would be in the poorhouse inside
of six months, but that didn't worry
him in the least, because he knew he
was headed that way anyhow.
There was some talk Of electing him
county sheriff in order to provide for
his family, but his political convictions
we're all wrong, and 1t couldn't be
done.
About this time a bunch Of sports
from neighboring town were looking
for q site for country club and golf
links. They asked the farmer how
much he wanted for his land, and just
for joke he said he would sell 1t for
seven hundred dollars an acre.
Much to his surprise, they took him
mn and paid cash for the whole hun
dred acres.
The farmer moved into town and
lived happily ever after. lending money
to his former neighbors at exOrbitant
rates Of interest.
II there is moral to this 1t must be
that some people are born lucky.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
LINEN WINGS PROVED BEST
Most Effective Material for Use on
Aeroplanes, When 1t Has Been
Properly Treated.

Many different materials have been
tried for covering the wings Of aero
planes, including linen, silk, cotton,
celluloid films and aluminium foil. To
the lay mind silk would seem the best
fitted for the purpose on account Of
its lightness and strength, but 1t has
been found not to Withstand exposure
to sun and rain as we'll as could be
desired, and it does not lend itself to
the application Of the dressing COM
pounds intended to shrink the cover
ing faulty over the frames, and render
the fabric proof against the weather.
AS the result of experience it has
been found that linen is the best ma
terial thus far used, for, after it has
received several coats of solution Of
casein-the substance generally used
for the purpose-the fabric is found
to be stretched as tightly as a drum
head, making a very smooth surface,
which is of great advantage in fast
flights.
The coating also increases the
strength of the linen and renders it
more enduring under varying weather
conditions. 1t is estimated that such
q coating increases the strength of
the linen at least per cent.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
More SPELLING Bees,

Why not have more old-fashioned
spelling bees in this day Of poorly
trained spoilers? Recently an inter-
esting bee was held in Selma, and now
and then such affairs occur In other
parts of the country. The Brooklyn
Eagle gives bee once year, and is
now preparing for the match Of 1915.
A modern criticism of the modern
young student is that he is not prof.
cient speller There seems to be de-
feet in the modern system of teaching
spelling, or a defect with the text
books used, or else our schools regard
with painful indifference the value Of
correct spelling and correct punctua-
tion.
Bad spelling in a letter makes quite
as unpleasant impression upon the
reader of your letter as bad manners
make upon your witnesses. Spoilers
were better drilled In other years than
they are now. Students were required
to study Webster's Blue Book and
Webster's dictionary. They were
thoroughly drilled in the arts Of pro-
nunciation; we are quite sure they en-
riched and purified their vocabulary
better than they do now.-Montgom-
cry (Ala.) Advertiser.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Ember DAYS,

In the Roman Catholic and the An
glican churches the Ember days are
three days appointed four times in
the year to be observed as days Of
fasting and abstinence. They are the
Wednesday. Friday and Saturday after
the first Sunday in Lent, after the
feast of Pentecost, after the 14th of
September, and after the 18th of De-
cember. The Ember days date from
an early period in church history, and
were introduced into England by Au-
gustine. Originally they we're only in
part devoted to beseeching the grace
of the Holy Ghost, as periods when
ministers were admitted to holy or
ders; but It is to this purpose that the
Ember days are now particularly de-
voted, Roman Catholic clergy being or
dained only on the Saturdays Of the
Ember days, while the whole church
fasts and prays, and generally SINH
lar usage prevails in the church of
England, which has appointed special
prayers for use at these seasons, but
usually appoints ordinations for Sun
days or holy days.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
HOGS SUBJECT TO DISEASES
Mango 10 Difficult to Eradicate Be.
cause Of the 6urrowing Habit
] Of the Parasites.

By n. II. REYNOLDS, Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station)
Hogs are subject to q variety OF
skin diseases. Two of these, although
quite different, are both known as
mango.
Pitch mango Is not true mango,
but rather an eczema, and affects hogs
that are not in vigorous health and
when kept in filthy pens and bad sur.
roundings. Light-skinned hogs appear
somewhat more susceptible to this
than others. The skin is at first red
and perhaps swollen. Small red spots
appear and subsequently change to
blisters, which dry and form crusts.
The main treatment needed is simple
cleanliness and the sort Of feed that
win make the hog healthy and vigor.
GUS 1t usually means q complete
change Of surroundings and plenty Of
good food.
Hogs are subject also to true mango.
This Is caused by q minute animal
parasite which burrows into the skin
like the human itch mite and causes
severe Inflammation and itching. This
form of mango is especially difficult
to treat because of the burrowing
habit Of the parasite. Mango begins
somewhere on the head or neck and
extends slowly backward. The hams
are likely to be affected sooner or
later. The bristles fall out, and the
skin becomes very thick and wrinkled.
Sometimes it is thickened to an as
tonishing extent. Hog mango is Pc
culiar on account of the powderlike
surface of the crust.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
LIFE THAT IS MOST USEFUL
Man of Open Mind, With Realization
That He Has Much to Learn, 10
to Be Envied.

As a rule, well-rounded lives are
many-sided. That is to say, the life
that is most useful as well as uplift-
ing is the life that is fullest. It does
not require any great degree Of ini-
tiative and determination to confine
ourselves to the pursuit of a single
interest, provided, Of course, that the
interest is satisfying. Its pursuit is
natural because it appeals to us and
we not only take pleasure in whatever
service may be required Of US in fol-
lowing out our preferences, but such
service soon becomes a matter of
course sufficient to blind us to other
interests. We may become proficient
In a particular way, it is true, but
when such proficiency is obtained
only through the sacrifice of other op-
portunities we are narrowing our pos
sibilities to dangerous limitations.
Specialization is the keynote of today,
but only along progressive lines, and
he who surrenders all other interest
and Illuminating pursuits to the at
tainment of single ambition pays
too large cost. The man who goes
into the world with an open mind,
and, while possessing necessary de-
gree of selfconfidence is yet wise
enough to realize how little he really
knows and how very much there is
to be learned, is the man who, as a
rule, packs his life full with varied
interests that bring with them the
widest knowledge Of men and things
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
QUEER TRAINING FOR YOUNG
Among Various Nations Of
the World.

There has been much discussion
over the proper bringing up of chill.
dren, but ideas continue to differ. And
the farther you get away from home
the stranger the ideas seem.
The Filipino father cries out with
proud delight as his three-year-old girl
baby takes her puff at her first cigar.
Among the Seri Indians Of the Gulf
of California the father is the last one
expected to have any infiuence,on the
children. The mother rules the
younger members of the family, and
when she must enforce her authority
by physical force she calls, not on
the father, but on one Of her brothers
or some other male adult Of her fam
lily. The father must never chastise
his children.
A Navajo father administers pun
ishment to his children very much as
any other father does, but the Navajo
boy has a means of protection denied
to white boys. He has only to catch
a rat by his own unaided efforts.
From the moment he has accomplished
this feat, no matter how young he may
be, his father may not lay hands on
him.
The children of the Point Barrow
Eskimos have special training in po-
likeness to foreigners. In conversing
with strangers who make mistakes in
the native dialect children must care
fully note those mistakes and repeat
them, even to initiating the wrong
pronunciation of words. To speak cor
rectly in such case is likely to bring
punishment from the parents of the
child.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
NUNS the Word.

"The advantage Of censorship ID
that an army can thereby hide its mis-
takes. Like the case Of the general
and Aunt Jemima, you know"
The speaker was Gen. Charles B.
Hall of Portland. He continued:
"An old lady once died at Spa. Her
nephew and heir ordered the body sent
home. But when the young man
opened the coffin to have one last look
at the remains, he beheld, instead of
his beloved Aunt Jemima, the corpse
Of a general, in full uniform, the
breast covered with military medals.
"The young man wired at once to
Spa, receiving in few hours the fol-
lowing answer:
"'Give general quiet funeral Aunt
Jemima buried this morning with full
military honors. regimental band and
twenty-one-gun salute"
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
orIoln of Heels on Shoes.

It is said that the heels worn on
shoes had their origin in Persia, where
they took the form of fiat wood on
sandals to raise the feet and protect
them from the hot sands. 1t was many
years afterward that this fashion was
introduced into Venice, but the reason
seems to have been quite different.
Here the originators of the fashion
were jealous husbands who reasoned
that their ladies, thus equipped, would
not venture far outside the precincts
OF their dwelling. These heels were
called Clogs" and in order to satisfy
the vanity of the wearers and perhaps
to sweeten the pill-that is, the dis
comfort of appearing in them--they
were elaborately adorned, sometimes
being incrusted with gold and silver.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
FOREIGN ORDERS MEAN MUCH
May Bring Prosperity to Town In
Which Important Steel Works
Are Located.

Most Of our steel works are located
outside of the big centers of popula-
tion, and often the town near by il
composed entirely of men employed
In the steel works When times are
dull and the works are shut down this
community is very badly on; many
men do not have means Of subsistence,
and the storekeepers, although they
might be willing to advance credit to
their customers, find that they them
selves are out of funds. When the
mill is running for only three days a
week, or perhaps is shut down a week
or two weeks at time, there will be
knots of men standing on the street
corners. They are not the kind that
we know too well as loafers on our
city streets; they want to work, and
when they see the manager 60 by will
stop him and ask him what the pros
poets are. He knows that many of
them have little in the house to eat.
He knows that they will not complain
or beg. A foreign order will furnish
work for these men; it will give bread
to their children--perhaps little cake
as we'll OF course the manager will
not acknowledge that he is influenced
by this, for he must play the part Of
q hard-hearted master. The directors
and stockholders expect him to make
just as much profit as he can, and he
must keep In mind the main purpose
for which the plant exists. It was not
built to furnish bread to the hungry,
to give work to the idle, or to make
steel. These are only incidents. The
plant was built to make money, and
that he must constantly bear in mind.
But there are times when the man.
ager, although he may not acknowl-
edge 1t, is really bit human and does
take cognizance of the needs of his
men and the value to them Of for
eign order.-H. H. Campbell, in the
Engineering Magazine.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
All Ne Was Entitled To.

Gounod was firm and devout Cath.
olic, and adored religious music. Dur.
ing the rehearsal Of his "Drames
Sacres,s at the Vaudeville theater, the
manager called on him one morning
and asked permission to make a sug-
gestion. II think, mon cher maitre,"
he said, "that there is something want
ing in your score. For example, do
you not think that the Barabbas Incl
dent might be improved by a little
more orchestral effect?' Gounod, with
out replying, hid his head in his hands,
and, after two or three minutes OF
meditation, suddenly exclaimed: mo,
decidedly no; such blackguard as
that does not deserve more music"
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
improper Suspenders.

A surgeon lecturing to class Of
hospital nurses in an English training
school recently conjured his hearers
to persuade their fathers, brothers,
husbands or sweethearts to wear hy-
gienic suspenders. 1t seems that the
customary braces, which are dual in
front but single behind, bring the
strain in the wrong place and cause
STOPPING and narrow-chestedness.
These misguided suspenders are even
the regulation pattern in the British
army.
This is one of the things they do
better in Germany. German army
braces are double at the back as we'll
as the front. A separate strap goes
straight up and straight down over
each shoulder, bringing the strain fair
and square on the top of the shoulder.
These are the kind that, according to
this medical authority, we all ought
to wear.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Salic Law.

The so-called Salic law is q collec-
ton of the popular laws Of the Salic
or Salian Franks, q confederation Of
ancient Germanic tribes. These laws
are said to have been committed to
writing in the fifth century, and al
though several Latin texts exist, con-
siderable obscurity rests over their
history. The law relates principally
to the compensation and punishment
Of crimes, and there is q chapter con-
tanning provisions regarding success
sion to what are called Salic lands. It
is supposed to form the basis Of the
law by which females, and those who
trace their descent from the royal
house through females, are in some
countries debarred from succeeding
to the throne.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
how TO RAISE ORPHAN COLTS
Foal May Be Raised on Cows Milk In
| Case Of Accldent--Attendant Must
| BE Patient.

kBy W. g. ALEXANDER, Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.)
In case the mare dies or has no
milk the foal may be raised on cows
milk, II the attendant conducts the
work patiently and intelligently.
Choose the milk of COW that has
recently calved, preferably one which
gives milk low In butterfat, as mares
milk, while rich In sugar, is poor in
fat. Sweeten the milk with molasses
or sugar and dilute with warm water.
Give little Of this prepared milk at
short intervals from scalded nurs-
ing bottle and large rubber nipple. Be
careful to keep the bottle and nipple
scrupulously clean. Add an ounce Of
lime water to each pint Of the pre-
pared milk and allow half cupful
once an hour at first
Az the. foal grows, gradually In
crease the amount Of milk fed and
llengthen the intervals between meals.
In few days food may be given six
times . day and. later, four. times
daily. The foal win soon learn to
drink from q pail, If allowed to suck
1.-THE attendants fingers at first
Until the bowels move freely give
rectal injections night and morning.
IL the foal scours at any time give
two to four tablespoonfuls of mix
|ture Of sweet oil and pure castor oil
shaken up in milk. and stop feeding
milk for two or three meals, allowing
'sweetened warm water and lime wa
ter instead. Let the foal lick oatmeal
~ soon as it will eat and gradually
increase the amount and add wheat
bran. In ave or six weeks some
sweet skim milk may be given and the
amount gradually Increased daily un-
til, in three months or so, 1t may be
given freely three times day in
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
hittina Warshlps.

In the recent North sea fights, it is
said, most Of the hits were made on
the decks of the vessels by dropping
shells which had reached height Of
three miles in their curve. Curious
ly enough, ship that is fighting end
on her enemy is more likely to be
hit than one in the broadside posi-
ton. The gunner rarely misses his
direction, so perfect are the modern
sighting appliances; but the projectile
may fall short or pass over the tar
ret. Therefore an end-on ship fur
nishes the best mark because It n
loAgsf.