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The Press., 1915-05-12
The Inventor of the FIouring Mill.

About the year 70 B. c. Mithridates. ingenious and able princes of the time. invented the first mill driven by water. This triumph of his skill and ingenuity he caused to be erected in the imme- diate vicinity of the royal palace. In the course of time the Cappadocian bakers became celebrated and were in great demand throughout all parts of the world as then known.
 These mills were usually placed upon boats on the river, being so elevated and contrived as to be easily driven by the water. and the millers were thus enabled to move from place to place. distributing the meal to their custom prS
The Press., 1915-05-12
He Rode.

While walking along dusty road in Illinois in his circuit days Lincoln was overtaken by stranger driving to town. Will you have the goodness to take my overcoat to town for me?'' asked Lincoln.
 With pleasure. But how will you get it again?"
 "Oh. very readily! intend to re- main in it, was Lincoln's prompt re- ,,Iv
The Press., 1915-05-12
Painting and Muslc.

Whereas, while polish, refinement, culture. and breeding are in no way arguments for artistic result, it is also no reproach to the most finished scholar or greatest gentleman in the land that he be absolutely without eye for painting or ear for music that in his heart he prefer the popu- lar print to the scratch of Rem brandt's needle, or the songs of the hall to Beethovens 70 Minor Sym phony. McNeil Whistler.
The Press., 1915-05-12
Resourceful.

Blondine = Gerty Giddygad is the most resourceful girl 1 know.
 Brunetta-In what way?
 1.-The other day the young man she is trying to land for a husband called her attention to a spot of powder on her nose"
 Well. well''-
 And Gerty said, I always do that every time eat marshmallOws.' '"- Youngstown Telegram.
The Press., 1915-05-12
First Cattle In North AmerIe.

In 1493, on his second voyage to this country, Columbus brought bull and several cows for the use of the colony that had been established in Haiti This was undoubtedly the first importation of cattle to America and it is certain that no kind of cat tie were indigenous here. Later Span ish explorers brought over other cat
 tie and they soon began to multiply in South America. Wild cattle were numerous in South America before they were known in North America
The Press., 1915-05-12
bEECHAM'S
 PILLS

win quickly, safely and certainly rightthe wrong. This famous family remedy tones the stomach, stimu- lates the liver, regulates the bowels.
 Beecham's Pills cleanse the system of accomplishing poisons and purify the blood Their beneficial action shows in brighter looks, clearer eomplexions, better feelings. Try them, and you also will find that they
The Press., 1915-05-12
Cause of Ocean IidAa

The chief cause of ocean tides Is the attraction of the moon which, af. fecting most strongly the side of the earth nearest to the moon, draws or heaps up the waters in the parts of the earth successively turned toward the moon The attraction of the earth for the water on it's surface is strong enough to counteract the attraction of the moon and hold the water in place, but it responds to the attraction of the moon by considerable movement.
The Press., 1915-05-12
He's true to God who's true to mar -J. R. Lowell
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion Of the ef :. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu- tlonal remedies. Deafness ia caused by an in- famed condition Of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When this tube is infiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever which is nothing but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu- lars free. F. J. CHENEY 6 CO.,, Toledo, o.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Press., 1915-05-12
Dress We'll.

It is not enough that people shall be clad, they must be dressed. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy" was the advice of PolOnius to his son. rich, but not gaudy, for the apparel oft proclaims the man," and the advice is just as good today as it was 300 years ago.
The Press., 1915-05-12
A Bad Barqain.

'They say she literally bought the count, and now I guess she wishes she'd bought him on the instalment plan."
 "Why so?''
 '"Then all she'd have to do would be to stop payments and they would take him away."-Boston Transcript
The Press., 1915-05-12
The Brightest Women Find

ssmetimes that they arc dull in mind, depressed in spirits, and that fhsy have headache, backache,
 and sufferings that make life seem not worth living. But these conditions need be only temporary.
 Thsy are usually caused by indigestion or biliousness and a few doses of
The Press., 1915-05-12
Cause of His Pessinisn,.

Orator On the surface things are often right. but it is when we explore the depths of things that we see the deceptiOns of our fellow creatures. One of the Crowd Guv'nor. you've been buying barrel of apples. haven't you ?-LOndon TD-Bits.
The Press., 1915-05-12
Fathers Knock.

lrate Father-How can that young man do q days work after sitting here playing and yodeling till midnight? -Maron-He says four hours sleep is all man needs Irate Father-Who told him what a man eeds?-New York Globe.
The Press., 1915-05-12
Some Difference.

Whats become of that rascally young son of the Blowers f'
 q understand he is to take a course of ethics in one of our modern pepo- logical institutions"
 There! And l heard he had been sent to jail."-Baltimore American.
The Press., 1915-05-12
Connection Plain,

Brown-What rig that woman has on! Jones Qooking)-By love, that re- minds me I've got to get some castor oil for Brown-Eh! I fail to see how that rig can remind you of castor o' Jones-The bad taste of it. my bo- Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1915-05-12
Not Warranted.

Grubbs-Is there any truth in this report that Miss Oldgirl is to be mar ried? Stubbs-She thinks there is doubtless, but in my own view her be- lief merely represents another triumph of hope over Richmond Gimes- Dispatch.
The Press., 1915-05-12
MONsON.

mONSON. MT. and Mrs. John Smith of Hamp- den avenue are receiving congratu. lations upon the birth of daughter. Richard Ritter has leased the Century house. and it will be re- opened at once under new manage ment.
 Clifford Shaw, who has been em- ployed in Upton, has resigned his position and returned to his home in town.
 R. M. Lull, who has been with the Squier Coal Go. for several
 months, has resigned his position
 and gone to Springfield.
 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holdridge of Washington street are receiving the sympathy of their friends in the loss of their infant son, Wednesday. George Morris of Pearl street, who was recently operated upon for ap- pendicitis at the Emerson hospital, Boston, is making a favorable re-
 covery.
 !. J H. Loudon has commenced work preparatory to starting the mill re-
 cently purchased by him at the Branch MT. and Mrs. Loudon are planning to make their home in this town.
 The board of fire engineers, at their meeting last week, organized as fol-
 lows: Chief, Alfred B. Norcross; i; first assistant chief, Wm. T. Lewis i; second assistant chief, Nelson A. Bugbee.
 Dr. and Mrs. C. w. Jackson are to
 leave the 9th or 9th for the Panama
 Pacific exposition. They plan to be
 absent about a month. Dr. Chase of
 Boston will look after Dr. Jackson s patients during the latter's vacation. Wild pheasants are becoming num-
 erous in this vicinity, and are suf- ficiently tame to come into the vil- lage. They have been seen in the yards near the houses several times,
 and Tuesday one was seen on Main street
 Asahel Abbott, 90, former resi-
 dent of Monson, died at the home of Auston Wheeler on the Wales road Tuesday, the 4th, from the infirmities of old age. MT. Abbott was born in
 Wales in May, 1925, and had spent a
 good part of his life there and in
 Monson. He was initiated in Thomas lodge of Masons at Palmer in April, 1860, and was without doubt the oldest living member of the lodge. MT. Abbott is survived by a daughter, living in Boston, and a son who
 res ides in Stafford Hollow. The funer-
 al was held at the Wheeler home at
 o'clock Thursday afternoon and the
 body was taken to Wales for burial.
 The annual meeting of the in. coporators of the Monson Savings
 Bank took place Thursday. The report of the treasurer showed 3550 de. positors, with total deposits of $1, $50, 284. The total assets of the bank
 are $2,O72, S6O. The following were
 added to the incorporators F. E.
 Severy, R. K. Squier, O. R. Aldrich,
 B. P. Anderson, E. J. Lyons, E. F. Cushman, J. s. Stewart, A. P.
 Rindge, o. l.. Ricketts. Officers were elected as followers: President, E. D. Cushman; vice presidents, O. M. Gage, A. D. Ellis; clerk, W. l.. Ricke etts; trustees, A. D. Norcross, L. c. Flynt, Dr. P. W. Soule, E. D. Cushman, O. M. Gage, R. P. Cush- man, Rufus Fay, G. c. Flynt, O. A. Bradway, A. D. Ellis, O. 0. McCray, Dr. c. w. Jackson, W. l.. Ricketts i; board of investment, E. D. Cushman, A. D. Norcross, c. M. Gage, L. O. Flynt; treasurer, c. A. Bradway i; auditors, A. D. Norcross, R. P. Cush- man, Rufus Fay.
 Can't loOk wall aaf well ar faal wall
The Press., 1915-05-12
The Greafer Honnr

Cato, the Greek, on observing that statues were being set up in honor of many, remarked: "I would rather people would ask, why is there not a statue to Cato, than why there is."
The Press., 1915-05-12
Queer.

"Queer, isn't it?'
 What is?''
 You never hear a man admit that he's self made failure" e"-Detroit "-aa Press.
The Press., 1915-05-12
The One Exception.

Mrs Flubdub-You have never done anything really clever in your whole life. MT. Flubdub-You seem to forget my dear. that I married you-Judge,
The Press., 1915-05-12
Native Advantaoe.

That little Irish girl fairly floats when she dances.
 Well, you know she comes from Cork. Baltimore American.
The Press., 1915-05-12

This Will Interest Mothers.
 Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children re- lieve Fever1shneSs, Headache. Rad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bow els and destroy worms. They break up Colds in A hours Used by mothers for 26 years. They never fail. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen L. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. ...
The Press., 1915-05-12
She Mon.

Newlywed-My angel, wish you wouldn't paint. Mrs. New1ywed-Now, Jack, have you ever seen an angel that wasn't painted ?-London Mail.
The Press., 1915-05-12

Can't look well, eat well, or feel we'll
 with impure blood. Keep the b ood pure
 with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat sim- | ply. take exercise, keep clean, and good health is pretty sure to follow. $l a bot flo
The Press., 1915-05-12
One Thino in His Eavor-

OHS TITTT9 TH ITS TdVOT, Oars dis to be said about de man dat talks about hisself," said Uncle Eben, He never ain't sayin' no harm about nobody"
The Press., 1915-05-12
May Be Relied Upon

Dirsefisas ef special value with every box.
 Ssld everywhere In boxes. 1oe.. 25e-
The Press., 1915-05-12
This Will Interest Mother,

Prefer diligence to idleneSs unless you esteem rust above brightness.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
Lost and Found.

It Is a world of strange happenings On the Alaska steamer from Seattle was young lady who bitterly lament ed to friend aboard the loss of pin It was an Elk emblem. gold and jew eled. a present from her brother. She had lost 1t on the street in Seattle just before her departure. She related the cir"umstahces in the presence of an. other passenger to whom she had just been introduced by her friend. This fellow passenger seemed interested and finally inquired. Did you really lose an Elk pin and did it have your initials engraved on the back?' "Indeed l did," replied the young lady. How did you know about the initials?' The passenger rejoined, Well. l found it!'' He had picked up the pin on the street in Seattle just before the steamer had sailed.-Leslie's
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
CHAIR RIDING TIME FOR
 TERRIFIC ONSLAUGHT

PETROGRAD: The next forward movement of the Russian armies will be in numbers of millions, not army corps, says high army official. The armies are in better shape than for many months, said this official, and quite capable of moving forward at any point. But the new plan of cam paign contemplates much more than the taking of towns and territory by drives at this point and that.
 The Russian staff is well satisfied with the net result of strategy dur ing the summer, and, it is asserted. is willing to bide it's time for the in- ception of the new campaign. A con- tented army, we'll fed, clothed and housed and weekly steam cleaned, is the first Russian army, as seen by the Associated Press correspondent dur ing 10 days visit to the positions along the eastern front. There are quarters for the officers and for the men, officers clubs, and, strangest of all, steam baths in which the men take turns fin squads at being thor oughly steamed and scrubbed; then they are given fresh undergarments.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
ALASKANS REFUSE TO
 STAND FOR "LIVENGOOD''

FAIRBANKS: The announcement from Brooks by wireless that Tom Patterson, the man who will be the postmaster at the new diggings, was leaving Rrooks today for Fairbanks raises the question as to whether or not the postoffice department has the arbitrary power of naming new towns.
 Judge Bunnell in appointing How ard Johnson Atwell commissioner for the new Tolovana precinct designat- ed the town of that precinct where the commissioner should locate as Brooks" The wireless station, the only thing that bound the new dis trict to the outer word, was named Brooks" and is SO recognized by the United States government.
 Along comes the department off,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
Growinu Older.

AS sec it. growing older is the proc. ess of the reconciliation of the spirit to life. Living is simply getting acquaint. ed with the world we live in. The real purpose of q body is that it shall be used up, worn out-and then thrown away-in feeding the spirit. Whatever happens to you in the outer world translates itself finally into such sub stance. That is what it is for. just as the purpose of food is not to look pret ty on china plates. but to be trans formed into blood and muscle. It is in the natural order of things that the body should be thus used and exhaust ed. The unnatural and horrible thing is that the body should be worn out and yet the spirit remain unnourished Atlantic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
THE FRENCH ACADEMY.
Career of tho Organization of the
 "Forty immortaIs."

Career of tho Organization of the
 "Forty immortals."
 The Institute of France had it's in ception in l57O. when there was found ed in Paris by the French poet. An toine de Baif. literary and musical society. known as the Academy of the Valois. Charles K. granted it letters patent on Nov. 20. 157O. as '"The Acad- emy of Poetry and Music" It had. however. no stability. Attacked upon every occasion and criticised by it's op ponents. its members ceased to meet after 1884. Almost half century passed before revival took place.
 For some time since the year 1929 d small circle of enthusiastic students was wont to meet at each others home for the study of French language and literature. From year to year it's mem bership increased. and in 1884 Cardinal Richelieu proposed to the society to have their private status changed into u public institution. with many rights and privileges. Upon agreement by the society it was henceforth known as "the French Academy" with char ter from Louis XIII. of January. 1885 It consisted then of forty members the forty immortals at no time and under no pressure whatsoever has this number been increased.-London Standard,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
LORDS AND RETAINERS.
The FeudaI System Has Not Vet Been | Entirely Eliminated In Japan.

The FeudaI System Has Not Vet Been
 Entirely Eliminated In Japan.
 There is in Japan social relation ship between employer and employee not known in your country. It is the relationship of lord and retainer. For many centuries Japan was under a feudal system where the giver of "yok" LOT annual pension) was the lord, while the recipient of it was the retainer. Such feudalistic relations between pay CT and payee have not yet altogether died away in this country. though they are gradually diminishing with the cap utilization of labor. Even today he who pays wages is allowed to assume something of the mental attitude of the lord-not in a despotic but in a protectoral sense-toward those who receive them.
 A young man who was earning his school expenses by work in America came into possession of lengthy let ter from his mother left behind in Ja- pan repeatedly advising him to be loyal to the person of his master. and he looked around to find. to his renewed surprise. that nobody would claim in the republic such personal loyalty as his good old mother must have meant.
 But in Japan there exist many sub jects for his quasi feudalistic virtue. My American readers may think that the comparative scarcity of strikes in Japan is due to lack of self assertion on the part of laborers. but that is not quite right. The chief explanation must be found in their active loyalty to their employers person rather than in their passive forbcarance.-From "Japan's Message to America" by Kojiro MatSukata (D. c. L. Yale). {
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
WHERE CANNED SALMON
 FROM ALASKA GOES.

Seattle:-- Puget sound exported 8,715,048 pounds of Alaska and Pug ct Sound canned salmon to England in November as compared with 588,- 900 pounds in the same period last year. The salmon exported to the is- land kingdom in the month just closed the sound did not export a single pound to Scotland.
 The tremendous increase in the canned salmon movement from the Sound to Great Britain is revealed by a comparison of the custom reports for November, 1915, and November, 1914 From thee viewpoint of the Sounds ocean commerce, the inrcease is one of the startling developments of the new conditions brought about by the war.
 Puget Sounds total canned salmon exports in November last reached g. s96,14O pounds, valued at $161,150, established by November of last year.
 The gain is more than fivefold. The enormous consumption of can ned salmon in Great Britain is al- most wholly responsible for the sen sational increase. Exports of cann- ed salmon to the Philippines last month showed heavy falling off. In November, 1914, the Islands bought 914,544 pounds of the product from Puget Sound. Last month they took only 225, 900 pounds.
 Chilli and Ecuador failed to import a single pound of this product from Puget Sound in November, 1914, but in the month just closed Chilli took 235,840 pounds and Ecuador 26,O00. At the same time Peru brought 72,- 900 pounds, compared with 2,400 pounds in November, 1914. The Straits Settlements last month im- ported 144,000 pounds from the Sound, as compared with 1920 lbs. in the same month of the previous year.
 The heavy British movement is due primarily to war conditions, but the growing trade to the South American republics and the Straits Settlements represents permanent feature of the Sounds commerce.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
FLYING BULLETS.
At High veIocities Army Rifle Missiles
 Make Queer Sounds.

Make Queer Sounds.
 There is but one sound plainly audi ble from flying bullet. and this is au. dible only when the bullet travels at high speed. at the rate of 1.5OO feet per second or more.
 Missiles from all army rifles of mod ern times. which vary in velocity from 2OOO to 5000 feet per second. create q vacuum immediately behind the bullet The result is sharp crash as the bull, let passes. caused by the air closing rapidly in behind the bullet base.
 At considerable range two distinct reports are audible to the person by whom the bullet is passing. At 700 yards the sound may be described pho netically as ''pack-punk." The first sound comes about three-quarters of a second ahead of the latter in the case of the United States army rife, the new Springfield. The velocity of this rife is 2,7OO feet per second at the muZzle.
 The first sound is that of the bullet passing through the air. It is like noth- ing so much as a long and very violent ly cracked blacksnake whip. The sec ond sound comes about three-quarters of q second later. It is dead, heavy and is more like thud than Ghe "crack" of rife.
 The difference in the time of the two sounds is because the bullet travels much faster than sound. Noise pro- gresses at the rate of about thousand feet per second.-Outing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
Growing Truth.

An argument is usually a tug-of-war. and a tug-of-war does not bring people together. yet we are often deceived into thinking that we can bring the other man over to our side by arguing with him. Even when an argument does convince it is not usually the best way of convincing. It is so much bet ter to suggest to people than to argue with them. If you have convinced d person he is trying to remember what you have said. But if you drop seed in his mind it will quietly work in him. Growing truth is more effective than driven truth.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18

cials in Washington and appoint a postmaster for the town of Liven good. In the postal directory then there will be no such place at Brooks, Alaska. In the telegraph directory there will be no such place as "Liv- engood, Alaska" The court of this division, the district court of the Uni ted States, has officially designated the town as Brooks" The deputy there will be no such place as Brooks, No one in Fairbanks is to blame for the mixup. There is a reason and a good one for the postoffice authori- ties designating the new town as Livingood. There are several post offices in the United States by the name of Brooks" But the one bad feature of it is that there is one in Alabama by that name. There is no officially recognized abbreviation for Alaska, but many people try to ab- breviate it, and there was a Brooks, Alabama, and a Brooks, Alaska. It is probably to avoid this that the authorities in Washington named the new postoffce .'Livengood," but it's |still Brooks to Alaska.
 The authorities do not know how glad Alaskans felt to be able to hon. or the man who has meant much to the development of this territory by naming a town for him.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-18
BRITISH ARMY SWORDS.
Each Branch of tho Service Has lts
 Own Type of Weapon.

Each Branch of tho Service Has its
 Own Type of Weapon.
 Swords in the British army vary to . very grcat extent. and practically every branch of the service has Its own tyne of weapon. The difference Is not so much i'll the shape of the blade as In that of the hllt.
 The sword used by the infantry has a large ornamental guard. bearing the royal cipher and crown. There Is a slot ut the top of the guard for the sword knot. really q leather loop end ing in knot to prevent the loss of the sword. The infantry sword Is perfect ly straight and is sharp on one edge only.
 Rifle regiments have a special sword of their own with the rifle badge let into the openwOrk guard. Very much the same sort of sword. but with q still more open guard. consisting of three curved bars. is used by the royal ar. tillery and army service corps. The Royal engineers have a gilt hilt on their swords. q distinction they prize.
 The claymore of the highland regi. ments has big basket hilt lined with red cloth and blue ribbons. The off cers of some Scottish regiments carry a plain cross hilted sword without a guard.
 Until a few years ago the cavalry were armed with subers. Nowadays. however. they carry swords of a straight rapier pattern. The guard is large affair. completely shielding the hand.-New York Times.