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The Spectator., 1915-06-29

Indeed, for many decades of it's history our navy got along without a naval academy Midshipmen went to sea from the first and learned how to use big gun on the deck of man-o . war Navigation was learned from the officers of the ship as they did the actual work A senior officer might gather together the young men under his care for a lecture now and then or he might not.
 It was not until 1S45. in the days or James K. Polk, when George Bancroft was secretary of the navy, that the agitation for naval school gained headway. Fomented pricipally by the younger officers. who saw as the navy increased that the requirements were multiplied. the tide began to rise un- til it brought the first buildings to the grounds of Fort Severn.
 Early Days in the Academy.
 The course under Commander Franklin Buchanan was fixed at i've years of which only the first and last were to be spent at the school In January. 1S46, four months after the opening. the students consisted of 36 midshipmen of the date of 1S40, 1S of the date of 1S41, and seven acting middies appointed to the previous year. The first group was graduated after their limited course of one year in 1S46.
 In 1850 came the first reorganization. providing for a course of seven years, the first two and the last two to be devoted to study and the three inter mediate years to be spent at sea. Next year a board of examiners dropped the three years of sea service in the mid de of the course and the present four consecutive years of study was in augurated The practice cruises Of the summer supplied the place of the omitted sea service.
 The work of the academy was sad ly interrupted in the Civil war, when part of the students went to the front and the rest were moved for safety to Newport, R l. But it has since then followed the development of our navy study until it gives today more thor ough technical training than any sim liar institution in the world.
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confinement. He said in transmitting an order on the subject:
 T have no sympathy with hazing. A hazer is essentially a bully and must necessarily have in his nature a streak of the same innate cruelty pos sessed by brutes who torture dumb animals for the pleasure of watching their suffering
 Betting Is Forbidden.
 Betting is another forbidden de- light to midshipmen In the fall of 1912 half the students or about 400 men were involved in a pool of s2.000 which was raised to be wagered against an equal amount collected at West Point on the result of an Army Navy football game. The authorities have stamped out the drinking of in toxicating liquors with an iron hand. Another practice more than frowned upon is the running of extravagant bills, especially for flowers and for entertainment of guests.
 This is not the first time that acad- emy examinations have caused rue tions. The entrance requirements ments have been a fruitful source of trouble. The charge has been made on the floor of the house of repre- sentatives that the tests have been made in such a way that candidates were forced to go to the preparatory schools which specialize in getting boys into the academy
 On several occasions, too, it has been reported that candidates have had substitutes take the examination for them. Brilliant and interruptions youths have been found to palm them selves off as the candidates in the ex- animation room with the result that young men deficient in preparation en- tered Uncle Sans free school
 The cadets have lot of things to learn nowadays which were unknown 90 years ago. Much attention is paid to electricity The modern battleship is great machine shop. The success full naval officer has to be a good me chanical engineer, as wireless, automo- bile. torpedoes, submarines and a thousand and one other things must be digested by the cadet today which Farragut knew nothing of.
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at the sides are made of lighter mate

at the sides are made of lighter mate rial
 The center driveway is ten feet in width, and the grain bins above occupy the same amount of floor space. This center driveway has a solid concrete floor made with smooth, hard sur face for easy shoveling and sweep ing.
 For the easy handling of grain for cleaning and grading purposes, the flaming mill is placed on this floor, where it is driven by belt from the power. and the grain is spouted to it from the different bins, so It may be cleaned and graded and returned to the bins without the use of shovel.
 The grain spouts conduct the grain to the flaming mill, and the elevating machinery carries 1t back. Farmers in this way make good grade of wheat that is acceptable without dock ing at the railway elevators, and at the same time they select out a small percentage of the largest and plump est grains to save for seed. Such seed is worth double, or possibly ten times the market price, and the extra value is secured at almost no expense.
 The corn crib wings built at the sides are eight feet wide and 26 feet in height. The building is made long
The Spectator., 1915-06-29
Equipped With Modern Ma chinery, It Will Pay for Itself
 in a Short Time.
BUILT TO LAST MANY YEARS
Structure. Unlike the OId-Fashioned, Low, Slated Cribs, Adds to the Appearance of the Farm-Some of Its Many Advantages
 Enumerated.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORO,

Mir. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufactures, he is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Rad ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply.
 Modern farm elevator machinery has worked wonderful changes in corn cribs. It is another case of match ing machinery against hand labor in handling corn and other grains. Mod ern corn-elevating machinery saves a cent a bushel at husking time by mak- ing horse or gasoline engine do the work of housing. It saves great deal more in the after handling by the aid of machinery.
 The building illustrated is 20 feet high to the caves and 33 feet from vator takes ear corn or other small grain as it pours out from under the tail board of the wagon box and car ries it up to the cupola on the peak. From here it is distributed by grain spouts to the different bins.
 The foundation of the building is of concrete made solid to last lifetime. Above the floor and foundation walls the building is built in three parts, the center being made strong and solid to support the grain bins over the center driveway, while the cribs
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enough to accommodate the amount of corn and small grains grown on the farm.
 The corn crib wings are built con siderably lighter than the main DOT tion of the building. for the reason that corn in the ear is lighter than wheat, and is less liquid than smaller grains. so that the pressure on the sides is less.
 Also the construction of the middle part of the building is necessarily stronger to support the grain bins overhead. The size of timbers may be estimated by figuring the weight of wheat, which is 49 pounds per cubic foot. The outward pressure is practi-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
1nnrso<kn n C~o,,o1
Henrietta D. Grauel
Food Fashions

Fashions in foods change with sea
sons Just as styles in clothes do and
it is quite as uncomfortable to use too
heavy foods in spring time as to wear
clothing that is too warm.
This month everyone experiences a
natural craving for green vegetables.
Tomatoes, lettuce, green onions, rad
ishes, rhubarb, cucumbers and the rest
of the attractive list whet the jaded
appetite for a keener relish of other
foods.
They do even more than this for they
save doctors bills by helping Nature in
her scheme of domestic economy.
There is not much food value to sue.
culent vegetables for about eighty per
cent. of their bulk consists of water and
pulp; it is their characteristic taste
that makes them SO enjoyable.
The point to remember in cooking
them is that the flavor that gives them
character must be preserved. To do
this you must not cook them too long
nor over-season them. 1t is common
fault to see caulifiower, spinach and
similar early vegetables smothered in
thick cream sauces or made very rich
in other ways. There is justification
for the cook who does this, for she has
often been told that succulent vege-
tables need to be enriched to be nour-
ishng But they do not need this in
springtime. This month we eat green's
for the sake of the iron they are rich
in, while lettuce. celery, cress and green
onions are sedatives and rest and quiet
our nerves.
Later in the year tomatoes will be
used most IN cooked dishes but now in
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A fine Treatment
FOR CATARRH
Easy to Make and Costs Little

If you have catarrh don't be misled
or gulled into believing YOU can obtain
cure for your trouble by breathing a
simple medicated air.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease
and inhalers, sprays and nose douches
merely temporize with the disease and
seldom, if ever. bring any lasting bene.
fit. To effect a cure use remedy that
will drive the disease out of YOUR sys.
tenn. Don't employ remedy that will
drive the disease down into your lungs
and bronchial tubes. Such methods
often lead TO consumption, aud fire.
quently produce catarrhal deafness and
head noises.
If you have catarrh in any form so
to your druggist and get one ounce of
Parmint Double Strength), take this
home and add to it Il pint of hot water
and ounces of aranulated sugar; stir
until dissolved. Take a tablespoonful
four times day.
The first dose should begin to relieve
the most miserable headache, dullness,
sneezing, sore throat, running of the
nose, catarrhal discharges, head noises
and other loathsome symptoms that al
ways accompany this disgusting disease.
Loss of smell, defective hearing and
mucus dropping in the back Of the
throat are other symptoms that show
the presence of catarrh and which may
be overcome by the use of this simple
treatment. Every person who has ca.
tarrh should give this prescription a
trial. There is nothing better.-Adv.
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their natural rosy, juicy state they
make most wholesome and ideal salads.
Serve them simply, with just dash of
lemon juice and salt and little olive
oil. Combined with radishes and small
onions and lettuce there is almost no
limit to their varied uses.
Piled beside the early vegetables in
brilliant array are heaps of glowing
oranges with both sweet and discordant
flavors. They will not be so low priced
again until another spring so it will be
well to have them in their natural
goodness, and in various desserts.
An orange cream pie is tempting and
as slightly as its near relative, lemon
custard pie.
Bake open shells and have them
ready, then make the custard of one
cup of powdered sugar, one tablespoon
of butter, juice and grated rind and
finely cut pulp of one large orange, one
cup of boiling water and one egg well
beaten. Mix this all together and
strein, pressing the pulp through the
sieve. Bring to the boiling point and
thicken with one tablespoon of corn
starch. Stir until it is cooked to the
| right consistency. This is the quantity
for one pie. You may have to add
more orange juice or more sugar but
this depends upon the sweetness of the
fruit.
An April Dinner Menu
Cream of Asparagus Soup
Roast Lamb, Green Peas, Mint Sauce
Stewed Young Onions Baked Potatoes
Fresh Tomatoes with Mayonnaise
Whole Wheat Bread and Sweet Butter
Jelly
Orange Cream Pie Coffee
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DRESS WARM AND
KEEP FEET DRY
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to Take
Salts and Get Rid of
Uric Acid

Rheumatism is no respecter of age
sex, color or rank. If not the most
dangerous of human Affections it il
one of the most painful. Those subject
to rheumatism should eat less meat
dress as warmly as possible, avoid any
undue exposure and, above all, drink
lots of pure water
rheumatism is caused by uric acid
which o generated in the bowels and
absorbed into the blood. 1t is the func.
tion of the kidneys to filter this acid
from the blood and cast it out in the
urine; the pores of the skin are also
means of freeing the blood of this
impurity. In damp and chilly, cold
weather the skin pores are closed thus
forcing the kidneys to do double work,
they become weak and sluggish and fai
to eliminate this uric acid which keeps
aecumulating and circulating through
the system, eventually settling in the
joints and muscles causing stiffness
soreness and pain called rheumatism.
At the first twinge of rheumatism get
from any pharmacy about four ounces
of Jad Salts; put tablespoonful in a
glass of water and drink before break
fast each morning for a week. This
is said to eliminate uric acid by stimu,
iating the kidneys to normal action
thus ridding the blood of these impur.
tiles.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless
and is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithis
and is used with excellent results by
thousands of folks who are subject to
rheumatism. Here you have a pleasant
effervescent lithia-water drink which
overeomes uric acid and is beneficial to
your kidneys as well.-Adv.
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Of Sabron's face we're like death itself,
Hammet Abou, who rode ahead, cried
out and pulled up his camel short
He waved him arm.
"A caravan, monsieur"
In the distance they saw the tents,
like lotus leaves, scattered on the pink
sands, and the dark shadows Of the
Arabs and the couchant beasts, and
the glow of the encampment fire.
AN encampment, monsieur"
fremont sighed. He drew the cur.
tain of the litter and looked in upon
Sabron, who was sleeping. His set
features. the growth of his uncut
Dearu, tne long rrlnge OF mis- eyes, MS
dark hair upon his forehead, his wan
transparency-with the peace upon his
face, he might have been a figure OF
Christ waiting for sepulture.
fremont cried to him: "Sabron,
mon vieux Charles, reveille.toi! We
are in sight of human beings!"
But Sabron gave no sign that he
heard or cared.
Throughout the journey across the
desert, Pitchoune had ridden at his
will and according to his taste, some.
times journeying for the entire day
perched upon Tremont's camel. He
sat like little flgurehead or a mas
cot, with ears pointed northward and
his keen nose shifting the desert air.
Sometimes he would take the same
position on one of the mules that car.
ried Sabron's litter, at his masters
feet. There he would lie hour after
hour, with his soft eyes fixed with
understanding sympathy upon Sab.
ron's face.
He was, as he had been to Fatou
Ami. q kind of fetish-the caravan
adored him. Now from his position at
Sabron's feet, he crawled up and
licked his masters hand.
"Charles" fremont cried, and lift.
ed the soldiers hand.
Sabron opened his eyes. He was
sane. The glimmer of smile touched
his lips. He said Tremont's name,
recognized him. Are we homer" ne
asked weakly. rs it France?"
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Meeting.

ING mScun9.
Under the sun, under the starry
nights fremont, with his burden, jour.
neyed toward the north. The halts
were distasteful to him, and although
he was forced to rest he would rather
have been cursed with sleeplessness
and have journeyed on and on. He
rode his camel like Bedouin; he grew
brown like the Bedouins and under the
hot breezes, swaying on his desert
ship, he sank into dreamy, moody and
melancholy reveries, like the wander
ing men Of the Sahara, and felt him
self part Of the desolation, as they
were.
What will be, will bel" Hammet
Abou said to him hundred times, and
fremont wondered: will Charles live
to see Algiers?"
Sabron journeyed in a litter carried
between six mules. and they travelled
slowly, slowly. fremont rode by the
sick mans side day after day. Not
once did the soldier for any length Of
time regain his reason. He would pass
from coma to delirium, and many
times fremont thought he had ceased
to breathe. Slender, emaciated under
his covers. Sabron lay like the image
OF soldier in wax-a wounded man
carried as a votive Offering to the
affairs of desert warfare.
At night as he lay in his bed in his
tent, fremont and Hammet Abou
cooled his temples with water from
the earthen bottles, where the sweet
ooze stood out humid and refreshing
on the damp clay. They gave him acid
and cooling drinks, and now and then
Sabron would smile on fremont, call
ing him petit frere," and fremont
heard the words with moisture in his
eyes, remembering what he had said
to the Marquise d'Esclignac about be-
ing Sabron's brother. Once or twice
the soldier murmured woman's
name. but fremont could not catch it,
and once he said to the duke:
Sing! Sing!"
The Frenchman obeyed docilely,
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HOBOEs GUST JAMES EADs HOW
I. w. w. Faction Controls Convention
and Elects q Now Yorker

Baltimore, April l4.-James Eads
How, the "millionaire hobo,' was
ousted as boss of the hoboes at the con.
vention of the Holiday Street Theatre
yesterday by the Industrial Workers of
the World faction.
John Murray, James Scott and Ben
Fletcher, the last negro, delegates of
the Philadelphia local of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Welfare Association,
members of the |. w. W. and exponents
of the doctrine of physical force, just
lifted the convention out of How's
hands, brought about the election of a
new chairman, Alexander Law of New
York, compromise - candidate, to sue.
coed How and ran things to suit them.
selves
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CONTINUED

CONTINUED
There are all kinds. ma chere. as
there are all temperaments" said
Madame de la Maine. SAT Assump-
tion-that Is our great feast. Julia
the Feast of Mary-it comes in Au-
gust-at Assumption, Monsieur de la
Maine came to talk with my grand.
mother He was forty years old. and
bald-Bob and made fun OF his few
hairs. like the children in the Holy
Bible"
Julia put out her hand and took the
hand of Madame de la Maine gently.
She was getting so far from a love
affair.
'I married Monsieur de Ia Maine in
six weeks" said Therese.
"Oh," breathed Miss Redmond, ''hor'
rible!"
Madame de la Maine pressed Julia's
hand.
when II was decided between my
grandmother and the comte. escaped
at night. after they thought had gone
to bed. and l went down to the lower
terrace where the weeds grew in
plenty. and told Robert. Somehow,
did not expect him to make fun, al.
though We always joked about every.
thing until this night. 1t was after
nine o'clock"
The comtesse swept one hand to
ward the desert "A moon like this
only not like this-ma chere. There
was never but that moon to me for
many years.
Il thought at first that Bob would
kill me-he grew so white and terrible
He seemed suddenly to have aged ten
years, will never forget his cry as il
rang out in the night. You will marry
that old man when We love eacn otn
err l had never known it until then.
I'VE we're only children, but he
grew suddenly old. l knew it then.
said Madame de la Maine intensely, q
knew 1t then"
She waited for q long time. Over
the face of the desert there seemed to
be nothing but one veil of light. The
silence grew so intense, so deep; the
Arabs had stopped singing, but the
heart fairly echoed, and Julia grew
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. her eyes the cara.
van she waited for seemed to come out
of the moonlit mist, rocking, rocking
the camels and the huddled figures OF
the riders, their shadows cast upon the
sand
And now fremont would be forever
changed in her mind. A man who had
suffered from his youth, warm-heart.
ed boy, defrauded of his early love. II
seemed to her that he was a charming
figure to lead Sabron.
"Therese," she murmured, won't
you tell me?"
They thought had gone to bed, -
said the Comtesse de la Maine. "and
went back to my room by little stair.
case. seldom used, and found myself
alone, and knew what life was and
what 1t meant to be poor"
But" interrupted Julia, Mortified,
girls are not sold in the twentieth
century"
They are sometimes in France, my
dear. Robert was only seventeen. His
father laughed at him, threatened to
send him to South America. We were
victims"
"It was the harvest moon," con.
tinued Madame de la Maine gently,
and it shone on us every night until
my wedding day. Then the duke kept
his threat and sent Robert out OF
France. He continued his studies in
England and went into the army of
Africa"
There was silence again.
Il did not see him until last year"
said Madame de Ia Maine, after my
husband died"
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Granite and Water

\ coat made of granite, while per-
haps not the most comfortable article
of wearing apparel-although granite
in thin sheets is fexible-might be
thought to be storm proof, yet granite
viii absorb a considerable amount of
moisture. If cubic yard of granite
that had been completely dried out
were immersed in pure water it would,
according to the United States geolog-
ical survey, after a short time take up
four gallons of water.
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CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF

Every bit of dandruf disappears
after one or two applications of Dan.
dcrine rubbed well into the scalp with
the finger tips. Get 25.eent bottle of
Danderine at any drug store and save
your hair. After few applications
You can't find a particle of dandruff or
any falling hair. and the scalp will
never itch.-Adv.
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To Be Continued

Reporter-How much of an obituary
do you want about the man with rub
Der necki
City Editor-Stretch it to half a col
umn.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad

IN Enect May u, WA
Trains Leave Harrisburg
For Winchester and MartinsburE. &C
Sos. sI.5O a. m- $40 p. m
For Haserstown. Chambersburg and
"iL53 a. M. $40 s.32. 'a4u. ll.us
p. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle ana
Aeehaniesburg at s.4s g. m. AIS. s.s7.
$50. $50 D. m.
For Dilisburg at sos. s7.5O and sli.yS
g. M. 2.1s. $40. sag, $50 D. n.
sDaily All other trains daily excepS
Sunday. H CONGU.
d A. RIDDLE G. p. Il Supt
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-06-24
lNAVALE

Little Norma Waldo is sick with the
mumps.
Mrs. Blunt is improving after a few
days illness.
| Mrs. Roy Stickney, who has been
quite i'll is improving.
The bridge across the creek north
Of Inavale is unpassable.
Mr.. Ruby aud daughter Mrs. Atwood
went TO Red Clond Thursday.
Talk about high water. CUES.
Inavale knows a little about 1t now.
Mrs George Hastings returned Sat
urday morning from her visit in the
east.
The Childreu's Day exercises at both
churches have been postponed indeH'
nitely.
Roe Rcnkel taken a load OF cream
and eggs to Red Cloud Tuesday for
Mr.. Bush.
Mrs. Clarence Reed aud son, Estell,
who have been laid up with the mumps
are improving.
Monday and Tuesday the mail aud
groceries were taken out to the river
bride in a boat.
Mr.. J. Barker went to Red Cloud
Monday to.bring home,a load of meat
for Mr.. Leonard, Il!
Wilde Garner taken a load of eggs to
Red Cloud Tuesday for c.. A.. Waldo
and W. Wonderly.
Miles Putnam, aud family, living
west Of 1navale, had TO move out on
account OF the high water.
Mr.. Donald Hartwell and wife
walked TO Red Cloud and back Satur
day in less than five hours.
Mr.. w. II. Cloud was hit on the
head by a large hail stone Friday
night and quite badly injured.
The crops of a number Of farmers
living north and northeast of Inavale
were badly damaged by hail Friday
..r
Since Saturday about forty people
from here have been to Riverton to
the damage caused by the high
water last week.
Their being no trains since Friday
night, Mr. Burgess the postmaster,
to Red Cloud Monday and Tues.
day. to get the mail. 81.
Last Tuesday morning Messers.
Bush aud Leonard taken the train
and Sunday evening they walked
into town from the west.