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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

a SUBJECT Of timely interest
~ and Importance and one that
is closely allied to the subject
Of the industrial diseases in general
is that Of the injuries to the ear re-
sulting from loud concussipns. What
maybe regarded as one Of the minor
accidents Of war is nevertheless, be.
cause Of the large number. OF indi-
viduals concerned at the present
time. one that cannot be ignored,
and here the Medical Record inti:
Gates to. us: how men in time of
peace may suffer the same Injuries
co prevalent in this .thundrous wars
for the aural injuries to which the
soldier is exposed are no different
from those of the boilermaker. ofthe
Structural iron worker. Of the sports
man, and Of those who are exposed
to the shrek Of the railway whistle
when a train is passing through a
tunnel or covered station.
Jobson Horne has pointed out In
the London Lancet that the report
Of piece of artillery. the concus,
sion Of an explosion, or the firing Of
q cannon close to the ear may exert
its Injurious effects upon the nerve
terminals of the ear, may cause rup-
ture Of the drum membrane, and
may even result in irremediable deaf.
ness. During the Russo:Japanese
war, among the 1891 men who were
wounded in the nava! engagements
there were 116 cases Of conclusion
OF the labyrinth and rupture and con-
gestion OF the tympanic membrane.
which cases represented z per cent.
Of the wounded who survived.
The injuries to the drum and to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

Cotton wsol when inserted suffi-
GENTLY tightly Is not easily removed
intact, and does not long remain
sterile when handled by men en-.
gagged IN gun firing. 4
The Ear plugs made Of vl1canite
rubber or cellulold cannot BIO sup.
piled to fit exactly the channel OF
the ear. They must be made of d,
substance that retains It's shape
without hard ening or. softening, and
remains ever plastic.
IA substance having the consist.
,epey Of jewellers wax may be pro.
tlSnced and may be made to fulfill all:
ne eMents Of effectively plngs
sing the ears and at the same time!
OF preventing injection.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

a married man on his staff. II one
ofihis. .staffs wished TO- get married he
had to be transferred. elsewhere.
II profoundly respect the ladies,
and am sensible at all times to their
wit and charm-and I am compelled
to- add, wisdom; but ], : cannot see
wherein q man is justified in burden
ing his wife with secret which is
not slegi tinately his; own + Is the com
sment oisEtienne Marsac. 8,
Just, now all Of the nations of the
earth, both, warning and neutral, are
hard put to It in safeguarding state
secrets. In war time It is most im-
peratiye that certain facts must be
prevented from leaking out, and so
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

tlhtey are guarded by various ingeni-.
Gus dsyices. "a. /, q.
For instance. In the British gov
eminent Offices the writing on i'm.
.portant documents is dried by means
OF roller blotters. These consist Of.
evolving; cylinders covered withhold
ting paper which are run cyerswet ink.
The writing Is Impressed on the CYL:
il !. 9 in g, confused tumble, impos.
ystple to deciph her. as MOnld bethe case
II: the ordinary tiat, blot tier were used.
lnfsome cases black plotting paper,
$ y used to dry official letters, as Il
~ much safer than the pink or white.
variety. Impo tant kilograms, II not
In code, often have to, be guarded
from prying eyes BY government Off.
Gals. For this purpose they use 4
simple little Inv entions which consists
OF q telegraph form prepared with a
perforated mined edge. The mes
sage having been written, the form
is folded over and the edges gummeti,
down, as in the case OF. a letter card.
and its contents are hidden from the
messenger who carries II to the tele.
graph Office.
Each battieship carries book Of
code signals which holds the meaning
OF the little flags which dutter at the
masthead when ships communicate.
Each volume As heavily weighted
with lead In the cover, so that in
an emer ancy It can be thrown into
the sea with the. certainty that 1t will
sink The code book is thrown over
board when a battleship Is sinking or
has been crippled by an, enemy ship
which is likely to dispatch a board
ing party.
In war time all governments utilize
cipher codes for communicating with
their commanders In the field or with
their ambassado doris I'm neutral coun-
tries. Such ciphers are cleyerly
worked out by an official. especially
employed for the purpose. The OBJ.
ject Of official; codes is to make them
absolutely unintelligible, to, the or
binary person, while. they can be
read by the Initiated by means Of a
simple key that can be memorized.
Ut occasionally happens that cons
manders in the Asld are obliged to
communicate With one another by
means Of dispatches written in. plain
Language. In such cases elaborate
precautions are taken against the
Communications falling into the
hands Of the enemy. They are Sc.
GREETED in the sole OF. "a dispatch riders
boot. sewn Into his clothing OF, car.
ried in the pneumatic tire Of q motor
cyclists machine.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

The method of recording the proc.
ess was almost as interesting as the
achievement itself, and. though Hor-
ner gave no voluntary sign to guide
the experimenters, his lungs and his
stomach each wrote their part Of the
story. For the athlete was harnessed
up with scientific gear, having unfa-
mil1ar names to the layman: (which
communicated ain writing toathose
whoswatched. s.
And after Horner's gasping inspira.
ton OF the first breath Of fresh air 1t
was possible to show the entire test,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
How Tie SUN Makes I;A Their

moon and the plapets can atfectS the
Isyeath er only 60 far - they supply
]! !; eeordlpgs I'll accurate msas-
tirements made with ttiie most delicate
instruments. the amount ofs heat sent
70 the earth by all !; tl,s plah Sts and
also BY the noon rs ansi meant In
eotipa ftson TO The amount that comes
from the sun. Hence We could not
expect either the planets or tie moon
appEe BY to Meet ;the weather.
lTheZs DO mot supply enoash heat, the
ens as that sa '..l y u our weather
80 most people the foregoing rea.
sontpg may ssem quit sdf dciSnt aud
eonelnsiye, but there IL sttlI another
and an entirely tterent method ofJ
y testtpg The whole + l!s question.
/ we can obserye the post tons OF the
p lg9 and the kind Of. weather dur
Ing x each 4 ri pgaition. and see swhsther
the same 1 J. sort Of weather always
cones shen the 4 planets are in the
sane POST 'lnd OF exasnina-
ton has ofteI Cd: j; Both for
the planets ana III ! fkSs IS sSdSfn, ,but
not the sliSht est ,iadas d a 81 Sifher
upon our wealth 81 hl III ey ii. Been
SI9nnd. 4; 4 I. q;
! Is; g ann VI: ssry rssson
20 belieye that III sn iianSs NOR
the moon can; iiaV,e my 8 6fsciahlas
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
SIS Is Caused and the Latest PREC UTlONS

the nerve endings are due to the sud.
den condensation or rarefact:on Of
the air in the external auditory
'meatus. AS q rule one ear is more
affected than the other. Politzer
states that with the improvements
in modern artillery yuptures Of the
drum membrane are now scarcely
ever met with, This Is attributed to
'theftfnt roductton of breech.loaders,i
end also to- the fact, that the serving,
party withdraws to distance Of
about 10 PAGES, with the exception Of
one man who attends to, the firing.
but who also stands 1T a Considerable
distance. - si,ss;' ~;
In nayal, warfare, however, the
summers cannot be protected IN this
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
Turning x ;RA Us on SOUND

on submit ting atmosphe air. cxy-l
gen and nitrogen to the action ok
rays the velocity OF sound propagation
through those gases Is greatly I'm.
creased. The violet rays from q
quartz mercury vapor lamp give rise,
In fhe case Of oxygen and of mixtures
containing oxygen. TO the Formation
Of ozone. and In consequence to q res
4 nstton In tho velocity Of sound.
IN the case Of nitrogen and hydro
zen the yelpcities are increased; all
though not To- the same extent as
when x-rays are employed. The rays
Of radium exert no appseciable effect.
and neither do the. variations pros
'ap so u by an altsrpa ting electric tields
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
Why Lord KITCHENER Prefers BACHELORS Ito
MARRIED MEN as Holders Of Military SECRETS

n FEVER trust a married man with
I'M a secret when there are bach.
= y elors available is the unwrit-
ten rule of Lord Kitchener, who
knows that woman's curiosity is
capable of bringing about overwhelm-.
ing disaster.
THE ideal condition is that a
husband should have no secret stand
ing between himself and the woman
who has his heart and name" says
a woman writer commenting on this
fact, "and despite Lord Kitchener's
reported attitude, there are thousands
and thousands of women, the wives
of soldiers, who would hold inviolate
guarding It as they would their
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

Observation-Disclosures concerning the
welfare of their country. But war,
or no war, 1t is a fallacy to think that
a sensible we'll balanced wife cannot
be alsafe repository of her husbands
condolences. OF course,
you may reply, by saying that not all
army wiYes are sensible and well.
balaneeds but even that does not jus.
tify any hard and fast rule"
The fact remains. nevertheless,
that Kitchener seldom eptrnsts any
OF his military secrets to married.
men. He. selects the discreet hache.
lofs." During the years he was busy;
perfectings his. plans for the over
throw Of the Mahdi he did not have
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
Making BREAD from lACORNS and IGRASSIlOP PERS

~ NE hears good deal, these war
times about odd and unusual
~ materials for bread.making,
but how would you like to have your
dinner loaf or breakfast rolls made
Of acorn -four? Perhaps you would
make less objection II the acorn -four
we're mixed, half-and;halt with grass
hopper meal.
It all depends on how you have
been brought up To the Digger Ind.
tans Of California acorn meal Is the.
principal breadstuff. At,harvest time.
when the oak nuts are ripe. the men
60 forth and beat them OF the streee
Then the women gather them up In
big, conical baskets, hung on their
backs and suspended. by bands pass
ing across their foreheads. They toss
the acons over their shoulders into
the baskets as fast as they pick them
from the ground.
Acorns thus gathered are spread in
the sun to dry, and when this curing
process Is finished are stored for a
years use. They are pounded to -four
with a stone pestle in q stone mortar
or close-meshed basket. But the -four
is not At for bread-makingo until the
tannin It contains, as we'll as q Ger.
tain acrid principle that gives It q
bitter taste, has been removed by
placing the acorn meal In a hole in
the sand and allowing water. to percoI
late through, 1t until the bitter flavor
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
O. the orrespondents 81 th,

sSNNGs OF the corr pondent9 OF the
w;sskly News Letter = sfge
eorrssspp Ispts. pub " he'd by
the u. s. department Of agriculture,
wantssto know whether the positions
of the planets have any effect on; the
weather. The follpW ing ri the answer.
a few peoples strong asset that
they do. while many others have their
doubts. Those, however, who have
given the subject TefuI mention mo
positive that none OF the plan tss nor,
eyen;athe moon; ever has any appss-'
sciablei effect on the. YEA her. e
AS 9 matter Of fac. ali weather
changes depend ultimately upon tam
perature differences. The .te1pera-
tnre. az, we know, cepgt Hint sa of ITSELF
most imp ortant ther factor.
Another and equally .tnportaht
weather fJctors IS rainfall. But To OBJ
tain rain It Is necessary frsts to evap-
crate water. from the surface Of the
earth, and this, as every one knows
requires heat.
Still another important weather
factor Is the direction and force of.
the wind, and this. too requires heat,
for the winds VIII not blow, unless the
temperature Is different at one place
from what 1t is at another, any more:
than the air VIII draw up a chimney
when there u no IRE in II,
Since then the heating OF different
parts Of the earth and its atmos-
phefe TO different stemperat ures Il the
real cause OF the winds and Of all
weather elianses. Il follows that the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

manner. Experience has taught the
gunner that by keeping the mouth
open SOFAS to eaualize the air pres
sure on each side Of the drum niEm.
crane the unpleasant conseqnsnces
OF cussion may be diminished. "a
The toothpick that is chewed. by.
naval officers while serving the guns,
partly fultills this requirement, al
though apiece Of rubber. rolled be.
tween the teeth would be still better
as Q means Of keeping the mouth.
partly open. ia ge
The Japanese naval surgeons dis.
tIdbdted pledgets Of; absorbent cot.
ton to the entire crew with the In
atruction that the ears be plugged
up during the firing Of guns. In
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
L.atestonSC IElQ JUNG

taken In three meals, viz, a heavy
meal. supplying from 400 to 1900
calories. about 1880 "A. NJ; a light
meal. supplying 800 to 400 calories,
a. 9: 30FP. NJ and . dinner, supply.
ing 700 to 800 calorles at 8 p. M;
One wonders whether the average
man, and especially the average
Frenc Gilman, accustomsd to. q very
light petit dejeuner, could adjust his
appetite $50 heavy q meal In the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

bread Is allowed TO cook all night.
Next morning tits baked "to a turn, :"
and as black as ink. When q few
days old IL is very hard, and on ac-
count OF the leaf Impressions II bears
might easily be taken for; q fossil
bearing lump Of coal.
Experts in dietetics declare that a
certain proportion OF animal food Is
required to afford properly i"bal.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
]. Der oNIE discusses In

an ri y. Der CON ~ discusses In
siN the Comtes rendus the best
49, arrangement Of the human
dietary on the basis Of the obserya.
ton that the period Of maximum
availability Of the energy In the
meals occurs about three hours after
eating.
He suggests that q diet furnishing
1 part fat. 4 part protein and 4 to s
parts Of carbo.h ydrates should bei
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

i:ssarly two years for The axle Of the
9 eriye Wheel VI Of the locomotive Is
make z g as many rayoIntt Ions Is the
4: balance Wheel, shaft of thS swstci,
does " oIie year and It. would cover
, 4 4 at s.. Of OYER 80 timsS around
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
has gone through the UNDERSTANDING

has gone through the water-refining
process already described.
For baking tho bread, a bed Of
stones is heated by building q fire on
It. The hot stones are covered with
a. layer of leaves, on which the loaves
are placed. Over the loaves is put
another layer of leaves. and on top
OF these more hot stones. In the
primitive owen" thus prepared tho
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

recorded in auctuant line. it was as
II the stomach Of the swimmer had
given spoken testimony-for surely
words could not have told with more
exactitude. as the lungs, grizzly re.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

medical
that the then taken
accomplished while having the
student lie table, with
mograph belt attached about his
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12


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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12

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the diaphragm. the pulse-rhythm is
shown throughout. From this time
on, the conscious effort to hold the
breath increased until an involuntary
twitching Of the abdominal muscles
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
SMOKE INHALED
 HAD FATAL EFFECT. William E. Britton Died Shortly After Rescue from Fire at Maaisvn.

William B. Britton of Madison, a frequent visitor to this city, died last Thursday morning in Madison from the effects of smoke and flame which he inhaled two hours before in a fire which destroyed the interior of the boarding house at No. 67 Greene ave- nue in that place.
 MT. Britton was asleep on the third floor Of the boarding house when he was aroused by George E. Bardon, an- other roomer. The two men went to a cornice running around the house out side the third floor, where they sat with their feet hanging in nidair un- til they were helped down. Volunteers carried Mir. Britton, then unconscious, to the home of his brother, H. T. Brit ton, in Crescent road, where he Iapsed into coma and died two hours later.
 MT. Britton was a lifelong resident of Madison. He was born in Madison on Aug. IS, 1S46. He was widower and leaves no children. His wife, who was Miss Clark, died about 20 years ago. Of his. immediate family, there are three surviving brothers, H. T. Britton of Madison, Fred Britton of Bridgeport and John Britton of Norwich. The funeral was held Saturday and burial took place in Hillside cemetery. Mr. Britton was frequent visitor at the county fair in this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
CALLAUDET MILITARY TRACTORS
Interesting Type of Machine With the Made in Norwich
 Mark-Unque Among Aircraft Yet Produced in This Country-War Plane and Destroyer Two Types Constructed.

The Aerial Age CNew York) for the current week has on it's cover page fine picture of the 100 h. p. Gal1audet military tractor, built by the Gallaudet company of Norwich at its Thames vile factory. In the April 12th issue of the same periodical Walter H. Phipps devetes two pages to an illus trated description of the Gallaudet model. Of 1t he writes:
 Amongst the most interesting types of machines which have yet been pro- duced in this country, both from the standpoint of design and construction, are the new Gallaudet military tract ors.
 Certain features which are consid- cred of Fundamental importance are in- corporated in all the designs. The center of propulsion is made as nearly as possible coincident with the center of resistance. and the center of lift Is made coincident with the center of gravity. The shape and position of the wings, particularly at their ends, Is such that the machines are inner ent1y stable, banking themselves on turns, and fighting themselves against disturbing influences. All parts are given stream line form wherever pos- sible, and head resistance has been eliminated in every possible manner. The same characteristics which are considered so important on the tract ors are incorporated in the design of the new pusher and double engined types.
 The standard type of torpedo shape fuselage is retained in both pusher types, the war plane and the destroy CT. In the destroyer type, with two engines, cone clutches permit the use of either engine or both, as desired.
 FuseIass.
 The fuse1age is of torpedo form, circular in cross section, and made of three-p1y mahogany veneer, or of aero metal plate.
 Wings.
 The wings are built up in the ordi nary manner, with ribs made of spruce battens nailed and cemented to white- wood veneer webs, assembled on four spars, two main spars of seamless steel tubing and two auxiliary spars or joists of spruce. This construction gives such great strength and stiffness
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
$355,272 RAISED
 IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
By Connecticut D. A. R.-Mrs. BueI
 Reported at Washington.

At last weeks D. A. R. convention in Washington, Mrs. John L. Buel, the Connecticut state regent read her an- nual report to the congress, which was received, approved and filed in the archives of the organization. It show ed some interesting facts. One of them was that during the past year the Connecticut D. A. R. chapters, all together, gave over $3,200 to the Red Cross relief fund and $3,000 towards paying off the debt of the society on Continental Hall.
 Mrs. Buel gave figures compiled for the past twenty-five years, which showed that during that period the total expenditures by the D.. A. R. chapters in Connecticut in carrying on been conducted, aggregated $355- 272.10. The total contribution towards the society's debt on Continental Hall that Connecticut has made to date, ac- cording to Mrs. BueTs report, was nearly $29,o00. During the twenty chapters have given s1,700 towards es- tablishing scholarships for Southern mountaineers at Marysvil1e College and other institutions of education.
 The D. A. R. is buying a plot of ground adjoining and back of Conti- mental Hall, which is in that section of the national capital that is near the site of the great Lincoln Memorial, now being constructed. There has been friendly rivalry among the de1e- gations from. several states to see which would buy most of that land It is held by the owners at valuation of $1.25 square foot. The other day a scene occurred like that at an auc- tion, when the rivalry between the Connecticut delegation and that from the District of Columbia reached a climax. First. Connecticut announced that she would buy a foot or a few feet, or a score of feet. Then the Dis-- trict delegation did likewise. The until Connecticut finally carried off the palm by announcing a pledge to buy 100 additional feet of the ground. This made the total purchases by the Connecticut D. A. R. 415 square feet. which the District delegation could not equal.
 It is said that the total membership of the D. A. R. in Connecticut is 5,O0S and that there has been a large fn- crease in membership during the past year.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Was SteaIino Ride.

A young man of about r years who was stealing a ride, who claimed his home Is in New York, was pulled out from under a passenger car on, the train that arrived in Tafts station at 7.45, Tuesday morning, by Station Agent Jchn Mcdonald. On question ing the boy the station agent found out that his home was in New York and that he had been employed in a factory but had been laid off and in seeking employment he had landed in Plainfield, where he cast away unnec- essary baggage owing to it's heaviness and boarded the train, riding on the bumpers. He was very hungry and as he told a straightforward story it touched the heart of the station agent, who took him to a nearby restaurant and gave the boy a substantial break fast. On taking collection among the train crew enough money was pro- cured to purchase the young man a ticket. aboard the Chelsea and a little pocket money besides. Before leaving Tuesday evening by boat he was given a supper. The boy claims he has a father in the metropolis.