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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17
HYDRoAERoPLANE WRECKED

The Hydroaeroplane recently owned by
Harold f. Mccormick Of Lake Forest, in
which daily trips were made to and from
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17
GOOD ROADS DAY

Good Roads day has been changed by
Gov. Dunno from April Goth to April 22nd.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17
ROLL OF DISHoNoR

Besides the mayor and Chief Of Police,
these officials received prison sentences
FIVE YEARS
Eli H. Redman, circuit judge-elect of
Vigo County.
Dennis Shea, sheriff Of Vigo County.
THREE YEARS
Harry S. Montgomery, president Of the
board of public works.
Thomas c. Smith, city judge.
George Ehrenhardt, member of board Of
public works.
Edward R. Driscoll, secretary of the
Vigo County Democratic central commit
tee
Redmond and Shea were fined 81 600
each. The others were fined $500 each.
TWO YEARS
Lewis Nunley, assistant city engineer.
Elmer E. Talbot, former city comp
troller.
Hilton Redman, son Of Eli E. Redman.
John E. Green, proprietor of second
hand store
William S. Crockett, employe at city
cemetery.
ONE YEAR
Maurice Walsh, county sealer weights
and measures, and treasurer of campaign
fund.
Charles Houghton, assistant custodian
of the city hall.
Joseph O'Mara, street commissioner.
Alexander Aczel, Inspector of street paw
ing.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

The German reply to the American note
requesting compensation for the destruc-
ton Of the American sailing ship William
p Frye, is eminently satisfactory.
Payment for the Frye will be made un-
der the treaty Of 1923 between this country
and Prussia is Germany proposal.
This formal statement that the Prussian
treaties are in force, makes comparatively
easy settlements Of all submarine "ac-
cidents,'' in the view of officials, suffered
by American ships in the war zone estab-
lished by Germany about the British Isles
The latest German note criticises ad-
versely President Wilson S policy in regard
to the British blockade, and the continued
expectation of arms and other munitions
Of war to the allies.
For nation which processes to be so
eager to end the war, it is argued, it ap-
pears insincere to be furnishing the means
Of prolonging the conflict.
President Wilson firmly adheres to the
contention that it would be breach Of
neutrality to place an embargo upon the
expectation of arms at this time, and that
this trade is sanctioned by the law Of ma
tions.
The scourge Of typhus in Serbia is un-
abated In an almost incredibly short
space Of time the disease has spread
throughout the entire country.
In one day there were reported 480
deaths from typhus in the city of Nish
alone.
It is reported that $4,000 Jews have
been driven from Warsaw, and are now
homeless.
There is silence concerning the Darda-
nelles invasion.
Troops Of the allies now occupy battle
fronts whose lengths total 1855 miles.
There have been no decisive battles IN
the Carpathians. Reports indicate, how
ever. that the Russians are gaining.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

ALASKA is to submit the question of
prohibition to the voters at the election
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

Besides the mayor and Chief Of Police,
these officials received prison sentences
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17
FIVE YEARS

Eli H. Redman, circuit judge-elect o
Vigo County.
Dennis Shea, sheriff of Vigo County.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

Troops Of the allies now occupy battl
fronts whose lengths total 1855 miles.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

There have been no decisive battles IN
the Carpathians Reports indicate, how
ever, that the Russians are gaining.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

There is silence concerning the Dards
nelles invasion
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-17

1t is reported that $4,000 Jews have
been driven from Warsaw, and are now
homeless.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
GOOD RESULTS OF ACCIDENTS
Some Of the Most Valuable Diseov-
cries Have Been Brought
About by Chance.

How to make starch from corn
(maize) was discovered accidentally
by Thomas Kingsford, a mechanic.
One day he threw a mess of corn
meal mush into the garbage pail. His
wife emptied some I've into the same
pail and in the morning when he emp
tied the pail he was astonished to find
a small quantity Of starch at the bot
tom.
Thomas Bolsover, a Sheffield me
chanic. was mending the handle Of a
knife made of copper and silver. He
saw these metals fuse together and
the idea of silver plating was born In
his mind. He laid a thin plate Of sill
yer on a heavier one Of copper and
heated them till the edge Of the silver
began to melt. He took them from the
fire, let them cool slightly, then rolled
and hammered them to the desired
thickness. This was the origin of
Sheffield plate" all Of which was made
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
AS TO COLOR BLINDNESS"
Many Strange Things Connected With
Faulty Vision Which Has Been
So Designated.

When a woman is able to match a
sample Of material from memory, she
is said to have a good eye for color.
It is a very convenient gift, for If
the possessor wants to select, say wall
paper to match a rug, or ribbon to
match her frock, she does not find 1t
necessary to take tine to find a piece
OF the original material to carry with
her, which piece, by the way, Is often
mislaid when the time comes to use It.
Children should be trained to rec.
ognize colors and the difference in
colors, an important point in both the
Montessori and ordinary kindergarten
systems. But 1t is found that not all
children or grown.ups either can de-
fine difference in colors, Of indeed
even recognize a color when they do
see 1t. When this fault In vision is
so pronounced as not to yield to train
ing 1t Is known as "color.blindness."
The strange thing about this faulty
vision Is that 1t has been found to be
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
GOOD
ROADS.
PROBLEMS IN MANY STATES
Farmer Is Interested Only in General
improvement Of Every Foot Of
Public Thorouehfares.

There are complex problems to be
solved in many states before the most
efficient expenditure Of money by
| states and communities for roads can
be secured. 1t seems that politicians.
and the business men Of the cities aref
unanimously in favor of putting up
| highways across the state, or partici-,
pating in the oce%an-to-ocean highway
movement, when getting up schemesk
for road improvement. They display
q great lack of knowledge on their
part for the needs of a busy farmer.
It's not a transcontinental highway, Z
nor a state highway, o a rock road
across the local county that we are
sorely in deed of, but a general i'm
provement Of every foot of public high
way of the different counties.
It is estimated that 100000 are
spent on the roads of Illinois every
year, and Of this amount surely half is
wasted. The trouble begins with the
election of the road commissioners.
who get their Offices politically, and
sometimes without regard to their fit
ness for the respective office they seek.
writes Henry H. Smith of Mclean
county, Illinois, in Farmers Review.
Then there Is the defective work
turned out by the road laborers. How
many times have we seen bridges that
represented the peoples hard-earDed
money, swung down the stream by
%overlows? The state realizes a serious
loss from this condition of affairs wnen
a good mixture Of concrete and STEEL
work, planned by a competent en-
gineer, would have made a structure
to withstand the storms for many
years to come. The road itself must
be worked in the right way, or the
same task will necessitate more labor
with additional expense the following
season. Also, there is another leak
In the road tax money, yet it is hardly
a reason in itself, as it always de-
ponds upon the character and capa-
bilities of the road commissioner.
One writer has suggested that II the
county should buy several carloads of
gravel, broken rock, cinders, ETC., tax.
ing each man to haul one load per
year, judiciously distributing it upon
the highways, that in a few years u
roads would all be rock roads. The
practicability of this scheme is yet to
be looked into. However. we know that
II the highways were graded and
worked up properly, and the gravel
applied, the farmers Of the vicinities
could haul heavy loads of corn and
hay to market in midwinter without
experiencing the fear of being stuck.
Spring is the best time to work
roads. Ours are worked when the soil
is damp, in order that the soil will
bake as 1t dries out. thus making the
road hard and compact, but there are
always a few hours work needed here
and there on the average highway,
culverts to be repaired, mud holes
filled up. etc.
The pleasure OF driving over good
roads should in itself be a compensa-
ton to the farmer for his efforts in
making them so, not to speak Of the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
H. &. Mot II G a

Do you know what is the proper
abbreviation of the United States? 1t
is U. s. 1t is not U. s. A. There Is
widespread and apparently utter ig.
norance of this fact. The initials U.
s. A. is the official accepted abbrevia.
ton for United States army, and does
not, under any possible conditions,
ever mean United States Of America.
At this time, when so many manufac-
turers in this country are branding
their goods as made in the United
States, this is important. The brand
U. s. A. upon anything lean that 1t
was manufactured in the United
States army. Made in U. s." is the
brand which should be put upon all
goods manufactured In this country
Knickerbocker Press.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

matters it makes no difference how
large the potato tops grow.
You will have big potatoes. too. In
my garden I spread stable an
nually. and after turning It under l
add a dressing of q mixture of eight
per cent phosphoric acid and ten
per cent potash for my soil is sandy
and needs potash. This mixture is ap-
piled broadcast at a rate Of half a
ton an acre. and l find that any crop
grown thrives better with manur and
the commercial mixture.
While the Malakoff and Port Ches-
ter corns are the earliest sweet corns
l plant, they cannot be planted as
early as the Norfolk Extra Early.
which Is an early Dent.
This l can plant in late March, and
l have had 1t pass through two or
more white frosts, but when there is
q frost I always make SURE by turn
ing the hose on the plot and washing
the frost off before the sun rises.
This has never failed to protect the
corn, and l have even saved string
beans in April In this way, but in
the case of beans that are up when
the frost threatens, l usually take the
garden pillow and throw burrows v
them from each side. This is certain
to protect them.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
To Test Eqas Before a Candle.

For the benefit of farmers and all
persons who handle and use eggs the
Department Of Agriculture has re.
Gently published a colored egg-can.
ding chart, which If used will enable
persons to test eggs accurately before
they are opened. This chart shows
the eggs in their natural size as they
appear before a candle, and also as
they look when in an open shallow
glass dish or saucer. The pictures
show absolutely fresh eggs, slightly
stale eggs, decidedly stale eggs, eggs
with yolks sticking to the shell, eggs
where the chicken has developed 80
far that blood has been formed, moldy
eggs, added eggs and eggs with a
green white. Generally housewives
do not know that a green color in the
white of eggs is due to the presence
of billions of a certain species Of bac-
terra that make a green coloring mat
ter. Eggs with this greenish tint,
even though the yolks seen to be per.
feet, are not fit for food.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

like extra fingers and toes, an inner
tied trait, but unlike most hereditary
diseases 1t is. transmitted only from
the mothers side. Thus, while a son
may have inherited the trait from his
mother, he would not transmit 1t to
his own children. although his sister,
If she has a child, will pass It on to
her offspring.
II the trait has been missing through
more than two generations, 1t rarely
crops out again, but a daughter of a
color-blind mother can produce chill
dren with the trait even though she
herself has escaped.
This knowledge and the prevalence
Of "color-blindness" have led to q
wise rule for REORGANIZATION in en-.
gaging engineers and others to whom
exact eyesight Is essential.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

leaving that night. and they coaxed
and cajoled her day by day until she
had stayed a week.
All this time We had no word from
her, and Nettie and | we're getting
frightfully worried.
Finally. at the end of the week-we
had ~telegraphed to the City of Friends
twice-wer received a dispatch saying:
tonight for Chicago. MA.
Nettie and / sighed r%elievedly. We
thought we had ma located. We sent
word to pa that same morning.
Next afternoon we got our daily. 1t
was changed slightly:
Ma not here. Where Is she now?
Nettie groaned. / shrieked with
laughter.
There's Bud in Wilmington, and
Aunt Harriet in Washington" l gasped
between my spasms of hilarity. 1t did
seem too absurd. By the way, Bud is
my younger brother.
But Nettie looked unhappy.
This is too awful" she sighed.
Twill she ever get there?"
This time We were at a loss. Ma
might be in Wilmington, she might be
in Washington, or she might not have
left Philadelphia. So we decided to
await developments. And indeed we
did. We waited another week.
In the meantime, ma had started
from my uncle's home with the best
intentions in the world. She was 60
ing to Chicago.
However, when she got to Whining
ton the temptation was too great. So
off went ma to see Bud, my brother.
She went for an hour, and stayed two
days. Poor pa!
Well, ma thought she wouldn't wor-
ry us with any more telegrams-that's
what she said-so she decided to send
no word from Wilmington, but to go
straight through to Chicago, which was
o her one and only thought-until
she got to Washington. But why con
tinue? Exactly two weeks from the
time ma waved a fond farewell to us
at the Jersey City terminal she landed
in Chicago. The trip usually takes %
hours, except by the limited, when it
takes IS.
Pa, by this time. had business which
took him to Duluth. He was staying
nf n hntA1 NOT far frnnN tho house,
which we had leased, waiting for ma
to come and finish settling. When it
became a necessity for him to go to
Duluth for a day or two, pa racked his
brains considering how he should de-
scribe ma to the hotel people we'll
enough to have them put her in his
room and look out for her until he got
back.
Finally he thought of her picture,
which he always carried in his watch,
and he gave it to the clerk.
This is my wife," pa said. Nov.
if she arrives before l get back, don't
let her go away again. Put her in my
room, give her the best of everything,
but don't let her go away"
This was on Friday. Early Wednes.
day pa came back from Duluth and
found ma sound asleep, snug and warm
abed.
That evening Nettie received a tele.
gram:
Congratulations are in order. Ma is
here. PA.
A week later, when Nettie and
started to join them. I sent a telegram,
1t read:
Nettie and I are starting for Chicago
Where's ma?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Polish That Brings Out Natural Tin.

A superior polish that is said to have
been kept always on hand a century
ago in the best households is a SIM
pie mixture and is made SO inexpen-
sively at home that it can be used as
freely to keep the hardwood floors in
order as for polishing furniture, says
the Washington Herald.
A quart of tu~rpentine may be used
and added, cut into fine pieces, a quar-
ter of a pound of the beeswax-the old
yellow variety. 1t will take several
days to dissolve the wax, but a little
shaking at intervals will shorten the
time. When it is ready to use it will
be of the consistency of cream. and
should be used %sparingly and rubbed
in well with an old piece Of flannel.
II used lavishly as one is tempted to
do with thirgs that are cheap. it will
look smeary.
The luster from this polish is beau.
tiful and enduring. Every time it is
used 1t seems to enrich and bring out
the natural tints of the grain.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
in this way until electroplating was

in this way until ~electroplating raj
invented.
Cornelius Dubbel left a bottle of
aqua regia Ia mixture of nitric and
muriatic acidsl on a shelf. 1t fell
over; the acid ran down v e a win
dow and dropped into a bottle con
tanning an extract of cochineal. This
turned to a vivid scarlet. Dubbel
found that the acid had dissolved some
OF the tin of the window casing and
the combination had produced a new
color. A few experiments added the
most brilliant color to the list of
dyes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

posed of early on that account.
The New England varieties are the
best keepers. They are pulled when
the tops fall over and lie in the sun
during the day, but they are stored
before night in a hot loft for curing
with the tops left on.
When perfectly cured they are
stored in a cold, dark place with the
dry tops still on, as they lie more
loosely in this way and do not sprout
so readily as when the tops are cut
off.
In the cultivation of garden crops it
always pays best to manure and fer
tilize heavily and plant in close rows
and work with hand implements. OF
course, in the large trucking opera
tons the crops like early potatoes.
cabbages and peas are grown wide
enough apart to use horses in the cul-
tivation.
l frequently have letters from peo-
Pile saying that they have been manur-
ing their gardens for years till the soil
is so rich that potatoes make immense
tops and no tubers. This is not be-
cause the soil is too rich, but because
the plant food in it is one-sided.
The annual application of stable ma
n only has put an excess of nj
trogen into the soil and in order to
make tubers on the potatoes there
must be an abundance of phosphoric
acid and potash, for the presence Of
potash in due amount is necessary to
the formation of starch to points
where growth is being made or it is
being stored in the tubers.
Nitrogen promotes the vital activ-
ity Of the plant and if it is balanced
by a due percentage Of the mineral
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
No Use Wasting Money.

The charitable lady was treating a
pensioner to a set Of false teeth. The
pensioner picked out the cheapest set
offered. Don't you think it would be
we'll to select better teeth while you
are about it," asked the lady. Il am
perfectly willing to pay a little more
and get good ones" "Oh, ma'am."
lisped the pensioner. "What'th the
uthe OF putting any more money into
thomething that my husband will only
knock down my throat the firth time
he geth real mad?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Germans, pebts to Enalish.

The London chamber of commerce
and the provincial chambers are max.
ing inquiries with a view to compil.
ing exact statistics Of the indebted.
less OF Germans to English firms.
This is estimated at about $3O0,0O0.'
900, a large proportion Of which is
owing to Yorkshire and Lancashire
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Straw Of Much Value,

It seems impossible that one would
need to advise the farmer to save his
straw stack but 1t is a fact. There
are a great many people In different
parts Of the country who still fino
this a very valuable product. Straw
on the dairy farm is always o neces.
sity.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
PRODUCING Clean Milk.

The production Of clean, safe milk
is not a hard thing to master nor an
expensive line OF work to follow. 1t
simply o clean cows. a clean sta
BILE. clean utensils. clean habits OF
milking and good common sense In
the application Of all of these.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Autos and Roads.

One Of the great benefits OF the au-
tomobile to the farmer Is the fact
that where there are many automo-
biles the roads will be improved. The
best roads throughout many states of
the corn belt have proved this in the
last few years since the farmers have
been buying cars so freely.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Awaiting His Turn.

The Scotch minister rose and
cleared his throat, but remained silent.
while the congregation awaited the
sermon in puzzled expectancy. At last
he spoke: There's a laddie ava there
in the gallery a.kissin' a ~lassie." he
said. when he's done Ahu begin"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Prevent Egg-E Eating.

The treatment for the prevention Of
the ~egg-eating habit consists Of sup
plying the hens with proper and sufi-
Client food, including grit and eggshell
materials, and the regular and prompt
removal Of the eggs from the nests.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
tioo Cboiera Eradicated.

Some instances are cited where
through thorough and systematic CO.
operation of the farmers. hog cholera
has been entirely ~eradicated from Ger.
tain whole counties.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Culverts Of Cement.

The culvert made Of cement is more
often seen now than in years past.
The good road with good drainage
and good culverts is q Joy in every
season.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10

It does not take long to fatten up,
turkeys for the market on thick
boiled oatmeal or cornmeal. to which
add some suet. Geese fatten on corn
meal. bran and o little suet or meat.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
VaIue Of Education.

de value OF an education" said I'm.
Gle Eben. lis de same as dat of a ra
zor. 1t depends on what you takes q
notion to do VIII it."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Both Benefited,

II good roads from the producer to
the onsum were general the bene-
fits to both would be considerable.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Ice Solves Problem.

A wellflled icehouse helps to solve
the problem Of better prices for but.
terfat.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-06-10
Alabama,s Good Roads.

Alabama in three years has built,
1899 miles Of good roads.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-02-04

the love OF a wife for her husband
ought to BET" asi y
She laid one Of her soft white hands
in his and again looked sorrowfully
into the depths OF his eager eyes.
Il don't want to hurt you, Cuthbert."
she replied. but l think 1t will be best
for me to be frank with you. | am
SURE | could never learn to love you as
a wife should love her husband"
But you haven't explained how you
think a wife ought to love her hus-
band"
She ought to love him with all her
soul. He should be the sun and she
should be but an obedient planet re-
volving around him. His smiles sAould
be as the rays OF the orb of day bring
ing to life all that is lovely In her ex
istence."
rs that all!" he timidly asked.
No." she admitted. there Is more
He should be to her what the translu-
cent brook is to the famished doe.
what the dew Is to the gasping flower,
what the blossom is to the eager bee.
what the-what the"
do you mean what the plaster is TO
the aching boil?"
Then she removed her hand from
his and told him she knew she had
not been mistaken. There was no
poetry In his soul.