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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
A Land Without Elias.

1t should be refreshing and a bit en-
eouraging to the fadgued, hopeless fly
fighters to know that there Is in the
world a country In which there are no
flies The place is the British West
Indies. This interesting fact--that
there are no flies in British West In
dles-starts up number Of questions
and curious conjectures. Why is it
that they have no flies? Is 1t that
they have lost the seed, or is it that
they have some active parasite or an
1mal that feeds on flies, like the South
American ant eater, for instance? Ger
tainly 1t is not that they have no
filth. They have heat and moisture,
and, If rumor has it true, they have all
the filth that is necessary. That these
three conditions can exist without any
flies is what we do not understand
North Carolina Health Board Report.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Marriage superstitions.

In some parts of Germany the duties
of the bridesmaids are tinged with SUI
perstition. 1t is one OF their duties ON
the morning of the marriage day to
carry to the bride myrtle wreath, for
which they had subscribed on the pre-
vious evening. This they place on her
head and at night remove 1t, when it is
placed in the brides hand, she being at
the time bltndfolded. The bridesmaids
then dance round her, while she en-
deavors to place the wreath on one of
their heads. Whoever is fortunate
enough to be thus decorated will, it is
believed, be a wife before another year
has passed In removing the bridal
wreath and veil the bridesmaids are
careful to throw away every pin or the
bride will be overtaken by misfortune,
while any unwary bridesmaiS who re-
tains one will lessen her W ices of
maria ge.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
sionatu, o. and Signs.

Walter Cranes signature-a crane
impaled on a W-reminds us that other
English artists have adopted queer
"beaeties'' to form their signature.
There was Richard Doyle, for instance,
who among his friends and In his sig
nature pretended only to be "Dicky,"
for you will find In the corner Of many
of his Punch drawings a ID" with a
very perky looking bird standing there
on But Whistler's was the most ia
nous, though somewhat incongruous.
His sign manual often took the shape
OF a butterfly, though wasp would
have expressed him better, for he was
not only an artist but the author Of
1.-THE Gentle Art Of Making Enemies. !"
And there are many who cherish en-
velopes from Professor Blackie with
the Greek scrawi meaning Tell the
truth In love."-London Spectator.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
How TO Treat a Fracture.

Be very careful with single frac-
ture to prevent it from becoming COM
pound. The proper treatment is to
pad and bandage the limb with splints
and anything else which can be inn
provised, so as to hold it steadily In
position until your injured man can be
carried comfortably to the camp or
nearest doctor. Don't get jolting him
or handling him with anything but
the greatest tenderness. If there are
no chances Of getting doctor, cut
all the clothing away from the injured
limb, and when you have it bare get
some one else to help you, If you can.
Pull straight on the end Of the injured
limb farthest away from the body, and
as gently and firmly as possible ma
nipulate the broken bone into position.
You will know when this is done by
the shape of the limb.-Outing
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
The Glad Hand.

We are not isolated units In this uni
verse Of ours. We are all Of us MEM
bers of great world community. All
of us are SO constituted that our well
fare and our happiness depend on the
maintenance Of good will with others.
To a great extent, however, we al
ways have 1t in our power to deter
mine just what the attitude OF others
toward us shall be.
We have this power by virtue OF the
fact that the human mind tends to be
swayed in its critical judgments by the
character Of the emotional moods ex-
perienced. People usually think exact
~ as they feel
Hence the value Of the glad hand.
The cordial greeting, the CHEEKY smile,
the display Of genuine interest-all
these help to create pleasurable moods
in other persons, and consequently pre-
possess them In our favor.
Whereas the cold, Indifferent ap-
proach, the fabby handshake and the
languid air arouse feelings OF antago-
nism, If not of suspicion and aversion.
H. Addington Bruce In Kansas City
Star.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03

On either side Of the commons cham
Der of Great Bitain's parliament house
there is a distinct line along the floor,
and any member who when speaking
steps outside the line on his side is liza
Bile to be called to order. These lines
are supposed to be scientific frontiers,
and the neutral zone between is be-
yond the length Of a sword thrust, and
although members no longer wear
swords, except these who are selected
to move and second addresses to the
throne on certain occasions, the old
precaution still fingers on.--Westmin-
ster Gazette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
FACTIONS OF MEXICO
WARNED BY WILSON
They Must Compose Differences
and Form Government.

Washington, June Following to-
days cabinet meeting President Will
son issued statement giving notice
to the warning factions in Mexico that
they must compose their differences
and establish some form of govern
ment to which the United States may
look for the establishing of law and
order.
The gravity of such action, coming
at time when this government has
i'll hand diplomatic negotiations Of a
delicate character with one of the bel
ligerent powers of Europe, is fully
realized by administration authorities
Though the moment may be unpro-
pjtious, the president has decided to
abandon the policy of forbearance
that has marked the attitude of the
United States toward Mexico for the
past two years. He has come to the
conclusion that unless Mexico proves
capable of setting its own house in
order the United States must act.
The administration is hopeful that
influences will soon be set to work in
Mexico that will obviate drastic ac-
ton on the part Of this government.
Men close to the president appear to
be Of the opinion that when the Next
can leaders learn that the United
States will no longer permit things to
Grift in Mexico the problem will be
solved by Mexico itself.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Mothers ConStancy.

There is an enduring tenderness in
the love of mother for a son that
transcends all other affections Of the
heart. 1t is neither to be chilled by
selfishness nor daunted by danger nor
weakened by worthlessness nor stifed
by ingratitude. She will sacrifice ey-
cry comfort to his convenience; she
will surrender every pleasure to his
enjoyment; she will glory In his fame
and exult in his prosperity, and If mis-
fortune overtakes him he will be the
dearer to her through his misfortunes,
and If disgrace settles upon his name
she win still love and cherish him in
spite Of his disgrace, and If all the
rest Of the world casts him off she
will be all the world to him.-New
York Weekly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Business Advertising In 174s.

Judging from many advertisements
in the early New York newspapers, the
numbers of buildings were very little
used. Business houses were usually
designated by characteristic sign or
by the locality to other well known
residents. An example Of the latter is
seen in the following from the New
York Gazette of December, 1748.
Smiths Fly was at the foot Of Maiden
Lane.
Henry Hansen, who lately kept his
store next Door to Mr. John Groes-
beeck's, is now removedIto Capt. Rich
ard Langdon's, in Smiths Fly oppo-
site to Col. De Peyster's, Treasurer,
where he now keeps his Store. He has
likewise imported in the last Ships
from London, fresh Assortment of
European Goods"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Aeropjane Raida

There is nothing that / know OF
more hideous than an aerial lombard
ment 1t requires an entire mental
readjustment The sky, which has al
ways symbolized peace, suddenly spells
death. Bonbardment by the big guns
of an advancing army is not unexpect-
ed. There is time for fight, chance,
too, for a reprisal. But against these
raiders Of the sky there is nothing.
One sits and waits, and no town Is
safe One moment there is a peace
full village with war twenty, fifty miles
away The next minute hell breaks
loose. Houses are destroyed, sleeping
children die In their cradles, the streets
echo and re-echo with the din Of de-
struction. The reply of the anti-alr
craft guns is feeble, and at night futile
There is no hustle of escape The
streets are empty and dead, and In
each house people, family groups, nom
combatants, folk who ask only the
right to work and love and live, sit
and wait with blanched faces.-Mary
Roberts Rinehart in Saturday Evening
Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
insure Pias In Sweden.

Though it Is commonly known that
there Is scarcely anything in the world
that cannot be insured, the layman
would probably hesitate before he has
tened to Lloyd's to insure his pigs. In
Sweden, however, no difficulties stand
in his way. In fact, there are several
competing companies oil anxious to in
sure the lives Of pigs belonging to the
small farmer. But as yet the industry
has not developed as much as it might,
since out of the TOO Swedish institu-
tions which insure live stock there are
only forty which insure pigs. These
societies are most numerous in the
thickly populated districts, where they
insure pigs only. The pigs insured
must be at first in good condition, and
the agencies refuse to pay Ii the ami
mails die In consequence of Ill treat
ment or neglect.-Boston Transcript.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Why Men Eat More Food Than womer

That men eat or per cent more
than women-not because they are
gfuttons, but because they actually re-
quire that much more nourishment-
appears as result Of an investigation
made in the nutrition laboratory of
the Carnegie institute at Washington
by Francis G. Benedict and l.. e.
Eames, says the Literary Digest The
reason for the discrepancy seems to be
that women have smaller proportion
OF active tissue than men of the same
weight and more inactive material,
such as fat The investigation dis
closed that the average woman gen
crates only 1855 heat units in the
TWEEN " -four hours as against 1888 pro
duced by the man, or about per cent
more for the latter per pound OF body
weight When groups we're compared
after careful selection of individuals
of nearly the same height and weight
the men were found to produce about
II per cent more heat than women.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
The Meteoric Hypothesis.

The nebular hypothesis Of La Place
has been abandoned in favor Of the me-
teoric hypothesis Of Lockyer and plan
itesmai hypothesis of Chamberlain. AL
suns, planets and moons, by these two
nearly identical theories, were made by
the falling in from space of small cos
mical bodies, such as the meteors now
falling on the earth.
Trillions of years ago there was a
meteor moving in space. 1t is now in
the center of the earth. Another me-
teor joined this by collision, then an
other, and this falling in is now going
on at vastly diminished rate, so that
comparatively few are now coming in,
as may be seen on almost any clear
night.-Edgar Lucien Larkin In New
York American.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Napoleon Used Milton,s Tactics.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is not the
first English author whose writings
have been studied for hostile ends by
his countrys enemies. Napoleon as
sured Sir Colin Campbell at Elba that
he greatly admired Paradise Lost
and had read it to some purpose. The
plan of Austerlitz was borrowed from
book S of that work, where Satan
brings his artillery to bear upon Mi
chael and his angelic host with such
direful effect:
Training his devilish enginery. impaled
On every side with shadowy squadrons
deep,
To hide the fraud.
This mode of warfare appeared to Ma
poleon so likely to succeed If applied to
actual use that he determined upon its
adoption and succeeded beyond his ex.
pectations. BY reference to the details
Of the battle of Austerlitz it will be
found to assimilate so completely with
Millions imaginary fight as to bear
out the emperor's assertion.
Chronicle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
White Mans Graveyard.

Africa is remarkably beautiful
country. It's coast lines are pictur-
esque, graceful, fascinating, alluring.
It's seaport towns and cities are usual
ly clean, pretty and reasonably health
full Equatorial Africa has, until the
last two decades, been called the white
nine, mosquito netting, sobriety and
sanitary improvements have made At
RIGA place where one can not only ex-
list, but live in as much comfort, take
it all in all during the year, as in the
city Of New York.-New York Tele-
gram
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
PlUTES BREAK THEIR PAROLE
Red Men Are Roaming Country and
Threatening Whites.

Santa Fee, N. M, June 1.-The rene
gade Piutes of southern Utah are vio-
iating their promise to General Scott
to remain inside the reservation, are
roaming over the country and are
making threats against the white in
habitants, according to A. H. Spencer,
who has arrived at Pennington, N. M.
The parole agreement provided that
If the Indians left the reservation the
state authorities should return them
forcibly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Stale Candy.

Stale candy can generally be worked
over by reboiling. In the case of acid
candies, such as lemon drops, the
candy is boiled, the acid is withdrawn
by the use of lime or chalk, and the
strip may then be used in the manu-
facture Of that or any other species Of
candy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Hits and Misses.

A brilliant after dinner speaker said
In one Of his speeches at banquet in
New York:
II have learned two things in my
tinne-I have learned to run an auto
mobile and have learned to golf.
while learning to run an autOmO-
bile / hit everything, whereas while
learning to golf hit nothing. Elk
change.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
He Rlundared.

Mr.. Dubb-I've saved that rose you
gave me last month, Miss Anteek, for
though II Is withered it still reminds
me of you. Miss Anteek Boston
Transcript.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
LINER AQUlTANlA is ASHORE
cunarder Has Been Used as Troop
Ship to DardaneIles.

New York, June THAT the for
mer Cunard liner Aquitania, now an
auxiliary cruiser in the British navy,
went ashore in the Mersey on May
10 while loaded with troops for the
Dardanelles was the information
brought here by passengers on the
Lapland
The British censor had suppressed
the news. The cargo of the Aquitania
was being taken off as the Lapiand
DaSsad
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Gen. B. r. Tracy Is Injured.

New York, June Cen. Benz. F.
Tracy, former secretary of the navy,
was injured when an automobile in
which he was on his way to review a
Memorial day parade in BROOKLYN
collided with wagon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
still In Doubt.

"why don't you marry, old chapa"
do you think man could procure
all the necessaries of life on $1.S00 a
year?'
"Of course, but not the Injuries
"Well, l haven't decided yet whether
wife Is necessity or a luxury
Boston Transcript.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Piaeen EnaIiah.

The expression pigeon English"
arose from the Chinese attempt to pro-
nounce the word business, which
through various forms became ''pidgin"
and then pigeon" Pigeon English
Is strange jargon OF many languages.
but business is carried on by 1t.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Dodainu a Task.

'T hate shopping. ! got out Of hav-
ing to match some puffs for my wife
today In rather a neat manner"
How was THAR
Reminded her that | had always In
sisted her beautiful tresses were match
less."-Kansas City Journal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Inaffioient Manananant.

smythe (dismally) Nell, I simply
can't meet my creditors. Mrs. Smythe
Why should you? What In the world
do you employ secretary for?-Puck
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Refined Il.

Here's o dealer advertises sale Of
hereditary mahogany furniture"
Gust what does he mean by that"
That's merely polite way Of say
ing secondhand. Pittsburgh Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Described.

"What kind of guy rs Jiggs?"
"Oh, he's the type that says, Lend
me couple of dollars for a couple Of
hours and then he loses his watch
Buffalo Express
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Dutch Steamer Is Burned

Deal, England, June 1.-The Dutch
steamship Triton caught fire and was
beached at North Deal after she had
been partly destroyed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Hard Job.

Matrimonial Agent Really, when see
those two whom | am going to intro
duce to each other | don't know to
which I shall break it gently File
gende Batter
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Mot 4ha san,a.

She-You said when we were mar
ried we'd live like two turtle doves.
He-Yes. but you want to live like a
millionaire's wife, Chicago News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Rockford Has Ire. Census

Rockford, ILL.,, June There are
1S9,o2S trees in Rockford, according
to the tree census completed by the
school children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Taking Up Time,

81 like to have my friends extend
their congratulations, said the newly
appointed public official.
"Yes?"
"But that last caller extended his
over an hour and half" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
Cuts Them.

Wigs - How mighty exclusive Up
pish is getting Of late. Biggs -Exclu-
sive. why, he refuses even to meet
his bills.-Exchange.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
ssttinu . veritahIe Record.

0Sekf59B u y 'He&N'~ '.S~SI u
II don't like him. He's as unreliable
as the weather"
GAS the weather predictions, You
mean. PIP Philadelphia Ledger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
GREY'S EYESIGHT is FAILING

British Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Compelled to Take Rest.
London, June 1.-The foreign Office
announced that Sir Edward Gray sec
rotary for foreign affairs, has been
advised by his physician to leave his
work to rest his eyes, as his sight
has been failing. Lord Crewe has
taken charge of the foreign Office, as
sisted by Lord Lansdowne.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03

The man who sells need have but
one eye. but he who buys -Flori-
da Times Union.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
he TAUGHT sHARRY LAUDER

Robert McBeth Dies at His Hon,a :.
Hiiisboro, III.
Hillsboro, ILL.,, June Robert Knox
McBetn, who taught Harry Lauder
the Scotch comedian, his first song i
dead in his home here.
McBeth was a member Of the Ian.
der family in Scotland when The
comedian was boy and taught the
youngster little folk songs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03

The fruit derived from labor IL the
sweetest OF pleasures. -Vauvenargues.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
Notice to NONRESIDENT Of Probate of
viii.

Notice to Nonresident Of Probate Of
Will.
State of Colorado, County of Delta, SIS.
I'm the County Court, in Probate.
The People of the State of Colorado to
Archie Walker, Rose Loomis and Fred
Walker, Greeting:
Whereas, it has been made to appear
to the County Court of Delta county, in
the state of Colorado, that you, the
said Archie Walker, Rose Loomis and
Fred Walker are children and heirs at
law of John Walker, deceased, and
that said Archie Walker, resides at
Gold Hill. Oregon, said Rose Loomis
at Dayton, Texas and Fred Walker at
ABA Brooklyn Avenue, in Seattle,
Washington.
NOW. THEREFORE. in accordance
with the provisions OF the statute in
such case made and provided, and
by order of Court duly made and en-
tered, you are hereby notified that
an instrument OF writing purporting
to be the last will and testament of
the said John Walker, deceased. was
presented to said Court for probate
on the 18th day of January. A D.
1915, by Rose A. Pifer, residing at
Delta, in the State of Colorado; that
the said decedent was, at the time of
his decease, resident of Delta Coun-
ty, in the State of Colorado; that the
said decedent, according to the said
alleged will devised and beQueathed
his property in the words and figures
following, to-wit: list, l direct that
after my death all my just debts
be paid. including the expenses of my
last illness and interment. End, All
the rest of my property, both real
and personal. of which l may die
seized, hereby devise and bequeath
to my wife, Mary V. Walker, to have
and to hold the same, free and clear
of all claims and trusts whatsoever,
with perfect title Srd. expressly
direct that settlement be had with
my son Archie Walker in accordance
with the written agreement hereto
fore executed between us. 4th. l ap-
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29

point my wifes sister, Rose A. Pifer,
executrix of this my last Will and
Testament
You are hereby notified to be and
appear before said Court at the
County Court Room in the Court
House in Delta, in the County of Delta,
in the State of Colorado, on the 23rd
day of February. A. D. 1915. then and
there to attend the hearing on the
probate of the said alleged last will
and testament of the said John
Walker, deceased, and further to do
and perform what shall then, by said
Court be required and adjudged.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal Of
said Court at my office in Delta, in
said County, this 18th day of January
A. D. 1915.
VIM. w. DINGMAN,
(SEAL) Acting Clerk.
First pub. Jan. %, last Feb. IL. 1915.
The Delta independent., 1915-01-29
HARD TO INTERRUPT SERVICE
Common Mistake That Wireless Com
munication Can Be Easily In
terfered With.

Many suppose that 1t is possible for
an enemy to disrupt and suspend all
wireless communication at will by pro-
ducing very powerful waves of irreg-
ular length; in other words, by inter
ference or tanning" According to
Commander F. G. Loring of the Brit
ish navy, such tactics are seldom sue
cessful. 1t is very hard, If not i'm
possible, to Jam" a well-organized
wireless service. for there are many
ways, both technical and methodical.
to defeat such an intention. If the
enemy attempts interference, he must
put his own wireless communication
completely out of action for the time
being. with no certain prospect of Sc
riously inconveniencing the communi-
cation of his opponent Commander
Loring also believes that the risk of
having the signals Of the feet inter-
cepted by an enemy is very slight
Cooperation between operators, with
full knowledge of each others meth
DDS. is extremely important when han
ding difficult code messages, and the
more skilled the organization, the
more difficult it is for a strange op-
orator to take down with the neces-
sary accuracy the groups of a code
message He cannot ask for the
repetition of doubtful groups. and he
has no intimate and daily familiarity
with the methods of the sender to as
sist him in his task And, after all.
giving the enemy every advantage.
giving him a perfect record of the sig
nails. the ley of the code to his hand.
and equal facility of skill and lam
guage to translate 1. for use-a most
important combination, it must be ad-
mitted-he has still failed to prevent
the all-important information from
reaching its destination" - Youths
Companion