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Evening star., 1915-05-23
mes That Speak and Sing
Are Found i'm Hawaii

| ert. Many persons have heard the
noise caused by similar fractures Of
| hard rocks and have seen the fraE-
| ments roll down mountain slopes. Benin
! had told of the basalt columns of the
Bamangwato hills. in South Africa. In
| the evening, after a hot day. it was
not unusual to hear the basalt crack
and fall with a peculiar ringing sound,
from which the natives inferred that
the rock must contain iron. Here one
undoubtedly finds the most frequent
cause of the singing of stones and the
explanation of many of the observed
cases. The phenomena are most con-
spicuous in hard rocks. which ring
under the hammer. and especially the
basalt and granite. They have been
observed most frequently in Egypt.
There have been heard emanating from
the huge granite blocks of the great
temple of karnak ringing, cracking
sounds, and similar sounds have been
heard in the temple at Philae and in
the granite quarries at Assuan.
Interesting in this relation are the
musical stones of the Orinoco These
are granite cliffs. situated at the con-
f1uence of the Orinoco with the kio
Meta, which occasionally emit at sun
rise sounds resembling the tones of
an organ. Humboldt explained then
as a result of the difference of tenn
perature between the cool morning air
and the air contained in the numerous
very deep and narrow assures of the
rock, which still retained much of the
heat absorbed from the suns rays dur
ing the preceding day. He stated that
he often found the surface of the rock,
at night. twenty degrees warmer than
the air outside. and he conjectured that
these organ tones, which are heard
when the ear is placed on the rock.
We're caused by the outrush of warm
air through the narrow fiSsures which
are partially obstructed by elastic
laminae of mica.
French explorers in Egypt. on the
other hand. attribute the sounds which
they heard NOT to air currents, but
to sudden displacements occurring
within the stone. Jollois and Devil
liers assume that the superficial layer.
heated quickly by the suns rays, sep
arates from the deeper and colder lay
ers Roziere speaks of the formation
and extension of cracks between hard
er and softer minerals. cordler as
slImeS separation of quartz and other
crystals from the surrounding magma,
and finds an analogy in the sound emit
ted by ice exposed to sudden changes in
temperature. Herschel compares the
phenomena to the cracking OF an iron
CRATE when heated.
All of these conceptions and anal
ogies. it has been pointed out, are
legitimate, but it is very doubtful
question is not only with sounds that
are heard only when the ear is laid
on the rock. In karnak and Philae
the sounds have attracted the atten-
tion of persons who were not listening
for them. Cordier admits that many
little cracks would be required to pro-
duce the sound. To others II appears
more likely that fragment of stone
becomes detached and falls on pro-
lection below This supposition ac-
counts for the ringing quality of the
sound. Possibly. however, a similar
sound might be produced by an in
ternal fracture.
Evening star., 1915-05-23

Announcement was made yesterday
by Field Executive Aplin that Boy
Scout Field day. originally scheduled
for Monday, May 81, is to be held Sat
urday. May 20. instead. The change in
date has been decided upon in order
to permit the scouts to assist in the
various Memorial day exercises which
have been planned. About 100 scouts
are to assist in the decoration of SOL
diers graves in the various ceme
teries.
No change In the Field day program
has been made by reason Of the change
In the date. The various events are to
be run or in accordance with the
schedule announced several weeks ago.
Merit Badges Awarded.
During the past week merit badges
have been awarded to Washington
scouts as follows:
F. Kleh. Troop s. electricity.
F. Livermore. Troop AZ, civics and
pathfinding.
Adna Clark. Troop 81. pioneering.
Edgar S. May. Troop 81, first aid.
New Troop Organized.
With Colin H. Livingstone. national
president of the Boy Scouts of America,
and local officials of the organization in
attendance, the trustees of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. Monday night. or
ganized the boys of the congregation
into Troop As, Boy Scouts.
Following addresses by Mr.. Living
stone, S. S. Aplin, field executive, and
E. E. Fisher, deputy field executive.
about twenty-five boys were admitted
to the troop. Scoutmaster of the troop.
Mr.. McCathern, will have as assistants
Harry Gilbert and J. c. Gripp. The
twenty-five scouts were divided into
two patrols, named Wolf and Bear"
News From the Troops.
Communications have been received
from troop scribes as follows:
Troop 81. ........
May the meeting of the troop con-
vened with twenty scouts present
After the roll had been called and the
dues collected, all present stood at at
tention and repeated the scout oath.
law and flag salute. Mr.. Maschmeyer
then talked about the things that will
help to make our May 80 camping trip
a success. He read us the program for
the Field day.
"Mr Maschmeyer told US that the
meetings will be held every two weeks
instead Of every week. He also said
that there is to be a signaling contest
Evening star., 1915-05-23

dered duty and not optional, and every
member falling to report. without hav-
ing previous authority to be absent
will be dealt with summarily. Those
I who do not fire at the prescribed time
will be required to do so later, SO fail
ure to fire now will not let you out.
Subsistence will be furnished at the
range, and government employees will
be furnished service cards covering this
tour of duty.
The battalion will remain in camp
for the entire four. days The uniform
will be blue. white hats and leggings;
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suspended temporarily during the cur
rent week. The entire battalion early
Tuesday morning will go on the rifle
range at Congress Heights for its
annual target practice. The organiza-
tion will be on the range for four days.
Following the return Of the organ
ization to the city there will be little
time In which to make preparations
for the cruise. There will be but four
drill nights before the organization
leaves for Hampton roads. where 1t will
board a battleship for the voyage up
the coast to New York city and New
port. r. /. Every minute will be needed
in making preparations
However. the organization is in bet
ter condition to embark at this time
than 1t was at this time last year.
Commander Joseph A. Dempf. COM
manding the organization, desiring to
avoid the hustle and hustle just before
the cruise begins. long ago issued or
ders to the division officers to have
their men fully equipped and ready
to start by the night of July 2.
Practically every man now has a COM
plete outfit of clothing, and the prin-
cipal matter which now remains to be
attended to is the preparation of ham
mocks. These will have to be num-
bered. so as to make identification easy.
The u S. s. Sylvia. training ship as
signed to the organization. is temporar-
lily out of commission awaiting her reg
ular inspection at the hands of the
board Of inspection and survey of ships
of the navy. Until this inspection is
completed. Commander Dempf will net
take the vessel on any practice cruises
1t is expected that the United States
torpedo boat Barney, now at Annap-
oils will arrive in the city about two
kS he he nrfpa aTiZ lao
the city for the cruise. This will give
the local naval militiamen a chance to
make a few weekend cruises aboard
her. However, after they return from
their voyage, they will have a number
Of opportunities to cruise aboard this
vessel, which the Navy Department pro-
poses to leave here until the middle OF
September. when II will return to the
Naval Academy station.
In view of the present status of the
Sylvia the organization will not make
its regular three-day cruise to Colonial
Beach around May 80
With the Sylvia out of commission,
the officers of the battalion are deyot-
ing their attention to small boat work.
Various drills with the small boats are
being held two orthree times a week.
and the men are becoming very prof.
cient in this work
To assist the militiamen in perfect
ing themselves in semaphore signaling,
Commander Dempf has had installed
in the armory an electrical signaling
apparatus. The apparatus is a novel
one and was designed by Chief Radio
Electrician Sparrow and his assistants.
1t is operated by keyboard, and dis
plays electric lights to show the sema-
phore characters
Commander Dempf issued the follow
ing notice to members of the command:
Under authority OF general orders,
No. Z. dated headquarters District Of
Columbia Militia. March 90, 1915, you
are hereby ordered to report at the
20, 1915. at o'clock a. M. for the pur-
pose of participating in the annual tar
get practice on the rife range, from
May rs to 20. inclusive. This IL an or
Evening star., 1915-05-23
The Dog Team.
From Outing.

From Outing.
Now the modus operandi OF dog
team is as follows: The leader ana
wheel dog are the whole works on tne
basis of IS to 25. The leader starts
'em. he stops 'em, he picks the tran,
he turns 'em. When he walks, the rest
do. when he gallops. they gallop All
the wheel dog does is to guide the nose
Of the sled, materially assisted by the
driver. The rest of the team merely
pull AMI yelp.
From which follows that a good ieao,
ar ia a very desirable thing to have and
a moor leader is worse than useless
The driver, at the handlebars, Is often
thirty feet from the leader. the dogs
being driven tandem and controlled by
word of mouth and whip.
Evening star., 1915-05-23

~ men can read the signals
readily. Sergts. Winters, Lans-
ford. Hall and Johnson have had charge
of this instruction.
Four recruits Joined the company last
Tuesday evening and were assigned to
Sergt Williams for preliminary In
struction.
The company Is rapidly nearing full
strength. and at the present rate the
ranks will be full long before the COM
pany goes to camp. The report Of the
annual inspection Of the commander con-
tatns marks of excellent" and very
good
Next Sunday the company will leave
the 1st street armory at $50 am. 70!
heliograph and flag signal practice at
the rifle range, returning in the after
noon. This trip is by company order.
The location of this years camp has
not vet been decided upon. but indica-
tions point toward a fourteen-day road
march In the event that the brigade
goes to Harpers Ferry, the Signal corps
Company will proceed to that point by
road. which means a sixty-four-mlle
ride. 1t is possible that the record
made two years ago, when the distance
was covered in eighteen hours, riding
time, will be lowered. The men are
confident they can cover the dlstance
in fourteen hours. II the horses furnish
ed are up to the work.
p G. Pratt. a new member of the
company. will look after the eats this
year. =
Nom commissioned officers school Is
well attended now that camp is SO near.
and the different section leaders ana
serpeants will have to hustle to hold
their stripes The new reel carts for
the third and fourth sections have not
vet arrived, but are expected any day.
Several promotions are due and men
who are working for chevrons promise
to make the competition interesting.
Evening star., 1915-05-23

AZ our next meeting. The meeting ad-
journed at o'clock. Saturday Clar-
ence ENley passed the. remainder of his
nrst-class examination"
Troop 3.
Last Friday night Dr. Olendorph gave
US talk on first aid work and life-say-
ing He showed us the Sylvester and
barrel methods OF resuscitation to be
| used in cases OF drowning
I'VE have organized a base ball team
which has played two games so far We
won both games. the scores being z to 8
and 10 to o.
Troop 21.
Last Saturday our base ball team
went to Berwyn to play the team of
Berwyn troop. When we got there We
| found majority Of the team belonged to
the Athletic Club. but we played them.
! although they were much older and heav-
Ter than our team.
Saturday night We attended the camp-
fire and our scoutmaster and assistant
invested our smallest scout, Adna Clarke
with the bars of a patrol leader. He has
been first-class scout for only two
| months and has passed six merit badge
| examinations Then our scoutmaster pre-
| sented Adna with a watch fob from the
| boys of the troop.
capt. Clarke, scoutmaster of Troop No.
23 was ordered away suddenly to Fort
Adams. R. L., Assistant Scoutmaster
| Laville will have charge of the troop He
will meet with us and take up the same
work. Wednesday night we held a pa
| troll leaders meeting at the library.
Saturday afternoon we practiced the
| running and jumping for our field meet
and Saturday night al our meeting Mr.
Laville gave special instructions in first
aid work. We expect to put on a special
stunt Field day
Troop II.
with ice-cold lemonade as a treat
and friendly boxing recreation. our
scouts are getting some of the unusual
things out of our meetings. And we are
getting some real scout work, too. The
first aid instructions at our last meet
ing were very interesting. We have
taken in three new scouts. The min
strel show, which we gave at our head
quarters in April. we are to repeat for
the benefit of Troop "a at Congress
Heights.
I'VE have an open challenge to any
troop to play ball, SO If you want q
game address our manager, Scout Will
liam Flaherty, 1921 Ist street south
west. We expect soon to have a wire
less established at our headquarters
and then we can talk to many scouts.
Scouts get good treatment when they
visit us"
Evening star., 1915-05-23

Bix-By the way. who is. cr, rather.
was. the god of war?
DiX-Tve forgotten the buffers name.
but ! think it was Ananias.-Boston
Transcript
Evening star., 1915-05-23

Broken nints are common in the des-
Evening star., 1915-05-23
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PRIL and May. 1915. are likely
to go down into history as
months fraught with happen
ings of exceptional interest to
the National Guard of the
Evening star., 1915-05-23
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~APT. TERRY'S two-arm sema.
Il phore drill is progressing very
satisfactorily, and most of the
~ men can read the signals
Evening star., 1915-05-23

The annual meeting of the Nom com
missioned Onicers' Association Of the
LIST Infantry. N. G. D. c., was held In
the quarters of Company K in the
Center Market Armory Friday night
The following officers for the ensuing
Joseph Rabbit; vice president, esrSt.
Evening star., 1915-05-23

Mai Joseph c. Castner, United States
Army, reported last Thursday as adju-
tant general of the District Of Colum
bia militia. He is commissioned in the
District Of Columbia militia with rank
of lieutenant colonel Col. Castner has
been pursuing the course of instruc-
tion at the War College.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
Shall We Swat the Fly?

"Thou shalt not KILL" says Miss
Elinor S. Moody, who conducts a
short hand school in Portland, Me.
She holds that the biblical state
ment should be accepted literally,
that it pertains to every living thing,
even the fly and mosquito. But
what a temptation when the big mus
ical mosquito gets to buzzing around
our ears to swat him. However,
Miss Moody seems to be creating
quite a sensation with her doctrine
of Right Thinking" upon which
she has recently been lecturing, and
has already received an invitation to
address the Boston metaphysical So
cieties next fall.
Well, if we can't swat Kim, can we
catch him in a similar manner to that
used by A. E. Chapman of Redlands,
CAL, where he, as municipal fly
catcher, made Redlands a fyless town
by his large traps nailed to posts on
streets corners?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
The Ravages of War.

The gross cost of the wars of the
world from 1898 to 1913 was over
twenty-six billion dollars, an incom-
prchensible sum of money. Add to
to this, the loss of 5,498,097 lives,
and you have some appalling figures.
The Napolionic wars began in 1893
and lasted until 1915. From that
time, wars have taken place as fol-
lows: 1880 to 1847, 1916, 1854 to 1856,
1859, 1861 to 1865, 1864 to 1870, 1871,
1876 10 1877, 1898, 1900 to 1901, 1904,
1906, 1911, 1912 to 1918, and the great
est war of all ages is now going on.
What comment on modern civili-
zation! Are we not as much barbar-
ians as the primeval savage. The
only difference is we have been kill
ing on larger scale.
Germany is regarded as not only a
civilized but a most e n ig h ten e d
country, yet she is the deadliest of
them all; and this war is the most
horrible of them all. AS a killing
affair, it beats the cannibals of the
Figi Islands to fragile.
Can it be stopped? No, unless all
nations disarm completely and set up
an international tribunal with abso-
lutely binding authority on all ques-
tons at issue.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
Runaway.

There was little excitement in
town just before noon Wednesday
when the horse attach ed to the
meat cart owned by E. l.. Lanphier,
and driven by Arthur Cole, be-
came frightened at some children
who were playing in front of Mrs.
Lizzie Fosters house, and ran,
overturning the cart at the corner
near Mrs. M. j. Halls. Fortunately
no one was injured but the cart
was somewhat damaged.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1915.
The Ravages of Forest Fires.

Inc RaVageS Oh roleSt rlleS'
Another chapter has recently been
added to the destruction of valuable
forest growth in Essex County. A
strip of land about four miles long
and mile wide has lost its useful
ness entirely so far as present gener-
ations is concerned. Its present val
ue is only to hold the earth together.
Some trees now seem alive, but they
will die, because the most deceptive
part of a forest fire is that trees
which are apparently not touched
will die a lingering death. A small
black spot on the body or roots of a
tree, many times, speaks its doom.
They will flourish for several years
after a fire; but go into a forest
which was traversed by fire five
years ago, and you will see a mass
of irrevocable destruction and ruin.
There is surely no element tn t
leeches the vitality of the natural re-
sources of State like forest fires.
Neither is there any other cause
30 alert in the absolute destruction
of hard earned capital
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
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TRANSIENT ADs-25 to so cents per
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DISPLAY ADs-15 cents per inch for
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over.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
HISTORY OF COUNTY
Continued from page l

a tendency to laxity in it's cultivation;
but, since 1852, a new order of
things is seen, not only if active
mechanical operations, but also in
the cultivation and improvement of
farms.
The article of hay, which perhaps
is as much entitled to the appella-
ton Of king in the North as cotton
in the South, has more than doubled
in price; ard a ready market is
found, at an advanced price of
former years, for the various pro-
auctions of husbandry.
CONCORD
By d. E. Woodbury., and others
To write the early history of a
town whose first settlement dates as
far back as does that of many towns
in our state, is extremely difficult ;
especially so, when-as with the
history of this town the public
records afford but a meagre supply
of the requisite material and data,
and the early settlers have nearly all
passed away, leaving but little record
of themselves from which to gather
up the scattered fragments of a
town history. Their memorial is
found rather in we'll cultivated
farms and comfortable dwellings,
in the church, the school-house, and
the thriving village, with all their
accompanying evidences of a pro
gressive, intelligent and prosperous
people, where the deep, dark forest
once proclaimed that rough, stern
rugged nature held undisputed sway
By their unwearied labors the
wilderness has been made to literally
''bud and blossom as the rose.
These are their monuments-mort
eloquent, truthful and enduring thar
sculptured marble and chisled gran
ite--of the deeds and characters o
those who
'redred amid The UiLderneSS
| Tho ham of and the to1rY
To us who live in these "late
days." when the savage grandeu
and sternness of nature has yielde
to the onward and conquerin
march of labor and progress, it
hardly possible to realize the almos
insurmountable obstacles with whic
the first settlers had to contend.
The whole northern region was a
almost unbroken wilderness ant
in addition to the hardships eXper
enced in the first settlements {
places lying contiguous to settle
portions of country, the inhabitan
of this town had to bring all Il
necessaries of life from the souther
part of this state and New Ham
shire, as we'll as from Massachusett
and to tr ansport them over roa
which would now be considered har
} ly passable either for man or beast
Ito be continued
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-11
Hard to Excel American Courage.

Hard to Excel American Courage.
Is it possible for people in this sec
ton of the country to visualize the
vast extent of territory over which
the floods have been lately raging in
the West?
From Lincoln, Neb., to Oklahoma,
one of the richest agricultural Sec
tons in the world, has lost millions
of dollars worth of crops.
The true American spirit of cour-
age and sticktoitiveness is bein G
shown by the Kansas farmers who are
replanting their corn though late in
the season.
Such"a cheerful spirit as these far
mers show, although this great de-
vastation in the most fertile partsof
the country is detracting heavily
from their finances, is an example
worthy of imitation.
In Missouri, in Bates county alone,
the loss per acre is estimated at ten
dollars, making the entire loss abont
three-quarters of a million; but with
the workers so faithfully rehabilitat-
ing the country will probably make
nearly its customary harvest showing
in crop statistics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07
Propels a Flow by Himself

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Zinc, Ark.-The Herculean strength of Jake Baker, a primeval German giant liv- ing on farm near here has again won for him the record in corn production in this section.
 It has also saved neighboring widow her precious crop of sorghum, is giving his daughter as good an education as the state can provide, and is saving mules and lumbermen much effort in the near by sawmills.
 Jake stands six feet seven inches tall without shoes. He weighs 200 pounds, but is not all bone, snew and muscle. Brains as well as strength he uses in the culti- vation of his five acres of land, upon which he has this year raised 50 bushels of corn to the acre, despite one of the worst drouths in this section for years. He does all his work by hand. A small blow, invented by himself, he shoves along with arms and breast, breaking and cultivating land as effectively as a horse drawn or motor propelled machine. He also has made many attachable pieces composing all the different ploy share shapes which meet the demands of his work adequately. It was originally covered with hard flint rock. By brawn and brains he removed this and three years ago started to cultivate his ground.