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John Brown Mr. o. T. Goodman, Mr..
w. c. Pridggeon, Mr.. N. Fl. Upshaw and
Mr.. Robert Lambert
The home of DR. and Mrs. H. o. Ri
Were was the scene of a happy family
gathering Christmas day, when each
member of Mrs. Rivieres family was
present The hours were pleasantly
spent with music and chatting and at
the noon hour an elegant dinner was
served. Those seated at the table We're;
MIR. and Mrs. w. A Miller, DR.. and Mrs.
j. M. Miller, DR.. and Mrs. l. l.. Miller
of Calera, DR. Q. 7. Miller, Miss Julia
Miller Miss Grace Miller and DR.. and
Mrs. H. A. Riviere.
Mrs. r. f. Gafford of Hainevllle Is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Sawyer.
Miss Ruby Sargent is spending the holi-
days with her parents at Dora
Mrs. Kate Lowe of Memphis is the guest
OF her daughter, Mrs. Thomas r. Wal
ker
Miss Minnie Glaze, Mr. Steve Monkey
and Mr.. Alfred Eubanks will spend Sun
dav with Miss Bessie Sargent at Dora.
Mrs NJ. Fonville of Montgomery is
spending the holidays with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fred Sawyer,
Mrs. Will Mattinson and Miss Maude
Massey have returned from visit with
relatives at Palos.
Mr.. John Russell of Gotten. Okla, Is
spending some time with relatives mere.
Mr.. Fred Spence is visiting relatives in
Evergreen.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Wheeler of Collins
VILE are the guests of their daughter. Mrs
r. l.. Glasgow.
The Rev T. v. Shumaker continues
quite ill at his home.
Miss Jewel Hall of Cuba is the guest
Of her sister, Mrs. D. F. Page.
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BrOOks-CrOss

Of each ribbon was a Christmas gift. A
most enjoyable hour was spent In open
ing and comparing presents. after which
salad course was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. John earns entertained
at beautiful dinner party on Christmas
night The house was made bright and
attractive with holly. mistletoe and other
Christmas decorations The centerpiece
for the dinner table was an illuminated
miniature Christmas tree which held
present for each one present. The guests
for the occasion were Miss Margaret silk.
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John O'Neal. DIR. III. P. Hanna, DR.. f. c.
Yielding and Mr.. Lafayette Hanna.
Miss Virginia Edwards is spending the
Christmas holidays with relatives in
Tuscaloosa.
Miss Eben Cooley has returned from
Judson college, and Is spending the hoi-
days at her home in Woodlawn.
Mrs. G. b. Brennan and little son,
Harry are spending the holidays with
relative In Scottsville.
Mrs. r. G. Hunt OF Sylacauga is Wis
ting Mrs. James Hunt
Olin and Auitman Brookes are spend
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ing the holidays with their grandparents
III Springfield Tenn
Mr., and Mrs c. e. Whitson and little
daughter, Frances are spending the holi-
| DAYS in Nashville. Tenn and Ashviile.
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Simpson-Wallace

Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
ter. Mamie Elizabeth. to
February 3, 1916.
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Hazard Roberts
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the 2sth of January, 1915
Simpson-W Wallace
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The wedding will
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
Wealth GROWS
With Every Year

m THE past sixty-fve years. the nation
al wealth of the United States has in
] creased 2.25s per cent, from s7,136.-
100000 in 1880 to $1s7. 739. 900 900 in
1912. theoretically, every man. woman
and child in the country is worth s1.965.
In 1850 the per capita wealth was only
s30S, so every Americans theoretical
equity in the country's wealth is six
times as great as sixty-fve years ago.
More than l 5 per cent of the national
wealth or about s12.314. 100000 is real
estate and is exempted from taxation.
This includes public works and property
used for religious and charitable pur-
poses.
OF the present national wealth. $685.
363,000.O00 is in taxed real property and
improvements; s16.149 100000 repre-
sents railroads and their equipment: $14.-
694 100000 is in manufactured products:
sS,463 100000 is in furniture. vehicles
and the like: s.23s.OOO. 900 is in live
stock, and s6.091. 100000 in mauufac-
turing machinery. tools and implements.
The richest state is New York with
s25,011 100000 Of property wealth.
Then comes Illinois with s15.4Si. 900. 900
and Pennsylvania with s15,45S, 900, 900.
Britian's national wealth vas estimat-
ed year or so ago at $10S.2S0, 900 900,
and Germany's in 1908 at s77.S64 .000,-
600.
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GREATEST Of
Wireless Plants
Are GERMANS

TART Of German preparedness for
The Day" was the erection OF
worldwide system of high power
wireless stations. When the war started
there were in operation German wireless
stations in Europe. Africa, America and
the South Seas. Many have been dis
mantled by the allies. but the three
greatest still remain and serve to keep
Germany in communication with the out
side world, even though the cables be cut
The three greatest stations are at
Nauen. Germany; Sayville, L. l.. and
somewhere" in Spain. The French claim
that there is German wireless station In
every state of the Union. Outside Of the
Sayville station there are known to be
four high power stations in Mexico and
ten in South America, the latter having
aided materially in the exploits of the
German sea raiders in both the Pacific
and the Atlantic.
The Spanish, Sayville and Nauen sta
lions are probably the most powerful in
the world. They are each supposed to
have a constant transmitting power Of
5000 miles, occasionally raised to 1900
miles. The waves are SO powerful that
they temporarily paralyze other aerial
communications.
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GRAVITATlON
Due to Electrical
FLOW, He Says

- RANlIA1lON Is an electrical pne-
I nomenon and does not act instantly
across space, but is transmitted
with the velocity Of light. thus coming
from the sun to the earth in eight min
utes
So says Prot Thomas Jefferson Jack
son See famous astronomer. in his 500
word memoir entitled "Electro-Dy-
manic theory of magnetism and Of uni
versal gravitation Discovery of the
cause of gravitation. with proof that this
fundamental force of nature is propagat-
ed with the velocity of light" He claims
to have discovered the secret of gravita-
ton and has put the information in the
hands Of the Royal Society of London.
Prof See is an astronomer of note. He
is a graduate of the University Of Mis-
souri, and has received the degree of Phi.
D. from the University of Berlin. for
which institution he was later an OBJ
server. He is now a naval observer for
the United States government and Is sta
toned at the Mare Island navy yard
Prof See holds that gravitation is due
to elementary currents Of electricity cir
culating around atoms Of matter. Am
pere. the celebrated French scientist. dis
covered in 1920 that two parallel currents
Of electricity floating In opposite direc-
lions repel. Following the lines first
taken by Ampere, Prof. See has worked
out his theory Of gravitation.
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Why BULLETS
Tear FLESH

A YEAR since the great war began.
a and charges of the use by the
other side of dum-dum bullets
still occasionally filter into the press.
While it never has been proved to the
satisfaction of disinterested persons that
the charges are true, they continue to
pop up, now on one side, now on the
other.
But now big game hunters have come
to the aid of the war historians. and
much Of the mystery of the awful. gap
ing wounds made by rife fire have been
cleared up. 1t seems it is the pointed,
high speed bullets that are responsible
for at least most Of the terrible, gashing
wounds, not dum-dum, soft nosed or ex-
plosive bullets. A simple little 22-caliber
bullet, long, light and slim, can inflict a
wound almost as cruel as the most devil
ishly designed explosive rifle she'll.
But while the big game hunters and
sportsmen generally knew this, it re-
NAMED. as usual. for science to explain
the phenomenon. Sportsmen argued that
a long, pointed shell should logically in
fiict cleaner wound than the old style
blunt nosed pellet. Two things, how
ever. render this untrue. One is the
much higher speed attained by the mod
ern bullet. While the old black powder.
blunt nosed pellet went only / 200 feet a
second, a modern military rife missile
goes through the air at the rate Of nearly
5000 feet a second. The German bullet
actually travels 1900 feet per second.
and the rifles of the other belligerents
are not far behind in speed conveying
qualities.
Then the long, pointed bullet is ILL
balanced. When it strikes. the heavier
butt end gives it rotating movement
that turns the bit Of lead into a savage,
diving, tumbling. slashing. high speed.
sharp point bullet. Hence the awful gap
ing wounds that seemingly could only
have been made by dum-dum bullets.
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Marble and Granite Resurfaced and
Preserved by Patented Process

A Optional patents on his process
"a to resurface and preserve mable.
granite and other stone surfaces
have just been obtained by c. L. Prem
tice, of Cleveland. BY the Prent.~s
process. marble and granite is lade to
look like new and the nonacid compost
ton with which he finishes the work is
claimed to render the stone surface dur
able for ages.
Afidavits possessed by Mr.. Prentice
prove that work done twenty years ago
retains a smooth, uncorroded surface and
that only soap and water are used to
make 1t shine like new.
The Prentice process is built on two
separate operations. first the resurfacing
Of the marble. then the preservation of
it. The resurfacing is done with espe-
cially constructed steel bristies. The
scaly, corroded section Of the marble is
wiped away, leaving a clean, even sur
face. This is then treated with the nom
acid solution. which closes the pores of
the stone by chemical process, effecting
recrystallization of the surface.
II is claimed that other processes for
cleaning marble and granite contain
harmful acids which aid in the corrosion
Of the surface. The Prentice nonacid
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
ORANGE
Shaped Like
Human Hand

IN JAPAN grows an immense orange.
the shape Of the human hand. from
which fact it derives its name. the five
fingered orange" Some Of the largest
Of the matured fruit measure eleven
inches from step to tip of the middle
finger. Naturalists say the fruit has been
developed into its present shape by MINI
icry aiming at self protection.
As II further to protect its singularly
delicious fruit, the trees twisted, gnarled
branches are so entangled with the
trunk that it is impossible to find two
inches Of stem growing in the same direc-
ton. The tree seldom grows more than
six feet high and sends out a multitude
Of long. hard needle-pointed thorns.
When in bloom this ugly tree is an
immense bouquet Of the most beautiful
and fragrant blossoms, like those of the
ordinary orange tree and a particularly
lovely pink blush color.
The flowers. which make their ap-
pearance in June or July, grow in clust-
ers of two or three blossoms. The fruit
is lemon-yellow. growing greenish to-
wards the stem.
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Sea SLEDS TRIED
for Coast DEFENSE

G EA sleds are the latest craft to be
considered by the United States
navy for coast defense work. The
navy is experimenting with half-motor
boat. half hydroaeroplane, which neither
flies over the water nor cuts through it,
but skips along its surface. twenty
four-foot boat Of this type has made
thirty-six and one-half miles an hour at
a navy test. 1t is hoped to obtain a boat
that will carry thirty men at ffty-fve or
sixty miles an hour. 1t is said two hun
dred Of such craft could be built at the
cost of a single scout cruiser and would
be much more effective.
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SAILORS Have Much Better
CHANCE to RECOVER From
Wounds Tia Do SOLDIERS

A FER reading accounts Of land bat
"a ties and of sea battles, if compelled
to accept the choice Of becoming
either a soldier or sailor, you would
probably chose the military branch of the
service, arguing to yourself that if ship
is sunk in battle, the sailor has practical
ly no chance of being rescued. That is
true, but on the other hand a sailor, If
merely wounded, has twentyfold the
chance Of recovery Of his injured land
fighting comrade.
The reason for this notable difference
in the two classes of patients is almost
obvious to the physicians. The sailors
are not exposed to having their wounds
Contaminated by earth dust, and that is
the serious element for wound complica-
tions. In spite of all the care that has
been exercised in preventing sepsis, the
mode of the present war has utterly up
set all the calculations.
The fighting has been in trenches.
The men have literally dug themselves
In. 1t is almost impossible that the
wounded men should not get earthly ma.
terials, and especially those from just be-
low the surface of the ground, into their
wounds This has been the serious fac
tor.
Bacteria, so far as We know anything
o,bout them. are little plants, and they
SLOW luxuriantly in the soil, and there
fore are particularly prevalent in the
trenches. They are especially rife in Gull
tivated ground. and not a little of the
fighting has been done in the plowed
fields of North France
The large lacerated wounds caused by
shell fire, or by bullets striking compact
bones and bursting out of the tissues, are
almost Invariably contaminated with
septic material. The reasons for this are
me presence of metal fragments in the
U1und, pieces of cloth carried in, and
,!en above all earth dirt from the neigh
boring soil Even with all these disad-
Santages sepsis would be much less seri-
Gus but for the length of time which
elapses between the receipt of the wound
and the first thorough dressing.
The soldiers after their long stay in
the trenches. with lack of sleep, irregular
food, and the disturbing alarms of night
end early morning attacks. have been in
10 condition to resist such infections.
Sapo-> have not been exposed to these
particular bacteria, but then, besides, the
sailors, living an open air life in the free,
pure air of the sea, fed regularly and
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Wireless Spark
Now Suspected

n RITISH papers are, at this late date,
n devoting considerable space to
discussion Of whether the Princess
Irene and the Bulwark were not both
blown up by some kind of wireless de-
tonator in the hands Of the Germans 1t
will be remembered that both battleships
were victims of mysterious explosions
while lying in harbor.
Distinguished inventors such as Tesla,
Marconi. Edison and the younger Ham
mond have worked on a spark that could
be transmitted through the air to blow
up the magazines Of . foe, but the fact
that the Germans have not employed
such means more frequently, or agains.
ships of greater class than the Bulwark
or the Princess Irene practically discounts
their possession Of any such device.
AUo.s
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8-Story Building SUSPENDED
by Its OWN FOUNDATIONS

Der crib work held up by concrete foun-
dalton. Two pairs of transverse l beams
were rested on the first Orders, one pair
inside. and one pair outside the building,
so as to run along the long side of the
concrete pillar.
With the concrete pillar of the tele-
phone building now surrounded by a
thick band of steel. the concrete at the
foot of the column was Clipped away so
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Science and
the Great War

Magnetic attraction is now being ap-
piled, more or less eXperimentally, TO the
detection of mines laid at sea. An cleo
tro-magnet, supported on long arm eX-
tending forward from a ships bow, can
be made to signal the presence of mine.
Could the current be made strong enough
to defect torpedo. another terror of the
deep would gradually disappear.
The dirigible torpedo of a Few York
inventor is propelled electrically, guided
the required distance below the surface
by an automatic depth regulator. At the
will of the operator a jet Of water on
a beam of light can be thrown up from
the torpedo to show the exact location
reached.
Early in the present war a silver Of
steel from an exploding grenade pene-
trated the heart of a French soldier
where it remained for four and a half
months. Recently surgeons succeeded in
removing it in a delicate operation and
the man is regarded as cured, for the
heart acts normally.
The peace strength of the Netherlands
army-that is, the permanent stats of all
the units of the first line-amounted in
1913 to 1,543 officers and 21,412 non
commissioned officers and men. The total
strength of the field army is approximate
ly $4,000 men with 1872 guns.
Mr.. Gordon Cumming, nephew Of Gen
eral Ricciotti Garibaldi is raising fund
in London for the purpose of equipping
for the Garibaldi Legion between 10000
and 10000 volunteers of various nation
alities.
When shells are filed with shrapnel
bullets there is poured in about a pint of
boiling resin, which keeps all fixed until
the discharge.
Bulgaria can place over a quarter of
million men in the field, military service
being universal and compulsory.
It is claimed that half an hour Of the
goose-step does as much for the muscles
Of the leg A. half days route-marching.
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with regular hours Of sleep, have been in
excellent condition to resist infections Of
all kinds.
No wonder then that a distinguished
surgical authority who has had much ex-
perience with sailors declares that it is
astonishing how mild the infection of
sailors wounds has been. The excellent
physique of the men is a great factor in
the rapid recovery which takes place, and
it also accounts for the striking absence
of shock and the readiness with which
the patients rally under treatment from
such shock as may be present The sailor
is an excellent surgical risk.
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of gold left in the Klondike! This
is the report of government ex-
perts who recently went over the former
Eldorado. 1t is estimated that S160,000,-
900 worth has been taken out.
The total output of the Klondike in
1895 was s10,000,000 from which figure it
jumped six million annually until 1900.
when the high water mark was reached
with S22,275,000. From that year a steady
decline began until in 1908 when the out
put was s2.s20.131. Then hydraulicking
and dredging began and the total uncov-
cred rose slowly until it was s5,01s,411 in
1918
The various processes of recovering
gold in this region fall under three main
heads; individuals. by washing surface
gravels with shovel and pan, or by sluic-
ing with fume and sluice box; small par
ties. by working drift with mechanical
scrapers and sluices. or drift mining in
shafts and sluicing; and capitalists. by
dredging with powerful mechanical
plants, hydraulic sluicing with monitors.
or mining and stamping ore in mills The
first class includes poor mems diggings,"
and the second requires more financial
resources and mechanical ability, but a
successful man in the first may become
first two classes require fairly rich
ground. only men with exceptional abil-
ity and ample capital can reach the third
class and work the low-grade placer grav-
els or quartz veins successfully.
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A MONG the engineering feats accom-
~ plished in connection with the ex-
tension of the New York subway
system was the suspension Of an
eight-story building by its foundations
The structure a telephone building in
Brooklyn. contained number of delicate
electrical instruments and it was essen
dal that 1t not be Jared or moved the
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compound not only fails to harm the
surface to be cleaned, but by enecting re-
capitalization closes the pores of the
stone against outside influences and pre-
serves the surface for years. Only soap
and water are said to be needed after
wards to insure a clean, shining exterior.
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Coal Is Dethroned

THE Norfolk 4 Western railroad has
electrified 100 miles Of its system In
West Virginia, one Of the heaviest
coal carriers in the world. The electric
locomotives in use weigh 270 tons each
and two of them attached to q 4,000-ton
train recently carried 1t with ease up .
per cent grade at the rate Of fourteen
miles an hour. a rate twice that attained
by the most efficient steam locomotives
formerly used on the system.
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itghtest. The contemplated subway was
% run under the foundations. which were
concrete columns.
The method used was the invention of
John F. ORourke. Two heavy steel grid
ers we're placed at the narrow ends of the
rectangular concrete columns. These
girders were seven feet deep and thirty
Eve feet long and were supported on tim
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a patent on a hatpln-polnt
protector. The device is
very simple. merely a band
of metal bent over the point
of the pin and secured by a
hinge and a clamp. The
protector can be donned or
dotted in a few seconds
time and is absolutely ef-
fectual in rendering harm
less one of woman's most
dangerous accessories.
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Good gunners will IRE from twenty-five
to thirty rounds minute from the
French as" weapon.
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steel straps we're attached and supported
from the transverse steel Orders above
by suspension rods. Enormous bolts
above the transverse girders were used
to lift the concrete foundation off the
ground 1t now rested entirely on the
as to expose the gr!llage beams, to which
concrete and wooden cribbage system sup
porting the cross work Of steel girders.
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Hatpin Protector

Mr.. Nicola Romito. Of
Newell. Pa, has felt the prick OF
- a woman's hatpin in a street car or
an elevator. for he has just taken out
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KIondike NearIv
EMPTY of Gold

~ My twenty million dollars worth
of gold left in the Klondike! This
is the report of government ex-
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Bulgaria can place over a quarter of ;
million men in the field, military servic,
being universal and compulsory.
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It is claimed that half an hour Of the
goose-step does as much for the muscles
Of the leg a. half . days route-marching.
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When shells are filed with shrapne
bullets there is poured in about a pint o
boiling resin. which keeps all fixed unit
the discharge.