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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-30

WANT TO SELL A LOT? II
location and price are right, real
estate lad" will find your buyer.
Sometimes little keeping at.it is
required. The first publication Of
an advertisement does not always
bring the result. It's like any
other sort Of effort or enterprise.
Perseverance always wins-and il
10 not often that you will be re-
quired to exercise a great deal Of
il.
WHAT ABOUT RENTING
THAT SPARE RooM7 The in
come it should yield may not be
larse-but even few dollars each
week amount to a tidy sum in the
course Of a year. And there are
pleasant and agreeable people
looking for rooms. Usually
classified advertisement will put
you in touch with them-espeeialIy
il you offer . one-ro home IN
A DESIRABLE LOCALITY and
At q fair price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-30
What Is Adequate Advertising?


of space required for the adequate advertising
varies in about the ratio that vary
size, importance, enterprise.
Enough space for the telling, clearly fully, Interestingly,
of the stores is the obvious need.
IT, for the sake Of saving space the stores story only
half told the interest awakened by it will be half interest.
IT, in issues of this newspaper your story
omitted entirely, will have gone far toward multiplying
the public interest in what you doing.
store might just well follow policy of uncertainty
to whether is to be opened certain days follow
similar policy as to its advertising.
There stores that prodgal space in
their adversng there great many that are spar
ing of it.
merchant has problems to solve. Yet this Of
the amount of advertising which he could PROF.
ITABLY is one of the most vital IT, by using third
he could double the RESULTS of his ADVERTISING
that would be good business" And many merchant has
demonstrated that this is, measurably, true.
Limiting the advertising space usually means limiting the
volume and interest of the store news.
If a store is prepared to for MORE BUSINESS is in
position to use larger advertising space-PROFITABLY
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

great extent exhausted; and hence
the demand for quicksilver for this
special purpose has sadly diminished.
This was the situation that gave
the mercury men SO much alarm be.
fore the war. Little did they imagine
that there was In prospect world.
wide catastrophe that would create
such market for their product as
their widest dreams had never pre-
figured.
Barring the famous Almaden mines
of Spain. which have been worked
for moro than 1000 years, the great.
est known deposits of mercury in
the world are found in California.
The most important of those in that
state were discovered by Indians,
long before the days OF Columbus.
From that source the aborigines de-
rived vermilion paint, for frescoing
their bodies; and observation of the
decorative effects thus produced led
to an inquiry by white men which
resulted in the development of the
quicksilver mines.
Cinnabar. the ore of mercury. when
found in pure state. Is vermilion in
color. 1t Is a sulphate. chemical
mixture OF quicksilver and sulphur.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

In war hospitals DR.. Edwin s. Grew
refers rather to those more
cases when a man shows no
effects of conclusion: his
memory is continuous: he is not visi.
bly, hurt. but there is something
wrong with him. His conduct is curl.
Gus. his action is indeterminate. II
an officer. he can't give an order; he
has no initiative. All this may be
the result of some invisible injury.
Separated from the foregoing
groups OF cases are these of men who
are apparently healthy. but who, after
very heavy shell fire. or after some
peculiarly heavy explosion. break
down. A wise superior officer. recog.
nizins the symptoms. will remove
such man TO a place of safety.
Here, after short period OF obvious
distress, the man will go straight off
to sleep: and he will sleep for some
hours through any noise. But when
he wakes he will not have recovered.
He will be over-sensItive to noise:
quite unable to bear 1t. He must be
sent back from the front. to recover
his balance. If he goes to a noisy
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
When Rubbed in White Cloth
Impure Tea Leaves a Stain;
II the Tea Is Pure No
Stain Is Shown.

Take a sample OF the suspected arti.
Gle and place II in saucer. Then
pour over 1t solution Of carbonate
OF ammonia. II alum is present in
the bread 1t will turn black, but IL
the bread Is pure no change will take
place.
"a very good test by means Of
which the best fresh butter may be
distinguished from the made.up arti-
Gle or margarine is that in which n
small quantity OF the sample Is
placed in tiny tube. This is set in
water sufficiently warm to melt the
contents; the sample is kept in a
melted state for half an hour and It
Is then examined. II the butter is
pure. and of the highest quality. It
will almost certainly be clear. On
the other hand. with margarine or
q worked.up butter certain cloudt
ness will be apparent.
"a more simple. but equally relia.
BILE, test Is that in which piece Of
the suspected article about the size
of the tip of the little finger is placed
in a spoon. This is held over a gas
burner, and the behavior Of the sam.
pie is watched. Real butter boils
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

made great demand for quicksilver.
Much OF the gold found In surface
Grayels is very finely diyIded-re.
duced. indeed, to such tiny PARTICLES
as to float out OF the sluicc.boxes
with the water. This meant, of
course. great loss. But 1t was dlscov.
cred. long ago, that, II mercury was
put into the sluice boxes Tor other
apparatus used for the same pur-
pose) 1t would catch the gold and
hold It.
The secret OF the matter lay in
the fact that gold will dissolve in
quicksilver as rapidly as sugar will
dissolve in water-the two thereby
combining TO form an "amalgam."
Every quartz-crushing mill operated
for the extraction of gold from the
rock is worked on that principle. the
powdered stun being run over cop.
per plate coated with mercury. at
intervals the mercury is scraped of,
together with the gold 1t has taken
up. and more quicksilver Is rubbed on.
Unfortunately, the placer mining
business is on the down grade. It
has been so for a long time past.
The gold-producing surface gravels
all over the world have been to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
How WAR BRUISES and FRAYS' Nerves Of SOLDIERS

a GREAT deal has been heard
~ in this war about shell.shock.
4 AThe simplest kind of shell.
shock Is that which takes place when
the soldier is blown down by the
wind of high-explosive shell. He
suffers from the blow in Just the
same way rs II the conclusion had
been the result of being pitched on
his head off horse. He becomes
unconscious for varying time, and
when he wakes up again he will have
no recollection of being struck, or of
what happened some time before he
was struck. That is why soldiers say
that the only shell you never see Is
the one that gets you.
Sometimes the men are sand.
bagged by shells which burst on the
right side of the parapet. but by dis.
tributins portions Of 1t in the trench
infiict conclusions. From these acct
dents recovery or complications fol-
low the usual course of conclusions.
But these are not what the soldier
usually means when he speaks OF
shell-shock.
In writing about his observations
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
FORTUNES Made in OUlCKSILV YER

TT is more profitable In these days
to own a quicksilver mine than
= gold mine. Since the war be-
gan mercury has risen In price from
s35 a flask to $500.
A flask" holds &c pounds. It is
surprisingly small. tho metal being
considerably heavier than lead.
Even at the advanced price, Ameri.
can munition makers are falling over
themselves to get mercury. They
must have It to make mercury full.
inmate. the only suitable stun for
caps. shell-fuses and "detonators"
for various kinds of projectiles.
Every quicksilver deposit in the
world is being worked to the limit
today. It Is harvest time for the mer-
curry producers. Probably there will
never be another like 1t.
The situation is the more remark.
able for the reason that before the
war the outlook for quicksilver, com.
mercially speaking, was very bad.
Production exceeded demand and
mercury mine owners were eagerly
seeking new markets for their pro-
duct.
Placer mining for gold in Callfor.
MIA and other parts OF the world
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

The Better Bread Is Heavier
After Baking Out the
Moisture.

quietly, producing n quantity OF
small bubbles, while margarine, or a
process butter. will crackle and sput'
ter much in n way that green leaves
do when they are placed on fire.
There are on the market many
adulterated jams and jellies which
can be detected by this method. MIX
n sample Of the jam or jelly with an
equal quantity OF water. Throw into
the mixture a piece Of cotton wool
and boil for half an hour. Now try
to wash out the stain. II the Jam is
pure the stain can be easily re-
moved; where dye has been used no
amount OF washing will get rid OF
the stain.
Vinegar is commonly adulterated
by the addition of some mineral acid.
The presence of the harmful article
is readily disclosed by taking a sam
pie Of the vinegar and adding few
drops of methyl aniline violet. Pure
vinegar shows no alteration. but tho
adulterated sample turns a blue or
a green color.
1.-TWO simple tests for tea and su.
gar are made by the following
method:
zone of the commonest adultera.
lions Of tea is the dyeing Of the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
WALKING Is Good EXERCISE

WI T ALkiNG IS one OF the best
M exercises person can pos
" sibly take. physicians say.
To walk properly It is necessary to
keep the head erect, the shoulders
back, and the abdominal muscles
tense, so that the abdominal viscera
are not allowed to dangle In space,
or left 10 drop into the pelvis. Eli.
ergy and lie must be thrown into
the exercise. and elasticity into the
step. In order for It to be OF benefit.
Deep abdominal breathing must
also be pracdsed. OF course care
must be taken not to oyerdo at first.
A short. energetic walk of Is min.
utes is OF greater value, mental
ly and physically. than ustiess.
spiritless walk of Eve hours.
Instead OF raw March winds and
cold draughts-in other words. out.
side air otlow temperature-belng the
cause Of colds and catarrhal atfec-
uons," says DR.. Felix L. Oswald. lit
is the warm. yitiated. indoor air that
is the cause, while outdoor air is the
best remedy. The combination of ex.
ercise, abstinence and fresh air will
cure the most obstinate cold.
AR Is both food and drink to the
lungs. 1t IS more-iike water to the
body-it washes them clean. It Is
best when pure and bracing. One
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
Color MAGIC Of FOUNDER

changes are comparatively slow. Vel.
low. usually predominant in the en-.
vironment, is assumed more rapidly
than green or blue.
The skin of founders contains
black and yellow cells, called chroms-
tophoses. and Opaque white cells.
called iridoeytes. The changes in
color and pattern are produced by
changes in the arrangement OF the
colored cells and in the extent to
which they are hidden by the white
cells.
These changes are regulated by oc-
ular Impressions. Founders become
uniformly white when the head end
is placed on white and the tail end on
black, they become black when tho
head is on black and the tail on
white, and they become gray when
one eye is on white and the other on
black.
Exposure of one eye to fine and
the other TO coarse pattern pro-
duces a combination of fine and
coarse pattern N the skin.
The influence Of each eye extends
over the entire body. The skin be-
comes yellow when yellow card Is
placed very near the head.
A founder deprived of one eye
Stimulates the background quite nor
mally, but there is no stimulation
Whatever when both eyes are re.
moved.
Founders fail to simulate the
ground In very strong illumination
from above, and they become white
ON all grounds when their eyes re.
ceiye no light directly from above.
Adaptation to the ground is not af.
tected by covering the skin with
sand, so that the fish cannot see 1t.
Vision in fishes is very like human
vision In regard to shade and color,
but less acute in regard to size.
FOUNDERS distinguish between dots
OF two millimeters and three milf.
meters, and recognize dots of one
millimeter, but not those of o.5 milf.
meter.
BY means Of rotating background
OF black and white sectors the acute.
ness OF vision in regard to motion
was found equal to that of man.
Flouders adapted to a given color
seek grounds Of that color, and color
IN the skin is produced only by ex.
posure to the same color.
Hence, founders have color vision
but this does not prove that they
have color sensation.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

convalescent home sudden whistle
will be agony to him. A tire bursting
In the street will make nervous
patient jump out of his bed.
Some wounded soldiers who were
being taken out for drive were
travelling in one direction, and two
others on foot were approaching
them from the other. The men in
the char-a-banc, evidently as pre-
concerted joke, all shouted "Boom!"
together. One of the two men APP
preaching gave jump as il shell
had exploded at the sound. He was
evidently one OF the victims who
suffer from over.reaction to noise.
and his comrades had found It out.
The soldier who has a good con.
stitution and sound nerves readily
answers to treatment, and after
given number OF days in bed or
weeks in any place where he can rest
untroubled. becomes himself again.
rs good a soldier as ever. All cases
Of shell-shock occurring are careful.
iy examined and classified on fixed
plan. and this system. besides Civ.
ing the physicians and neurologists
u great deal OF valuable information
has often surprised them by the ra.
lidity and completeness of the re-
covery of patients.
Many of the cases of shell.shock
which arise from nerve strain reveal
symptoms that are strange except to
the neurologists. In one group occur
what the French call "fugres." A
man will forget where he is or what
he Is doing. He will begin to walk
or run in some uncertain direction.
not from fear, but from very real
Observation-Disclosures. He may go to his
billet miles away when he ought to
be In the trenches, or he may be.
come lost. Some OF the cases OF
missing" arise like this. and the
men are found and identified weeks
afterward. Or mans memory may
slip away from him; and he loses
years of 1t. and becomes boy again.
Quite apart from these states of
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

great advantage the persistent walk.
er has Is in getting used TO ell kinds
of weather. Exposure to cold and
damp will do him no harm, although
1t might be fatal to others.
Walking, II resolutcly and Judi.
ciously followed, is perfect exer
else. which taxes the entire system.
When you walk properly every men,
her and muscle. every nerve and
fiber mas something to do. The
lungs grow strong and sound: tho
chest enlacges, the limbs are round.
ed out, the tendons swell and tough.
ell. the figure rises In height and
dignity and is clothed with grace and
suppleness Not merely the body.
but the whole man. is developed"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

THE founder, which we are most
prone to regard merely as an
article Of diet, is one OF the most
wonderful of fishes. and appears to
have the chromatic possibilities Of
the entire solar spectrum, according
TO recent observations and expert.
ments Of 8. o Mast Of Johns Hop.
lsins. who conducted his interesting
work at the United States biological
station at Beaufort. North Carolina.
The chameleon, famous for changing
Its color. must yield much Of its dis
unction to the "skimming dish fish, I"
responsible for the "filet Of sole,"
when some other fish is not spurious.
ly substituted.
Although the results Of this par.
ticular work have been cited before,
the further details furnish closer
Interest making a wonder-story Of
natural history. How the fish is en-.
abled to call its different color cells
into play when the external impress.
sion is sent in from the eye, is one
OF the very battling mysteries Of ma.
ture, which science has not even be.
gun to fathom.
In the founder is the paradox that
white is black and black is white.
The founder, 1t has been decided,
has color vision, but 1t is doubtful
that 1t has color sensation. Which
only deepens the mystery.
Nearly all fishes simulate their en-.
yironment to some extent, and some
founders do SO with remarkable &c.
curacy and rapidly. 1t was found
that founders in glass dishes became
nearly white on white ground, and
nearly black on black ground. They
also assumed approximately the
colors Of all grounds, except red.
Fine and coarse patterns in the
ground produced correspondingly fine
and coarse patterns in the skin. but
there was no actual reproduction Of
patterns.
Five days sojourn in a black pan
was required to produce maximum
blackness in founder that had been
kept two weeks In white pan, but
the change from white to black was
effected in two minutes in the same
founder, after It had been transferred
frequently from one pan to the other.
Tie change from black to white al.
ways required an hour or more. Color
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
Where GIRLSAreNOT GivenNAMES

The latter title is considered the
more honorable.
If there are several daughters in
the family they are distinguished by
such words as "big" (for the eldest),
second" third" fourth, "etc. After
marriage they are known by their
husbands name and title, with the
word house" affixed. They may also
be distinguished by the name of tho
place they came from when marry.
ing. as Mrs. Of the House Of Kim, the
20, ng lady who came from Kong Ja"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
SATURDAY Night PARALYSIS

~ ATURDAY night paralysis" is
the very descriptive name hos
pital attaches have given to a
curious malady Of the nerves that
frequently afflicts those who wind up
the week with too much festivity.
This disease. which only recently
was brought to the attcntion Of rnedl.
cal science, Is now commonly known
among doctors as "sleep palsy"
A medical writer gives the follow.
ing description OF Saturday night
paralysis:
ut comes from pressure on that
nerve (the musculospiral) which
actuates the extensors OF the elbow,
wrist and fingers. The hard drinker,
for whom. on Saturday night, money
ind leisure inopportunely meet, will
often fall forward on the table with
his head resting on his arm, and 80
remain until the effects Of drink are
over. waking up to find his forearm
and hand inert and nerveless, a con-
dition persisting for days or weeks.
even months. and similar to that
seen in lead palsy.
Another disease ls known us
Monday morning paralysis Fortu-
nately, It is. rs yet. confined 10 horses
and does not come from orer.drink.
Ing but from food too nutritious or
too much food while resting in the
stable on Sunday. AS a matter .;
fact, our blue Mondays often may
be traced to over eating and a lack
Of exercise the day before.
"The technical name Of Monday
morning paralysis is ASSASSIN. 1t is
regarded seriously by horse breeders
and ranchers. for recovery is rare. IN
fact, the animal usually dies in two
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
ADULTERANT
in DAILY FARE

not been treated should leave no
mark on the cloth; dyed tea will
make very definite stain that will
not easily be rubbed away.
Several additions are now and
again made to sugar and. without an
elaborate analysis, It Is not easy 10
determine the exact nature Of these.
AS rule pure sugar should answer
the following test satisfactorily:
Make an almost saturated solution
Of sugar and water: place this In a
glass tube: then stand in front OF
some print. 1t should be possible to
read the type quite clearly through
the sugar solution. In the case OF
brown or raw sugars there might be
a certain amount of discoloration Of
the water, though any turbidness is
almost certainly an indication OF
adulteration.'
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

~ iris in Korea have no names.
I or what would be considered
names in the western world.
There are no Marys or Mabels or
Ruths. The little ones are given n
pet name at their birth, and these
they bear until they are 10 years old.
after which they are no longer used.
After her 10th birthday the young
woman is known as "Mr. Kim's
daughter" or "Mr Kim's girl baby"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

ing? The real reason is enough to
make your blood curdle. In the days
Of sacrifice to the gods, it was Gus.
tomary to get some poor victim when
boat was being launched and to
cut his throat over the prov. so that
his blood baptized it.
Why do we throw shoes after
brides? The reason is scarcely com.
pltmentary. From time lmmemorial
it has been the custom for parents
to chastise their children with u
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
A Transfer Solution
DR1NTED pictures from maya.
zines. newspapers, folders. etc

5DR1NTED pictures from maya.
j zines. newspapers. folders. etc.
may be transferred to paper
cloth, cardboard. glass or china with
the following solution:
One bar OF common soap ia dis.
solved In a gallon of hot water. to
which one-half pint OF turpentine 10
added. After 1t has stood for nf,ht
sti. well aud bottle. The solution 10
applied to the print with soft brnsh
Or ones fingers, ard the material n
which 1t iE he transferred "a place,
upside down on t. The back Of the
material is then rubbed and tho a.,
sign 10 transferred.
a picture may be transferred -
glass for tho purpose OF .sotero
slide. Ia such o case the glass INNS,
be varnished With a perfectly tron..
parent Sarn'sh before tssnsfersinv.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

shoe; and from this the custom arose
OF the father OF the bride making a
present OF shoe TO the bridegroom,
as a sign that it was his right to
keep her in order.
Lastly. why do we shake hands?
To show our friendship. nowadays;
but not so in the days of yore. When
our forefathers were all fighters they
seized each others right hand dur.
ing a pause in the duel to prevent a
treacherous blow,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
How HOUSEWIVES
Can Easily DETECT
lMPURITIESin FOOD

IAN increasingly large amount o.,
salt may be worked into bread by
INSCRIPTIONS bakers. without the
consumers becoming aware OF 1t.
The idea is that bread loaded with
salt weighs more heavily on account
of the moisture which 1t will retain.
ITO find out the real value of
bread from the standpoint of weight
a little experiment may be followed:
Take two samples of equal weight
and bake these in an oven for an
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
Nerves Damaged by Shock and Shot.

AN injury to the brain may take
place in many obvious ways. hut
there are some which are not obvi.
GUS, as when a bullet grooves the
Skull. In like way a bullet may
sever nerve partially or complete.
ly: and recovery awaits the repair
oil the nerve. The nature of many
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

or three weeks Or even as many
days.
1T seems to be form of uremlc
poisoning. The whole system is
ciosged; the kidneys are inactive:
there is breaking down of the blood
vessels in the rump. The poor beast
presents a pitiful spectacle: he
sweats profusely and seems to have
absolutely no control of his hind legs
"A Texan rancher recently lost a
number OF valuable draught horses
this way. He tried taking them out
for ha!f.mile walks, then resting
then walking again. but they all grew
weaker and weaker until they died"