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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
GUNS THAT SAVE LIFE.
They Are Used For Shooting Lines to
Vessels In Distress.

The three and SIX Founders with
which all the seagoing cutters of
the revenue service are armed now
are used to shoot lines to vessels in
distress, states the Popular Science
Monthly. For years they had serv-
cd as nothing more than ornaments
on the decks Of the cutters, for it
never was necessary to use them in
the enforcement Of customs and
navigation laws. They were carried
mainly for their moral effect.
These guns have been found far
more effective in line shooting than
the line guns formerly carried.
small brass cannons Of the type seen
at life saving stations along the
coasts. Although the cannons were
in use for many years, they were
never entirely satisfactory. It was
almost impossible to aim them with
any degree of accuracy, and accord
ingly line shooting with them was q
'hit or miss" matter in the majority
Of cases.
In line shooting with the modern
rapid fire guns a projectile about six
feet in length is used. The end,
which is inserted in the gun, is a
cylindrical piece of soft steel slight
Iy smaller than the bore Of the gun
and about a foot in length. 1t is
tapered down to a rod about a half
inch in diameter and FIVE feet or
more in length. There is q forged
eye at the end of the rod to which
the end of the line is tied.
The line is a loosely twisted hemp
rope about the size Of a wash line.
About 1900 feet Of it is woven back
and forth around wooden pins set in
a receptacle the size of trunk,
known as a taking box" After
this operation the box is turned up
side down, and the framework hold
ing the pins is withdrawn, leaving
the line ready to be "fed out" with
out becoming tangled. Prior to the
insertion of the projectile in the
gun the first twenty or thirty feet
Of the line are dampened, SO as to
give it more elasticity and lessen the
danger of it parting. A cartridge
containing about ten ounces of black
powder is inserted in the breech of
the gun, which is then aimed and
fred.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
To Remove a Cork.

When a cork is tightly held in
the neck of bottle and no cork
screw is at hand the cork may be
removed in the following way: Hold
cushion or pillow against the wall
or the door jamb, using the left
hand for this purpose.
With the right hand gently but
firmly strike the bottom of the bot
tie against the cushion, being care
full to strike it squarely and not on
the edge of the bottom. With ev-
cry blow the cork will be forced
slowly out by the pressure of the
liquid inside. At the last squirt,
which discharges the cork, one must
be quick to right the bottle SO that
none Of the liquid is spilled.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
Shelter For Sheep.

Sheep do not require expensive shell
ter. In planning barns or sheds for
a breeding flock Of sheep allow q
space of ten or twelve square feet a
head. The essentials of shelter for
sheep are that 1t should provide dry
floor, have good roof and an album
dance of fresh air. Plan to avoid
drafts, narrow doors and passages
such as are likely to injure ewes heavy
with lamb, and have sufficient feeding
trough space so all the sheep can eat
at the same time. A shed twenty-five
or thirty feet wide and as long as
necessary to house the flock gives very
good results. 1t should open on the
south and may be built with a feed
trough and feed alley along the north
side.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
DukedOm POStOffice
Safe is Robbed.

Friday night seems to be the
favorite time for blowing postofice
safes in this neck O. the woods, as
the safe of the Dukedom postofice
was blown sometime between SUM-
down Friday evening and daylight
Saturday morning.
The robber or robbers secured
$50 in money order funds, $25 in
postal money and only $40 worth
Of stamps. Postmaster John
WEIGH SAYS that entrance to the
building was gained through the
rear door, which was unlocked.
Many residents Of the commune
ty heard the explosions, but did
not think OF a postofice robbery
and hence made no investigation,
There had been so much shooting
Of lanvils, etc., since the election
they, doubtless, concluded, it was
some belated celebration of Will
sons election in progress, and
paid no attention to the reports.
The Dresden postofice, it will be
remembered, was robbed early Sat.
urday morning just a few weeks
ago, and since then a number Of
instances have been reported Of
postoffice robberies in this section.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
County Court Land Sale.

q. 3. BOYD, Admit. ct as vs.. BeuIah
Agnes Irvine, ct ais.
In the county court Of Weakley county,
Tennessee.
In obedience to an order in the above
styled cause, at the November, (19l6)
term, OF said court, | will, as clerk OF
said court and special commissioner
in said cause, offer for sale and sell to
the highest and best bidder, on terms
hereinafter mentioned, the following
described town lots and tract OF land on
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
First Monday in December, 1916,
W. 0. w. Receipt Books

The Enterprise has just printed
a big supply of W. 0. W. receipt
books-good, clear print, heavy
paper, strong, durable binding and
convenient size-which we will
sell at 30 cents each or two for
80 cents, sent postpaid upon re-
ceipt Of price. We do all kinds Of
raternal order printing on short
notice. The Dresden Enterprise.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
10 CENT "CASCARETS" 49,.
FOR LIVER AND BOWELS
Cure Sick Headache, Constipation,
BlITousness, Sour Stomach, Bad
Breath-candy Cathartlc.,

No odds how bad your liver, stom.
ach or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable you are from
constipation, Indigestion, biliousness
and sluggish bowels-you always get
relief with Cascarets. They imme-
diately cleanse and regulate the stom-
ach, remove the sour, fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry of the con-
stipated waste matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels. A
1O-cent box from your druggist will
keep your liver and bowels clean;
stomach sweet and head clear for
months. They work while you sleep.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
Saturday, December 2. 1916,

at the south door OF the courthouse at
Dresden, Tenn, about the hour OF
O'Clock p. M, the following described
town lots, lying and being located in
the 7thIcivil district OF Weakley county:
Lot No. 1.-Said lot is bounded on
the west by Irvine; north by street;
south by alley; east by street, being
eighty feet wide, east and west and 100
feet long north and south.
Lot No. 2.-Beginning at two feet,
ten inches west ofthe southwest corner
of Irvine brick building, runs north
twenty.four feet, six inches to Moran's
line; west l20 feet to street; south thirty
four feet, six inches to said alley,
thence east to beginning.
Tract No. 3.-Lying in the 25th civil
district OF Weakley county, Tennessee,
and bounded as follows: On the north
by Winstead; south by Garner; east
bY Hawks; west by Freeman, contain
ing 1O2 1-2 acres.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said above described tract Of land
and town lots will be sold on terms as
follows: One fourth cash, balance on
a credit OF one, two and three years,
requiring the purchaser to execute his
interest bearing note with good and
approved personal security and re-
tanning lein on the land as further
security, but giving the purchaser the
privilege to pay all his bid in cash if
he so elects.
This November s, 1915.
W. ]. JETER, Clerk.
]. 7. McWherter, Solicitor for Com.
plainants.
Herbert J. Jones, Guardian ad Litem.
n10.17.0d
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
A NEGLECTED COLD

is often followed by pneumonia. Be-
fore it is too late take Laxative Quini-
dine Tablets. Gives prompt relief in
cases Of coughs, colds, La Grippe and
Headach. Price 25c.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24

length Of time in which to present
their claims. After all claims
had been settled and the title pro-
nounced good, the court would
scruternize the work Of the title
examiner. Ifthis work was found
correct, and the title good. the
land would be surveyed and the
corners durably marked. Then q
guaranteed title would be issued to
the land owner and his title to the
land would be good against all
parties, and he could transfer it,
as described above, just as easily
as he could transfer a stock certih-
cate or a bond, and with little
more expense. Even if it should
be found that the examiner made
a mistake and gave him a title
to which he was not entitled, he
would still hold the land. The
state would have to satisfy the
iniurd parties and, in turn, collect
from the examiner and his bonds
men.
The purpose Of the Torrens
system is to make land titles
certain and easy OF transfer-to do
away with land title legislation
and the eternal and expensive
searching Of records and making
of abstracts which now cost land
owners so much.
OF course, the man getting a
Torrens title has to pay for it.
The fee, however, need not be
large, not much larger than the
cost now OF examination Of records
and the making Of an abstract.
Laws establishing the system u.s.
uallv provide that the title fee
shall be a certain per cent. of the
value otthe land. and this prevents
the charges on a small tract
becoming too great.
II the Torrens system should be
enacted into law, it is not likely
that many people would go to the
expense Of getting a Torrens title
unless there was some claim
against their land which they felt
would be set aside by competent
examiner. Men buying land would
be likely, however, to insist on
Torrens titles. Certainly they
would if wise. Thus one after an
other the land titles of the state
would definitely be determined for
all time and disputes about bound
aries, overlapping claims and dis
puted rights be done away with.
Certainly, this is a consumma-
ton devoutly to be desired.
There is chance, too, that the
system will.be absolutely necces-
sarp to the successful working of
The new farm loan law in this state.
there are thousands OF
and titles now so clouded by un.
certainly that the owners of the
and will have little chance of get.
ing money on it through the farm
oan associations until the titles
are cleared up. The new law is
ust one more reason why we
should have the Torrens system. =
Southern Agriculturist.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
WHAT IS THE TORRENS SYSTEM?

The cashier OF a Tennessee
bank writes and asks me to ex
plain just what the Torrens sys
tenn is. He wishes to help
along if it is a good thing, but b
wishes, wisely enough, to be sur
it is a good thing before he Begin
helping.
| suspect that the reason VIII!
we have not the Torrens system
now that the majority Of our citi
zens have not investigated and d.
not know just what it is and wha
it means to them. | asked {
lawyer-a good lawyer, too-iust
the other day if he did not think
we ought to have it. He said be
rather thought SO, but that be
was not we'll enough informed
about it to say definitely.
The first thing to do, then, il
we would have the Torrens sys-
tenn, is to understand what it is.
While this paper has explained
the measure more than once, and
in the notable discussion of it by
Prof. Harry Clark a year ago, at
considerable length, it is we'll
worth while to state it briefly once
more. So here goes:
The Torrens system is a sys-
tenn OF land title registration.
Under it land titles are examined
by q duly appointed and bonded
official, who certifes to the court
that they are good, if found SO.
The title is then entered OF record
and a copy given the owner Of the
land. After that all questions
about the validity of the title, all
looking up Of old titles and old
claims, all fear OF unpaid notes
or taxes. are done away with.
Any claims against the land are
entered OF record alongside the
title record where any man
can see them. Sales are also
recorded there. A transfer Of land
is made by the simple process OF
writing it on the back Of the
Torrens deed or certificate Of
ownership and turning that over
to the purchaser,
If the Torrens system should be
adopted in this state, it would be
in voluntary form. That is, the
man who wished a Torrens title
could get. it and the man who did
not wish to go to the expense OF
getting one could let it alone. The
man wishing such a title would
apply to the court for one, sub
hitting his old deeds. The official
examiner OF titles would then look
up the title record and make an
abstract OF it just as lawyers Go
now when a piece Of land is trans
ferred. If he found the title clear,
he would so certify. If he found
anything against it that could be
cleared up by the owner he would
notify him Of it. II he found the
title doubtful, it would have to
be determined by suit as now, or
in some cases BY the publication
Of notice to any possible claimants
who would be given a certain
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
NONRESIDENT Notice.

A. V. Trevathan, coml't. vs.. Rhoda
Trevathan, defendant.
In the circuitcourt OF Weakley county,
Tennessee.
To Rhoda Trevathan:
A bill for divorce has been sworn to
and filed in this court, witch bill AYERS
that you are nonresident OF the state
OF Tennessee and a resident OF the state
OF Kentucky, so that the ordinary pro-
cess of law connot be served upon you.
This is therefore to notify you, the said
Rhoda Trevathan, defendant in above
styled cause, to appear before the
circuit court Of Weakley county, to be
held at Dresden, Weakley county.
Tennessee, on or before the
First Monday in December, 1916,
and make defense to said bill filed
against you or the same will be taken
for confessed and proceeded with ex
parte as to you.
This Oct. 81, 1915.
n8-10-17.24 W. w. HOUSE, Clerk.
Jones, Suddath & Jones, Atty'ys for
Complainant.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-11-24
Automobile for Sale,

A five-passenger Ford car, in
good condition. Will make attrac-
tive price if sold at once. Frank
Trevatban, Gleason, Tenn. S4.2tD
Evening star., 1916-09-17
TlDEl ESS MEDlTElRlRANE

noticeable on the steamers which cross
from Digby to st. John.
The reversible falls at the latter port,
seen Immediately after high water from
the suspension bridge overhead, are
Just worth the short drive from the
city, but the much-advertised Moncton
bore Is poor thing in the light of day.
although, heard rather than seen, at
night, the coming of the wave over the
mud flats inspires an agreeable feel
ing of fear in those gathered on the lit
tie quay for the purpose. Its only
all accounts the Chinese bore Is a far
more formidable flood.
1t is in virtually landlocked seas like
the Baltic, Mediterranean and Euxine
that one must look for absence of
tides, particularly in those portions re-
Smyrna and Batoum there Is no tide
whatever. Even at Cannes the ebb is
so feeble that u strong wind from the
sea all but arrests it. This regular ebb
and flow OF tides must not be confused
with the operations of currents. which
able of them all, to the slightest drift
on our coasts are due to very different
influences.
Even from the Mediterranean and Black
seas very strong currents eInanate. The
currents off Gibraltar are by no means
disregarded by sailors, and the pace of
the Bosporus. opposite Candilli or Bebek,
suggests mill race and calls for the
greatest caution in navigating small
boats.
Those who live on the shores of the
Baltic and Mediterranean have taken ad-
vantage of the absence of tides to erect
all manner Of fixed bathing places, there
by dispensing with the cumbersome and
c0mfortless bathing machine which is
moved to and fro on the foreshore.
Evening star., 1916-09-17

preparedness for foreign trade. and
during the past year we have collected
many foreign books. making them
available for the great work before
the Department of Commerce in for
eign trade relations. We are also COL
lecting data on religious, as well as
on transportation by water. for they
viii be desired shortly by the bureau of
the census.
TN common with almost every other
department and bureau library in the
federal service. we have an interloan
system by which books desired from
any of the other department libraries
are available to the specialists and stu
dents of this department. We are also
in daily cooperative touch with the
Library of Congress. carrying upon our
lists titles of their books which might
be of service to us. but with which,
on account of infrequent use. we do
not wish to burden our shelves, or for
possess. Our system of cataloguing
and classification conforms to that of
the Library of Congress"
Miss Cross, who is enthusiast in
her work. ranks high in the list of de-
partmental librarians, being fully quail
fed for her position. She is a graduate
in her profession and served in the
library of the bureau of census from
1909 until it's incorporation in the
library of the Department of Commerce
two years ago. when she became head
of the larger work
In commenting upon this library. the
chief clerk of the Department of Com
merce, Dr. George G. Havenner, de-
clared recently that "it is undoubtedly
the best statistical library in this
country today"
Evening star., 1916-09-17
imam at Head of Important Statistical Library

is eminently gratifying, and the work is
progressing smoothly and satisfactorily.
we are ever on the alert for material
which will make the equipment more
valuable, and We accordingly go
over periodicals and book reviews
to make note Of anything which TVS
library should have, making every effort
to procure what Is needful. With the ac-
QUESTION Of new publications we call the
attention of the officials who would most
fully benefit by the Information contained
therein. Ahead OF everything else. we
make 1t our object to get the desired mat
ter as rapidly as possible to the persons
who need 1t.
month in its Usefulness to the depart
ment, and as trade connections expand
we find our statistical Information Of vital
Importance to the service. 1t is rapidly
becoming a great clearing house for the
whole department., a central place for OBJ
tanning Information which, collected by
the individual bureaus, is now made i'm
mediately available for the use OF all.
AT the time of any special inquiry
bearing upon the work of the bureaus
we always make an effort to prepare
ahead for the demands which may be
made upon the library when the time
are saved by being able to give imme-
diate statistics upon any given sub
ject within our realm when such may
be required in making reports.
I'VE are now getting into state Of
Evening star., 1916-09-17

RaHE Mediterranean sea, which ie
now a center point Of interest. is
q commonly described as tideless,
and the description Is correct, at any
rata of its eastern end. Nav1gators like
Jonah and St. Paul know nothing Of
tides. The word does not even occur in
the Bible.
II was. no doubt. the Amusement felt
by ancient Creek mariners. accustomed
to the even level of the tideless sea. at
the sight of the tidal bore OF the Seine
at Rouen, which inspired the story of
amorous Neptune pursuing the nymph
inland. The-sea god. baked of his prey
by the young lady's parents. Ceres and
Bacchus. still rushes madly into the es-
tuary twice in the twenty -four hours,
and is apparently engaged IN chasing
innumerable other nymphs with the
came zeal into every estuary on the At
lantic.
Science has discovered less roman
tic explanation of the tides in the in :
fiuence Of the sun and moon. These, op-
Grating in the ratio of one to four, pro- :
duce spring tides when pulling together
and neaps when in opposition.
The tidal contrast at Southend and
the mightiest effort of the Bristol chan =
mel at Chspstow. in England, are alike
dwarfed by the eccentrtcities of the
Bay of Fundy. that cul de sac between
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into
which the Atlantic rushes with pent-up
fury. giving rise to such effects as the
bore at Moncton. the Reversible Falls
at St John and the lightning transfor-
nation Of Windsor from 4 swamp to a
deep-water harbor in the course Of a
few minutes. As, however, 1t is q har
Dor for only four hours and \ swamp
for twenty, the economic utility of
Windsor IL qualified.
Remarkable as are these expressions
Of the ocean to eyes unaccustomed to
such freaks Of tidal equilibrium, 1t
must be confessed that the tourist is
certain to encounter disappointment II
he expects too much. Thus the tides Of
the Bay Of Fundy are absolutely un-
Evening star., 1916-09-17

tional Guard. which doee not have the
specialists to look after the health Of
its men. is benefited by our corps.
The National Guard has its own med
organizations-feld hospitals and am
bulance companies. These officers are
men OF ability who are eager to fit
themselves for their important army
camps and for a brief period they meet
their brethren from the regular army
There they get the army viewpoint
In this way they are cleaning the
latest practical ideas of sanitation and
the prevention OF disease among large
bodies of men in camp.
Thus far the value of the corps in
peace only has been mentioned: in
state of war 1t cannot be estimated. 1t
is said that to secure and prepare each
battle has cost that country $1,000. and
1t is not probable that this country
could raise such an army at lower
rate. Omitting for the moment all con
sideration of the kindly treatment
which is their due. tho saving of one
man wounded or sick and returned
within a reasonable time from q base
hospital represents an enormous econ
omy in men, and at the same time
cuts of most prolific flow OF deser-
war $4,000 from the Federal army.
most OF them through the home hos
pital.
Preventive treatment. such. a. ty-
phoid prophylaxis. vaccination for
smallpox. camp sanitation and treat
ment of the wounded. as well as the
exercise of skill and care in the Sc
lection of enlisted men, Will. In the
event Of a serious war. save a pension
bill which can be estimated only In the
vaguest way. But It would be an ap-
preciable amount. and X 30. judging
by the past, would in years more than
equal the cost Of the war"
Under the recent legislation Of Con-
eress there are now about 522 vacan-
cies: the pay Is good. beginning at
about $4,000 a year, with allowances
Of quarters. light and heat. ana the
position is one Of dignity. opportunity
and service to ones country.