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Milford chronicle., 1916-09-15
MILLVILLE.

Due to the quarantine for infantile par
alysis the cabinet of the EpwOrth Lea
que chapter decided to postpone the reg
ular monthly social and business meet
ing until October, as many Of the mem-
bers are under sixteen years Of age.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with Mr.
and Mrs. William Hudson on Tuesday
Mrs. Katie Butler and son Roland re-
turned home on Monday, and Miss Mil
dred Butler returned to her home in
Wilmington on Thursday.
Miss Angie Musgrove Of Philadelphia
arrived in town on Monday
Mrs. John DerricksOn and daughter
Hazel visited Lewes last week.
Mrs. Ross Ringler is spending this
week in Georgetown.
Rev. ]. w. Fogie is spending his va
cation at Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. clifford Eashum and
daughter Of Philadelphia, were guests OF
Thomas +. Dukes and family last week.
Miss Myrtle Powell returned from a
trip to Pittsburgh Sunday evening.
Miss Hazel Dukes has returned from
few weeks outing at Rehoboth.
Mrs. G. r. West, Mrs. and Miss But
Ter, Earl West and Edwin Undercuffler
made trip to Wilmington last week.
Several of our townspeople have been
attending the Chautauqua at Georgetown
during the past week.
James McGee is on the sick list.
VIM. Turner and family have lately
moved into the house formerly occupied
by the late George J. Derrickson and
family, and now owned by Elmer Murray.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Derrickson has purchased
the house formerly occupied by Mr.
Turner's family.
Mrs Kate Anderson has gone to Phil
adelphia to make a lengthy visit with
her children there.
Unless the quarantine is extended the
public school Of this town will open on
Monday, September 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Houston, Of
were guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Townsend on Friday and
John Derriekson has returned to his
position after spending some time with
his family near town.
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-15
Advertise ii tha Chroniola

To be successful you must advertlse-
eventually, Why not now7
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-15
SHAWNEE.

Mrs. Amanda Cole is spending SOME
time in Frederica.
Walter Workman and family and Mr. J
and Mrs. e.. j. Lewes spent Sunday at
Oak Orchard.
Misses Pearl and Mildred Griffith spent
Thursday and Friday at the State Fair
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Ella Harding spent q few days
in Georgetown last week.
Christian EndeavOr meeting viii be
held next Sunday evening at 1880. The
topic win be Little Chances to Help"
Milford chronicle., 1916-09-15

1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE
MILFORD CHRONICLE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19

separate out as bubbles when the pres.
sure Is lowered, precisely as happens
when a bottle of soda water or cham
pagne IL opened. In this case the bub.
bles escape from the bottle, but in the
human body they are caught In the
capillarics, where they stop the clrcu-
lation of bloed instantly.
The phenomenon is dangerous only
when the lowering Of pressure Is very
sudden, for the bubbles are dangerous
only when they are large enough to OBJ.
struct the capillaries. Death Is said to
occur from gaseous cmbolism
THE effects produced by shell ex.
plosion have thus been long familiar In
other fields. Observed in aeronautics,
they are also known among workmen
engaged in tunneling. Working at
depths OF scventy-five to one hundred
feet, and thus subjected. to pressures
of Two and onehalf to three atmospheres,
their return to normal pressures must
take place very slowly, to enable the
gas in the blood to escape in small
bubbles.
an case OF violent increase and de.
crease Of pressure produced instantap-
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% 1nS tSs

"The two levers were replaced in nor
NAL position, and the machine was placed
under the bell Of an air-pump BY lower
Ing the pressure little by little, the ex.
Derimenter showed that one lever slipped
under the other when 1t reached a de.
gree Of exhaustion about equal to that at
the top OF Mont Blanc, at an elevation OF
$1,000 feet.
we may logically conclude. then. that
the explosion OF tho shell caused 81 brief
barometer depression corresponding to
the pushing back of the ar at IA rate of
about 900 feet per second Under such
pressure all nearby objects are thrown
down and all living beings are physiol.
logically destroyed by the violent dis.
placement Of the air, while those shel.
tered behind any obstacle can he af.
fected only by the static lowering OF pres.
sure In the surrounding atmosphere.
Now, the effects OF lowering the baro.
metric pressure llaye been observed in
aeronautics, when a too.rapid ascent has
occasionally been fatal. We know that
the blood holds In solution air and car.
bonic acid, In larger proportion as the
pressure Is higher. and that these gases
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eously by explosion, gaseous embolism
affects all the blood vessels in the or.
sanism and instantly arrests all muscular
action. This is why soldiers thus at
tackled preserve the attitude in which
the double phenomenon has surprised
them. Death occurs with lightning
rapidity." .
DR.. Frederick w. Mott distinguished
English nerve specialist, who has been
attending soldiers with nerves wrecked
In the present Var, has published some
remarkablel studies of men who have
} become nervous wrecks without visible
injury. Many of his patients he de-
scribes as suffering from psychic
trauma.'' or wounds or the mind" DR.,
Mott is a >najor in the Royal Army
Medical Corps, attached to the Fourth
General War Hospital, and pathologist
to the London County Council Of
Asylums.
The whole central nervous system is
contained in a closed SPACE the walls
Of which are formed by the skull and
spinal column, inside Of which is stout
lining called the "dura mater" within
this closed space is the cerebrospinal
fluid, which fills up all the space not
occupied by blood vessels or tissues. The
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the severity OF the shock.
a continuous supply of Oxygen is neces-
sary for the working OF your mind The
bulk of the cortex, or external layer OF
the brain, is supplied with blood by the
Internal carotid arteries, Compression
of these arteries causes loss OF con.
seriousness lin about five or six Sec
preston Of these arteries causes loss Of
consciousness in about five or six sec.
onds. 1t has been seen, that sensory
neurons have no store Of oxygen in their
cells; they depend upon the continuous
renewal of the oxygen in the surround
ing fluid, Consequently, as soon as the
capillary circulation ceases they feel
the absence Of the lack OF oxygen, they
cease to function, causing dissertation
of the senses to occur Now, violent
emotion, such as fright, can by It's In.
fuence on the centre Of arterial control
in the brain and on the hearts action
cause a fall In the blood pressure and
produce an immediate lowering OF oxygen
supply in the fluid nnI thereby Put tho
sensory neurons out Of working order.
This causes more orsTess loss OF con-
seriousness This is believed to be the
explanation Of many of the nervous
troubles resulting from shell shock, in.
Guiding blindness, deafness, mutism and
paralysis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19

III the wave of Air Compressed by the
Force of Classes Released from the Shell.
1, Is the Normal Air with the Natural Al
mospheric Pressure; 2, Is the Wave of
Heavy Air;3. the Extremely Rarified Gas.
Last Is Seen the Final Stage. The Soldier
Has, i'll the Fraction of Second, Passed
from Normal Air Pressure Through an
Extraordinary Air Pressure and Finally
No Pressure at All. The Air and Carboric
Acid Gas Held in Solution in the Blood by
Atmospheric Pressure Is Released In the
Form of Bubbles, Producing Instant Death.
The Process Is Exactly the Same as Is
Showed in the Smaller Diagram of the
Champagne Bottles. Gas and Air Is Held
in Solution in the Bottle in the Same Way
as 1t Is Held in the Blood of the Body.
When the Cork Is Released the Pressure
Is Lcssencd and the Wine Bubbles.
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The whole effect must take place In a
very small fraction OF second. These
men who have died In this way present
the most shocking and pitful pictures on
the battlefields. DR.. Lenormande says:
After each OF the recent battles, 1t
there were others without apparent
wounds, that preserved the attitude in
which they were at the moment OF death
II was generally admitted that these
died OF shock, from an instantaneous
stoppage OF the circulation but no fur
ther explanation WAS possible
This was the state OF saffairs when
NJ. Arnoux told at a meeting OF the
French Society Of Civil Engineers how
a French officer at the front had found
a pocket aneroid baroinetcr which chad
been put OntSof commission by the near.
ny explosion OF German shell. Its
stoppage was found 10 be due TO the fact
ihat one OF the levers for transmitting
the movements Of the ancroid box to
the poihte'. which normally rests on the
oiher lever, had passed beneath II. This
could only have been due TO abnormal
infation OF the box. caused by a con.
s'derasie barometric depression.
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cerebro.spinal fluid serves to equalize
the pressure throughout, the cavity. At
tho base OF the brain. where the vital
centres OF brain life are situated, It acts
as water cushion. protecting them from
the shock of commotion aud conclusion.
Tho cerebro-spinal fluid /also serves as
self-adjusting mechanism by maintain.
Ing uniform blood supply to the nerves
during the changes incident to respira-
tion and circulation.
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The delicate granules
hlling the nerve ocells
have been termed "neu-
ro.bions," meaning that
they are independent
living ~units. 1t Is be-
lieved that violent con
cussion transmitted to
the cercbro.spinal fluid
causes a violent oscilla-
ton OF these "neuro-
bions' and a loss or dis
turbance OF their func-
tons, Of varying dura-
ton. according to the
Q0Uarify nf tho ub0olr
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How She'll
Conclusion Shocks the Brain.

Now. this fluid is incompressible and
any attempt to compress II has a deadly
effect on the human system. Under or
binary conditions Of pressure from with.
out, It serves as perfect protective
mechanism. but when large quantities
or high explosive are detonatcd an enor.
nous compression Of the air instantly
occurs. DR.. Mott argues that this ia
transmitted to the fluid about the base
Of the brain and causes shock TO the
vital centres OF the floor OF the fourth
ventricle. This would cause In turn in
stantaneous paralysis OF the heart and
breath'control centres OF the brain.
In severe cases OF shell shock there
may be complete loss OF memory. both
as regards recollection and recognition
The loss OF recollection Is attributed to
dissertation OF the higher association
systems OF neurons in the lining OF the
brain. The loss Of recognition Is at.
tributed TO dissertation between the per-
ceptor systems OF neurons In complete
loss OF consciousness Of the external
world there is dissertation OF all The
incoming fibres of neurons from the per-
ceptor systems OF neurons. Blindness
and deafness, which often persist when
consciousness returns, may be due to
one or two systems remaining dis
sociated
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100. LII. vi q III
attributes it to the
great increase OF the
number of artillery
wounds.
"Shrapnel wounds"
he says. show a
higher degree Of in
lection than rife In
juries, because the
larger shot OF the
former produces q
larger area OF injury
and more extensive
contusions. Payr
states that from 70
10 80 per cent OF all
shrapnel wounds be-
come infected.
We get deep, ra-
dating. cavern-lilie
wounds, in whichde-
composing fragments
OF bone splinter,
muscle and other It's
sues are to be found.
Along the edges OF
the extensive contu-
'ions we find severely
injured. lifeless It's
sue. These wounds
have the appearance,
often, OF having
been boiled. These
literally are boiled
the friction of the
swift fragments as
they come in contact
with the flesh Great
Ing a degree Of heat
that actually cooks
tho tissue"
DR.. Henri I.enor-
mande, the in nous
nch surgeon,
writing Of his yes
legations into the
deaths caused ny
mere conclusion Il
5 hel q, comments.
upon the fact that
in all such cases the
dead men had the
CHASTITY appearance
OF trance. They are
the most life.like
attitudes and, In
deed, appear as,
though they had
b en- sud only
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19
Explosions That Bring Instant Death by
r,Making Blood Bubble Like Champagne,
the New High Velocity Bullets
That Gather in Their Flight
an Explosive Capsule Of Compressed Air,
the Swift-Moving Bomb Fragments
That Literally Boil the Flesh
They Penetrate
They Penetrate

such enormous numbers OF wounds pre.
senting severe infection With all ,be
elaborate precautions taken by the field
hospitals, this was matter of eroa,
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A Photograph of the SharTs
NOsed Bullet Moving with

NOsed Bullet MOVING with
an Initial Velocity of
Half a Mile 2 Second. Be-
hind 1t Is Seen the Vacu-
UNI Created by IFS Flight.
On Each Side Streams
Waves of Compressed Air
and Before 1t Is the Cap
sufe of Highly Compress
ed Air Which Tears the
Tissues.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
New French Army Helmet.

Sixty-four operations are necessary
In making one of the steel hSimets
that the French soldiers wear. The
first step, says Pearson's Magazine. is
stamping out disks from great sheets
of steel a machine that eXerts pres
sure of one hundred and fifty tons.
and can cut out 5000 disks day.
does that work.
Each disk is placed under shnp-
ing machine. which presses the disk
into the form of helmet with n
broad rim. Polishing and cutting ma
chimes remove all Irregularities in the
helmet, after which holes are punched
In the crown-some for ventilation
purposes, others for fastening on the
reglmental crest.
Each helmet is cleaned and dipped
In n special mixture that makes it n
dull, inconspicuous blush gray. A
lining and leather chin straps are
then fastened on. and the helmet is
complete. Since the French troops
have begun to wear helmets the num-
Der of deaths from wounds In I'll"
head has decreased to remarkable
extent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
LOOKED ON 1T AS A ISLAM"
Poet Found Reflection on His Writ
ings in Picture Put on Exhibition
by Painter.

Tearing along the street, my friend
M, who is but little-known poet
and novel writer, encountered me with
flashing eyes and threatening mien.
I stopped him and asked, "Whatever
is the matter?"
1.-The matter is" he rejOined furious
ly. "that I am going to his house to
punch his head"
"Whose head?"
"Why, that scoundrel's the painter
j. Owing to personal grudge
against me, he has made me ridiculous
in the face of the world"
"How Is that?"
'Why, I just came from the per-
manent exhibition of paintings. He
has exhibited picture there called
The Allegory of Sleep A man is
in an armchair with his head inclin-
ing on his breast and his arms droOp-
ing. He is sleeping profoundly, and
holds. clasped in his right hand, n half
opened book-the last volume of my
poems. with my portrait appearing on
the covert"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
Reminder of Famous Jester.

In Braunschweig, IA quaint old Ger
man town, is pointed out the build
Ing-still used as bakeshop-where
Till Eulenspiegel. famous as jester
In the fourteenth century, worked as a
boy. Many who have listened to the
musical composition, It'll Eulen-
spiegel's Merry Franks" wich en-
shrlnes his name, have never associat-
ed this with the merry baker boy of
Braunschweig. He is credited with
having made many little gingerbread
owls and monkeys. which he gave
away to children. The shop at No.
IL Backerlint still does n thriving
business-or did prior to war times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
THEY BELIEVED
IN AMERICA

One hundred and forty years ago some half
hundred men, sent by their communities to con-
cert measures for securing their rights Eng
lshmen," became convinced that these could not
be obtained save by ceasing to be British sub
jects" and declaring themselves american citi-
Zens."
Let us look behind the formal phrases of the
immortal Declaration to the faith Of these men
and of the people for whom they spoke What
the faith that made vital their appeal for
the justice of their cause and the righteousness
of their undertaking?
They believed in themselves; in their ability to
do right and Justice. They believed In the com
petence of stalwart manhood to govern itself and
to provide for the common welfare. They be-
lieved they could make better arrangements in
government than men had made before them.
They believed in themselves. In their people. in
Amercn.
Americans of late have done n great deal of
fault-fnding with America. There is not much
now year two ago. The spectacle across
the Atlantic tends to hush 1t, and to give new
point to the saying that "other countries"
what make Americans proud Of their
In the light of that spectacle and Of our own
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
OF GREAT MOMENT IN HISTORY.

The declaration of American independence was
of unequaled moment In history. As the result
of that fact the United States of America has
risen to n greatness which has changed the face
of the world In little less than seven score
of years IT has changed us from nation of peo-
pie scattered thinly along the coast of the At
lantic, to n nation of over n hundred millions Of
people stretching over the whole continent from
the Atlantic the Pacific. and into the
lands beyond the Moreover. In wealth and
In material energy. MS In numbers. It now far sur
~ sses the mother country from which It sprang
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
A7osoe1oeuceAA AAN

The president of the congress. John Hancock,
with the secretary, Charles Thomson. alone signed
the autograph Jefferson document on that date.
Immediately afterward 1t was hurried to the Off
cial printer for congress, John Dunlap to put in
type and several copies We're made. BY next
morning the printed copies of Jefferson's Decara-
ton of Independence were In HancOck's hands
When he came to write the proceedings for the
Fourth of July. 1I76 into the Journal of Con-
gress. Chares Thomson. secretary of the congress
left blank for the Declaration and II is this
brOadside which appears wnfered into the
space left for 1t in the journal.
"1his broadside was sent out to the governors of
the states. to the Continental army. and it is the
paper from which the Declaration of Independence
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
Silent, but Eloquent.

Otto IL. Kahn, who has given his
estate In England as home for blind
soldiers, was talking about the horrors
of war.
"The other day." he said, two men
on II HobokeE pier saw IT huge cargo
of wooden legs being loaded on a
steamer for shipment to Europe.
"'Those wooden legs said the first
man, are a mighty eloquent argu-
ment against war, are they mott?
eyes the other man agreed I;
they're what you might call stump
speeches.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
Stood Up for His Mother.

Three-year-old Sherman was visit
ing neighbor and sat watching her
make Il cake. AS she put in the in
gradients he kept asking, whats
thnt?' Finally he asked her what
kind of cake she was making and the
lady replied:
"An angel cake. Don't your mamma
ever make angel cake?"
lie studied for II little time and
then, in tone of assurance that his
mamma could not be outdone by any
one. replied:
mo, she just makes the Lords
cake"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
TRIBUTE TO THE DECLARATION.

The historian Buckle cordial and sweeping
in his praise of the Declaration. He said among
other things: THAT noble Declaration ought to
be hung up in the nursery of every king and
blazoned on the porch of every loyal palace
If such the brilliant historians idea. 1t
was as Professor Tyler remarked. "because the
Declaration has become the classic statement of
political truths which must nt last abolish kings
altogether else tench them to identify their
istence with the dignity and happiness OF human
nature"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
If You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Although there are hundreds OF prepa-
rations advertised, there is only one that
really stands out pre-eminent as a REM
edy for diseases OF the kidneys. liver and
bladder
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not recon-
mended for everything.
A sworn certificate of purity is with ev-
cry bottle. You may receive sample
size bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcel
Post. Address DR.. Kilmer & CO.. Bing-
hamton, N. Y, and enclose ten cents
For sale at all drug stores in bottles of
two sizes-5Oc and $1O0. also mention this
paper-AdY
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cutieura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap. dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples.
blackheads. redness and roughness. re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
Woodwork.

as 1t your intention to offer your
enemy an olive branch?"
I'm not sure" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. "We'll try out the olive branch
prnpositiOn but We'll fix the thing so
ii can be turned into an ax handle"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30

was read to the people July 8. when the Liberty
hell was rung and the first public celebration was
mnde in honor Of the event.
Signed August e.
"July 10 congress ordered that the Declaration
passed the 4th be fairly engrossed. 1t was
very beautifully done parchment. This Is the
document which received the signatures of NIL the
members OF the Continental congress present in
Independence hall. August q I1IG. by this time
however the membership had changed slightly. so
that the .siiners' not identical with the
body of delegates who had declared for independ-
ence month before. Presumably 1t was mt this
time that Hancock. making his great familiar sig
nature Iestingly remarked that JOIN Bull could
see II without his spectncles. One or two or the
SIGNATURES were not actually affixed until later
date than August 2
.-This is the treasured Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence now in possession of the department OF
st,te" said Doctor Hunt st is kept in hermetic-
oIly sealed case. which is opened only by special
order for very especial 1t Is faded and 1t
would have heen better If this en.rossed copy had
been mnde on paper rather than parchment IL Is
so faded that few of the signatures are recognize
able Nothing can now be done which will perrna-
nently benefit it.
II believe the main cause of the fading the
impression taken in 1923. by order Of President
Monroe Two hundred facsimilies then made
and others. Taking the impression removed the
ink"
rtst
history let all true Americans today highly re-
solve on n birth within their own souls OF
the faiths of those 14O years ago Of faith In
themselves and Of faith in America.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30

Stclla-Did he propose?
Bella-Not yet. but think he has
made his keynote speech.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
If YOU OR ANY FRIEND

Suffer with rheumatism or Neuriiis, acute OF
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rbeuma-
tism-Its Cause and Cure Most wonderfu1 book
ever written, it's absolutely FREE Jesse A
Case, Dept. @. W., Brockton, Mass--Ady-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30

"rhere is no excuse for crime"
"No, but there Is usually warrant
for it."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-30
The Effects of Opiates.

peculiarly susceptible
which well KNOWN Even in
of
alcohol
and OF
result dosing with opa narcotics keep children quiet
/ unavoidable
Anodyne Drops cordia Soothing syrurs and
children
should to it. Children who III
physician, and 1t nothing crime
them wilfuly with narcotics.
Castoria contains narcotics If it bears the ~
Ggnature o Fletcher ~ -NZT%-eA
always the signature Of|IL |cI