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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-04

an object of great attraction to the
ladies'
There were a number of special
features that were greatly interesting
to the crowd, one of the best being
the Italian organ-grinder and his
monkey, which was a splendid take
off on the real article. Another that
found favor with the ladies and the
children especially was the yellow
Kid" Gene Johnson created a sen
sation on his high bicycle and so on
through the list.
There were two bands in the parade
one of which, the Earl Hawk stock
company band, came to Daytona with
the bunch of Elks from New Smyrna
and Oak Hill. The company, which
will play here next week, is now Civ
ing performances in New Smyrna and
the band is real musical organiza
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-04

ton, most Of the members of which
are Elks.
The other band was Big Miller's
Virtuoso Kazoo band with Miller him
self as drum major. This was the
initial performance of the organiza-
ton, and it met with hearty and con-
tinued applause, Notwithstanding the
fact that its repertoire was somewhat
limited.
There were several hundred Elks,
members of Daytona lodge and Wis
itors in the parade, and many more
who should have been included in it's
ranks viewed the procession Of their
brethren from places of safety in auto
mobiles and on the sidewalk.
The Elks had received an invitation
from the ladies of the Palmetto club
to visit their clubhouse on Orange ave
nue., where they were engaged in hold
Continued on page twelve.)
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-04
10000 PERSONS VIEW
ELKS' FOOLISH PARADE

season, and brought out what was un-
doubtedly the largest crowd of spec
noon proved one of the greatest fea-
tators that ever witnessed a parade
of any kind in this city.
Every point of vantage on the line
of march was occupied by a crowd
estimated at 10000 men, women and
children who had been looking for
ward eagerly to the event and showed
evident enjoyment of the various spe-
cial features. The streets were lined
with automobiles, parked on either
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-04
Traffic CONTESTED
As COLUMN PASSED

.rw SMYRNA BRANCH ARRIVED
WITH coAT-JAckASS AN UN-
any BRUTE THAT CAUSED
SUCH CONCERN.
The Elks' parade yesterday after
,.res Of entertainment of the present
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-04

Continued on page twelve.)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
BEST MAN AT A WEDDING.
Time Was When He Used to Assist In
Abductjnu the Bride.

Do you know why the bridegroom's
attendant at the wedding is called
"beSt man" and how he happens to be
such an important factor at society
wedding? He is supposed to look after
the uShers, the carriage, the wedding
ring and host of other things that
the fortunate lover could not be eX-
pected to concern himself with at such
a time. But there was period in the
history of the human family when the
best man had other duties than these
to perform. 1t was when there was no
church ceremony and when primitive
people had come to the conclusion that
marriage within the tribe was not good
for the race. Then 1t became the fash
lon for the young man Of maria geable
age to go forth in quest of bride, the
daughter Of some neighbOring tribe
Perhaps the girls were not entirely
unwilling to be captured, but no girl,
either ancient or modern, would admit
for a moment that she had wandered
away from the protection Of her male
relatives for the actual purpose of be-
ing abducted. Even If there was no
brother at hand the girl was likely to
put up game fight, and the prospec-
tive bridegroom had need Of the assist
ance of a strong muscled friend to aid
him in subduing her. There was very
little to the ceremony once the girl had
been taken to the home CT her future
lord. but the "best man. was always a
honored guest in her home, especially
Ii the marriage turned out well. In
many mountainous parts of the civil
ized world where old customs obtain
the best man" still pretends to assist
in abducting the bride.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
OUR BELT OF ATMOSPHERE
In Thickness 1t Is 20 the Earth as ems
Skin Is to the Apple.

In Il cGIltr.b button to the year book
of the department Of agriculture ROs,
coe Mum of the United States weather
bureau compares the thickness of the
atmospheric envelope that surrounds
the earth with the diameter OF the
earth itself.
The extreme limit of the earth'S at
mosphere above the surface of the
earth is estimated to be 100 miles. The
earth's diameter is approximately 5000
miles. But the density Of the atmOs-
phere decreases rapidly as altitude in
creases. SO that three quarters of the
mass of the atmosphere lies below the
seven mile level
Thus the solid earth has but thin
coating of air, at most only about one
fortieth as thick as the diameter of the
earth. or if we consider only its really
apprecia BILE extent, which is about for,
ty miles above the earth. only one two,
hundredth as thick as the diameter OF
the earth. 1t is therefore a mere
coating. not thicker. relatively speak
ing. than the skin on an apple of or
binary size When we consider the
fact that storms operate only In that
part of the atmosphere which lies
within about seven miles of the earth,
and chiefly within three miles, 1t is
truly wonderful what mighty forces
they generate and what vast energy
they expend within that thin film of
gas
A storm condition may cover one
third of the United States. The dis
turbance may be 1000 to 1900 miles In
diameter. but less than seven miles
thick. In other words, the body of
air in which those tremendous forces
work is of about the same proportions
as q postcard.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
"FALSE PROSPERITY"

America is resting under a banner
OF prosperity artificial prosperity.
Men are out of work not for the lack
OF prosperity, but because of it. A
leisure class has been created which
promises to become a menace. And
all because Of an unprecedented de-
mand for our wares in the war-rid-
den countries
But the poor! They are suffering
for the cost of living is high. The
law of supply and demand is ask
ing its toll among the poor In our
large cities Squalor and wretchedness
is appalling in all it's horror. Wages
are not increasing fast enough to keep
pace with the high cost of living.
The recent rumors of peace worked
havoc among the stocks on Wall
street. Bethlehem steel dropped At
points in short while and the false
ness of our prosperity was barred in a
moment, as it were.
Let no one think this prosperity
will last. 1t can not. 1t is but mat
ter of time and the worm will turn.
And we who save now will be among
the saved.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE LFADER Bureau.
Washington, d. c., Dec. &c
By J. E. Jones.
The News Print Investigation.

The Federal Trade Commission has
not been investigating the news print
paper situation very long, but it is
already understood that the commits
sioners are satisfied that no shortage
Of paper exists in the United States.
The indications are that the big ad-
vance in prices is due to an artificial
condition that has been created by the
big paper manufacturers, and the
group of men who control the output
OF paper. There has been consider
bile talk to the effect that small pa
pers of the country have been repre-
sented at the hearings. AS a matter
Of fact this is not true. The repre-
sentative of boiler plate" house has
been prominent in the investigation,
and an Illinois congressman has an
peared claiming to represent the State
Press association. But that is about
all the voice the country newspaper
has had in affairs of the United States
government since the time, several
years ago, that the trade war between
the plate and ready-print houses was
taken up by the department of Justice.
1t may be an entirely voluntarily
suggestion on the part of your CORE
Spondent, but an examination of
paper made up in part of ready-print
d1scloses the fact that the advertis-
ing of a class that the publisher would
refuse to permit in the columns ar
ranged by himself At the head of
this list of advertising comes Peruna.
Hills Bromide, Killmer & Company
Doctor Pierce, Doan's kidney pills
and one or two others, the very names
OF which are usually omitted in polite
society. In addition the same paper
prints advertising for Canadian land
while the text reading carries some
subtle publicity intended to induce
immigration into Canada. The whole
appearance Of these ready-prints is
entirely foreign to the policy and plan
OF the local paper of which they form
part, and it is doubtful whether the
subscribers pay any attention to that
portion of the paper. The remedy for
these impositions upon the publisher
is for him to reduce the size of his
paper, cut down on the paper bill. and
by adding a few good features of his
own, to give a smaller and better pa
per to his reader, at an added expense
10 himself. The only ones to lose by
such transaction would be the ready
print houses, who would be deprived,
among other things, of their oppor-
tunity to make money out of objec-
tionable and obscene advertising.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
NO ARCTIC WARRIORS.
A. Hunters the Natives Are Wonders,
but Cannot Make Soldiers.


Battle history halts AT the arctic cir
Gle Beyond that human life IS so DIFF
fcult to sustain that its willful waste
is unthinka BILE. Nations With foot
hold in the icy north recruit no armies
In that frigid zone Indeed, the men
are of such mea ger stature and intel
lect that military training is next to
impossible.
The real natives of the arctic can
endure hunger and fatigue. can march
in their own fashion through hurri-
cane and blizzard. but their value Is
rather to the explorer Of the inhos-
pitable north than TO the soldier. As
hunters they are wonderfully clever.
yet they are curiously formal in ad-
ministering the coup de grace.
They will apologize to the fierce
white bear which they have cOrnered
before advancing to close attack
with bone tipped arrows and spears,
duel in which the odds seem deciSively
on the bear destroying the man. They
are therefore not towards in any sense,
and few SportSmen would risk their
lives aeain"t bear and wolf and wal
rus protected only by futile weapons
and their own personal deXterity.
The IappS and Samoyeds of arctic
Russia, like the EskimOS of North
America and Greenland, are so often
compelled i'll times of dearth and
famine to sacrifice their aged weak
lings that this form of death has be-
come vague religious and social prin-
ciple with them.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
WHO ALEAKED. IMPORTATION RE-
GARDING PRESIDENTS PEACE
PROPOSAL2

Washington, Dec. 26.-(Special cor
note to the European belligerents was
sent to the newspapers at o'clock
in the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 20.
1t was not to be released for publi-
cation until after midnight. Yet at
about 2 o'clock on that day news
ticker in Wall street carried a report
that the president was about to dis
patch a note urging the warning ma
tons to work out the terms of peace.
These statements were printed IN
the New York Times of Thursday,
Dec 81, in the course of an article
dealing with the crisis in the stock
market; and there is a natural in
quiry here as to who leaked the in
formation.
The presidents note was dated Mon
day, Dec 1S-two days before it was
given to the press; it was prepared,
all reports agree, several days before
that. Consequently, its contents must
have been known to a fairly numerous
group. Washington gossip has been
busy trying to identify the men who
could have had knowledge of the pres
ident's purpose-and there are SIMS
ter rumors to the effect that some
people who were "in the know" did
not let the opportunity pass to pick
~, &ha
ket when securities went tumbling, as
they were bound to, as soon as the
presidents note became public prop
erty.
The incident serves to emphasize
the power which an administration
holds upon values in this country.
What the presidents note did upon
large scale which affected every in
dustry whose securities are dealt In
on the market, can be done to a les
ser degree with individual securities
by any one Of group of officials
whose duties bring them into contact
with the industrial life of the nation
This power. it is to the credit Of Am
erican public life to record, has rare
~, if ever, been abused-and il is
significant that it is only within the
past few years that anyone has ever
seriously surmised that personal gain
or any other private motive lay behind
any course of action on the govern
ment's part. That such surmises are
now rife is due in part to the system
which clothes officials with such enor-
nous power and in part to the ask
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Genesis of the PLAYHOUSE

Ihespis in $50 B. c. acted his plays
in a wagon. In 400 B. c., during the
time of Aeschylus, creator of drama.
the performances took place upon tenn
porary wooden scaffolds, one of which,
having collapsed during a representa-
ton, the Athenians We're induced to
build the great theater of Dionysius,
calling it the Lenalon. which was the
first permanent stone structure of its
kind. 1t required 160 years to erect it.
There was no scenery, but the scene
was decorated so as to represent the
locality in which the action was going
on. Roof1eSs was his structure but
around the building were porticoes, to
which the people retreated during rain
storms. Sometimes awnings were used
10 ward off the suns heat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
MODERN EXPLOSIVES.
The Air We Breathe Is Now Tapped TO
Supply Them With Nitrates.

All modern explosives. no matter
what THAR base. depend upon nitric
acid or nitrateS. Common black pow
der contains saltpeter, which is nitrate
of potash. SmokeleSs powders are nj
trOcellulOSe. The higher explosives are
trinitroglycerin, trinitrOtoluene. trini-
trOphenOi, etc.
In normal times these are made from
the actual nitrates, most of which cOms
from Chile. But the Chilean deposits
have not sufficed to supply the enOr-
nous demand made by agriculture and
the arts in recent years. and now that
thousands of tons are needed for ex-
plosives the demand has multiplied
many times over.
Therefore it has been necessary to
draw nitrogen from the air, where ii
exists in inexhaustible quantities. Nj
trOgen at high temperature combines
with many other elements. This was
discovered only few years ago, bu'
already more than $10O,O00,000 is in
vested IN factories where the process il
used for making nitric aci'!s. The
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
The Fame of "That Special,-

The triumphant democrats do not
seem to grow weary of the celebra-
tons IN honor Of the reelection of
President Wilson. At the Bryan din
ner, and at the other largely attended
affairs, the Hughes Special which
toured the west with a bunch of So
ciety women from New York. has been
treated as the joke of the campaign.
At one of these affairs, it was related
how that great woman Senator Helen
Ring Robinson, of Colorado, was put
on the trail of the Golden Special and
succeeded everywhere in turning the
votes of women to President Wilson.
Mrs. Robinson has been described as
the Demosthenes of the feminist
movement and in San Francisco
5000 husky American citizens did the
hitherto unheard thing of cheering
woman speaker for several minutes
AS illustrating the power of appeal
developed by Mrs. Robinson. it has
been related that she was about the
only person the entire campaign
who turned those words, too proud to
tight into real advantage. She
would go on to say that we of the
west are all willing to fight and die
for our country if only the cause is a
cause to die for" Then she would
pick out some husky six-footer in the
hall and address herself to him. re-
lating how on the way to the hall
she had seen little dirty sickly boy
"a most unattractiye person-and she
would ask the husky man Ito go out
and beat him up for me-" By that
time everyone was looking and Won
derlng, and the Six-footer was shaking
his head in the negative You will
not sir, not even to oblige a LADY,"
demonstrated the speaker, who follow
ed the appeal quickly with the SEN
tence: "Ah, you must be too proud
to fight him. Denver's distinguished
woman. who has won fame on two
continents, because of her splendid
mind and forceful public speaking.
followed up the advantage by saying:
We'll, that is the way the president
of the United States and eighty-five
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
EATING TO LIVE.
Rules by Which Good Health May Be
Gained and Retained.

Herewith | give a few general sug-
gestions for those who desire health.
writes Edward B. Warman, A. NJ. in
the Nautilus:
No one can have health who eats too
much.
No one can have health who eats
too often.
No one can have health who eats
too many kinds of food at the same
meal
No one can have health who eats
when tired hurried. worried. anxious
or excited.
No one can have health who rises
late. gulps down a hearty breakfast
and then sprints for the car.
When you have eaten do not wonder
ii it will agree with you. When you be-
gin to wonder trouble begins. Say
goodby to 1t, not expecting TO hear
from it again. If you fear it do not
eat it; If you eat it do not fear it.
Be cheerful at your meals. A sour
countenance will give you a sour ston-
ach.
Praise your wife's cooking-if you
can conscientiously
Ii you go home with crouch leave
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION.

The time is near once more when we
resolve to do nothing but that which
is good. The bad in our lives must
be blotted and the stain erased. we
swear sincerely and solemnly to turn
over a new leaf, but we swear rectl-
tude when our body and our mind are
weak and filled with disgust.
The drinker, for instance, becomes
"ossified" on New Years eve. Morn
ing comes, and with 1t big head and
a general feeling of nausea. What
sickly resolutions are born in those
momentsl They live for time; per-
haps a week, a month-then they die
Man has great recuperative powers.
He can dissipate, and then regain his
former state of well-being within
short period of time. But with his re
turn to the normal state his resolution
fades like the mist before the sun,
and ell he sees is brightness.
Most of us make New Years reso-
buttons, and break them. 1t has be-
come a regular Occurance with some;
New Years means naught to some,
but a time for culling out the bad from
the good. And each time he breaks a
resolution made through habit he
sinks deeper and deeper into the mire
Of perfidious indifference.
It appears that our life today dis
courages a man from feeling too
healthy Our nervous energy seeks
an outlet, and consequently we fall
into dulling dissipation of some kind
be it drink, tobacco, eating. We are
too fidgety to read good books; the
book market shows that. Who would
sit down and read War and Peace in
diligently among our business public?
There are few, yes; but they are
a very few.
Our resolutions should, therefore,
be made with purpose in view. You
can not hope to give up smoking or
drinking without putting some thing
in its place When you make your
resolutions for 1917 keep thought
for many of the good habits which can
be exchanged for the bad; take up
physical culture, do some systematic
reading. play at out side games, de-
velop such hobbies as painting, writ
ing, etc.
Let your New Years resolutions be
real resolutions this next year and
exchange some thing good for every
thing you discard as bad
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
White House Receptions.

The social season is on at the White
House. Washington talks these things
over in a familiar way, and there is a
good deal of gossip about the manner
in which the women are wearing their
old clothes, and the decreased number
who are attending the affairs in con-
sequence of fewer invitations being
issued this year than formerly
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

chief OF these are in Norway, Sweden
Switzerland and Germany, where there
is abundance of water power.
There are several processes, the earli
est of which was invented by Birkc
land and Eyd. 1t consists of making
the nitrogen and the oxygen of the air
combine by using the electric arc. BY
this process the gases have TO be cooled
to a very low temper ture to prevent
the bioXide of nitrogen from decom-
poSing-New York World.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
FINDS YOUNGEST SOLDIER.
Boy of Twelve Complains That The,
Will Not Let Him Fioht.

II believe | have found my younges,
soldier" exclaimed King George dur
saw a twelve year-old hoy among the
Northamptons.
But little Joseph Lefevre was not
English He is the son of dead Bel
gian soldier and was found wandering
about under shell fire at Ypres, adopted
by the battalion and placed on it's rolls
He told his story in French to the
king and said.
"They will not let me go up to fight
but keep me back with the transport
GAS | was going to suggest and. be
ing soldier. you will have to obey
orders" said the king.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Card Playing.

Card playing began in India ia the
ninth century. 1t was introduced into
to the thirteenth century. Saracens
popularized the amusement in Spain
and Italy. The taste for the game
afterward spread to Germany. where
1t commenced to be INDUCED in about
1915. It's appearance in France was
mentioned in the records of that coun-
try in 1893 Heraldic cards were first
known in England in 1860
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

ance with which conservatiye-minde
the activity in some circles of the
present administration.
The remedy is partly legislative
by limiting the power of administra-
tive officers-and partly political, by
seeing to it that the government is
lodged in the hands of men and of
parties immune to sinister influence.
The country, however, has just voted ;
and it is a trite observation that a
nation receives that sort of govern
ment which it deserves
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Our Annual Affairs With Japan.

Appropriation bills for the army and
navy are now are being considered in
congress. There is the regular talk
about what Japan might do to U.s."
and the probability that she might do
it. Last year the militaristic jingoes
also trotted out Germany and Mexico,
and for good measure got up lot of
preparedness parades AS little less
than s800,0O0,000 is asked for this
necessary to work the little Jap over
time
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Lucky Youth.

Young Scadds IS an absolute min
compoop. He doesn't know enough to
come in when it rains
He doesn't need to. With all his
money he can afford a new umbrella
every day i'll the week and also man
80 carry it for him" st. Louis Post
Dispatch
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

If any young man starting out in
life will make up his mind to save
one-tenth of his income and stick to
this determination through thick and
thin, he will have enough to retire
on in his old age just from accumu-
lated savings and interest, while judi
cious investments from time to time
would put him in really comfortable
circumstances.