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Williams news., 1916-01-27
GREAT VARIETY OF BIRD PETS
Lover of Feathered Creatures May Pay for Them Almost Any Price
 That His Fancy Dictates

A recent international bird show has provided some astonishing facts and figures regarding the value of song birds, remarks London Tit-Bits There are nearly 100 classes of ca naries. That they can be Norwich or Lancashire, border or Yorkshire va riegated, lizard, unf1ighted, clear, cross bred, crested, self or foul conveys very little to the average mind, but leaves one marveling at the variety of chirping little creatures whose feath CTS are every conceivable shade of yellow. One marvels also at the va riety of birds that could be kept as pets. Finches, linnets. redpoles, tom tits,' robins, wrens, stonechats, bab- blers, redstarts and long-tailed, short tailed and crested varieties of all of them in every size from the minute humming bird to the plump scarlet cockatoo, all vie for the popularity which up to the present has been the monopoly of the canary. And these little birds are all quite cheap. A few shillings will buy most of them, but, on the other hand, $2,500 would be asked for a gorgeous crimson bird of paradise, or $5,0OO for the canary-bul- finch White Rose, the most expensive song bird in the world.
Williams news., 1916-01-27

we've been hitting it up, as Mrs. Smith, next door, says. We've had the painters in and the plumbers, and the pIasterers, and the-the chairs have been up-up-"
 Upholstered" said Uncle Eli
 And I only wish my papa could Dorothy.
 You don't remember your papa?' questioned the sick man.,
 "No, Uncle Eli. But mother does. And when you get well she's going to invite you to come and see us, and perhaps get you a job as our garden er"
 That will be fine,'' laughed Eli. Well, what story shall l tell you to- day?"
 You promised to tell us about Ulisha," said Ned.
 Not Ulisha-Ulysses my boy. We'll sit down and I'll see how much of it I can remember. Ulysses was one of the Greeks, you know. He was very wife named Penelope, whom he left to go to the wars. He was away ten years, because that war lasted ten years"
 His wife must have missed him." said Dorothy
 Why, I'm not sure whether she did or not" said Eli, because, you see, I'm afraid Ulysses was something of a waster. As far as I can make out, he never did very much honest work He lived in rather doubtful sort of way. He was a pirate"
 When I grow up Pm going to be a pirate said Ned. NO, won't though. I'm going to chase pirates"
 Much better, Ned. We'll, then, this Ulysses went off to the wars and left Penelope behind him. When the wars were over he came back, and that's where his real troubles began. Ac cording to his story he got caught in a bad wind, and his ship drifsed around for ten years more before he got home. But that's only his tale, and lots of married men tell much the same sort of yarn to their wives, only they can't lay it on as thick nowadays. Anyway, even Ulysses ad- mitted that there were some ladies concerned in his troubles, and he laid them particularly to Miss Gree. But that won't interest you.
 Well. just about twenty years aft ar Ulysses started for the wars he came home You can guess he need ed shave and brush-up good deal, and nobody recognized him except
Williams news., 1916-01-27
FEED CHILDREN On Properly Selected Food. It. Pays Big Dividends.

If parents will give just little in telligent thought to the feeding of their children the difference in the many times over, for the small trouble.
 A mother writes: "Our children are all so much better and stronger than they ever were before we made . change in the character of the food. We have quit using potatoes three times a day with coffee and so much meat.
 "Now we give the little folks some fruit, either fresh, stewed, or canned. some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa- sionally some soft boiled eggs, and some Postum for breakfast and sup per. Then for dinner they have some meat and vegetables.
 'Tt would be hard to fully describe the change in the children, they have grown so sturdy and strong, and we attribute this change to the food ele- ments that, I understand. exist in Grape-Nuts and Postum.
 "A short time ago my baby was teething and had great deal of stom ach and bowel trouble. Nothing seemed to agree with him until tried Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with rich milk and he improved rapidly and got sturdy and we'll"
 There's a Reason"
 Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich.
 Ever read the above Ietterf A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true. and full of hunaa interest.
Williams news., 1916-01-27
crInoIIne in History.

The oft-threatened return of the crinoline, prophesied by alarmists of fashion, leaves us all wondering. We find that the crinoline was first worn in the sixteenth century by a Spanish princess, who used it to conceal her love letters from a forbidden admirer. According to pictures of Queen Eliza beth she was the first to wear 1t in England, writer in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch states. Perhaps she wore it for the same reason. She had need of pockets to hide, such, provided all her admirers wrote to her. Among her earlier portraits we find that her dress resembled that of Queen Mary, her sister. The skirts of these were simply wideued at the bottom
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Ulysses | Returned By HAROLD GARTER |:
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(Copyright, 1915. by W. G. Chapman1

Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
 'Childrens Day" was the idea of the superintendent of the new hos pital. Old methods had been aban- doned and new ones ruled Doctor Oakley believed that in admitting the little folks of the town to the hospital grounds once a month, in charge of the matron, he would cheer up his convalescents, inspire the young peo- pie with a sense of pity, and bring con- tributions to the hospital
 Eli Baynes seemed a terribly old person to Dorothy and Ned, though, as matter of fact, he was only forty. But he had returned from the West crippled with rheumatism, contracted by working in the silver mines, and after three months at the hospital he was only just beginning to regain his health.
 He sat in his wheeled chair. and his eyes widened with pleasure as he saw his little friends approaching.
 Tell us another story, Uncle Eli" pleaded Dorothy, climbing upon his knee.
 Another story?" Eli inquired. How many stories do you think I know"
 Hundreds" said Dorothy promptly. You are so old, you see. You must be nearly hundred, aren't you, Uncle Eli?"
 Not quite so old," laughed Eli Baynes. How are you little folks getting on at home?'
 Its just like one of your own fairy tales, Uncle Eli" said Ned Ever since mother inherited that fortune
Williams news., 1916-01-27

ly uninhabitabIe because of this dis ease.
 Come next the armies of ticks. 1t has been shown by experiment that one variety of these which feeds upon human blood will weigh after a meal ten times it's original weight. Some species increase to thirty times their original weight. Imagine, says Pro lessor Ealand, hungry 200-pound man weighing 5000 pounds after a single meal, or even after many meals! Re lapsing fever. spotted fever, pecu- liarly deadly disease called verruga, are given man by ticks.
 Then there are the lice which carry typhus and a form of infammatory rheumatism, and the fieas. which transmit plague to man.
 As for the hosts that attack the domestic animals and transmit to them disease, were 1t not for natural checks and the vigilance of man there would not be single animal left in the world within ten years!
 It is this matter of natural checks, the equilibrium which nature has pro- vided against these most prolific of her children, that is now most wor rying the scientists.
 Up until comparatively recent times great quantities of insects were used for medicine, for dyes and so on, but this use has steadily lessened, and with the lessening naturally the in- sects have increased.
 The practice of the control of insect pests by their natural enemies is one of modern times, for the earliest rec ord of work on anything approaching , commercial scale, dates back by 25 years. It is based on the assumption that all nature is in state of eQuili- brium-that is to say, that all life, in it's native home, Is kept in check by other forms of life which prey upon it. More than thirty distinct parasites and seven kinds of predatory beetles have been introduced into the United States to wage war on the gypsy and brown-tail moths, says Professor Ealand.
 It will be recognized, says Profes- sor Ealand, that unless a parasite shows greater fertility than it's host. it's power of controlling the latter must be very greatly diminished. In this connection nature has come to the rescue in a marvellous manner by endowing many of the parasites with the power of 'polyembryony." a phenomenon that is unique in the an imal kingdom. Parasites so endowed lay eggs similar in external form to those of their less fortunate relations, but from each egg emerges in due course not one larva, but a number of larvae, and by this means their fertility is much increased.
 A second and still more modern method of natural insect control is car ried into effect by means of fungoid disease of insects. These fungoids are scattered over large plantations with a dusting machine. All the insects in- fected carry the disease to their nu- merous relatives.
 The fight, indicates Professor Ealand, is only at it's beginning. Man will probably win, but even if he does the bug, through it's persistence, will outlive him.
Williams news., 1916-01-27
SNAPSHOTS

Next to a holiday Sunday is the longest day of the year.
 . Mrs. Tug Watts, who is taking on weight, should have a new pair of trousers. Her husbands are becom- ing entirely too small for her.
 Every advertiser seems to think his remedy for eczema the best one.
 Red Cloud is dead. But, inasmuch as Red Cloud hadn't rained drop for 40 years, his demise is of interest only to the bereaved relatives.
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Sketch Under Shell Fire.

Some of the many artists who are at the front in France make their sketches undaunted by shell fire The Century magazine publishes picture of the ruins of a farm house, about which the battle had ragged, drawn by Henri Jacquier, who took the first grand prix of the Salon. While M. Jacquier," says a fellow-artist, twas finishing this drawing with very rapid pencil strokes, a shell burst near him, and actually flung the earth into his car. But the drawing was finished"
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Information About LIncoIn.

1t was left to Boston schoolboy of a dozen years to give the world some entirely new information about Abra- ham Lincoln. He did it in this way when asked by his teacher to write what he knew about the great war president:
 Abraham Lincoln was born on a bright, sunny day in February, 1909. He was born in log cabin he had helped his father to build.'
Williams news., 1916-01-27

ress there more than anywhere else locust damage in South Africa was es- timated at s5,000,000.
 To cope with the insects the govern ment has established central bureau for watching them. Flights can be predicted and measures taken to min imize them.
 In the latter half of 1912 locust swarms did S10,000,000 damage in our own island of Visaya, in the Philip pines.
 While the locust is prolific the cot ton weevil beats him. Professor Ealand estimates that one weevil lay ing her 139 eggs by June 10 would probably bring half that number-say 75-to maturity by June 29. There are at least four generations in sea son, and the second generation would number about 2,450; the third S5,750, and the last and final generation l. 001 ,250, or a total, of 3,0S9. .520 indi- viduals as the progeny of a single pair of weevils and their progeny in sea- son. That is to say, one weevil for every square foot of area in a 75-acre field. As over 50 per cent are de- stroyed by natural conditions, 1t is doubtful if the actual increase in one, season from a single pair ever ex- ceeds 2,000,000. Alarming figures in all conscience, exclaims the entomolo- gist.
 This is only one of vast number of ho1 to Rrh Next come the disease carriers.
 First in deadliness is the mosquito, which infests man with malaria, yell low fever and filariasis. Many parts of the tropics and localities otherwise most desirable are practically unin- habitable to civilized man, owing to the ravages of malaria.
 Malaria has been held responsible for the wiping out of the ancient Greeks.
 Not health alone, but mans very pockets are affected by this overmas- tering incubus. The mosquito plague has been responsible for arresting the development of the whole state of New Jersey.
 Malaria is a country rather than a town disease. It was once supposed to be caused by dwelling in damp and marshy places, and even now the belief dies hard in the minds of many people, but it has been proved beyond dispute that by the bite of infected mosquitoes, and by that means alone, can this dread disease be transmitted from man to man.
 Various estimates have been made as to the number of bacteria that may be carried about the body of a single healthy, active fly. One investigator, Torry, puts the number at 2S,000,00O in it's intestine and 4,500,00O on the outer surface. Esten and Mason, by careful experiment, found that the number of external bacteria varied from $50 to over 6,5O0,000; other ob- servers have put the number as high as 5OO,000,000 per fly. The numbers seem incredible. That one house fly can carry about it's body as many as 500 0,0O5,000 germs is almost beyond be- lief, yet the estimated number is not the result of guesswork, but of care full experiment. Looking at the mat ter from the most favorable point of view, and supposing each fly to carry only $50 bacteria from place to place, the supposition, says Professor Ealand, is not pleasant.
 The dreadful infantile paralysis has been discovered to be carried by the stable fly.
 Then there is the sleeping sickness, which is carried by the tsetSe fly Whole districts of Africa are absolute
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Hard Thinus of Life.

Hard things that come our way are not hard when we do them. They are hard only when we don't do them or when we do them imperfectly. Duty iS not hard when it is cheerfuily and vigorously done. Duty is hard only when it is not properly met-that is, when 1t is done without good will, or when it is not done at all.
Williams news., 1916-01-27
peveIoped Powers Late.

William de Morgan is the most not able example of a writer who post poned the creation of literary master pieces until in advanced life. He had never published anything until his Joseph Vance" surprised the reading world when he was sixty-five, and he has followed it with half dozen other long and most interesting novels.
Williams news., 1916-01-27
The Macdonald Clans.

The Macdonald Clan is by right of antiquity, power. and numbers usually accorded premier place among the great families of Scotland In addi- tion to the Clan of Macdonald itself. there are Macdonald of Clanranald, Macdonnel of Glengarry, Macdonald of the Isles and Sleat and Macdonald of Staffa
Williams news., 1916-01-27

A former society whale of this city has been landed by a girl who was fishing for sun perch. As has often been pointed out, 1t all depends on the bait.
 Eph Wiley says the surgeons who are bragging about the new anesthet- ic never heard his wife's preacher.
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Both StronQ.

''Jaggs said the story told him the other day made him hold his breath"
 Gee whizz, but if he succeeded in holding his breath, it must have been a tusslei"
Williams news., 1916-01-27

New Zealand has prohibited the i'm portation of cooking utensils coated or lined with lead or any of it's alloys.
Williams news., 1916-01-27

T for territory which each A1h \ envies the other, but will
 lT be a colossal battle to
 keep from being driven off the earth itself! And in this battle it will be mankind against bugs!
 By it's fecundity, it's enormous com parative strength-sometimes equiva- lent Of what would be, if the bug were as large as horse, 1,000-horsepower and in its inextinguishable passion ate and concentrated will to live and US enormous adaptibility the insect hlngdom makes the human race ap- pear incredibly inefficient.
 Civilization has for the last twenty years and more been steadily over turning the balance of nature, which mas Kept the insect kingdom down, and this scientists throughout the world nave recognized. Within half that tune what amounts to a worldwide organization has been formed to find ana make known to all who care the best ways to cope with the fast growing swarms which menace hu- manity. It is recognized that only by tireless, long and costly and dan gerous struggle will man be able to re- tain his dominance and freedom to de- velop his world.
 The latest warning of this peril to humanity has been sounded in a most remarkable fashion by Prof. c. A. Ealand, one of the foremost entomolo- gists of the world and the late prin- cipal of the East Anglian college of agriculture of England. Professor Ealand begins his remarkable work, which he calls Insects and Man, D. with the following statement:
 Tt is fortunate for man that the in. sect world is house divided against itself. Except for this check the hu. man race would be extinct in i've or six years"
 The fecundity of many insects is enormous. Huxley estimated that mishaps apart, single green fly would in ten generations produce mass of organic matter equivalent to SOC. .OOO.- 900 human beings, or as many as the whole population of the Chinese en- pire!
 From the earliest times man has suf- fered from insect damage to his crops. his live stock and himself. Locust plaques rivaling those of Egypt have come to man from time to time.
 The United States suffers damage annually to the extent of $4O,OOO, 900 owing to the depredations of the He's sian fly; the cotton boil weevil causes an annual loss of $3O.OOO,OOO; the cod. ling moth $15,000,000, and the chinch bug $7.000,000. Add to this the dam age done by gypsy and brown-tail moths and the San Jose scale, to say nothing of the host of minor pests. and the total assumes alarming pro- portions.
 The struggle for supremacy between insects and man is a very real one the world over.
 But only by ceaseless struggle can man keep his dominance In his fight against insects and bugs he has ar rayed against him an incredible fecun- dity and power of destruction
 The majority of people-unscientifi people. that is-says Professor Ealand, think that the locust is the most de- structive insect. This is partly be- cause of the Biblical plague having been fixed in their minds The To- custs have done more damage in South Africa and hindered agricultural prog
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Whats the Use?

He-Do you know Poe's Raven? She-Why, no. what's the matter with him ?-Club Fellow
Williams news., 1916-01-27
Removing obdurate Screw.

To remove an obdurate screw, apply a redhot iron to the head for a short time, the screwdriver being used i'm mediately while the screw Is hot.
Williams news., 1916-01-27

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red Cross Bag Blue. have beautiful, clear white clothes. Adv.
Williams news., 1916-01-27

we've been hitting it up, as Mrs. Smith, next door, says. We've had the painters in and the plumbers, and the and the-the chairs have
Williams news., 1916-01-27

HE foremost scientists of the world have been agreed for the last decade that the crucial struggle of humanity will not be that of nations warning for territory which each envies the other, but will
 be a colossal battle to keep from being driven off
Williams news., 1916-01-27

Pacific coast hops are now largely picked by machinery.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
The Saloons.
from the Brooklyn Ea gle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
One of the most striking evidences
of the gain of prob ibition sentiment is
the declaration of the Retail Liquor
Dealers Associat of New York,
which has ended its convention at
Utica, that there are too many saloons
in the country. and some OF the OBJ
jectionable ones should be abolished"
The dealers also asked for restrictions
on dance halls and csbarets. opposed
the control of license certificates by
others than American citizens of ap
proved moral character" and declared
that beer should be of uniform purity.
and not as il is sold in some of the
cheaper DISTRICTS. and that liquor
should contain no drugs or chemicals.
If the liquor dealers had taken this
restrictive and self-protectiNe action
earlier they would not now feel the
opposition which is driving them To
this stand. \ large part of the present
prohibition movement is not based upon
any desire to enforce total abstinence.
but rather on n recognition of the mis-
chief that comes from saloons as at
EreSent conducted. and upon the charge
that they are the promoters and abet-
terS of crime.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
COAST GUARD ORDERS.

Coast guard orders for the week are
as follows:
First Lieut.. W. H. Munter. detached
Thetis TO Comanche.
First Lieutenant of Engineers c. NJ
Green. detached ltasca TO Algonquin.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers F. E.
Fitch. detached Itasca TO Algonquin.
Second Lieut.. W. r. Towle, prepara-
tory orders TO Androscoggin
Second Lieut.. J. p. Gray, preparatorv
orders 70 itasca. subsequently to duty
on Porto Rico station.
Second Lieut.. ". p Wishaar. nre-
pa ratory orders 10 Mohawk
orders to ACushnet
First Lieut. X {. weightnan. p-e-
pfraiory orders to Seminole
Second Lieut.. E. d. Jones. detached
i'4sca. preparatory orders to TaIla-
poo2a at expiration leave
First Lieut.. T.. s Addison. detached
itasca TO Algonquin.
Nachinist Karl Fredrik Svenni,.
soo- Seneca. warranted machinist from
February %, 1916.
The following transfers have been
directed:
Keeper John A. Midget. from tho
'.ui shoal 10 the chicamacomico sta
lion, seventh district
Keeper Edward = Midget. from the
Ncw iulet to the Gull Shoal station
-et"fth district.
Keeper John ". Partridge. from the
;-.;,fs Island 10 the Cape IIenrv sta.
Ion. 50 Sentn district.
Eoatswain Charles Martinson. from
-" Algonquin 10 the ltasca.
Bol,sV an, Hans Il. Berg from the
,lJsVt 20 ihe Algonquin.
Gunner Robert Gardnsr. from the
'sScs, TO the Algonquin.
Ns.hInIst hugo Scnonhof, from the
Its sea to the Algonquin.
--.aChinist Louis spaniel, from the
hudson 30 the ltasca.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
SIGMA NU PHI MEETS.
Newly Organized Alumni Chapter
Holds Smoker and Lunch.

The newly organized Washington
Alumni Chapter of the Sigma Nu Phi
Fraternity held its first regular meet
ing in the Indian grill of the Pow
hatan Hotel last night. about thirty
members being present. The aHalr
was an informal smoker and huffes
lunch. and number of the members
made short talks. J. Miller Kenyon.
chancellor of the chapter. presided.
T. Jarvis Butler. chief clerk OF the
general hoard of the navy. who Is
grand master of the rolls of the fra
ternity. reported on a number of chap
ters recently organized in various parts
OF the country
officers of the alumni chapter. besides
the chancellor are Conrad S%ne. hrst
vice chancellor. Charles j. oNeIll. sec
ond vice chancellor. j Damn Faher.
master of the rolls: Frank l.. reckham
registrar. and William T. Jones. crier-
The alumni chapter has about forty
five members.