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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

bigcr GailipS feds MoIicnanarific
noheinanOer 5lriif. gIm baraltf.
iolaenocu Gage bro6cn iiebau Nln.
griife bon olBcrorOcntIider Seftig.
felt on Scr Sapierfeit lmO 36bia.
felt ser 76er 5uiommcu. Bonn II.
Sfto6cr az nurOc der Sriinmeg.
baticu 6eS SoricS bon Cinem Sa.
gcl BON @ronotcn Scr ibncrItcn
&aliber ii6eri1iittct urO 5crHlaImt,
mGbrcn0 Sog inO 9tobt bic 3it.
gdnge mo &erbinoungen lntcr iu.
itcmatii6cr Scrgaiung unO lnpoi.
iierbareu Spcrricucr logeu. Sci
ocm 9urdbru6spcriudc groBen
StiIs om ~. Sftobcr mar c3 Dor
oaem Saillp, 0os oic glbiidtcn be2
@egners 5uidhn0cu mo6tc. Scl6lt
sic Sole bon Giicn in6 6eucr, bic
om 10. Sfobcr bel Soillp tobte,
mar nidlt intIton6c, Wlut unO liner
i6rodcnbeit Scr 9cioslug gu brs'
6cn.
3uiidcn Sriimmcrn Ser nieOcr.
nebrodeuen SGuier lnO oen Der.
brcnnen6en 9olfcu lmo i6melen0en
Sduttbouien ri6tctcn Die iid lidj-
tcnben Neiben Der 76er nabc5u obue
icbe 9edlmg in einem Sagel bon
giien Maihincnoerebre nit elmer
bciipielloien aaItbIiiti9teit. @rit
am II. Sftobcr acIong es Dem
5eiuoc, in cinen Scil Der groben
SriimmerItGttc cinSuOringcn. Sc
Der Mauerreit ieOcr Sduttbaltien
muBte, icocr ein5cIn, inter blutig'
iten ScrIuiten bonn Scino erfGmpit
pcrben. Saufen ieiuer Scifen be-
6cdten 6nS SriinmerfelO. Grit ON
1S. Sftober mar Die tapfere Ser.
tcioigung,- bon gtabriIng unO Wfn'
nition nobe5u abgeidnitten &C.
5pungcn, sic Icttcn 9tcIte Saillps
5u rGllmcn.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

artilIeriitiTber @orbercitung feline
aII3u groBen bIutisen Spier getoitet.
Ger @erluIt bss 6einOes lit augens
fbeinli8 Ie6r betrG9tli9 gtrtilleris
ItiI9 1T bos HoroenOe BON prebeal
infolge 6t6terer 9ouipeiIe, bonn ins
folge Der Na66nrI9oft oes foges
nannten Gr0iperts am ginJauge be5
Srts nod toaer mit9enOmmen, aIs
bos Sa9n6ofsbiertel uno bas Siios
enoe. glus benz @rbipert unb ieiner
llmssbung tit Ser Jetno, benz on Der
8ebauptung BON Prebeal fe6r Oisl
eelegenen baben mub, bu6Itd6lib
berousseI6ohen pOrben; Der 8efllnO
ideint bar5utun, OaB bier ben
Sturmlinin nennenslperter Di0erz
ItanO iiberboupt niAt mebr geleiItet
!porben lit, ols iie ouf Den Soften
eegeniiber ii6tbor fpurben. Sm be-
na66arten 8i[lenbiertel purben bic
uIten @ren5pfdble spiIcfen llngarn
uno &umGnien bsute, obne Inter
ibieb Der NattonaIitdt, elm Gbnos.
SIN 9obn6oFpiertel unb i'm Siioeu
bcs Srts lit 6eim Sturm Dioerz
itunb geleiitet pproen.
8a9t man BEN Gintritt in bic
bortigen @illen unb 2ogierbduIer,
70 finbet man bnl6 an Der Sdpele.
balO in ben 3immern, balo i'm !Sof.
balo unter bem Dad Sote, faIt ausz
i6liebli9 RumGnen. Die Gtnri9s
tung lit babel beripiiitet, ole S6ubs
laben iino oufgerifen, i6r Snbnlt 1T
3eritreut. Die Itummen, pd9Iernen
Menf9en, bic 6a liegen, bo6en bas
9eton, e9c ibre Sieger sinOrnngen:
iin6 es mar i'm eisenen 2unOe! Cine
8sIonosrbeit i'm 2tnblid bes bsrtuiis
fteten prebedl lit, bob SrGnbe an
Dem 3erIt0rungspert nur ipenig be-
teiliat iparen; nm 10 reifIider laIs
fen F9 neben reinen 3erI9mettss
rungspirtungen Die bes 2ufttruda
plaBenoer @efdOFe bsrfoIgen, sbeniO
Die Sprensitiidpirtungen ihperer
@ranoten. Sd Inb sroBe Sridter,
bic erit i'm 9tbfanbe BON etpa 200
Uleter, oa a6er ringsum, BON 8aus
lihteiten umgeben iparen. 9as p!ats
senoe 9ef6oB bat ii3 bier rings i'm
areife in 9efalt seipoltiger 9rs1den
benz Maueripert eingeSei9net. 9lus
Gem i'm 2aufe bes &fs 5ur &us
inc perbenben lnnggeItredten 8obns
bpf9e5duoe beraus bielten 5luei Wtas
Ihinengeipebre, bic Don elmer ipadez
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

brattilometern an uno fir Ii9 elm
ausgeSebntes @ei96iIO beiBt unb Suz
Dem pas bur9pegs ebene @eldnbs
feline irgenOpie fortifitotoriIh gut
ousSuuiibenben Puntte auftpeif, 10
muB!e Der sSortsiirtel, Der Iih in sis
ner gntIernur9 BON 6 Bis 8 &m. bon
Der StoOt bGlt. eineu bebeutenoen
llmfang betommen. Setn llm5ug be-
trd9t 70 Gm., ouT ben 18 Sorts nit
einem 9tbitnnbc bon A SIN. fat gleids
mGBig perteitt iino. Sn bic 3pis
I6e1rGume iinO bnnn 1S 3ptI4ens
iperte eingeT9oben. 10 OaB Der bon
stpei @erten sIeid5eitig gu beitrei@
6enbe Roum nur 2 SIM. betrGgt. Gin
pern,onentes &erntpert eriItiert nt4t,
mar aber i'm gntlpurfe porgeIe6en,
ebsnIo ols e5i6erung 9egen ben gss
tunGtIlmen gtngriff eine polpgonale
ll:apotlung, bic bic Stoot in einem
llmfouge bon 80 Sem. um5ie6en ious
te. Sm 3riese follte 5piIhen @iirs
tel unb StaOt cine fstomdBige 2inis
bergeIte(lt uno Der erItere burd mos
6ile Sotterieu perItGrtt peroen. Sas
beoinat olles cine sablrsibe 8eIoBung
unb &eT9iibausriiItung. -Sie eritere
muB auf min6eiieus 80-100,000
Wonn bereGuet peroen. Sir bic
lebtere IoGlea oor6onOen Iein ruuo 60
81 :. 3e2tiirme fir Is 3entimeters uno
liz 9entimeters8 s8ononen, ii6er 70
Qonserlofetten fir 81 3entimeters
Sou6iben unO sine grobe 3a9I Don
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

IGiffe i6re .mascots". Sn Der
vMorningpoit" er5G6lt iebt elm iees
mGnniI9er &orreIponOent, ipie ii4
bic rmascots" sintger S9iffe gegens
ii6er benz beutI9en @eI9iiBfeuer in
Der Stnserrat : S6lo9t benabmen.
9luf bem .Siger" mar cine 9uaooggs,
eiu Iie6er Serl. 9lls es in Oie S9laat
ging, fins bic MnnnI9aft 3u Iorgsn
on, pie ibr Stiibling bas 8ei9iiBs
feuer tpobl oufnebmen merle. Sic
perItopften Oes6olb feline Sbrsn nit
Watte unb pidelten ibm ein Sud
I'm ben Sopf, oIs seIte es 3nbnref
gu pertreiben. Damn podten ibn Elm
paar 2eute uno brn9ten bas iib
itrGubenbe Sier an ben Srt bes
S9iffss, Der uneeFdbr als Der absss
fdlOfenfe unb IiiqIte ansenommen
perosn tonnte. DER Sunb seiete ges
rtnge Sreube Onron. Oab er pl0blih
ben &rantsn ipieIeH foate, unb
i4ndppte mad ben ibn 6GtICbelnben.
2lIs a6er bic 56iiFe gu fallen be-
gannen, perIieb ibn Der 3orn unb er
mar pobl mGdttg frob. baB redts
uno lints bon inn elmer fab unb ibm
bic pfpten bislt.
Gin speites, an Der S6la6t ks
teiltgtes Sdiff bntte eine 9robe
i9por5e 9ube uIs nmastot". 9(us
ireenb einem 9runbs tiimmerte iib
htemaub Inn bas Sier, bspor Oas
Sdiff in bic S9Indt sinsriff. Sos
balo o6er bns srIte @ei6ob bns
Sdiff traf, erTdien bic &aBe an 9ed
uno iprnng nit einsm md6tigen
Sobe iiber 9Oro. Sn oos S6iff in
oieIem glusenblid q anotsn lief,
tonnte ielbit bic sutmiitisite Seers
jade bic Sobs nidt mebr retten. -
Iuf bem 0sds zines oritten S9iffes
itrIaierte su sslp0bnIiden 3eitsn Elm
9antams 3pergbobn pi6tiger ols Der
i4nsioisits SaOett berum unO IieB
linen bo6en Wlut erfennen. glher ols
bic erfe aortGtI9e bem S6iffe bes
9nntoms in bic Seite fu6r, perlor
Der 3persbobn auf einmol Ieinsn
Stols. er flos unb rutI6te sinen III.
bissu Dinbfang bsruuter. Ro9bcr,
ala bic SfIodt poriibsr lpor, rpuroe
er ssrettst unO photographer. oa Iab
sr souS onbers aus aIs friiher.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

S51be bes Souptiitcr0onges ii6er Sic
SHbtorpotben bei PreOeal 5etpeICn.
Cine regetredte @elogerung, BEL rer
bic g(rtilcrie bos enti6eioenOe 8ort
su Iprehen. bic Snfauterie i'm
!. .Sturmon9riff oen @aQ oes @ebirs
.ees binauf oie Our9 Ni6rier unO
Sau6iBe porbereitete GntI&eioung,
Stequng lin Stellung uno Suppe
am &uppe, gu OOGl5ieGen 3atte, lit
ber @erbrGngung bes 9egners unO
elmer I6peren gtieoerIose poranges
aonsen. Bel S6ers5Dm0s, tpo bic
IeBte Stelgung besinnt Iie9t bic
3nBIo6le 916 Meter bod; Preoeol
?elbIt, bie @oferI6eibe, errettht etpo
on6ertboIb Silometer peiter 1040
Meter 6Obe. llrolte, itarte. temooItc
8iefern unO flbern i6immernSe
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

be6r inb Ieut6aren panSerlafetten fiir
Sdnellfsuettononen. DaSu tommen
nod an bic 400 6erns unb Rab-
tompfgeihiiBe aIs belpeg!iae arttllss
riItifde Reierpe.
Die militGriIde 9eOeutung BON
9utarsIt liest in isiner SsntraIsu 2as
&c sipif6sn Der 9onnu unb ben
SrunsipIOnniIben 9lIpen Iopie an
Sauptpertebrscosrn spiThen Siebsns
biirsen unb BEN idiffbaren Strom.
Die Ri9tuns unb 2Gnse bieIer @crs
tinbungen 1T ous Der Sii35s gu sr-
iebeu. Sn 8utareIt Iinb cud bic
tauptid6IidIten mititGrtidsn Derts
ititten oes 2onoss tor5sntrisrt. ylads
teili9 limb bas eruBs 9eIobunssbes
oiirfnis uno oos offsne unb be-
betungsloIe llmselGnbe.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

iie6er ben Sal hcn PreOeal, Der
liberalization an Fer Strede Srons
ftobtS8utareF, tei pclGer Der
Shlrmangriff her beutIdtn InO uns
9ariT6en Sruppcn aui einen 3afen
DiOerItonO geitcBen battle, b,riftete
Ieiner3cit Elm OeuiI4er &riegsseri4ts
erItotter:
SSn Der 9egeno oss @u6n9rfs fans
ben 6eftige StroBentdmpfe ita!t:
SOUS um Snus muBte i'm Sturm
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

eenommen psrben. 9sm Gturm ging
TorgTdltige nrti[IertItiide 9orbereis
tung poran. bel Der au9 i6pere
8oli6er mitfpirtten; bic arttleriItts
Fde @egenpebr bes 5einbes mar nur
T9pa9. llmfo energiI6er bat feline
Snfonterie 9etdmpft unO bic i6r ons
pertrauten StelIungen gebolten, bis
iie i'm 9aionettz unO Souogronotens
fcmpf oarous entfernt nuroe. Die
8erluite 6es SeinOes an 8erpunOe<
ten unb Soften iino bemgemdB obers
mals betrd9tIih.
Set benz Sale SronituOts iino
bic 9ertreter Ser neutrolen unb Der
oeutT6en 9refe mebr als 2 WOhen
lang 3eu9en Oes Samples I'm Die
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

OesaenoTen. glls trtbutpflidtiger
Su3erGnitGtsitaat Der Siirtei mar
man, Iofern man ii9 ni9t auf bic
tiirtii9e Seite i9logen polIte, mebr
pbsr peniger pebrlos benz ruIiiI9en
Our9mari9 preisgegeben uno gu eis
ner MilitGrfonpention nit Dem 3as
renrei6 serabeju georGngt, bem man
nun bebingungsIos bas geiomte Gts
fenbobrnsb au eigcner 9enuBung
iiberlaTen muBte. Mian erIebte 5par
Oie @enugtuung, benRuhen Dor PIelp<
na aus Der Pati1e gu Relfen uno iith
10 bic Bis babtn perIogte militdrii9e
9ernertung als eben5iirtiger @affenz
genoHe gu ertdmpfen. glber bic beim
'Srieoeusi9lub bur1 ben 3pnng gum
9(ustauI9 torrreiden beBarabiIaen
9ebietes gesen elm Stiid Der uns
fru9tbaren 9obtubi9a erIittene ni6t
seraOe 9IimpfliAe ScbanOIung par
9runb genug, iih rad Der bur4
ben @srIiner @ertrog erlongten gns
ertenrung Der Itaatli9en llna6bdngigz
felt bur9 line ousret9enbe 2anbess
befeItisung militGriIdb quf eigene Siis
BE su itellen. 90 entItonoen bic befez
i!igte SeretBlinie nit ben s3satGen BEL
SocIani unb @aloB, Der Sonouz
briidentopf BEL GSernoipobn sur Siz
9erung Der 0pnoubriide, Der 9riidens
topF 6et benz StroBens unO 8obntnos
tenpuntt Slotina an 9llt unO 8utos
reit aIs 9rOBe 2agerfeitigung uno
sentrales ReOuit les geIamten 2ans
Neutrality-suspicious.
3ur glufItellung Der erforOerli1en
Gntpitrfs bate man iidb BON 9elgien
General 9rinlmont, ben S90pfer Der
beIgiihen presipns fortifiees" aus
erbetsn rno na9 Isinen gtnIeitungen
lit bann gang beIonOcrs in ben Sab
rem DON 1885 bis 1896 bic 5eItung
9utareit entItonbeu. Obslei9 bic
rumGniI9en 9efeItigungen i6rer gonz
gen glrlage no9 in erIter 2inie ges
gen RuBlanb gsridtet iino, botte bod
bic onmnlige glntpeienbeit 8rialmonts
in HumGnien SeIterreic9s Gmpiinbs
liGteit gereiSt. Gs er6lidte bierin
eine uufreunbli6e Sonblung uno ere
lpirtte bon 8eI9ien bic @erIebung Oes
9ene-nls in ben &u6e etonO, Jie aber
MIR line boriibergebenbe geblieben lit.
g(e6nIi6 pie beim belgiitbsn Sortifis
tationSipitem, porob bel gtnttperpen,
lit bic SouptOerteibigungstraft ouf
einen itarten Sortsgiirtsl nit etngss
ihobenen 3lpiiebenperten uno 3pis
ichenbotterien obseRsIt, BEL benen bic
8e,cbiibe inter PanSertuppeln ober
iOnitiser PanSerung iteben. 9o5u
tommen nod fabrbare uno perI6is6s
bare nit 9ei6iiBen perIebene qnnz
3ertiirme, beren 9erpenbung bdbur9
srlsi6tert ipirb, bab, pie aus rer
Stis5e srit9tlid lit, Der gau5e Sort
treis bon elmer giirtel6obn bur6sos
gen pirb. Bel Der GrIteaun9 bieIer
8ertsirigungsmittel lit es einem sros
zen &pnturrenStampf sfpii6eu pons
serz unb 9eIfiiberseu9niiIen beutIf)en
uno frans0IiIden llrIprunos unb bos
nit su groBen unb pertpoIGen Shisks
berIu6sn oegsn 9mserobiette iibers
baupt aetommsn. 9obei baben I6liebs
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21
GIaRstiere.

SIR genr6men auf ben cnsliidlcn
Sricssidliffen.
@ie bic engIii6en Gesimenter, nas
mentlid bic 6reirpillisensRes esimentsr
Der Observation-Disclosures, ibre 3iege,
ibren affsn. i6re antilOpe. ibr &dns
gurub aIs Sliidstters nit Ii1 auf ben
&riessIdnuplab bringen, 10 baben
aud OerI4ieOens engliIae ariegss
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

G6eltannen umrobmen ben 0aIos
lucg, ais Der bic 9OItitrobe iif bier
in tur3en, engen Winoungen CUR
S06e InlGngelt. @unosrbure 0ur6s
blide Dffnen iidb BON 3eit gu 3eit
riidrpdrts ouf bas na9 SrOnitabt
langIam obfoaenbe, BON Den So61ez
firgsblDdcn bes S4uIer unO Sos
tenitein, aIIo Bergen etipn bonn
Bang Der S9neetOppe, umrobmte
G0mDStal. gluf OieIsr SurOenItrobe
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21

ti9 Die bsutI6en Jo6rite bon 9rupp
uno 8ruion bos 5elO bebauptet, 10
OoB bic gon5e glnlage unb bic barin
perlpenoeten @eI6iiBe i'm ipsIentliden
aus beutI9em Wtnteridt 6eite6en.
Sa 9utoreIt nit Icinen 80 Auaz
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-12-21
Die festuno Bucharest.

Die QusgsitnGtung Der rumGniIden
9onOeabouptitobt gu elmer 2ogerfes
flung moOernIten Spps onEiert bonn
ruITId=tiirfiidsn 9riege 1877/7S
ur, Der banoIisen 9e6onbluns Rus
mdniens bur4 feinen ruIiiIhen 9uns
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Cooks Revenge.

Tn the peaceful quietude Of a sum-
mer evening, 4 red-faced cook put
her head out of the window of a sub
urban house and shouted: "Thieves!
POlice!' at the top Of her lungs.
Instantly all was confusion. The
neighbOrS left their houses, and q per-
spring policeman came reluctantly up
the steps of an area opposite and COM
menced a search for the marauders.
But not soul could he find. Every
thing in the house was in apple-pie Or
der, and, after looking about for some
time, he left in disgust.
Martha, why in the world did you
give that false alarm?" her mistress
asked her afterwards. *a's~ .e.t:t.-.
"To have my revenge on the police
man, ma am" Martha candidly con-
fessed. 'The brute's thrown me over
for the cook across the way, and he
was just sitting down to supper there
when 1 called out: 'Police!" and made
him run. Now the grub will be cold,
and I know from experience, ma'am,
that if there's anything on earth that
makes Robert wish hisself dead, it's
cold rabbit-pie !"-Iit-Bits.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
DIET AND CHILDREN'S TEETH
Modified Cows Milk Is Best Artificial
Food-VegetabIes, Fruit and
Meat Necessary.

DecayeS teeth are found in from sc
to 50 per cent of school children.
Children who are fed exclusively at
the breast for the first six months of
life have decayed teeth in about 40
per cent, those fed on cows milk in
about the same proportion, while
those fed.on sweetened condensed milk
show it in about 20 per cent.
DR.. Joseph Durand says in the Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa
ton that if an infant cannot be nursed
by it's mother it must be fed on COWS
milk properly modified, and that very
early in it's career-abOut the sixth
mOnth-this must be supplemented
with vegetables, fruit and meat. AS
soon as its teeth begin to come it must
have food that will exercise the teeth
and jaws-tough meat, bacon rind,
hard crusts, apples, celery, etc, And
the meal should always end with
some fibrous, preferably acid food,
such as salad or fruit, as these pro-
woke u flow of highly alkaline saliva.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Turkish Women.

Turkish women are to be counted
among the most industrious on earth.
They do Il vast amount of work. They
make carpets, screens for doors, work
bags, horse clothing and blankets. A
Turkish girl makes all the kibitka or
tent carpets, and other household req
uiSites before she is married. If she
gets married without completing the
task it is expected that she will, by
her own labor, refund the money which
her parents have given her as Il dOwry.
This usually consists Of Il hundred
sheep and q certain amount of money,
which the bridegroom pays to the par
ents Of the bride. He also treats his
friends to a succession Of horse races
and other sports. An important part
is to decorate n camel with the hand
soonest trappings, which are sent to
the brides tent On this she goes forth
to receive congratulations of relatives
and friends. 1t is on this she is car
ried away by the female relatives OF
the BRIDEGROOM. She and her attend
ants feign to resist the act by throwing
raw oats at the other women.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
HANDY MAN BEST HUSBAND.
incident Showing How the Useful
Husband Is Right on
the Job.

Men who can turn their hands TO
any sort of job that needs doing are
very useful as husbands. Mr.. Pickles
was>one of these useful gentlemen. His
amlable wife asked him to hang q. pic
ture she had purchased for the parlor.
and he said that he would do it Gin n
jiffy."
You must get me the cord and a
picture hook" he said to his wife, land
ten the servant girl to run down into
the cellar and bring up the stepladder
and carry it into the parlor, and
where's those two little screw thinga-
majigS that go into the back of the
frame at the sides to put the cord
through
Look them up for me; and 1 shall
require the gimlet to bore a little hole
for the screws. Somebody get the
gimlet: or Se" .SES ca" Gu drive them in
With . kahif8sf. JOHNNY NySs FSS
down into the Cellar and get the ham
mer. Perhaps chair would be better
than the Stepladder.
Somebody go out into the kitchen
and get me a chair. I don't want to
stand on one of the parlor chairs. Got
that cord? Just measure off about the
right length and fasten it to those lit
tie things at the side.
There, now; there's your picture
hung up, and no fuss about it, The
difference between us men and you
women is that whon uyo bovo apu-
thing to do, we do it and don't talk
all day about t."-Pittsburgh Chroni-
Gle Telegraph.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
AeropIanes to Guide Ships.

Aeroplanes for sighting icebergs and
icefelds, to enable a ship to steer clear
of them, are being seriously consid-
cred by Norwegian steamship COM
pany that has many difficulties from
ice. The steamers of the line ply to
Siberian ports by an Arctic ocean
route, which is badly blocked by ice
foes in some seasons.
Under the present method, when
foes are sighted by the lookout, the
steamer has to cruise back and forth
until it finds way through or around
the foes, and much time is thus lost.
The proposal is to have an aero
plane on each steamer and to have one
of the crew trained to fly. When ice
is sighted the aeroplane would go up
and the airman could in many in
stances see that in a certain direction
the water was clear, or perhaps even
determine the entire extent of the
foes. His report would then enable
the captain to fix the shortest route
round the obstruction.
Methods of launching an aeroplane
from the deck of a vessel are still i'm
perfect, and other obvious difficulties
appear; but the company has the idea
in mind and hopes it may find it feaS-
ible.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
GYPSIES WHO LIVE ON WATER
Fifty thousand Nomads, 1t Has Been
Estimated, "Run the Banks"
Of the Mississippi.

The lower Mississippi river is<one of
the greatest houseboat play regions of
the United States Beginning in the
early autumn, people who dread the
colo and who seek long winter rest
leave Ohio and upper Mississippi river
towns and seek the thousand miles of
flowing road from Cape Girardeau to
the Gulf of Mexico. This fall migra.
tfon OF huInanity-this wandering of
river gypsies is one of the strangest i'm
the country.
1t is said there are more than fifty
thousand people living on the hundred
thousand miles Of navigable streams
In the Mississippi basin. These are
the shanty boaters, who dwell in vari-
Gus ways on the rivers and rubbing
the banks" Besides these river people
there are large numbers of sportsmen
and temporary residents afloat in mo-
Ior R2AfES W! aSEg gvup1YYaT, rsSs,,.eg
popGsS~tt.leh ~ stee11 ,hsaabbs One STliSed
thousand, not including the steam
boatcrs," who scorn the shanty boat
ers.
Between the two~classes of river
people is a feud that dates from the
old keelboat days. when steam power
deprived the huge rOwboats of their
passenger and freight traffic.
The shanty bOaters are strange float
ing nOmads. They have many kinds
of boats, which they call "cabin boats"
and which range all the way from q
'hOgpen on a raft" to luxurious gaso-
line-driven households of large size
and beautifully equipped. An iceman,
whose factory is in a lower Ohio town,
slips away at the end of his season
and cruises in the low Mississippi dur
ing the winter months, accompanied
by hunting dogs, a deckhand, and q
| motor engineer. He is a real Shanty
bOater, because he knows all the old
timers and dwells in amity with them,
though he drives a $4,000 houseboat
and some of his good friends live in
| driftwOOd scOws covered with tent
of old canvas patched with tar paper.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
The Country Weeker.

DR.. Horace LeavenwOrth Hall, the
nieneer of the children's country
week movement in the West, said
the other day in Denver:
'The examples Of slum childrens lg-
n0rance are as incredible as they gre
innumerable.
"a farmers wife pointed out to a
sl11m urchin a flock Of birds wing
ing their way across the evening
Sky.
"'Oh, look at the pretty birds! she
said.
".Poor things! said the urchin.
Poor little things! They haven't got
no cages, have they?"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Close Observer,

The day was windy. Her skirts
were short. Likewise they weressilken
and maze full at the hem. Her waist
was cut low.
"There) goes a girl" said Traffic Pa
trolman Brown, chat ought to be made
to wear more clothes. It's scandal
1ous. But I don't know as the law
could make her do it.,
"No, you can't pinch her for that"
agreed his friend, Patrolman Mike
Kirby in the noon comment at the
meeting of the beats, ''but 1 tell you
what you could do"
Kirby surveyed her ankles of pin
like slenderness obviously.
''You might pinch her for having no
visible means of support. st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Value Of Breathing Rightly.

Thomas Kane, a Chicago business
man, tells how he regained his health
after a nervous breakdown when ne
was forty-eight. He says:
Gust three things are absolute ne
cessities for the smooth running and
longevity of these human machines OF
ours: They are pure air, pure water
and plain food. Food alone mas d
nrice. Both air and water are coos
free gifts. And yet not one person IN
10000 breathes enough pure dry air !;
not one in a thousand drinks enough
nure water, and nearly all of us eat too
much" -American Magazine 80
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
citv of Rethuna in History.

Bethune, which is on the road to
Peronne, is French town with fas-
chatting history, and is now in the
throes of the great struggle, as the pos
session of these two towns means the
gaining of the German defense of Pr
card. Bethune is situated on q rock
facing the river Brette. Until 1713 If
was of Flemish occupation, and in the
early ages the Scottish family of Be
thune is said to have gone from here
TO England with William Of Normandy.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Mrnnn Einnre of speech.

'In your sermon this morning YOU
spoke of baby as "a new wave on the
ocean of life,'" said the church war
den. who had recently become a Ia
Their, to the vicar in the vestry.
81 did," replied the vicar; 1T was a
poetic figure Of speech" -,
"Dcn't you think "a fresh squau
would have hit the mark better"'-
Stray Stories.