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power. Vast amounts are required, but
still more essential are convenience
the pigs from which the armor plates
are made. but also the specially treat
ed steel plates which will be required
in naval construction.
Congress acted wisely in leaving the
location of the place to the general
board, for 1t Is best able to pass upon
the question from the military point
of safety in time of. war, and that is
the paramount thing for the real ac-
complishment of the purpose for which
the plant is to be created, and. by reason
of their ENTHUSIASTICALLY of
the ordnance depa rtment-that body is
well fitted from the economic point to
make the selection. The donation OF
lands. promises of improvements and
the like should have no weight against
these claims"
plate in the United States-Bethlehem,
Carnegie and Midvale-have plants
which can turn out about 10000 tons
of Plate suitable for the side armor
and turrets of dreadnaughrs. For the
two new battleships New Mexico and
California, authorized in 1915, it is safe
to say, there will not be less weight
of armor required than the Pennsyl-
vania, which carries 7.132 tons on her
sides and turrets.
In the following year armor must be
provided for four program battleships.
which may be reasonably placed at 4o,-
900 tons, besides four battle cruisers, as
to which any statement is a mere guess.
but guess of 10000 tons is conserva-
tive. To this add 80 per cent for faulty
plates which must be discarded and for
plates subjected to ballistic test or shell
proving tests on the proving grounds,
and it will be found that each super
dreadnaught will require about 10000
tons.
For the remaining program ships
rwo years., figured on the same basis,
not less than 10000 tons more Will be
work for the new factory. which can
not be made ready too soon.
In the construction of battleshfp.
the barbettes and parts of the turrets
the side armor is applied after the yes
sci is at the dock. The operation taxes
care and time.
The thickness of the plates varies
and the difficulties of manufacture in
crease with the size and thickness OF
the plates. AS is generally understood.
the essential thing in armor is that 1t
shall have surface hardened to the
last degree, to break up the projectile
and prevent penetration. but If this
process were continued throughout, the
plate would become so brittle that 1T
would shatter under impact.
To prevent such calamity the plate
which may be a foot thick, is given the
hard surface gradually. after certain
depth, softening to the back of the
plate.
A plant capable of turning out the
annual 10000 tons required by the Con.
gress. according to the estimates OF
the committee appointed by Congress
and reporting in 1915, will cost at least
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seeding must possess some very desir
able cultural characteristics to save it
from the discard.
We make several tests of each seed
and complete data are kept for each
individual tuber. You know the COM
position of the potato changes slightly
in storage, some of the starch being
converted into sugar and the water
eyaporating. Have you ever noticed
tato late in winter? Its cooking quail
ties. therefore. vary slightly at differ
ent seasons of the year. The descrip-
tions and measurements of each potato
are kept on uniform cards.
There are three general tests which
we apply to each potato-boiling, bak-
ing and potato chips. The first two
methods of cooking are the foundation
of practically all the ways in which
potatoes are served in the household.
The latter Is a method Of commercial
utilization which has been developed as
distinct industry as well as an i'm
portant adjunct of delicatessen and
bakery trade. If potato viii prove
satisfactory when subjected to these
three tests ii is good for almost any
thing. We use. as a standard. the
Green Mountain. one of the most satis
factory. all-round cooking varieties.
Some of the seedlings grade higher in
comparison, some lower.
There are many more characteristics
in a potato than the average person
would believe one with disagreeable
flavor or with bad color is of no use
for culinary purposes, and if a potato
profitable. If II is lacking IN the quail
ties of mealineSs when baked or boiled,
it is Of little general value and is
graded mealy potato makes the
vided that the starch is well soaked out
beforehand.
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A

ent time When made, 1t was placed at
S1.36S 900 annually, to be distributed
among 1.52S persons required to pro-
duce armor enough for two batt1eships
a year.
BY allowing per cent, or 1920, 900 a
year, for repairs and general upkeep,
but nothing for depreciation. fire losses.
Navy Department administration or in
terest on investment, it was expected
to produce the armor plate if the plant
were operated the year around at full
power, at the rate of S230.11 a ton,
which was made up of labor, s71.92,
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Shameless.

MAI. GEN. LEONARD WOOD said in
AVA a preparedness argument at a din
ner in New York:
''The man who opposes preparedne SIS
expects his brother to do his fighting for
him. This man is as shameless as the
chap who said:
well. I'm going to get married next
week
:. What will you live on-love" asked
a candid friend.
mo was the reply. Wen live on
loves .ather.'
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-HE last Congress directed the

-HE last Congress directed the
Secretary of the Navy to pro-
vide, either by erection or pur-
S chase of factory, for the man
ufacture of armor plate for the navy.
! 1t must have an annual capacity of
10000 tons and be located at place OF
places approved by the general board of
the navy, with especial reference to
safety in times of war. Admiral Dewey
is the presiding officer of this board.
Such 4 factory will cost at least s10.-
100000 to construct. When running at
full capacity-and there will be for at
least several years a demand for more
than 10000 tons of armor plate-will
furnish employment to something over
1,50o men with pay roll of at least
$500, 00o II is. therefore, not surpris-
ing to see so many sections of the coun-
try striving to secure this prize, each
for its own locality.
The Secretary has given opportunity
to representatives of any place to pre-
sent it's claims as the logical location
for the plant. And the cities and locali-
ties interested have not been at all back
ward in taking the Secretary at his
word. ''Wires'-that mysterious and
omnipotcnt power popularity supposed
to lead to all throneS-are being pulled,
and pulled hard. Naval officers. MEM
! bers of Congress and others having even
vestige of authority are being but
tonholed and portuned-particularly
by those from 1.-The provinces who
know not the ways of Washington. The
race is a merry one. But underneath
of sound thinking representatives of the
various localities. And Washington is
in the thick of the fight.
The reasons which will govern the
board are extremely complex, but some
of the principles do seem simple enough.
The. first is necessarily the military
reason declared by Congress that it shall
he located with especial reference to
safety in time of war"
1T would be difficult to find a place
of safety in this country" said a naval
officer the other day. "if with no
stronger army than the one the govern
ment now has available. That safe
place certainly would not be near an
unprotected part of the seacoast, for an
enemy would undoubtedly make the
arsenals steel and munition factories its
early objective. and. if successful. it
would be of small moment whether
somewhere in the interior the govern
ment maintained an armor plant
However. with the strengthening of
the navy. time may be gained to mobilF
ize an army. and then if our munition
factories, docks and yards can be held,
the preservation of an active armor
plant will be of inestimabIe value in
completing ships under construction
and those which would be created in
the tremendous effort which would fol-
low when the nation took it's defense
with seriousness.
The safety in time of war NAV
therefore be considered from two points
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metal $107.14. repairs and maintenance
s40.72. maintenance of plant 5000.
In producing the 10000 tons of ar
NOR about 10000 tons of ingots must
be, treated. The difference does not.
however, represent "A total loss. for the
large part of it becomes scrap and is
again reduced to ingots. All these re-
suit in the production of about two
plates day, each weighing on the av-
erage about thirty tons, although they
vary greatly in size and shape. accord
ing to the part of the ship they are de-
signed to protect.
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standing very high in all her classes
and winning the Phi Beta Kappa pin
for distinguished scholarship. Al
though she is yet very young woman.
she is deeply interested in the special
scientific work she is efficiently accom-
plishing for the Department of Agri-
culture and for the community at large
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"A good salad potato should possess
slightly different characteristics from
one primarily intended for baking,
mashing. etc. 1t should be firm and
waxy in texture. with cohesive psr;i-
cles. so that the flesh may be cut into
cubes without crumbiing Many OF the
large hotels and restaurants, before the
war. imported foreign potatoes for
salad purposes, the yellow, Waxy flesh
OF these German and Holland varieties
being well adapted to this method of
preparation.
one of Prof Stuart's aims has been
TO breed an american variety which
would possess the requisite salad char
acteristics. and Il number of the seed
ing crosses between nativc and Euro
pean or South American varieties have
Eeen developed with that end in view"
II was In her businesslike Office on
the fourth door of one of the build
ings which house the bureau Of plant
industry that Miss Connor received her
interviewe", and the latter. looking
vaiply for sigr of culinary out1t. re-
ceived an invitation to inspect the eX-
perlmental laboratory of the potato ex-
pert.
The kitchen where Miss connor
makes her cooking tests Is in the base
ment OF the building, and is not at all
unlike well kept family kitchen. The
hrst object Of interest is the electric
oven, where the baking tests are car
provided with a thermostat. which en-
abies one to control the temperature
oven almost to a degree.
To make assurance doubly sure. how
ever. there is central oven thermom-
eter as well. and with the aid of lit
tie electric light inside the oven cham
ber the readings can. be taken at any
time through the glass window in
front. BY means of this accurately
controlled equipment each seeding po-
tato is given uniform test
"All the potatoes are cooked ct the
same oven heat" explained the genius
of this laboratory kitchen, "and the in
terror Of each is allowed TO reach the
same temperature. This latter is de-
ternined b. means of small ther-
mometer inserted into the center of
each potato. There Is. of course. q
great difference in the length Of time
II takes different potatoes to cook, de-
pending upon their size. shape. etc.
the different seedlings show great
variation from standard. some being
most unecononjcal and requiring en-
ire TOO much time and heat
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that of putting the armor plant so far
west of the Atlantic that it will be be-
yond any but the most arduous cam
paign for land forces to reach and de-
stroy it. or to put it near the coast,
preferably on deep water, but SO far
from the coast line that it could not be
reached by gunffre from an attacking
fleet
"Such a location as New York navy
yard, however great the other advan-
tages of the place, would not be safe,
for with modern long range fire a feet
might to able to reach 1t. Washington,
Norfolk or Philadelphia. inaccessible
from the ocean, are in this respect
preferable, as the waters by which they
are approached would be easily mined
and fleet could hardly force the shore
batteries.
'"The advantage of being on deep
water is that the vessels could easily
be taken to the factory to receive their
armor. or it could be transported to
the ships home yard, which ever way
the constructors found preferable.
For other than military reasons.
principles of economy, involving con-
venience, must govern the selection.
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This last year ran 4 series Of ex-
pcr.ments with one standard variety
o. potatoes, testing out the most de-
sirable oven temperature for baking.
There is a marked difference in the
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Quite bit has been done along this
line said the mistress of the domain.
1--WE haverun potato chip tests with all
of the seedlings as we'll as with many
of the standard varieties of potatoes.
and have tried many different oils and
cooking compounds. The best potato
chips are made with a high-grade veg
etable cooking OIL 1 have made mum :
ber OF visits to potato chip factories
in the east to learn their methods of
procedure on large scale. and am
trying to secure as complete a file as
possible of firms making chips COM
mercially and of their machinery and
equipment. as well as of -.,facturers
of cooking compounds a..
Il describe and grade every pUla.o
myself, using different score cards for
the different methods of preparation.
but TO fortify this individual estimate
there Is judging committee of three.
whose decisions are averaged and COM
pared with mine before final report
is made"
The experience which she has gained
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05
BLOOMINGTON CENTER

Mrs. Mahlon Seymour is visiting her
mother.
Dan Fox has sold his farm and stock
to Ellie Clark.
Ellie Clark 8 little child had the mis-
fortune to break his arm last week.
Mrs. Ellie Clark has been quite sick
with pneumonia, but is now recovering.
Joe Young has bought Of DR.. Wright
the farm where Elmer Norrie is living.
Mahlon Seymour has bought the Roy
Morey house Of Ira Gray and is moving
in.
Joe Young has let his farm to George
Young and will move onto his new
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Emerson went tc
Charleston, N. H., last Monday to look
for a farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett of Westmore
visited their daughter, Mrs. John Bull
lock, and son, De!mer Bennett, one day
last week.
Mr.. Peppin's little girl was taken
sick Sunday and died in a few hours.
1t is thought she ate something that
poisoned her.
Mothers day, May IA, will be OBJ.
served here at the Center with appro.
pirate exercises. Everybody come anc
hear and enjoy them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05

uttered these words, when d melan-
choly strain of song was borne upon
their ears, and as the boat drew
near, one of the occupants halloed,
oh dar, dis Can ada?"
The captain answered, Yes, this
is Canada; steer in" And as the
boat came into the radiant circle of
light, the excursionists beheld three
mulattoes.
Wen, we'll, chaps" said the
captain, you're out on dark
nights voyage"
Jea' fy5 Their complexion" in
terrupted Hunter John.
What interests have you in Can
ada?" asked the judge.
Yves gwine dar fo' freedom, !"
answered they. And at that reply
the excursionists took off their hats
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05

land settlements. The famous Gen
eral John Stark, who commanded at
Bennington, and who said, The
battle must be won or Mollie Stark
sleeps widow, was in his earlier
life captured, while on a hunting
expedition, by the St. Francis In
dams and carried captive north
ward over this route. Two thirds
of the lake lies in Canada. 1t
abounds in salmon trout and mus
callonge." Baited hooks were thrown
out and several huge muscallonge
were caught. Large, fierce, vora-
cious, they made a sturdy fight.
But amt they game" exclaimed
Hunter John, Ny goodness! Why,
that fish could tow raft" The
party visited the two islands in the
lake called the Sister Islands, F." and
skirted along the western shore,
under the massive mountains of
Owls Head, Sugar Loaf and Ele-
phantis. At every lurch of the
boat, especially when she tackled,
Hunter John gave signs of great
concern. Il can stand solid in my
boots back where | b'ong. When a
mountain leans over to one side, n
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70 Be Continued
Was Troubled at Night

Painful, annoying bladder weakness
usually indicates kidney trouble. So
do backache, rheumatism, sore, swol.
len or stiff muscles or joints. Such
symptoms have been relieved by Foley
Kidney Pills. Henry Rudolph, Carmi
ILL.,, writes: "Since taking Foley Kid
ney Pills | sleep all night without get
ting up"
JOHN w. THURsTON, Island Pond.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05

is steep | can grab root or crevice
in a rock and hang on; but this ere
teetery footin' is a leetle too onsar-
tin for me- AS dusk came on they
hoated into deep grotto at one Of
the small, round islands aud pulled
their boat out on to the sands.
"Wa-al, | declare, " observed Hunter
John, who'd a thought we was
comm to such a refuge! Didn't see
it TIL right in it; guess the Cap'n's
got his pints fer refuge agin the
storm, or anything else chasin'.
A-ighty good place for a prosecuted
son O. Ham to hide in"
He is safe on this island, no slave
hunter would dare touch him here;
the English flag protects him." said
the captain. But" added he,
there's been many a smuggler over
hauled in this cave; so many, that
it is called "SmuggIer's Cave"
The party maze their bivouac for
the night in the midst of a dense
thlcket of balsams, under a shelter
Of bougb5 sufficient 10 shield them
from the deW-fall. The campfire
was built and set ahoat Hunter
John chopped down two slender sap
lihgs, and Uncle Ez nailed upon
them cross pieces Of smaller sap
lings, then setting it afoat and las
tening ashore, the campers piled on
it an enormous heap of dry fir brush,
and lighting it, they all got into
their boat and with long chain and
rope towed the campfire out into
the lake several rods from shore,
and drifted about much TO the mer-
riment of the party.
Wa-al, that's the fust time ever
seed campfire travel" said Hunter
John.
Your campfire in the woods
can't beet mine on the water" said
the captain.
But mine stays where We build
it, less it's too dry and gets to
spreadin', like what slavery is tryin'
to do; but the amt no danger O.
that if We dig a trench deep n wide
enough, that'll say We can't go fur
der, n it'll burn itself out"
If there should be any forIorn
castaway adrift, he will see my
campfire and steer hither," said the
captain.
If yer fire amt all burnt out
afore he gifts here, if it's, he may
run agin its smouldering saplin's in
the dark way off from where twas,
n git upset, n not knows well
where he is as afore he saw yer fire.
Mine in the woods stays put, N
when We get TO it it's there, or
where twas" said Hunter John.
That's So, said the judge, the
only safe beacon on sea or land is
that which is stable and fixed"
Alas" said hardwood, how
transient are life's joys, how brief
their stay, how bright and spark
ling, like this campfire on the water,
and then gone, suddenly and for
ever Behold how far apace its
light shines, giving light and JOY to
us encircled within its radiance, and
a beam of good cheer to any be-
holding from afar
There's someone coming now,
out from the darkness on the
water" said the captain, Il guess
our campfire is affording a beacon
after all; the boat is heading
straight toward us.
The captain had no more than
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05
Has a Good Reputation

The original and genuine Honey and
Tar cough syrup is Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound and because this has
given such universal satisfaction and
cured so many cases of coughs, colds
Group and whooping cough there are
limitations and substitutes offered tC
the public, Insist upon Foley's.
T0HN w THURsTON, lslap' Pond.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05
and cheered them Justify.

The floating campfire had burned
low and by its fading light the
campers rowed ashore, followed by
the newborn sons of liberty, whom
their light had guided thither.
Around the campfire in the midst of
their camp, they laid upon beds of
soft boughs Of young hemlocks and
listened to the tale of the refugees
wanderings to the land of the Uni
corn.
70 Be Continued
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05
CUT This Quit Is Worth Money

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with five cents to Foley s.
Co., Chicago, ILL.,. writing your name
and address clearly. You win receive
in return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey aud Tar Compound for
bronchial coughs, colds and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets.
John W. THURsToN, Island Pond.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05
MORGAN GORE,

The Housewives League viii hold
their first meeting of the season with
Mrs. Jessie Adams Thursday, May 1lth.
Roll call to be answered by Q verse with
the word "Welcome. "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-05
Keeping UD to the Mark

Spring fever is not always joke.
If you feel dull and sluggish, tired and
Worn out, suffer from backache or
weak back, rheumatism sore muscles,
stiff joints or other Indication Of kid
ney trouble, it Will ply YOU to inge3ti-
gate Foley Kidney Pills. They are
highly recommended as prompt and
efficient aids to health.
JOHN W. THURsroN. Island Pond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-02
BISHOP K|LGO TO Be
PRESIDING OFFICER
VIII wieId GaveI at Annual Confer
ence of Virginia Nethodists-other
Assignments Given Out

Bishop John c. KilGo Will preside
over the session of the Virginia Con-
ference TO be held in Richmond next
November. He will also preside over
the North Carolina and the Western
North Carolina Conferences Bishop
Hoes will preside over the Baltimore
Conference. Bishop Gambler over the
Upper South Carolina Conference and
Bishop Atkins over tho South Carolina
Conference. This will be third time
that Bishop Kilso has presided over
the Virginia Conference. having pre-
slded at lhe conferences held ut Sails
bury and at Portsmouth Bishop Kilso
IL one Of the strong preachers OF the
Episcopal College, and Is unusuaIIy
gifted In svangeiisttc work. H. was
for many years before his election
president of Trinity College, North
Carolina.
During the campaign for Statewide
prohibition in Virginia Bishop KiiEo
showed his great interest In tha work
by giving week OF hts time ia nliing
appointments for prohibition spesch-s
ana IN every case no made telling
speeches. setting forth the great and
benetcsnt results of prohibition In
North Carolinn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-02
SHAKESPEARE PAGEANT
MOST PRETENTIOUS OF
CIVIC DEMONSTRATION
Richmond Celebrates TercentenarS Of
Hard of Avon At Weethampton
Thursday and Friday.
ALL DETAILS HAVE BEEN
FAITHFULLY ARRANGED
The Warwick shire Country and the
STAFFORD Arc ReprnducsSt on Rich
mnnd College Gampus-Eiizab etirau
Bali to Bc Thursday Night.

Among The civic dem STATIONS Of
magnitude the Shakesperean pageant,
celebrating the tercentenary of the
Bard OF Avon. al the Richmond Col
lege grounds ar Northampton Thurs
day and Friday, will stand out as the
most pretenttous ever undertaken by
Richmond people, The days, the
scenes. and The events OF three GEN.
turtles ago in WaIwickshire. where the
immortal poet and playwright spent
his boyhood days. and OF Stanford.
where more mature years passed into
Father Times records, will he faith
fully reproduced by the most emf
nent of Richmon6's talent on those
two days.
All the preliminary work. which
has covered period OF several months
requiring the most painstaking tins
of Miss O. l. Hatcher and an able
corps Of assistants moved by civic
pride has been well handled. A dozen
subcommittee under the magnificent
generalship OF Miss Hatcher. have
looked after details Of costume, Of set
ting. OF music, of art. and OF the more
practical, perhaps, transportation
facilities that must he brought into
play in order to place Richmond
thonsa nds, and the thousands of Viz
ginians who will visit this city to at
tend { pageant. With the actual
stagin i the pageant, but two DAYS
away Sc committees may now be-