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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Big COAST GUNS
MAkENEW RECORD
Sandy Hook Artilerymen Beat
the World in Big-Gun Fire.
SIX HITS IN SEVEN SHOTS
Scored on Moving Target Six Miles
Out at Sea-Al Seven Shots Fired
in Four Minutes and Twenty q
n Seconds

New YOrk.-They did a reasSuring
thing with their big guns at Sandy
Hook the other day. reassurinI for any
people Of this city who may he dis.
turhed from time to time by the peri
odic outbursts Of the army critics who
think that the C~ast artillery doesn't
know how to shoot. On the contrary
they shoot SO well that on the day in
question they broke the worlds record
for hig-gun fire on a range of over ten
thousand yards. Seven shots were
fired and six hits scored with Il l2-lncl
gun playing on Il moving target some,
think owe six miles away, l1,120 yards
to be exact.
The target was a floating pyramid.
1a feet square at the base and Il feet
high. n mere dot on the surface Of the
sea to the gunners at Fort Hancock.
And yet so accurately did they locate
the dot and gauge the motion through
the water that had the flimSy pyramid
target been a battleship. six of those
7.0OOpound projectiles would have
torn through her engine room. There
were not only six hits, but they were
punched hits. And all seven shots
were fired in 4 minutes and 81 seconds.
Furthermore. the target was twO or
three miles farther away than n ship
would be before she could get into the
channel that would enable her to come
up within hitting distance of the city.
The Men Who Did It.
The artillerymen who made this rec
ord were the members of the Forty
eighth company, Lieut.. Marcellus H.
Thompson commanding. OF course.
shooting 12-inch guns so they will hit
something is their regular job, but that
particular days work did attract some
attention. Zone hit in seven ut 10000
yards or owe is considered good shoot
ing.) Thompson says his men did it.
and the men say Thompson did it. The
silence Of a Pinch gun Immediately
before and after is as impressive us it's
roar.
But the supreme instant of its ST.
lence is when it gets up to speak. 1t
has been Sc well fed-1.046 pounds of
steel and 26S pounds of nitrocellulose
this chief speaker at a party that
Is a sort of International entertain.
ment for a visiting fleet. Lieutenant
Thompson. t~Oastmaster. in u word Of
army lingo and a gesture. makes the
introduction. Somebody releases a
metal tooth that had locked and held
another metal tooth. and the az tons
of gun gets up above the parapet, rises
20 feet into the air without Il sound as
its lead counterweight sinks as silently
20 feet down into the e~mplacement.
Then. the speech TO the audience on
the horizon.
Lieutenant Thompson lodges COM
pliments and congratulations by ex-
planning how the record shooting of his
company never would have been pos.
sib!e but for the long years of hard
work and training of the Coast artil-
lery corps us Al whole under the direc.
ton Of General Murray and General
Weaver.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Gone After Some Time.

SIS your ut homer" asked Il
caller Of ~five-year-Old Lola, who un-
swered the bell.
"NO, ma'nm," answered the small
miss. "She went out to get some
time"
ITO get some time!" echoed the call
er. r.
"Yes. mn'nm," replied Lola. "She
snid she vas going over to one of the
nelghbOrs for u minute"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Tho Elrst Steam Engines

The first known o Of steam to
drive q kind of steam engine was de.
scribed by Hero Of Alexandria, prob.
ably in the first or second century b.
C. But the FIRST real steam engines
we're those used At the end Of the sew.
enteenth and in the early eighteenth
centuries for pumping water out Of
mines. Newcomers engine was used
in English mines about I'LL.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Fuss About Missed Shots.

The men of the Firty-eighth COM
pany fuss more about the one shot that
missed than the six that hit. They eX-
plain apologetically that at the instant
the range for the fifth shot 1.-THE one
that missed) came over the wire from
the plotting 0 the gun was fired
and the man at the time-range board
did not hear accurately. He got the
second or third figure beyond the deci-
NAL point wrong. and that made the
next shot fall a trifle short. But the
very next shot not only came within
the limits Of a battleship's vitals hut
demolished the pyramid target itself.
Before thinking that they must have
been very careless on that lost shot,
try to visualize and "audibilize' what
goes on in the e%mplacement and the
range-f1nding station when they are
firing big guns. Remember that they
fire every half-minute, that Il thousand
and n things must be done to the
gun between shots. and that with a
moving target each firing involves a
brand-new problem involving n mass
of hifalutin higher mathematics. Also
that you have to know the answer TO
each OF these problems in 80 seconds.
For each u there are IL men in
the range section or position finding
service, and they must all. agree on the
result, and what they do must be sup
plemented by the AZ men who serve
the gun itself. There can be no hitch,
A blunder Of one sort will lose a shot.
A blunder of another sort will destroy
a gun and scatter the fragments of
half a hundred human bodies I'D and
down the beach.
again. only 20 seconds In which to
do all those tremendous things accu-
rately! Teamwork, II ever there was
such a thing! You can't say that the
brains Of the thing are here or there.
They are everywhere. one great COM
posite brain.
How They Do Il. T.,
The beginning Of each operation is
in the base-lIne observation stations,
two ~observatories $500 yards apart
On the beach. In each Of them a nan
Is observing the moving b~attleshIp
through a powerful glass the intersec-
ton Of the crossed hairs In the glass
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

$50 they had
their Shower
Baths the very
first thing when
they got up"
did they have
their shower baths
In brooks or In
streams asked
Nancy.
II bet / could
guess" said Nick.
"WhereV" asked
Nancy.
wv h y, tn e y
have their Show
or Baths under
the falls that
come down the
sides of rocks.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

with delight. What's your name?'
they cried.
"Tm the little Man Of the ice cream
freezer. Every time ice e is made
in n of the freezers where I live, I
come out on top of the Ice cream
dressed all up as ice cream, too
"'But you look good to eat said one
of the Toad Children.
"'That's what I'm here for and he
looked very happy and pleased about
II. And next time there's ice cream
I'll be here again.
ayes said the Fairy Queen. we're
going to have a hopping game. and
the one who does the greatest number
Of queer hops will eat the little Ice
cream Man! And little Harvey Hop
Tree TOad-Quite a shy little fellow.
won the prize and ate the ice cream
Man, but all the tOads had plenty to
refresh them after their hopping
match"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Driven by II kerosene motor. a mo
tOrcycle has been invented TINT car
ries four persons seated ahend Of n
another and Is controlled by the man
on the back seat.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
ILoowood CONSUMPTION,

The worlds annual consumption of
logwood Is estimated at 100000 tons
Of which 10000 tons are used In the
United States.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Unmaimsd cervantes.

The statement thst Cervantes lost an
arm at the battle Of Lepanto IL tncor'
rect. This common mistake. us Mr..
II. K. Watts and other authorities
have pointed out Is due to forged por-
traits and fraudulent statues. The
sse of his wounded left hand was never
fully recovered. M he himself says. "El
snovimiento de IN nano izq%uierda"-
chat Is to say. he lost "the movement.
of use, of the left hand" 1t is more
over. obvious that he could no have
seryed for four years III an infantry
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Best Results Alone Worth. While.
When you SOW thistledown you can't
expect to reap sugarcane. When you
use paint improperly you can't expect
good results.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

the membership campaign and already
has succeeded in enrolling more than
5000 applications from mothers who
want to lend their support to the move
ment. The head Of the force is Mrs.
Rose KelhOffer, n strong, aggressive
woman upon whose shoulders rests con-
siderable responsibility. She has de.
clared herself for the removal of
'blinds" for disreputable houses. dance
halls. moving picture houses and vau-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

1ueTe uTe eVeT 50
many Of them all around that the
Fairies can find l suppose"
"Yes. Nick, you're quite right" said
Daddy, and Nancy smiled, for she loved
to think of the little Fairies bright and
early in the morning letting the cool
water that shoots down the rocks 60
all over them.
"And as a special honor because
they'd been invited to the Fairies
Luncheon Party, the Tree Toads tried
to look their best, too. They asked
the Dew Drops If they could wash
their little faces in their rare wa
ter. And the Dew Drops were very
willing, especially when they heard
that the Tree Toads wanted to look
their best for the Fairies.
Dew Drops always make the Ami.
mails look SO much better, and to the
fairies they look very handsome when
they have washed their faces In the
magic dew drops that come all over
the ground each morning.
snow when the Fairies saw the Tree
Toads and when the Tree TOads saw
the Fairies they all gasped. The Tree
TOads had never seer the fairies look
ing so lovely. They wore dresses Of
very soft green which we're decorated
with little purple Daisies. Their wunds
matched. and their wings were the
color of soft, pnle green, too.
"And they were sitting around In
the Wooded Grove on ferns and messy
patches Of ground when the Tree
Toads arrived.
But the Tree TOads gave the Fairies
just as much Of a surprise. for they
wore green suits, too. They looked
quite noble for having washed their
faces with magic Dew Drops. and they
wore green spectacles made out of
leaves with holes. to make them look
wise. In addition to all this they
carried green canes made out Of young
trees, and they arrived In an old wag-
on made Out of the root of a tree.
The wagon was drawn by the Green
Lizard family.
First got out Grandpa and Grand
ma Tree Toad, and then all the young
or Toads hoped out after.
"'Glud to see you, TOads and Green
Lizards. toO,' said the Fairies. And
the toads made very queer sounds
down in their Threats which meant:
We're glad to see you, too The Liz
ards wrlggled with pleasure, for, of
course. they had been brought along
as an excuse to draw the wagon for
the TOads and they were delighted
when the Fairies said they were glad
to see them.
1.-The Luncheon began Of delicious
things made out Of the best of wood
land foods, and last of all came the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
White. Breasted Nuthatch

Sitta earolinensis
Length, six inches. White below.
above gray, with a black head.
Range: Resident In the United
States, southern Canada, and Mexico,
Habits and economic status: This
bird might readily be mistaken by a
careless observer for a small wood.
pecker. but its note, an o~ft-repeated
yank. Is very unwoodpeckerlike. and.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
dredth part Of n degree the travel of
the target affects the problem.
All in Halt a Minute.

dredth part of n degree the travel of
the target affects the problem.
All in Halt a Minute.
Then the shot itself, in n journey of
six miles. is going to devlate some
from a straight line. Answer to that.
please. So all these things are called
out to the man Mt the range board.
| who must coordinate them and correct
the first answer. This. too, is all done
In 80 seconds. And by the time the
gun has been fired and loaded the OBJ
servers and the plotters have done
the thing all Over again and flash the
next range to the men at the gun.
Then there Is muzzle velocity, which
Is never twice alike from two lots OF
powder. So the coast artillerymen blend
their powder by hand, taking grains
from different cans "a grain of nitro
cellul0se is about the size of a spool Of
thread till they get the mixture they
like, make a trial shot with that to
see what muzzle velocity it gives. and
then figure on the factor remaining
the same so long rs the same blend is
used through one period Of target prac-
tice. OF course, after Il little while a
change in the weather or temperature
will upset that calculation, and an
other blend has to be made.
And after all this car in blending
powder. all this precision in the mathe-
MATES of the thing. there m in the
gun pointer, not the man behind the
gun. but the man crouched alongside
with his eye on the target, too. and
his hand on the delicate mechanism
that in the last instant must be cor
rect to II hairs breadth if the shot is
going home.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

the crop. and In spite OF constant
watchfulness and ~innumerable devices
for soaring the birds y loss Of 10 per
cent Of the rice Is the usual result.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

green woodland
ice cream. In
fact, 1 forgot to
tel. yous every
thing was green.
But when the
ice cream came
along, what should
be seen on top Of
1t but n little,
tiny old Man made
out of ice cream,
too.
"HOw the Tree
TOads did scream
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Gardener Wants TO Know.

Why Is there SO little infant mortal.
ity among the cutwOrms2-MinneaDo-
lis Journal
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
MOTHER! LOOK AT
 CH|LDS TONGUE
If cross, feverish, Constipated, give California Syrup
 of Fiqs."

A laxative today saves sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become elogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour.
 Look at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, or your child is listless, cross, fev- erish breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have @ well, playful child again. A thor ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
 FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Beautify Your Hair! Make It Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant-Try
 the Moist Cloth.

Try as you will, after an application of Danderine, you cannot find single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most, will be after a few weeks use, when you see new hair, fine and downy at first--yes-but real ly new hair-growing all over the scalp.
 A little Danderine immediately dou- bles the beauty of your hair No differ- ence how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten cloth with Danderine and carefully draw 1t through your hair, taking one small strand at time. The effect is inn mediate and amazing--your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance; an incom- parable luster, softness and lu1uri- ance, the beauty and simmer of true hair health.
 Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowltons s Danderine from any store and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any-that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment-that's
 -sza
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
ROAD WILL BE KNOWN AS THE YELLVlLLE, RUSH AND MINI
 ERAL BELT RAILWAY.
MAY START OPERATION JULY 1
Survey to Determine What Kind of a Grade Could Be Obtained Was Re- gently Made by General Man.
 aeer Wise and Engineers.
Marshall

MdI Work has been started on the new railroad from Melville to the Rush mining camp, in Marion county. The road will be known as the Iellville, Rush and Mineral Belt Railway Con- pany.
 The promoters expect to have the road in operation by July 1, equipped to handle the tonnage of the mines, which will be exceedingly large by that time. It will connect with the Iron Mountain railroad at Yellville.
 It is now thought certain that the Missouri and North Arkansas Rail- road will build a branch line from Gilbert, Searcy county, to the mining regions of Searcy and Marion counties not reached by the other road.
 A survey to determine what kind of a grade could be obtained was recent ly made by General Manager E. M. Wise and engineers. They report that from Gilbert down the Buffalo river an excellent grade could be had.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
 AND INDIGESTION
Tapes Diapepsin" settles sour, gasSy stomachs in five
 minutes-Time it!

You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach is bad--or an uncertain one-or harmful one-your stomach is too valuable; you mustn't injure it.
 Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it's speed in giving relief; it's harmless ness; it's certain unfailing action in regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs. Its millions of cures in indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach trouble has made it famous the world over.
 Keep this perfect stomach doctor in your home-keep it handy-get large fifty-cent case from any dealer and then if anyone should eat something which doesn't agree with them; if what they eat lays like lead, ferments and sours and forms gas; causes head ache. dizziness and nausea; eructa- tions of acid and undigested food remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin comes in contact with the stomach all such distress yanishes. It's prompt ness, certainty and ease in overcoming the worst stomach disorders is reve- lation to those who try it.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28

According to complete returns, the candidates for county offices who ia vor the Posey road law won in the recent primary.
 The Posey act, passed by the last legislature, creating road improve ment district for the county, was the issue of the campaign. There were two tickets in the field, one for and one against the repeal of the law.
 The road district is seven miles wide and crosses the county. Bonds of $165,0O0 were issued and the right of way has already been cut. The de- feated candidates wanted the work stopped and the affairs of the district thrown into the hands of receiver.
 P. T. Lewis, cashier of local bank, has the following to say:
 Grant county has just had the most heated political contest of it's history, with a complete victory for progress over a caucused faction, styling themselves 'anti-roadists. They lost every candidate, down to the township officers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
INCOME TAX UPHELD
 BY SUPREME COURT
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE HELD TAX IS NOT UNCONSTITU.
 TIONAL.
DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS
Denies There Was Lack of Merit Be- cause Previous Decisions Which Determined Clause Exacts Only
 Geographical Uniformity.

Washington.-The Supreme Court l upheld the constitutionality of the 1n- come tax law.
 Chief Justice White announced the decision in the case of Frank R. Bur shaber, stockholder of the Union Par cific railroad, who sought to enJoln | the company from paying the tax on the ground that it was unconstltu- l tional.
 Most of Justice Whites opinion was taken up in declaring without merit the contention that the income | tax amendment provided a hitherto unknown power of taxation. He held | the tax is not unconstitutional because l it is retroactive.
 The argument that the law is uncon- stitutional because labor, agricultur- al and such organizations are exempt, the chief justice held, is answered by decisions under the corporation tax law. He said the tax is imposed un- der a power recognized to exist from the beginning of the government and
 
 power previously rendered are appli- cable.
 Grouping other contentious against the law, all based on the clause of the constitution requiring uniformity In taxation, Chief Justice White pro- nounced them all lacking Tn merit be- cause of previous decisions which de- termined the clause exacts only a geo. graphical uniformity
 The group included the contentious that the law lacks uniformity be- cause it:
 Levies one tax on incomes of indi- viduals up to $20,O00 and higher rate on incomes above that amount, allows a greater exemption for mar ried persons than single ones and bases the tax on wealth alone;
 Because it requires corporations, at great expense, to perform the govern ment's work without compensation, of collecting at the source;
 Because individuals are allowed to deduct from gross income dividends saajd t.a1ana en- by ~cornorations. but corno, rations are not allowed to make such | deductions.
 Because individuals whose income is less than $20,O0O are allowed to de- duct S3,OOO or S4,OO0, but those receiv- ing more than $20,000 not allowed to make such deductions second time for the additional tax;
 Because greater deductions are al- lowed man and wife living together than those living separately;
 Because owners of houses in which they live are not compelled to estimate the rental value in making up their 1n- comes, while those living in rented houses and paying rent are not allow ed to deduct rent.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28

Stop using calomel! It makes you sick. Don't lose days work. If you feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti- pated, listen to me!
 Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it. breaking it up. This is when you feel that aw- full nausea and cramping. If you feel "all knocked out" if your liver is tor pid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store or dealer and get 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take g
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
Eorwarned, Forearmed.

Los Angeles.-Smoke pals over- hung the valleys of southern Cali fornia showing where orange growers fought through the night with thou sands of smudge pots against freezing temperature. In most sections it was colder than since the disastrous freeze of 1913, but orchardists, fore warned and aided by moisture from recent rains, said there had been lit tie damage.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
CAL0MEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO! STOP! !
 ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE 0N LIVB
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone' Will Give You the Best L
 and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had-Doesnt Make You Sid

spoonful and if it doesn't straigbs you right up and make you feel < and vigorous I want you to go back the store and get your money. N sons Liver Tone is destroying sale of calomel because it is real ]N medicine; entirely vegetable, therehl it cannot salivate or make you sicl
 I guarantee that one spoonful Dodson's Liver Tone will put VI sluggish liver to work and clean M bowels of that sour bile and con.' pated waste which is clogging M system and making you feel misersl1 I guarantee that bottle of Dodsls Liver Tone will keep your entire tE fly feeling fine for months. Give hs your children. It is harmless; dos
 gripe and they like its pleasant t,s