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The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

MIR. Browns newspaper tnsnncus
crowded TO the front again.
"By Jovel You're a Germanl You're
in the army-you speak Engllshl
It's too good a chance to miss! Say,
can l interview your"
Major Won Brenig regarded him Gu
riously for moment. He seemed to
consider that the American would be
a satisfactory person to talk to, for
he said presently:
"Yes-for | should like America to
understand. to realize what Germany
is fighting for"
"Finew Charlie exulted. "Can Ger
many VIM" he demanded, looking up
Mt Major Won Brenig In his most pro-
fessional manner.
att is inevitable-there is no chance
to fall" the officer replied.
"And what Is Germany going to gain
from the war-if she wins?"
"When she wins, you mean," the ma
jor corrected him stiffiy.
"Well, when she wins" Charlie con-
coded
"She will be the greatest power in
the worldw
Except the United States" Charlie
,, interpOsed.
"DO not let us discuss your coun-
try, sir! You are my guest"
Charlie rose and bowed to the Ger
man.
IL get your he said "Oh, just a
minute!" he added, since the major
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02
WoRMY CONDITION OF FRUITS
Trouble With Plums, Peaches and
Cherries Attributed TO Plum
curcuIio-How to Control.

Plums, peaches and cherries often
contain worms. The cause of this
wormy condition of these fruits Is at
tributed to the plum curculio. This
insect lays its eggs in the newly
formed fruit and the eggs hatch and
the larvae work through the inside OF
the fruit and render it worthless. The
plum curculio may be effectively con-
trolled by the use of arsenate of lead.
The trees should be sprayed just as
the shucks fall from the newly formed
fruit with two pounds of arsenats 81
lead to 80 pounds Of water,
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

pocket, where ne CdTIlcu Ills luChlAhN"
ton papers.
Sergeant Schmldt's eagle eye no
sooner detected the move OF hand
toward hip than he thrust his revolver
into Mr.. Browns stomach.
"Haltp
That was something that Charlie
understood without difficulty, too. He
raised both hands above his head as
high as he could get them, while
look OF ineffable disgust suffused his
face.
"You d-n fool" he exclaimed,
"I'm not reaching for a gun. These
are my passports. Look! Papers"
With a shake and twist he managed
to throw his coat back from his right
hip. And Sergeant Schmidt then pro-
ceeded to relieve him Of the bulky
packet that projected from the pocket.
He looked at them with a scowl.
"Ah. you are Franzoesisch! he de-
clared, still in his native tongue, for
he knew no other.
I'm what?" Charlie inquired.
"Franzoesisch! You are no Ameri-
kaner."
Charlie grasped only the last word.
Eyes, that's right-Americane, right
from the corner of Forty -second street
and Broadway; and, believe me, l wish
was right back there right now"
"What do you say?" the sergeant
asked him.
"None of your d-n business. -.
You bonehead." Mr.. Brown
was quite enjoying himself, abusing
that walking arsenal with impunity.
Have a cigarette?" he asked, holding
out his case.
Sergeant Schmidt was not above ac-
cepting one. even from the enemy. And
he thanked Charlie in voice as gentle
as a bass drum.
Gee, I'd like to give you one good
wallop on the nose just for luck" the
American remarked lOngingly.
Then Schmidt suddenly snatched of
Mr.. Browns hat.
mix on the Hermann stuff-what
are you doing?" Charlie demanded. He
began to feel as If he were taking part
in a slapstick vaudeville skit.
The sergeant had his face buried IN
side the hat. He was looking fol
clues.
"Engllschw he sputtered the mex
moment.
"Of course it's English Charlie re
torted. at cost me two-and-six," hi
added, regarding the rough handling OF
his straw with indignation.
Sergeant Schmidt leaned over, and
seizing Charles coat by the collar
he pulled it back from his neck Will,
he examined the label.
English also. Spion! Thou art al
English spyr'
His trusty henchmen, Hans an(
Otto, together with their corporal
brought their guns up to their sides
and, Kissing "Spion" in the most sin
lister manner imaginable, they all tire,
approached Charlie threateningly.
Mr.. Brown suddenly changed hi
mind about the vaudeville. 1t seemed
to him that possibly he had been un
Willingly cast for a tragedy.
"Spion-spionw he repeated. 5000
grief, you don't mean spyT
"Spy, spy-ja wohl," said Schmidt
"Komm hierw
He took hold of Charles arm AIT
faced him about so that he confrontet
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

the trio OF formidable soldiers. And
then the sergeant ordered them to load.
Charlie observed the operation with
increasing alarm.
"Good God, you're not going to shoot
mer' he cried. I'm not English. I'm
not a spy" And remembering all at
once that the girl whom he had first
met at the house of Sir George wag-
staff in London could speak German,
he yelled at the top Of his voice. "Ma.
dame de Lordel Madame de Lordev
The two prlvates were aiming al
him now And he faced them indig'
nantly. His anger was already begin
ming 10 get the better OF his fear.
"Say-if you shoot me there are 9
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02
HELP FOR
WORKING women
Some Have to Keep on Until
They Almost Drop. How
Mrs. Conley Got Help.

Here Is letter from a woman who
had to work, but was too weak and suf-
fered too much to continue. How she
regained health -
Frankfort, KY suffered so much
with female weakness that / could not
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

ney re SOlnB u OTOOh WS'
appeared to consider the interview az
an end. "And what about England?"
he asked, dropping into the chair once
more.
That question was one that the Ger
man officer was only too ready TO take
up
"What army has England?" And
straightway he gave the answer
'None! In only one thing is England
our superior-in lies and intrigues!
There she has always been our masters
but she will not fight. That is for
France and Russia to do. But II the
war lasts they will grow weary of be-
ing the catspaw. England is
fine example of your happy Ameri-
can phrase. Let George do it,"
"And the French?" Charlie persisted.
1.-The French! For forty years they
have been thinking OF what some day
they would do to Germany; and while
they thought, we have planned, we
have worked-and now today we are
ready-and they are not!'
You seem very confident" Charlie
told him.
"Why not? For forty years
our men Of brains have been planning
systematic most marvellous system
in the world"
"What a pity it isn't devoted to
peace instead OF war" the American
said somewhat pensively. All the while,
as they talked, the boom of field guns
in the distance punctuated their SEN
| fences.
I'm the end it will be for peace"
Major Won Brenig said gravely, "the
peace of the world. For this is just
war-and justice must triumph"
"But what of these poor people
these Observation-Disclosures streamed
through here little while agoT'
"It is the habit of an invaded coun-
try to proclaim the invaders as bar
barians," the Teuton replied warmly.
"But we Germans are not barbarians.
We are a simple people fighting only
for our fatherland."
"And the ruined towns-destroye
homes-and civilians shotf"
But Major Won Brenig had always
an answer ready. He was an honest
man; and he was convinced of the
Justice OF the German cause.
"If we are fighting soldiers we treat
them as soldiers" he pointed out But
If men or women Turk behind closed
shutters or on housetops to shoot our
men we shall burn the house they live
in aud If there is resistance we shall
kill all those who resist. 1t is regret
table, but we must stop guerrilla war
fare. We must fight under the laws OF
civilization"
Another roar as of distant thunder
J interrupted Charlie Browns next ques
} ton.
"And you call that civilization" hi
! demanded, while the windows OF tho
Lion d'or ratified under the shock o.
: The distant cannonading.
"I DOR
'I am your guest" Charlie said. 81
far as he was concerned, he had hearC
} enough. In fact, he had heard almos
too much for his own peace OF mind
81 think we'd better not continue thiI
, discussion or we might get into an ar
gument-and that wouldn't be diplo
matte"
l cTo BE coagTiNUEpi
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02
SYNOPSIS.
IL

The chief characters are Ethel VIII
bughby, Henry Streetman and capt.
Larry Redmond The minor characters
are Sir George Wagstaff OF the British
admiralty and Charles Brown. New
York newspaper correspondent. Ethel
a resident OF Sir Georges household,
secretly married 10 Streetman. German
spy, though she did not know him as
such. Captain Redmond, her old lover
returns to England after long absence.
From him she learns the truth ABOUT
streetman; furthermore, that he has
betrayed her simply TO learn naval Sc
crets. The European war breaks out.
Ethel prepares TO accompany Streetman
10 Brussels as a German spy In order 70
get revenge and serve England. Captain
Redmond. Ethel and Charlie Brown turn
up at Belgian inn as the German army
comes She Is Madame De Lorde. she
begins To work with a French spy. The
Germans appear at the inn.
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

do my own work,
had to hire 1t done.
/ h e ard SO much
aboutLydia E. Pink
hams We getabl
Compound tn at /
triedit. / took three
bottles and l found
it to be all YOU
claim. Now / feel as
well as everI did and
am able to do all my
own work AGAIN L
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

The accompanying drawings show
a method of constructing and operat-
Ing homemade apple slzer and
grader suitable for use in small or
chards. No power is used but the
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02
Discipline.

81 bought my boy bicycle the other
day, and the first thing he did was to
take it all apart"
Ibid you punish him for that?"
81 certainly did. | told him that I'd
never buy him an automobile until he
learned to put the bicycle together
again"
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

The japanese are paying much at
tention to Australian ores suitable for
refining or smelling In Japan.
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

The swallow has a larger mouth In
proportion to its size than any other
bird.
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
For Fevershness, Bad Stomach, Teething
disorders, move and regulate the bowels and
are a pleasant remedy for worms. Used by
Mothers for 20 years. They are so pleasant to
take, children like them. THey ntgsr fail. At
ali Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address,
Mother Gray Co., lie Roy, N. Y. Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02

grading can be done much more rap
idly and accurately than when done
entirely by hand.
The upper drawing shows the top
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

TTARRISBURG'S interest in the
laymen's missionary movement
can be no better illustrated
than by the announcement of those in
charge of the convention which came
10 close last night that the gather
ing here was self-sustaining, more
than 1900 men and women having
enrolled as delegates at fee of one
dollar each. In very few of the more
than seventy cities visited have the
conventions paid their own way.
The results have been we'll worth
the effort of the local committees in
charge. The coming of the eminent
men who have made the bulk of the
addresses has brought to the city a
new conception of the missionary
movement, and better understanding
of the type of men engaged in carry
ing Christian civilization to the utter
most parts of the earth.
Some idea OF the growth of the mis-
sionary sentiment recently may be
gathered by looking back. over the
years in an effort to find a time pre-
viousIy when 1900 Harrisburgers
would have volunteered to pay a dol
lar each TO join in an interdenomina-
.ional missionary conference.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
DAD AND, THE PAPER

Something's dad says the paper some
how amt just his way, and he does
a lot of kickin' when he reads it every
day. He says there amt a dad-burn-
ed thing in it worth while to read, an
that it doesn't print the kind o. stuff
the people need. He throws it in the
corner and says it's on The bum
but you'd ought to hear him holler
when the paper fails to come.
He reads, about the weddings and
snorts like all git out, he reads the
social columns with a most decisive
shout. He'll read about the parties
and he'll fuss and groan and say they
print the paper for women folk alone.
He says that of information it don't
contain crumb-but you'd oughter
hear him holler when the paper fails
to come.
He's always first to grab it and he
reads it through and through-he
doesn't miss an item or a want ad, old
or new. He says "They don't know
what we want, them newspaper guys.
I'll take n day off sometime and go
and put them wise" If editors were
as wise as dad they'd sure be going
some, but you'd oughter hear him hol-
Ter when the paper fails to come.
And when dad goes way and stays
a day or two, / tell you he gets riled
and says awful things he'll do if the
paper failed to mention. him as being
out of town-well, he almost has no.
ton to knock some printer down. He
never does, however, when he sees
one he is mum, but you'd oughter hear
him hoIler when his paper fails TO
come.-Shore Line Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
TINE Federal Government has just /

TIME Federal Government has just
shown what it is doing in the
national Safety First campaign.
If you allow yourself to get sick or
killed or injured, it is not the fault
of your Uncle Samuel
The first national Safety Exposition,
including exhibits and demonstrations
from twenty-five government bureaus
was held in Washington from Febru-
ary 21 to 26. There has been a gen.
eral impression abroad to the effect
that Uncle Sam is a safety crank, but
the scope and variety of the eXposi-,
tion was surprise to all but the clos
est followers of the movement.
There was the Bureau of Naviga-
ton, for instance. One of the duties
of this bureau is the enforcement of a
law providing that every vessel carry
ing more than fifty passengers, either
on the ocean or the Great Lakes, must
be equipped with a wireless apparatus,
effective up to hundred miles at
least The radio inspectors reported
tWenty-siX vessels which left our ports
in 1915 TO meet with disaster They
caught on fire. they ran ashore, they
got Jammed in the ice, they collided
with each other, their cargoes shifted;
but they summoned assistance by
wireless. In twenty-five cases the
wireless call brought such prompt
help that only two lives were lost al
together. The twenty-sixth case was
the Lusitania
On the lakes, the wireless comes in
very handily for receiving storm
warnings from the weather bureau
stations on shore. In the storms of
November, 1914 bad month-nine-
teen vessels were destroyed on the
lakes. None of them had radio equip
ment. The boats with wireless got
warning and took shelter in time
The Coast Guard exhibited two life
boats-an old-timer with long record
of waves breasted and lives saved, and
one of the newest powerboats that
multiplies efficiency. The Coast Guard
renders perhaps the most widely as
sorted safety services of any arm of
the government Besides such COM
monplace incidents as saving wrecked
vessels, 1t has on its records the pre-
Nention of suicide, return of lost chill
dren to their parents, emergency pilot
ing, fireighting and the arrest of
thieves and lawbreakers.
In the way of recent history, the
Coast Guard records showed that on
$50 days in the last year one or more
OF its branches was seeing active serv-
Ice. Fifteen hundred people were res
cued from immediate danger, and the
vessels to which some form of assist
ance was given carried over ten thou
sand souls. In many cases this assist
ance prevented serious accidents. The
service restored to life six people drag
ged from the ocean after having been
under water ten to fifteen minutes.
The Coast Guard service includes
both hfe-saving and the revenue cut
ter branches. 1t is under the Treas
ury Department.
The Forest Service is another one
of Samuels children that is out for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
CORN AND APPLE SHOW

CECRETARY PATTON will have
y the hearty cooperation of all
Harrisburg in his plan to have
the Department of Agriculture hold a
corn and apple show here next winter
in connection with the annual meet
ings of the agricultural and horticul-
tural societies of the State. 1t will
he remembered that such a show was
held here some years ago and that it
attracted Statewide attention and was
attended by farmers and fruit growers
from all over the Commonwealth. The
rivalry was so keen in the corn section
that single ears of prize corn brought
as much as 50 and SO dollars each,
while the apples and other fruits on
display sold at marvellous prices. Corn
and fruit growing in Pennsylvania was
given a tremendous impetus as a result
and growers learned first hand the
best and most profitable way of pro-
ducing frst-class products and how to
market them to advantage.
If Mr.. Patton does no more during
the coming year than make this show
the big success it doubtless will be, he
will have accomplished a service
worthy of note. His proposal to have
a county fair winning class of
prizes is a good move. Too often the
county fair does not pay enough atten-
tion to the prime purpose for which It
was organized-the promotion of hor-
ticulture and agriculture in it's home
community-and any movement tend
ing toward the encouragement of
friendly rivalry among the county fair
associations of the State is in the right
direction. Mr.. Patton apparently has
hit upon a very excellent plan to bring
the fairs into competition with each
other and it will be no small honor
for any fair association to come out
winner in majority of the exhibits al
the State show.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
THE CONSERVATION OF LIFE
By Frederic ]. Haskin

safety first, last and all the time. Few
people living off the national forest
areas have any idea of the menace
and terror that a forest fire can be.
There were over $500 forest fires in
the last fiscal year. The work of the
service reduced the loss of life to a
minimum, and the timber damage to
four per cent. of what it was in 1910.
The government fights fires by means
OF lookout stations, special guards in
the dry season and a highly efficient
corps of trained fighters.
The most important work yet to be
done in this line is education of the
public in the causes and prevention
of fires. Almost three-fifths of all
the fires in 1914 were directly attribut-
able to human agencies-an increase
of eleven per cent. over the year be-
fore. This means that the public is
beginning to realize that it owns some
of the finest pleasure grounds in the
world, and is flocking to them in
greater numbers every year. The
more campers, the more fires. The
service finds it comparatively easy to
instruct permanent residents of the
reserves in safety measures, but the
irresponsible transient visitor is a
formidable menace" 1t sounds hard
on the casual camper, but no doubt it
is true. Before You go camping, see
what the service has to advise in the
line of safety first.
Fire prevention work along another
line was indicated by the exhibit of
the Bureau of Standards, The bureau
estimates that the use of fireproof ma
terials in the construction of industrial
plants would decrease the annual
property loss by forty per cent and
the loss of life by an annual twenty.
The work of the bureau in this con-
nection consists primarily in testing
materials as to their fire-resisting
qualities.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion finds time between rate hearings
to put in lick or two for safety. as
lts exhibit demonstrated few years
ago, fifty per cent of the accidents to
railway trainmen came from the old
style link and pin coupling. Last year.
as result of the work of the Com
mission, accidents from this cause
were held down to six per cent.
The railroads have a good record
in the matter of safety, and they must
divide the credit with State legislators
and the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. More than a million cars were
personally inspected last year. More
steel cars are being used, the roadbeds
are Kept up better than formerly, and
the electric block signals are getting
a wider use. In 1915, the number of
| passengers killed was reduced sixteen
per cent. over 1914, the number of
employees killed decreased thirty-six
per cent. in the same year. Out of
over billion passengers carried only
~ We're killed-less than in any year
since 1898 when only half billion
people travelled. and an average of one
| in every 100000.
| The Public Health Service is an
other branch of the Treasury Depart
! ment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
HAT IS IN THE RING
TFrom Evening Ledger. ]

There is no mistaking the meaning
of the statement which Colonel Roose-
velt has cabled from Trinidad to the
New York Mail.
\ His hat is in the ring.
The sta ement divides itself into
three parts. The first is a declaration
that he will not he candidate for the
nomination i'm the primaries in any
State. that he does not wish the nomi-
nation. and will not be a party to a
factional fight to secure it.
The second part is a challenge to
the men of heroic purposes and high
ideals to nominate him as the man
who is able to assist them in CARRYING
out their purposes by realizing their
ideals in action. Unless the country
is in this mood. he thinks 1T would be
a mistake to call him to lead it.
The third and concluding part is Il
declaration that nothing can be ex-
pected from the present administration
but hypocrisy and infamy
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15

the wool market, with Germany doubt
less suffering to some extent, but not
so much as might be gathered from
the article in question.
All English wool is being used at
home. and the supply has been held
up by an embargo which extends to
the English colonies. What little
comes through is restricted by the
complicated regulations of the Tex
tile Alliance. Russian woods are con-
centrated east of the Black Sea. But
the DardanelIes are closed, the Trans
Siberian Railroad mobilized for gov
ernment operations. and the only out
let is through Vladivostock, from
which some shipments are made.
Turkish woods, the Belgium supplies
and the Antwerp market are all in
German hands and a considerable sup
ply is available from that source. As
to the wool from China, Japan is, for
the first time, competing for this part
of the clip and is in position to out
bid us in manufacturing for Russia,
which she is doing on large scale.
sufferer. We in the United States are
feeling tho pinch. South American
wool is our main dependence outside
of domestic supplies, and we have
been getting our full share of all
goods from this source, but the stock
is now pretty welA sold. Delivery
charges here, as from China, have in
creased fully 200 per cent. by reason
of higher freights, war insurance, in
creased bankers commissions and in
terest over longer periods than nor
NAL, as shipping is so crowded that
goods move slowly. With all these
restrictions on foreign supply, there
is also q decrease in domestic wool,
the result of several causes, mainly
the constant decrease in free or cheap
ranges, the scare which placing wool
on the free list in the last tariff gave.
the sheepmen and the high price of
mutton, which makes wool a secondary
consideration.
The general market in this coun-
try, while prices are abnormally high
in many grades-nearly double the
prices of 1913-is in a lealthy condi-
ton. The present level of prices is
said to be due to actual demand and
not to speculative purchases antici-
pating higher prices. There is no rea-
son at present to hope for lower
prices. as the world demand is in
creasing faster than the supply. while
great quantities are being destroyed
in the war. Business is being done
in great volume at prices which here
tofore were considered prohibitive. The
difference between the United States
and Germany is that the United States
is suffering mainly from high prices,
while Germany cannot get an adequate
supply at any price.