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Evening journal., 1916-06-22

As camping time draws near apphca-
tions are coming in to headquarters.
What about yours?
just a word about your mail While
you are in camp have 1t addressed to.
Camp Caesar Rodney, care Boy Scout
Headquarters, No. $40 Market street,
Wilmington Del, and you viii have IL
delivered 20 You promptly.
Well we had r. most enjoyable time
at Philadelphia witnessing the ball
game between the Athletics and Wash
ington. The boat ride was very pleas
ant. There were about four thousand
Boy Scouts at the ball park. Besides
Philadelphia there we're Scouts from
Camden, New Jersey and Wilmington.
You hovs who did not 20 missed the
time Of your life. Yes. little Willie
Almond was there and he attracted a
lot of attention while at Philadelphia
We all envied him.
You Boy Scouts who left your etaves
At headquarters, come and get them.
Don't forget
Troop No 8 held It's regular meeting
at our headquarters. No 505 Washing
lNH riIttif III NNhiEf hA i1NNuN hAhFNil
Bicking and Patrol Leader Boyd. The
meeting opened with prayer followed
with roll call. Many new business mat
ters are being taken mp at all meetings.
We are now talking about camp. Leroy
Boyd was appointed chairman Of the
camp committee; Harold Gibbon, treas
urer; Wallace butcher, secretary. Err
hart Rickenhack and Harry Albers were
appointed TO try TO find several camp
sites, of which we will select one. Sew
eral boys went to see the ball game
Tuesday at Shibe Park. Boys, don't
forget the 100 per cent duty pins.
scouts Boyd and butcher have made
100 per cent for five months The rest
of you come out and get one.
Wallace butcher, Scribe.
Troop No Q held its regular meeting
on Friday. June l0 On Friday, the 23d,
we will entertain the parents Of the
scouts Please have all camp and hike
equipment at the meeting on Thursday.
june % Do not forget that Captain
King will visit us on this date and in
spect our equipment. Remember the
meeting of next week is on Thursday,
not Friday. The bicycle corps took a
trap to Smalley's Dam on Saturday and
stayed till Sunday. Our bake was a
great success. The fellows of our troop
are going 20 build a treelx wagon for the
big hike Some of the scouts Of the
troop have made up a motto, Reading
or Bust" We will have fine time in
the mountains. All out 20 the next
meeting and bring your parents.
n. Fritz Scribe.
Tho ro,,,,ior ,,cotipr &c 7'roor 0l wa
Evening journal., 1916-06-22

NOTE: You've all undoubtedly heard of the
famous Doctor Pierce and his wel-known medicines.
Dr. Pierces Favorte Prescription for weak women
apd DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery for the
blood have been favoraby known for the past forty
years and more They are standard remedies to-day
Evening journal., 1916-06-22
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STYLES
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Nh VI
"It r. worthy Of
tho hiE est
praise" Genuine
magazines Of the
highest character
endorse only DC
Miracle. Beware
OF so-cnlied en-
dorscments of
bogus magazines
which nrc used 90
exploit the sale
Of questionable
dcpilntorics.
Evening journal., 1916-06-22

It confidence that the painful effects
acid in the system entirely eradcated. remedy
Evening journal., 1916-06-22
a M u r. c."

has been discovered by DR.. Pierce, of the Invalids
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, that will ward off
Evening star., 1916-06-04
ChivaIry and Bad Roads.

TT HE late Senator Francis NJ. Cockrell
u of Missouri often used to tell
story in illustration of the bad roads of
the south.
II once had thirty miles," so he would
begin, ito go by stage in MISSISSIPPI.
The roads were terrible, for it was
early spring The passengers consisted
of five men and three women - three
large women, swathed in shawls and
wells, who kept to themselves. talking
in low tones on the rear seat.
We'll, we hadn't gone mile before
the stage got stuck two feet IN the
black mud Down jumped every man
of us. and for ten minutes we tugged
and jerked and pulled till we got the
stage out of the hole.
I'VE had hardly got our breath back
when the stage got stuck again, and
once more we had to strain our very
hearts out to release her.
I'm covering fifteen miles We stuck
ei.ht times. and in going the whole
thirty we lifted that old stage out OF
the mud seventeen times by actual
count.
I'VE five male passengers were wet,
tired and filthy when we reached our
destination. and so you can imagine
our feelings when we saw the three
woman passengers remove their wells.
their shawls and their skirts, and. 10
and behod-they were three big. hearty.
robust men.
"As we stared at them with bulging
and ferocious eyes, one of them said
Thanks for your labor. gents. We
knowed this road and prepared for 1t.
VIII you liquor?"
Evening star., 1916-06-04
sALAMANDER. L

photo by DR.. X. W. shufeldt.)

rocks lose their plausibility under
scientific scrutiny. First of all, in
glancing over some of the peculiarities
of toads 1t is seen that the skin of the
animal is very important in not only
supplementing. but also in some cases
supplanting the work OF the lungs as
the breathing organ. Toads Will live
for months after the eXcision of the
lungs. for their skin serves as a breath
ing surface. In the second place they
can live for long periods without food
and with but a limited supply of air.
These considerations, 1t Will be seen,
throw considerable light on the stories
Of the toad in the rock" 1t is easily
imagined that young toad might gain
access to a roomy crevice within a
rock, where he might find a due sup
ply of air and a diet of insects There
he would begin to grow and increase
to such an extent that egresS through
the aperture of entrance would be i'm
possible. The toad, however. may con-
tinue to live comfortably on a limited
supply of air and food; this, taken into
account with their habit of Information
in winter, will explain how one might
manage to exist-though under hard
conditions-in what might possibly be
considered solid rock When the rock
is split and the toad hops out. eager to
expend some Of its accumulated vital
ity. the apparently inexplicable possi
bility of the live toad imprisoned in
solid rock awakens the interest of the
superstitious mind. and the presump-
Evening star., 1916-06-04

OOHE popularity of corn bread has
iuctuated up and down, and in
general way it may be said that
the great mass of people living in the
corn bread belt prefer wheat bread. or
white bread" However. very respect
able percentage of people remain true 10
corn bread. and the corn ''pone' and the
corn cake are by no means extinct in
Washington. Washington is in what was
the corn bread belt and many of its cit
izens and many thousands of their an
cestors were nourished on bread made
from the sweet meal of corn.
A Virginia authority on corn bread once
wrote that the value of corn bread is not
as a dentifrice only. but as food it con-
tains almost all that man needs for sus-
tenance. while man may not be able to
live by bread alone says that southern
writer he can come nearer doing II
literally on corn bread than on any other
kind. and corn bread has been for gen.
erations the staple article of food on
southern tables. from the pine bench of
the negro to the mahogany board OF the
millionaire. 1t is distinctly southern
bread. and nothing can ever take its place
in the eyes or the mouth of the south
erner But ii must be bread from south
ern corn which has been dried or cured
in proper fashion. and not the hasty,
damp. undercured product tndt 100 oilei
comes from the mills of the north"
In referring to corn bread as a dem
tifrice it is interesting to recall that two
or three years ago Allen Stuart OF the
naval recruiting station at Atlanta was
reported as saying that practically no
southern boy applying for enlistment in
the navy is rejected on account of bad
teeth, because of the corn bread that is
eaten in the south, the mastication of il
developing and strengthening the teeth"
Everybody knows that men can live,
work and keep strong on meat and corn
bread. but the researches, analyses and
figures of food scientists show that there
is more nourishment in the same amount
of wheat flour than in anything made
rom corn. Experts prove that, weight
for weight. wheat bread contains greater
nutrient properties. 1t has also been
proved that the human system requires
something more for its support than
"nutrment." 1t has been said that it
also needs something to fill the digestive
tract with the proper waste matter. for
Evening star., 1916-06-04

other. Yet many biologists and other
writers have sworn that they have,
with their own eyes" seen these
oceanic creatures.
A safe way in which one might
dispose forever of the verification of the
sea serpent is to wait until the dead
body of one is brought to the museum
for exhibition and study. Then it can
be determined whether the animal is an
abnormal marine monster or truly
new and distinct species.
Tales of erroneous belief in regard to
animals have descended to the level of
''old wives tales but they are in
teresting for no other reason than they
expose superstition as a minglng of
one per cent fact and ninety-nin per
cent Imagination.
The tale of the salamander for in
stance. which tells how this little ami
NAL is able to go through and extin-
guish fire, has no less authority than
Aristotle for its authenticity. But it is
also myth. So prevalent, however.
did the belief in its truth become that
asbestos, in the days of Bacon and
his cotemporaneous writers, became
known as salamander's wool
. 1t may be interesting to state at
Evening star., 1916-06-04
TOWN HALL AT DANZIG. PRUSSIA.

they were powerless to remedy it. The
question now is how far they will be
able to remedy it in the future by their
proposed economic alliances.
Germany. on her part. is somewhat
on the defensive, and her statesmen are
taking the position of an aggrieved
nation. claiming that the allies are
moved by the selfish purpose of de-
stroying German trade and industry.
Geographically. Germany is in a bet
ter position to form economic alliances
than are the allies. 1t is comparatively
easy to stake off the German empire,
Austria Hungary. the Balkan states
and Turkey in Europe, or what is left
of Turkey in Europe. Their economic
interests are not quite so diverse as
those of England France. Belgium.
Italy and Russia. There are also grave
difficulties, especially in the case of
Austria Hungary, and there are limita-
tions quite as pronounced as in the
case of the allies. Yet, in the main,
Germany has the advantage of geog
raphy.
1t further is to be remarked that
while the allies are holding economic
conferences and discussing theoretica!
measures and planning trade Doycotts
after the war. Germany has been go
ing ahead and strengthening her eco
Evening star., 1916-06-04

announced that Turko German treaty
based on equal rights had been signed
This meant. of course, that Germany
was insured the benefit of Turkeys
natural resources in return for conceS-
sionS. of an international political
character
Germany's commercial conventions.
which are marvels of minute knowledge
of the trade and resources CT other
countries. went down in the abrogation
of treaties by the war: that is. her con-
ventions with the present enemy coun-
tries. But German system and German
thoroughneSs. it is clear. are working
out her future economic policy with a
special view to conserving her present
allies as an economic reserve in the
economic war which is expected to fol-
low the conflict in arms.
In the practical application of these
proposed economic alliances the two
principal beneficiaries are the two prin-
cipal adversaries in the present hostil-
tiles. If England can readjust her free
trade policy so as to bring her into
closer commercial relations with her
present allies. she will get large share
of the business which would result
from driving Germany out of their mar
kets. Germany, on her part. would
benefit from the market which Austria
Hungary and the Balkan states and
Turkey might take away from England.
as well as from their supplies of raw
material In both instances it is case
of the big brother gaining by the sac
rifices of the little brothers.
This probable result has very direct
bearing on what are known as the neu-
tral markets. There has been very
little discussion in the economic con-
ferences of the allies, or in the out
givings of the German statesmen: re-
earding the policy to be followed in
the overseas markets. 1t may be as
sumed that they would follow the prac-
tice of the international trusts and
leave them open to competition among
themselves. But if Germany can be
driven from South America. for in
stance, England would be the chief
beneficiary, because her iron and stee
Evening star., 1916-06-04

this point that the venerable story of
the pelican which feeds its young from
blood from its breast has no founda-
tion, even though it is given an i'm
portant place in ecclesiastical history.
The story probably originated in the
fact that the flamingo elects a curious
bloody secretion from its mouth and 1t
is possible that this bird was mistaken
for the pelican of the wilderness.
In short in the past, there seems TO
have been nothing so wonderful to be
told of animals that people would not
believe it. The story is told of an old
lady, whose young seafaring son en-
tertained her with tales of things he
had seen in his travels in the world at
large. She listened with delight and
belief to accounts of mountains OF
sugar and rivers of rum, and to tales
of lands where gold and silver were
more plentiful than precious. But when
the story teller told of fishes that were
able to raise themselves out of the
water in flight, the old ladys credulity
began to waver and she repressed what
she considered her sons tendency to
eXaggeration by saying: Sugar noun
tains may be, and rivers of rum may
be, but fish that fly ne'er can be-
Evening star., 1916-06-04
In Cinema Land.

ME WOLF HOPPER said at an al
" fresco luncheon in Los Angeles:
The biggest fake in the theatrical
world today is the cinema stars SAL
ary. Why, if you believed all you hear
you'd think every Tom, Dick and Harry
in the cinema world made half mil
lion a year
Il know a second heavy who believed
these cinema yarns. and applied to a
cinema manager for a job.
What salary do you expect? the
manager asked.
oh said the second heavy about
S525 to begin with
The manager pursed up his lips
thought a minute and then said:
KNOCK off the odd hundreds. and I'll
engage you
Evening star., 1916-06-04
Nothing Gained.

@ENATOR FALL was discussing the
~ Mexican situation, which he has
made his specially.
1.-The action you speak Of" he said.
seems to offer some redress and sat
isfaction; but consider it closely and
you'll find that it gives you nothing at
ALL 1t is like the remark of the wait
ress in the cheap boarding house:
Mamie a boarder protested to her,
this roast beef is overdone.'
"'No, it amt, sir, she replied; its
done over. It's the same roast you had
yesterday"
Evening star., 1916-06-04

ton that the toad was inclosed when
the rock was first formed is the natural
conclusion. But science strips off the
poetical covering to such tales as these,
and the animals are found to be very
commonplace members of the animal
series.
really fabulous animal is the uni
C0rn-a "critter" which never did exist
and never will. Tales of the unicorn
were brought to ancient Greece by
travellers in India. 1t is probably true
that these travellers did see a horned
antelope which gave them the founda
tion for their stories or. it is possible
that they referred to the Indian OK,
which is single-horned.
This animal, which still persists in its
existence today on the arms Of Great
Britain, has been modified until 1t now
has the head and body of horse. the
tail of lion and the beard of "a goat.
A fictitious animal which has moot
ed reputation is the sea serpent. To
date. no story of this animal ever could
produce a foundation of actual fact.
The alleged sea serpent. on close in
usually proves to be long
train of sea weed attached to keg or
the floating PROV OF a wrecked vessel.
long and connected string OF sea
Evening star., 1916-06-04
THE, VALUE OF CORN BREAD


this. apparently. exercises a healthy
function.
It may be recalled that various expert
ments have been made with "concen-
trated' food and capsule rations
Some time before the outbreak of the war
the German military authorities conduct
ed experiments under which the nutri-
ent properties of the whole army ration
were condensed in capsules and poison
squad" fed with them. being required at
the same time to do the regular duties
of soldiers life. These men fell away
in weight and declined in nervous and
muscular vigor, while the squad that
chewed their bread, meat and vegetables
strong.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

industries and her textile mills FUR
nish the larger share of the manu-
factured commodities consumed in south
America. Belgian industries. which
once had a good South American mar
ket. will require decade. II not gen,
Grafton, to recuperate. and ltaly ana
England.
Germany, on her part, will beneht oy
the support which she gets from her
allies ustria-Hungray has very
small South American market. and Tur-
key and the Balkan states none OF con-
sequence so that they leave the field
free to Germany.
The markets of the far east oher
more complicated problem, but here
too. the chief parties in interest are
England and Germany.
1t may be that Japan will prove the
obstacle to extending the principle or
economic alliances into the FAR east
Japan'S competition in that neid. Wnlcn
geographically is her own, Is as much
with England as with Germany. Jap
anese competition with England exendS
to India. American consuls in lndia
reported that the Austrians and Ger
mans who We're compelled TO abandon
the industries they had established IN
India were replaced by the Japanese.
The United States has very i've
interest in these proposed economic al
liances, If not in the international BOY
colts An American consular offlcer,
stationed at one of the principal posts
in Europe, not long ago, in writing to
a friend, declared that any economic
ideas which Americans may have enter
tanned in the past might just as well
be thrown upon the scrap pile at once,
since we shall have to adjust ourselves
to a completely new and now unknown
set of conditions. He remarked that TX the
measures of trade exclusion which are
now considered with so much favor by
the various enemy countries should be-
come effective, we would occpy an In
termediate position in allied countries
somewhere between the excluded Ger
mans and the favors the allies accord
to each other.
The United States will find all the
European countries just as anxious as
ever for her market. 1t is an obseS
sion in most of those countries that
somehow the market of this country
belongs to them. They always have re-
sented our tariff legislation as though we
had no right to legislate for our own peo-
pie.
The first question will be what meas
ures the United States shall take to
protect her own markets. There is
considerable difference of opinion as to
the danger which may result from the
Evening star., 1916-06-04
The Idea fingered.

A Ian HAWLEf. aviator, said at the
~ New York Automobile Club:
The first automobiles were made like
carria ges-as IL a pair of horses were
to draw them. YOU know. For years
the automobile designer couldn't get
away from the carriage model--couldn't
help providing for the horse
In fact, have heard OF several chaps
in the first days Of automobiliug who
designed two-story garages, the upper
story being for the hay and feed"
Evening star., 1916-06-04
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

E1HE shadow of an economic war
lengthens as the prospects for
peace among the European bel
q ligerents brighten. There is a
popular clamor in the allied countries
for keeping up trade hostilities with
Germany after the conflict of arms
ceases. In Germany there is strong
demand for aggressive action to pro-
teot the commerce which was build up
by so many years systematic work.
Trade boycotts after the war are ad-
vocated by both sets of belligerents.
The threat is made that even when
nominal peace comes no patriotic citi-
zen will help the recent enemy coun-
tries recover their standing by buying
from them. The substance of this
clamor is that the loser must pay for
the economic damage caused by the
war, although there will be no cash
indemnities. OF course it is assumed
among each set of belligerents that
the other set will be the loser.
Friends of peace who realize that
commercial rivalry was back of the
hostilities even more than the com
batants themselves appreciate may
wonder how there is to be peace at all
If this state of mind continues. Yet
nothing is clearer than that the war
of arms will be followed by trade
wars. The only question is how exten-
sive these wars will be, and how long
they will last.
The popular mind in all the countries
today Is such that the statesman who
are guiding, or misguiding, their des-
TIMES do not hesitate to proclaim that
the present alliances of the armies. and
nayies of the different countries VIII be
followed by economic alliances, and the
mass of the population of all the coun-
tries seem to be determined that when
peace comes they will not buy the
products of their late enemies,
Time and economic causes Will modl1y
this feeling, yet no one can predict how
soon these forces will operate. or how
greatly the present animosities VIII be
softened.
The practical problems back of these
proposed economic leagues are Infinitely
greater than those back of the armed
leagues. 1t is much easier TO secure
Evening star., 1916-06-04

the United States May Be AecTd Boco Now Being Advocated by
Follow As-Tme and Economic Cond
AnmosPctcal Pen-Abe of Various Countries
Geographical Conditions May Play
LargeP Markets.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

weed, extending some fifty or sixty feet
along the surface of the sea, when
slightly disturbed by the ripping
breeze. NAV be moved on the waves in
a manner strongly suggestive OF the
movements of snake. The details of
every sea serpent story, when related.
give authentic evidence that sea ser
pents always resolve themselves into
inauimate objects of one kind or an
Evening star., 1916-06-04

CTORES From Generation Generation Until Some Cases. Their
y Ns AnutyFe the Bance Geese" and How Prob
Flesh Nor Born Fesh'Sy the Glass Snake Which
Fnyhe Truth About omThe Unicorn and
the Tods Reputation
Evening star., 1916-06-04
THE HEART PARIS-OPERA HOUSE SQUARE

-HE annals of animal lore are
replete with tales of wonders
III that never existed. Familiar.
x indeed, are these mythical
stories that have been handed down as
incontrovertible from generation TO
generation.
How often has every child contem-
plated with awe and wonder the spec
tacle of a mass of hair ellis or hair
worms wriggling about in pool and
believed that they are the result of a
transformation of horsehair into liv-
ing creatures!
Popular zoology is full of such mar
vels The old tales Of toads which live
for thousands of years in solid rock
are duly chronicled from time to time.
and creduIous souls continue to believe
in them. along with other fantastic
creations like unicorns and nermaids.
But these stories have 10 scientifc
basis Of truth. The: belong TO the
fabulous age of nature study. when
fc.ion was more appreciated than
truth. Curiously enough. & great many
of these stories have been seriously
considered as truthful for many years.
Indeed. in many cases the facts
strangely accord with nature. but If
one digs deep enough the similarity t.
merely apparent or the surface and the
real explanation is quickly found
Take. for instance. the story of the
glass snake. which runs like this: II a
glass snake is struck with stick IL
breaks INFO pieces. but the snake re
mains un!nJured. In fact. II is said to
glide away while the pieces remain and
develop into other snakes. a marvel
Gus mystic tale! But what is the real
explanation?
Simply this: That glass snake is
really not snake at all, but lizard
without external limbs When the
creature breaks up into fragments as
the result OF some violence the frac-
tures always occur IN the part Of the
body which corresponds 10 the lizards :
true tail These fractures never oc-
cur through the body. That the pieces
wr.ggle about after the tail is broken
there Ls no doubt. but this also happens
with other lizards. AS for their subse-
Quent development into separate
snakes, this is an establishment added