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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

q OF 20, each OF which chooses one Of
its members to serve as cook. 1t is
an office deemed very desirable be-
cause the cook (whO must above all
else, be a good breadmaker) is paid
extra by the men.
The captain messes by himself in
his cabin, and eats in lonely state, ex-
cept when he chooses to invite Of
ficers to dine with him. He has his
own steward. his private cook. and two
cabin boys, the boys" being enlisted
men at least y years old.
The wardroom mess comprising the
senior officers chooses from its mem
bership caterer, who buys the pro-
visions, keeps the accounts, and set
ties the bills Ordinarily he purchases
cooking butter, sugar, rice. beans, canned
meats, and many other necessaries
from the paymaster. because from him
they can be obtained at approximate
wholesale cost The same method is
adopted by the Junior officers and
warrant officers messes.
Captain Has Private Kitchen.
The captain has his private kitchen.
and nothing but the food for his table
is cooked on his range. If the YES
sci is flagship. however, he usually
messes with the admiral, and they
have their culinary affairs I'm common.
The officers have their own galley"
and a third kitchen Cmuch larger, OF
course, and equipped with several
ranges) is provided for the enlisted
men. Men enlisted as mess atten-
dants wait on the officers. messes:
but, although nominally servants, each
OF them has his battle station in case
OF a fight. There are no non-com-
batants on warship, except the sur
seons.
All the cooking is done by electrI-
city, so that the galleys are always
cool and clean as a new pin. every
thing spick and span. with each metal
utensil as bright as polishing can
make It. The hot food is dealt out to
the messmen from steam tables, and
the soups and stews are prepared in
huge double acketed copper pots.
which, thanks to this made Of
construction (steam being introduced
between the iackets), do not have to
be put on the fire.
Every Convenience Provided.
Not even the greatest and most ex-
pensive hotel indeed. has a culinary
equipment comparable to that Of a
battleship It includes a variety of
ingenious machines which peel the DO
tatOes. mix dough for bread. slice the
leaves, lcut the corned beef with a
knife like a toothless circular saw
chop the carrots and grind meat for
sausages. Hamburger steak. and fowl
surfing. All these contrivances are
operated by electricity. and others also.
which mash potatoes, beat eggs, mix
cakes, and cut butter into neat pats.
There is even an electric fee cream
freezer mot at all resembling the
domestic apparatus) which makes ice /
cream on a Wholesale scale for des-
sert on Sundays and holidays
The very dishes are washed by |
electricity. which, through the agency !
OF suitably arranged motors. agitates
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

fects OF one as great as some we have
had within the last 80 or 40 years on
the earth would be easily visible
The black clouds filling thousands Of
square miles Of the atmosphere would
be seen forming and spreading for the
permanent surface Of Mars is plainly
visible. 1t repeats the story of the
moon. As to Venus. we cannot tell with
certainty because her solid surface, for
some reason, is not clearly visible Ju-
piter seems to be in a state Of con-
slant ebullition, like a boiling globe
where nothing retains a permanent
shape, except. perhaps, the strange re-
gion called the great red spot"
A Model Volcano.
There is on the earth a beautiful
example of a kind Of model volcano.
from whose study the most interest
ing information about volcanic phe-
nomena is obtained II is the island
sort OF free school Of volcanoloEv
There, from time immemoriaI frequent
and more or less regular explosions
have been going on. These eruptions
are not severe enough TO prevent OBJ
servers from placing themselves on a
slope OF the mountain above the crater,
which lies half down one side. and
watching the working OF the forces
beneath
Between eruptions the bottom OF the
crater. with its fiery spiracles, can
be clearly inspected. Sometimes only
steam is blown off; sometimes frag-
ments Of rocks are shot up with the
Sitting gases and vapors. Occasion
ally the molten matter in the crater
is forced up to the lip.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

them in wire baskets submerged in
hot water. Incidentally they the ex
posed to live steam. and emerge from
the process so hot they quickly dry
themselves, not requiring to be wiped.
Percentage Is Arbitrary.
The naval regulations demand that
20 per cent Of the vegetables supplied
shall be potatoes. OF meats not less
than go per cent must be beef; of pork
not more than Is per cent; OF sau-
sages not more than 10 per cent; OF
veal not more than per cent; of NUT
ton not more than per cent. and of
fowl not more than per cent. The
supply ships are loaded in accordance
with these percentages. But in the
tropics more beef is allowed, and less
pork.
teen" commonly known as the ships
store" which sells tobacco, candy,
table Injuries not included in the ra-
ton, and other things calculated to
contribute to about wholesale cost. 1t
is much below ordinary wholesale cost,
because the practice Of the navy de-
partment is TO purchase all non-per
lshable articles in enormous quantities.
Thus, for instance 1T buys in one lot
all the flour it will require for a year;
and the contract being given to the
lowest reliable bidder, the price it pays
Is low.
Complaint has often been made that
officers in our naval service get an
allowance for entertaining. of the
latter they are obliged to do a good
deal, especially in foreign ports, and
they must pay for it out OF their own
pockets. Other government make
such allowances, under the head Of
table money" In the British navy
It runs from S19.47 a day. for the ad-
miral Of the fleet, to $50 per annum for
junior lieutenant. fleet comman-
der-in- chief in the German navy gets
from $3.50 to S5,212 table money, and
a junior officer $165 to S217. per an
mum, the higher allowances being
granted during service outside of the
North Sea and the Baltic.
II n Good Investment.
ON the other hand, the ordinary pay
or officers in the United States navy
Is higher than that Of corresponding
ranks in the foreign services. The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15
w

w TAsHINGTON. D. C.. April-15.
wv IF we have eggs on board
ship. the men went to see the
shells. II we serve potatoes, they
want TO see the skins. and they are
entitled TO-"
So said paymaster general McGowan.
when called before the naval commit
tee OF the house Of representatives,
few days ago. He is the man whose
business it is TO feed the United states
navy.
further stated. "are the best fed body
Of men in the world"
And well they may be, for the gov
eminent allows them SO cents piece
per day for rations-which is just ten
cents more than 10 spends for feeding
tho enlisted men Of the army.
Why the difference? It is hard to
say MCGOWAN could not explain il;
and when one member Of the commit
tee said II must mean that either the
army was underfed or the navy over
fed, the paymaster general could only
reply that the latter was certainly not
the case.
The fact IS. however. that our sold
iers, though the food bought for them
is as good I'm quality as that purchased
for the navy, get less in quantity than
our sallormen. Perhaps sea air. so
VIGOROUSLY provocative Of appetite,
makes the Jolly tars hungrier
Americans Are best Fed.
When the food allowance Of Ameri-
can bluejackets is compared with the
rations Of foreign navies, the paymas-
ter generals above quoted claim is
FULLY borne out Thus, for example,
the British men o-Wars- gets one
pound Of fresh bread per diem; the
Yankee gets II pounds. The
Britisher gets eight ounces OF fresh
meat and n pound Of fresh vegetables:
the American gets ! - pounds of
meat and j "a pounds Of vegetables.
One feature Of the British naval
ration Is daily allowance Of one
ounce OF Jam or marmalade. The
trenchman gets a pint of wine with
his dinner. the Italian likewise Rice
las one might expect cuts a large
potatoes on that Of the Germans. But
u is only England and the United
states that make a specially of fur
nlsnlng fresh garden truck and plenty
Of Il on board ship.
The Yankee bluejacBet. when op-
portunity offers in port or elsewhere,
may have. in place Of his daily al
iowance OF fresh meat, an equal guam
tlty OF fresh fish or poultry, or eight
eggs On the other hand. N fresh
stuff runs short he may be obliged to
ran back upon timed, meat, vegetables
in cans, ana rice.
May Select His beverage.
he gets daily two ounces of coffee
or cocoa, or, Of he prefers. half an
ounce OF tea Other items Of his AZ
loWance are Is pint Of fresh milk COR
an ounce or the evaporated article), /
s-lb pound OF fresh fruit Cor pronor- I
tionate quantity tlnned), two ounces /
OF Dutter four ounces Of sugar, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.


TATURE is the great maker and
N user OF explosives. But her
dynamite is steam With it she
can wreck a world. In the face Of the
moon we see the aspect OF a little planet
which has been wrecked in that man
ner. Natures exploding boilers are vol
canoes.
The gaunt frames Of dead volcanoes
OF gigantic size cover the face Of the
moon, but their motive force is gone be-
cause the moon no longer has either
free water of sufficient internal heat
to turn water into steam. She looks like
a monstrous Nerdun that, ages ago was
subjected TO a storm OF shells a billion
times. mightier than any that KrupD's
biggest guns can hurl
The earth has both. and consequently
IL has active volcanoes. This is the
earliest. and. upon the whole. the most
consistent and probable explanation Of
volcanic action. All the active volcanoes
are sufficiently near the see to be within
the probable range Of percOlating sub
terranean water. But some of the wa
ter no doubt comes from the rocks
themselves Still. there are no active
volcanoes at great distances from the
ocean.
Those found I'm the far interior OF
continents are mere dead shells, telling
Of time when they were animated by
the gigantic force OF steam. supplied
from water sources now lacking.
whenever Nesuvius or Etna eXplOdes
with a furious eruption there are pre-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15


and another path that branches off while their
trib?0; lOable
amusing helpless; still the older wiser look
ittensn vel 81 I young"
ALL don't make with what to be played with
henct And kittens have the
they when Just and doWu And kittens
themselves gratefully
and sneaks downn Just the
did when Grandmother was gIl-NELL BRlNhLE4
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

IIINS OF OF
mothers medltaton
looks the blue of whit
do things
still fluff and velvet and sni
and tapping Tatesnake long of the
to
walk on water when they want to kittens
Hs nothing tall
something about it, kittens do have pretty baby and ado for
bright the soft
anything still because they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15
HORO SCOPE

will enter hospital training schools, the
seers announce, and viii do much to-
ward aiding preparedness. which VIII
politics.
owing to the forecast for Chicago
and it's relation to predictions con-
corning the Democratic national con-
vention. startling events are forecast.
There is one sign that appears to con-
tradict all logical conclusions.
Economy in food supplies is coun-
seled for Americans during the coming
months.
There Is planetary government
that promises much for prOprietors OF
summer hotels.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of a quiet, successful year
with few anxieties
Children born on this day probably
will have uneventful, happy lives
These subjects Of Aries may partake
OF Taurus qualities and may be self
reliant and acknowledgement 1915
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

~HIS is an uncommonly lucky day,
according to astrology' and an
L who are wise will make the best
of it. Mars. Jupiter and Uranus are
all in strongly benefic aspect.
Under this rule the mind should be
abIe 10 throw off unpleasant or unhap-
nv Thoughts and receive the stimulat-
ing mower of the universe.
II lie nec1liarly a time for intellectual
and snfritual insight The rule Is be-
lie-ed to render men and women sus-
ceDtible 90 psychic influences and TO
quicken their susceptibilities.
Mars gives courage and energy.
While this CONFORMATION prevails pub
lie opinion is supposed to be easily
nodded in favor of military enterprises.
THE planets appear TO indicate many
serious MISUNDERSTANDING and alterca-
lions on the subject OF war or prepar-
edness but the seers give assurance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15
Men of American Navy Live On Fat
of Every Land the Vessels Reach
By
Rene Bache


# Cleeu
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15


\ n portant day. Neptune is mildly
adverse.
Venus is in \ pace foreshadowing
serious anxieties for England, but re-
verses are to be followed by successes.
The government will meet new and
complex problems.
Mexico is still subject to n rule that
is held to cause unrest and frequent
trouble, but the trend is toward a peace
in which the United States benefits.
Within two years a stampede for land
will be made by Americans living near
the border, the seers declare.
Italy has n sinister sign, boding i'll
for the summer. The pope will be
troubled and his health may suffer.
Religious agitation that may have a
political bearing is prophesied. This
will affect the west, if the stars are
read Alright.
AstrOlogers declare that the most
startling message OF the stars pertains
to the occult world and the foreshal-
owing of various means Of communica-
ton. Persons of culture and wealth
will engage in serious Investigation. il
is predicted
Honors for a woman little known
are forecast. She viii be called to a
high office in an organization of
great influence.
Nursing comes under a sway that
prognosticates widespread interest in
the United states. Women of station
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

same is true Of the enlisted men: and
the latter are much more considerate-
ly. treated, As for the food our blue
Jackets get, paymaster general Nc
Gowan. talking to the house commit
money IL costs is more than compen-
stated for by the health. comfort and
cOntentment Of the enlisted personnel
and the consequent increase in eff
cheney"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15
Saturday. April 10. 1916.

4 CCORDING to planetary influ-
~ ence, this is read as an unim-
\ - portant day. Neptune is mildly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

II NC mon and OFFICERS on board
are divided up into little eating clubs.
or messes, each Of which has its
COOK ana manages its own affairs.
mere IS the captains mess. the ward
and the warrant officers mess. The
men are split up usually into messes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

IL EtIa uaIIN Two ounces OF cOffeo
or cocoa, or, Of he prefers. half an
ounce Of tea Other items Of his az
lowance are is pint Of fresh milk COR
an ounce OF the evaporated article),
tionate quantity tlnned), two ounces
OF butter four ounces Of sugar, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

On me Other hand, The ordinary pay
OF officers in the United States navy
Is higher than that Of corresponding
ranks in the foreign services. The
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
NOTICE.
Ohio Circuit c,

Ohio Circuit Court.
c. M. Ashby, ct al, Plaintiffs,
VS..
$. j. Tichenor, Executor, etc, Defend
ants.
All persons, firms or corporations.
having claims against the estate of
Sallie NJ. Ashby, deceased, are here
by'notifled to present the same. prop
erly proven, to my Office in Hartford.
KY, on or before the 9th day of
November, 1916.
No claims will be received after
the above date and claims not nIea
with me on or before the above date
will be forever barred.
Done by order Of the Ohio Circuit
Court.
OTTO c. MARTIN.
1878 Master Commissioner.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
Real


FARM LANDS and City Residences
are now selling at a low cost,
but don't expect it to be so al
ways. II you ever expect to own
your farm or your home now Is
the time to buy.
WE HAVE several farms listed IN
Ohio county and they can be
had for reasonable prices and
liberal terms. II we do not
have the particular farm you de-
sire we will make efforts to get
it for you.
IF YOU want TO move to Hartford
where our children will have the
advantage of a good high school
notify us. We have houses and
lots for sale and believe you can
select one from our list to your
liking.
WE HAVE a comfortable home in
Hartford. modern improvements
and a good garden in cultiva-
ton for sale or rent. Place
rents for $40 a month.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
No Old Maids In STAN.

When a Simese girl attains the age
of SO without marrying she is label
ed and placed in a privileged class
under the special care Of the King,
who binds himself to find a husband
for her. His method is delightful
ly simple. A prisoner I'm any one OF
the Simese jails may gain his par
don and release by marrying one Of
the mature maidens Whether he rs
already married or not is Of no great
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
Maintaining Discipline.

discipline" said a Government
official at a dinner in Washington,
naval discipline must be maintained
At all costs"
"They tell story to illustrate this;
"a naval officer said to a seaman;
"'What idiot told you to dump that
nile of dunnage there?'
"'It was the Captain, sir, the sail
Or answered.
Humphv said the officer, let II
remain there, and take twelve hours
in irons my man for calling the Cap
tain an idiot. Washington Star.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
1873
- -
NOTICE.
Ohio Circuit Court.
lis, ct al, Plaintiffs,

Ohio Circuit Court.
John NJ Balls, ct al. Plaintiffs.
VS..
Henrietta Balls, Admrx., ct al, De-
PENDANTS.
All persons. arms or corporations.
having claims against the estate OF
Y. F, Balls. deceased. are hereby no.
titled to present the same to me at
my Office in Hartford, Ky. properly
proven on or before the 9th day OF
November. 1916.
No claims will be received after
the above date and claims not pre-
scented on or before the above date
will be forever barred.
Done by order of the Ohio Circuit
Court.
OTTO c. MARTIN,
1873 Master Commissioner.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17

sufferer From Indigestion Relieved.
Before taking Chamberlain's Tab
cts my husband suffered for several
Years from indigestion, causing him
10 have pains in the stomach and dis
.ress after cutting, Chamberlain's
Tablets relieved him OF these spells
right away" writes Mrs. Thomas
Casey, Geneva, n. Y. Obtainable ey-
ryWhere IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
consequence, for in Siam a man is
not restricted to one wife.
Worse Yet.

A German spy caught red-handed
was on his way to be shot.
81 think you English are brutes,"
he srowled, Ito march me through
this rain and slush"
We'll" said the Tommy" who
was c5corting him, what about mo?
! have to go back in IT,"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17
Children Cry
Fer FLETcHER'S
G q = 7 O RI a
Rocky at That!

Professor What do you consider
the deepest science?
Student IT, Geology.
Professor Why do you think so?
studentWell, because it--er-pen-
3lrates the earth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-03

have short intestine. The same Characters.
tics can be traced in IS per cent OF all the great
conquerors and adventures down 10 the pres.
ent day.
Alexander, Hannibal. William the Conaueror.
John Churchill Wellington. Washington, Crom.
we'll Napoleon, Grant--al show the character.
istics OF the tigerman. Think OF all the great
aggressive characters you know OF and sec if
The description does not hold true
This division OF humanity is based on exact
measurements Examination OF many bodies
has shown that the carnivorous type has an
Intestinal length Of thirteen 10 twenty feet as
against twenty-five and more for the herbiyor
Gus type. The latter type has an exceptionally
large colon to permit OF vegetable and starch
question. this portion of the tract often bein,
longer than the rest OF the large intestine
The two types can be recognized by their
outward appearance. but a further examina.
ton can be made with the N-rays There are
differences in the form OF the vertebrate, as
explained by DR.. Bryant. and other parts of tho
skeleton. The length Of the intestine NAV be
approH,maied by this means. The intestines
lie IN Inherent position in the OK and tiger
types. The differences have been noted with
great minuteness by DR. Bryant and another
investigator, Or. Goldthwat.
The body OF the tiger man is generally tall
and slender; the head IS large and long the
law narrow, the nose prominent long and
thin; the forehead often receding; the eyes
close together; the chcekbones prominent:
the ears large. prominent. projecting outward
and forward: the skin soft ard delicate ana Inc
nair more than usually abundant While the
oX-nan generally has no Adams annie the
tiger man displays one that Is prominent In
the tiger type the back is narrow and round
the shoulders are narrow and often droop the
neck is long and thin. with slender muscles:
me waist line is narrow, the wrist and ankles
min The foot is long and tapering; the hand
ana myers are likewise SLENDER long and deli.
cate. The skeleton is light and slender; there
Is an absence OF fat. and the weight is usually
deficient. The spine is flexible
Aside from differences In bodily structure,
one can generally distinguish the types by the
way they move In bending forward the body
OF the ox-man curves from the hips the spine
ieXibly bending. The oX.man moves forward
ana backward on the hips, the back and spine
remaining straight and rigid. Fancy dancers
acrooats and hurdlers are found among the
Tiger type This type is marked by bodily
asility, nimbleness and grace Of movement
in contrast to the lean, slender. agile tiger
tyPe' the ox-man is heavily built short
lnick-set, with broad back. The head OF the
ox'man is round. square sugar-loafed In
shape; the jaw is heavy and square, the nose
snort, wide and fiat The forehead is usually
square, the eyes are far apart. the cheekbones
are often not marked, or If so are round: the
ears are thick. short and wide. The neck is
short and thick, with heavy muscles The hips
are large the waist measurement expansive
the weight often excessive. The skin Is thick
the hair often thin and sparse. The ox-man
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-03
Medical Sciences Astonishin&New Div;<;

HR. JOHN BRYANT, of Boston, and other dis
~ tinguished surgeons have found from exami-
nation that mankind falls into two leading
physical characteristics that distinguish the two
types are enumerated by DR.. Bryant in the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal as follows: