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Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
STATE NEWS

Delaware College agricultural stud
ents are planning to give the play
Dandy Dick" postponed from last
spring. 1t will be given shortly after
Thanksgiving under the direction of
Mrs. Herman r. Tyson.
Thomas Chapel will celebrate its
152d anniversary on Sunday. October
Is. The Rev. C. T. Wyatt of Denton,
Md, will be the speaker at the har-
vest home service to be held in the
afternoon. The Rev. o. B. Reed is
pastor in charge. 1t is claimed that
Thomas Chapel is older than Barratt' s
Chapel but it has been remodeled.
The old blacksmith shop of Frank
Rust, on Loockerman street, Dover
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
To Reform thermometer.

A sign of progress is a bill intro.
duced by a Pacific coast representa-,
tive to substitute the Centigrade for
the Fahrenheit thermometer in gov.
ernment publications. When Gabriel
Daniel Fahrenheit nearly 200 years
ago devised the scale which bears his
name 80 degrees below the freezing
point was the lowest temperature he
knew, so he called it zero. But his
graduation has been displaced in the
scientific world almost as completely
as his idea of the extreme of cold
Scientists everywhere use the Cent?
grade scale, and the Fahrenheit is in
popular use in English-speaking
countries only.
The Centigrade thermometer is
graduated in a simple and rational
way, the freezing point being marked
zero and the boiling point 100. The
movement for reform of the thermom.
eter ought to go hand-in-hand with the
propaganda for universal adoption OF
the metric system of weights and
measures and for uniform decimal re-
lations of coinage in all nations
Newark Evening News.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Regimental journalism.

Steps have been taken by the au-
thorities of the British museum to Sc
cure as complete a collection as pos
sible of the regimental periodicals,
the production of which is one of
the curious features of the present
war. Some of these publications are
printed and others typewriter. They
are not quite without analogy in the
history of past wars. The British who
were besieged at Mafeking during the
Boer war contrived to keep going
little journal issued daily, shells per-
mitting." In the wars of about CEN
tury ago Lord Exmouth, while carry
ing out a blockade of French ports,
had a printing press set up for the
amusement of officers and men en-
gagged in that tedious duty. They did
not attempt to produce any original
records or literary matter of their
own, but they printed several consid-
cradle works, and printed them, it is
said, very well.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Talk Costs S54. TIp $40.

Spending money is a part Of the
life Of Barney Oldfield, motor speed
king. The great racing driver does
not hesitate to satiate his desires,
whatever they may be. He has been
a guest at the Hotel Muehlebach for
three days and has been away from
his wife and his home in Los Angeles
just a week. Sitting in his room at
the hotel the great racing driver got
into conversation with his wife by
longdistance telephone. He talked
to her eleven minutes and paid $54.96
for the privilege of the conversation.
The odd cent is war tax.
Oldfield is liberal with tips, too.
Miss Ann Gaffney, the operator who
handled the call for him, will attest to
that fact. After the conversation with
his wife, the daredevil driver sent a
SO bill to the operator.-Kansas City
Times.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
ARE USING ROMAN WEAPONS
Soldiers of Today Employ Almost a
Duplicate of Sword Used by
Caesars Legionaries.

II one of Caesars legionaries who
fell in the "pGcification" of Gaul could
be walked from his long sleep and
placed in the trenches, he would find
one or two familiar things, even If
he failed to recognize the landscape.
The appalling racket, the bursting
shells, the spectacle Of men struck
down by invisible agencies of death
these would be new and awesome. But
the helmet would have rather famil-
lar feeling on his brows, and if he
took part in a charge he would show
himself a most efficient man with the
trench knife"
For this new weapon is just the
old Roman broadsword revived and
brought down to date. The blade is a
bit shorter than that TO which the
legionary was accustomed-15 inches
instead of 18. But the point and edge
are keen, the steel is good, the hilt
is plain, and the Injunction to thrust
at the face" is as sound as ever. With
this accustomed weapon in his grip
and a cloak over his arm in lieu of
shield, Caius of the Tenth legion would
be nasty warrior to meet on the
chalk knolls of Champagne.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
His shaves Stopped AIImony.

Unable, he claims, to pay the ali.
mony awarded his wife because of ex.
penses attached to daily shaves, at
tending the movies nightly and other
more or less princely luxuries, George
Lawson was arrested by Detective
Barnshaw on a bench warrant issued
by Vice Chancellor Leaning and sent
to the county jail on contempt pro.
ceedings.
When his wife brought action for di-
vorce some time ago Lawson strenu.
ously objected to the amount of ali.
mony imposed by the vice chancellor,
declaring that he was unable to pay,
as he required the ministrations Of a
barber daily and seat at the movies
to settle his nerves after day of toll.
The vice chancellor told him to buy
a safety razor and drop the show pas.
sion.--Atlantic City dispatch Philadel-
phia Record.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Lean.Year Advice.

Here Is the sage counsel which Miss
Lucille Pugh, feminist, suffragist and
lawyer-and also quite pretty-is
quoted as offering to all bachelor girls,
absolutely without fee, for their leap
year guidance, says the New York
Evening Sun.
Propose to the man Of your choice
but look up his rating first"
Short and to the point. By the re-
course to Bradstreet's it is argued that
women may avoid unhappiness fire.
quently resulting from penniless mar
riages. Good!-as far as it goes. But
what eminent counselor of the other
sex will not stand forth to aid his
trembling brethren? Such a one
might well advise:
Accept the woman who proposes
to you If you like her, but first look
up her rating in the domestic arts"
One prerequisite is as fair as the
other. For the woman: Do not mar
ry for money, but love where money
is; for the man: Do not marry to
provide yourself with a cook, but
while marrying you might as well
marry someone who can make out OF
the place you live in home. Some
thing more than a liberal income is
required to produce comfortable cir
cumstances" for two.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
HAVE LAUGH ON SNoBERLY
His Fellow Members Of the Club Like
Iy to Indulge In Their Merrl-
ment for Some Time.

Young Snoberly is very anxious to
create the impression that he is "a
don" at French. A few evenings ago,
at the club, he took a French comic
paper, and for half an hour he pre-
tended to be absorbed in it's contents.
Every once in while he would smile
feebly, as if he had been carried away
by the jokes, and say, audibly, bon,
tres bon!"
There were several gentlemen at
the adjoining table who had been no.
ticing Snoberly's antics. At last one
of them said: "See that Snoberly over
there pretending to read that French
paper? l am certain that he does not
understand French He is Just doing
that to impress the people with his
knowledge as a linguist."
Il suppose he must understand
French" replied one of the party.
"IIl bet bottle of wine that he
doesn't, and I'll prove it."
I'll take the bet"
The gentleman who had made the bet
walked quietly over to Snoberly, and
said. Monsieur, quelle heure est-il?'
("What o'clock is it, sir?")
Young Snoberly smiled a Partisan
smile, and gracefully handed over the
paper!-London Tit-Bits.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
CAT FEEDS STARVING DOG
Strange Pair Live Eight Days on
Dried Elk Meat Which Pussy
Furnished Companion.

Deputy Game Warden Brown is
looking for the hunter who killed an
elk In the foothills of the Olympics
and left the greater portion of it dried
In a small cabin, says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Browns discovery of the elk meat
deals with the wanderings of an Aire-
dale dog.
Brown borrowed the dog from a
friend when he started into the hills
on a general hunt for lawbreakers,
and when well up in the mountains
he lost the dog. He failed to locate
the animal, and later came to town,
thinking it had returned to its home.
When he arrived he found that the
dog had not appeared, so he started
out again to try to locate the animal
Brown luckily stumbled upon a
small cabin well up in the mountains,
and here found the dog. Brown inves-
tigated the shack and found it well
supplied with elk meat, but on the
rafters was a small domestic cat that
had become wild. The dog had come
across the cat, which had sought ref
uge In the rafters of the cabin. When
hungry the cat ate the dried elk meat
and dropped pieces to the dog below,
both living for more than eight days
in this manner.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
HERO WORSHIP TOO COMMON
Absurd Failing Which Seems to Have
Remarkable Hold on Majority
of Mankind.

Americans, like most other people,
are disposed to do moderate amount
of hero worshiping. One phase of it,
says the Kansas City Star, is the re-
spectful hearing given on all subjects
to a man who has made a success in
some one line. If man is highly sue
cessful in manufacturing tooth
brushes we assume that he knows all
about art and science.
There is Smith," we say. HE is
a phenomenal maker of socks. He
can turn them out at the rate of 10,-
by his ability to make socks so rap
idly without dropping stitches in
them. Besides, it is said the socks
really wear well. That being the case,
what do you suppose he thinks about
the ethics of that Chicago baby case.
Let us get his opinion as to the de-
STABILITY of encouraging the modern
schools of art. We surely must ask
him what to do about typhoid vacci-
nation. When does he think the war
OF course, Smith may never have
given any attention to these subjects.
He may have been so busy perfecting
the machine for speeding up without
dropping stitches that he may have
no ideas whatever on the European
war or the immortality of the soul or
the higher criticism of the Bible or
the advisability of masticating ones
food thoroughly, or the relative ad-
vantages of Corot and Troyon as paint
ers.
Still, we write him letters and ask
him his views. Unless he is a very
remarkable man he takes the ques-
tions seriously, is immensely 1attered
by them, and by and by comes to
think that having been successful in
making socks he must be equally sue
cessful in every other line of human
endeavor.
OF course, if he falls for this sort
of thing, in time he is bound to make
some perfectly fool statement. When
he does this, we are all as likely as
not to turn and rend him for being
an ass, when the original trouble was
with those of us who insisted on his
qualifying as an expert on subjects
that he knew nothing about.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
LIGHTS EFFECTS ON GERMS
While It Kills Some, 1t Transforms
Others Into Creatures of a
Different Species.

If sunlight destroys bacteria, it is
also the active agent in multiplying
their species Such, at least, is the
obvious deduction which science is
drawing from a recent experiment of
Nine. Victor Henry, and it is one that
opens up an entirely new field to the
psychologists.
She had occasion recently to ex-
pose some germs of anthrax to the
rays from a mercury vapor lamp. AS
she expected, the treatment proved
fatal to most of the subject, but few
of them survived.
The astonishing feature in the case
was that the survivors had undergone
a radical transformation. They were
no longer thin and threadlike. They
had become spherical, or nearly so,
true cocci, in fact. At the same time,
they were radically different from all
known spores.
What is more, upon cultivation they
did not return to their original form,
and when injected into animals pro-
duced an entirely new disease.
Nine. Henry is forced to the conclu-
sion that she has developed an entire
ly new bacterial family, and reasoning
from her experience believes that she
has hit upon the means by which such
families have multiplied. 1t is her
opinion that after long exposure to
sunlight, a germ, if not destroyed, un-
dergoes a radical change in form and
nature, thus becoming the root of an
entirely new species.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Decorations for Women.

Foreign countries are most prodigal
Of feminine decorations, There are in
all some twenty foreign orders, and it
is said that Spain was the first coun-
try to honor the gentler sex by includ-
ing them in orders of chivalry. The
Legion of Honor, which has been
pinned to not few feminine breasts
in the present war, the Russian Order
of St. Catherine and the Austrian Star
Cross are few Of the greater orders
which can be accorded to women. In
no country does the decoration be-
slowed on woman carry any title,
as in the case of a masculine knight.
hood, but in several countries certain
female decorations bestow a sort of
status equivalent to rank in the army.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Pigeons Learn TO Swim.

The swimming of blue pigeons-the
familiar domestic blrds-is the re-
markable sight reported to a Dutch
natural history journal. Some months
ago one of the doves was thrown into
the water in a flight and rescued by
human aid, and since then they have
become more familiar with the water.
Pieces Of bread noticed in shallow
places evidently tempted them at first
Gaining courage, they soon learned to
swim, and just before making his
report the observer saw two of them
sailing around like gulls few yards
from his house. When they tired oi
the bath they quietly flew out of tbs
water.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11

between Governor s avenue and New
street, has been torn away and a sur
vey Of the lot was made recently.
preparatory to the erection of three
story Odd Fellows Hall, which will
be credit to Dover. Extensive i'm
proyements have been made to the
Masonic Hall. on Loockerman street.
by the installation of electric lights
and the laying of new velvet carpet.
Mr.. and Mrs George Edward Hurd
announced the marriage of their sister,
Miss Julia Carter Hargadine and Mr..
Robert Smithson McKellar. on Sat-
urday, September Both, at Great
Falls, Montana. The bride is native
of this county. being the daughter of
the late DR.. Robert W. Hargadine, of
FELTON,, and the granddaughter of the
late Edward ]. Carter, of Dover. Mr..
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Rabies.

A case Of rabies reported in Eng
land last spring was the first in that
country since 1902, and occurred in
dog that was being held in the six
months quarantine which the English
law imposes on all dogs brought into
the country to prevent the introduc-
tion Of this disease. Rabies was BAN
ished from England by muzzling. Aus
tralia and New Zealand have never
had any cases of rabies, and a system
of quarantine and inspection prevents
it's introduction. Sweden, Norway and
Denmark are practically free from it.
Scientific American.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11

McKellar is one Of the rl'Ins Ds, VI
members NJ IN Of the Montana B'l' son. 1
and Mrs. McKellsr will be At sfts,ltI fDs
Glasgow after November the s,ucs u,'' itsI
Among relatives in attenos !,D amt, Vi
1nlis Iis'Gact coyter. Of Dover, and st.5ia ri
MISS Evelyn Carter, Ol ~
Ohio. . dirOfs|
Marriage between pal : ,,bom be |
for any cause, either ,I.,.~ o. will will rt |
permitted hereafter in ns, tns e.spsarI
Episcopal Church if a ,s;ttss nyt Oh q
rGm@srC1d ria9a sud divorce, is adOp'ecTs ecTsSti
General Gene ALL Conference Of the hss..orsirg Ss 4
St. Louis, October H. ...SO Ia,tFe1
an announcement in Chlcsss Chlaossd d Y
The committee is cOmpG a Ave lG'I
bishops, five priests anu
Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Awakening.

Geraldine is growing cynical" said
one girl.
why do you think so?" inquired the
other.
'She confided to me that she doesn't
believe half the poetry people send
in valentines comes from the heart"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19
SAVE YOUR WASTE pa
PER AND OLD RAGS

Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. c..
The attention of the Department is
called, Dy the president of a large pa
per manufacturing company, to the
fact that there is a serious shortage
Of raw material for the manufacture
of paper, including rags and old pa
pers. He urges that the Department
should make it known that the col
lecting and saving of old papers would
greatly better existing conditions for
American manufacturers.
Something like $4,000 tons of diff
ferent kinds of paper and paper board
are manufactured every day in the
United States a large proportion of
this, after it has served its purpose
could be used over again in some
class Of paper. A large part of it,
however, is either burned or otherwise
wasted. This, of course, has to be re-
placed by new materials. In the early
history of the paper industry public
ity was given to the importance Of
saving rags. 1t is of scarcely less i'm
pOrtance now. The Department of
Commerce is glad to bring this mat
ter to the attention of the public in
the hope that practical results may
flow from it. A little attention to the
saving of rags and old papers will
mean genuine relief to our paper in
dustry and a diminishing drain upon
our sources of supply for new ma
terials.
a list of dealers in paper stocks can
be obtained from the local Chamber
Of Commerce or board of trade.
VIM G. REDFIELD,
Secretary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19
WISCONSIN CROP AND
LIVE STOCK REPORT
Washington, D. c., April Z.

Washington, D. c., April z.
A summary of the April crop
and live stock report for the state
of wisconsin, as compiled by the
Bureau Of Crop Estimates (and
transmitted through the Weather
Bureau), U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture, is as follows:
WHEAT Condition April 1st this
year, Sc per cent. of normal; ten
year average of condition figures
for April 1St. 50 per cent.
RYE Condition April 1st this year,
80 per cent; ten-year average
April 1st condition, 81 per cent.
from disease past
year, is per cent; ten-year aver
age, 2.7 per cent.
CATTLE Losses from disease past
year, is per cent; ten-year aver
age, liz per cent. Losses from eX-
posture past year, o. per cent;
ten-year average, O.5 per cent.
from disease past
year, Ii per cent: ten-year aver
age. 2.1 per cent. Losses from eX-
pOSare past year, O.6 per cent;
ten-year average, 1.6 per cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19
SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING
No Place Safe In Path of Thun-
der Storm.
BARNS STRUCK OFTENER.
Expert Urges House Rods and FIRE.
quent Grounds ON Wire Fences
To Protect Live Stock.

Washington, ID. c., April IA
study of electrical storms by o. S.
Peters a physicist of the bureau of
standards. department Of commerce,
shows that a fash of lightning, usual
IT, consisting Of several seperate dis
charges. may not last longer than 10
$4,000 Of a second. Each of the dis
charges composing the stroke may not
last over 1-35-000 of a second, and is
frequently as brief as 100000 of a
second.
The flash may contain $4,000 am
peres Of electricity, and this entire
quantity may be discharged with
force of more than 100000 volts. 1t
has been estimated that a flash of
lightning a mile long may deliver its
stroke with a force of 100000 volts,
of which $4,000 is required to break
down the air in the path of the flash.
No place in the path of thunder
storm is safe from being struck by
lightning, but the thing that is least
likely to be hit by a bolt is a house
equipped with lightning rods. The
next safest place, according to Peters,
is an unprotected house.
Hot Air May Attract Stroke.
al current of hot air ascending from
a chimney is apt to attract a stroke
and people should not stand near
stoves or other metal objects, includ-
ing phones and screens.
"Out of DOORS" he says, "the most
-Tonvor.O,rr, y,Tococ q 10 ovid or1fTv oman
fields, under isolated trees, and near
wire lenses. Small sheds and other
shelters are almost equally danger
Gus as isolated trees, especially if the
sheds in the open away from larger
buildings Thick timber is UndoUbt-
eddy the safest place out of doors.
"a place of complete safety" he
adds, may be found only in a space
surrounded by a metal network, in a
steel frame building, or in an under
ground chamber"
The property loss for the entire
country is about SS,OOO,OOO a year,
mostly in rural districts, and 1900
persons are struck by lightning, one
third Of them dying and many Of them
sustaining permanent injuries.
Wind May Shift Bolt.
lightning rods" he continues, ere
duce the fire hazard 80 per cent for
barns and so to so per cent for hous-
es."
1.-The path of a flash may be shifted
by the wind as much as thirty-siX
feet" Mr.. Peters declares. -Four
times as many barns as houses are
struck When stroke falls on a
house the chance is that one or more
members Of the family will be struck.
"GOOd conductors are more likely to
be hit than poor ones. Iron, alum
mum and copper are equally good
lightning rods. The loss of live stock
in fields can be reduced by grounding
the wire fences by means of galvanized
iron pipe or posts at intervals of 100
yards or so and breaking up the cleo
trio continuity Of the fence at inter-
walls by inserting sections of non con
Quoting wood in place of the wire"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

When a man offers you something
for nothing, don't accept it unless
YOU can afford to pay double what it
Us worth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

Many a political orator who howls
about the Independent life of the
farmer doesn't know an OK yoke from
a horse collar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

That man has truly reached the
limit of perfection who fully deserves
the good opinion he has of himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

Too many things that are done well
are not worth doing at all.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-24
eARENT-TEAcHER's
 ASSOCIATION PLANS
 WORKING PROGRAM

DOUGLAS. May 24.-The Parent Teachers Association held @ splen- did meeting yesterday afternoon when 8 number of new members were added bringing the assocIation's membership to twenty-five. The By Laws used by the Washington State Association were adopted and 1t was decided 10 affiliate with that organ ization. It was also decided to con- tinue the meetings through the sum- mer Mrs. Stoody and Miss chas- teen were appointed with Mrs. Kin gle on the summer program commit tee The chairman of the tag day committee turned $71.10 over to the treasurer of the association.
 After the routine business. Mrs. Richards read an article. "Wide Awake Dreams Come True" which gave an interesting history of the organization from its birth in 1898, as we'll as an insight to the many phases of child welfare work which the association work covers. Miss Wood gave @ talk on the work Of the association in high schools She has been personally in touch in work ln the Berkeley high school. Mrs. Youngstrom read an encouraging letter from the president of the Washington State Association. and also gave some interesting phases of the work that had been success fuI in other circles. Following this Miss chasteen read an article, "The Practical Work of O parent-teachers Efficiency was the key note of this article. After a few min of discussions and the awarding of the picture to the upper grade room the meeting was adjourned until June 9th.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-24
TREAowELL NOTES


 DOUGLAS. May 24.-Henry Carl son left on the Spokane last evening for the States.
 Mrs. 4. Bosnian and son left yes. terday for visit to Seattle.
 The Treadwell Club Band compos. ed of twenty pieces. is busy today helping the good work of the Dem. ocratic convention along.
 The extension to the 1900" mill, which has been under construction for several weeks to accommodate the new motor. recently installed. has been completed. Carpenters are at work today putting in new sup ports to the railway trestle. south of the 1900" mill.