The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-05
NEWS NOTES.

"A figure representing an aneier
dinosaur, clad in characteristic heav
armor, will be p9raded on truck
through various ci1es, by represents
tives of the anti-ptparedness move
ment in order to lock the propose
army and navy Increase bills b
arousing sentiment against them.
huge streamer WILDE hung from on
side Of the image IA ring these word
This. Animal. tr1S * toSvilita;V
Preparedness, hadsYs. iAtell'sstnaf !
eign policy. He is Vow extinct"
| The demand for wood flour is grow
ing every year in the United States
Already there are twenty thousand
tons, the value of which exceeds $780,,
900, which rae used up annually. The
bulk of it goes to linoleum manufac.
turing establishments. Either wood OF
cork flour can be used for making lin
oleum, but for gun powder white
wood flour is required
When the home Of Thomas Drum
ecks, of Minneapolis, Mimi, caught
fire one night recently, pet mouse,
startled by the flames, ran across the
baby's face. The baby at once set
up howl which awoke the mother
who alarmed the household. Nine
persons were sleeping in the house at
the time and it is considered doubt
full if they could have escaped if the
fire had gained much further head
way.
Residents of New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut have organized them
selves into an interstate anti-mosqui-
to league, whose purpose it is to wage
ceaseless warfare on the long bill
ed pests. The prolonged conflict will
open with mosquito week." May l,
at which time lectures will be given
in the schools and the children will
be coached to swat the MOSQUITO as
well as the fly.
Herbert and Roy Myers, aged four
and three, respectively, Of Indianap-
oils, Ind, died recently as the result
of eating a number Of cheap and high
ly colored Easter eggs which are
thought to have contained poison.
In 1915, the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad realized from
the sale of old iron, paper rope, rags,
hose, barrels, bags, old metal and
other junk, the sum Of 1891 900. This
suggests the possibilities in saving
waste materials Of all kinds and should |
encourage individuals and business
concerns to see that odds and ends of
any value at all are not thrown away.
Scraps and waste materials of various
kinds now command unusually high
prices on account of the war.
An Illuminating example of the inef- |
helency and wastefulness of Ameri-
,an methods of administering Justice
IS reported from New Jersey where
Jury, after enjoying four substantial
meals at public expense, spending one
hight in celebrating and learning"
~ IN 1ees decided that an accused
'Itlzen was not guilty of stealing
'ooster worth about Goo.
A Utah apiary company recently
'hipped two carloads Of bees into Cal
fornia to be distributed among the
'arlous orange groves in preparation
or the orange blooming season. It
SAID that orange honey commands
IN extra fancy, price and owners Of
ne groves are expecting bountiful
rield.
A singular provision In the will of
;. f. Fowles, who with bis wife was
victim Of the Lusitania disaster, has
zen sustained by the surrogate's
curt Of New York. The will stipulat-
d that should he and bis wife die ST.
lultaneously legal declaration
hould be made that he had died first.
owles left a large part Of his fortune
? his wife. The court has decided
nat the income from this shall 20 to
err sister and that the principal even
lally shall be divided between the two
'omen's children. Had the unusual