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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

Persia saw the earliest development
Of the perfume industry The priests
In Egypt. who were The sole deposita-
rles Of science, knew the secret OF aro-
matte substances and prepared them.
Egyptian perfumes acquired great
celebrity. especially those made In
Alexandria. The IsfaeIi;,.s during their
sojourn in Egypt adopted the use OF
aromatic substances. All these per-
fumes were extracted from essences Of
trees and various plants. The Creeks,
who loved elegance, were especially
addicted to the use of perfumes. and
they taught their secrets ana usage to
the Romans. The latter. In the days
Of their decadence, went so far as 10
scent the coats of their dogs. In the
middle ages the Arabs, venctians,
Gcnoese and Florentines became IA
nous for the preparation Of sweet
smelling essences. France did not be-
come acquainted with perfumes until
after the crusadcs, aud It was Maria
de- Medici who especially brought then,
into favor.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23
Waste of Coal.

eFulIy s0.0oo.000 tons OF anthracite
coal are now being left behind in the
mines each year, and it is estimated
that since coal mining began in this
country fully 2,00o000.0o0 tons of
anthracite and 3.0O0.000,000 tons Of
bltuminous coal have been left in the
ground under conditions which make
future recovery highly improbable.
ave waste through nonuse annually
s0.000.O00 horsepower which our wa
ter power could furnish. At the mod
crate assumed cost OF $50 per indicated
horsepower per annum. which Is con-
eiderably below the average price. this
waste amounts 20 $G00.000O00
AAnd hew do we fare in the lumber
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

Item. have cruised with my wife. HUI
dy Jane, since 1911. We signed articles in
town, before the preacher on Independ-
ence day. i want her and my son. Jo-
than. 10 be captain and mate in bringin'
TO port whatever leave and 10 see that
every one of the crew gets the lay as writ
down OH this paper. / put mother IN COM
mand. | know sheel be captain anyway
fer six months after we started on our
life cruise / found out that l was mate
and she was master I don't mean that
she ever mutinied. but ! know that when
ever We didn't agree sire always ma
noovred TO windard.
Item. I want mother to have the house
on Union street till she goes aloft Then
| want II to go to the children in equal
lays, etc.
As for whaling. Nantucket bog tied
one end Of his mothers darning cotton
TO steel fork and tried to harpoon
the family cat. AZ the animal Sought
to escape mother entered the room and
picked up the ball. Pay out, mother
pay outrv screamed the boy. "There
she sounds through the Window
Boston Transcript.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

Frank J. Marshall. American chess
champion. played 30 games stimuli.
taneously In Philadelphia recently.
winning ninety -scyen OF the contests.
He tied twenty three games and lost
nine. His competitors included many
of the best Philadelphia chess players.
as well as contcnders from Chicago.
Puerto Rico, Texas and London. Mar
shans feat required his keeping in
mind the location Of 2.12s pieces al one
time and is said to be a record.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23
A FAMILY ORCHESTRA.
Has Your Home One. and. u u Has,
Does This Just Fit ~

Has Your Home Ore. and. q u Has,
Does This Just FIT IT,
Wien two people conduct an orches-
ira there Is plot material, II the TWO
are knit by marriage ties the plot thick
ems Endlcott and I conduct a family
orchestra. be 1T the piano. ! playing
second violin. know more about mu
sic than does Endicoif. he Il more mn-
steal than |. keep the time. be has
the temperament. Temperament i
more noble than time. but time. ] shalt
always insist. has ifs place. perhaps
nowhere more appropriately than in m
orchestra. He at the piano can domi.
nate the situation more neatly than !.
In my position among the strings. how
ever. | can more readily organize a
strike
The rest Of the pieces are presided
over by orr children. young people OK
lnnexlblc spiri, and ehromaile moods.
Sometimes we doubt whetlf1fTt< have
our troupe under the rigid ohlch
as parents We might cT oD-
mand. The condnctisifR hes
ira, says our son seof -iih
the distance Of tire s1ioa nip
between artists and COZ = When
the children were tiftlss--- held the
pleasant theory that family orchestra
would draw as eli close together. stand.
Ing always as symbol Of our perfect
harmony. That would he all rfght II
the harmony would only 40 To suit us
all equally nj the same time. As II r.
our little band. In which observers md
40 touching picture Of hearfhsids nni.
ty. suggests sometimes all the elements
OF guerrilla warfare atlantic Monthly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

Verses is: The paralyiie.
"After These things The record. as
stated IN previous paragraphs. omlts
an details Of this Galilean ministry.
Whether that ministry occupied two Or
three months or more than a year We
caiiiot say. - feast Of the Jews.
As tile margin shows. there Is some
basis for the translation the feast-
namely. tho passose.. But such ren-
derins would necessit0te the belief III
an extra 2year Of public ministry on
the part ~ Jesus. There Is in Jeru-
salem.'' The use of the present tense
is justified even II the record wag writ
tcn after the fall Of Jerusalem. The
place IN question still exists. y pool,
which il called in Hebrew bethesda.
having five porches." The detailed de
scfiption bespeaks the.lestimonS OF one
familiar with the place. This pool has
been identified by the Palestine Explo-
ration society. During the crusadcs n
church was built OYER H. The pool Is
fifty-fiyc feet long. The porches which
inciosed It were for the benefit or
those who: sought It's medicinal prop
critics. The name bethesda" Is gem
orally understood as meaning House
of Mercy" The pool evidently was
fed by an intermittent spring and the
waters had been found 10 possess me-
dicinal value. The idea OF the trou-
bling OF the waters by an angel was
only bit Of popular superstition. "A
certain man was there. Apparently
the man was one Of the "withered.'
although we have no definite informa-
ton as TO his disease. How long he
had been lying near this pool we can
not tell. hut. his iniirmity had been
upon him long enough to allow him
TO become a familiar figure In Jeru-
salem.
Verses 6-9a.-The paralytic healed.
The approach of jesus to this help
loss cripple was quite direct. "Woud-
cst thou he made whole:" he asked
him Ii is notable that the phmfiytic
did not make the first advance. The
sight OF his need was enough 10 stir
the pity OF Jesus. II seems assthough
the question implied so much as to
sound like mockery to the sufferer. IL
the purpose of Jesus was TO test the
viii of the man, as many have thought.
his answer showed that he had will
enough. but that be had been rendered
apathcfle by the constant disappoint-
ment Of that win What he needed
was a friend. II seemed almost unbe-
Iieyable that he had found one In this
stranger. Arise, take Up thy bed and
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

F., and other workers in the fields of
transportation and commercial activi-
ties because of the preyentable dis
eases. accidents and careessness.
I'VE waste S25.0o0.0O0 a year in the
handling of our mails. while under
normal conditions the German govern
ment makes n net profit Of SIS 100000
ON much smaller gross business.
Fire losses to buildings throughout
! the United States come close to $50.
100000 annually. Further we waste
| 100000 900 in expenses incident 70
that portion of the water supply of
our cities which is used in fire fighting
! through fire department charges and
distribution charges.
1T has been estimated that scale
formed upon the heating surface of
| locomotive boilers in this country In
wolves n yearly loss of more than H.
100000 tons Of coal-that Is 70 say,
that immense quantity of fuel is burn
ed at dead loss because the inter
| posed crust or scale prevents just so
much heat from reaching the water
which is 10 be turned into steam for
motive purposes.
THE egg Is a conspicuous figure In
public discussion just at present. No
wonder it is well nigh luxury, be
cause careless handling brings i'm IFS
train an annual loss which Is figured
Mt $4,000 900 and is probably nearer
S60.00o.o0O AT tie present time This
wastase is very largely the result OF
breakage in transportation.
rNhen Americans complain Of the
high cost Of food they should remem-
Der that a large percentage of our po-
tato crop rots unnecessarily every year.
This Is because we have failed TO adopt
potato drying process such as is used
in Germany. Because of this failure
we lose food TO the value of S25,Ooo000
every season.
And, again, sl2. 100000 is thrown
away annually through our failure 10
utilize the leaves of potatoes and other
plants for fodder and fertilizer. Ger
many turns these farm byproducis Into
source of revenue. Indeed. we sac
rificc immense sums every twelve
months simply because We do not take
advantage of money saving processes
relating to food which are IN common
use throughout most of Europe. =.
.In truth. If the total money value
of our national pfeyeniable Waste
could be accurately computed il would
probably be far beyond the annual
equivalent of $4,000, 100000 But TAX
ing only this sum it still means a
yearly per capita sacrifice Of 500.
But this does not quite put The case
in its proper light We have $4,000
900 wage carriers in the country. and
these are the people upon whose Shout
dcrs the burden of this wastagc ulti-
mately falls. Therefore every wage
Garner is bearing ny under a dead
loss of $500 each year, or a minimum
of SJ.T5 per week.
This is based upon computed
average wage of $40 week, and the
crushing weight Of this reflex of eco
nomic efficiency is absolutely appalling.
No wonder the cost OF living Is high
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23
A POSER FOR THE JUDGE.
Ths Way the Accused Put the Case Up
20 shs Court.

Ths Way the Accused Put the Case UP
20 the Court.
Writing Of Polish temperament and
talent. Sidney Whitman in Things l
Remember has an amusing story Of
bright Polish Jew who traded In
chemicals lie VAS brought before tho
law courts for selling poison without
fulfilling the legal enartments bearing
on such transactions.
The magistrate proceeded 10 read
out the charge when the jew sudden
~ interrupted him with the question::
Excuse me. SIR. President. 10 you
understand anything about chemi-
calst'
Mr.. s.. the expert. Is here In that
capacity" replied the judge.
And you, Mr.. S." queried the Jew.
"do you understand anything about
lawf2
~You have Just heard from his
worship that am an expert In chem
icals. II you want fo know anything
about law please address yourself TO
the judge"
Il ask you. Mr.. President, Just TO
consider the case for one moment.
You are tip judge Of the court and ad-
NIT that you do not understand any
thing about chemicals. aud the expert
tells US that he does not know any.
thing about law. And. 4. a poor Jew.
am expected 10 be familiar both with
the law and with chemicals. Now.
Mr. President | ask you. how you can
possibly convict meT
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23
cr.sL HurdIsr Fer Harvard.

Bill Meanix. the former Colby ath.
letc win have chance to win an in
tercollegiate championship. Tie for
mer English High. Colby and Boston
Athletic association athlete Is back NJ
Cambridge aud Is doing al right Ia his
studies. Meanix Will probably compete
for Harvard IN the three cornered meet
which Harvard and Dartmouth aud
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

By LEFTAB
VVvVvNVvNvVvVvVvVvNvVv VvVvVvVvVvVvVvNVVvVvNv

University of Pennsylvania will have
at Mechanics hall, Boston, Feb. II.
He will not represent the Roston
Athletic association this year. Meanix
will probably stick TO the 220 low hur-
die game during the spring outdoor
season and should add greatly to the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

"she wanted to marry him for his
money
"Did she fail7s
40: be failed. and she married some
lone else ToDeka Journal
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

have busy spring. What with being
on tho Mexican border then football.
then boeks. he also will have had n
fairy cngrossing summer. fan aud win.
ter. Mr. Berry viii not make the all
drunc team
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23
Berry Win ss . BUSY Man.

Howard Berry Of Pennsylvania says
he is going 10 study hard all winter.
as he is going after the pcnfathlon title
and win play baseball. therefore viii
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

Jesus at the pool Of Bethesda tJohn
v. 1-15i. Mcmorize verses :, .. Cold
en- Text. IL was Jesus who had made
him whole John Y. ID.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23
Dissipated Billions.


"These dissipated ten billions of dol
lars would certainly meet the govern
ment's total expenses for quite nine
years, assuming the annual outlays to
be as unusual and heavy as they have
been within the past twelve months.
This state of affairs is not theory,
It is an absolute fact, and | purpose
making this clear in plain figures.
1.-THE public must have been shocked
The other day when it learned that the
annual food wastage in New York city
alone amounts to millions of dollars,
and the statistics given by the head Of
the bureau of food and drugs unhappi-
Iy bore this out. Indeed, during the
month of November that bureau Of the
health department condemned 1 ,467 800
pounds of foodstuffs, and during 1915
: the shipments received in New York
city and destroyed because they were
unfit for Use totaled 1S,479,000 pounds
Of food.
what other people, calling them
selves civilized and progressive, would
tolerate forest fires entailing aver
age yearly loss of S50,000,000? And
please remember that this wastage
sometimes reaches total of 100000
900 in the course Of year.
"But the injury or sacrifice, call 1t
what one will, does not end there In
addition the young growth destroyed
by these fires is potentially OF far
greater value than the marketable tim
Der consumed by the flames, because
1t is the young trees that represent
the reserve for the future. This situa-
ton is little short of appalling in view
of our shortage of lumber and the in
creasing scarcity of native wood pulp
for paper.
Natural gas is recognized as the
most perfect of all fuels. and yet we
waste every year 1,000O00.000 cubic
feet of this source of heat and energy.
Most Of us have felt directly the in
creased cost of coal, and yet the high
price of that fuel could readily be
Ayoided if we utilized our vast depos-
is of peat. The value OF our avaia-
Bile peat beds is estimated at $4,000
100000, and yet but little of that nat
ural fuel is made use Of.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

York university in the New York Sun.
IF wilIful waste does indeed invite
woeful want, then the responsibility for
the present cost of living is national.
No one class of citizens or order of
merchants should be held accountable;
all of us are virtually implicated. BY
our conduct. active and passive, we
waste $4,000, 100000 annually.
Taking our population at 100000 900,
this spendthrift habit of ours costs ev-
cry one of US yearly a matter Of 500
500 thrown away, or, to put it another
way, that 800 represents the interest
at per cent on 81 ,66666-a nice little
sum TO have in the bank or safely in
vested. In other words. that $4,000
100000 wastage stands for the possible
earnings of principal of $166,666,-
O.00Ol
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

High Cost of Living Penalty of
Utter WastefuIness, Says Au-
thority-Spendthrift Habits of
Ours Cost Every One of Us
$500, and There Are 100000
900 of Us-Inefficient Mining
Aids in Contributing to the
Cause.
NIGH cost of living? Why not
call it the penalty of utter
wastefulness?" asks Professor
Rudolph NJ. Binder of the New
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-23

W dStt III 1Ooo VI AIIt'
Eve waste 81 ,J00.000,000 through loss
of life and illness among industrial
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-11
To DUN And To Operate

COMMERCE AND FINANCE the shipping boards
u only slightly appreciated by the public and The most i'm
pOuaut declaration
spend Flag be restored TO the
We he second only Great Britain with ten millions tonnage TO
will least hun
will reap the great transportation
German and
other foreign bottoms
The bulk Commerce Finance will be
when Government ownership might tolerate
hut government operation
1t is gigantic and credahe to the shipping
bo We would like have the covered with American Flags that
couldn't mercantile hundred thousand
American will he glorious There is enough the pone our
commercial makeup cheefu the all those
transportation profits American hreecheS
hut these things The simple that
ships very the
American ceased Ne Under laws there has
bee absolute Private
opeaon proposed fleet wouj finally competition American
ht with The japanese the Morse the Spanird the Greek and and
there hundred thousand skilled and informed
who could be
Commerce ana Finance other business, believes letting
the shot and individuals
would have The old franchise applied
where golden viii do public good
lightning that has cleared clouds Here
peace operate things
ne on and business he will
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-11
VEGETARIAN PACIEISTS.

An interesting group of pachsts made themselves
conspicuous New York the other day by holding "a
public meeting protest against selectve service They
we're vegetarians protesting conscientious objections
against war" and pleading exemption from military
service like members any other religious organi-
zation
There is no doubt of their pacific procviues As one
of the newspaper reporters summed them up, They
would no more stick bayone into German than they
would a fork a steak"
Vegetarans anyhow. generally of peaceful dis
position always excepting the and Bernard shaw
But it's something have vegetarianism put for
ward as a religion"
Deputy Atty Cen Conllng. i'm charge of the draft i'll
New York city was equal to the occasion. lie gravey
assured the assembled vegetarian DIRECTORS that they
could go with clear conscience because there
was no intention Of killing Germans to eat"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-11
A CASE OF SHOES.

shoes are to cost no more this year than they did
last This is the A. r. Sloane held secretary
Tor the National Shoe Retailers association. Mr.
sloane says many retail shoe men have oyerstocked
And contrary general opinion there is shortage
of leather. Shoe prices not TO be advanced by
wholesalers to the retail trade. And subst-
tutes proving better than leather. There is
sole being turned out, for example which seems 50
far to be better than leather and one max
ing something like 10000 pairs these soles day.
Vow these are cheering thoughts. Interesting if
IN world where shoes for the three-yearoId cost
81 pair If they of quality last than
month. least beautiful 10 believe that they
won't cost $325 the next time they must be bought
why shouldn't consolation be the
midst OF an1iction? Now that the army model for
is in fashion for men at home we'll soldier
ing. and there in the style that
ems shoes be simpler saner there sure
be fewer foot troubles and consequently less spinal
troubles. And If these benefits no
higher cost than the cramping reforming footgear
Of the past-lets all buy shoes.
And IL Mr. Sloane's optimism is justified by future
facts there will be thing as Americans sit around
the turkey the Thursday OF November for
which they devoutly thankful.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-11
THOSE WAR PROFITS.

Congress apparently intends take one-third Of the
excess war profits business That is better than
might been expected from the original plan OF
the senate finance committee but hardly enough 10 win
enthusiastic public approval When Great Britain and
.,.,e are Ievying a tax per profits.
the proposed rate looks small.
IL might unwise take four-hfths of the prohts
Of our war business Fair minded citizens are willing
10 agree that il is at debaable matter heavy
I. taN imposed all would probably disturb bust
ness We can come TO II later. by degrees. If IT APP
pears necessary But between four-hfths and one
third there is too much difference. Why COM
pronise and let the corporations and the government
split the profits nifty fifty
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-11
OUR RUSSIAN LOAN.

According AR. Charles Edward Russell
government whatever that is is enormously rich
and our loan of S275.OoO.oO0 safe barring one
chance. The chance that Russia is still find
ing herself. the kaiser will break the Russian and
crush democracy in It's infancy.
Just now appears ;hat the kaiser is working that
chance for all he's worth. making some progress
Long ago Hindenburg declared that Russia must be
frst" and there proof the late car was
oonspiring With the kaiser for betrayal
and the suppression of Rrasias rising democracy The
has been urteG the conspiracy but there's
doubt about the kaiser being work on his part
1t is large chance against which Uncle sam is
betting ms S2I5OOoooo sun there is this point to be
ronsidered-that II lick the kaiser we can surely
SOLICIT from Russia. matter what sort or govern
ment or control he NAV have been able To set up in
that country.
the progresses it becomes more and more
evident that We've GOT 20 hek wilhelm Our lean 10
Russia would seem add financial incentive 10 rnoSe
had
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-11
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SEPTEMBER II, 1917.
- ELOOuENT SPEECH.

Every word and act OF Gen. Pershine'- since he
led the expediuonsry force France has made Amer
leans proud OF him felt that he really repre-
sents America And nothing ne mas said or done is
aner than the speech reported 10 have made when
he visited the tomb of Lafayette u one Of the
shortest speeches and of the most elo-
quent.
Il was during the parade the American troops
through Paris on the day OF their arrival When Gen
Pershng reached the tomb OF Lafayette he dsmount-
ed and walked up lie looked at the statue of the
famous Frenchman. saIuted. said quietly
Nous VOLTA, Lafayette
Here we are. Iafayettei" That was an. 30 fuss,
no oratoreaI aub-dub no waving the paving the
air OF making the eagle scream.
An orator might have expanded that into thousands
Il words A historian could make big volume of it,
4 library would not exhaust meaning. In those
three words were embraced American revolution.
the heroic help given by Lafayette and his troops
our boundless debt him and France, and the final
dramatic appearance of America in Europe in France 5
own supreme crisis 10 pay the debt.
Has any orator surpassed that speech for elo-
quence?
It's an utterance stir the blood OF every American
soldier. might be the motto of the American army
IL tells the whole story and expresses all that our
feel they go night for France and freedom