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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
The Broken Broker.

The late Judge Pennypacker of Phil.
adelphia was an advocate of the en-
Establishment of woman. but he also
advocated justice in the relationship
between the sexes for man.
woman" he said whimSically one
day at the Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety, mustn't play it both ways. She
mustn't get the vote and the equal
wage through mans sense of equity
and then get all kinds of unfair privi-
leges through his sense of gallantry.
"There's ii lot of truth in the story of
the young broker who after his failure
was thrown over by a pretty girl
why was the engagement broken
off, a banker asked the ruined broker
"'Well, he answered, after Id given
her string of pearls, an opera box
and a birthday gift of a twelve cylin-
der limousine | went to smash and heI
people accused me of amusing myself
at her expense. Baltimore Sun.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Home of a Workinqman.

The mechanic who eats underdone
biscuits i'll Il Ieaky kitchen presided
over 10y a Discontinued wife is not a
good investment for his employer. Bad
homes are as great an enemy to indus
trial Improvement as bad habits, says
Ida NJ TarbelI in New Ideals In Bust
ness"
Com iou itself is forcing employ
ers to G. der the outside life of their
employees says Miss Tarbell. The
first and most important thing they
must consider is the house the man
lives in. \ good workingman wants a
home He wants if possible to own his
home. To have efficient. trustworthy
and steady men you must have healthy
and coDtentcd men. Men are neither
healthy nor contented in wretched
homes"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
REST PERIODS CONSERVE
ENERGY OF WORKERS
Permitting Laborers to Become Fa-
tqued Cuts Down Production

Employers of labor have found that
output may be increased, not by work
ing q man when he is tired, but by Civ
ing him an opportunity to rest. A.
hours rest for the workers may Lit
ally be worth far more to the employer
than the same time spent in labor.
At large munitions factory men en-
gagged in the heavy work of moldmg
are required by the management to
rest fifteen minutes i'll every hour OF
work. The manager was satisfied that
this was an arrangement good for the
men and for the output. But the men
objected to this long spell of rest In
each hour because the work was piece
work and they thought the production
would be lessened by it. The manager
accordingly found it necessary to set a
foreman to watch and to make the
hourly rest compulsory. When this was,
done the output per hour was found tol
be actually increased.
Proper attention to rest Will PREVENT
a large part of diminished capacity
from industrial fatigue and preventi
waste due to imperfect work.-Indus +
hfGl Conservation, NeI0 York.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
TESTING SUBMARINES.
II 10 an Easier Task Now Than IL Wss
EeM Years AGO.

Few Years ago.
Vessels built to navigate under wa
ter require particular care IN their
construction, for when they are sub
merged they have to Withstand the
pressure OF water from all sides With
out showing the slightest leak.
The newest submarines must be able
to sink to a depth Of 80 feet or more.
At such depth the pressure Is ire
mendous and if the joints are not per-
feet water Squtrts III as though through
a hose pipe Ten years ago testing a
new submarine was dangerous JOB.
She might not he watertight. Her bal
ance might not he perfect, or, again
the air system might not be equal TO
blowing out the water from her tanks
Terrible accidents have q r1lTred In
testing new under later boats during
actual sulpmprgcnce. t today all that
Is thing Of the past. \ testing COCK
is used. which was invented by an
italian engineer. Major laurent. IL
is a huge cylinder. into which the SUD-
marine is hratpd \ c;Ii$Son at the
end is closed and Theoretically sealed
The cylinder is bui!t So as to stand
tremendous pressure. and pressure Is
slowly applied until it equals some
thing far greater than the submarine
herself will ever he called OH to en-
dure
The men inside are in communica-
ton with those outside by means OF
telephone. so that if anything goes
wrong the trial can at once cease
PearSOn's Weekly.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
SIX SIDED SNOW CRYSTALS.
That Is Natures Law, but Why 1t is
So Science Cannot Explain.

So Science Cannot Explain.
Snow crystals obey an. immutable
law OF six. They are six sided jewels
or six ;ointed stars. They never an
sWer 10 the law of four or i've. Snow
Is cryStalliZed water, and water always
crystalliZeS in six sided forms. why
No one ever will know. There is no
more apparent reason for the sixness
Of crystalliZed water than there is for
the mouoclinic prisms of sugar crys-
tails. Water and sugar and the COM
plex minerals which make the granite
rock all follow laws which are utter
" interchangeable. but which are, as far
as we can see, without any special rea-
son. 1t is as profitable to speculate
why the chlorophyll of vegetation Is
green and why the blood of animals is
red.
The whiteueSs of the snow is under
standa bile 1t is due to the fusion of
prismic colors scintillating from the
countless surfaces of minute crystals.
Human science comprehends this. 1t
also comprehends the fact that snow
Is a poor conductor of heat and thus
prevents terrestrial radiation and keeps
the earth and the things in the earth
snug and warm under the white blan-
ket which is softer and finer than
lambs wool or eiderdown. Science
knows why snow is white and why it
il beneficent. but it cannot explain the
law Of six.
together explained. 1t is one of the
earths most beautiful mysteries. 1t
would lose something IN beauty were
1t to lose all its mystery.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
SLEEPINESS AFTER MEALS.
IL Indicates Something Wrong With the
Digestive System.


A condition of drowsiness, which
may become all irresistible desire to
take nap shortly after eating, Is
usually very accurate indication that
something is wrong with the digestive
apparatus. Usually this form of indi-
gestion Is chronic in character, and ap-
parently there is no other evidence that
it exists. or at least such evidence
would not be detected by ordinary OBJ
servation.
In such cases the desire to take nap
comes on suddenly, but the nap Is a
very short one ordinarily not more
than fifteen minutes. Sometimes the
desire for these indigestion maps"
comes on at other periods than those
Immediately following meals, but in
such cases this desire comes regularly
at certain periods OF the day. The
cause, however, is the same as in cases
where drowsiness comes on immediate
" after the meal. the difference in time
being simply the difference in the in
terval required for the food to reach
the portion of the intestinal tract that
IL not working properly.
Occasional drowsiness following an
unusually hearty meal should not be
confused with the type Of periodic de-
sire for a short nap referred to here.
Such drowsiness indicates simply that
the digestive apparatus is temporarily
overworked and may be in perfectly
healthy condition. This sort of drowsf-
ness, II INDUCED, usually persists for
several hours, whereas the maps caused
by indigestion are always Of short du-
ladon.-Exchange
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Germans In America.

The total number of German born In
the United States is 2,501 1888. If Aus
tria- Hungary is included the total is
increased to 4,171,915
The natives of Germany and Austria
Hungary comprise 81 per cent Of the
total foreign population OF the country
and less than 8 per cent Of the total.
New York has the largest German
population of any state in the Union.
The total is 300. The German
population of New York city Is only
II per cent of It's foreign population.
The half of Cincinnati's citizens were
born in Germany. The other centers
in the order of their population Of the
German vote are as follows: Balti-
more, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey
City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark,
st. Louis and San Francisco.
In its proportion of Germans Wis
consin leads, Minnesota second.-Syra'
7uSa Post-Standard.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Aluminium and OXl gen.

Aluminium is liz many ways Won
GCGful substance. albeit in the natural
world most of it is oXidiZed and turned
to clay. Its avidity for oxygen is one
of its III, 81 salient characteristics. 1t Is
said that one never sees the metal, di-
rectly, i'll air. but always and only
through a veil of superficial oxide
which forms on its free surface with
marvellous rapidity. 1t is stated that if
a fresh surface Of aluminium he pre-
pared by scraping with knife the
oxygen of the air runs i'll as fast as the
scale is peeled off and keeps close be-
hind the knife blade.
If it We're not for this superficial
sale of oxide. which acts as barrier
TO further action, the metal would burn
up or detlagrate i'll air. The large
amount of heat developed by thermit,
a mixture OF powdered aluminium with
oxygen giving substances. bears wit
ness to the activity of the Oxidizing
process when Washington
Star.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
New York CitY,a BRIDGES.

Irrespective of the elevated railroad
system comprising the Second, Third,
Sixth and Ninth avenue lines and the
elevated portions Of the Broadway and
LenoX avenue sections of the subway,
New York city has fOrty-two bridges
spanning the East and Harlem rivers,
Newtown creek and other waterways.
These roads over rivers, including the
Brooklyn Manhattan. Williamsburg
and greensboro spans, among the great
est in the world, represent, with the
real estate requisite for their ap-
proaches, an investment BY the munich
pality of more than $13t;,O0O,OOO
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
SUNLIGHT AND SOIL.
Causes of the Difference of Color In
FOLIAGE and Flowers.

FOLIAGE and Flowers.
II is sunlight that chiefly causes the
difference ia the color of the foliage
and flower of plants Tho foliage and
flowers of rIants absorb sun rays of
certain cGIors and reject others, and
this il is that makes the flowers take
on their proper rolors
We Know that the character of the
soil and possibly difference in eli
mate may cause flowers to change
their colols. Some wild flowers of New
Jersey are Of quite Il different shade
of color from the same flowers III Il
iinoiS. the character of the soil caus-
ing the flowers to change their Selec-
tiou of tn" suns rays. and thus the
co.or of tn. tinVer is changed
To prove That the character of the
soil may change the color of flowers
take any of The pink lowering varie-
ties of IIydrau-Ca hnrtcusiS, rcpot the
plant. carefully washing away the old
soil and rclIace in soil III which alum
has been Incorporated, The proper pro,
portion is half il pound of alum bro
Ken INTO pieces the size OF DlChOIS
nut to each buShri of soil. In this soil
the plants, instead of producing pink
flowers. as formerly. will produce flow
ers of blue
New shades of flowers are produced
by crossing one color with another,
somewhat as an artist mixes paints to
obtain desired shades and colorS, but
with far more trouble and far less ac-
curacy. Sometimes on the same stem
flowers of different colors are found,
due to naturalization or to freak of
nature. the tendency TO break away
from the established type. In nature
nothing stands still. 1t is either pro
greSSiOn or TetrOgreSSiOn.
The range of color for each species
seems to he confined within certain
limits though the hybridizer is gradu-
ally extending these limits. Yellow,
white and purple are the commOnest
colors in wild flowers in the order
named Yellow is the simplest and
most primitive color and blue the latest
and most highly evolved.-Exchange.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
CITIES THAT NCURiSH
INDUSTRIES THRIVE
Citizens Should Take Interest In Poll
tics to insure Encouragement OF
Manufacturing Enterprises.

The thriving Industrial cities Of to-
dav are tm,tSp thai seek to do the best
for their industries" says Il prominent
Milwaukee, manufacturer. Even the
practice Of giyin" factory siteS free to
manufacturers aS IN incentive TO locate
In the smaller communities is still in
vogue.
There are many towns well located
with RESPECT to railroad facilities and
Waterways. and also convenient 10 good
labor markets. That are seeking indus
tries. vet. despite ibis competition for
Industries. there are many cities that
are actually hostile to them. Some are
unwittingly driving away the support
of the pupuIace. 1t can only result in
industries leaving. and if industries
continue to leave what is going to be-
come of the population:
In my opinion. it rests with the peo-
pie. The people themselves should take
a greater interest in their town coun-
ellis. III their state legislatures and in
their national government. Then muct
of the unfair. unreasonable class legiS-
lation could he prevented. AS it is. the
professional politicians often have fun
sway Industrial Conservation, Aen
YoTl.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
YOUR FISHING OUTFIT.
Have 1t In Perfect Shape When the
Time Comes to Use 1t.

Time Comes to Use 1t.
Vanishing fishing rod is simple
enough if one will only take the time,
and it is easy to make d ten dollar rod
look like the expensive, made to order
article The work should be taken in
hand a couple of months before the
season opens or before ones fishing va
cation begins.
The books and the magazines will
tell you to flow the varnish on. For
get it. Use as little varnish on the
brush as possible and work it out I'M
til the brush slides off the rod. When
the first coat is finished the rod will be
covered with brush marks. Put the
rod away for Il wee. Wen you take
If ont again thOS" lia''.% will have dis
appeared Three coats are necessary,
four or five or better If they have been
well brushed ul!t P,Hah with rag.
powdered stone AMI r'ldr oil. Use
little stone lots OF ".} and all the rub
Din" v"u nave patience To give. Re
member. the success of the operation
depends Oh allowing each coat of var
niSh to dry thoroughly.
While waiting for the varnish to dry
the met hodirai man would naturally
look over his stock of flies. discardlng
the damaged ones Those that are
only muSSrd can he doCtOred With
steam Put cork with n small hole
through it in the spout of teakettle
or hold the fly over the vent In your
radiator Make a bodkin by sticking
needle in a small piece of wood With
the needle point stroke hp the wings
and hackleS If the fly is badly stuck
together it can be washed in tepid
suds. Stick the flies in a strip of cork
or soft wood until dry: then put them
away in moth balls or tobacco.
Soak the old leaders and test them
while wet. If you are a fly fisherman
buy some lengths of gut of the same
size as the end Of the leader and tie
strand to each. Leaders heightened In
this way last much longer. Breaks oc-
cur most often near the end. and you
will lose only the piece you tied on.
This is particularly true of tapered
leaders.
Clean and oil the reel. even II 1t
cost only dollar. Rub the lines with
a very little crude oil and if badly
worn apply some Of the preparations
for refinishing enameled lines. II pos
sible get an old trunk or a large box
and keep everything together
Then. brethren. when the time comes
you can repair to your favorite stream
with that peace and tranquility OF
mind which have been our heritage
since the days Of Walton. New York
Enn
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
1he Man Who Thinks,

A man with dirty face and hands,
shirt soaked with perspira ton, stopped,
laid down his dinner bucket, rolled
broken knuckle out Of the pathway be
tween the tracks, put it close up against
the ends of the ties, where no one could
stumble over it, picked up his dinner
bucket and plodded home.
More than fifty other employees had
preceded this man, each one carefully
picking his way around the obstruction.
I asked this man why he took the
trouble to roll the knuckle out Of the
pathway. He seemed surprised at such
Z question and said, why, some Of the
boys might get bad fall il that knuc-
kle was there after dark" l said, "All
the other men passed it by" and he re-
Piled: "Oh, they're all good boys.
They'd have done the same thing If
they'd thought about it."
He said something didn't he?
III they'd thought about it" All.
yes. If they'd thought about it"-Erie
Railroad Magazine.
Wonderful Siberian Railway.
The great railway of 5000 miles In
length that runs across Siberia is one
Of the most marvellous in the world,
first because Of the difficulties that had
to be faced in building it and, second
~, because of its enormous length.
For nearly 1000 miles along this steel
track the line crosses an almost tree
less plain. All the stations along those
weary miles are at least thirty miles
apart, and most of the villages are
long way from the stations.
In winter this Siberian line is one
continuous view of snow, stretching
for miles along the seemingly endless
desert Sometimes the villages and
stations are almost buried in snow, and
not infre1uently the train gets showed
up. Water for the stoves and the en-
gines has to be brought steaming hot,
lest 1t should freeze on the way, and
often men at the stations in the depth
Of winter have to chop off long icicles
from the engine and cars. But even
the intense cold has its advantages, for
dairy products, such as cheese and but
ter, can he carried by rail without hav-
:ng to be put into refrigerating trucks.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Pot and Kettle.

There is proyerb much heard now
adays that we never could see the sense
of. The pot can't call the kettle black"
Why not. we should like to know? The
kettle. is black 1t ought to be called
black. Who has a better right to speak
with confidence about the faults of the
kettle than the pot, which has for years
hung on the same crane and inhaled
the same smoke? II there Is anything
that would make the pot seem less
sooty in our eyes it is giving us a clear
reflection of the image Of the kettle.
Shall 10 one point out blackness any
where unless he knows himself to be
speckless? Would the pot rise in our
estimation if it followed the custom
Of its critics and said, THE kettle is
white, as white as l am?'-Independ-
ent
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14

Something like half Il century ago q
man named Dan Bradley started the
custom in IL little cigar store in Brook.
lyn of keeping Il box of smoking TO
bacCo on the counter, with a sign
above it saying. Fill your pipe" Part
ly on the strength of his popularity
due in no small degree to the free fill
ings for a pipe, Bradley ran independ
emily for the state senate and was elect
ed as against the regular candidate.
Five thousand clay pipes did the
trick for Dan" was II saying at the time
"A man would have TO give away au
tOmobileS to get elected to the senate
nowadays" observed one of the new
school OF politicians.
The days Of the election cigar and
tobacco are gone forever New York
E9rd
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
The Arabic lanquaqe.

Though the Arabs number less thar
the population of London, their Ian
gumge IS one of the most widely spoken
and influential IN the world, for 1t Is
the language of the Koran. Seventy
millions of people In Asia and north
Africa speak some form Of Arabic as
their verlacular. and quite as many
more know something of the Language
from the Koran, which in the origina'
Is Il text book in the day schools OF the
Mohammedans from Turkey tC AfSha
nistan and New Guinea. Nor Is Arabic
unworthy of this extensive use. Re
nan. after expressing his surprise thai
such a language should spring from
the desert regions Of Arabia and reach
perfection in nomadic camps, declares
that it surpasses all its sister Semitic
languages in richness OF vocabulary.
delicacy Of expression and the logic OF
It's grammatical construction.-Lon
Chronicle
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
The Rubber Situation.

We as people are almost absolutely
dependent ON Great Britain for our
supply of crude rubber, as the great
plantations are largely controlled by
British capital. There are several pos
sibilitieS for making US independent of
any other country for our crude rubber
supply. one is IL plant called suayule,
which is even now being successfully
raised in this country and which has
been successfully raised i'll Mexico.
There are Scveral other rubber bearing
plants also which might be raised in
this country. But the largest field
seems to be the Philippine Islands,
where plantation rubber can be pro-
duced cheap!y and well. Capital has
held off. owing to the uncertain future
of these islands, but local conditions
there are ideal for a large rubber in
dustry.-Andrew H King in Metallur,
gical and Chemical Engineering.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Ipdustrv's Bio Gain.

Value Of manufactures in the United
States was So at. 323 900 in 1914, the
United States census bureau reports In
announcing its preliminary statement
of general results of the latest census
of manufactures In the five year pc
Rod from 1909. the date of the previ-
Gus census. manufactures increased
S3,574. 81 900 III value or 11.3 per cent.
In the period since the 1914 census
manufactures have made rapid in
creases. but no estimate of their value
for this year has been made by the cen
sus bureau - Industrial Conservation,
Nelo York
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
All Traces of Scrofula
Eradicated from the system

with highly satisfactory results for
Scrofula. Being made of the roots
and herbs of the forest, it is guaran-
teed purely vegetable, and absolutely
free from all mineral ingredients.
You can obtain S. S. S. from any
drugstore Our chief medical adviser
is an expert on all blood disorders,
and will cheerfully give you full
advice as to the treatment of your
own case. Address Swift Specific
Co., Dept. F Atlanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Exhausted Soil.

Where there is exhausted soil
usually it is the loss of humus thai
causes the condition. Get sufficient
vegetable matter back into the soil
and usually applying manure is ths
quickest way TO accomplish this. Give
dressing Of lime to neutralize 1t In
case the soil is sour, and the fertility
will be restored. Proper cultivation
and handling thereafter, working II
vegetable matter every year, will keel
it in condition.-NewY York Sun.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-14
Makes Bomb Of Pencil, Loses Hand

Lorain. O.-ASpilations to be real
munition orkcr Just like some of his
grown up companions. cost fourteen
year-old John Katonak his right hand
and laceratt-,l his knee. Johnny took
the lead from pencil, filled the hc'-
low tube with powder and plugged j
with dynamite cap i'll each end. II,
attached electric wires to set of liz
charge, and when the wires becam'
crossed the explosion followed