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Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05

All Guatemala celebrates the feast
of Minerva, the most elaborate Observ-
ance in its calendar. The revival of
this feast. educational and patriotic
in its motives, is the idea of the pres
ent president, SenOr don Estrada Cab
rera. Like its Roman precursor, it
marks the close of the school year,
and prizes are awarded for excellence
in scholarship. One Of the prizes
Sl00 gold and trip to the United
States-was given by an American
company for the best essay written in
English. Ceremonies intended to in
culcate love Of country and devotion
10 duty form part Of the celebration.
There is also an exhibition of the prod
ucts of the republic held in connection
with the annual event. OF the ex.
hibitS this year, coffee, sugar and sugar
cane deserve special mention. Amerl.
can-made plOws and disk plows spe'
cially adapted to sugar-cane cultiva'
tion were on display.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Crazy Calculating.

Edgar ii. Bruton of MOultrie, Ga,
who until recently regarded himself
as mathematical genius, has consult
ed specialists in Atlanta to determine
If he cannot stop calculating. He suf-
fers from an ailment which he refers
to as acute and chronic calculation,
and as a result of which his head hurts,
he talks constantly to himself and his
nervousness increases daily.
Mr.. Bruton became so mathematical
that he counted how many steps he
took In any direction, how many times
he opened and closed his eyes in a
given time and how many strokes he
took when shaving. At first he required
503 strokes of the razor to do the last
mentioned performance, and when he
cut the strokes down to 300 and whit
tied his chin down to nothing he began
investigating himself with the aid of
physicians. He now estimates that he
will be cured by spring, during which
time he will open and shut his eyes 49,
0TS,97S.G7S, ,9S7, ,G54, ,567 ,65S, ,493 times.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
New Grounds for Divorce.

There have recently been furnished
by an English novelist new grounds for
divorce, namely, "incOmpatability of
furniture" This is not SO slight as II
seems, for, though the day has gone by
when woman can torment her hus-
hand with the tidy" 'the lambre-
Quin" and the "antimacassar," there
are other means to the same end.
There is, for instance, the futurist
foOtstool-a small affair of gaudy tint
that leers aggressively upward If he
looks thoughtfully down; that has, If
he should be wild enough to desire to
rest his slippered foot upon it, mass
Of hard, silk, wOuld-be fruit sewed just
where it will interfere on the top.
Ever this footstool is placed where he
will be sure to stumble over 1t in the
dark. Then there is the hand-painted
in oils Chinese Red of wood, or the
photo Of the mutual friend he can't en-
dure, or for his dresser drawer the
silk tie case she made him when she
knows he likes to hang his tie up-but
look around a little for yourself-and
charity begins at home.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05

Vice President Marshall tells this
story Of some Indiana friends who
boast the possession of a precocious
daughter:
"The family was assembled around
the evening lamp, the head of the
house with his head deep in his news
paper Daughter Of course, had to
interrupt him.
"'Fathcr wouldn't II be funny she
began, If there We're no people in the
world, and no animals and no trees or
flowers or anything like thatT
"'Why, yes, Gertrude, that would be
funny the father answered, still hug
ging his paper,
"The daughter was quiet for n mo-
ment and then, touching her father on
the knee, asked:
"'To whom would it be funny, fa.
therT"
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
IN THE CRISIS OF BATTLE
A"fu' Strain Upon the Nerves Of Sol.
diers Before an Assault is
Made on Enemy.

In modern warfare the ten min
utes preceding an infantry attack hold
for both sides the most intense strain
human nerves can withstand. To
crouch in shelters through hours of in
tense bombardment, to be fully con-
sciOus during that suspense of what is
coming, and finally, when the shells are
falling like hailstOncs before the bar
rage Is lifted further back, to wait for
the appalling cry from the lookout:
Here they come" all these expert
ences are likely to torture exceedingly
and stupefy defending force. But for
the attacking soldier there is, pc laps,
more trying experience, writes u cor
respondent to the London Globe.
The morning of the attack 0nwns
and preparations are made. Yet the
strain is not apparent. Only wErn the
last buckle is fastened the last bayo-
net fixed, and the sergeant major mods
meaningly to the company commander,
do the nerves tighten. Each man
stands close against the parapet, bur-
dened with his weighty equipment and
grasping a rifle. Despite the clamor
of guns, the awful silence of waiting
| inactive Is unbearable. Here and there
a man is nervously lingering the am
munitiOn pouches on his belt, another
with his eyes fixed on the trench wall
runs trembling finger over the bayo-
net edge. There is no conversation
except for an anxious, whispered col
l0quy between two officers who are
comparing watches. Then they, too,
turn to face the sandbags, silent.
You feel that something must snap
unless you speak; but the man by
your side is looking up at the airplane
that swims high up in the blue sky.
Madly and more madly shrek the
shells. No enemy can be alive in those
tortured trenches opposite; the dead
lie in the trench bottoms, lacerated and
fantastically twisted. And now, you
are lowering on the brink between the
movable and the UnknOwable. There
is hereafter-you are quite certain of
that. 1t is wonderfully comforting. e. ID. (.
The company commander is speak
ing, and his words seem strangely mum
dane and inconsequent; but their mean-
ing penetrates to the material under
standing. With a final, unbelievable
crash, the shelling ceases. A whistle
shrieks and the charge is on.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
JACK FROST PROVED POWER
Impressive spec.--cc;J When Fifty Toas
Of Rock, Loosened by Cold, Fell
Thousand Feet.

Delicate frost tracings on the win
doW-panes seem to be the work Of fan
ciful and harmless sportiveness, but
the hand that forms them is capable of
greater deeds and other kinds.
An official Of the geological survey
tells of an experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive to the
spectator. He had been spending some
weeks in exploring the Yosemite Val
ley and the great rocks" like "El
Captain" that wall it in.
Standing one day Of late autumn
about the middle Of the valley, he was
startled by report like a cannon-shot,
which filed the whole valley with
echoes that ronred and doomed, re-
piled and multiplied, in long-con-
tinucd, glorious tumult.
AS the deafening sound died away
in suIlen mutterings under the vizOr
OF El Captain, the spectator was able
TO distinguish the point of attack by
the long, gathering descent of n vast
quantity Of rock.
The night had been a cold one in the
valley, and on the 1000 and 5000 foot
levels Of the upper rim the tempera-
ture must have dropped almost to
zero.
Frost, working quietly with his
Archlmedean lever had just succeeded
in shifting from the shoulder Of the
Sentinel Il triAe of 80 tons or so of
granite. For near a thousand feet the
bowlder fell sheer, swift and silent ;
then, striking the cliff, it burst like Il
bomb, scattered into a myriad flying
shards and splinters, and dlslOdged a
smother of fragments that trickled
down to the valley in stream that
lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck, dust began to rise into
the sunny air, slowly building up like
summer cloud and every bit as
snowy. 1t was the -four Of granite,
powdered instantaneously by the ter
rife shock.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Wars Convictions.

What has happened is that out of
the blackeSt, most internal experience
through which. us far as we know,
the race has ever passed there has
seemed to come literally To millions
of men redeeming conviction, Il heal
ing and tranSfguring assurance, that
brotherhood is not II dcluS0n; that life
has u meaning; that resolution ana
courage and discipline aud simple faith
in felowmen and loyalty to ideals are
now, as they have always been, with
in that meaning; that these things are,
as they will be- forever, within mans
heritage, To be displayed in war until
the better way is found.-E. 7. Dcvine.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Shucks!

A pedestrian on the Circle saw a
glitterlng object on the sidewalk and
stopped To pick 1t up.
"Shucks" he exclaimed as he ex-
amlned the piece of jewelry he had
found; at isn't worth dollar"
"Well, what did you expect to findT"
asked a passerby.
"Oh, / was just commenting on
my luck. I've found hundreds of
things In the course of time, but moth
ing very valuable. was hoping my
luck would turn"
The pusserby, after taking n few
steps toward the gutter, slipped II dla-
mond ring off his finger, stopped and
held up the ring, pretending to have
found II.
"What do you think of that!" said
the astonished finder of things, "Say
mister, I'll give you hundred for 1t.
mot for sale" and the passerby put
the ring back on his finger and walked
away.-lndlanapolis News.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
KNOW LITTLE Care
SHANTY BoATMEN CERTAINLY
LIVE A HAPPY LIFE.
Will Sometimes Work, Though Pleas
ure Is the Real Business of Exist
ence--Not Bothered About
Rent or Taxes.

If man were privileged to choose
his own manner Of living, sorting over
the whole collection of Iitc's various
forms of existence, and choosing the
one he liked best, no matter what any
body or everybody said, it is likely that
in all that strange collection he could
find nothing more charming than the
life of the shanty hOatmun, remarks
the Indianapolis News. The shanty
bOatman lives anywhere, according TO
his inclination and the season. He
lives, anyway, according TO his de-
sires. 1t sets you dreaming of all the
faraway places to think Of him. He
mOOrS his little house on the cool
northern streams in the summer, and
drifts down the warm blue southern
rivers during the winter. He is not
averse to bit of work now and then,
enough to keep him in coffee and ba-
con, but he can choose his work rs he
goes, and leave it when he grows tired
of it. Work is his avocation, and, as
IN avocatiOn, work is not an unpleas-
ant thing. His real business is liv-
ing, smoking, fishing, drifting. He
pays neither rent nor taxes. He owns
only a bit of in old shack, somehow
made watertight and balanced so that
it will float 1t is even possible, you
must understand, for him TO enter into
the life of city men, entering into it.,
however, with no sense of necessity or
restraint.
A shanty bOatlnan was not so long
ago Il resident of this very town. With
n proper sense Of the fitness of things
he tied his boat to fence. in line
with the houses on the shore and even
painted Il number over the front door.
II was a jolly looking little home. with
the smoke coming out Of the pipe in
the roof and lanplight shining from
the edge of the curtains. and, for all
we know, he may have regular job
and have taken to city life very con-
tentedly for while. The advantage
he had over the rest of us, of course,
was that TO get away to the faraway
places, he had only to unite his boat
and drift, accepting now and then a
bit of lift from Il friendly craft.
The thing that is likely to bother us,
however, in choosing this sort Of pX-
istence, is the question MS to wheth-
er we should really be u shanty boat
man, or just pretend TO be one. Steven
son was sort of shanty bOatman. At
least, he did drift about through the
country in boat, and lived very con-
tentedly and lazily on the way. But
Stevenson has written book about his
wanderings and he was not really Il
shanty bOatman at all. II is just the
difference you may say, between art
and vagrancy. Vagrancy has an idle
sound, and art is a tempting thing
AIhe very point in being shanty boat
man, however, Is in not having TO try
to be anything else, and, perhaps the
best thing about it is the tact that
1t is so far removed from art as tC
be very nearly real.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
The Lowest Office.

Grant Whistlar brings this one to
town:
Boss" said Ras Lightfoot, the 9th
er day. 81 gotta git Off tomorroh."
Get off tomorrow
"Yessah."
But | can't spare you very we'll"
81 gotta 20. It's lodge business"
"That new lodge you joined|
"YeSsah."
"Why are you so badly needed at
the meeting?"
''Ah am de sublime king"
Sublime kingT
"YeSSah."
"YOu have been member of that
lodge only two weeks and you tell me
you are sublime king already?'
"YeSSah."
"HOw does that Gomez
You see. sab, in ouah lodge de su'
blime king am de loves Office what
dey iS."-YoungstOwn Telegram.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
To Stimulate Aviation.

In order to stimulate an increased
interest in aviation among the college
men of America the Aero Club of
America is to offer three medals In
each of 100 American universities and
colleges having an enrolment of from
1000 to 10000 students each. The 300
medals thus offered will be open to
competition on the part of 100000 stu
dents. The Aero club hopes to inter
est II good proportion of these in the
subject Of flying, The medals are to
be awarded annually for the best es-
says on various phases of the science
of aviation.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
500 Reward. Sl00

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY " co, Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. l5c
Take Halls Family Pills for conOtipation.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05

You will get accustomed TO living
your life right through with want
in II. We all have to do that, You
will get accustomed to wanting, and
this habit will come to be a part of
your life. You will be all the better
for TIL S. Merriman.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05

Explosion of their artificial eyes is
a risk patched up war victims should
hardly expect As the ball is made up
Of many grades, colorS and thicknesses
of glass, proper annculing Is difficult,
and II is found that one eye in II thou
sand flies to pieces even On the factory
shelves.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Aecordlna to Rules Of the SEA-.

A sailor who had landed after long
voyage, and having been paid OF,
called n cab, threw his luggage inside,
and jumped On top himself.
"Beg pardon, sir" said the aston
lshed cabman, but you should get In
side and put your boxes ON top
"Steer the craft ahead, sonny. Pas
sengcrs always 20 On deck and lug
gage in the hold" was the reply from
the top-LondOn Tit.RitS.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05

In Mexico, farmers instead OF fenc.
ing in their hay 3nd straw stacks,
erect them on platforms on. of the
ieaGs or cst,ln.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
$4,000 REWARD!

| will pay the sum for any
watch or clock which | cannot
put in good running order.
do all kind of jewelry work.
The Public is cordially invited
to call in and see me when in
need of expert watch or clock re-
pairing. All work guaranteed.
Send by insured Parcel Post.
949 w. B. LARKIN,
At Bridge. Jaskson, Ky.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Mo Rood.

He-lf, 0s they say, ladies' looks
are all our books, won't you let yours
he my teachers?
Shc-Sorrys but they are already
supplied with pupils.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Hannv Accident.

81 bet your father had trouble read
ing your left.handed letter" "Fortu.
nately for me, he had, ! told him that
after the accident my temperature
went to 1Oi. and he sent me u check
for the q nOunt."--l.ife.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Exercise.

"You manage to do your share of
dancing in spite Of your fondness for
riding"
ayes" replied Mr.. Chuggins. ut
keeps my ankles llmbered up for the
pedal work on the motor car"
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
overdld Il.

"I know a man." said Uncle Eben,
dat KEEP so busy looltin' up foh clouds
wifi silver linn's dat he done walked
into a coal hole"
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that
George Salyer, convicted of con-
federating at the March term,
1916. of the Morgan Circuit Court,
will make application for parole
at the April meeting Of the Board
of Prison Commissioners.
(Signed) GEORGE SALYER.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Worth knoMInn.

To remove rust from steel rub the
rusted part well with sweet oil and
allow It to stand for As hours. Then
rub with piece Of soft leather anG
.,- -"-'e with finely powdered an.
slaked lime m.l!, 'he ".-y. disappears
Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05
Things we all ought to know
but which none of US can
remember, and often
don't know where to
look to find it.

(Of special interest to applicants for
school certificates who are not subscribers,
but who just drop in to get copy gratis.)
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
TOMATO GROWERS
DISCUSS PRICES
Over One Hundred Acres
Contracted At Ritter
Meeting

Tomato Growing is a question Of
more than usual interest just now.
Prices at this time are uncertain.
Stories of fabulous prices down
State are being circulated here
which have no doubt Influenced TIE
discussion. In order that the ex-
act information on the question
might be considered The Post has
made inquiries from growers and
Gamers alike at Smyrna, Dover,
Cheswold, Georgetown, Bridge
Vile, Ellendale, Lewes and Selby-
Vile. The situation at these
places is this. Contract price
$1,000 per ton. A farmer of Sus-
sex growing 100 acres refused to
contract at that price but has
agreed to sell to the Gamer in
open market. Gamers, due to the
very uncertain conditions fear to
risk more this early. One of the
largest Gamers in the State said ::
Il think tomatoes will be worth
more but | am not willing to run
the risk of more than twelve dol
lars. A slump at more than this
would bankrupt the small Gamers
and work too heavy losses on the
large one"
Several farmers are contracting
down State for $1,000 with bonus
provisions. These are the facts
as we find them in the sections
named.
In response to invitations issued
by the P. j. Ritter Company, one
of the largest meeting of farmers
ever seen in Newark met in
Center Hall last Wednesday even.
ing. During the business meeting
with which the evening opened
representatives of the company Of
tered the farmers $500 per tor
for tomatoes, up to an acreage OF
800 acres. In order to inspire co
operation in their effort to brine
about a large local acreage, thu
company offers to raise this price
to $l4.00 should the acreage pas.
the 800 mark. A bonus is also of
fered for high grade fruit. Thi!
bonus is not defined, owing to tn,
time of the year, the company de
claring in order to Safeguard
themselves price at this tim
would necessarily be low. The,
withhold the price in order tha
it may be higher when announce,
later in the season. Over on
hundred acres were contracted fo
during the evening.
/. A delightful social hour follow
ed the business meeting, durin!
which refreshments were serve
, by Coverdale's catering depart
ment.
, Tomato Growers Stand Out Fo
Higher Prices
AT meeting held on Monda
evening representing the Tomat
Growers Association organize
last week, it was decided tha
growers of the community coul
not afford to accept less than fit
teen dollars per ton for the fol
lowing reasons: Taxes have in
creased. Farm machinery has ad
vanced from fifty to one hundre
per cent. Fertilizer has advance
about fifty per cent exclusice O
fertilizer containing potash whic
Continued on Page 4)
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
Suffrage Discussed Before
The General Assembly

At joint meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly last Friday, the
privilege of the floor was granted
to Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles,
and Miss Anna McCue, who urged
the passage of the suffrage bill
now before the Assembly, which
according to the constitution of
Delaware, must pass two success
sive Legislatures, before granting
Suffrage to the women of Della
ware.
-''Trs. Hilles made a strong plea
for justice. "When the question,
Who among your aduet poulation
are disqualified as citizens?' was
recently submitted to the various
states," Mrs. Hilles said, Della
ware answered, criminals, insane,
aliens and women! That, gentle
men, is our classification. Because
we believe we are qualified as
citizens we ask to be rated as cit
liens. | come, therefore, to ask
that you enfranchise the women of
Delaware. | would not be surpris-
ed if you were to take a canvass,
honorable or otherwise, that you
would find the majority of Della
ware women disinterested in their
enranchisement. But if only one
wanted the privilege that one
should be granted it under the
Constitution Of the United States
and of the State of Delaware. In
three different dictionaries at least
"a citizen is defined as "a person
living in the United States with the
privilege of the votev The women
of the country are not asking for
further responsibility; they are
asking for the tool to help accom-
plish the duty already laid upon
them.
Referring to the theory of in
direct representation, Mrs. Hilles
said, "There is no such thing as a
family unit. Our nation is found
ed on the principle of individual
units. We don't assume that we
are asking for a thing that is to
bring about the millennium. Wo-
mans great function is to give life.
Her first duty is to conserve it. In
order that women shall continue
to conserve it. we assume that wo-
mans place is in the home, and
these very facts should give her
the very bes, power on earth to
make her home and it's surround
Continued on Page g.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21

"It is good business to make the
most Of the means at hand; Gen.
eral du Pont through his offer has
recognized a principle of economy
that is characteristic of the State
government" was the comment Of
Dean Hayward, of the Agricult-
ural department, Delaware Colleg,
this morning, when interviewed by
a representative of The Post, re-
lative to his view regarding the
offer of land adjoining the du Pont
Boulevard for farm demonstration
purposes, as reported in another
column.
"There are few states, regard
less of their size, that have more
soil types than Delaware" Pro
fessor Haywood said, "and for this
reason it would be impossible to
pick out any one piece of land and
say that it represents the soils of
the State. Owing to the fact that
our soil types are so variant, our
crops are much more diversified
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
Students Visit Philadel-
phia High Schools

The Junior students in the de-
partment of Education of the Wo-
mems College of Delaware and
their instructor, Professor Mary E.
Rich, visited three of the best
Philadelphia schools on Wednes-
day of this week. Under the direc-
tion of DR.. Albert H. Raub, asso-
ciate superintendent of the Phila-
delphia schools, the party went to
the Henry c. Lea, Girls West
Philadelphia High and S. Weir
Mitchell schools. The skillful
handling of over 1900 children in
each case, the modern equipment,
the type of buildings, the kitchens,
shops, Fairgrounds, and auditor
iums with electric lanterns were
revelation to the student. The
most striking feature of the day
was the assembling of 1900 chill
dren in the beautiful auditorium of
the S. Weir Mitchell school. Reel
tation exercises were visited; at
these the students found illustrat-
ed many of the points they had
studied in the theory of teaching.