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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
MULE SHOE ROUTE
Gravity Scheme Invented by Min
ers of Tennessee.
Which Takes Them to Shaft
Openings In Hurry.

A queer gravity railroad scheme Is
In use among the miners in the Inman
district of Tennessee, not far from the
town of South Pittsburg. The region
has, by the way, more different kinds
of means of transportation than any
i other in the world. The range is from
the Steeply inclined cable road that
runs up Lookout mountain, not so
many miles away, to the idea that the
miners evolved for themselves after
watching section bosses use gravity
cars for cOasting down the mountains.
The mines nestle in valley at the
foot of a series of hills, and the rail
road track winds its tortuOuS way
from the mine openings up to the
heights that lead to the outside world.
Many of the miners live in the set
Elements on the hills, and it is a long
way to the shaft openings. One day
some bright genius discovered that a
mule shoe would fit over the top of
the Trail that marked the course of
the railroad
1t was but an inventive step to at
tach the shoe to a short board and
then slip the mountain rail sled over
the track, says an exchange. Then all
Mr.. Miner had to do was to balance
himself, pick up his feet and transport
miner, pick and dinner bucket down
the mountain to work. OF course, it
was one way traffic for which the
road got no money, but there was no
conductor, no strap hanging and no
stopping to buy tickets on the mule
shoe route.
Early any morning the stranger may
see the miners come along with their
mule shoe toboggans, calmly take
seat and begin the descent.
A pick handle, stick or the foot
serves as brake to regulate the speed
of the incline railway. AS the shoes
wear smooth from contact with the
rail they pick up speed, and at times
a couple of daring coal diggerS will
race on opposite rails from the top to
the bottom. But as a rule they take
the trip carefully and earnestly SO as
not to interfere with the rights Of the
road that may belong to a neighbor
before or after them.
The scheme, of course, will not work
up hill, and the road has to bring the
men back on crowded cars that are not
so comfortable or celebrating as the
individual coasters that come Scooting
down the mountain in the morning.
The number of missing mule shoes
when the idea first got vogue was per.
picking, and 1t was some time before
the company storekeepers found out
why the stocks were being depleted
by such odd lots that no amount Of
shoeing extravaganza could account
for it.
But the miner in those parts is q
law unto himself; since he rose up
twenty years ago and put a forcible
end to the convict system of working
the mines, and the owners mindful of
the fact that the state of Tennessee
had to keep a standing army for two
years to keep the peace at that time,
do not intend to let little thing fike
a mule shoe create any distuEaAIee.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
LOVE MAKES SCIiE- CHANGE
Engaged Man Always Wishes to Rave
His Fiancee Conventional, but
Never Freakish.

So long as he looks upon woman as
an amusing curiosity, man is rather
glad to have her wear queer garments
and do unconventional things for his
diversion, says Mary Margaret Nc
Bride in The Columbia Times.
But just you wait until he falls in
love" she continues. AT once he be-
comes a different creature. The prunes
and prisms of conyentionality begin to
hedge him round. and before anybody
knows what has happened to him, he
is laying down a whole category of
don'ts for the poor feminine thing who
Is blessed with his lordly love. No
longer does it strike him as different.
He wishes her to be cut from the
same cloth as all the rest of them, and
he looks upon himself as Il mistreated
individual if she isn't. All of which is
merely another way Of saying there
isn't any such animal as modern
man.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Educated Women in Russia.

The educated woman In Russia, even
prior to the revolution, enjoyed a po-
sltion of freedom equal to that of any
other country in the world. She was
frequently found as owner and man
ager Of large factories and estates;
she got her degrees at the universities
along with men; she was given posts
as teachers of all kinds, including pro-
fessorships at mems universities, and
she practiced medicine and dentistry.
There was a marked tendency to en-
courage her entering the legal profess
sion, and the constitutional democrats
In the duma wanted to admit her to
the duties of jury service. When wom-
en- teachers and professors had served
twenty years they were entitled to
retire on a government pension, and
If they died and were survived by nus
bands, the pensions continued during
their husbands, lives.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Describing Happiness.

There are thousands of short story
a-Ei+ erS and minor poets who can deal
very effectively with battlefelds,
slums, maniacs, shipwrecks, disease
and a thousand forms of human de-
generacy, observes the New York In
dependent, but they are incapable OF
making their characters happy with
out making them bored-and the read
err likewise. The pessimist declares
that evil, suffering and villainy are the
natural materials of literature be-
cause they are the fundamental rea>
tiles of life and happiness is only a
mirage which disappears as one ap-
proaches it. The only trouble with
this theory is that it isn't so. We
know plenty of people who have been
happy, though we have yet to meet
the first Of them who could describe
how it felt.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Would Tunnel English Channel

A machine for tunneling the English
Channel in 80 days has been brought
to the attention of the British govern
ment by Mr.. John X. Hencken, civil
engineer of New York, who states that
he has official approval of his scheme.
The scheme contemplates boring four
tunnels by means Of eight machines
that will cut through earth and rock
at the rate of 100 feet per hour, and
provides not only for Il trackway III
each tunnel, but a driveway, along
with motor-lOrries could be driven
from England to the supply bases l..
France. Mr.. Hencken asserts that ia
can have the tunnels complete and
ready for operation within few
months time, and declares that. should
the scheme be carried through, 1t
would release most of the shipping
now used between England and
France.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Women in Trousers.

The question Of whether women as
the result of the war should wear
trouserettes Is being solved without
holding conventions and without the
aid of those who have heretofore made
the fashions, says the Omaha World
Herald. In Vancouver, B. c., there
was an enormous berry crop, cult
waited and wild, and there was only
enough labor in sight to gather one
third of 1t. Frantic with the thought
of so much loss, the people appealed
to the government. The first PROPOSE
ton was to ship in two or three thou
sand Chinese coolies. The women up
there said that would result in two
or three thousand more to feed and
they made an appeal to the women
and girls of the province. In few
days more than 1000 were enlisted.
The briars and brambles of the fruit
field would make short work of skirts
and the women all donned trousers.
The army was drawn from all walks
of life.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
NOT BEYOND ENEMY'S REACH
There Is Scarcely Spot in seIIiger-
ent Country That Cannot Be At
tackled With Modern Equipment

BY far the greatest OF revolutions
was the industrial revolution-that
broad change in human society which
attended the suppanting of home pro-
duction by machine factory produc
ton. Take any conspicuous detail liz
which the nineteenth century differs
from the eighteenth, and you will prob
ably find that it runs back finally to
mechanical invention. Throughout
twO-thirdS of the century the condition
of society was determined much more
by the state of the mechanical arts
than by politicians, warriors or teach
erS.
A distinguished economist now
urges that this same factor-the state
of the mechanical artists pushing
war off the stage, and OF itself neces-
states new relationship among Iced
ing nations by which peace may be as
sured.
Mechanical science has already vast
ly changed and will soon completely
change the conditions of warfare. In
ventions make war an unlimited liabil-
ity in q new way, declares the Satur-
day Evening Post. Probably within
five years 1t will be as practicable for
an enemy to attack Chicago and Den
yer, or Berlin and Munich, as New
York or Bremen. Already English
men have been killed on their own
soil by an invading enemy for the
first time since the StuartS, and a
German submarine has visited Ameri-
can ports. Already scarcely any spot
IN a belligerent country Is beyond an
ene1ny's reach. If there should be a
war ten years hence between pow
er as ready as Germany was in 1914
and one as unready as the United
States then was, the former could
wreak incalculable destruction upon
the latter within a month; no spot in
it would be safe, and the cost of ade'
quate preparation for war by competl-
tive arming would lay an intolerable
burden on the world.
The cost of playing the old game
puts it out of the question. Develop
ment of the mechanical arts yetoes IT
Only a few people in control OF dy-
nastic states and their encourage have
any real motive for regretting the veto
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
PennIe Kent In Ignorance.

The western districts Of the vilayet
Of Monastir and large part OF that
Of Kossovo are Inhabited by a race
wilder and more primitive than any
TO be found In Europe-the Albanians.
Very little is known Of this strange
and interesting people, save that they
speak an Indo-European tongue, but do
not belong to any Of the recognized
groups of the Aryan family. 1t Is
probable that they are descended from
the ancient Illyrians, who were driven
westward by the advancing waves OF
Slavs. Their language, like the people
themselves, is wild and lawless, and
has practically no literature. Even
the popular songs are very few. The
Turkish government has deliberately
kept them in state of barbarism and
Ignorance, and makes use of them to
overawe the neighboring peoples.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
WHAT SOLDIER BOYS EAT
Meat Served Twice Daily With Coed
Supply of Other Substantial
Food-CraYe Dantles.

The old idea that army diet should
consist largely of beans, bareback ard
coffee, is no longer approved. In the
present training camps meat, prefera-
bly, beef, is served twice Il day, with
white bread baked in the general camp
bakery and kept "A hours before serv-
Ing. Where green vegetables can be
obtained they are used, otherwise
canned goods are SThstirU eel. Coffee
Is served at breakfast ana buttermilk,
lemonade, tea, cocoa or water at other
meals. Meals, which in the vernacu-
lar are "meSS" or "chow," are served
cafeteria st3te. Every soldier is fur
niShed with n Outfit which consists
of a meat pan, knife, fork and spoon,
and long handled cup. The cover of
the meat pa. serves as plate, and
the outfit is 81 arranged that each man
may do his ~ cooking in case of an
emergency.
Each man takes his meat pan and
passes before table where he is serv-
ed with the various dishes prepared.
He then goes to a table, or if there is
none, drops GOWN on tlle StOuuu, anu
eats in absolute contentment. Don't
feel too sorry for the boys, even if they
do write longingly home wishing for
mothers cookies or James fried chick
en-, Belle Case Harrington writes in
Leslie's. Men in outdoor training have
good appetites, and they are far better
off physically than il fed on the salads
and ices ana sofas they probably
would have at home. What they miss
most is sweets. If you are sending
things from home put in cookies, can
dies and jams or iellies. Milk choco-
late is one of the things a soldier seems
to crave, and a jar of matted milk
will come handy if he is not feeling
well. Be sure not to send food that is
too rich. The boys are on plain diet,
with extremes of climate, and some
times doubtful water supply-and boys
never do have sense when it comes to
eatingi
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Was q Good Waiter,

He had just reached the philissph-
ical stage when he slipped into a res
taurant for bit to eat. Then he
sat staring ahead, quietly thoughtful
in expression, and waited.
1t is admitted he did some waiting,
too. What happened to his order
couldn't be understood outside the
peculiar restaurant kitchen, but he
spent half an hour sitting there star
ing ahead of him.
At last it came. AS the waitress put
the order before him he started from
his deep study, as if he had forgotten
he had an order coming. Then, look
ing up at the fair transporter of edi-
bles, he said:
"You don't look a day older!"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Love Their AlrpIanss.

A thrilling story is being told which
illustrates the attachment of our fly
ing men to their machines. A young
pilot, not yet out of his teens, was fly
ing high over the enemy lines when a
hail of bullets suddenly overlook the
machine. One struck him in the face,
putting out his left eye, another shat
tered his leg, and the airplane was
riddled. To descend among the enemy
and receive medical attention would
have been easy, but with the numb
ness of death upon him he still re-
tanned consciousness enough to make
out our own lines and steer steadily
towards that goal. Amid tumultuous
cheering the machine at last came
down on friendly soil. The young avi-
ator died that night. His last words
were: doctor, I'm sorry 1 couldnt
bring the old bus home intact. LON
don Tit-Bits.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Green Valley Milling Co.
SHE HAD HEARD OF N COBB!
Old Lady confuses Ball Players Name
With Coscob-Waits Long for
Train to Be Called.

One day a few months ago a wiz
! ened old woman, clad In quaint fur
coat, sat for two hours in the lobby Of
u New York hotel, clutching a leather
grip. Several bell boys attempted to
relieve her of the bag, but she mo-
toned them away with frightened
gesture. Finally one Of the managers
approached and asked if he could aid
her in any way.
Yes. Tell me when the train for
Ty Cobb goes?' she asked with sigh.
, 1--WE been watching that man for two
hours, waitin' for him to call train,
but he hasn't called once" And she
pointed to the respondent door man
who stands at the top Of the steps In
side the main entrance of the hotel.
But this is not a station; It's
hotel the manager told her.
"Ain't this the Grand Central sta
tion?' the old woman asked. Il got
off the subway and walked where they
told me, and ended up heEam
The manager -sssnU nat
ir,rd wurstirrr cd into the wrong Duiulhs'
! anu tueH he dShSu dSd1A "ACAC cAC
was going.
I'm going on the New Haven rail-
! road to Ty Cobb, Connecticut" she
said. 81 live in Brooklyn, and I'm 60
ing to see my son-in-law."
'Ty Cobb"
The manager and the Information
clerk searched the time tables and
railway guides. Finally the informa-
| ton clerk had an idea.
"CoScob," he said.
That's it," replied the old woman.
Il knew Ty Cobb sounded funny, but
| I've heard it somewhere"
| Under the direction of bell boy,
! she went to the Grand Central station,
where she finally got on board her
| train.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
AUTHORS AS LONG WALKERS
Dickens, Wadsworth, southey, Faw-
cett and Others Were cIassed as
Pedestrians of Prominence.

1t is calculated that Wordsworth, in
his many years of Sauntering, must
have travelled distance of 10000
miles. What sights he saw during such
prolonged and delightful wanderings
only those who have the poets mind
and eye can even guess, observes Lon
don Tit-BitS.
Charles Dickens was Il confirmed
tramp. and no doubt acquired his eX-
perience of life on the road" from ac-
tual acquaintance with all sorts of
vagabonds and odd characters.
One of the most remarkable of I'M
professional walkers was Professor
Wilson. the "ChriStopher North of lit
erature His fine physique and great
endurance prompted him to the per-
fOrmanCe of wonderful fcatS, which
seemed to him entirely Z latter of
course. He once walked 20 miles in
eight hours. ami at another time
walked a distance of so miles in "a
hours.
Henry Fawcett, also, was a tireleSS
walker and one who, when deprived
OF sight. did not think of relinquiShing
this among many forms Of exercise. His
was a familiar figure. on the roads
about Cambridge. and there is no eX-
aggeration in saying that few men
blessed with all his senses could enjoy
nature more thoroughly than he.
Southey. worn and preyed upon by
mental application and the practical
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
FOOTED HIMSELF INTO ARMY
Young Chicago Stenographer's Devo-
ton to Clarinet Landed Him
at Camp Logan.

We've got new boy in our office,
all on account of the old one having
actually footed himself into Uncle
! Sans service" says Charles F.
Raumgart of Chicago.
, Long before any draft was made
we had boy stenOgrapher and type
writer named Melville f. Bremen, and
we also sent him out to dress up show
windows with our cards and goods.
zone day he came down to the office
with queer looking package. When
he uncovered it it WAS found To be a
secondhand elan met. and almost be-
fore We knew no he MS spending his
spare time he was giving lis something
that sounded like Il cross between
america and Marching Through
Georgia. However. the boy had pleI-
ty of persistence and lie stuck to his
clarinet despite the fact that his folks
Threatened to chase him up in the attic
Of his home. He'd bring the thing down
to the Office now and then and let out
Il blast that caused general cOnSterna-
ton.
However, Melville managed to at
tract the attention of the bandmaster
of the Second Illinois infantry, and
one day he came into the office with
the broadcast Irish smile you ever saw
in your life. He had enlisted as
member of lie L, Simental band. Now
he is Pi'ivat" n. :. j:rannen and is
tooling his own hov2 uown at Camp
Logan. liOuS ION. Tex Besides that
he's doing clerical work in the adju-
iant's tent, and no one knows what
he'll be doing next.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
He Didn't Know.

Mark Twain and his peculiarities
were being discussed by an English
class in a high school. One youthful
orator had very eloquently described
Marks personal appearance and had
laid unusual stress on the authors
fondness for wearing white fiannelS.
"Gee! said one much-interested
youth, 81 don't see how the public
knows whether his flannels are red or
white"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
No Wonder They Sneeze.

The cause Of hay fever is no longer
dark mystery. Here it Is: Hay
ever IS caused by partial paralysis of
he vassmotor function o. The nerves
If the nose. which causes membranes
surrounding the bones to become filed
With blood. This congestion and IT.
ftatiOn, aggravated by pollen of rag
weed and goldenrod produces pa
:oxysms of sneezing. This exnlana-
ion was made before the Amer, car
0steopath association. in convention
~ DIR. John w. Bailey, Philadelphia.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
oSStruppen.

First Tommy (after consulting Ger
man dictionary)-Well, Bill, if he amt
lynn he's one of them shock troops ac-
cording to this.
Second Tommy-Lo, love-a-duck,
you're right. You've only got to look
at the blighter's face to see that
Passing Show.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
The Smallest Piano.

The unsteady inclined soldier may
now be able to take piano with him
to France-not the baby grand that
stood In the front parlor at home, but
a new one recently invented for him
by an English firm. This piano is quite
small and but little heavier than the
average suit case. While the strings
are not as long as on the usual fnstru-
ment, this is true piano and the fight
Ing man can play on it anything ne
wishes from the Beethoven Moonlight
Sonata" to "Poor Butterfly"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
But He Never Will.

"No, my husband never talks hii
business affairs over with me. One c.
his favorite expressions is that he al
ways leaves his business at the office
That's the way with my husband
He always leaves his business at tn,
office, too. Now, there's just one thini
wish he would learn to do"
"What's that?'
leave his golt on the links"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
haiIstorm insurance in Germany.

Hailstorm insurance is more extern
sively carried on in Germany than IN
any other country. During the last
IS years the German hail insurance
companies have collected the enormous
sum of LA 10000 marks (mark-
23.S cents), in premiums, and have
paid out 902, 100000 marks in indemni-
ties. During the year 1915 the COM
panies realized a profit of 7,999,975
marks, which was much in excess of
their average earnings, and the busi-
ness of the year showed an increase
in insured values Of 404,000000 marks.
Scientific American.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
The VILLAGE Bellies.

"What called you to go to the village
church, old man?"
why, the bellies"
1.-THE bellesW
Yes"
take care you don't have to ring
one of them"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Some Wave,

Benevolent Old Lady Ito Jack Tar)
II suppose you have seen some hard
times, sailor?
Jack Tar-Lor' lumme, mum, 1
should just say ave. Why, me
and six pals was once on the crest OF
one wave for fourteen hours with only
one bit of baccy to chew between US
London Ideas.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Sore Throat Wisdom

To relieve Sore Throat you must get at
the seat of the disease, removing the
cause. TONSILINE is prepared and sold
for that one purpose. A dose of TONSI.
LINE taken upon the first appearance
of Sore Throat may save long days OF
sickness. Use a little Sore Throat wis
dom and buy a bottle of TONSILINE
today. You may need it tomorrow.
TONSILINE is the National Sore ~
Throat Remedy -best known and c3
most effective and most used. Look
for the long necked fellow on the
bottle when you 60 to the drug III
store to get it. Csc. and 60c. Hos Ia
pital Size, s1.00. All Druggists. a
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-14
Her Desire.

Alice-Its quite a secret, but / was
married last week to Dick Gay.
Jane-Indeed should have thought
you'd be the last person in the world
to marry him.
Aice-Well, I hope I am!-Pear-
sons Weekly.