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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
SIX SIDED SNOW CRYSTALS.
That Is Natures Law, but Why 1t is
So Science Cannot Explain.

That Is Natures Law, pul why II 10
So Science Cannot Explain.
Snow crystals obey an immutable
law OF six. They are six sided jewels
or six pointed stars They never an
swer to the law of four or five. Snow
is crvStalliZed water. and water always
cryStalliZes III six sided forms. Why!
No one ever will know. There is no
more apparent reason for the SlXness
of cryStaIliZed water than there Is for
the monoclnic priSmS OF sugar cryS'
tails Water and sugar and the COM
plex minerals which make the granite
rock all follow laws which are utter
ly 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 Wilderness Of the snow is under
Standable. 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 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
is beneficent. but it cannot explain the
law of six.
1t is we'll that snow cannot be al
together explained. 1t is one of the
earths most beautiful mysteries. 1t
would lose something in beauty were
it to lose all its mystery.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
Soap an Antiseptic.

Some medical authorities, explaining
the abatement of epidemic diseases in
recent years. are sufficiently free from
professional ties to attribute this bet
terment OF conditions not to medical
science, but to the increased use Of
soap and water. Many medical author
tiles hold the opinion that with Il clean
house and clean person no one need
have much fear of infection. a writer
in the New York Medical Record says:
Soap is now recognized to be anti
septic and to he etficacious must pro-
duce "A lather. Bacteria rubbed into
soap or dropped on its surface are in
capable of multiplication. The typhoid
bacillus is very sensitive to soap, being
killed by D per cent solution in
short time More than half the total
number will die in a minute. The
thorough use of pure potash soap Is
not only a mechanical method of cleans
ing. but is an active favor in cutting
down germ life.'-EXchange.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
Politics and Tobacco.

Something like half century ago q
man named Dan Bradley started the
custom III little cigar store i'll Brook
iyn of keeping box of smoking TO
Rcco on the counter, With sign
above it saying. ''tlil your pipe" Part.
ly on the strength OF his popularity,
due i'll no small degree to the free fill.
Jugs for pipe, Bradley ran independ.
emily for the state senate and was elect
Ell as against the regular candidate.
Five thousand clay pipes did the
trick for Dan" was Il saying at the time.
"A man would have to give away aH
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
EarId
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
YOUR FISHING OUTFIT.
Have 1t In Perfect Shape When the
Time Comes to Use It.

Have 1t In Perfect Shape When the
Time Comes to Use It.
Vanishing fishing rod is simple
enough if one will only take the time,
and it is easy to make a 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 a week When you take
it out again those marks will have dis
appeared Three coats are necessary,
four or five or better if they have been
we'll brushed out. Polish with a rag.
powdered stone and crude oil. Use a
little stone, lots of oil and all the rub
bing you have patience to give. Re-
member the success of the operation
depends on allowing each coat Of var
nish to dry thoroughly.
While waiting for the varniSh to dry
the methodical man would naturally
look over his stock of flies. discarding
the damaged ones Those that are
only mussed can be doctored with
steam Put a cork with Il small hole
through it in the spout of a teakettle
or hold the fly over the vent In your
radiator Make bodkin by sticking
needle IN small piece Of wood With
the needle point stroke up the wings
and hackles If the fly Is badly stuck
together it can be washed in tepid
suds. Stick the flies in 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 Il 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 If it
cost only a dollar. Rub the lines with
a very little crude oil and if badly
worn apply some OF the preparations
for refinishing enameled lines. If 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
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22

Though the Arabs number less than
the population Of London, their Ian
glmge Is one VI the most widely spoken
and Influential III the world. for 1t il
the language OF the Koran. Seventy
millions OF people in Asia and north
Africa speak some form of Arabic as
their verI-acuiar. 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 81 TAe
Mohammedans from Turkey tQ Anglia
nistan and New Guinea. Nor is Arabic
unworthy of this extensive use. Re
nan, after expressing his surprise thai
such language should spring from
the desert regions of Arabia and reach
perfection in nomadic camps, declares
that ii surpaSseS all its sister Semitic
languages i'll richness Of vocabulary
delicacy of expression and the logic OF
It's grammatical constuction.-Londor
Chronicle.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
HELPING THE CHILD,
Some pon'ts Fo- Mothers to Turn
Over In Their Minds.


y few dont's might well he consplcu-
Ously posted III many mother mind
Don't consider il necessary TO sys-
tnma tiralIy underrAte your child. Your
a,Iul; friends will know y0u 60 not
mean it, but the child will not. and
probably more characters are weak
ennd bv the lack of self confidence en-
rendered t,v such a process than by the
vanity which follows the silly Drag
p:u- Of oyerfond parents.
Don't think that the moment you are
clone with yoIr boy or girl YOU must
ind FAINT or endeavor TO improve the
ocasinn Inv a LITTLE noraliyiug, no mat.
fer in how loving Il spirit. This is the
hardest of all for no one is so anxious
tu holm a child toward perfection as is
its rarrut. vet it surely leads to all
avoidance of the moments alone to-
rrther which shoiIld be times Of hap
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
Walk For Health,

y state board of health advises:
Take time to walk-or make time to
walk. Tie rernici"'IS habit of hopping
Oh a trolley car 10 go Il block or two
robs many cf tBt4 necessary health pre-
serving eXer=iSe they should have.
Walk for healtE!
The recommendation is sound, but
why should those who ride in automo-
biles be left out? The inveterate users
Of II, torcars need to be told to walk
more quite as much as the rest of us.
Nowhere is the riding habit easier to
acquire than where an automobile is at
beck and call. Even the workers who
deem the trolley car Il necessity would
often he advantaged by keeping their
nickels in their own pockets and there
by inviting more physical and mental
vigor. We are all sinners when it comes
10 the failure to keep in touch with the
Springfield Republican.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
BANKS "LOAN" MONEY.
They Don't LEND" 1t Because 1t Is
Business Transaction.

Business Transaction.
Why is it banking houses always
loan their huge sums of money, new
er by any chance lend" them? Lend"
is the true verb. while loan" was ex-
elusively the noun. How came it about
that ito loan" has uniformly supplant-
ed ito lend:'
The puriStS make great fuss about
this. They insist that the stupid and
untaught financial world has foisted
upon the language a substantive verb
when no new verb was needed, when
the ancient and established usage was
fixed in the Specification of Ito lend"
But prior to the modern development
CT business enterprise when money
was lent it was bestowed upon the Dor
rover either for temporary use with
out compensation, as a mark of favor
or patronage. or by the professional
money lender who, taking advantage
of persons i'll eXtremitieS of need. de-
manded uSuriouS interest. This Anglo
Saxon verb today retains its ancient
connotatiun. When it was coined the
productive powers of money We're IN
known and the wealth of rich men
was locked up for safety and kept out
of the channels Of commerce.
Nowadays. by devices of credit and
rapid intercommunicatiou it is kept
constantly working in productive en-
terprises. Immense loans are made, no
longer to relieve the neceSsitous and
the improvident but to stimulate in
duStry and to enable the borrower as
we'll as the loaner to reap profit in his
transactions. Money is loaned in this
sense. 1t is not lent New York Times.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
SUNLIGHT AND SOIL.
Causes of the Difference of Color In
Foliage and Flowers.

1t is sunlight that chiefly causes the
difference in the color of the foliage
and flowers of plants. The foliage and
flowers Of plants absorb sun rays OF
certain colors and reject others, and
this it is that makes the flowers take
Oh their proper colors.
We know that the character of the
soil and possibly difference in eli
mate may cause flowers to change
their colors. Some wild flowers of New
Jersey are Of quite a different shade
of color from the same flowers In II
linOis, the character of the soil caus-
ing the flowers to change their selec-
ton Of the suns rays, and thus the
color of the flower is changed.
To prove that the character of the
soil may change the color of flowers
take any of the pink Towering varie-
ties of Hydrangea hurensis, repot the
plant, carefully washing away the old
soil, and replace III soil in which alum
has been incorporated. The proper pro
portion is half Il pound Of alum bro
ken into pieces the size of hickory
nut to each buShel 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 10 Naturalization or 20 freak of
nature, the tendency to break away
from the established type. In nature
nothing stands still. 1t is either pro
greSsion or retrogresSiOn.
The range OF color for each species
seems to he confined within certain
limits, though the hyhridizer is gradu-
ally extending these limits Yellow,
white and purple are the commonest
colors i'll wild flowers III the order
named. Yellow is the simplest and
most primitive color and blue the latest
and most highly eYolved.-Ex change.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
GOOD GOVERNMENT.
The People Themselves Are TO Blame
if They Do Not Have 1t.

if They Do Not Have 1t.
The story is told THAI al The time
Massachusetts was considering the
r;.iiication vi the federal ronStitu-
,iom Samuel Adams. The noble pioneer
Of American Independence. WAS Waver-
.n2 in his support The mechanics and
workiugmcu of Boston called meet
i!- at the old Green Dragon tavern
and PASSED resolutions earnestly urg-
ing that the constitution he ratified
and adopted Those resolutions they
put into the hands of brass founder
to he delivered TO Mr.. Adams.
How many We're present when
these resolutions were ad"pted?" ask
ed Adams
More. sir. than the Green Dragon
wculd hold" said the sturdy mechanic.
And where were the rcstI'
In the street. replied the brass
founder
That casts a significant side light on
rhat crucial period when We were en-
gagged in the task of bringing strength
ONT of feebeneSS and order out Of
chaos by establishing national gov
errment What could he more inter-
estiug than to SEE the mechanics or
Boston Solcmnly considering and dis
cuSSing the most remarkable uocu-
nlput rs it has been called, that any
body of men ever put forth! The
sane serious and constant considera-
ton OF matters of public concern by
the same class of people is essential
- every hour of the existence or the
government.
! II is time that the responsibility 1or
Dad men in Office. for Invisible gov
arument." for venal and corrupt prac-
! fees in public servants, be put upon
rhnSt, whose neglect OF duty enables
evil influences TO control the election.
! The better element is always iii the
! una iority in every community ana can
ALWAYS control the situation II II de-
! Sfrps 70 do 50 When things get insup-
! portablv bad and the people are thor
! ouyhly aroused, how quickly are oe-
! sirabIe changes brought about. But
when the people seem to have disposed
of the particular condition that thus
arouses them they fall back into
! state of Indifference and let the SIMS
! ter influences have the field again.
Truly. eternal vigilance is the price
of good government We cannot mo
or enjoy it through any other means
Our blessed old republic was not fran
ed for laggards or towards. but Tor
bravo mon and women. ever and al
vavs alive to the duties and oblga'
lions that rest upon them as citizens
! Senator William E. Borah in Youth
Companion.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
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 priv
leges through his sense of gallantry.
There's IA 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 z banker asked the ruined broker
We'll, he answered. after Id given
her il string Of pearls, an opera box
and a birthday gift of twelve cylin-
der limousine ! went to smash, and her
people accused me of amusing myself
at her expense Baltimore Sun.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
WORK LAND FOR WHEAT AT
ONCE

College Park, Aug. 9.-What VIII
the 1918 wheat crop be, or rather what
can be done to insure the best pos
sible results?
How is Maryland to meet the situa-
ton calling for more bushels? VIII
it be by increased acreage or by in
creased production per acre? I'm
doubtedly both would be ideal; but
both are hardly possible. The acreage
increase can hardly be more than Is
per cent. because in those counties OF
the State where wheat is main crop,
the acreage is at present almost
maximum. There are ten counties in
the State where wheat is a secondary
crop, due to the other crops which
have proven more profitable; and we
find, considering all angles of the
situation, that a large increase in
acreage would be apt to disturb the
balance of other crops, and increased
acreage also brings with it the need
of more labor, which at present is
very scarce.
The route to follow, then, is obvious.
"a greater production per acre, and
the opinion of the Extension Service
of the Maryland State College of
Agriculture is that one of the most
important factors entering into this
is early seed bed preparation.
In the principal wheat growing dis.
tricts the methods of land preparation
for wheat, on the average farm, is very
good. But on many, due to the scarcity
Of labor, blowing OF stubble where
wheat Is to follow wheat is being de-
layed, and each week of delay means
80 much increase in weed growth, so
much loss in moisture, and more work
eventually at seeding time with less
effective seed bed.
To offset late blowing, all land for
wheat should be thoroughly disked as
soon as possible. Time spent in this
way Is not wasted, for disking before
blowing breaks UP the clods which
would be difficult to reach with disk
or harrow when they have been turned
under 1t kills weeds and puts a mulch
on the surface reducing the loss of
water, the supply Of which 10 often a
very determining factor in the next
years crop.
Where wheat does not follow wheat,
1t Is customary to seed It In the stub
Bile after corn. In the sections where
stones interfere with disking, a spring
tooth harrow takes the place Of the
disk; but whatever the implement
used on the stubb1e, the seed bed
should be as deep as is possible to
make it, should be dragged or rolled
to make 1t compact as a preventive
measure against w1nter-hlling and
beaving, and this should be done az
quickly as possible after the corn
Is OFF,
Briefly the advice to wheat growers
Is to get onto the Land and work it az
soon rs possible,-stubble land at pres
emit with disk II not with a plow, and
tho corn land as soon as the crop car
be taken of.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
ideas Are Dollars.

Some ln"ge business firms employ
man whose sole duty it is to read eV-
cry trade journal, every technical pa
per or pamphlet and every magazine
in order to get new ideas about the
conduct of their business. Such infor-
nation is laid each day before the
heads of the various departments. who
in turn pass it down the line to men
under them and see that the new idea
is tested. BY this means each worker
is kept in touch with what other men
are doing in his particular line, ana so
his personal efficiency is increased. Al
most everything can be done in man
ner little better than the present
way, and modern business demands
to know and practice the best. Ideas
are dollars
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Prevent Illness.

!. The laws of health have. every
+ one, a penalty attached. and ig-
+ norance is never accepted by ma
+ ture as an excuse
+ Prevent illness Build up the
+ natural defensive resources of
+ the body Use the automatic
+ scavenger system with which
+ you are supplied. but do not
+ make the mistake of thinking
+ that you can neglect it at pleas
+ ure and then escape by whipping
+ 1t up with irritating drugs. Drink
+ freely of clear water. Eat TO sat
+ fsfaction rather than REPETITION
+ and let the diet be of good bal
+ ance. Never let the drudgery of
]. daily routine obscure the end for
]. which you live. A rush of work
!. is not legitimate excuse for pro
+ gressive suicide.
+ AS Pythagoras has wisely said,
I. Have thou moderation in all
+ things. keep myself from wild
+ joy and from wailing sorrow,
!. strive to hold thy soul in harmo-
!. ny and concord. like the strings
+ Of well tuned harp
. . o . y . q y
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22

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 fGrty-rwo bridges
spanning the East ana Harlem rivers,
Newtown creek and other waterways.
These roads over rivers, including the
Brooklyn, Manhattan. Williamsburg
and greensboro spans, among the great
est i'll the world, represent, with the
real estate requisite for their APP
proaches, an Investment by the munich
pality of more than S135, 100000.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
STREET CROWDS IN MOVIES
Strategy Used to Keep People From
Spelling the Effect.

strategy OSeG 10 tNeSp TeoPiS TteH'
Spelling the Effect.
Street crowds are VIGOROUSLY diff
cult TO handle for the movies They
will never 60 what You want, and even
Shcn you are sncaking them there is
always some smart .tIeck in the fore
ground who insists upon looking into
the camera and cracking his foolish
face.
On one occasion Donlon wished to
ret IL close Up picture Of a crowd look
ing skyward 1t was to lie used as a
cut-in for al aeroplaue story. To hire
a lot of extras might have cost cou-
ple o. Thousand dollars So be TOOK a
chance of getting what he wanted with
out paying Tor it. Knowing the pSy-
;hology IF crowds, DonlOn took three
cameras downtown, where he set one
on the sidewalk for she purpose Of TAX
ing closeup profile of the crowd he
was to assemble. one in Il second story
window, shooting Straight into the peo-
pies faces, and one III top OF the build
Ing, also shooting down.
w lGu All was Icdtit i'ciiipIl SioOt IA
the middle of the street with mega
phcne and began II call directions to
one Ben, who stood on top of the build
ing. The crowd assembled immediate
" and. seeing the cameras, began, as
usual. to rubber right into them. Then
DOnlOn called out:
rs Ben ready to jump
And Ben called back: Just min
ute, Ed. I'm a bit nervous. Wait till
that yellow car gets by. l think I'll
try for the top Of that big Pasadena
car. It's wider g
Back and forth they called exeHe
warnings and directions, and the
crowd was right on tiptoes. They
didn't know what was going to happen
but it p Promised excitement. All this
time the camera men clicked that foo
crowd into cellul0id immortality.-Rot
Wagner in Saturday Evening Post.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
Makinu a Garden.

A garden should not be considered
as piece of wild nature nor plants re-
garded as architectural ornaments Ior
one must not do violence to the other
Above all must there be harmony.
Otherwise the builder has labored In
vain. for be has not made picture
that artists care to reproduce.
In garden building never initiate ma
ture with intent to deceive. but where
natural beauty already exists make
use of it and add to it. Banks to be
restrained often have large outcrop-
ping rocks Make use of them even
If the remainder of the wall is of dis
tinctly different material. Merely as
siSt nature.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
What You Can Do.

You don't know what you can do At
any rate you don't know until you're
up against it and have to try. Some
day you're going to bump against a
Whopping bit of work. 1t will look i'm
possible to you. You'll want to quit.
You'll say to yourself that it simply
can't be done. And then If you are
really worth while you'll tighten your
belt and jump into it. You'll say. I've
got to do it Then the first thing you
know it will be done And the best
part of it is you'll enjoy it, and the sat
isfaction that comes when it is done
will be worth more than hearing your
uncle has left you l000O.-American
10y.
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Why She Went Home.

Wife-Tom, dear, this my first plum
pudding. Hub tdubiously)-It looks
rather nice. Wife-Do you know, l
was wondering while making it why
We call it plum pudding when there
isn't a plum in it. Hub (haying eaten
a littlel-l fnncy, my dear, the word
should he spelled plumb" which. you
will find by the dictionary. means "a
little mass or weight of lead."-Boston
Transcript
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-22
Now Is a Good Time
To Treat Your Catarrh

which infest your blood, and chases
them entirely out OF your system. 1t
is by far the most satisfactory treat
ment for the disease, because it
reaches down to its very roots and
gets at the cause. Write to-day for
full information, and expert medical
advice regarding the treatment of
your own case. Take advantage of
this chance to-day. Address Swift
Specific Co., Dept. G Atlanta,
Ca