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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16

miles from the mansion house of to-
day is the site of an old mill, known
to have been built by this same Angus
tine Washington. That mill was on
the banks of the Epsewasson creek.
The walls, which were laid in lime
stone, began to crumble back in the
sixties and the farmers in the vicinity
hauled away some of the stone,
This mill was in actual use for 90
years by General Washington, and so
superior was the quality of the flour
he ground that it was admitted to Eng
fish markets without inspection.
The huge brick barn covered with
ivy one sees at Mount Vernon today
was built by Augustine Washington
also. Here baby George no doubt rode
on the back of the pillow horses and
climbed into the farm wagons just as
country boys do today. But In 1888
a fire destroyed the house and Angus
tine moved down to another plantation
Of his near Fredericksburg, Va. This
place was known as Pine Grove.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
SHlPBUILDERS TO RUSH
WORK ON U. S. WARSHIPS
BID Firms Double Their Forces and
Put Contracts for Navy Ahead
OF All Others.

Washington.-Co of navy
craft by the Newport News Shipbuild-
Ing and Drydock company, the Fore
River Shipbuilding company and the
Electric Boat company will be speed
ed up to the limit Of the plants. Work
on two battleships at the plant of the
Newport News company, at Secretary
Daniels suggestion, already is proceed
ing under doubled crews, and the Of
fers of the other two companies to
take similar steps met with the secre-
tary's hearty approval,
At the Newport News plant 1t is
estimated that the battleship Missis-
sippi, recently launched, can be COM
pleted by midsummer instead Of Jan
uary /, 1918, as called for In the con-
tract. The keel of one Of the four
new battleships recently contracted
for will be laid ON the slip vacated by
the Mississippi instead of a merchant
vessel, as had been intended.
Representatives of the Fore River
and Electric Boat companies called on
Mr.. Daniels, offering to rush work on
destroyers and submarines for which
they have contracts, setting aside 9TH
err private work to that end. They
were told to go ahead at full speed.
The plan is to get the vessels launched
as soon as possible, freeing stocks for
the new set of destroyers and subma-
rlnes to be authorized in the pending
navy bill.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
NAVY MARKSMEN ACCURATE
American Gunners Never Showed as
Great Proficiency az They Have
In Recent Trials.

Data made public recently by the
navy department show that at no 9TH
er time in Its history has the marks
manship of the United States navy
been so good as 1t is at present. The
new superdreadnaught Nevada gave an
example of the general shooting eff
cheney of the Atlantic feet. In recent
target practice this ship fred 58 shots
from her 14-Inch guns, and the target,
at varying ranges, was smashed 43
times, a record that is believed to
equal, If not surpass, any record with
similar guns in any other navy.
The following table shows at a
glance what the gunners of the Allan
tic feet did with the big guns in the
recent target practice:
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
GOES BACK TO1657
Washington Family Was One Of
the Earliest to Settle in
Colony Of Virginia.

TA HE first Washington to land In
the new world was Col. John
Washington, who came from
near Beverly, England, in 1857.
This was only about 30 years
later than the jamestown settlement.
This Colonel Washington, who was a
man Of great influence in the infant
colony, was the great-grandfather of
General Washington and the first owner
of the tract now known as Mount
Vernon. He brought over with him a
hundred immigrants and he, with his
partner, Nicholas Spencer, received
from Thomas Lord Culpeper a grant
Of 5000 acres Of land situated on the
Potomac between Epsewasson and
Little Hunting creek.
Col. John Washington left $500
acres Of this tract--that part including
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
New York 70 Train Bio Army.

Albany, N. Y.-When New York
states plan of universal military train
Ing, with the changes now projected,
is in effect, 100000 boys from sixteen
to nineteen years Of age will be under
instruction. This is larger force
than the regular army.
Only in the third year of the course
will the boys use regular rifles and
ammunition. Great pains will be TAX
en- to get instructors who are gentle
manly in manners and conduct and
whose influence on their charges will
be good in every way.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16

Mount Vernon-tO his eldest son Law
renee.
The son Of this Lawrence Washing
ton was Augustine, the father Of Gen.
George Washington. Augustine took
his bride, Mary Ball, to his home at
Wakefield, in Westmoreland. His sis
ter. Mildred, inherited the Mount Yer
non property, but on the death Of her
husband, Roger Gregory, she sold 1t
to her brother Augustine. And it was
to this same place that the family were
removed in 1874, when George was a
baby OF but two years Of age. Here
he toddled about in his third and
fourth years.
II is now believed that Augustine
Georges father, built the first home al
Mount Vernon on what is the site Of
the present mansion. Its beautiful sit
uation would naturally lend itself to
the location OF a home. About two
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
TIPPED WITH GOLD
Few People Know the Purpose Of
Bands at the Apex Of Wash
ington Monument.

Jew persons who have seen the
Washington monument, even
those who have lived within
sight Of it all their lives, have
noticed that the apex Of the monu-
ment is surrounded with parallel
bands. Such Is the fact, however;
and moreover, the bands are studded
with golden points. The bands are
made of gold-plated iron a foot wide,
and the points are spaced foot from
one another.
For a moment in each sunny day
Of the first week of the new year the
golden fillet that binds the brow of
the Washington monument is visible
to human eyes. Then, the angle Of in
cldence Of the suns rays is such that
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
Not our Truth.

The truth which another man has
won from nature or from life is not
our truth until we have lived 1t. Only
that becames real or helpful to any
man which has cost the sweat Of his
brow. the effort Of his brain, or the
anguish of his soul. He who would De
wise must daily earn his WISDOM
David Starr Jordan.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
No Cinderella.

"Your highness," said an attendant,
Asome lady at the ball has left behind
one Of these flat-sOled, pancake-shaped
shoes"
Throw it on the ash heap" COM
manded the prince. Il don't want to
find her."-Judge.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
AT WAsHINGToN's TOMB

Where rhodcdendrons browse and willows
weep,
And frail forget-me-nots their charms
reveal;
Through moss and foliage. making mute
appeal;
Where sapphire waters, purling, coil and
creep
And evermore a murmurous vigil keep;
Where eleges through leafy arches steal,
Chanted by birds the lordly oaks conceal;
A king, uncrowned, is throned in dream
less sleep.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16

from a piece Of wadding soaked in
parafin. Set the wadding inside the
case under the works; unless the
works are actually out of order the
fumes viii act on the machinery. It
ID quite a simple but tried remedy.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
Ramova iron Mold.

A good way to remove iron mold lie
to sprinkle the stain with lemon juice
and then expose it to the sun and air.
This process may need to be repeated
several times, but 1t will eventually
hiring the iron mold right out.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16

Many of the finest tributes to Wash
ingtOn's character have come from ths
people Of Great Britain. The historian
Green says that mo nobler figure ever
stood in the forefront Of q nations
life"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
A Case In Point.

Circumstances alter cases."
aYOu bet they do. Reduction Of fare
Is all right on q railroad, but 1t isn't
in a boarding house. Boston Tran
script.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
Wanted Liberty for All.

Let us impart all the blessings we
possess, or ask for ourselves, to the
whole family of Misunderstanding
ton.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
No Hlndrance.

Pop, viii you answer me one busi-
ness question:"
always glad to. my son. What Ia
itY'
"When a community goes dry can
a firm there liQuldate"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16
EIxInn the CLOCK.

r. your clock gets out Of order. try
'uhricnting tl,e works by She fumes
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-16

Resting ssrenely in this garden spot;
Who to the nation glorious service gave;
Whose splendid deeds shall never be
forgot;
We view with reverence, thy quiet grave.
And kiss with tears. the pure foEretme-not.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
MAN SHOULD LIVE 100 YEARS
That He Usually Reaches Only Half or
Three-ouarters That Age Is He
Own Fault, II Is Declared.

Sickness and death have always ex-
listed In the world and always win so
long as mans physical constitution re-
mains what II Is. The body Is evident
ly intended 10 last only certain time.
although man himself has unquestlon-
ably greatly shortened the length OF Its
durance. The limit OF threescore years
and ten, set by the Psalmlst. deprives
US of many years that are our due.
Students OF longevity have estab-
llshed the rule that the animal body,
including mans, should endure, barring
accident. five times as long as IL takes
II TO reach full maturity, as marked by
the complete ossihcation OF the bones.
In man that period is about twenty
years. and man should, therefore, live
to round out a century. That he usual
ly lives only half or three-quarters
as long is his fault and the fault OF his
ancestors.
A French writer once asserted that a
man Is as old as his arteries, meaning
that the degenerative changes of old
age were dependent upon or measur-
able by the degree OF hardening of the
arteries. That is undoubtedly true to
n certain extent, but epigrams do not
solve problems or even explain facts.
1t affords slight comfort 10 know that
we are as old as our arteries IL we do
not know how to prevent them from
aging prematurely.
Fortunately, we do know many OF
the causes of the presenile degenera-
tIon that cuts us OFF before our time.
Heredity counts for much. Some fam
llies are long-llved; In others. most or
all of the members die young. That
sounds hopeless, yet we can do much
by hygienic living to lengthen our days
even IL we come of short-lived fam
lily. More than that, we can transmit
to our descendants n still higher de-
gree OF stamina. The other causes OF
early aging may be summed up In the
one word excess-overwork mental or
physical, worry, overeatlng and even
oversleeping. Moderation (not INSULT
ciency) In all things-eating. drinking.
working, playing, sleeplng-Is the Sc
cret OF health and ongevity.-Youth'
Companion.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
LOYALTY BIG MALAY VIRTUE
Danger and Adventure Appeal to
These People Who Are Different
From Any Others In Orient.

The Malay cities OF Malacca and
Singapore have grown away from their
birthright OF old native ways and GUS
toms. They have taken on a charac-
ter peculiar TO themselves that Is
unique and interesting. but they are
not at all typical OF the federated
states or OF the peninsula as a whole.
An inland trip OF some length is al
most a necessity for anyone who
would get a glimpse OF the Malay life.
Such a trip would take the traveller
10 any one OF score of villages or
little cities, each as like the next as
one pea Is like the other save for
some detail OF river, jungle or hill.
In such untraveled nelghborhoods the
Malay remains very much as the Lord
and his environment have made him.
He is a different individual from
any one else In the Orient. He has
neither the servility nor the Difference
TO caste that belong TO the lower class
natives OF the near East, nor the In
dustry and culture OF China and Japan.
He Is an independent, erratic, shift
less, proud, indolent individual, fig
ure that lends itself readily 10 TO-
nance. victim of a thousand super
stitions, with little culture and con-
siderable amount of polse and self
possession.
The Malay Is romantic because his
virtues are the virtues OF a feudal so
ciety. He is brave. enduring, courte-
Gus, reserved and hospltable. He has
real appetite for danger and ad-
venture; nothing lifts him out OF his
habtual sloth and dullness 80 quick
ly as an undertaking that has n spice
OF peril about IL. Under such circum-
stances he will prove cool and faith
full as long as there is life I'm his
body. Loyalty he counts as chief OF
the qualities to be admired.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
Human NATURE in ptqs.

A real, full-blooded English bulldog
has been In our family for seven years,
writes a newspaper contributor, and
MS time goes on we find him more and
more human.
One OF his traits has amused us for
years. Sunny, ns the dog has been
appropriately named, is very particu-
lar about his food. Real, old-fashloned
dog biscuit Is beneath his dignity.
When a bowl of biscuit Is put down
for his supper he sniffs with disgust
and turns away.
But resting conveniently close at
hand Is little papier-mache model Of
q bulldog that rejolces in the name Of
Fido. All that we have TO do In order
TO bring Sunny back TO his bowl is to
call "Here, Fido, Fldow and To put
Fido I'm front OF the dinner. So long
rs ne feels that some other dog may
possibly get the food, Sunny will eat
every crumb. ana with a grunt Of salts
faction nose Fido out Of the way. Is
not that precisely the nature OF Some
humans2
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
HARVEST WHEAT YEAR ROUND
Some Part Of the World Is Engaged In
Cutting the Grain at Every Sea-
son Of Year.

All through the year wheat is be-
Ing harvested. In January II is being
cut In the great fields OF the Argen-
tine and In New Zealand. In Febru-
airy and March IL is cut In the East
Indies and Egypt. The wheat fields
are harvested In April In Cyprus, Asia
Minor, Persia and Cuba, and i'm May
in China and Japan. June is the busl-
est month of the whole year, for then
Turkey, Greece, Spain and southern
France as well as most of the south
ern states of America, are all cutting
wheat
The more northerly states of Ameri-
ca, as well as Austria. Germany and
parts of Russia, do their harvest gath
ering I'm July. August sees the wheat
crop gathered I'm Great Britain, and
September and October for Sweden
and Norway. Peru and South Africa
are busy harvesting in November and
December.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
WEIGHT OF AN INCH OF WATER
Every Acre Covered by Shower
Of That Proportion.

Do you know what an "inch OF
rain" means to farmers? When the
weather bureau reports that an inch
of rain has fallen, II means that the
amount of water that descended from
the sky in that particular shower
would have covered the surrounding
territory to n depth of one inch, II
none OF IL had run off or soaked into
the ground.
IT means that on one acre of ground
water to fill more than 600 barrels
OF As gallons each has fallen. That
quantity Of water weighs more than
40 tons. II the rainstorm covered
1000 acres, which would be a very
small shower indeed, 10000 tons OF
water would fall from the clouds.
Ralnstorms frequently cover whole
counties, and often two or three or
five inches OF water fall In one
storm. In that case the weight OF
water that falls to the earth is sim
ply enormous. A single widespread
and heavy storm might result, II has
been estimated, 10 100O00,00000 tons
of rain.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05

Sometimes the crow may be suspect
cd OF being altruisuc. Not long ago n
Hartford Courant man saw four Of the
birds in n tree watch cat which was
stalking pair of pigeons In field
near by. The cat came near enough 10
its quarry 50 that 1t crouched for a
spring. when one Of the crows leisurely
gllded out of the tree and swooped
down 10 within foot Of the eats head.
The cat was surprised and the pigeons
were warned and moved on little.
once more the cat made forward
movement, and another crow dipped
over Il and said n few things which its
predecessor had overlooked. That end
ed the eats pigeon hunt for the day.
The crows were safe at every stage OF
the game. but no one knows whether
they took n hand I'm it through liking
for the pigeons or dislike for the cat.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
Duration Of American Wars.

The first American war, that OF the
Revolution, dated from April 10, ITS.
to April IL, 1888, a period OF eight
years: the Northwestern Indian wars
kfrom September 10. 1890, to August 3.
N795; the war with France. from July
o, 1893, 10 September 80, 1900; the
war with Tripoli, from June 10, 1901,
to June 4, 1906; the Greek Indian war.
from July 27. 1913, to August o. 1914;
the War OF 1912 with Great Britain.
from June 18. 1912, to February IL,
1915; the Seminole Indian war, from
November 20. 1917. to October 81.
1918; the Black Hawk Indian war,
from April 81. 1881, TO September 80.
1892; the Cherokee disturbance or re-
moval, from 1896 10 1887; Creek Indl-
an war or disturbance, from May 8,
1886, to September 30, 1897; the Flor
Ida Indian war, from December %,
1885, to August il. 1913; Aroostock
disturbance, 1886 TO 1899; the war
with Mexico, April "a. 1916, TO July 4,
1S4S; the Apache, Navajo and Utah
war, from 1s49 to 1855; the Seminole
war, from 1856 TO 1853; the Civil war,
from 1861 to 1866; the Spanlsh-Ameri-
can war, April 81, 1893. to August u.
1893, and the Philippine insurrectIon,
from 1900 TO 1900.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
VALUE OF "KEEPING AT TT
Great Results May BE Achieved
Through Trfling ExertIon Repeat
ed Steadily and Persistently.

Andrew Carnegie once said that "a
half hour day, spent In a particular
line of study, is the best investment
any man can make" This recognition
of the results which may be achieved
through the accumulatlve effect OF
trlfllng exertlon. repeated steadily and
persistently, is an expression of an i'm
portant truth.
To take concrete instance, one who
will browse among the pages of first
class dictionary 10 minutes daily, and
will do so steadily every day. will ac-
quire within a year or two an excep-
tional knowledge of English etymology
and wide vocabulary as well. Habits
are, after all, a great part Of what any
OF us are. In these hurried days it be-
comes increasingly difficult for us TO
crowd into our program anything un-
usual. That which we have trained
ourselves to do Is accomplished with
out effort, while we shrink from the
effort necessary to pursue something
unaccustomed One may train his ply
steal makeup and his personality TO do
him service along good lines as effect
lively as they can lead him into harm IL
unrestrained. For real cultivation
nothing has yet been Invented more
ctllcacious than steady application, day
after day, for n stated period. 10 some
thing worth Observation-Disclosures
Press
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
The Teeth.

Dental decay Is caused by the action
of acid on the hard substance of tho
tooth. This acid is formed from the de-
composition OF starchy and sugary
foods, which cling about the ereylces OF
the teeth long after the meal is over.
Soft, starchy or sugafy foods, such as
sweet biscuits, cake, jams or marina
ladc. soaked bread, milk, puddlngs.
chocolate or sweets Of any kind. are al
ways injurious If eaten at the close OF
a meal,
All foods which require thorough
mgsticatlon act as natural tooth
brushes and ward of decay. Mastica-
ton Is a much neglected art. The teeth
and jaws require exercise like any
other part Of the body. The perfect
teeth met with among the negroes Of
the West Indies are entirely due 10
their habit Of sucking sugar cane.
which Is hard and woody.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
rlnder Rores Not Obsolete.

Brandon. small town In Suffolk,
England, still supplies the world with
fllnt-and.stecl tindUr boxes, which even
the developed friction matches Of to-
day have not made obsolete, notes the
Popular Science Monthly. Elderly
persons can still tell us about the time
when ilnt-and.steel were universally
used: when old rags had 60 be
charred for tInder. and when the
sparks had TO fy to get these TO catch
fire. Brandon nlnts have always been
justly famous. They were used In
the kitchens at honc, and on cannons
In the wars. They saw service at Wa
tcrloo, In the Crimcan war; and even
as late as In the South African cam
paign. The first one was made Ia
1927.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
BARBER POLE AS ToMBsToNEF
Indian Insisted on Placing Headstone
Of His Own Choice Over Grave CO
His Dead Squaw.

Here Is a curious story OF Indian sim
plicity, as related by an official OF the
Indian bureau at Washington, says the
Los Angeles Times.
On the Navajo reservation great ef.
forts had at one time been made 10 Ina
duce the Indians 10 abandon their GUS
tom OF leaving the bodies OF their dead
above ground. and to adopt the white
mans system OF burial.
The agents success was encouraging
and arrangements were made by which,
the government should supply neat
headstones. A stock OF them was laid
In, and soon after they arrived talt
Navajo appeared. He had lost his
squaw and wished headstone. He
looked the collection over, but said
"No, no" TO each one.
IF you will tell me what you want.
will try to get one" said the agent.
want United States tombstone"
said the Navajo.
The agent made every effort to find
out what was meant, but the redman
would only respond. united States
tombstone.
AT last the agent, fearing that the
mans disappointment might result un-
favorably 10 the scheme for introduc-
Ing white mems burial methods, gave
; the Indian some money and told him TO
go and buy the kind OF gravestone he
liked.
Sometime afterward party of hunt
ers came into the agency. They had
been TO the lodge OF the tall Navajo
who had just lost his wife, and had
seen her grave, and at the head OF IL
was posted red-and-white BARRIERS
pole
This was the Navajo's idea OF a
united States tombstone" IL was as
near as he could come 10 a gravestone
bearing the national colors, and as he
was very patriotic Indian, he was
content.
The diamond drill., 1917-05-05
NEWS FLIES FAST IN CHINA
Most Wonderful Courier Service In the
World Takes the Place Of the
Telegraph and Railroad.

Travellers who return from the re-
mote interior OF vast countries where
telegraphs and railways are practically
unknown viii tell you of the astonish-
ing swIftness with which news travels,
despite the seeming absence OF ia
ciiities.
Away In the wilds OF the Tibetan
border, or in the MongolIan deserts.
hundreds OF miles from the nearest
telegraph wire. the traveller will per
chance hear OF some momentous event
in the outside world within an incred-
IDLY short while OF It's happening. This
rapid transmission OF news is the work
OF natives employed In courier services
OF higher organization than we have
ever dreamed China, that spacious
land where distance is measured by
days, not miles. affords the best ex-
ample. For. although the means OF
communication by rail and telegraph
have greatly developed there of late,
the bulk OF the interior Is still virgin
10 these inventions OF the foreign
devil" and China still maintains what
has been from time lmmemorlal the
most wonderful courier service in the
world.
II is now mainly controlled by the
Chinese post office, and the mileage Of
the courier lines has recently reached
the stupendous figure of 10000. or
about 5h times the circumference of
the globe. BY road, river and track.
radiating from the capital OF Peking.
or other important centers, couriers
are speeding without ceasing, night
and day. to almost every corner OF the
100000 square miles OF country which
form the Chinese empire. The cou-
riers are all stalwart men especially
chosen for their physique. powers OF
endurance and knowledge OF routes.
They work In relays, eat as they go
along. and are supposed not 10 stop
until they have handed the mailbag TO
the next relay. An average speed OF
30 miles a day Is often maintained.