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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10
big BUFFALO HERD SUBMARINES AND SOIL FERTILITY
How the War Affects the Farmers Ability to Produce
Bumper Crops

The grip Of the scOurge of the seas
is now, after months OF warfare, felt
by the American farmer. When the
Lusitania went down the whole world
shivered with hOrr0r-hOrror at the
very savagery Of the deed, yet few 81
US realized at the time that within a
comparatively short time the entire
world would, In one way or another. be
at the mercy of these newest and most
savage of all implements of war Least
of all did the American farmer realize
that the submarine menace would have
any effect whatever on his ability To
raise crops and do his bit in the line
of food production.
But it has The war itself in its
earliest day cut off supplies of potash.
Now the submarine warfare has re-
duced the supply of Spanish pyrites
from which sulphuric acid is made
This sulphuric acid is used in the
manufacture of acid phosphate. and
also liz the making of complete fer
tilizerS. Without ii raw rock phoS-
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Five-Year-OId Seal Skins.

A sufficient number of skins Of FIVE
year-old fur seals will be taken on the
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, to enable the
United States bureau of fisheries to
determine fully how they will be re-
ceived by the trade and the best uses
to which such skins may be put, says
the Scientific American.
These skins have about twice the
area of the skins from an average
three-year-old seal, and are regarded
by experts as fully equal in quality to
the average skin of the younger seals
that have heretofore made up the
quota for the natives use.
Two expert seal SINNERS from New
foundland and two sealskin specialists
from the st. Louis concern will pro-
coed TO the Pribilof Islands for the
purpose of assisting the agents and in
structing the natives in taking and pre-
pairing Sealskins.
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oNE-TIME pIFhTEs
ESthonian Outrages hklndied
Wrath of Danish K3gs.
Records Show They WereN Regarded
as Daring, Predatory People
of the Baltic.

The ESthOnianS, who cOnStAtute four
tifths Of the population OF russian
Baltic province of ESthoniaESvhich lies
between Riga and PetrogrA, are the
subject of a bulletin issued " the Ma
tional Geographic societyW from its
/ Washington headquarters
Like the Films. to WhoAA they are
: closely related, the EStnOuians or
Esths, a race numbering 100000 peO-
pie, more than 100000 OF whom reside
IN ESthonia, retain many character
istics which bespeak their 1ongolian
origin. They are long-armed and short
legged, have broad face and low brows
are usually beardlesS and have oblique
eyes.
"The first record of the Esths in
Europe reveals them as daring, pred
atory people of the Baltic whose
piratic outrageS enkindled the wrath
of Danish kings as early as The twelfth
century. in 1874 and 1856 Canute vi
sent strong expedition against them
and forced Il number of the laWleSs
bands to accept Christianity and allow
! themselves to be baptized. Hardly
had the wariike prosecutors left the
ESthonian shores. however, than the
inhabitants reverted 1" barhallSln ana
tt!pir heather practices. quarter OF
A century later WalQcmar L was mere
successful. He Subiugated the north
ern portion Of the land and brought
the inhabitants under submission to
the Danish crown. 1t was never a
willing submission. however, and for
more than 100 years the inhabitants
gave their cOnquerors endless trouble
until 1343 WaIdcmar " decided that
they were not worth the bother so
ne sold his interest in the rebels and
/ in their land To the knights of the
Sword. who were gradually spreading
/ their net of power northward from
T TeutOnic lands.
"Eor more than SEQ years thereafter
the lot of the ESthonans was virtual
" that of Scrfdom under their Ger
man landowners.
"In the sixteenth century both the
lOhir~ and the fortified towns of ESth-
onia placed themselves under the pro-
lection of the Swedish crown, but they
we're forced to acknowledge new
master after Peter the Greats success
full wars against Charles XII.
"For the last thirty years the Rus
sian imperial government has been
making systematic efforts to abolish
The ESthonian language, to which the
! ocople have chung tenaciously. Harsh
regulations as to the use of the Ian.
guage in the schools have not served
10 wean the people from their Ian
yuage. however. One characteristic
which has served to preserve the Estt
language through the centuries has
been the peoples love for poetry, anG
they have rare natural gift for versi'
icatiOn.
1.-The Orthodox Greek church of Rus
sia also has conducted an active pro
gram in Esthonia, but according to the
latest religious census SO per cent OF
he inhabitants are still Lutherans."
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Japanese Playing Golf.

Some of the new millionaires of ia
pan have taken up golf, which they
play on links maintained In the most
approved style. They are building
country houses like castles of old in
Splendor. They are following many
American and European ways, and yet,
lavishly as they are scattering large
incomes in air, they are wonderfully
Influenced by subtle refinements inner
tied from their ancestors. For the
pleasures of the table they care little.
Mostly the extravaganza of the newly
rich of Japan finds vent in endowing
colleges, assembling treasures of lit
erature and art, and ministering TO
those senses and desires through which
men nouriSl the soul.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10
RAT UP HIS TROUSERS LEG
Ohio Groceryman Experiences Excit-
Ina Contest With Rodent Inclined
to Be Too Familiar.

One of those unfortunate things
which 1t would have been interesting
70 see, as long as 1t had to happen any
way, muses. the Ohio State Journal,
70 reported by the Gallipolis Journal,
which relates in it's graphic and grip
Ding way what recently happened to
Mr.. Carlton Stone, described by the
Journal, which, of course, knows him
well, as the handsome and debonnair
grocer Of Gallipolis.
Mr.. Stone, it seems, under stress of
great and repeated provocation, had
been led to say some rather sharp
things concerning the general char
acter and the unpleasant habits of the
huge rats which infest his emporium,
gray, wiry fellow, at last was unani-
mously selected to essay reprisals.
This our rodent did by lurking and
prowling about, awaiting his opportu-
nifty, and, when in his best judgment
It had come, by making sudden sortie
and surprising our unconscious grocer
by darling with marvellous celebrity up
Mr.. Stones elongated but shapely
limb, to employ the Journals refined
but clear language.
The verve and dash of the wholly
unexpected attack all but robbed our
hero of his usual calm presence of
mind for the moment, but as the as
sailing party passed the knee sector,
Mr.. Stone, realizing that something
must be done, and done quickly, recov-
cred his customary poise, formulated
his plan of attack and soon was en-
gagged in counter-movements combin.
Ing high kicking. frantic slapping and
complete removal of trousers with a
versatility, q vigor, a determination
and a change of pace that beggar all
description.
Suffice it to say that the misguided
rat in scarcely more than a trice was
hOrs de combat, as we say in Ohio,
while Mr.. Stone was soon the center
OF an admiring throng, the observed
Of all observers and the cynosure of
al eyes, painting and painless, but vic
toriOus. Il have striven to do my
part" gasped he in his droll way, as
our special representative reached the
scene Of the encounter, ''to make the
World same for democracy
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10

Of what use is dianTno, anyway
7onservationists who 81 for cutting
,ut all extravaganza during the war
ire asking the question, says the Kan
,as City Star.
The answer, based upon statistics
furnished by jewelers.. seems to be
hat the diamond is most valuable
is an aid to marriage. 1t is said
hat the trade in diamonds goes up or
Town in ratio with increasing or de-
reasing numbers Of marriages. This
because the diamond Is used so
much as the setting in engagement
iDgs.
Last year the United States i'm
ported $34,000,000 worth of dia-
nonds. an increase of 70 per cent
over 1915 and 40 per cent over 1914.
Looking into this startling growth
IF the diamond trade it was discov-
ared that. according to leading i'm
1orters, every girl expects real dia-
nond in pledge of plighted troth these
laws. and the growth of that custom,
coupled with good times and an in
,rease p the number of marriages, ac-
counts for it,"
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Meteors From the Moon.

Taking up an old theory of meteors,
Emile Belot, French astronomer, has
attempted to demonstrate that these
bodies may have resulted from vol
canic eruptions on the moon and other
satellites of the solar systems planets.
He finds that an initial velocity of
projection comparal lie to that which
has been observed in the eruption Of
Cotopaxi and only twice as great as
that developed in Lillery of the pres
ent war would be sufficient to carry
a body free from the moon and he has
made calculations of the speed of pro-
lection and other conditions that would
cause such body to become satellite
of the moon, of the earth, or of the
SUM-
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10

tiliZer which would usually serve ap-
prOXimately 10000 acres of corn, or
wheat, or of any other cereal crop.
1t diminishes by this much the ability
Of the farmU to utilize TO advantage
his short supply of farm labor, to
grow sufficient crops, and at the same
time give up to military service the
boys of the farm.
Domestic Pyrites Help.
But this doesn't mean that We shall
have no fertilizer. All over the c0un-
try there are small domestic deposits
of pyrites. These can be and are be-
ing manufactured into sulphuric acid
for fertilizer use and it looks as
though there will be enough. But the
freight trade on these domestic pyrites
is higher than that of Spanish pyrites.
and the quality often lower. The cost
Of labor in mining is always higher,
and the cost of handling greater
These facts mean inevitably an in
crease in the cost Of acid phosphate
and complete fertilizer. Fortunately.
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Expert U-Boat Trapper.

There is a Gordon Campbell who is
the mystery man" of the British navy.
He has been given the D. S. o. and the
V. c., and now he has five silver bars
on his ribbons. But not q word of ex-
PLANTATION has ever appeared in the Of
fetal gazette. His name and his new
honors have been printed, and that is
all, writes correspondent.
The explanation is that he is en-
gagged in U-boat trapping. The stories
told Of his exploits are intensely inter
estfng and amusing, but must not be
repeated as yet. In a general way it
may be said that he is almost alb
surdly without fear, and that the de-
vices by which he catches the Hun are
immensely clever.
"He came in the other day from a
cruise" said navy man. "One-third
of his crew was on strike. They said
they would never put to sea again with
such an absolute mailman.
"The remaining two-thirds said they
would not put to sea with anyone
else"
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Largest and Most Picturesque
Group in World.
animals Roam Over New National Re-
serve Covering Area of 100000
Acres Near Wainwright, 3. C.

The largest herd of buffalo in the
world is now owned by Canada. They
form a picturesque group as they
set apart for them near Wainwright,
a city 125 miles east of Edmonton, on
the Grand Trunk Pacific railway.
Canadians recognized the need of
action if the bison were to be pre-
served. and purchased practically the
entire herd of 600 or 700 from Michael
Pablo of Montana. who had carefully
gathered them together and protect
ed them on his great ranch near RAJ
valli.
In the Wainwright national park
were placed more than 500 buffalo,
international boundary line by train
from the Pablo ranch. The round
ing up and loading on the cars of
this large number of untamed ami
mails and their young was no light
task, and after long period of hard
work more than $50 of the most I'M
ruly had been left behind. having
stampeded every time an attempt
was made to drive them toward a
corral.
The natural increase in the herd has
brought the number to nearly 1000.
In the present favorable environment
it is expected that they will multiply
rapidly.
Although kept within the boun-
DIARIES of the reserve the bison can
hardly be said to be in confinement.
Their stamping grounds cover an
area of 100000 acres-165 square
miles. 1t is % miles in an air line
the longest way across. A wire fence
eight feet high and 70 miles in length
incloses it.
When the fence was constructed it
was found that u wild deer and one
wapiti had been fenced in. Eighteen
small lakes and a number of streams
are within the park. Prairie chick
ems, ducks and other game find rest
ing place here undisturbed by the
hunter. The park is truly buffalo
paradise.
falo trails and wallows. These wal
lows are being reopened by the new
denizens and once again the trails are
being marked by the hoofs of the BIZ
son. The grasses are the kind that
the buffalo specially like. AS the Or
binary span of q buffalo's life is one
hundred years, it may be that some
of the herd are revisiting scenes Of
their youth.
Michael Pablo, from whom the Cana
dian government purchased the herd,
Is a pure-blooded Indian and one of
the wealthiest of the redmen. He re-
ceived 100000 from the Dominion for
600 head of buffalo.
Aroused by the loss of these buffalo,
the United States has established
national bison range in the Flat
head Indian reservation in Montana,
comprising 1900 acres near the towns
of Ravalli and Dixon, and it will be
stocked by the American Bison soci-
ETY.. Some animals for a nucleus may
be obtained from a herd of about 80,
owned by the Conrad estate near Kali
spell.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10
Naval SUPREMACY,

Sir Cyprian Bridge has said one Of
the functions of a fleet is the defense
ct commerce. There is no more i'm
portant function for fleet than this,
writes John Hays Hammond Jr., in
the Atlantic Monthly. A nation may
be subjugated by direct invasion, or 1t
may be isolated from the world by
blockade. If the blockade be suifi-
GENTLY long and effectively maintain
ed, it will ruin the nation as effectual-
ly as direct invasion. Thus, in the
maintenance of Il nations merchant
marine on the high seas, its navy ex-
ercises one of it's most vital functions.
There can, therefore, be no naval SUI
premacy for Il nation unless it's COM
merce is assured of immunity from
considerable losses through the attack
of It's enemy.
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SHE HAD HEARD OF TY COBB
Old Lady Confuses Sail oiayer's Name
With coscob.-Waits Long for
Train to BE Called.

One day 4 few months ago wiz
oned old woman clad in u quaint fur
coat. sat for two hours in the lobby of
Il New York hote!, clutching a leather
grip Several bell boys attempted To
relieve her of the bag. but she mo-
toned them away with q 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 gocS?" she asked with Il sigh.
I've been watching that man for two
hours. waitiu' for him to call train
but he hasn't called once" And she
pointed to the Respondent door man
who stands ut the top of the steps in
side the main entrance of the hotel.
But this is not station; it's a
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 here"
The manager assured her that she
had wandered into the wrong building,
and then he asked again where she
was going.
I'm going on the New Haven rail-
road to Ty Cobb. Connecticut" she
said. 81 live III brooklyn, and I'm 60
ing to see my Son-in-law."
"Ty Cobb?"
The mana ger 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.
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Patriotism or Parsimony.

Every newspaper, every magazine,
every public speaker, is urging Ameri-
can housewives to save, save, savel
There is no doubt that an army
fights on its stomach and that this war
must be won in the kitchens of the
United States as well as in the
trenches.
But there Is such a thing as saving
too well. Economy is never economy
when it is carried to the last degree of
par&imoniousness.
Do not starve yourself nor your fam
lily. Substitute more plentiful foods
for those that are scarce; save the
fats, but keep up a balanced menu /;
eat less, but not too little; keep a
wasteless garbage pail, but above all !:
Save wisely, but not too well -
Mothers Magazine.
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TIRED, NERVOUS
HOUSEWIFE
TOOK YINOL
Now She is Strong and Wei.

Berkeley, Cali was nervous, IL
ritable, no appetite, could not sleep,
and was always tired. so my house
work was great effort. After many
other medicines had failed NinoI
built me up and made me strong. /
have a good appetite and sleep well
Every nervous, weak, ailing woman
should try it."-Mrs. \. EdmundS.
2107 Dwight Way, Berkeley. Cal.
We ask every nervous, weak, run
down, ailing woman in this town to
try this cod liver and iron tonic on
our guarantee to return their money
il it fails to help you.
c. p. Craig & Son, Druggists. Cam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
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Didn't Win by His Teeth

A Philadelphia dentist had the nerve
to publish a picture of Washington
with this statement underneath:
"Our first president owed his Won
derful health to sound teeth"
assume that the dentist knows more
about teeth than he knows about his
tory, writes a correspondent in the
Philadelphia Ledger. Washington's
teeth were his one physical defect.
They amounted almost to a facial
blemish when he smiled, and one sour
critic of our first president who knew
him well said the reason he so rarely
laughed was his dislike to showing the
ravages of decay in his mouth
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10
Bluff of Foreman Failed.

Two of the nocturnal hoSemen Of the
street cleaning department were en-
gagged in Wetting down the pavement
near New YOrks busy corner at 10th
street and 9TH avenue. They were en-
.jOying their work as usual, Wetting no
one and soaring everyone, when the
foreman came strolling along and
looked them over. A small group
waiting for bus hoped that the hap
by Soakers were about to be Scolded
and the hope was gratitied. well,
WELL" called the foreman, testify,
''you'se guys ought to be up to 10th
street. What about yea" Jaw, we
got to wet it down, amt we?" called
the younger of the hosemen. 1--WE
amt lingering around for the love of
it," The foreman walked over to the
speaker as his companion turned off
the water. Don't get answering me
back" said the foreman. IF you
want to get anywhere in this depart
ment, just do what you're told to do
and say nothing" "Aw, forget it," an
swered the young hoseman again. Il
amt trying to get nowhere in this de-
partment. 1 been drafted. BY the
time you get to be a superintendent I'll
be a general in the army. Roll your
hoop, boss, you're talking like hero.'
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Pyrites Carried at Low Rates.

phate has but little agricultural value,
and many materials now used in fer
tilizers could not be included.
Pyrites Carried at Low Rates.
These Spanish pyrites are usually
shipped from the port of Huelva on
the southwest coast of Spain, this side
of the Gibraltar Gateway. Mediter-
ranean freighters returning from Eu-
rope take on these pyrites at very low
freight rates, even almost as ballast.
From Huelva the pyrites are carried
to Charleston, to Savannah, to Nor
folk, to Baltimore, and points north.
At these places the pvrites are burned
the sulphur separated and turned into
sulphuric acid. Later on, ton for ton
this acid is mixed with rock phosphate
and in this way the acid phosphate of
commerce is produced. In other fac
tories this acid phosphate is mixed
with the blood, bone and tankage of
great slaughter houses, and with other
materials carrying nitrogen, for the
production of the complete fertilizers
on which depends the production of
sufficient supply of food crops.
Some of these Mediterranean
freighters have been Communicated
by the government. others have been
sent down by the dreaded submarine.
and still others are tied up in neutral
ports all over the world
Conditions Are Serious.
Few farmers realize the serious ma
-tura- af~the case. Perhaps The aver
age boat in this trade will carry four
thousand tons of pyrites. Every ton
Of pyrites will make in the neighbor-
hooa of four tons of acid phosphate,
or mp to eight tons of complete fer
tilizer. Every four thousand ton boat
taken from the pyrites carrying trade
means a loss of the acid for the fer
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A WAITING Attitude,

"Have you learned any of the new
dances yet?'
NO" replied the man who takes
himself seriously. "I've been thinking
of trying the Chinese toddle, but Tn
waiting to hear how the political stu
alton in China cryStallizes. l don't be-
lieve in encouraging Il country as long
as it shows mOnarchiStic tendencies"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10
Suooests a Hilarious Finish,

Most hilarious and mirthful would
be the ending of the war under the
scheme of a Henniker IN. H. humani-
tartan. He would have all the Ger
mans, the kaiser included, laugh them
selves to death. says the Boston Jour
nal.
Briefly. the scheme is to spill a new
kind of laughing gas. which the writer
says he has invented, all over the Ger
man forces. The gas. according to the
plan "an he carried over the German
lrora:-a~ "a ''rp!anes and dropped.
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Use High-Grade Fertilizers.

With fertilizers ilisfs pffiee- ssf ffia
scarce this year, it is more important
than ever to use high-grade rather than
low-grade goods. Plant food always
costs the consumer more in low-grade
formulate, and now there is an added
argument for high quality-less freight
space is required to move a given
amount of actual plant food.
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Cold Comfort.

81 was arguing with a fellow about
politics the other day and I'm best
if he didn't advise me to consult an
alieniSt, :" exclaimed the contentious
man.
well! Well :"
81 suppose he thought that a fine
piece of sarcaSmT
"Oh, don't know Maybe he meant
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-10
Quality of Love.

Let our never ceasing care be to
better the love that we offer our fell
lows. One cup of this love that is
drawn from the spring on the noun
tain Is worth q hundred taken from
the stagnant well of ordinary charity.
-Naeterlinck.
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ALWAYS Unusual

"How do you account for the re-
markable weather"
Haven't tried. To be perfectly
frank, 1 don't believe I recall more
than a few months in the past ten or
fifteen years when the weather wasn't
being described as remarkable"
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however, this increase in cost is more
than balanced by the increase in price
which the farmer receives for his crop.
Were this not the case, the American
farmer and the American farm would
indeed be in Il bad way.
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NoncommittaI,

How are you fixed for your winter
coalT asked the inquisitive person.
1--WE got a suitable place for it," re-
piled Mr.. Jibway, who doesn't believe
in telling everybody about his tinan-
cal affairs.