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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-27
SEAMEN Fight
HAND-T0.HAND
ANCIENT SEA FIGHTS RECALLED
BY BATTLE IN ENGLISH
CHANNEL.
SHIPSLASHED TOGETHER
Bayonct And Cutlass Used In No.
counter Between British And
German Crafts.

London, April 25.---Two British
destroyers on patrol duty in the
English Channel off Dover on tho
night of April 20. came upon q
toiilla 0f six German desiroyers and
then ensued an encounter which will
live long in the history of naval ell
gagements. German dcstroyers were
torpedoed and rammed; every qua
aboard the combatants was working,
sweeping the decks and tearing gaps
in the sides OF the opposing craft.
There was the locking together of a
british aud German destroyer and
the men fought furously in a hand
tQ-hand battle.
German seamen of rammed de-
stroyer climbed aboard one OF the
British boats, and a midshipman
fought them back with an automatic
pistol They were killed or driven
again into the sea by British jackies
who came TO the midshipman's aid.
The British destroyers were the
Swift and the Broke. and although
they had received many wound, they
returned to port. The story OF the en-
gagement, compiled from the ac-
counts Of officers and men, has been
made public in the form OF an Off
cial report. 1t is an exciting and
graphic Story OF, a boarding encoun-
ter with cutlasses and bayonets, re-
calling the days when wooden war
ships came together and the men
fought on the decks.
Sighted At GOO Yards.
The British destroyer leaders.
swift aud Broke, on night patrol.
were steanins on westerly course.
1t was intensely dark, but calm. Tho
Swift sighted tho enemy at 500 yards
and the Germans instantly opened
fire There were six German de-
strOycrs, according TO German pris-
uners Tho Swift replied and tried
to rama the leading enemy destroyer.
She missed ramniug, bat shot
through the German line uuscathed.
and IN turning neatly toFpedoed an
other hoat in the enemy line
hsain the swift dashed at the
leader, watch again elUded her and
God. with tho swift IN pursuit..
IN tho meantime the Broke had
launched a torpedo at the second
boat IN the limo which hit the mark,
and 'hel opened fire with every pos
sible glo The remaining German
aoa-a waro stocking rurioqsly Tor tulI
speed
Thn rroke's commander swung
rcund 90 port and rammed she third
boat Gah ANA square abreast the att
or funnel Locked together thus the
two boats fought q desperate hand
10 baud conflict. The Broke swept
the enemy's decks at point blank
range wilh every gun from main
ornament 10 pompou, Maxim, rifle
and pistol.
Eight LASTS Hivo Minutes.
AS no o,hec cucmy was visible. and
,he action, which had lasted appreSi-
a..'J usa H.U,es, appeared 10 DO
e.a, tae sw. switched ON her
.-ar-Iialss and lowered boats 10
fa.cac ,He awUmg.s. Those who re-
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
HARMONY IN NATURE FIRST
Without IL the World Would Be un.
inhabtable and Happiness an
lmpossibility.

:. Have you ever thought that har-
mony Is the first law Of the universe
That until the music of the spheres
voiced the harmony of the planets,
there was no habitable world2 Look
within Yourself and without, and
realize that happiness has never come
to you without harmony. To SOW and
to reap is of no avail without the
harmony of growth. Machines mighty
and machines miscroseopic-God-m
and man-made-must first have har-
monious adjustment before wheel
will turn, a violet unfold, or star
shine.
In the scroll of life we find that an
all-wise Providence has planned our
joys and sorrows, our hopes and fears,
in harmony with a destiny that
transcends human wisdom. 1t was the
herald of harmony that called togeth-
err the Minute Men of '76 and the cav
alters of the South to sacrifice every
thing for the harmony Of liberty.
The one thing that creates nations
and has defed harmony in its high
est human purposes is patriotism the
patriotism that cannot be defined al
together in deed and action, but is felt
in the very depths of the soul.-"The
Harmony of Life" the Editor, In Ma
tional Magazine.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Error Mars Great Picture.

In the rotunda of the capitol at
Washington there are eight great paint.
ings, carefully designed and executed
by the artists for the adornment Of
the nations greatest building. Yet Ave
of them are either defective In tech
nique, or In error as to natural or his.
torical facts.
One Of the best-known pictures y
that in which Washington is shown re-
signing his commission to the cont.
mental congress, says the Philadelphia
Record. There are two girls, almost
life-size, standing In the foreground.
They are very pretty girls; but one Of
them has three hands. One left hand
rests on the shoulder Of her compan-
ion, another left hand is round her
companions waist. Doubtless the art.
list, Trumbull, painted both hands to
see which pose he preferred, and then
forgot to paint out the superfuous
hand.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
TRIPLES THAT MEAN MUCH
Overlooked, They Cause Unhspplness
Among Married FoIk--Woman's
Two Commandments.

Married folk make desperate efforts
to be interested in each others affairs,
and sometimes they succeed, for they
manage to stand each others dullness.
They assert their egotism In turns. He
tells the same stories several times.
He takes her for u country walk and
forgets to give her tea, and she never
remembers that he hates her dearest
friend Mabel. Where the rift grows
more profound is when trifles such as
these are overlooked, and particularly
where man has work that he loves,
or to which he Is used, which Is much
the same thing. In early days the
woman's attitude to mans work
varies good deal, but she generally
suspects 1t little. She may tolerate
1t because she loves him, and all that
is his is noble. Later. If this work Is
very profitable, or If 1t is work which
leads to honor, she may take a pride
In 1t, but even then she will generally
grudge 1t the time and the energy ii
costs. She loves him, not his work.
She will seldom confess this, even to
herself, but she will generally lay down
two commandments
l. Thou shalt love me.
2. Thou shalt succeed so that may
love thee.-W. L. George. in the Allan
tic.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
ALL VICTIMS OF Discomfort
Absolutely Satisfied Person 10 Hard
indeed to Find, and Perhaps Il
Is Well II 10 So.

Nearly every fellow is In hopes that
some day he will be able to quit the
kind of work he is doing.
If 1t Is hard work, he wants to do
something easy, and If It Is easy he
wants position that isn't so confining.
II he has Job where he works In an
Office part of the time and ON the street
part of the time, he wants to get into
something where he won't always have
to be running In and out.
The clerk In a store thinks he would
like place where he wouldn't have to
work regular hours, and the man
whose time belongs to himself thinks
he would like to be a clerk. when
you are through with the days work, "
he says to the clerk, you're through.
but l have always got something to
worry me-"
Husband thinks that doing the house
work and talking to the neighbors ia
snap, and wife feels that she would
be perfectly happy if she could go out
and work like man does.
Almost everybody Is dissatisfied with
his Job, and Is determined that his son
shall not do that kind of work. Even
the fellow who draws an enormous sal,
airy isn't conference.-the feels that he
ought to be doing something.-FOrt
Worth Star-Telegram.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Pawpaw's Many Uses.

The principal use of the pawpaw,
says writer in the Journal Of Hered.
ity, is to eat from the hand, but there
are other uses that it can be put to. II
makes splendid custard pie. There Ia
no finer dessert than pawpaw eaten
with cream and sugar. 1t is used to
make beer the same as the persimmon
by putting the fruit in jar, MASKING
1t and putting water on it and letting
1t stand until fermented. 1t also an.
swers to make pudding just the same
as persimmon pudding is made. 1t lie
also said that brandy equal to peach
branuy is made of pawpaws. Marina
lade which is equal to that Of pears or
peaches may be made of pawpaw. The
custard may be spread on board and
dried like pumpkin leather.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Burned Priceless Documents.

A new broom sweeps clean, and
there is nothing young wife sets
about more energetically than clean
ing up the relics of her loved ones
bachelor days. This has led to the
untimely destruction of a number of
valuable records at Buckten, Swift
zerland, where newly married wom-
an unacquainted with the nature of
the documents, which she took for
worthless old paper, set fire to the
minutes of Swiss railway building In
the early days of the steam engine,
mostly dating from 1850. Apart from
their historical interest, most of the
papers were stamped with the rare
Dove of Base," much sought after
by stamp collectors, and worth $50
apiece for good specimens. Close
upon $4,000 worth of them were made
away with while the minutes them
selves are estimated to have been
worth fully as much, If not more.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Lesson of the Dead Nations.

We can know nothing of any nation
unless we know its history and we
can know nothing of the history Of
any nation unless we know something
of the history of all nations. The
book of the world is full of knowledge
we need to acquire, of lessons we need
to learn, of wisdom we need to assim-
ilate. Consider only this brief sentence
of Polybius, quoted by Plutarch: I'm
Carthage no one is blamed, however
he may have gained his wealth" A
pleasant place, no doubt, for business
enterprise; a place where young men
were taught how to get on. and ex-
travagance kept pace with shrewd
finance. A self-satisfied self-c0nfident,
money getting, money-lOying people,
honoring success, and huggng its fam
cied security, while in far-of Rome
Cato pronounced its doom.-Agnes
Repplier, in the Atlantic.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
TREE OBJECT or VENERATION
Hindus Believe the Birth of vishnu
Took Place Beneath the Branches
of the Peepul.

Throughout the East the sacred fig
tree or peepul tree is held in great
veneration by the Buddhists and Hin
dus. The latter say that the birth Of
Vishnu, one of their deities, took place
beneath its branch IS.
It. is very handsome tree, grow.
Ing often to great height; an ever
green that flowers in April, and yields,
on the bark being cut, sourish milk
containing india rubber. The leaves
are heart-shaped long, pointed, and
like those of some poplars, and as the
stalks are long and slender, the leaves
rustic like those of the aspen. This
vibration of the leaves, the Buddhist
fancies, Is caused by the breath of
Gautama, the founder of his faith, for
1t was under this tree Gautama slept
and dreamed that he was to become
the Buddha, and when the dream was
fulfilled he was again seated beneath
the same tree.
1t is one of this kind which is not
only the oldest tree, but the oldest stiIl
worshiped in the world. 1t was plant
ed about the year $50 B. G. in the an-
cient city Of Amuradhapoora, in Cey-
Ion, and became known as the Bo
tree. Its native name Is Jayasri,
mahabodinwahawai, which means 1.-THE
Great Famous and Triumphant Fig
Tree"
To Buddhists and Hindus alike the
most binding oath is to swear by 1.-THE
sacred and holy 10 tree"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Hatchery of Fakes.

New York city, in addition to all its
other varied activities, good and bad,
is charged with being the greatest
hatchery of fakes. The latest dodge to
separate suckers and their simOleons is
an outcome OF the great war abroad.
In one of the downtown streets sign
In the window readst "The war killed
this glass mill" Inside the store are Il
number of statesmen who are trying to
palm off lot Of cheap pressed glass
for genuine cut glass. The cut-rate
goods are of the same variety as the
old-time bogus fire" sales; the kind
known in some quarters as "pawnbrok-
er" goods, because they are intended
for display in pawnbroker shops, as
though once upon time they had been
left as pledges for loans and had never
been redeemed. The fake cut-glass
bowls and other glazing limitations
were attractively arranged on the Ia
bles along the walls with alluring la
bells reading, "$1--marked down to 45
cents" or "15 cents--cut to 80 cents"
Of course, it is merely new kink to
the old trick of dumping out shoddy
goods under some form Of misrepre-
sentation.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Safeguarding the Mules.

Ludicrous as it may seem, necessity
has demanded that Los Angeles drov-
er equip his mules with tail lights,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Without being facetious, 1t may not be
amiss to point out that the devices
he employs are literally the first real
tail lights ever used. Some time ago
when a number of the mans mules
were being driven along a highway
at night, motor car plunged into the
drove with disastrous results. This
caused the dealer to resort to the warn
Ing lights so as to avoid similar acci-
dents in the future. The devices,
which are identical to those used on
many bicycles, are strapped to the
mules tails. When the glare from the
lamps of a motor car strikes them,
beams of ruby light are reflected. In
cidentally, if mule swings his tail,
the warning signal becomes all the
more noticeable.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Success in the Man Business,

In business 1t is not the individual
producer who gets the biggest or the
surest rewards; 1t Is the organization
builder. And any man, no matter how
small his business, ought to recognize
that fact. Unless an employer is in
terested in finding, training, holding
and dividing with good men, his bust
ness can never grow. 1t will remain
the work of one man. and the work OF
one man is certain to be limited in
size and profits. You may think that
you are in the shoe business or the
shirt business or the furniture bust
ness, but you are mistaken. After all
is said and done, we are all in the
same business--the man business-no
matter what we make or sell.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
HOW TO MAKE REAL FRIEND
Be one-Friendship Cannot Be Half
Sided and is Not Won by
Standing Aloof.

Often you come across people who
complain that they hpv. but few
friends. They will poip. TO other per.
sons who have many and wonder why
such distinction is made.
The matter is easy enough to ex-
plain, for, as some one has well said,
the only way to have friend is to be
one.
For friendship cannot possibly be a
one-sided matter. Just as 1t takes two
to make bargain or quarrel, so
does 1t take the same number to make
a friendship.
No one can stand aloof from others,
waiting to be sought, without expert
encing keen disappointment. This be-
cause friendships are not made that
way. People do not look you over, as
you stand off by yourself and say:
Nov, there's some one I'd like to
know. I'll make a point to draw him
or her out and take all the pains pos
sible to establish friendship"
Ihats not the way 1t happens in
real life, although some still imagine
that 1t Is. What really happens Is
this: Two persons meet and grad
ually they find points of congeniality,
gradually each does little favors for
the other, gradually feeling of af.
lection takes root In each heart.
Neither one is thinking of what can be
gained from the acquaintance; rather,
each Is thinking and planning to give
instead Of take. In other words, each
Is trying to be friend unselfishly.
And. 10! it is the very thing which
makes their friendship.
Bear that in mind If you happen to
be among those who lament their
scarcity of friends.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
ARE MARVELS OF INGENUITY
Observations In the Garden Reveal
Really Remarkable Work Done
by Small Creatures.

There is no better place than gar
den to study insects. The darkcol-
ored beetle-the Oil-beetle-may be OBJ.
served and as soon as the bees come
the larva of this beetle contrives to
get upon a bees body so as to be car
ried away to the bees home, where 1t
feeds upon the food there, and eventu-
ally leaves as perfect beetle.
Other kinds of beetles act as grave.
diggers; certain ants keep a diary !;
and there are masOns, carpenters, and
upholsterers among the bees. The ma.
sOn-bee constructs its cell of mortar.
BY dropping saliva ON bits of earth
and mixing both together 1t pounds
the mixture into a sort Of cement. II
works this into the shape of a mold,
inside which the female deposits her
egg. Several such mortar cells may
often be found lying close together.
The carpenter-bee makes Its house
on decayed wood, and lines 1t with
pieces Of leaves, which 1t cuts Off In
the form Of circle, and adjusts so
skillfully that its nest is made water
tight without any coating. A very
ingeniOusly-cOnstructed home is also
that Of the upholsterer-bee, which dex.
terously cuts out the petals of the
half-expanded flowers of poppy. 1t
then strengthens the folds, and fits
them so that splendid tapestry over
hangs the walls of its home In which
the honey is deposited.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
His Last Case.

a lawyer who for many years had
shocked large number of his friends
by his rather liberal views on religion
recently died.
A friend of the deceased, who cut
short q trip to hurry back to town for
the purpose OF attending the last rites
of his colleague, entered the late law
yers home some minutes after the be-
ginning Of the service.
"What part of the service is thisT'
he inquired in q whisper Of another
legal friend standing In the crowded
hallway.
I've just come myself" said the
other, "but l believe they have opened
for the defense."-Everybody's Maya
zine.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
Pleasure In WeIi-Dolnu.

Pleasure has way of coming indi-
rectly-where least you look for her
and when least you expect her. She
turks in the happiness of work well
done. She fingers in the consciousness
of honest bookkeeping with life, and
she always is to be found In the Joy
of growth and progress. In all these
ways honest pleasure is to be found.
This isn't meant to be dull preach
ment against anything but work. But
it does mean to say that happiness lies
in doing and the consciousness of we'll
doing.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Sunday sermons. A. M. Eyes Up
on the Harvest"
Evening, 1880, Jesus Found Hin
In the Temple"
Special music at both services.
Sunday school at 1910 noon. The
attendance Last Sunday was above
the 100 mark.
Christian Endeavor at $50. Mrs
Mason leader. h
Prayer and Bible meeting Wednes
day evening 1880, John I'd chapter
Ladies' Aid Thursday in three sec
tons. Choir rehearsal Thursday eve
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
episcopal aERviCES

There wall be services In the
Episcopal church Sunday evening.
February %. at 700 o'clock. Topic:
Pictures OF Life OF Christ"
Mrs. Vandegnft entertained the
Sunday school at her home Tuesday
afternoon. A very pleasant hour
was enjoyed.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24

|LIg notee III
BAPTIST

Bible school 10 A. M.
Morning worship aud sermon. IL
A. M, Theme: The Peau Of Great
Price"
b. Y. p. U. meeting $3.50 p ID
Evening ppreaching service 1880 +.
NJ. Subject: Lest we Forget"
Church Covenant, prayer and test
mony meeting. Wednesday night.
Ladies Aid Day will be held
March 4.
Au. L. h. Troyer, Home Mis-.
slonary from Latinr-America will
speak ON Wednesday night, March
IA.
w. Il. K Hartley,
Pastor
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-24
METHODIST NOTES

The revival is on Newton Kendall
the Converted Cowboy is leading the
army on to victory. 1t will pay you
TO hear him. Come bring some one
with you every night next week at
1880 P. N.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-13
NO BARBARITIES ON
BOARD SEEADI,ER

San Francisco. Oct 13.-None of the
barbarities which have characterized
German submarine operations marked
the activities of the German sea raider
Seeadler, according to report from the
captain of the British bark Yeoman
to Balfour. Guthrie and company
made public today. The British Yeo-
man was sunk by the Seeadler Feb. 2s,
1917, In the South Atlantic.
After the vessels crew had been
transferred to the Seeadler, the Yeo-
man was sunk by bombs. and her cap
tain was given a receipt for the vessel
by Count Luckner commanding the
raider. Nineteen nationallties were
represented in over 200 prisoners
aboard the Seeadler all members of
crews Of the raiders victims. They
were given liberty of the ship, wer,.
well fed and treated respectfully.
The last Of March the Germans
themselves raised the British flag on
the French bark Cambronne, placed a
British captain In charge and sent the
prisoners to Rio Janeiro.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-13
MILLION BUSHELS
OF GRAIN DESTROYED

New York, Oct. 13-More than a mil
lion bushels of wheat, barley and oats
consigned to the allies were consumed
by flames or destroyed by water today
when the huge grain elevators of the
Dow Stores, in Brooklyn. were burned
together with a number of other store
houses. The estimated damage was
placed at $1,200,000.
The fire was thought at first to have
been caused by bomb explosion but
this theory was later discarded and 1t
was said the explosion in the grain
was due to short circuit in the cleo
trical wiring.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-13
THIRD
NEW YORK.

zimmerman up. Zimmerman singled
to center 1t was a high fly that fell
safe with f. Collins, ]. Collins and
F1esch racing for It,
Fletcher up. Ball one Foul, strike
one. Foul strike two Ball two. CT
cote tried to catch Zimmerman off
first and had him but Weaver dropped
Gandifs throw and Zimmerman got
back to first. Weaver was given an
error. Fletcher lined to McMullin. who
doubled Zimmerman off first. It was
most sensational play by McMullin.
He snatched the ball from the air with
his gloyed hand.
Robertson up. Robertson beat out
an infield hit to the box. Cicotte
knocked the smash down as 1t went by
but was unaDie to throw the speedy
outfielder out.
Holke up. Strike one. called. Ball
one. Foul strike two. Strike two.
Holek famed. He swung at the third
one
No runs. two hits, one error.
The Giants were laying the wood on
the ball with a vengeance and McMul-
Inns sensational play of F1etcher's
drive kept Cicotte out of a bad hole.
CHICAGO.
McMullin up. Ball one. Strike one,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-13
EIGHTH
NEW YORK.

Faber now pitching for Chicago.
Herzog up. Strike one called. Fou
strike two. Herzog famed. He swune
at the last one.
Kauff up. Kauff out. Faber to Gan.
DIFF.
Zimmerman up. Ball one. Strike
one called. Zimmerman flied to J. Col
Inns. No runs, no hits, no errors
CHICAGO.
J. Collins up. Strike one called J.
Collins singled to right. 1t was a high
fly that no one was able to reach,
McMullin up. MoMullin sacrificed
Zimmerman to Holke. ]. Collins CO.
ing to second.
e. Collins up. Ball one. Il. Collins
singled to center scoring ]. Collins,
putting the White Sox in the lead. The
crowd and the White Sox cheered like
wild men.
jackson up. Jackson singled to right,
e. Collins going to third and Jackson
going to second on the throw E. Col
Inns scored when Zimmerman threw to
catch jackson. and Jackson went to
third. Zimmerman was given an err
ror his throw being wild
Felsch up. Ball one. Sallee was re-
moved from the box and Perritt re-
lieved him. It's Felsch up. Strike
one. Ball two. Felsch singled to
center scoring jackson.
Gandil up. Gandil flied to Burns.
It's dark. can't sec 'em. Felsch out
stealing Rariden to Fletcher.
Three runs, 4 hits, / error.