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The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
SALMON HIGH JUMPER.

While the flea holds the worlds
jumping record. he is so small and in
considerable except from the stand
point Of the discomfort he causes
that much more valuable discovery
Of science is that which gives the
second honors to the salmon
This fish, IL has been demonstrated.
can jump on the average sixteen feet
vertically. He can swim with ap-
parent nonchalance and then suddenly
spring out Of the water and strike
mark sixteen feet above him. Scien-
lists measured his leaps on the Rhine
and on the Elbe rivers, where his ath-
letic powers were put TO their severest
test
The high waterfalls and natural bar
riers in these turbulent streams make
ii necessary that the salmon in fight
ing his way inward from the sea shall
climb and leap ceaselessly before he
penetrates to the source Of the waters.
That American fish have equaled
this siXteen-foot record is probable.
although fishermen in our mountain
streams have made no exact meas
urements. Previous to this discovery
the kangaroo was popularity supposed
to be second to the fea-Pittsburgh
Leader.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
THE LOST TRIBES.

The lost tribes"-or at least part
of them-remain a mystery to this
day. A portion of the Hebrew people
the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
returned from exile and became the
ancestors of the Jewish people. The
story of their return is recorded in
the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Others, probably some of them be-
longing to the missing tribes of the
Northern Kingdom, are still believed
to have returned from still remoter
lands and mixed with the Jews in
Palestine again (see Luke H., So,
while a few at least probably min
gled with the mixed population with
which the King of Assyria colonized
Samaria and who became the ances-
tors of the Samaritans. Many, how
ever, remained in the Assyrian empire
and lived in colonies throughout the
East. Various writer's have claimed
that traces of them had been found
among the Tartars, the HISTORIANS
and in India and Africa; but these
are rather speculative ideas than sub
stantial evidence. Josephus, the Jew
ish historian, wrote that the habita-
BILE globe was so full of Jews that
there was scarcely a corner of the
great Roman world empire where they
might not be found-Christian Herald.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
GIRLS, WAIT TILL 30.

NO young woman should enter the
lists OF matrimony before she is 30, v
saws Neysa MCMein, well-known Crea-
tor Of magazine poster girls, who. ii
is said. has had half a hundred pro-
pOsals from New York's big men.
In looking over the business field
YOU seldom find men who have at
tained positions Of great responsible
ity until after they are 30. The years
of preliminary training and expert
ence are necessary to give them the
balanced judgment needed in the
work.
THE direction Of the frail craft OF
matrimony upon a blissfuI course is
as difficult a job as could be held by
anyone. and insist that the Ameri-
can girl should be as we'll equipped
for plotting as 90 years Of sane. we'll
directed living can make her.
Since woman has learned that she
has a mind of her own she has also
learned that she can change it. She
can change it because it is open to
Impression, open to improvement, to
knowledge.
There is not a town which has
not its unseen opportunities lying
ready for the hand OF the woman
who will find them. The cities are
full Of them. There is a niche for
every girl, a niche which is interest
ing and full Of developing possibili-
ties. ] know a woman in a Midwest
ern city who is a blacksmith-and
the best blacksmith. may l add, with
In many a mile.
Il believe that every girl who Is
physically able, be she rich or poor,
should be made TO earn her own liv-
ing. Participation in the work of the
world gives women the opportunity
for sane companiopship with men,
Chicago Herald.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
SAVAGE NEWSPAPERS.

The rapidity with which news
travels, even where telegraph and
telephone communication does not
exist, is a mystery which has long
baffled students of psychology.
Grossly exaggerated accounts are
apt to spread from ear to mouth in
civilized countries, but the rapid
transmission of news among savage
tribes has always remained a mys-
terry. The kaffirs and Hottentots
have long been masters of this art.
Rider Haggard tells a story of an
experience which occurred to him in
1879 at the time of the battle of
Isandhlwana. Mr.. Haggard was in
Pretoria at the time. and IL hours
after the disaster an old Hottentot
washerwoman told him that Cete-
wayo had defeated the British
troops, and gave details of the fight.
So impressed was Mr.. Haggard that
he reported the information to his
official superior. The British Of
ficial pointed out that it was i'm
possible for the news to be true,
as Isandhlwana was 1872 miles from
Pretoria and no telegraphic or rail-
way communication existed between
the two places. On the following e
day official confirmation of the dis
aster was brought by mounted mes
sengers, who were dispatched i'm
mediately after the battle and trav-
eled at top speed all the way. Yet
the natives won by 20 hours, and
the washerwoman's story was true
in every detail.-From the Dundee
Advertiser.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
ST. PAUL'S DUMMY DOME.

sS The repair work now going on at
st. Paurs Cathedral calls attention
!. to the wonderful dummy dome of the
building. says Tit-Bits.
- When you stand in the center OF
this great building and glance up
. ward it is not the undercovering Of
the real dome that you see, but a
separate structure altogether. Neith-
.er this false dome nor the lead-cov-
, cred one above as seen from the road
! side plays any part whatever in hold
ing up the structure.
The graceful stone lantern, in ad-
dition to the ball, and cross that
. adorn its summit. is entirely held in
place by an ingeniously-concealed
cone. This cone is built of bricks,
3 eighteen inches thick, strengthened
BY iron bars which run through them
and bind the mass together. The
cone is carried on four piers. forty
feet square. that run down to the
q foundations.
The dummy dome also rests on
these piers, but as already explained,
carry no weight. 1t is the cone and
the cone alone. that has to bear the
weight of the lantern, ball and cross
above it. and heavy and massive ex-
terror stonework. Indeed. the four
piers have to sustain an estimated
weight of nearly $500 tons.
Then, whereas the inner dome IS Of
brick. the outer one is Of wood and
coated with lead. This dummy dome.
famous for its majestic beauty and
artistic ception, has a diameter OF
l IS feet and a circumference of 42o
feet, the inner one being some twenty
feet above the pavement of the ca
thedraL
The repair work now in hand, which
is to generally strengthen the whole
edifce. including the piers supporting
the cone and domes, is expected to
occupy ten years and cost over 1000
pounds.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
TYPES OF women
. VERY EASY TOLOVE
Six Found in Study Of 5000 Speci.
mens-Balzac Describes Four.

There are six types of women ex-
tremely easy to love. have been
forced to study over 5000 specimens
I to reduce the lot of them to six
types. Balzac finally got them down
to four, but then Balzac lived in a
! rather slow time.
The first type of woman call
That's. She is the woman of the
/ world. She loves coronets. Callot
creations. caviarre, castles in the
country. conventions and cash. She
entertains beautifully. She knows
the strains of blood in all the royal
families of Europe. She Is cold and
casual. cursed with a mania for
flunkeys. furs. tiaras. and all the
thousand and one farces of escort
and punctilio. She is. of course,
hardly dangerous to a man after his
first season,
There is always Olga, the feminine
or mother woman. She Is inevitably
a slave. She longs to wait on one;
to immediate herself. Nothing can
kill her devotion-once 1t is aroused.
II chap ever engenders her love, he
will have her on his hands for life.
Olga is the original barnacle girl.
There is the Vivien type-the in
durable, remorseless, sanguinary fiirt.
No girl suffers SO much on account
of men as the congenial fiirt Love
has been denied to her by nature.
But she nevertheless experiments
with its ardent flame. To her, to
feel love means nothing. What in
terests her in love is its little artifces,
subterfuges and dainty dueIlos
Fancy always wanting something
chicken salad, let us say for eI-
ample-madly. endlessly, horribly.
Then fancy having 1t brought to you
in qantities, every day. every hour,
and finding yourself absolutely I'M
able to eat It.
Oh. and 1 wholly forgot Isis. the
outdoor girl Her mere physical ar
dor is what captivates us. She is
wholesome. splendidly put together.
eager, ceaselessly exuberant. She
golfs. swims, skates, rides. hunts.
sails. In short. she lives chiefly for
her pores and glands. She's a little
dull, as a rule.
Doris is the prevailing and now
fashionable type Of the little neurotic.
with a pale, white face, and suffer-
ing. wondering eyes. She battles with
, neurasthenia and other mysterious
ard abnormal neuroses. She is rather
sad, with trembling OF the nostrils
which is quite appealing. She cries
charmingly-and stops crying even
more delightfully."-.
Theh there is the artist type of
girl. She is the being who loves every
manifestation of beauty; sculptures,
vaulted cathedrais, Greek temples. the
/ intoning of harps and the signing Of
viols. She is unlike all the others,
just as the others are unlike her.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08

Somewhere in France.
Dear Father: This makes my third
day here, but I know nothing that is
absolutely sure so far. Yesterday we
all went up to DR.. Gros' to take a
physical examination, which / passed
Q. X. That is his examination for
the Lafayette Escadrille. Then as the
French government may not take US.
we took the American physical test
today and filled in our applications
for the American service. As I see
1; now, II is a. question OF who wants
us first. with the chances very strong
that we will go into the American
service. In this case we would 20
To - instead Of - and get very
much better food and living condi-
tions. II the French should take us
we would be transferred to the Ameri-
can at the latest by September Is, so
there really isn't much choice. AT
- I understand the training is
given by French monitors under the
French system, and 1 think il will be
very good. We will then wear the
American uniform and be given COM
missions in the American army.
The physical examination today was
the strictest kind of a test. lasting
two and half or three hours, II
included all of the balance tests as
well as many others, whirls and sew
eral different eye and ear stunts. /
came through o. X. in every respect.
Day after tomorrow we go back to be
passed on by some board of officers,
OF which l believe Glendenning is the
head. The only possible hitch with
me that can foresee is trouble about
my being under ls, but they don't
make nearly so much Of technicalities
over on this side as they do at home,
and thus may omit that detail
This city does not seem very sad
in the daytime. The number of uni
forms on the street lends color. have
seen French in their light blue, AmeIi-
cans. English. Italians and Portu-
guese. At night only a few lights are
on; the city looks dresry; it is hard
to get taxi after or s: cafes close
at $3.50, theaters at II. We all go by
the daylight saving system of moving
the clock one hour forward. and l
don't notice the difference, except that
1t seems to stay light until later at
night. Plenty OF food can be had in
the restaurants and hotels, If enough
Is paid. but everything is dear. 1 paid
5 francs for an omelette, bread, but
ter. some red wine, little cake and
some marrons glsce in Duval cafe
today. Will write more when i learn
more. With love,
CHESTER.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
Double Barrel Grease and Oil Gun.

A novelty for the garage is a double
oarre'ed grease and oil gun of 10o-lb.
capacity, which works under forced
air pressure, being charged with air
like an auto tire. 1t literally shoots
grease or oil into the lubricating sys-
tens of automobiles and at the same
time measures it by the pound or
pint. showing the quantity upon the
dial of gage. The gun has a double
chamber and will handle forty pounds
of gear grease and eight and a hall
gallons of oil, dispensing one or both
kinds at the same time.-Populai
Mechanics Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08

at the mouth of the river tonight and
we will probably go up the river in
the night and get of at - in the
morning.
Various reports have it that we will
be from one to three weeks in Paris
before going to -. II we are sent
in more than one group, as vacancies
occur, 1 have bid to be sent first, as
others who have not been there be-
fore would not mind staying there
two or three weeks. Several want to
do as / do. for they have been over
before. 1 was never with a more con-
genial set Of men. We all have like
aims and ambitions, all are interest
ed in aviation, and all intending TO
try and accomplish something big.
gives us an esprit de corps which is
fine. I will cable as soon as 1 can
from - and will write again from
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08

The city of Toronto has expended
nearly 100000 in erecting and equip
ping one of the largest and best ap-
rointe& Industrial schools in Eortn
America
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
ARMY FLYING CORPS
RUNS SMALLEST risk
: AMators Have Best Chances, Says
Government Report.

0ONCiuiiiCnh A>SfSas
The aviation service is the least
hazardous Of all branches Of the army
The United States government ranks
the risks as follows:
1-Medical corps.
~ s-Infantry.
3-Artillery.
4-Cavalry.
5-Flying Corps.
=. OF all branches in the allied armies
! trying since August. 1914, to kill eacn
other on the Western front, the air
mems mortality was the least. There
are fewer-very many fewer-nghting
airmen in the Aviation Corps than the
average reader OF war news might
think. In a British air squadron, for
Instance. there are. roughly speaking,
800 men. OF these. only from Is to "A
per cent are fighters. and these are all
= officers.
OF the army Of 10000 war hiers ex-
pected to be put in the field by the
United States it is expected that at
the end Of the first year 10S,6s0 will be
alive. At least they will be IL the
s'ratio of mortality of air fighters on the
ItaHan front. where the fighting has
r been bloody. be not exceeded
:. It was not until June "A, 1916, that the
% first of the fighters in the Lafayette
~ Escadrille was killed. He was Sergt.
- Victor Chapman, of New York. shot
:. down as he few TO the rescue of Sergt.
:. Norman Prince, another American,
!. who was beset by two German fiiers.
o. Since then. up to date, just five more
of the Observation-Disclosures, Prince,
- Mcconnell. Hoskier and Genet-have
been killed. Two of the Americans
!. have been captured. They were Bach
land Willis. Chapman. before his death,
1shad downed four foes and had seven
.,nachines shot under him.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10
What the Red Cross Is

Robert H. Scott, field representative of the American Red Cross, while or ganizing a chapter of the organization at Seward recently stated that the Red Cross is q recognized part of the gov ernment-the part to which falls the duty of during the war of alleviating suffering both on and behind the firing line.
 ''Too few people really know the purposes and scope of the American Red Cross" said Mir. Scott. ''ln orde r to get members they must know what their part ill such body would be and how much they might do toward win ming the war by their efforts at home. The words of President Wilson, head of the American Red Cross, define well the Red Cross:
 "'But small proportion of our
 people can have the opportunity to
 serve upon the actual field of bat
 tie, but all men, women and chil-
 dren alike, may serve, and serve
 effectively
 ''The American Red Cross is the hu- manitarian branch of the United States government and it's president is the President of the United States Among it's national officers are the secretary ot war and secretary of the navy. Its membership is open to every resident of the United States, and citizens of the United States residing in a foreign country. It is a national and an inter- national relief organization, is granted immunity on the battlefield. and is au-
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thoriZed to render relief to the sick and wounded in time of war, to care for their dependents at home, and to furnish relief and assistance to those made destitute by disasters.
 The national organization estab- lished chapters in the larger towns throughout the country to carry on it's work. Every successful chapter requires the hearty support and CO., operation of its leading men and women. The work necessary for 8 chapter to undertake is as follows:
 "I'0 extend it's membership to ever y man, woman, and child in the com munity. This is essential because the American Red Cross is an organization of all the people carrying on the work in which they are all interested, and whose life and effective service depend upon the loyal support of its members.
 "Every man or woman who fails to become a member of the American Red Cross is neglecting the first duty that our government places upon them in this struggle. The membership dues are small-from $2 up, for sub- scribing members--but membership is an index Of patriotism. The Canadians have what they call Sunshine pa triots,' those who wave the flag but do not pay the cost. Membership in the Red Cross shows that you are willing to make your love of country effective, that you place service above selfshness.
 Every boy that leaves for the front is looking to the Red Cross to provide him with bandage, nurse and doc- tor in case he is wounded. Those women who allow their love of plea sure to interfere with their duty to- wards their local chapter of the Red Cross are just guilty of being slackers as those men who wilfully evade en- listment or conscriptlon.
 Those business men who plead their own business as an excuse for not in- teresting themselves in the Red Cross are as effectively aiding Germany in winning the war as those men who are conducting the submarine warfare. The time has now come in the States when no man is considered a patriot who fails to transmute his converse tional courage into practical patriot ism. This time is coming in Alaska and it is up to Seward to be anon g the leaders"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10
LEST YOU FORGET, DO IT
 NOW

While the idea is fresh in your mind, obey the impulse: hunt up a business house where a Red Cross subscription paper is kept. and add your mite to aid that pa riOtic organization in allevlatlng world wide suffering. You'll not experience much difficulty in To- cutting a list in any settlement in Otter precinct. At Farrells, Discovery (Otter(, there's one; at Peck s, Flat City. there's an other, and at the N. C. Co.,, ldit- arod. there's still another. If it's inconvenient for anyone to reach either of the above men
 toned places, the amount sub scribed may be forwarded by va riOus methods to any of them In this case, the main thing is to START THE MONEY-it will reach it's destination, never fear, and you'll possess the soothing satisfaction of knowing that you responded to the call for aid.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10
lNclTiNG MOB VIOLENCE

Unpleasant symptoms are developing along a fringe of American life. Sui frage workers in Washington, suffer- ing from intlamed particularity and l violent sense oi martyrdom, are being assaulted by rowdies in outbreaks of cheap patriotism. Women are knocked down because they are 50 ecstatlcatly unbalanced as to carry insulting ban ners. They are dragged in the mud and pel,ed with unfit vegetables.
 A little friend of Mayor Thompson seeking subscriptions for the unusual Republican, political organ of dissent from national policy, escaped tar in Aurora by an indifferent packing of his grip and rapid acceptance of the next train elsewhere.
 There have been draft riots in Okla homa. Treason has been found ln Elr- uinia among illiterate mountalOeers, evidently itching for German money and not itching for service in France. There have been arrests in Chicago for failure to honor national symbols.
 There have been gutter meetings in New York >broken up by indignant lovalists. The I. W. ". has been endeavoring to raise the devil in the wheat fields and mining districts, There have been lynchings in protest
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10
WANTS POSSESSION
 OF HIS DAUGHTER

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 5.-L. T. Erwin, United States marshal for the Fourth Alaska division, is here for the purpose of instituting proceedings to re- cover possession of his 9-year, old daughter Marie, who was placed in an academy in this city by her mother, now divorced from Mr. Erwin.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10
Dr. A was sitting bv the side 0

Dr. A was sitting by the side of a rather deaf mlicen lady at dinner, when the latter, in simmcrins manner. re- marked. "Onght to call you pr. H or Mir. H ?" I've medico is rather irascbe. so he replied, "Call me what you like. madam. Some of my friends call me an old fool' The lady, imper- fectly hearing, innocently replied, "Ah, but these are only people who know you intimately yn'-Ex.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10

against such activities and threats of more. German language newspapers cautiously sheer at national intent and ability. Half-breed American politi- clans try rat tactics to get the politi- cal corn.
 The American social structure has a tradition of vioeuce. This is probably the only English speaking land in which offenders raising community passion are still burned at the stake. Americans still do that. It is proba- ply the only English speaking country in which lynchng party could be carried out successfully, and, having been carried out successfully, could have no punitive consequences.
 Violent mobs offer phenomena in every country. but there is a peculiar savagery to American efforts to retal. fate upon disiiked persons found ln extraordinary breaches of law and custom.
 That is why the symptoms of dis order in the fringe of American life are disconcerting if not appalling. America has not begun to fight yet. It has not begun to lick it's wounds or show it's scars It has not even begun to snarl, much less to bite and be bitten.
 It is as yet untouched, as yet un- taxed, as yet unhurt. Wait until it feels it's wounds and the rub on the pack on it's back Wait until it reads the list of dead and has pictures of its wounded Wait until it gets the shock oi catastrophy and is rubbed by the hand of calamity,
 This is warning to agitators who are dealing with the laW1CeS elements in American society, so law that they are savage when opportunity meets their inclination. If already there can bo events of violence and indications and threats of more to come it must be apparent that wher the nation begins to snarl there will be hideOuS unpieasantneSs.
 It. is warning to the careless dis turbers of peace and to the malcon- tents who are allowing their egotsm of opinion to run away with their com mon sense.
 The United States has been amiable thus far. British mobs. even in well governed London, in spite of all the established English sense of public order, were breaking windows ard pelting aliens shortly after the declar- ation of war. Equally well ordered Germans were insulting and attacking people suspected of being English.
 The people, organs, and influences taking the responsibility for stirring up vicious sentiment in the United States are taking a very serious re spousi sibility.-Chicago Tribune.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-11-10
WHY WE ARE AT WAR
BY ELIHT ROOT

International
 Washington, April 26, l97)
 The democraces of the world gathered about the last stronghold of auocracy and engaged the conflict thrust by dynasc policy pursuing the ambition of rulers of divine right for therown aggrandizement their own glory, without regard to law justice or faith.
 The world half democrac half autOcratic. be all democratic all Prussan. There be ho compromise. If it is all Prussan there be no inerna law If is all democratic international law will be hOnOred