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The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01
SPECIAL NOTICE

Don't be mislead. We are just as
able to sell our patrons school bOOka
as we are drugs. The fact that one
of the firm is II member OF the School
Board only prevents us from selling
goods to the School Board, no other
restriction. So we are still In the
book business to keep prices down
and save you money.
FULLER DRUG co,
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01
TUITION

Practically all of the school districts in Rio
Grande and adjacent counties that send students to
the Monte Vista high school pay the ~, tuition
of their students which at the present time is $3.50
per month. If your school district has not already
arranged to take care of this tuition, let know
and we shall be pleased to cooperate with your
school board in making the necessary arrangement
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

Mrs. r. NJ. Sewer and children who
have been visiting at Center passed
thru here Saturday night enroute to
their home at Denver.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

The l.. C. Almond family moved
from Monte Vista to Alamosa Thurs
day where they will reside.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Hankerson and
son departed Saturday night for their
home at Harrington, Kansas, after a
short visit here.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01
Enrolment

Grade students living east OF Jefi-
erson street will as usual attend the
Marsh school If they are classified IN
prades IA. or the overflow school, II
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01
Marsh School

Principal and First Grade-Jennie
Z Webber
Second Grade-Mary Smith
Third Grade-Viola Donatelli
Fourth Grade-Esther j. Martin.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

Buy II Conklin Pen to start School.
Fuller Drug Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

Overflow students east of Jetfer-
son street, and overflow students OF
last year
Fifth Grade-Jessie Burns
Sixth Grade-Abbie Corlett
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

New Courses of Study Proposed
With the completion of the new building
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01

Domestic Science-Bertha Hena-
rick; Music and Art-Ruth Erwin
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-09-01
Auspicous Opening Of the Monte Vista Schools

Will Have Finest High School Building the Valley and Best Equipment Cordial M
on Extended to Prospective High School Patrons to Enroll Their Children Here
Evening star., 1917-05-23

Fighting for his native country,
France, in the trenches for thirty
months. and in that time being wound
cd, buried beneath mass Of earth
thrown up by a bursting German shell
and facing the deadly gases. such was
the experience of Maurice Jacquet, q
resident of this city. who Is now homo
on furiough.
With his wife and two children, Sergt.
Jacquet resides at 1917 K street He
would not be here now, he explained,
but for the illness of his wife and also
his own recent illness. In his home
today the French soldier related some
of his experiences while fighting for
his country. To begin with, he was
born in Orleans. France. and came to
Evening star., 1917-05-23
Old Shells Blamed.

Tho conclusion reached Is that all
six-inch shells and fuses Manufactured
since the year 1900 are satisfactory.
and that the premature bursts. SO un-
fortunately occurring on our armed
liners. may be attributed to shells made
prior to 1900. and made possibly with
slightly thinner walls than the latest
type Of shells.
ION the return Of the ct. Louis from
her frst trip, about April 9. 1917. all
such shells were removed. and no such
shells are afioat now on armed liners.
This procedure was also adopted at
once In the case Of all six-fnch ammu-
milton for vessels Of the navy"
Evening star., 1917-05-23

Tho development Of modern ordnance
has been extremely rapid. and tho COM
parative freedom Of our navy from
serious accidents IN connection there
with has been . source Of satisfaction
to the service. but mishaps with ORD
nance material cannot be absolutely
prevented.
..It is necessary, in all work on ex-
plosives, to draw deductions from the
actual tests made at tho proving
ground. However. It must be borne In
mind that material used as An ex-
plosive is designed to spend all Of ite
force In at, instant space of time, and
cannot be relied upon with absolute
certainty to give tho same result IN
all cases
Evening star., 1917-05-23

silvering mirrors for q Washington
Arm whom the war broke out. On oc-
tober II. 1914, he answsfed Frsncss
, goodbye. departed to Join the Ss1st In
fantry.
Takes Part Ii Battle of Arsonns.
Shortly after he Joined the forces his
regiment was engaged IN . battle at
Argonne. In that battle Jaoquet re-
cefved his first wound. It was but q
slishs is & one .s.,. sansed BY bur:sins vsl, shell
did not do much fighting there. the
principal duty Of his regiment being
defense work He saw active service.
however. at the battle Of the Somme
Last September. while with his regi-
the wood of st. Pierre Vast he mar
Frowly escaped death when he was COM
pletely buried by earth for moro than
half an hour, until dug out.
Of his regiment. were in pits before
the German lines, when, as stated, q
large shell exploded nearby, and the
earth thrown up by 1t buried the
Washington man and many Of his COM
rades. Other members of the regiment
set to work. however. and soon freed
them. Jacquet did not stop fighting,
however, and soon. with the members
Of his regiment, was taking several of
the German trenches. Later, however,
he became Ill, as q result of the shock,
and was removed to q hospital After
being discharged from the hospital he
remained in France until he was fur
loughed. He came home i've weeks
ago.
Rats az War Asset.
How rats are used In the trenches
to denote the presence Of the poisonous
gases sent forth on their deadly mis-
sion by the Germans was described by
Jacquet. Many rats are always to be
found in the trenches, he explained.
They are caught and confined in cages.
Careful watch is kept of the rodents.
and when they are seen to die the SOL
diers Immediately don their gas masks.
The gas kills the rats before 1t does
human beings, he explained Each
soldier is supplied with two masks.
which are good for use three or four
hours. The streams of gas fumes are
sent forth by the Germans, he ex-
planned. for about fifteen minutes, and
after an interval of about the same
period more gas Is sent forth.
Sergt. JacQuet proudly exhibits a
war cross presented to him for bravery
while battling in the open fields in the
offense at Somme. A "citatfon." siened
by Lieut.. Col. Ro1lett of the 33lst ReFi.
ment, explains that Jacquet exhibited
bravery when he kept his section In
tact. despite the fact that trenches
about him were torn to pieces by large
calfber shells.
Il am ready to go BACK at any time"
said Jacquet today. Il am on a fur
Tough now, but may be called tomor-
row. and I will go Immediately"
Evening star., 1917-05-23
POLICE CAN RIDE FREE.
Supreme Court Upholds New Jer.
sey Law Granting Privilege.

A New Jersey statute requiring street
railway companies to transport cities
unfformd policemen free of charge was
sustained Monday as constitutional
States In test cases Of Jersey City rail-
way employees indicted for ejeotihg an
ofiicer from q car. The court also held
that under the law police officers ex-
hihitinr badges, but not in uniform,
incindine detectives. must be carried
free.
scented.
Evening star., 1917-05-23
Vaudeville by Girl Scouts.

Members Of Troop No. 1. Girl Scouts.
are to give a vaudeville performance at
wilson Normal School. 11th and Harvard
streets northwest, Saturday evening at s
earlv in May and, because Of its excel
ience. many requests that 1t be repeated
,vsre made, with the result that It was
6ac;ded to give it again next Saturday.
Evening star., 1917-05-23

| Editorial
Everything in this world is
relative. That is, it is either
large or small, strohg or
weak, etc, in comparison
with something else.
Almost sixty years ago this
store was founded, and it
was one of the largest and
most prosperous of its kind
at that time, and yet that
store would today fit into
our Mems Shop with room
to spare. ...-.r
Today we think this a large
store, and yet it is small in
comparison with what it will
be fifty years from now.
Perhaps you wonder why we
look so confidently into the
future.
You know that nothing in this
world stands still for long.
II II QOCS II STARTS JACK
ward. The people of Wash
ington have learned to look
upon this store as their
store. They have called it
THE STORE OF GREATER
SERVICE. They will not
permit it to stand still, SO
that it must grow and grow
and grow.
Now do you understand what
we mean when we say that
this store is small in COM
parison to what it will be
years hence, and yet today
it is one of the largest in the
city.
Evening star., 1917-05-23

To insure Victor quality. always
look for the famous trademark.
His Masters Voice. It Is on
Ill genuine products Of the Victee
Talking Machine Company.
Evening star., 1917-05-23
SPANISH WAR SHELLS
FOUND USELESS NOW
Rear Admiral Earle Reports '9e
Vintage Unserviceable for
New Guns.

A report Of Rear Admiral Earle.
chief Of the naval bureau Of ordnance.
on premature explosions OF shells on
the armed liners St. Louis, St Paul and
Mongolia, shows that the bureau has
reached the conclusion that six-inoh
shells made prior to 1900 are not to be
trusted, and that all such ordnance
has been withdrawn from both naval
and merchant ships.
cident on the Mongolia which resulted
in the death Of two Red Cross nurses
en- route to Europe. the investigating
board in that case not having COM
pleted its work. Preliminary state
ments have attributed that tragedy to
the unprecedented action of q powder
retainer cap, which struck the water
in a peculiar manner and was detected
back aboard the vessel at point near
ly 200 feet from the gun.
New Gums Only Used.
'.rhe first American liner to be
armed was the Manchuria, on March 10.
1917" said Admiral Earle's report.
'sThe arming Of other large liners fol-
lowed Immediately. The guns used
were Of the best type known at the
present date and were nearly all abso-
iutely new, having fred but the rounds
necessary to test them for strength be-
fore permitting them to be used with
service charges.
assembled according to standard meth
ods, In December. 1916. The usual
test Of all this ammunition
was made at the naval growing ground
and all tests resulted in perfect per-
Evening star., 1917-05-23

Some spiders In Java make webs 80
strong that 1t requires a knife to sever
them
Evening star., 1917-05-23
New Guns Only Used.
Shells Burst Too Soon.

sThe armed liner St Louis, on her
first trip to Liverpool. where she ar
rived March rs, 1917. fired forty-five
service shells at an iceberg for a tar
get. This firing was held in accordance
with the instructions OF the bureau, IN
order to test the mounts, guns, ammuni-
tion. and to train the guns crews Sew
eral shells burst prematurely, some In
side the bore of the guns. others be-
fore striking the target The damage
to the bore Of the guns caused thereby
was sufficient to necessitate their be-
ing refined.
Upon her return to New York the
euns and shells were Immediately re-
moved and new ones. with a new sup
nly Of shells, issued to the ship, Later
Evening star., 1917-05-23

the United sta4ss IN .1ssl. Hs was
silvering mirrors for q Warrington
arm when the war broke out On oo-
tober IT. 1914, he answsfed Francis
goodbye. departed to Join the s31st In
fantry.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

Frederick weyerhaeuser, Americas
one time lumber king, who died a null
tmillionalre. once gave the following
rules on how 10 get rich: MAKE up
your mind to work at something real
ly worthy Of work and work hard. The
surest way to make money is to save
money and to use what you have.
Don't be afraid of long hours or con-
slant attention to your work. Work
can be made a JOY. an economy, a
pleasure, If you combine an object
worth while With the determined am
bition to win. Any young man can
get rich. can succeed, If he saves, II he
has definite and honest purpose and
Is so filed with the purpose that work
ceases to be a hardship and becomes a
privilege"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

A fat nation is no good. Lean ma
tons accomplish things. We should
eat less and think more, have smaller
girth and larger chests. less on the hip
and more on the thorax, have fewer
potatoes at dinner and more books
after dinner, more exercise and less
chewing. A strong person can subsist
on little oatmeal and philosophy and
outwalk, outtalk, outthink, and in ev-
cry way Guido the person who travels
the long route from soup to nuts and
goes to sleep afterward as an anaconda
full Of sheep or monkeys might. Life
is lean affair of hungry appetites and
ambitions. Then they stimulate to
earnest performance. The regeneration
Of the American nation begins at the
dinner table. We need stoutness In
soul not soutness in fat. Eat less and
do more. Grow more above the neck
and less below the Chicago
Tribune
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

The following excerpt from Burney's
History Of Music" published in 1776,
describing the first performance Of the
opera "Bernice" In 1850, indicates that
there is nothing new under the sun"
even In sumptuous staging Of music
dramas.
There were choruses Of 100 virgins.
100 soldiers, 100 horsemen IN iron ar
NOR, forty comets on horses, six trum-
peters on horseback, six drummers, six
ensigns, six great flutes, six Ministries
playing on Turkish flutes and six 9TH
ers on octave flutes, six pages, three
sergeants, six cimbalists, twelve hunts
men. twelve grooms, six coachmen for
trumpeters, six others for the process
sion, two lions led by two Turks, two
elephants led by two others, Bernice's
trfumphal car drawn by four horses,
SIX other cars, with prisoners and
spells drawn by twelve horses, and sir
coaches for the procession.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

Americas war loan Of $1,000. 000.-
900 surpasses the powers Of the mind
to grasp. Spent at the rate of dollar
minute Il would take 1888 years
to dispose Of the appropriation. Loan
ed out at 6 per cent, S18 could be
spent every second for an indefinite
period without touching the principal.
The interest on the loan Is greater
than the entire running expenses Of
the government less than half a CEN
fury ago. while the amount itself
would conduct the affairs OF the gov
eminent for fully seven years on the
basis Of the annual expenditures for
the last decade. Another and more
cheerful way Of looking at the situa-
ton is that, great as Ire loan Is. the
wealth Of the United States is such
that It amounts to the lending Of 81
out Of every $40 Of our existing tangi-
BILE resources. A penny a day saved by
every iuhabitant would cancel the prin-
cipal within twenty years.-Thomas F.
Logan IN Leslle's
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

A lady and gentleman were standing
before a picture by Mlllais called
trust Me-" in which an elderly squire
confronts his daughter. who holds a
letter behind her hack.
The picture admits OF more explana.
lions than one. for Mr. MInais had
that rare faculty Of putting blended
expressions into his faces which puz-
zle US. as the expressions Of real
faces do.
Bet the one this gentleman was over
heard giving his companion is as new,
We are bound to say, to the painter
Is to our readers. "You see," be said,
-she has got letter In her hand
which she is keeping back from the
man In the red coat. Wen. be is the
postman and has just given her the
letter suppose it's from abroad
She hasn't the money to pay the post.
age, so she says. Trust me-"
The explanation was given with per.
feet gravity and in apparent good
faith.-LondOn Mail.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

After months spent In idolatrous
lands have been unable to see much
real worship In heather shrines. The
educated worship with their tongues
In their cheeks and the ignorant with
their hearts in their mouths. But the
amount Of real worship that exists in
heather temples Is very small.
Sometimes a bereaved mother will
enter the temple and draw from her
kimono the tiny bib Of departed lit
tie one and tie 1t to the statue of Jizo,
the god OF motherhood Sometimes an
old man or woman, almost blind, will
enter the temple and rub the eyes OF
a wooden god and then rub his own in
tile hope that eternal darkness may
not close in on his afrrlghted soul. In
some places Buddhist services are as
dignihed as well attended and as help
full as our own.-Maynard Owen VIII
llams in Christian Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

Graphite, says the Scientific Ameri-
con, is not lubricant but an aid to
keeping a bearing in good working or
der by filling up the minute Irregular
ties Of the shaft and bearing and pro-
dueing beautiful polished surface
and in this way reduces friction. To
get this result only a very small guam
THY Of graphite is necessary, and II
too much is applied It simply collects
in wads and defeats the purpose In
tended 1t follows that the proper way
to use graphite successfully is TO mix
thoroughly a small quantity with the
lubricating oil at suitable intervals and
not to apply 1t continuously, for when
the above mentioned polished surface
is formed 1t will last quite lolng time
before requiring renewal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

TIE center Of the dial Of the capck on
Phiiadelphia's city ball tower is 3e1
feet IA inches from the ground level
The length Of the minute hand is 10
feet 8 inches. The weight of the hand
Is 225 pounds The weight of the dial
frame with glass is five and one-hali
tons. The clock is equipped with 4
pneumatically operated thermostat fol
controlling an electric governor pro
vided to protect It from extremes Of
temperature. The steel pendulums are
inclosed in cast iron cases to protect
them from magnetic infuences.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

1t is valuable thing to understand
thoroughly what ample antidote to
take If one is SO unlucky as to swallow
poison Of any kind. Sweet oil is to be
found In nearly every house, however
humble, and half pint of it taken i'm
mediately is an effectual antidote to
almost all poisons. Any one with q
strong constitution should take a larger
quantity Of this simple remedy.--Lon-
don Telegraph
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

The bin of Indictment preferred
against John Bunyan ran thusi John
Bunyan hath devilishly and pernicious-
ly abetained from coming to church to
hear divine service and Is common
upholder Of several unlawful meetings
and conventicles, to the disturbance
and distraction Of the good subjects Of
this kingdom, contrary to the laws Of
our sovereign lord the king" He was
convicted and imprisoned twelve years
and six months.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

A good improvised skirt hanger is a
strong hatpin. Fold the skirt twice at
the band, stick the hatpin through the
back In two places. leaving enough Of
the pin exposed to hang over a nail OIL
hook. The skirt will never be pulled
out of shape.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

Once pom a time Man lost so much
sleep worryin' over trouble what wuz
to come dat when Trouble come sho'
nun de Man wuz dead ter de worr,
an Trouble walked all over him an
said: Hes too trifin' fer me ter fool
with. / wouldn't waste time on no
sichr'-Atlanta Constitution.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

MY dear" said the host TO his wife
as he started to carve the leg Of lamb,
cant you give Mrs. Brown anything
better than this cold meatT'
'0h." cried Mrs. Brown, that's all
right, SO long as 1t is cold leg and not
cold shoulder Christian Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

81 know more about that woman than
she knows about herself"
How can that be possible?"
Easily. ! know she isn't pretty, but
she doesn't"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

washington was truthful man."
1--WE got the habit myself now. l
think 1t is the best plan If you marry
a widow."-LouisvtIle Courier-J Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13
MITCHELL C0CHRANE
Duly Commissioned
Notary Public
For Charles County, Md.

Will be pleased to attend all
calls for the purpose of taking
acknowledgements and affidavits
for usage either within or beyond
the limits of the State of Mary.
land. OFFICE CocHRANE's STORE,
La PLATA, MARYLAND.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.



+ Declaring that proper foot I.
I. wear will cure most cases Of fat 1.
+ foot, a well known New York +
+ physician says: Boots or shoes +
+ must be the shape Of the foot, I.
+ but It Ia not necessary to wear +
1. boots Of an ugly shape to secure 4.
I. this primary essential. To In +
+ sure that the big toe Is not push I.
+ ed out against the other toes +
4. the inner side of the boot where I.
I. 1t lies is kept straight The soles 4.
+ should be a sixth to a fourth Of +
4. an inch thick and the heel broad, 4.
+ an Inch or less In height If the +
+ degree Of fiat foot be anything +
+ more than the merest trace me- I.
4. chanical means are utilized to !.
+ throw the weight Of the body, 4.
+ distributed down the leg. slightly I.
+ outside the center Of the ankle +
= joint To effect this the sole +
4. and heel OF each boot must be +
+ thickened along its inner side by +
+ a quarter. one-third or half an I.
+ Inch, the amount depending +
+ upon the severity of the case. I
4. The worse the case the greater =
+ the thickening-" +
= =
\. + + !. + + + + + r !; i. + 1, 4. + + =
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

The largest organ in the world is the
one built by the famous German build
er, Watcher, and is situated in St.
Michael's church, Hamburg, Germany.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13

God hath yoked to Guilt her pale
tnrmentor. Misery.-Bryant
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-07-13
Salmon.

Salmon are swift swimmers. They
can travel through the water at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-10-27

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bonn Seubel Der G6maIben, unh Dem
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den. unb Dem @turm, Der fbsr bic
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ipieber Sur9 ibren Ginn.
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tie tbr bur9 bic Seele. bic bertIuns
aenen, Sdrtli9en Worte, un6 fieIen
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lidteit, iiber bic tIeinitsn Ron ibuen,
Bic Ie nod nibt DerIte9eH, tie init
tbren p~ernunoerten Observation-Disclosures
Qugsn nidt berIegen anitaaaen souIi-
tn.
sic muBte bas aIeinIte zines 5as
ges ~entp0bnsn.
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TONNE.
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