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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
Old-Fashioned Gold
Wedding Ring Is Passe

st. Louis.-To follow some styles
IS an easy matter. A certain kind of
nat, a cloak, a pair of high heeled
shoes and a parasol-and there you
ire. To be de riguer in the jewelry
line, according to delegates to the
International jewelers. convention, in
session here recently, is more difficult.
From the most practical stand
point, one expert declared. trinkets
that a woman requires before she
nay consider herself within the in
ler circles of the elect in dress in
.lude a watch bracelet to cost $40,
an ornately tailored $40 handbag
md a $40 cameo brooch. For an
afternoon or reception dress, a $500
ayalliere should be worn. or, in lieu
)f this, a $500 diamond brooch, a
$1,000 flexible platinum bracelet or
other gems of similar value. A $500
dinner ring. a $500 solitaire and a
gold meshbag, to cost about $50, are
other earmarks suggested for the
women who wants to be regarded as
we'll dressed.
According to this expert, to be well
lressed Is not only to be we'll gowned,
but also to be we'll jeweled. The ex-
tremest sorts of poor and good taste
can readily be detected in a woman
BY noting the jewelry she wears on
.arious occasions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
Survivor of Submarine
Attack Enlists in Navy
at N. Y. Recruiting Office

HERMAN l.. DureS, tWen.y years
OF age, from Birmingham, Ala, walk
ed aboard the U. S. S. Recruit in
Union Square at five o'clock Tuesday
afternoon and said he wanted to en-
list in the United States Navy. While
he was being examined by Surgeon
j. j. kaveney he casually remarked
that he had the experience of sub
marine gun fire during the past
summer Duree had shipped from
Portland, Maine, last June on the
Norwegian tanker, "Kongsi' bound
for Rotterdam. On the return trip
in the third week of August, out four
days, from the coast of Rotterdam, at
fiVe-thirty in the morning three shots
were sent across the bow of the
tanker. Duree said:
Il was on watch on the hurricane
deck. The weather was clear and
calm. No warning was given except
the three shots. Twenty more were
hred and in ten minutes we were
sunk. The crew of 2S took to the
three boats and Immediately the sub
marine arose and came within fifty
yards of us. This was the conversa-
tion the Captain of the submarine
had with our skipper. 1t was all in
English with no trace of German
accent"
ship" said the submarine captain.
a year and a half answered
our skipper.
Where was she built, he asked
Baltimore, was the reply.
What kind of a crew have your
Mixed. Danish, Swedes and Nor
wegians.'
Any Americans
" None"
According to Dupree the captain
of the tanker asked for a tow and he
was told that an English cruiser
would be along in the morning. The
next day the cruiser came along but
paid no attention to the men, it being
rule of the British admiralty not
to pick up life boats. After found.
ering in the rough sea with no ra.
tions but a few biscuits and very lit.
tie water the men finally landed al
st. NaZares, France.
Dupree has been three years al
sea having shipped from Norfolk, Va
He was educated in the public
schools at Birmingham. He was
sent to the training station at New
port.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
Farmers Feeding
Wheat to Stock

Oklahoma City, Okla. - Accord
ing to reports received by President
Frank Gasult of the State Board of
Agriculture from county agents.
farmers in northwestern Oklahoma
are feeding wheat to animals and
cattle rather than sell il at what they
consider low prices. Corn is worth
S2.25 a bushel in Oklahoma, while
wheat is bringing from $1.sO 10
S1.95.
County agents report that in some
counties, from 200 to 400 bushels OF
wheat are being fed to livestock
each week, the farmers giving the
reason that it is the cheapest grain
that they can feed. The matter has
been called the attention of Chair
man Adoylotte of the State Council
of Defense, who says that there
seems to be nothing state authorities
can do, but he believes that 1t is a
question within the Jurisdiction OF
Herbert Hoover. food administrators.
tor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
EVERY AMERICAN SHIP
10 BE TAKEN 0NER nv II

Washington. Sept. 2S. = Every
American merchant vessel of more
than $500 tons deadweight capacity
available for ocean service will be
requisitioned by the Government Oc-
tober 15, the Shipping Board announc-
ed yesterday in a statement giving
the charter rates at which the vessels
will be taken over. American ships
available for ocean traffic total
slightly more than 10000 tons. but
some of them already have been taken
~p-- far the ARMY and Navv-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28

into our common speech. Besides
this. in Its appendix 1t contains a real
treasury of facts useful in every-da.
to-day's paper. explains our good for
tune in being able to present what is
an encyclopedia and a dictionary COM
blned and In convenient form for daily
use. We congratulate both our read
ers and ourselves on this stroke OF
good fortune
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28

the Government grafters. and SO his
name was given to the cheap black
outline portrait we now know so we'll.
This list might be extended indefi-
nitely, as our language Is rich In
man derived words.
1t is not in the province OF a diction-
airy to. go into the origin and his
tory of words, but The New Univer-
stiles Dictionary contains the defini-
tion of such words as have passed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
HARRISBURG ssn TELEGRxPH

physician. who introduced the to-
"maekintosh," dolly" "brougham,"
"hansom," "mesmerism." .'maoadam,"
and boycott" were originally the
names OF the men who first invented
or used the objects or actions de-
ian. first called attention to animal
electricity, which is sometimes called
"galvinism." Another Italian, Volta,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
SWEPT BY FLOODy
MILLION CHINESE HOMELESS

Pekin, Tuesday, Sept. 25-(Delayed).
The city of Tien-Tsin Is threatened
with destruction by flood. The Chinese
city and portions of all the foreign
rising rapidly and which covers the
great plain to the southeast of Pelfin.
It estimated that 100000 Chinese are
homeless.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28

gives his name to volt. now in COM
mon use.
the demigod who supported our world
on his shoulders. From Homer's 8
"Stentor." we have "stentorian." loud
voiced: from his Hector" who was
somewhat of a bully. we have the verb
ito hector" A certain patriotic French
minister of finance. NJ. de Sllhoutte.
sought to curb the extravaganza of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
Names of Men
Turn Into Words

The study of language shows how
the names of men often become a
part of common speech. We get ''nico-
tine. the alkolid derived from to-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28

Sold in !. . and 5 lb. cartons and In
2 E. To- zs and 50 Ih- cotton bass.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
HEROES ARE SADLY LACKING
Few Generals Are Mentioned IN ste.
ries Of Conflict In Europe-Army
10 Like Machine.

Most anna ing of all the wonderful
things about this war is the extremely
few names Of generals we ever hear
about, writes Girard in the Philadel-
phia Ledger.
One italian, couple of English, two
or three Frenchmen, four Germans an0
the same number Of Russians, and not
one Turk. That makes up the list aft.
ter two years Of fighting and with
25,O00,O00 soldiers under arms.
The vast armies are moved like. ma
chimes. Hardly a reputation for ans
Individual anywhere.
What diffeesnt story in NapoleeAs
dayl He made four kinga. vfcrcA
q crown prince, nve other princes sD1
twenty-one dukes.
The names of some of his marsha3a
are almost as well known as that q
Bonaparte himself. So, too, In -
revolution.
washington and HIS Generals" =
the name Of a once popular book. aSd
the generals are known to millions q
schoolchildren-Greene. Wayne. Pue
uam, Knox and Lee.
Tia South as we'll as the North had
lots of heroes in the '60s-Lee, jack
son, johnson. Bragg, Beauregard, Stu.
art, Hill, Pickett, and Grant, Sherman.
Sheridan, Meade Thomas, Hancock
and a host Of others, almost as much
talked about as the supreme comman'
ders themselves.
But this Is q war minus heroes, ana
that is the worst part Of 1t, because
hero-making was about the best WA
ever did.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
A "EridaY" Shin.

A true story is told Of a s4eptical
Massachusetts, captain who way back
In the early years of the republic de-
termined to exhibit the fallacy Of the
Friday superstition. He contracted on
certain Friday for the building of
a ship, and it was arranged that the
keel Of this vessel was laid ON Friday,
that she was launched on a Friday,
named Friday, commenced loading on
Friday and hauled into the stream
on Tire same day Of the week. To add
to possibilities Of disaster, a negro
cook named Friday was engaged, and,
thus fully freighted with the sinister
name, the Friday sailed ON a Friday,
bound to port in the. West Indies.
From that day to this no tidings Of
Il u fated craft have been received
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
Shotquns In War.

That shotguns should be largely uti-
lized in modern warfare is the conten-
ton Of number Of military experts.
It is pointed out that such guns would
be particularly useful to sentries at
night time, as an intruder might more
easily be crippled and captured by a
spreading charge Of heavy shot than by
a single bullet. Moreover, a person
moving quickly might often be missed
by shot from a rifle, whereas a snap
shot from shotgun in semidarkness
could hardly fail to find its object.
In the trenches shotguns could be
used with success. A shotgun loaded
with about forty-eight grains Of pow
der and one and half ounces Of big
shot, with about twenty-five pellets.
would be Of much more value than the
rifle, as during night attack, either
for attack or defense in semidarkness,
a single charge would hardly fail to In
f1ict serious wounds on one or more of
the enemy.-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02


There are held here many "conAdsm
tial weddings," - they are csllsl
when the ceremony lie kept ulusuafN
quiet. But sometimes they are too con
fidential to please the relatives Of tn
parties. The coercion Of prospective
brides under such circumstances b Z
proceeding well authentcstsd Il fAe'
and fiction. A kidnapped bridegroom
however, Is unusual, though he hap
pened at St Georges not long aga
He was gentleman Of pssitisA ahl
he wished to marry lady VIE had
pursed him through an illness. 1h@l
WIS no cause or Just impsdimsnf savs
social rank. The gentlemgn was de
termined, and the lady seconded his
plans admirably. But the day and the
details leaked out, and before the timl
fixed the bridegroom's male relatives
deployed strategically through Mad
dox street and surrounded the church
he drove up in q hanson cab With
his eyes fixed on the expectank bride,
he prepared to allght. An athletic I'm.
Gle and q brother ,spraAG forward.
thrust him back, with Z 'Giad % msst
you, old fellow" manner that deceived
the cabman. who obeyed the quick d.
rection he heard and drovs the three
away. The lady. with tean n her
eyes, went into. the vestSy. There
will be no wedding" she said.
They've run away with him" And
that was the last St Georges heard sk
them.-London Mall.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
Tho SWisa Admiral.

"As much business as a Swiss admi-
ral' is term sometimes used satirical-
". But the little inland nation actual
" had an admiral once. He was an
Englishman, too, Colonel Williams,
who Joined the Swiss colors in 1899.
This Colonel Williams got together a
small feet on Lake Zurich and was or
dered to oppose the French army, which
was preparing to attack the Austrians
and Russians massed near by.
The French attacked their allied foes
and routed them. Admiral Williams
calmly watched the battle that was In
progress on land. Then, enraged at his
own inaction, he discharged his crews,
scuttled his vessels and went back to
England.
Switzerland now has one armored
boat on Lake Lucerne, but its COM
mander is only captain.-Kansas City
Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
Salt and Toothbrushss.

Our dentist tells us a very interest
ing thing. Ordinary salt IL one Of
the best methods for sterilizing tooth
brushes that are known. Bnt not only
because it sterilizes is 1t SO excellent,
but because 1t has the effect Of soften
ing the bristles and making them ex-
pand in way. One of the troubles so
frequently met with is that the bristles
come out and are swallowed, causing
appendicitis. The salt causes the bris-
ties to swell and so remain in the
brush. This may be but another Of
the several million theories. 1t is i'm
portant, however, that bristles do cause
appendicitis.-New York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
A Father Vauohan Story.

Father Bernard Vaughan, the famous
English Jesuit preacher, says what he
means and means what he says and
Is never afraid of directing his criti-
cisms even against the most powerful
sections Of society, especially the idle
rich.
An amusing reference was once made
to the fiery methods Of denunciation
he employs when In the pulpit. He
had been preaching in Rome and had,
as usual, dealt out plain truths about
everybody with his accustomed force.
One Of the cardinals remarked that
he preached like an Italian. YES"
said another dignitary, 'but he Is an
Italian. He was born on vesuvius,
and we only sent him to England to
cool."-London Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
What Ara You Worth?

Have you any idea? Did you ever
capitalize your wages and figure 1t
out? This is the way to ascertain how
much your labor is really worth.
For instance, a man who has saved
$4,000 and invested it at per cent re-
ceives an annual income of $1,000 a
year. or about 500 week.
The clerk in the Office or the work
man in the factory who gets $50 a
week therefore receives the income at
per cent on an investment of $4,000.
He is a $4,000 man-that is, he is
getting as much week by week as the
man with $4,000 who depends solely
upon the income from his investments
and who does not work for living.
The man who earns $40 week has
about the same income as the investor
with $4,000 put out at interest at 5
per cent.
So labor is capital. 1t has market
value. 1t can be called a commodity
because 1t can be sold by its owner the
same as any other possession he may
have-John A. Sleicher In Leslies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
HOW TO TREAT CONCLUSIONS
tIot Bath the First Thing to Be Ad.
ministered to Child Who Suffers
From That Complaint.

When baby has commissions, 1t gen"
orally means one of two things; either
It is suffering from toxaemia, Or pois-
oning, which is usually the result OF
errors in the diet, or else there is some
serious trouble with the nervous sys-
TEN. If feeding is at the bottom of the
trouble. find out the error and correct
1t, and the attacks will cease. When
there is organic trouble present, the
rase is more serious. The attack may
be stopped, but It is likely to recur II
the underlying cause persists. Such
are the commissions caused by menin-
gifts, or acute Inflammation of the
brain coverings, and by hydrocephalus,
or water pressing on the brain.
1t is unnecessary to describe the
symptoms, for the most inexperienced
person knows when baby is having
a CONFUSION. In older people ten
dency to commissions indicates an I'M
stable nervous system, and that is
probably true of infants who have con-
vulsions in consequence of dietary en-
rors that would leave stronger chill
dren unaffected. Children who have
commissions in their first year often
suffer from night terrors, tics, and 9TH
er signs of nervous instability later in
life. Sometimes commissions ere the
first signs of an epilepsy that Is to
appear in after years.
The first thing to do when a baby
falls into a CONFUSION is to get 1t
into a warm bath as quickly as pos
sible. That is done to relieve blood
tension and equalize the circulation,
and to this end it is well to give cold
applications to the head at the same
time.
Do not hesitate to give the hot bath.
Sometimes inexperienced people who
dread to make q mistake insist on
waiting until the doctor comes. But
the hot bath for baby In commissions
can never be a mistake. The doctor
should be called without delay, be-
cause in severe cases the bath must
be followed by sedative and reliey'
ing treatment that he only will know
how to employ. There is one import
ant "don't" 20 remember-don't put
anything into the child's mouth-either
food, medicine or Stimulant-while
you ere waiting for the DOCTOR
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
An lnxlaihla Clock.

A public clock which can be heard,
but not seen, Is one of LOndon's GU
rious possessions. 1t Is in the tower
of st. Mary Abbot's church, Kensing-
ton, and is the only pubic clock In
the immediate neighborhood. 1t chimes
the quarters and the hours, but COM
mits itself no further. It has no dial,
no hands, no outward and visible sign
of any kind to show that 1t is clock.
This eccentricity, it is explained, Is
the result of two causes-One aesthet-
ic, the other financial. When the tow
er was built in 1879 a clock was sug-
gested as an afterthought, but the
architect protested that it would mean
the addition of fifteen feet to the tow
er and the ruin Of its cherished proper
tons. A second point was that the
church, having but slender funds.
could not afford a clock with dial A
compromise was arrived at by install
ing the works of Ginning clock in the
elfry without dial or hands.-Pear-
ms.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
Profitable Pebbles.

The flint pebble industry gives oc-
cupation to many women and children
along the French coast lying between
Havre and Dieppe. The pebbles col
lected Ia and near Havre are selected
for their spherical shape and are used
exclusively for pulverizing In certain
industries, particularly in the manu-
facture of cement and In copper mines,
being employed in the interior of large
cylinders. In the cement industry the
slow turning of the pebbles produces
a powder which becomes an ingredient
of the cement, while in the copper in
dustry the metal is freed of all impuri-
ties by the grinding operation. The
same kind Of pebbles is used for crush
ing purposes In the manufacture Of
paint Another important use Of flint
pebbles is In the manufacture of porce
lain, the pebbles for this purpose be
ing found between Fecamp and Calais.
Philadelphia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
rlnv hut Deadly.

Two canary birds Of the Hartz vari
ETY., belonging to Mrs. W. W. Leete Of
Gladstone, Okla, were killed b. a
humming bird recently and the muir
derer was caught in the cage beside
the bodies Of his victims.
The canary birds were on the porch
Of the Leete home. The hummin2
bird was able to fly between the wires
Of the cage and attacked the canary
birds with its long and pointed bill
The canary birds, although larger than
their assailant, were almost powerless
against the quick darts. The hum
ming bird came. out Of the battle al.
most unhurt, but was unable to make
his exit the way heshad come IN.
The canaries were valuable.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
A1~s.h - Our War.


~ -arst American war, that az the
Rev6antion, dated from April 10, ITO.
% Apxil II, 1888, q period Of eight
Sears: tho northwestern Indian wars,
non Sept 10. 1870. to Aug. 8. 1875;
the war with France, from July 8, 1898.
to Sent. 80, 1900: the war with Tripoli,
from June 10, 1901, to June 4, 1905;
the Creek Indian war, from July q.
1878, to Aug. Q, 1914: the war Of 1872
with Great Britain, from June Is, 1872,
to Feb. II, 1916; the Seminole Indian
war, from Nov. 20, 1917. to Oct. q.
1918: the Black Hawk Indian war,
from April 81, 1881, to Sept. 30, 1882;
the Cherokee disturbance or removal,
from 1896 to 1887; Greek Indian war or
disturbance, from May 5, 1886, to Sept
80, 1887; the Florida Indian war, from
Dec. %, 1885, to Aug. IA, 1s43; Aroo-
stock disturbance, 1886 to 1889; the
war with Mexico, April "a, 1916. to
July 4, 1s4S; the Apache, Navajo and
Utah war, from 1S49 to 1855; the Semi
mole wsr, from 1856 to 1858; the war
between the states, from 1861 to 1850;
the Spanish-American war, April Il,
1898, to Aug. IL, 1898, and the Philip
pine instruction, from 1899 to 1901.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
: = : ~->7ths
1n<AaaIona ~ Ruaaln.

Tho frst great invasion Of Russia
was that Of the Huns, a race Of fierce
and warlike Asiatics, who swept over
eastern Europe In the fourth century.
In the thirteenth century the golden
horde Of Tartars captured Russia, and
from 1898 to 1862 the country was un-
der the yoke Of the Mongols. In 1895
Tamerlane invaded Russia, but retired.
In 1862 the Slavs again gained the as
tendency, and Ivan III. (the Great
founded the present monarchy and
introduced firearms and cannon into
Russia.
In 1479 there was another great In
vasion of Tartars, but they were driv.
en- out. In 1913 the present royal fam
lily, the Romanoffs, gained the throne.
In 100 the Swedes invaded Russia,
but after several victories they were
routed.
The last great invasion Of Russia
VS. that Of Napoleon. His disastrous
retreat from Russia, In which most Of
bis army was destroyed, marked the
beginning of the end Of his power
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02

1oovUyQU - ~ ~ -,
4 miaglonASy was bArgainla1 -
~ with - Ar1b sstGd6catt1Esg1
"Givs me n ! boatload," said he
Arab. ..s
''That ID too much" replied the mts-
sonary. you only charge SO to your
fellow Arabs, and they make you wait
for your money. ! pay spot cash.
Eyes. but you ought to be glad to get
It, for seven, = said the stonscuttsF.
you do not know how much my fel-
low Arabs despise me for dealing with
you at all. because you are an tnndsl
you know"
The Arabs are all MohammedAnA
The stronger q Christian q man IL the
more Of An infIdel they think him to
be. Missionaries were unwelcoms IN
that country. Only by their medical
work did they get any foothold at al.
There have perhaps been fewer ESQ.,
verts there than on any other missisa
field. But missions have. been sstab-
lished there less than thirty Year,.
Sometimes several generations Of nis-
sionaries live and work and die 20 that
their successors may see tie fruit Of
tho labors Of them alL-WoEld Outlook.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-02
Tn. British Manicure Lady.

I'm English barber shops you do not
have to pay for mirrors, elaborately
tiled doors and manicure girl" writes
Homer Croy in Everybody's. over
there a manicurist is considered the
last vocable in the way Of smartness.
The manicure girl hasn't the run OF
the shop there as she has here. Sne
has little cage down in one corner
where she is bottled up as If she were
a rare liquid. When man wants TO
have any light Homework done on ms
hands he thrusts one Of them through
the bars, while the proprietor hurries
rp with a newspaper for him to read.
In America we would be insulted II
the owner Of the shop put something
into our hands to read while the mani
cnre girl was working on us. In Eng
land the art Of jollying the manicurist
is unknown"