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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
WORTH OF MIDDLE-AGED MEN
Older Workers, Because of Skill,
Steadiness and Reliability, Out
class Younger Fellows.

In several Western cities ''young-old'
men have formed an organization that
may become nationwide in its scope,
for the purpose of securing employ
ment for men who have passed their
prime.
This is decidedly the day of young
men. and the man who has passed
middle life without having laid up a
competency or mastered some special
line of work is at a dreadful disadvan-
tage.
But it has always been so. And age,
now as always, says the Christian Her
aid, is not SO much a matter of years
as of decli. ing enthusiasm.
We have seen men on whose strong
shoulders rests the burden of seven,
eight and sometimes nine decades, full
of unwasted power of spirit and
strength when it comes to freshness
and JOY in the work done and the
vision fulfilled.
The great work of the world is be-
ing done and always has been done by
men of middle life and more. Four
f1fths of the business failures are made
by young men. 1t is ripened experience
and Judgment that count in the bust
ness world. as in any other
In physical work the older man may
be outclassed by the younger one: but
in lines OF work calling fer skill, stead
mess and reliability. the older man has
the advantage.
There is something seriously wrong
with an economic system that finds Il
man useless at fifty.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
CARE OF THE HUNTING DOGS
Little Washing and T.iuch Brushing Is
Regarded Best for the Health
of Any Canine.

In the matter of grooming, says Out
Ing, cardinal principal is expressed
In the bench show handlers apothegm
little washing and much brushing"
Soap and water are bad for any dogs
coat. They wash away the natural
oils, making the hair dry and brittle,
and consequently the less washing the
better the coat will be. The dog, how
ever. must be kept clean. A good
stiff brush vigorously and regularly
applied will keep pointer clean as a
whistle, and the bristles act as fine
tonic, stimulating the growth of the
hair and keeping the skin underneath
clean and healthy.
For the settlers long coat the old
English recipe is eggs rubbed in, al
lowed to dry and then brushed out
again. The best combination is to use
the whites for cleaning and to feed
the yellows raw mixed Up with bread
or biscuits. This is the most effec-
tive use, for the whites contain no oil
and make the cleaning easier, while
the yolks are most valuable food. If
the price of eggs, however, is prohib-
tive, cornmeal (white cornmeal very
finely ground is the better) will an
swer the same purpose.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
Hioh Individual Morale

The reason why morale Is necessary
in times of peace as we'll as In war is
that the morale of no army can be
higher than the indivi dual morale Of
the men, declares San Antonio Light.
Therefore the very pest soldiers are
those recruited from civil life who
have every day moral.-the men who
do things, who stand fearessly for
what they believe to be right, who
are undismayed by opposition and ap-
parent defeat, and who accept LIES
tribulations calmly. Pr tiently and with
fortitude.
Men Of that stripe cannot be stam-
peded or confused In military affairs,
once they have beer. trained as SOL
3iers, just as IN everyday life they
cannot be kept down by circumstances.
They are individually invincible and
hence when organized into an army,
they are mtlitarily iDElncible.
Therefore when yoii read of an army
or military unit with high morale
you know that the rlen In the ranks
and the officers over them are men OF
strong, dominant courage who meet
death calmly in the discharge Of their
military duty and who cannot be rout-
ed nor overawed By the enemy, but
must be yanQuished, IL at all, by fight
'uo
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
WHEN ONE IS STRICKEN DEAF
Affiiction Accompanied by Depression
Strangely and Intensely Over
towering, Says Writer.

The invariable depression that comes
with the beginning of deafness is
strangely and intensely overpowering.
1t exists sometimes Indefinitely. The
word depression, as commonly used,
admits of varied shades of meaning,
writes Margaret Baldwin. in the At
lantic. ii all but carries with it Il
vague impression OF lack of wiil-power,
more or less voluntary Indifference to
moral effect. But let no one suppose
that its use here indicates any mere
dull, dispirited outlook on life, or any
other voluntary mental view of ones
SELF Or one future. There is nothing
voluntary about it.
1t Is feeling deeply physical as we'll
as mental-a mingled condition of Woe
full sickness and sadness that beggars
description. The distress and shock
over what has happened to one and
the first experience of what it is like,
Is the initial factor. But considering
what 1t ought to be as compared with
the shock of blindness, which, it seems
to me, must be sufficient to produce
permanent blacklist despair, the de-
preston of deafness is out of all pro-
portion.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
IND|CT THRIFT IN
SUGAR CONSPIRACY
Wilkes Barre Storage Man and
Dealer Held.

Wilkes-Balre, Pa. Jan. 12.-Noah
Raskin and f. c. and Clara Rink. all
of this city. were indicted on forty
two counts by the grand jury for the
part they played in a suga- deal that
cost three banks of the city $4,000.
The Kinks own storage house.
Raskin bought 100000 worth CT sugar
and stored it with the Kinks. taking
warehouse receipts. On these ware
house receipts he raised $4,000 from
the three banks. Some tima later it
was discovered that the sugar had
been removed from storage with ut
knowledge or consent of the banks.
Raskin got the sugar and the Kinks
gave 1t to him. claiming that they
believed him reputable business
man.
Raskin was arrested by the banks
charged with conspiracy and Re in
turn caused the arrest of the Kinks,
charging them with violation of the
law in giving up the sugar without
warehouse receipts.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
SKELETONS OF STONE AGE
Bones of Early People of Japan Show
They Were Six to Seven Feet
in Height.

Fifteen human skeletons were I'M
earthed in the province of Kawachi,
near Osaka. This is considered the
birthplace Of japanese civilization. OF
the relics of the japanese stone age,
discovered by Professor Okushi, nine
Of the skeletons were in perfect preser-
walton, all bones being intact, East and
West News says. 1t rarely happens.
according to scientific records. that SO
many perfect skeletons are discovered
in one place.
Among indications that people of
that period lived on uncooked food, is
the fact that upper and lower teeth
are evenly worn down. Decayed teeth
are not found. The bony structure Of
the skeletons are massive; shin bones,
In most cases, are somewhat fiat. Some
Of these skeletons stand seven feet
high; even shorter ones are over six
feet! Skeletons were found in a lying
position, with knees drawn up. With
out doubt, these people belonged to
the stone age in Japan-30, 900 years
ago, at least.
WINE IudhluS lue eACdFalIOA, StOue
implements, earthenware and two cop
per arrowheads were found. Two white
jade earrings were discovered which
may be Of Chinese origin, and of
much later period. 1t is thought this
find may establish q link between the
stone and bronze ages in prehistoric
Japan. Archeologists hold that 1t
surely indicates the early people of
Japan had intercourse with other parts
of Asia. The earthenware patterns
are not necessarily Ainu; the bones
cannot possibly be those of Anus.
This discovery revolutiOniZes archeo-
Logical theories of prehistoric Japan.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
DisIikes OF kens.

Hens are funny sorts of creatures"
observes a poultry fancier. They
have their likes and dislikes-especial-
ly dislikes. If you move a hen she
turns crusty, and won't lay eggs. She
likes her old home, and takes an abom-
Unable time to get used to the new.
eff you wave cloth within sight Of
the occupants of your fowl run, you
will hear a shocking row. This par
dcular noise is known as the danger
signal and sometimes will be INDUCED
In without single break for as long
as 20 minutes.
! "If you take 1t into your head to re-
arrange the nest boxes, depend upon
1T Biddy will pay you out. She will
- ISIS that day with her usual egg.
..Proyided they are good, It's wisest
to1 stick to old things in poultry-keep-
ing, and not to shift them unless you
ne compelled to do so. At least,
there's one thing you can change. and
that's the fodder Hens won't object
TO that at all in fact, they like it."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
Interesting Experiment.

Experiments just completed by two
French scientists have reopened the
controversy whether rudimentary man
ifestations of life can be produced In
inorganic matter. These men took q
glass tube containing a solution Of col
loidal silica, sealed 1t by melting the
glass and subjected tube and contents
to high temperature, long enough to
sterilize them thoroughly, according
to all current ideas of sterilization.
The tube was then kept moderately
warm for two months, and when
opened the contents were full of living
bacteria. Directors contend that the
colloidal silica probably operates to
protect bacteria originally In the So
luton from the effects of the heat
st 4riliZation.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
RUSSIANS NOW
THREATEN WAR
Will Fight to Bitter End, is
Trotzky's Warning.
REFUSE SHAMEFUL PEACE:
Petrograd Prepares. For Defense as
Brest-Litovsk Par'ey Ends-Teu.
tons Withdraw Christmas Offer.

Petrograd. Jan. l2.--German troops
their efforts to fraternize with the
Russian soldiers opposite them, 1t
was announced here.
Russia will not agree to a peace
devised by German imperia'ists; she
will fight "to the bitter emu" and rely
on the plain people of thu central
powers to rise up and aid in inter-
national peace. Minister of Foreign
Affairs TrotZky so declared in a
speech at Brest-Litovsk in the first
OF the renewed peace meetings, a.
cording to dispatches from tn 1t pace.
A. il to back up his vigorous wo d.
Pet.ograd was in a fever of war pep
arAtions.
Russia has no intention of suing
for mercy" Trotzky de- clared, "if the
imperialists refuse to listen to the
vote Of the people.
"'f the central powers damocrats
do not speak, Russia will fight to the
bitter end, not so much from the
'renches as in an uprising OF the peo-
step against their oppressors."
Trotzky insisted upon transfer OF
the peace ego-iat'ons to Stockholm
Nicholai Lenine reechoed his fell
lony Bolsheviki's sentiments as to Rus
sias determination to fight for an
adequate peace in an interview givan
ont prior to his departure, presum
ably for Stockholm.
~ fear we must halt our demob'li.
cation and prepare for war" he de
clared 'If Germany will not accep
our conditions we shall declare re
volutiouary war. We will not agree
to shameful peace"
Hero in Petrogrsd there was sui
den display Of great energy at the
ministry Of war Office, where 1t WIS
admitted the Bolshevik were seek ng
to reorganize the transport of sup
plies. in view Of the possibility of the
war continuing. The first step in de
mobilization of non-essential my
units already undertaken In part. was
expected to lessen the pressure per
ceptibly on the transport Of army sup
plies.
Defense plans for Petrograd itself
are being drawn. Guns are beng
shifted from the northern front. Ell
sign Krylenko, commandment eff Of
the army, ordered all his officers TO
return to posts at the front W jch
they held prior to the Bo'shev XII
revolution.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
|BACKACHE IS
DlSCOURACINC
But Not So Bad LII You Know How
to Reach the Cause.

Nothing more discouraging than a
constant backache. Lame when you
awaken, pains pierce you when you
bend or lift. It's hard to work or to
rest. Backache often indicates lac
kidneys. Cambridge people recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills. Read
this case:
Mrs. Frank Blades, 81 Cemetery
Ave, Cambridge, says: II suffered
from very severe pains in my Ioins
which sometimes changed to dull
ache. l never again want to expert
ence such misery. 1t seemed as
though 1 were weighted down and
had no life or energy. My kidneys
didn't act right at all. One day l
read about Doan's Kidney Pills and
used some. Two CT three boxes cur
ed me-"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Blades had. Foster-Milburn
Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
Dispensing a Crowd.

II have just come back from forty
eight hours duty in Paris" writes an
officer in a Highland regiment. "My
servant and I, both in the kilt. were
buying some stuff outside a shop, as
one does in Paris, when a crowd of
about twenty people gathered round,
and simply stared-some amused, some
open-mouthed, and some doubtless in
admiration. l was amused at first,
but it got bit too much of a good
thing, and my servant, who is a wag,
said: Shall 1 hand round the hat,
sir?'
So, not thinking he would. 1 said !:
Yes, do and-if he didn't whip off his
Balmoral and take it round perfectly
seriously. with a childlike expression
on his face. They cleared off all
right, some grinning, and others look
Ing very sheepish. But we got moth
Ing"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
Prepare to Care for Themselves.

Nowhere have the French shown
their remarkable national vitality more
striking than in the way they have
kept up the pursuits of peace while
bearing the brunt of the most eXacting
war in history. So far from having
their Industries broken by conflict they
have developed scores of new ones.
writes correspondent. An exhibit
now being held in Paris is given over
entirely to products manufactured in
France, which were formerly imported.
The first division consists of asticles
formerly brought from foreign nations,
largely from Germany, while the sec
Ond is made up of articles formerly
made in the northern French districts
now occupied by the invader. which
are now being manufactured in south
ern France
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
PROBE STRANGE SICKNESS
Wllkes-9arre Physicians Baffled b.
Strange Malady.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 1.-TWO en-
gineers of the state health department
were detailed to make an investiga.
ton into the outbreak Of sickness; IN
portions of Wilkes-Barre, Kingston
Edwardsville and other places.
Five hundred persons are Ill at
Wilkes-Barre and nearby towns from
the mysterious disease and the cpl
demic is rapidly spreading. Physi-
clans admit they are completely baf-
fed In diagnosing the complaint, but
believe that the water supply is the
cause.
Water company officials answer this
charge with the statement CT their
chemists, who claim tie water is pure.
DR.. Charles H Miner. of the state
board of health, has examined many
patients and he finds them all with
the same symptoms. He has failed
to diagnose any case and he dee not
know whether or not the water IS the
cause. Mony of the patients are sell
ausly Ill. There h We been no deaths
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
MARRIAGE or a Career.

A woman writer, herself married
and twenty-three years of age, states
that woman who expects TO follow
an intellectual life should marry young
This Is sound view, for the woman
who fully appraises the value of her
Intellectual life realizes that the best
years Of the mind are those that come
after the age Of most efficient child
bearing. 1t is very different view
from that of the young women In pro-
fessions which serve only to bridge the
few brief years between school days
and marriage. and for whom marriage
closes for all time participation in the
worlds work outside of the home
Clearly we can never have an intel
lectual emancipation In the worlds
work on program that would confine
professional life to the remarriage
days or make it incompatible with
marriage. The first gives too brief q
period and must subordinate woman
to inferior clerical labor, while the
second would win intellectually at the
sacrifice of normal life and confine
participation In the worlds affairs to
small and abnormal group of womnn.
Physical Culture.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
Contradictory Evidence.
''There Is one thing curious about
he minutes of q meeting"
what Is that?'
'"They are generally affairs Of mo-
| emit"
The Beer Of Borneo.

Beer as made by the natives Of Sara
wax, in the northwestern region OF
Borneo varies In its ingredients accord
ing to the different tribes who make
1t, the most Intoxicating being that
made by the Bisaiyahs Of Limbang.
These people make their beer by boil
ing rice, adding yeast, crushed wild
chilli and large lump of wood ash.
This is all put into Jar till the jar
is two-thirds full. and covered over
with bamboo supports; water is poured
on till the Jar is full, and the beer is
then ready for drinking. The drinking
is performed by pushing bamboo tubes
down to the bottom Of the Jar and then
sucking up the liquid. So that no one
shall have more than his fair proper
ton at time, a system of floats rs
arranged whereby the amount Of drink
consumed by each man is regiatered.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
Y. N. C. A. BARS YOUNG MEN
Workers Eligible to Military Service
Must Leave Pos.s When Called


Paris, Jan. 12.-The American ar
my and navy Y NJ c. A. in France
announces it IS not accepting fo- its
service any men elig for military
service
All men now with the Y. NJ. c. A..
who are subject to military service
have been requested to remain at
their posts until their numbers are
called. Eventually, all will be re-
placed by older men or men rejected
for military service
Only 10 per cent of the pee n p.
NJ. c. A. personnel in France consists
of men subject to service. Nearly
half Of those eligible ALREADY have
enlisted. The announcement was
given out by E. c. Carter. general Sec
rotary of Y. M. G. A. work in France.
At the outset of the war, the state
ment says. the Y. M. c. A. had def
mite auxiliary military duty to per-
form, and every man who came
abroad did so with the approval Of
washington. It was necessary to AXE
young men or to fall shot of the
duties entrusted to the "R d Tri-
angle"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
LIVING IN CITIES
Residents Are Not as Neighooriy
as in Country.
Life In Metropolitan Municipalities 10
Battle for Existence, With No
Time for SociabiIity.

'Who, then, is my neighbour" the
man lin the city pent" asks himself,
as he regards a row of similar house
fronts and reflects on the fact that he
has only a nodding acquaintance at
best with the majority of the inmates
1nterdependence is fostered by the
conditions of living in the country.
Ordinarily we do not need the helD
OF the next house, near or far. But
let fire come, or destructive storm, or
Il predatory visitor or serious Ill
ness, and the neighbor may be as well
come as angels, says q writer in Phila-
delphia Ledger.
City life is often d battle of the
strong, because there are crowds and
there are many mouths to feed and
many Shuftiing feet TO be shod. If we
let ourselves think of it, the vast null
titude of Identities striving to establish
themselves is almost terrifying. Where
did so many people come from? Where
are they all going? How are they to
find lodging for the night? Each
of the moving swarm is the center of
a circle of friends. The humblest, I'M
less deeply unfortunate, has ties that
bind him to earth and make life-in q
degree-dear to him.
Out of the pagan wilderness to the
urban lights and roarings comes bu-
collie youth. What will the city do to
that unsOphiStication? Or in what
way will its rugged, innocent power
in time come to prevail upon the city?
Your shrewdest, hardest captain Of
business closes his eyes at his desk
and is taken back to murmurous water
brooks and bees, to the aroma of hay,
of kline, of burning leaves, to the
sound of the whetted scythe or the
sight of baked apples in the window of
the WOodShed.
Why can't they brown fiapjacks or
bake beans or concoct apple sauce or
cook oatmeal as they did down on the
farm?
The table was always big enough
for the unexpected guest. An egg or
quart of milk was no such great event
as it is in city. There used to be
time, too, to settle the affairs Of the
borough and the nation, to discuss
Horace Greeley and to wind the clock,
between supper and early bedtime.
We have filtration, and the vacuum
cleaner, and the servant question, and
all the other city advantages. But 1t
was something to know the neighbors,
and somehow or other ''the men that
We're boys when l was a boy mean
something in lifetime that the brisk,
ambitious, clean-Shaven, up-pushing
generation does not convey. 1t would
do these take-it-or-leave-it fellows good
to study the large, leisurely, tranquil
izing ways of their forebears in the
days when "civilization" was not on
tear from the cheap lunch to the bar
gain counter, and home was not way
station betwixt the joyride and the
moving pictures.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-12
TEUTONS WITHDRAW TERMS
"No Annexation" Peace Offer voit
Because Allies Did Not Accent.

"No Annexation" Peace Offer Void
Because Allies Did Not Accept.
Amsterdam, Jan. 12.-The central
powers have withdrawn their peaq
teEras- made public q at the BEeae - 1
ovsk conference on December %.
This was announced by DR.. Won
Kuehlmann, the German foreign SEE
rotary, in a speech at the conference
Owing to the non-acceptance by all
the enemy powers of the terms, he
stated. that document has become
null and void"
(The terms then offered, as ed
by Count Czernin. the Austro-Hunga
Ran foreign minister, were a seeming
complete acceptance of the mo an
nexations, no indemnities" principle)
DR.. Won Kushlmann said the first
task of the conference was to resume
negotiations at the point where they
were broken of at the time OF he
Christmas adjournment. Germany and
her allies were not in position to
conduct elsewhere the discussions be-
gun at Brest-Litovsk, although they
were willing to have final formal ne
xotiations carried on and the sigma
lures to the preliminary agreement
affixed at some place to be agreed
upon after the debate. He continued:
LAS for the conduct of the negoti-
atoms, the atmosphere in which they
take place is extremely important. 1t
must be mentioned that since the con-
elusion of the exchange Of views be-
fore the temporary interruption OF the
negotiations. much has happened
which appeared calculated to create
doubt as to the sincere intention Of
the Russian government to arrive at
speedy peace with the powers of the
quadruple alliance"
The count asserted the trannfer OF
the negotiations to neutral territory
would give the entente an opportuni-
ty to interfere and endeavor to pre-
ven. . separate peace.