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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Jiu-Jitsu

A DVOCATES Of the introduction Of
4 iiu-jits into the physical training
Of American troops in France, says the
Paris corresp ondent e "The Medical
Record are more insistent and persua-
sive than is opponents. Moreover, the
system has been more or less adopted by
the British, advocates Of the system as
sert, publishing a communication from
its sponsor. This man said that
when he was liaison officer in the British
army al the beginning Of the war he M
mediately realized the interest Of the jiu
jissu in the hand to-hand fighting, as he
was before the war the amateur champion
iiu- jitsu in France. He therefore devised
a simple method which he taught TO the
gymnasium instructors of the British army
ard which has been spread all over the
British forces. This method has been en-
bodied in booklet issued by the General
staff Of the British army. June, 1917, called
Methods of Unarmed Attack and Defence
and including three parts: % Simple
method OF unarmed attack and defence,
etc, which can be taught TO all recruits;
(2) more advanced methods for military
soldiers. etc; ~ special methods for mill
tary police etc.
az has proved very successful, first Of
all because it Increases the morale Of the
army and gives the men the confidence
that. even when unarmed. they can beat
the boches. in addition to the healthy drill
it gives them. Moreover, ne says that
every day he receives letters from his
pupils Of old, thanking him for the tricks
ne taugh, taem and to which they say they
have owed their lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Beware of Empty Case
lene Tanks

& EEMINGLY empty gasolenc cans Or
y tanks are probably more dangerous
than those filled with gasolene. Usually
the can will be entirely empted and the
remaining gasolene will evaporze, the
vapor Will mix with the air in the can
and the mixture may easily be explosive.
When the can is being filled this mixture
is forced out by the gasolene, and may
explode if gnted by flame or spark
near the opening
Many engines are built with cavities
or inclosed spaces in the crank case, base,
or some other part, ard these may be full
Of gasoene vapors. When inspecting 0"
making repairs with an open light men
have been severely burned when the
light vapors ignited.
70 ruard against such accidents all
cavities should be blown ont with com
pressed air or steam. II neither Is avail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
The Golf Ball Has to
Have q Tail

WTHY must a golf ball be rough in
w order to fly true, and why are
there TO smooth, slick golf balls in use?
The answer is that the golf ball cannot
fly we'll unless it has tail, says The
Scientific Americana:
"The golf ball leaves the face OF the
driver in we'll hit stroke at very great
speed. 1t follows naturally that in front
of the ball there is cushion of compressed
air. 1t follows just naturally that i'm
mediately behind the ball there is some
thing approximatng to a vacuum. These
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

are both clearly shown in the diagram. 1t
viii be clear that, from the front point of
extreme compression TO that point where
the compressed air regans its normal den
slty, there is a disturbance IN the atmos-
phere III the form Of tube of compressed
ar OF varying density and containing
small vacuum.
AS the ball travels forward it makes and,
N q constantly decreasing degree, main
tains this tube OF compressed air AS this
compressed air flows over the ball. if We
may inversely express it in this manner, it
spreads and runs between the excrescences
on the ball
THE indentations thus get grip, or take
hold, Of the air so that the bail Is steadied
in remarkable degree during its fight
and, although this is point that has never
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

Trench Thoughts

OOME interesting views OF men in
- the trenches regarding religion are
given by Principal d. L. Richie,
D. D., in 1.-The Congregationa,ist and
Advance:
"The battlefront in a powerfully cumu-
lative way shows how elemental prayer is
in the heart of man. 1t is the homing in
stinct OF the soul. How often one has heard
the confession, We all pray in the trenches
So that the question is, indeed not Why
should man pray? but Why does man
pray?' In the depths and in the heights
mans heart seeks God he needs TO be
taught to walk with Him along the fats of
the common day. The soldier does not carry
his heart On his sleeve even at the front,
but with frankness unknown n civil life
he opens up to such ring true to him.
Then one learns that many mems lives have
been a laundering quest for God.
They do not need TO be made religious
but they do need the instruction and the
inspiration of the enlightened religious life.
The churches are not half alive to that SIM
pie fact. The men have missed in the
churches the brotherhood, simple, warm,
human, they have found in camps and scenes
Of CHASTITY peril, and many have left the
churches; but the front has again shown
that man is lncurably religious and that
prayer is to his spirit what breathing is to
his body
"The war il relation to Christianity
troubles the minds of many soldiers. and
in the face of some of their questions il is
not always easy to justify the ways of God
to men,. But most OF them soon come to
see that men cannot in mans measure be
free and self determining without having
to meet the issues of his own choices and
conduct alike in the individual and mass.
What staggers the soldier most is that
twenty or thirty men drunk with ambition
can bring on the race such immeasurable
woe as this war, and much teaching Will be
needed to show him that the only door of
escape from such calamity is in democracy
anchored to God and the things of the spirit.
The front reveals what need there is for
teaching men Christian ethics and social
duty, not only as neighbors, but as citizens.
The soldier may not come back much OF
churchman, but he is coming back not
little of a Socialist in sense not TO be
feared. He says, Never again. and means
it. Is the Church ready to guide his resolve
in ways of wisdom and righteousness 20 its
blessed consummation -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
In the Great " orkshop Of Science

able the cover should be removed, the
vapors famed out and a lighted lamp or
candle, attached to q stick, passed around
inside the cavities to burn out any vapors
that may remain in the cavities.
Unless an ample current Of air at con-
siderable velocity is passing gasolene
should not be used to clean an engine or
other machinery. Even if there is suffi-
cent air to sweep away the vapors as
soon as they are given off open lights
should always be kept at safe distance
and on the intake side so that the vapor
cannot be carried to the light.-Sofety
Engineering.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

x "A ! N~> 49, NJ vi lIlc bTlClSn ann
wv India in THE Nineteenth Cen
tury,' Francis Younghusband
says OF the country itself:
AS India develops, communications will
need Improvement. There are about 10000
miles of railway now, but this is not within
loo,ooo miles of the requirements of the
future INDIA, with four or five hundred
mllllon inhabitants The railway engineer
viii therefore have abundant occupation
80 also viii the aviator. Even where the
railway runs 1t will be quicker and easier
TOT administrators inspecting officers, su-
peflntenelng engineers, plantation man
ayers and directors to visit their charges
by aeroplane, al. in outlying parts even
IN mountainous country, flying facilities
Will be still more welcome. During the
war the art of flying has so much advanced
that It Will very soon be as natural 20 use
an aeroplane as it is to enter a motorcar:
and for the carriage of mails and light but
valuable goods. too. aeroplanes will be en-
ployed as machines carrying two tons are
already being used in warfare On the
great rivers of India and along the coasts
use for scaplanes will also be found.
Then with regard to the people, the ex-
traord- mary diversity of races. ranging from
primitive aboriginal savages to cultured
Hcngalls- and the variety of customs, habits
t@'@' iiiSN4tU 4oNS, languages ana religious
bellefs afford TO the anthropologist endless
interest. The only too obvious poverty of
the great mass of both the agricultural and
town population must excite the sympathy
OF the social economist and reformer bent
on raising the standard Of living. improv-
ing the quality Of labor, raising wages
and lettering the house accommodation,
clothing, food and social environment of
the bulk of the Indian people The
lillteracy Of the vast majority Of people
who are by nature intelligent. and the ad-
vancement of an educated class who until
recently were unaccustomed to contact with
foreign ideas, Will arrest the attention Of
the teacher and philosopher. The improve
rent OF the lot Of women will arouse the
sympathy OF women. Bringing order to
and gradually civilizing wild frontier tribes
and jungle peoples is work which will ap-
peal 20 officers of an adventurous turn. And
in the development of existing and the in
PRODUCTION OF new industries the magma
tive man Of business will find unlimited
room for his energy.
"sportsmen will find in India real wild
sport of every Variety from tiger shooting.
pig sticking, hawking, stalking Kashmir
stays, hex and markhor to wild duck and
snpe shooting. And the naturalist will find
IN the wealth and variety of plant, animal
and insect life, which climate ranging
from the tropical heat OF the plains to the
artic cold Of tie Himalaya fosters, an in
eXhaustiblo field for research"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Medicine
and
Surgery


r|HE use of morphine on the battle
field and in the emergency hos
pitals in the war zone has drawn
attention in some quarters to the dam
GER of thousands of men forming the
drug habit during the war. "The Eng
Isb Review" however, gives the danger
. new twist in sketch by Hugh Pollard
The doctor suspects Venning, young
or officer, of being user of morphine.
One day the doctors nephew Eugene
Joins the command. There is Push.
The author, slightly wounded, returns to
dressing station, where he finds the doc
tor working like blazes amid the Aell':
BY and b. vennine stalked in with a
badly smashed shoulder. He was pretty
far gone
"They have pushed US out of the orchard
again he said Hello, doctor! Poor Eu-
gene has got it bad
DEh? You have seen the boy?" said the
doctor.
Of the bodv-poor devil They daren't
shift him without stretcher.'
"Blast it! can't leave here"
Its no good I am afraid" said Ven
ming. softly; 1T looked hopeless. I did
what could-gave him my morphine"
torrent of curses from the doctor
stopped him, and we all eazed amazed at
the man, ms face gray with emotion and
his fingers tearing rladly at dressing.
Quite suddenly he stopped. There is
nothing to be done. nothing at all he
said. and went on with his work.
We went back to hospital in England
together. Venning and /, and l thought lit
lie more Of the incident except to wonder
how the bows fate had moved the iron
diseiplined old doc 1t was months later
thar found out from man who had been
his servant tina. he had played trick on
yenning. q harsh but well-meant trick to
save Venning from what he believed to be
his vice
Yes sir said the man. He changed
NJ. Venning's morphia for something else
Ike morphia-aper morphia. | think he said
/. was
"Apo-morrhia,7 thought. Good God!
the most Toverful emetic that there Is.
Then the sheer horror Of the moment
broke upon ,ne-p0or young Eugene lying
there. his body torn in agony, then apo
rorphia given in all good faith by tender
hearted Verning meaning 70 ease his pam
My God, what 2 ,a.h,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

East Berlin to Bagdad was an all-ral
route; Hamburg to the Himalayas is open
to both rail and water traffic. 1t gives no
less secure. and no less direct, access to
the trade of Southern Asia. and offers
menace no less acute to British dominion
in India.
"In a moro or less unnoticed way Ger
many long has been preparing a vast sys-
TEN Of internal waterways esigned to link
the Atlantic with the North Sea, and both
OF them with the Black Sea. These water
ways, projected and partly completed before
the war, contemplate the passage of steam
ers Of a thousand tons burden between the
mouths Of the Elbe the Oder and the Rhine.
and the mouth of the Danube. Another prof
cct we'll under way in Russia, provided
For the junction of the Dnieper and the
Dwina, and the establishment OF a naviga-
bic highway direct from Riga to the Black
Sea. This route now falls, with the capture
Of Odessa, to the German Empire.
Vessels leaving Hamburg and other
North German ports, therefore, could sail
By an alderman route direct to the cast
ern shores Of the Black Sea, deposlting
their cargoes in territory wrosted from
Russia and placed nominaily under Turk
ish control. This territory, comprising the
provinces of Batoum, Kars and Karabagh,
debouches directly upon the northwestern-
most section of Persia.
"Batoum, rich, modern port, is the gate
way for vast region. Eastward, along
the fringes Of the Caucasus Mountains,
runs rail line to the important port OF
Baku on the Caspian Sea. From the east
ern shore Of the Caspian there extends a
railway skirting the northeastern border OF
Persia. and running not far from the
boundary OF Afghanistan. This line was
Ruasia's chief military instrument in keep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
The French Are Learning
to Drink Ice Water!

THE war has changed many things,
and one trifling but striking change
remarks a recent visitor to France. is
the cultivation Of taste, especially among
French soldiers, for ice water: "In a
dining car recently I was the ONLY man.
SO far as could check, who refused
the cracked ice passed by the walters.
French officers at my table replenished
their glasses over and over again. and
the refrigeration was manifestly CRATE
full to them. Only a few years ago an
American demand for ice in restau-
rant would have drawn unpleasant no.
tice upon him. "-San Francisco Ar
Jomunt
A sunfower stalk fourteen feet high
and bearing 40 flowers, any one of
which would have just about fitted into
half-bushel measure, was cut on the
farm of Greenfield, No, judge this fall.
At least so the judge says.-Gas Looic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

fishing factory for it's exploitation
states with great enthusiasm that his
quest has been successful.
In the region that especially attracted
his attention there is no cultivation of
the cabulla plant, which is an Agaue
similar to the henequen Of Yucatan, but
he found vast areas so richly covered
with the growth in wild state that
there would be no difficulty in procuring
large quantities for the manufacture of
binding twine
The region in which the plant
abounds is wild and lacks roads. The
growth is found scattered throughout
the jungle, and in order to facilitate
Capitalization at the point where it is
designed to establish plant for prepar-
ing the fibre, trails and roads will have
to be cut through. The product is de-
scribed as finer and softer than that
from Yucatan. Irvine manufactured
from it would cut readily, thus obviating
the necessity for any change in design
of agricultural implements. The repre-
sentative mentioned already has re-
turned to the United States to arrange
for the purchase and forwarding of ma
chinery for a plant
In 1909 some Americans endeavored
to establish the fibre industry in Ecua-
dor, and several tons were separated BY
hand and shipped to New York, about
Z tons being delivered in bales at the
railway station at Riobamba at cost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

even been raised, the suctional action in
lateral rear of the ball probably also gets
greater control on account OF the marking
of the ball
1T will thus be seen that, in effect. the
got ball has tall of compressed air
wherever it flies; that this tail is of vary
ing degrees OF density from the point Of
utmost compression in front of the ball
until it regains normal density behind tho
ball, and that on account Of the lateral
suctlonal action Of the tall its influence
persists until the point Of normal density
is reached.
The smooth ball cannot be relied on IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Hamburg to the fiima.
layas

'sNRE advantages to Germany offered
Il by the new Hamburg to the Hima-
layas' road to the East, which the Rus
sian peace terms may make possible, are
pointed out in a recent issue Of "The
Bellman':
although the Berlin to Bagdad route
was preferable in many respects, glance
at the map will show how much wider is
the field offered By the new road to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Disease and War

THAT war disease is Leaving more vic
tins than injuries is the conclusion
to be reached from some figures cited by
The Medical Tines"
Sou Of every 1000 men put out Of &C
TIC. among the forces OF the British En-
pire, s53 are rendered unfit by injuries
and 547 BY disease The 453 injuries ana
I've as follows: AZ loss Of sight; 40 loss Of
an arm or leg; 2g4 serious injuries to the
s'xsren.,.es 80 head injuries; 50 miscel
isneops. The 81 diseases are made up in
par Of IL affections Of the chest, one
AaH being tubcrculous; 10 are heart
maiadies nd 81 reprcsent nervous troubles,
o. which Il are epilepsy and insanity"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

any way. 1t ducks and scars and darts
about sometimes almost as erratically as
butterfly 1t would seem mat the reason
fer this is, primarily, that its lack of grip
prevents its holding into It's line In other
words the ball has better chance of Slip
ping Its cushion Of compressed air
This probably is aided considerably by
the defective centre of gravity Of the ball,
a most common fault in most golf balls and
grave defect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Around the World and Back A6ain

of S9742 ton. The price would be con-
siderably lower at present-between $50
and $40 ton.
At Quito the fibre is now being made
into bags suitable for cacao, coffee, salt
and sugar. They are sold at one-half
the prices paid for bags made locally
from imported jute.-The South Ameri.
can.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Cabulla Fibre

4 REPRESENTATIVE Of an Aneri
[ y can corporation who recently Wis
tied and explored certain regions of the
Dominican Republic with the object of
ascertaining to what extent the cabula
plant may be found in this country, the
character Of its fibre it's adaptabilty to
cultivation: and the feasibility of estab-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Searching Flies Instead
of Swatting Them

E~HE famous "swat the fly" slogan
Of the Kansas State Board of
Health will give way to "scorch
the fly if a new trap designed to cleo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

trocute flies and other pestiferous in
sects illustrated by Popular Mechanics"
comes into general use.
The new device contains IAN mean
descent bulb, which when lighted at
night attracts the insects to it, Sur
rounding the light are closely spaced
live wires that electrocute the creatures
as they fly toward it. To prevent acct
dental shock in handling the trap, it is
covered with outer bars. BY means
of flexible cord, current to supply the
trap can be obtained from any light
socket"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
A New Helmet With Ad-
vantages and Drawbacks

4 NEW helmet to protect the soldiers
~ head is the invention of Georgia
man, according to "The Popular Science
Monthly" which thus describes the de-
vice:
at is bell-shaped and consists of an out
er and inner casing, the latter having at
tached to its interior two head bands to
conform with the shape OF the head The
helmet has faring lower edges to protect
the neck well as the head. Two sight
openings are provided in front for the eyes.
However. the inventor has not neglected
the wearers nose and mouth Two shut
ters TT snugly against the sight openings
and are hinged to the outer casing so that
they may be opened closed as desired.
U-shaped springs between the inner and
cutter castings are placed so as to reduce the
shock from she'll spifnters or bullets which
may hit the helmet. The CD lection to this
helmet would seem to be the limiting of tn.
wearers vision, for how can a man see
quickly all around him through two small
holes! 1t would certainly be very hot, too
The United States Bureau of Stand
ards has developed a delicate thermo-
electric test for the purity of platinum
The Electrical Erper4menter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
AS India Develops

VA RIT1NG of the British aim in
w India in The Nineteenth Gen.
fury" Francis Younghusband
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

OOME interesting views OF men in
- the trenches regarding religion are
given by Principal d. l.. Richie,
D. D., in 1.-The Congregationalist and
AJyapcen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

rSHE use of morphine on the battle
/ field and in the emergency hos
pitfalls in the war zone has drawn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

From The Scientific american
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-20

Mrs. Austin Farrand went to Platte
vile, Friday, for visit with Mrs. A.
Cardy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peacock went
to Fennimore Saturday for visit with
friends and relatives.
Misses Gertrude and BERTHE Reu-
kane Of Mt Hope, visited last week at
the Henry Eastman home.
Mrs. Roy rockingham and child
rem Of Madison spent the weekend at
the Chas. rockingham home.
Mrs NJ. Brun and son VIM of Bee
town went to Sitter Sunday for
visit at the Walter Brun home.
Miss Vesta Johnson went to Platte
vile, Saturday, for visit with her sis
ter, Laura, who is attending the Nor
NAL.
Mrs. c. L. Saxsby of Minneapolis,
returned to her home, Friday, after a
visit with her aunts, the Misses
Schmitt.
Miss Ruth Graham, a student Of the
high school, went to Fennimore, Fri
day, for visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Guilford Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Schreiner left
Sunday, Mr.. Schreiner for Milwaukee
and Mrs Schreiner for Stevens Point
where she will visit relatives.
Mrs P. T. Stevens returned to her
home at Montfort Saturday, after Wis
it with relatives here. She was accom-
panied home by Mrs. F. G. Granville.
Misses Susie Pollnow and Gather
inc Smith Of Nealsville, who have
been visiting Miss Julia Sweeney went
to Sitter Sunday for visit with rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Waldmann of Slit
ger, visited the latter part of last
week with friends here. Miss Sue
Johnson accompanied them home Sat-
urday.
Miss Mabel Pierce Of Wakem, Ohio,
who has been a guest at the e. L. Nc
Coy home for the past two months,
left Friday for Minneapolis, Mimi,
where she will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Clanton.
r. NJ. Orchard of Muscoda, has NOV
ed to Lancaster and will in the future
practice here as partner with F. G.
Meyer Mrs Orchard and the child
rem will remain in Muscoda until Mr..
Orchard can find house here.
The Lancaster mill is grinding $50
bushels of wheat daily. Among those
here from out of town with grists the
past week were Chris Bausch, Harry
Rogers, Gerhardt Kirschbaum and
Joe Schaufl, all Of Cassville neigh
borhood.
Many kilograms were received last
week tythe exemption board frC4s alb
sent registrants asking for transfer
of medical examination. The wires
came from all parts Of the country.
| Transfer was granted in return by
wire in every legitimate case.