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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-09-26
welcome from our people
The Sunday and mid-wcek services
will be held at the usual hours.
Dorset Red Cross Notes

The annual meeting of the Dorset
Red Cross Branch was held at Miss
Marcia Gray's on Thursday with a
good attendance, and the reports OF
the work of the past year were lis
tened to with marked interest.
The treasurer reports the net pro-
ceeds S1693.54, with expenditures for
material, etc, of s9S9.S4, leaving a
balance in the treasury Of $7O37O.
Sixteen boxes have been sent to New
England Headquarters, containing
.l4l9 garments, 1898 knitted articles,
besides over 800 packages of gun
wipes. Five barrels were sent in re-
Spouse to the Belgian Relief drive in
the spring.
Mrs. Roberts gave a most interest
ing report Of the recent conference in
Rutland.
The meeting was concluded by the
election of the following officers for
the coming year, President, Mrs
Clifford Atkinson; vice president, Mrs
Walter Marley; secretary and treasur-
err. Mrs. F. c. Liddle, chairman OF
work committee, Mrs. VIM. Batchel-
der, chairman Of finance committee, 4
n. West; chairman of home service
DR.. F. C. Liddle; chairman OF junior
work, Mrs. Grant Matson.
There will be no sewing meeting
held this week, but the work commit
tee will be at the lecture room OF the
church to receive and pack the gar
ments and articles sent in for the Bel
gian Relief. II is hoped that q
hearty response will come to the APP
peals already sent out and that we
may send doumle or triple our quota
for these suffering Belgians. Don't
wait to be asked: send Of what you
have, and as literally as possible.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-09-26
QUESTIONNAIREs

Every man receiving question
naire should study it over carefully
before asking assistance.
Some men are giving their time to
help the registrants and it is not fair
to take their time while you are think
ing up answers to questions. BE ready
to answer every question promptly.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-09-26
MANCHESTER CENTER

MANCHESTER CENTER
Charles D, Rove is in Middlebury
Watch Tor date Of the bis auction
sale Al FaylrSona adv
Alrs. Pcricy Winchester of Bra.tlc.
boro. spent the weekend with Mrs.
Earle Marsh.
Norman harsdcn has returned 20
Norwich 10 take up his werk Tor this
year
Regular services a, the Baptis.
Chareh ,cx Sunday morning and
ca leg
The ladies' auxiliary Of Zion Church
meets this Thursday afternoon at Mrs.
r,ottie Cooks.
The Service Club win meet at the
Baptist parsonage Friday afternoon.
Every member is requested TO be
present
Lorimer H. Brown returned TO Mid
dlebury last week TO take up his work
for the college year as n member Of
the sophomore class,
Clifford b. Wilson, who recently
finished his work at U. V. Nj. mechan-
les school, went TO Gettysburg, Pa,
with about 800 men from Wv. M,
Shortly after arriving at Gettysburg
young Wilson was part Of a large
detail ordered to an eastern port
Recent letters to his wife from Dr.
L. Callahan tell Of his recovering
from a recent gas attack and being
back on the firing line. AT the time
of writing he was in a dugout 20 feet
under ground and the explosions from
shell fire were so heavy as to jar out
the flame of his candle.
The pledges to the Manchester
second Red Cross war drive are pay
able on or before October LIST. To
those who have not yet paid would say
that your cooperation in the matter
through this notice will save expense
of personal appeal by the treasurer
by letter. Subscriptions are payable
at the Factory Point National Bank,
Hard's Drug Store and Pratts Drug
Store.
After a long illness from kidney
trouble Frederick C. Giddings passed
to his eternal rest on Tuesday after
noon. Mr.. Giddings was go years Of
age and had been twice married. He
is survived by two sons, Clarence OF
Greenfield, Mass, and Harold of this
village. The funeral services will be
held from the late home on Friday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. j, S. Brown
officiating. Interment will be in the
cemetery in this village.
There seem to- be many cases OF
| influenza about and the following par
agraph, taken from recent letter
from the state health board to the
local health officer should be read by
4
every person in town: "All persons
should understand that this is a CON
tagious disease and that the patient
should be isolated in the home and es-
pecially from all visitors and neigh
bors. Handkerchiefs, napkins and
towels used by the case may indirectly
cause the disease. 1t is quite possible
that healthy persons may become car
riers. Children in families in which
there are cases should not attend
school; and no one from such families
should attend public gatherings, es-
pecially picture shows, or other in
door entertainments. Rational observ-
ance Of these precautions may do
much to limit the spread of this dis
ease and consequent effects"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-09-26

Next Sunday the pastor will ex-
change with the Rev. Mr.. Perkins Of
Manchester, who is assured 81 a warm
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-06
GAMBLER

Gambler, Dec. 3.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Mathews entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Fish of Belleview and Mr..
Harry Baxter at sumptuous turkey
dinner Thanksgiving evening.
Mrs. E. C.. Marshall is entertaining
her mother, who recently arrived from
North Carolina to spend the winter.
Miss Eunice Loomis. and cousin,
Mrs. Hamlin have arrived and are
domiciled in their winter home, after
having spent the summer and fall in
their New England home.
Miss Elizabeth Gary has returned
to Jacksonville. having terminated a
pleasant visit to her aunt Mrs. Ed
belong.
Mr.. John Mathews is shipping hogs
to Jacksonville today.
A number of the dancing young
people attended the dance at Belle
view Friday evening.
Mrs. Comfy of Ocala was the guest
of Mrs. John Mathews. part of the
past week.
Miss Gertrude Buchanan, who is
teaching in the Oxford school, spent
Thanksgiving at the home of her rela-
tives; Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hall and fam
lily.
Mr.. Henry Clark has sold his resi-
dence to Mr.. George MCGEE. The
former still continues to hold pro-
pnetorship of the Clark apartment
house.
Belleview was well represented
Sunday morning at church. Among
the number were several with musical
talent, who have promised to come
again in the near future.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-06

Come in and look over our line of
Baskets for holiday gifts. We carry
them in all sizes, both imported and
domestic. You'll find one suitable for
your needs whether it be for jewell
ry receptacle, card tray, sewing bas-
ket or fruit basket. THE BOOK
SHOP, Main street, Ocala 81
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-06
OcALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

Miss Alice Bullock will have charge
of the Stars society work for the next
few days. If you have any items for
this department, please phone 1o3.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-06

Mrs. J. j. Nelson was in from Belle
view today, shopping.
So
Mrs Howard clarl,s friends regret
Mrs n = McIver,. friends are de-
lighted over her continued improve
mont
p
NJ rh.r,ss G,av = New york
Eulope anu oos...s l ~. ~ = $3.50. :.
rsls ~ No s's'si e 8 ~ s - :
o'oSe {, 8
S, ~ $50. .,a
Mr. any Af VI s 60 r. 80.
nve cnlidren g 4. sslellss s = ~, n-ss
come mere 70 Eeeiae HpQ LOT the pfSsr
ene are e ~ A - = -, ].
.s,s
Mr. John Moore and g. gnters MISS
Marguerite MeoFs ana their guest,
Mrs. Dyke VIII MOTOR pack go !a.npa
TINS afterneen aIser sner1 vlsls e
: !,
Mrs. pampier, ho hsx
home with her d4ugl A4
Harris. expects to Ugh
Springs tlsis aft( W short
business az3p. 81 81 So. ST
Miss Mays spept Friday and
Saturday Ocala Sumter County
Times. Sl q 81 sss
Miss Nays was ons sof TIE efficient
thigh school teaeiiers here last year.
]. i
r. Oca1a regrets 20 ioarn that Mr..
and Mrs. H e. Hagnier aud son ex-
pect to leave shortly for Miami,
where they viii probably spend the
Tat the home OF Mrs. Perdue.
80 i
| Miss Shsie, Edwards has been con-
fined to her home for the past ten
ldavs by sickness. She laopes to Isl
/ able to.take up her duties Iii the az
preston department Of the high
! school within the next few days. s.
II
+ Mr.. ana Mr.. w. McfSuire 81
lChcaeo and Ocala, arrived early
this morning. after visit of y. some
IWashinaton fheyf viii immediately
90 to housekeeping ii the upper Hal
Of the Bell apartments
:
Mr.. Reuben Blalock VII arrive thie
AFTERNOON from Hirh Sprincs, %
spend the weekend with his mother,
Mrs 1lslri1r;;iss. et,i3Sn HI
j great MANY friends Z. herS Who win q
Idelighted to see him SIS
3 = s. s. S. z !. s S.
dav afternoon 4 rfn, q sshortS stav q
iJohn Hopkins. BaIts,, 81. and M
many frie,,ds Arc oia ~ 10 s. s.tI,a1
his visit uas varu7 heS1s; c;sl .,,a ~
hopes at an early data "a Is entireIv
well again.
i Miss S;mmie Handels,n.n ha. -, -.
i 5 3 - 81 - ~ So sssI@s,y { -
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-06

Concluded on Fourth Page)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
QUAINT OLD INDIAN COINS
SO AduIterated That They Were Not
Even Accepted In England as
Value in Metal.

In 1908 the Independent state of Hy-
derabad, India, obtained modern mint
and called in the coins that had been
current up till that time. The old mint
of Hyderahad was little more than a
coppersmith's shop in which scrap cop
per of all sorts was melted up, ham,
mered into plates, cut up into very
rough approximations of one tola in
weight, and stamped between dies, one
Of which was in the anvil and the 9TH
er in toll held in tongs. A blow from
sledge hammer made the impression.
There was no regularity in shape,
weight or stamping, nor was the metal
uniform in quality.
The mint could not furnish supplies
fast enough, and licenses were issued
Naturally, the Scientific American
states, nOnlicensed persons began to
manufacture, and adulteration with
lead was so fragrant that when several
tons of these coins We're sent to Eng
land as old metal they We're returned
on account OF their imruritv ana were
finally worked up into brass for local
consumption. A "dub," if held in the
flame of a spirit lamp, would before it
reached red heat begin to discharge
very fine jets resembling mercury; the
lead, having reached its fusing point,
burst from the copper with a force in
dicating very high internal pressure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
CUPID NOT IN THIS DEAL
One Case of courtship That Was Con
Quoted Along the Strictest OF
Business Lines.

Everything was strictly business
with August Rinnick. A sign on his
desk said: This is my busy day." and
a sign above his desk said: "There are
a quarter of million words in the
English language. Be brief"
He regarded his Office force merely
as machines of varying degrees of eff.
ficiency, and 1t was therefore several
months before he realized the luscious
physiognomy and many virtues of Miss
Perch, his stenographer.
But, with August Rinnick, to think
was to act, and, the very afternoon on
which he finally realized, he summoned
Miss Perch into his office.
miss Perch" he said, stake a let
ter"
And he dictated as follows:
''My dear Miss Perch: 1t has lately
come to my attention that you are
young womah If exceptional facial en-
bellishments, mental endowment and
moral efficiency. The limited time at
my command will not permit me many
details, but 1 may mention that since
you have been in my employ 1 have
never yet seen you masticating ehicle
commonly known as gum-or apply
ing powder to your nose Gan organ
whose extreme delicacy of contour and
pleasing abbreviation much impressed
me). In short, my dear Miss Perch, the
idea has come to me to endeavor to in
duce you to have your surname legally
changed to Rinnick-in brief, to be-
come my wife. l will cheerfully give
you day to think this matter over,
and shall be pleased to hear from you
at your leisure. Very truly, A. Rinnick."
In the next days mail he received
the following reply: 'Nir. August Rim
nick! Dear Sir: In reply to yours of
the Both inst, would say that am 9TH
erwise engaged. Very truly. Therly
Perch. ''-EXchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
INJURY BY CoRNSTALK BoRER
Farmers and Gardeners Urged to
Watch for Destructive Pest and
Report Appearance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The European cornstalk borer, which
was discovered In eastern Massachu-
sets last summer and which is one
of the most destructive insect pests
of corn. is reported to be spreading
rapidly to other neighboring localities.
The most vigorous and energetic ac-
ton possible will be required on the
part of farmers and gardeners, county
agents and entomologists If the pest
is to be eradicated or satisfactorily
controlled.
1t Is known that shipments or infest-
ed ears of sweet corn were shipped
last year to practically all the New
England states before the presence of
the worm was discovered. Corn grow
ers are warned to be on the alert to
discover this pest in growing corn or
within the stalks of last years crop,
and gardeners are urged to watch for
it in such vegetables as tomatoes,
beans and some of the common weeds.
In the caterpillar state this pest when
full grown is about one inch In length,
grayish in color, and covered with nu-
merOus small, round, dark-colored
specks. Persons discovering the in
sect are urged to communicate immedi-
ately with the state agricultural col
lege or the bureau of entomology,
United States department of agricul-
ture, Washington, D. G.
This pest bores into cornstalks at
the joints beneath the leaf sheath or
into the bases of the ears. As many
as two dozen caterpillars have been
found inhabiting one dry stalk. The
insects pass the winter In the pupal
or resting stage protected inside the
stalks or stems of corn or weeds OF
the previous year growth. When they
are found in such places in the spring
Or summer, the dry vegetation should
be carefully gathered and immediate
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Recognized Only One.

The conversation in the lobby Of
Washington hotel turned to the sub
tect Of signs when the following story
was contributed by Representative Ed
ward H Watson of New Hampshire:
An esteemed party named Pat estab-
Hshed livery stable in rural New
England town. and wishing an appro-
pirate sign. he had one painted that
pictured a man riding a mule. Just
after the sign was put up Pets friend.
Mike. rambled along.
-Oi See" pleasantly remarked Mike,
gazing at the new creation. "thot yez
have put up foine soign."
YES" responded Pat, with some
show Of pride. 'Phat do yez think av
itr
"Shure. an Oh loike It," replied Mike,
with an expansive smile, 'but who is
the mon thot's on yez backT-Phil-
adelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
National Efficiency Demands That All
citizens Keep Themselves In Good
Physical Condition.

There are thousands, perhaps mil
lions, of individuals who might be
willing to die for their country-if the
accident of being of military age ard
fortunes of war should occasion such
a sacriice-who apparently are not
willing to reform their personal habits
and go into training to improve them.
selves personally for the sake of add
ing to our combined national eff
cheney.
And yet believe that if any one
Of these men is once brought to see
this question in its right light he will
not hesitate to do anything and every.
thing to improve himself. 1t is a per-
sonal duty, and it is national duty.
Why should only the soldiers go into
training? Success in modern warfare
Is said to be based 20 per cent or
more upon industrial and business eff
ficiency. Then why should not the
workers and business men go into
training to make themselves as vigor-
GUS, fit and efficient as our soldiers?
The wear and tear of business adj
ministrations will sometimes be found
just as trying as the rigors of mill
tary life. Vast numbers of business
men die prematurely in middle age,
just when their business or profess
sional success most requires their con-
tinued energy and direction.
One should be fit for any emergency.
The requirements of war and business
are after all not so different as one
might suppose, In either case, 1t is
primarily matter of building vitality,
organic strength, nerve strength and
that quality of resistance" needed to
endure a strain Of any kind that may
be placed upon one.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Canaan povie as a Doctor.

Asked recently why he gave up the
practice of medicine, Sir Conan Doyle
said the work was too hard, and to
prove It re went on to tell of his first
case. says an exchange.
Called In the middle of bitter win
ter's night to a house three miles
away, where child was reported to
be seriously i'll, the creator of "Sher-
lock Holmes" tramped through the
rain and sleet only to find the place
In darkness, and bolted and barred
into the bargain.
He knocked and rang again and
again. No answerl At last head
stuck itself gingerly. out of third
story window.
''Be you DIR. Doyle?" it said.
EYES," said Doyle, '1et me In"
"Oh, no need to come in now" said
the man. "The child's all right;
sleeping quite peacefully"
Doyle buttoned his coat and started
of homeward. But suddenly the win
dow was raised again and the same
voice cried: doctors say, DOCTOR"
He hurried back, thinking that the
child had suddenly taken a turn for
the worse.
"Well, what do you want" he asked.
The voice made answer: rye won't
charge nothin' for this visit. win ye"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
WASP MAKES USE OF TOOLS
Insect of the Sphex Family That lamps
Its Nest Shut With Stone
Hammer.


SO far as known, only one small in
sect-a wasp Of the Sphex family
among the millions Of creatures be-
longing to lower order than man, has
ever employed the aid of a tool to ac-
complish desired result The moth
er wasp of this family digs a tunnel
in the ground, deposits her egg in it
and provides caterpillar stung to
death or to condition of paralysis for
her baby to feed on when Matched. The
grub subsists upon this caterpillar un,
til 1t passes through the pupa stage
into the perfect-winged insect. Then it
digs its way out of the tunnel and
begins its life above ground as a wasp.
But after the mother wasp has made
its tunnel and deposited the egg. il
finishes its task by ramming down pei
lets of earth, little stones, etc, into
the mouth Of the tunnel. This is the
race habit of these wasps. It is re-
corded on undoubted authority thar
one inventive mother, when the mouth
of the tunnel was covered to q level
with the rest of the ground about it,
brought quantity of fine grabs Of
dirt to the spot, and picked up small
pebble in her mandibles, used it as 81
hammer in pounding them down with
rapid strokes, thus making the spot as
firm and as hard as the surrounding
surface. Then she departed, brought
more dirt, picked up the pebble again
and used 1t as hammer, as before.
The English thrush brings its snails
to certain convenient stone on which
1t will crack their shells by beating
them upon it. Some sea-birds carry
shell-fish to a height and drop them
on the rock to break their shells; but
this brings only the anvil into use, not
the hammer. The case of the wasp is
the only one which records the SEEM
ingly intelligent use of a tool to ac-
complish a given purpose.-People's
Home Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Worlds raLIest Ghinnev

In many cities in various lands are
chimneys which have been proclaimed
as "the tallest in the world" but the
structure which without doubt truly
possesses this title has recently been
completed in Saganoseki, Japan.
1t is of REINFORCED concrete and it
stands $40 feet high on a hill 400 feet
higher than the copper smelter with
which 1t is connected, so that 1t dis
charges its poisonous fumes 1000 feet
above the plant. The chimney Is AZ
feet in diameter at the base and its
inside diameter at the top is 26A feet.
The foundation is 95 feet in dame
ter and contains 2.7OO cubic yards of
concrete. The first $50 feet of the
chimneys has concrete lining sepa-
rated from the outer wall by five-inch
space. Four hundred tons of steel were
used in the whole constructioA.-Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Vast Defense Work Has Been Built,
According to Statement Made
by swede.

Monster guns, hidden in pits 40 and
100 feet deep, and 125 to $50 feet apart,
form q labyrinth Of defenses around
Berlin, according to John Erickson, a
native of Sweden. For five years, be-
ginning with 1907, Erickson says he
worked on the outer defenses of Ber-
lin. and prior TO that time worked for
the Motla gun works of Sweden, turn
ing out heavy ordnance for Germany.
Guns surrounding Berlin. according
to Erickson, range from % to AZ
inches In diameter. Many are Of the
larger type. Some are over 200 feet
long. Their foundation is set in seven
feet Of solid granite. sunk In the bot
tom of the pits In which the guns are
hidden, surrounding the city. Two
circles of these guns surround Ber-
lin. One Is seven miles from the city's
outskirts-the other Is IL. A screen
roof is now laid over these guns. A
layer Of two feet of dirt covers the
top. Grass. trees and even the sea-
sons crops are planted over them.
Electricity controls the huge guns,
Ericsson says. When the guns are
needed the roof may easily be thrown
of and the guns hoisted to position.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
THEY NEVER KNEW LUxURlEs
Shakespeare, Napoleon and Other Fa.
nous Persons Who Lacked Many
Things That We Enjoy.

Shakespeare never drank a cup OF
tea, never tasted coffee, never slipped
a glass of cocoa, never ate potato
and never smoked cigar. Yet he
managed to lead variegated life and
write plays that you still go to see.
Napoleon, who died 81 years ago,
never saw steamboat nor a railroad
train, nor even gas light, but he
ruled all Europe.
Lincoln never saw an electric light
nor talked through telephone, but he
freed 100000 slaves.
! doubt If William Mckinley ever
rode in a motor car. Certainly U. s.
Grant never knew Of the wireless.
They both rose to fame and went to
the White House.
The finest piece of known architec-
ture on earth was erected at Athens by
men who never saw a newspaper.
st. Peters cathedral was the product
of Michael Angeles brain, but he never
read book that came from a printing
press or saw mechanically typed
page.
Raphael painted his immortal Ma
donnas, but he never ate corn muffin.
Cleopatra never wore velvet gown,
and even If Helen of Troy was so beau
tiful that she caused a 1O-year war,
she never owned a pair of leather
shoes.
George Eliot never beheld a movie,
but she wrote "Adam Bede," which is
somewhat more important thing t.,
have done.
/ presume that of all the women
who ever lived in the world not Ave
contributed more to the pleasure
of a greater number of other women
and men than the wife Of Chinese
emperor. Forty-six centuries ago that
empress discovered that a worm could
make silk and she started the silk in
dustry for this entire world.-Glrard
In Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
GUARD AGAINST FIRE IN HAY
spontaneous Ignition May Result by
Storing Improperly Cured Al
faIfa or Glover.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
A well-filled NOW or a big stack of
hay, symbol ordinarily of happy pros
perity, may contain within it the Turk
ing spirit of a fire that will sweep a
farmstead.
Many destructive blazes have been
caused by spontaneous ignition Of
hay, especially clover and alfalfa. The
first cutting Of the latter seems to be
most dangerous. II this kind
has rain or dew on the stacks