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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23
PROPER CARE OF
BATTERY ON CAR
Must Be Kept Charged and Pre-
vented From Freezing.
TWO THINGS OF IMPORTANCE
Equipment Standing Idle for Any
Length Of Time Leses Its Charge
Reading 10 Indicated by the
hydrometer.
u. Z. AEDREwa. Colorado Agricultural
Cnlleaa Fort GnIlina CnIa

II. Z. ANDREWS Colorado Agricultural
College. Fort Collins, Colo)
Many automobile owners do not real
tze the Importance and necessity Of
giving their starting and lighting bat
teries proper attention in the winter.
The battery is a delicate piece OF sp-
paratus, and II mistreated, will very
quickly depreciate.
Two things are Of prime Importance:
the battery should be kept fully
charged, and 1t should not be allowed
to freeze. A battery when standing
idle for any length of time, gradually
loses its charge. Therefore If the car
is not run regularly during the winter,
in order to keep the battery fully
charged the, engine should be run at
regular periods to charge, or else the
battery should be charged from an out
side source of current. This should
be done every two or three weeks.
Charge Easily Read.
The state Of charge can be easily
read from specific gravity hydrome-
ter syringe, which can be purchased
for about dollar from an auto supply
dealer. A reading Of from 1880 to
1900 indicates full charge. The read
ing Is indicated by the number on the
hydrometer at the level Of the liquid.
If the battery is fully charged, 1t is
not apt to freeze when the temperature
is above zero, Fahrenheit. It is best,
however, to take the battery from the
car and into the house In extremely
cold weather
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23

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Of
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achievement
said
mornng?'
the swerea
like
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23

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warning OF the Oniteo
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23
Risks His Life to Save WoIfhound From Icy River

YORK-By
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eoJ Canea StatenI nd ship
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23

decision
The leap fell short however and
his
wged
gathered watched the struggling the amid
reached the
dropped the pulled the
the big amid ys approval from the folk
boat and shore retraced his steps
The OF Engine NO. at
French license tag with the npnon
II ~ Planter, BnsolP Paris"
The dog that he had been without food many
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23
"Refned Gentleman Escorts" Available in Gotham

YORKAdd professions that Of the Refined
Rates reasonable II ANYBODY has
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23

10 JUSEpU NHHtt q oIUIVu 1bIuLU bIEIP
worker, who stood near.
Cane. a friend Of the patroiman.
has deep regard for his opinions.
swell, Mac" said he, III You think
he dogs a good one, he's worth hav.
Ing"
So Cane ran for the dog and the
dog ran for the ferry house. Down the
pier they went, lodging in and out
among trucks and motorcars. The fer
~ boat Chicago was just pulling out.
She was only q ward or two away when
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23

grudge against fat, self-satisfied old
Father Knickerbocker and would pic
ture him as others see him he would
DO well to talk for half an hour or go
with ]. Frank Kerrigan, the towns
leading, perhaps Its only exponent Of
the gentle art Of refined gentleman es-
corting. After nearly years expert
ence with escortable visitors Kerrigan
has summarized the general outside
of little old New York about as fol-
lows:
Broadway is less attractive than
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-03-23
Humors and Exasperations Of the Red Tape Tangle

nhne paths of expanded comes
signs instance workers and
IDLY The wants buildings The government
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
THE AlRpLANE REPORT

The senate military sub committee has competed it's investigation into inc matter of ai. plane production in his country and made its report. Tie lisclosure is far from credita0le to
 hose who have been identified with this important work although it is not much different from what was ex- pected in view of the claims which were made previous to the investiga- ton.
 According to the committees report the work was bungled from the verS start. The manner of organizing the work was bad and too littie atten- ton was paid to the accomplishments of foreign nations in this very line of production. Time and money has been wasted in endeavoring to develop something new at the eleventh hour when good judgment would have dictated the production of airplanes' in keeping with the accepted models which were already in use by the na- lions with which we are allied. The result has been that the committee l finds that the money which was pro. vided by this country for furnishing our army and navy with adequate ai | fighting equipment has been utilized | in experimentation which has to 1 large degree been unsuccessful. Thi means thad nearly two thirds of bii ,ion has been wasted at a time whel we have none to waste and serious | handicap placed upon the fshtint forces through the lack of the equip ment which those funds were ex pected to provide.
 At the present time the work progressing along improved lines bu
 inc wasted money and time canno
 be replaced. When the responsi
 bility for the wastage lies the senat
 committee has not undertaken to say
 It contents itself with pointing out tn
 conditions during the early month
 and leaves the investigation which Mi
 Hughes is making to say who was re
 eponsible and who should be punished
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
KEEPING UP THE ADVANTAGE.

No better acknowledgment regarding the successful advance which is being made by the allies could be asked than the very fact that the enemy is throwing all possible reserves into the breach in an endeavor to stop the ground gaining tactics of the al- lied forces.
 At all points along the front Gene ral Foch is throwing his strength against the invaders in a manner which will bring About the best re- suits. He is striking at the vital points and he is gaining his objec- lives so consistently that it is caus Ing TO little consternation even to the highly organized German army.
 Germany has been endeavoring by its rear guard actions to held up the British, French and Americans in order that preparations for bringing the offensive to a halt can be carried out at points to the rear. Whether this is the old Hindenburg line which was left when the spring offensive was started, whether they hope to ac- complish it at a point half way be- tween or whether they realize that they have been so demoralized that il will be necessary to go even back of the St. Quentin. Laon line remains tC be seen.
 It is evident, however, that Genera Foch is not content to let them say where he is going to be stopped. H. has the upper hand at the present time and he is making the best kint of use of it Points which were re. covered by especially bloody fighting In previous years are being regainet with comparative ease now. German, Is suffering not only from the serie. of successful attacks but from un. favorable conditions among it's ow1 troops and the offensive now under way shows no likelihood of coming f, stop for a long time. With the Ger mans on the run General Foch an preciates the importance of keepin; them running
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Many more than the representa- tives of the allied nations are finding Moscow decidedly unhealthy place.
 Even with the clothes cut according to the new regulations and to be henceforth without wool the price be- comes snugger.
 The Uboat commander who sunk the Lusitania is dead but he was acting on orders. There are still liv- ing those higher up.
 The Teutonic forces are finding that the Americans are striking with all the cleyerness of the lightning train ing which they received
 The man on the corner says; Some one is always trying to crowd more trouble into life than most people are anxious to wrestIe with.
 With all the talk that is being in- dulged in regarding haircuts at a dollar a sitting, less interest is like y to be taken in hair tonics.
 Those who are directly concerned should not overlook the fact that this is registration day for young men whc have become q years of age since June 5.
 From the criticism by the senate sub committee which has been look ing into the airplane business it seem: as if Gutzon Borglum ought to bt pleased.
 When if is reported that war gar. dens in certain localities are exceed ing all expectations it simply show! what can be accomplished where there's wiN.
 lnasmuch as the kaiser is said tt have given the crown prince sir months vacation there is no tellins what may happen to the German army in the meantime.
 The German secretary of state say | that Germany does not intend to holl Belgium. There are certainly som l strong reasons being offered for {; change of mind in Berlin.
 South Carolinians ought not to nee, l the advice but it is right to the poin when the president declares that Col Blease would be highly undesirabl l in the United States senate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
TIE WAR PRTNFEE

Eperray-The National Geographic Society issues the following War geo graphy bulletin cn Hiperndy. the French city which evidently was one Of the immediate obiecGves Of the recent German drive aions a G5-mile front.
 Eparney, famous as the great wine depot Of the Champagne district, is attractivelE situated OH the south bark of the River MaTna. Through it's streets runs from south to north the picturesque little river of Cubry, most due north of the city, at dis tance Of F miles in an airline lies Pheims, but between the two historic ceDters of population rises the we'll wooded erinence. or more properly a range of hills. called the Montague de Reims (nountain of Bheims), from which French artillery has for many months been dealing death so eff actively to the Germans entren3hed beyond Rheims The railway line which connects Epernay and Rheims is 19 miles long About midway be- tween the cities there is a tunnel two miles long that pierces Mont Joli which, with an elevation of 900 feet is the highest point of the Montague de Reims
 
 ! known as Sparnacum. From the 5tt l to the 10th centuries it belonged to tht archbishop Of Rheims, and it was dur. 1 ing that period (883) that it was thc l scene of one Of the two great victorie, won against the Normans by the join rulers, Louis III and Caro!man, son! of Louis the Stammerer.
 Tt was before this city, also, tha there was fought great battle sever 1 centuries later, during which th' Baron Biron. marshal of France, wa killed by cannon ball Marshal Bi ron was the aneesteor of Armand Louis de Gontaut, duo de Lauzurl af terward due de Biron who tough with the Americans at Yorktown dur ing the Revolutionary War and wh later was guillotined during the Reigl 1 of Terror in Paris.
 1 "The streets in the older section o Eperney are narrow and irregular, bu in the beautiful suburb of La F'olie tn wide boulevards are graced with tn palatial villas of wealthy wine mer chants. Prosperous Epernay both lit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
Views of the VigiIantes
WAITING.
By Harold A. Lamb of The Nigilantes

What was the purpose of the Ger man propaganda agents in getting con- trci of the Evening Mail and other im- rortant publications?
 Before America entered the war their purpose was 10 uphold the German side against England. Since we declared war, publications, authors, and propa ganda bureaus with proGern1an lean- ings have put on a soft pedal. They have been waiting. They are still waiting. Certain socialistic papers, so- -called-are waiting also. For what?
 Some day when the clouds of battle drift away on the European front peace terms will be discussed between victo- rious Allies and defeated Germany. And then like snakes emerging from their nests, We will find the pro-Ger- man puhlica tions again in our midst. Every effort of the great ro-Germon machine in our country will be strained toward one point. To influence the United States to make ienient and easy terms of peace with Germany.
 The United States has assumed a giants share of the war burden In proportion, our voice in the peace terms will be influential with our Allies. Germany knows this. So dc her agents in this country
 Hints of the coming efforts of these i agents are discernible. A semi so- l cialistic magazine prints an article attacking the dominant Anglo Saxon class in America, and stating that the "misdeeds of this cia ss'' will strengthen l the voice of the foreigners here wht are enemies within. only because VI have made them so."
 i Certain newspapers. known to thu secret service, are waiting under guise of patriotism. Will their pa l triotism last when truce is declared
 and peace terms are under discussion 1 Or will they resume the task for whicl
 they received hundreds of thousands 1 if not millions in pro-Germau money
 A German scholar and writer who's conduct since the entrance of Ameri ca into the war has been exemplary
 admits that the influence of men of hi type will be felt when peace negotia
 tions are under way. 1t is men lik us, and not fire eaters in control a this moment, who can draw up term of peace satisfactory to everybody" ."
 They are waiting, these champion
 of our enemy. They have eloquen
 voices They are very shrewd. The,
 will take up the refrain: "The Unite States seeks to gain nothing by thi war. This country must be generou to a defeated foe"
 It is true that American leaders see
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
STORIES OF TIE WAR
PtCARDY.

Cantigny is an obscure old village less than an hours walk from Mont didier Though the walls of it's chateau have looked down on many an invasion-in one century or another English, Spanish and German armies have fought through that countryside and though it is set in a province rich in it's memories of ancient France, Cantigny itself has found no great place in the pages of the French chronicles.
 But it's name is sure of place in American history, for the village fell into the hands Of the Germans during the great drive of March 21, and it was in recapturing it two months later that American troops made their first At- tack in force on a European battle- field.
 Cantigny is in Picardy. the province which lay to the north of the lands of the Dukes of France-iay between Artois and Normandy and followed l the waters of the Somme down to the | sea It was not until the end of the | 18th century that the willy Louis X1 1 added Picardy to the royal domain and so placed above the heart of France a stout buckler that was des- 1 tined to resist many an ugly and saw age blow
 l Y or 1lCoEuy 6lCardS, as the 1 grea test of French historians has called ! it. has always been a battlefield and it's peopie always warriors. The very
 towers and battlements of it's peace ful convents give to its hillsides the
 look of a country dotted with fortress
 es. Tradition says that the Picards owe their name to the pique. a. long
 and wicked lance which was their ia
 vorite weapon.
 France has had no greater fighter:
 than the proud and gallant Picart
 captains the Sires de Couey, in whose
 ar1norial device one reads the boast
 "Roy ne suis. ne prince. ne duo aussi
 ie suis le Sire de Coucy,'' and tht
 crumbling remnants of whose chateal was wantonly destroyed by the Ger
 mans in this war.
 When Francis I raised his army t do battle with his foes in England ant
 on the continent. one of his legion
 came from Picardy, and the first regi ment of national infantry in Fra nee history was the Regiment de Picar
 die" created by Henry III in 1888. Even in peace times the Picard
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
NAVAL HERO OF 1sl2-ALso FLAG MAKER

When the American flag of stars and stripes was decreed by Congress June 14. TIT, it bore thirteen stars and thirteen stripes. As new states were admitted to the Union a star and a stripe were added for each one. Early in 1918 the original thirteen states had increased to twenty, how ever, and 1t became evident that
 flag of twenty stripes would be rather ridiculous. The problem was referred to Capt Samuel Chester Reid. the nay al hero. and his recommendation that the numbre of stripes be reduced and kept at thirteen, to typify the original
 thirteen colonies which threw off the yoke of monarchy. while stars only be added to represent new states, was
 adopted by congressional action. The first flag of the new type, from
 which United States since has never
 varied, was made by Captain Reid's
 wife, and bearing thirteen stripes and
 twenty stars it was raised over the hall
 of the House of Representatives April
 B. 1913. Captain "Reid was born in
 Norwich. Conn. in 17S3. and when only
 II years old left home and went to
 sea. Adventures came his way early
 in life. for the ship he was on was captured by a Wrench privateer and Reid was held prisoner for six
 months. He served as midshipman
 for several years under Commodore
 Truxtun, and when the War of 1872
 broke out he look to privateering It
 was while commanding the General
 Armstrong that Reid won his laurels. His daring and bravery in defending his ship in attack from the British in the harbor of Fayal in the Azores, make him one of the romantic figures of naval annals
 How He Saved New Orleans. Being a newtraF port Reid had ex- pected' no attack from British vessels but the British commander, Comr1o- dore Lloyd, who appeared off harboT With a small feet. violated all laws and usages Of neutrality, and sent sey- eral large. and well manned launches i into the harbor to open fire on the 1 Arm strong
 A bright moon shone upon one of the most remarkable battles recorded Fourteen launches and brig made three separate attacks on the Americar vessel, and withdrew badly damaged i from the fire the Armstrong poured into them. Cahtain Reid, fearing ht could not stand a fourth encounter ordered the ship to be scuttIed to pre- vent the British from taking her. l To Reid and his brave men, al
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24

though few histories record the fact justly is due the credit of saving New Orleans from capture. Lloyd's squad ron was gathering at Jamaica, pre- pairing to invade Louisiana. The plan was to seize the Armstrong and use her as an auxiliary in the work But the British had not counted on the heroic resistance of the young com mander of the privateer and his crew: The British ships were so crippled that they were ten days late in reach ing New Orleans, and in that time Jackson had made ample prepara- tion to meet them. Had there been no delay at Fayal New Orleans would i have fallen.
 1 Reid returned a hero to the States. 1 Enthusiastic crowds, cheering and ap- plauding, greeted him everywhere. The city of New York presented him with 1 It's formal thanks and sword 1 A few years later came another honor when he was asked by con gressional committee to suggest permanent design for the national en- blem. Captain Reid was man of ! sentiment. He had reverence for the flag under which the heroes of the Revolution had fought and won liberty, and he undertook the design ing with enthusiasm.
 Was Not a Profteer. It is said that the flag Mrs. Reid made bore the twenty stars in the blue field in the form of q huge star. Reid had recommended that this de sign be used for the flags Of merchant ships, and that the war vessels carry flags with the stars in horizontal ar rangement He also recommended that Congress designate specifically how additional stars should be added The plan adopted and since followed in the making of American flags is to add the stars in horizontal rows.
 Reid was no proffteer and refused to send in a bill for the expense oi
 the banner he designed or the time
 taken in making it. He informed the
 officials that it was a very little thing and a very pleasant thing he and his
 wife had enjoyed doing for their coun-
 try
 In 1859 a committee was appointed in Congress to consider the propriet1
 of presenting thanks to Captain Reid
 then in his seventy seventh year, fol
 the design of the standard that va!
 winning homage and honor the worlC
 over, and accordingly the resolution
 of thanks was officially rendered him in behalf of the Nation.-kansas Cit! Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
sHTPBUILDfNG RESULTS.

Running up into large figures is the tonnage of vessels lost by the allied and neutral nations since the open ing of the war. In the past four years 14.024,o62 tons of shipping have been sent to the bottom. This makes a big hole in the merchant ships of the world for which the enemy and the usual causes of marine losses arc responsible.
 But the allied nations, including this country for tine past year, have not been idlein their efforts to replace these losses. So rapidly have vessels been constructed or acquired, that the purpose of the enemy to starve our England has been frustrated and there
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24
Cuticurd Heals Itching Pimples All OvefFaee and Arms. Large, Hard and Red. Face Was Dis figured. Troubled 6Months. Nothing Paref, Sweater For All Skin Troubtes Than
 Cutieasa.

"When working I hadtouse oil, and itgot into my flesh all over my face and arms. After while pimpies came and caused lot of itching, The pirnp1es were large, hard, and dark red. They itched every minute causing me to scratch. Every part of my face was disfgured.
 "This trouble lasted six naontha when saw CuticuTa advertisement, and made up my mind to ry them. After three weeks I was completely healed" Signed Joseph Peiio, 21s Wallace St., New Haven, Conn, Au- gust g, 1917.
 How often such distressing, disig- uring skin troubles might be prevented by everyday use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for all toilet purposes.
 SawpIe Each Free by Mail. Address pnet. card: "Cuticura, Dept. R. Boston." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 5oc.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-24

this habit he becomes as much a sign of closing season and the approach of harvest time as the fccki2g birds, or the developing golden rod which puts a Glint of gold on old New Eng land pastures through August and September. It does not seem to be done by moultng, for the first indiea- ton of change is the loss of the yellow glow of his feathers, and then gradually the male becomes dull olive green; so much like the female that it takes snarp-eyes to tell them apart This is a small matter; but the wisdom of the ages has not en- sbled man to tell how any bird changes the color Of it's plumage CT why it is brlghest in the gay song period