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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Take Up Study Of Navigation

Columbus followed this method, for
want Of anything better.
Given sextant and chrOnOmeter, the
navigator today reduces the Job of
finding his position to one of careful
figuring. Latitude is found by Obser-
walton Of the height. or altitude. of the
sun at noon.
Longitude is quite another thing, 1t
being the distance between two places
on the earth's surface, expressed in
degrees. 1t is based on the rotation
of the earth on its axis every "a hours,
causing meridians Is degrees apart-a
meridian being q line between the
equator and the poles-to pass under
a certain fixed point In the heavens at
One-hOur intervals.
For determining longitude all chro-
nOmeters used on American and Brit
ish ships are set on the time of the
meridian Of Greenwich observatory,
near London. French ships figure
from the meridian Of Paris.
Knowing by his chronometer the
time at Greenwich, and by observation
of the sun at 8 a. m. or p. m. his own
time, the mariner. by the aid Of tables,
has only to find the difference in these
two times, to find his distance In de-
grees from Greenwich. This found,
the distance is easlfy expressed in
miles. and marks his position on his
chart.
"Dead Reckoning"
Prior to the perfection Of the chro-
nOmeter, the common method Of deter
mining longitude was by dead reckon
ing" that is, estimating a ships run
day by day. by means Of the log. de-
vice for telling her speed by means Of
! the rate at which knots In q line, paid
out astern, with wooden log" at the
end, slipped over the rail in a given
number of seconds. This was uncer-
tain. and battling winds and foul
weather made it entirely unreliable.
Many fatal shipwrecks resulted from
! mistakes in estimating q ships position
by dead reckoning. England lost sew
eral Of her best ships Of war In the
eighteenth century by their losing
their bearings and crashing upon q
rocky shore. One Of its bravest ad-
mirals, Sir Coudesley Shovel, lost bis
life in q wreck caused in this way.
The world owes much in navigation
to the Portuguese. as 1t was Prince
Henry the Navigator Of that nation
who collated all the ancient lore on
the subject, in the fifteenth century
and pointed the way to better means
Of determining latitude than by the an.
\ cient astrolabe and cross staff.
| The sextant and chronometer were
both Of English origin. however. and
were brought out within five years OF
each other. the sextant in 1871 and the
chronOmeter-an improved clock-in
1875. Modern navigation. such as sc
many Americans are studying today
may be said to date from the perfec
ton of these two instruments.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
GOING OVER TOP IS
BETTER THAN FOOTBALL

Admission, Ala.-Tom Mcclure.
former Auburn football star, de-
clares that going over the top In
France beats charging into an
opposing eleven. In a letter re-
ceived here Mcclure tells Of 60
ing lover the top" with the
United States engineers four
times. He was in the thick Of
the recent hostilities that result
ed In several American casual
ties. but declares the game in
France beats football at that.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Hello Girls on Warpath,

Sandusky, O.-"Hello girls" are talk
ing of refusing to answer the Ques-
ton: Thine. pleaseY They say
they have been keeping tab on their
calls and have found that they are
considered human clocks between 5000
and 5000 times every "a hours.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Sheep to Save World.

Salt Kale.-"Sheep will save the
world" declared DR.. Issa Tanimura,
Japan's commissioner of live stock,
while addressing the National Wool
Growers association here. He added
that Japan would need 50,000, 900
pounds Of wool In 1919.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Enemy Only In Record.

UniOntown. Pal may be an alien
enemy on the records. but in spirit you
can count on me as an American, first
last and all the time." said Henry
Theodore Klein, the first German to
apply to the local police station fol
registration.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Gold In the Head's

oons who are eubject to frequent "colde
In the head" will md that the use of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii
build up. the, System. cleanse the BLOOD
Repeated attacks Of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX:
On internally and acts through the blooo
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
All Druggists TIC. Testimonials free:
$4,000 for any case Of catarrh thet
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE VIII noe
n J. Cheney q Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
ALL HIS SONS IN The WAR

Perhaps the only chief executive
OF state In the Union who can boast
of having all his sons In the war Is
Gov. Richard 1. Manning of South Car
DINA.
At the ANIMAL convention Of the
brotherhood Of st. Andrew recently
held in Philadelphia the governor said /:
Il do not know whether many of you
have sons In this war. l have five of
them in it. The youngest of them.
only eighteen years old. recently came
to me and said:
81 know your views about educa.
ton. know you feel I ought to stay
on at the university and make myself
better equipped man. a more efficient
man but l feel that my duty is in the
fighting line. / feel that hereafter !
will never be able to Justify myself or
to forgive myself II fail to do that
which think is my duty. I have
never disobeyed you. but I want to say
to you frankly that II you tell me I am
to tell you now that am going to run
L.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Another Slap At Fritz.

Wausau. Wisely a vote Of 1912
ayes and not single no the stockhold-
ers of the National German-American
bank have decided to change the name
Of that institution to the National
American Bank Of Wausau.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Pigs Stay In City Limits.

Piedmont, w. va.-"Pigs il pigs"
and as such they will be permitted to
thrive within the borough limits. The
momentous question was decided at .
hot special election recently, when the
hog supporters won out By . majority
Of 80.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
At the Reception.

"What strange manners that author
has," Eyes. II you didn't know he
was a literary lion you'd mistake him
for an educated pig."-BOston Tran
script.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels Ad.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

The man who sees nothing In life
but toiling and existing has reached
the brain force of the chlpmunk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

A smile is spiritual sunlight-but 10
has some rough clouds to chase OF OF
some mighty rough faces.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

The good should be merry. Saintli-
ness doesn't 60 around making faces
at itself.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

allied armies, which are used back of
the trenches by soldiers. Many more
wheels are being sold In this country,
too, II Is said.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

Two editors fought a duel in Spain.
Both were roundly applauded by the
public.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Wa, Aida Bicycle Trade.

Chicago.-War has given new life to
the bicycle, according to wheel man.
ufacturers here, and they are busy
making bicycles for the American and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

THAT GRIM WHITE SPECTRE,
Pneumonia, follows on the heels Of q
neglected cough or cold. Delay no
longer. Take Mansfield's Cough Bal.
sam. Price SOC and $1.OO.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

When some people are praying tor
sunshine and others for rain nothing
much happens.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

to
distinction being
evils for four and q
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

hall there herading
panha
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

Pflee Cured In TO II Dayo
10 cure itching Blind, bleeding or Protrud:ng PteA
Ent application gtvee relief. w.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

After all. the Spectator 10 q sort
of bargain counter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

not this then tell
sway! And that boy u In the heavy artillery In camp"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

Afraid Of Churches.
"YOu seldom go to church."
mo. / was married In one."-De-
troit Free Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
FOUR BALES PER ACRE

The man who never forgets any
thing would be all right II he forgot to
boast Of It occasionally.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
WASH THE KIDNEYS!

All the blood in the body passes thru
the kidneys every few minutes. This Is
why the kidneys play such an important
role In health or disease. BY some myS-
FERROUS process the kidney selects what
ought to come out Of the blood and
takes 1t out. If the kidneys are not
gOOd-wOrkmen and become cOngested-
poisOns accumulate and we suffer from
backache, headache, lumbagO, rheu-
matism or govt. The urine Is often
cloudy, full of sediment; channels often
get sore and sleep Is disturbed at night.
30 1t Is that DIR. Pierce, of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo,
n. Y, advises washing the Kidneys"
by drinking six to eight glasses Of water
between meals and then IL you want
to take harmless medicine that will
clear the channels and cure the annoy
ing symptoms. go to your druggist and
get Anuric double strength), for Coo.
This "Anuric," which Is so many times
more potent than lithia-will drive out
the uric acid pOisons and battle the kid
neys and channels in a soothing liquid.
If you desire, write for free medical
advice and send sample of water for
free examination. Experience has
taught Doctor Pierce that "Anuric" Is
a most powerful agent In dissolving
uric acid. as hot water melts sugar.
Send DR.. Pierce 10c for trial package.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Washington Times Probe
 Postponed by Senate

Washington, October 2-Inqulry into the purchase of the Washington Times by Arthur Brisbane with money fur Senate judiciary subcommittee today aft CT putting into the record papers sub mtted by A Mitchell Palmer, alien prop erty custodian, and Mir. Brisbane.
 The subcommittee will not resume It's work until it receives documents for which the attorney general has been asked. and until the full committee de.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

Irish Lads show of courage in the running on the Suburban Handicap of 1904 ever may rank as the most sublime been seen on the turf.
 The great son of Candlemass-Arrow- grass was a doubtful starter in the clas- sic. He had been suffering for weeks with ringbones. But, at the last min- ute, the trainer of Irish Lad got him in such shape that it was figured he could travel the mile and a quarter and have chance for victory.
 Seven horses started-seven wonder full thoroughbreds. Irish Lad, together with the world famous waterboy, carried top weight-127 pounds. Major Dainger- field, packed 124. Highball 115, Eugenia Burch, winner of the American Derby 11o Ort Wells .10s and Broomstick, a g. year. old, 1O4. Waterboy was the favor ite in the betting, with Ort Wells close second choice, Irish Lad third and the lightly weighed Broomstick, fourth choice.
 Irish Lad, piloted by Hildebrand, shot to the front with the break and soon
  just breezing to the quarter mile mark. Chasing him to the half mile mark, which was reached in AS To, were Broomstick, Highball and Waterboy. in the order named. Then, sensing that Irish Lad instead of slowing down was increasing his pace. Tommy Burns aboard Waterboy, began to make his move and his big black horse, with gigantic strides, moved into third posi- tion and then got to even terms with .he second place Broomstick.
 But neither Broomstick or Waterboy could gain on Irish Lad and, as the leader flashed past the three quarter mile mark in 1:1235 he was holding ms lead-and still moving along easily with a graceful stride. Just as the crowd began it's shrieking Irish Lad wins in walk" the great horse was seen 10 falter, then almost to stumble. A groan went up from his packers as he slowed down and permitted Broomstick, now fairly skimming over the ground, 10 move up to about even terms with nm as the seven furlong mark was reached.
 Irish Lad has broken down, groaneo his following. And so he had. one oi his legs had gone wrong Irish Lad was crippled. And when such crippi1ng comes in race to 99 horses out of 100, they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
RUTH BEST HITTER
 AMONG PITCHERS Red Sox Rifleman Leads Hurlers of All Time in
 Batting Record

Babe Ruth's great hitting record the past season and particularly his unusual distinction, for pitchers, of leading his team in batting in runs, calls attention to some pitchers of the past who also were valuable to their teams, going back to the days when the idea that pitcher could not be expected to hit did not prevail. They did not furnish the runs batted in" in those days, so that actual value can be determined, but probably no pitchers ever lived who were more valueable to their team or teams with the stick as were Dave Foutz and Bobby Carruthers in the old days of the great St Louis Browns.
 Even though they were pitchers, Foutz and Carruthers were two of the best batters that ever lived. and doubtless they would be as effective with the wagon tongue today as they were in those yesterdays of long ago. Faster and fleet CT of foot than the clumsy Ruth, Car ruthers and Foutz helped their teams on the base paths as well as with the ash. When will we look upon their like again?
 For all minds that have been young there is a radiance of attraction that nothing can obscure over the baseball days of long ago. Remembrance hal lows them and the names of vanished players come back to us through the mists of time.
 Foutz was the champion batsman of all hurlers as well as great pitcher. Carruthers was everything as pail player This pair won four pennants for the old Browns and won one world championship and tied another.
 Their boxwork was of superior order and they led all pitchers in hitting. on the mound Ruth cannot compare Tn CT fciency with Foutz and Carruthers' Physically, he was more than their equal, but in brains, cunning. craft, control ana curves Ruth would run the proverolai third"
 But in one respect Ruth has carved out immeasurably greater fame tnah either of the former Brownies. That IS in home runs. Ruth in four seasons has driven out 20 of these circuit cloutss Foutz made IA homers during his pltcn- ings days and Bobby Carruthers put r.
 Ruth created another record when ne hit four home-runs in as many consecu- tive days.
 Here are the hitting records TOT sotho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETT

drop back, hopelessy beaten, to finish limping on three legs. But that day Irish Lad showed his gameness-dls- played courage that was as sublime, as wonderful and as thrilling as any in the entire country of the racing game.
 Almost without urging by his jockey, Irish Lad, seeing Brodhstick alongside of him, began to run again with all the power in his legs. Turtles insist that a horse, stricken as was Irish Lad, sui fers excruciating agony with every stride. And Irish Lad suffered. But he was race horse-and seemed 10 know he was on the track that day for the purpose of winning-despite every thing.
 So Irish Lad ran-with speed that few horses ever have shown before or since. Broomstick, speeding along with ma jest1c strides tried to shake off his crip- Iied riva-but to no avail. The mile post was passed in the wonderful time of 1:S7 4-5-and still Irish Lad fought nose and nose with the sound horse who had a 23-pound advantage in the weights. The pace had become so fast that Wat erhoy was forced to drop back-hope- lessly beaten.
 Through the quarter mile home stretch, Irish Lad and Broomstick fought 1t out. Side by side they raced on, with their riders beating them unmereifully With the crowd shrieking in delfrium, the two horses swept along to the far end of the stand and then, still nose and nose, began the cyclonic dash to the wire.
 A hundred feet from home they were nose and nose-50 feet from home they were still on even terms. And even as they flashed across the finish wire, with the rest of the field distanced, they were so close together that the crowd was divided 40-40 in it's verdict as to the real winner, with the other 20 per cent insisting that it was a dead heat,
 There was little delay among the judges-and then Broomstick's s number was hoisted. And the time-2 minutes flat-established a worlds record for the distance which although questioned still stands as the standard performance for the mile and a quarter.
 A great race horse was Irish Lad, wonder during his early racing days during which he accomplished many glorious deeds. But the crowning achievement of his career was that day In 1904, when, on three legs, he ran nearly half mile and forced a horse to travel in worlds record time to beat him by a whisker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Athletic Activities
 in Training Camps
THE cANNY sCoTCHMAN

One of the most popular men at the recent Blue Ridge conference of the M q A. physical directors of the southeast was J. Hume Mcdonald. oox- inc instructor. at Camp Jackson, 5. 2. Mac" a Boer war and Zulu repellon veteran, conducted school or poXiilg ana bavonet fighting for the "" men at the instance of R. c. Cubbon, Y. M c. A. physical director for the south east. His daily classes were largely attended and the work was enthusiast ically entered into. Mac put all or his characteristic pep into the work and no one in the class worked any harder than the teacher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
QUARTERLY FIGURES

The quarterly figures of the Y. M. C. A. physical department show the immensity of the work accomplished by this department in entertaining the soldiers and sailors in the southeast through athletics
 There were I94.625 games, bouts. meets, etc, conducted during the months of June, July and August, in which 2.064.S31 men engaged. These games were witnessed by 5,061,371 men, making total of 7.202,602 total men reached either as participants or spectators by the physical activities for the three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Baltimore Heads High
 Cost of Living List

Washington. October 7-Baltimore which investigations so far have been made by the government, with Philadel- phia second. A report today showed that in the Baltimore district costs have increased So.1S per cent since Decem- Der, 1914, and 2462 per cent since last March. The increase in Philadelphia was 67.17 per cent since 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
SWIMMING GROWING

> Swimming has become most popu- lar sport in the camps of the south east, 105,691 men engaging in the swimming programmes arranged by the Y. M c. A. physical directors dur ing the month of August. Baseball in which there were 150,561 partiei- pants, was the only sport to exceed swimming in the number of partici- pants in August Volley ball ranked third with 96,106 participants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

termines whether the investigation should be confined to the Washington Times purchase or extended to the general prop aganda and activities of brewery rn,er- ests
 If Congress recesses shortly over the election period. the inquiry will go over until November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Today's s Casualty List
fcontinued From Page Thrce)

William W. White, Perkasle, Ia. David Woodward, Oaks, Okla. Andrew Wroubel, Schenectady, N. Y. Harry c. Ball. Brooklyn
 Abraham Berkowitz, New York Washington Bezucha, Hillsboro, Wis. Joseph Rowan, Sheboygan, Wis. Richard Bollatto, Essex, H.
 Max Boutwell,, St. Louis
 Dale s. Doyle, Hoboken, Pa.
 Julian Brandhorst, Nasville, H.
 John F. Brenneman, Columbia, Pa William Bress, New York
 Erwin Brown, Neeah Va.
 Henry L. Buschkaroff, Brooklyn. Lee Cassidy, Washington, Pa.
 Frank l.. Cole, Cherryvale. Kan. Coleman T. Conroy, Caraopolis, Pa Howard Dauterman, Buffalo, N. r. stephen V. Derrig, New York Patrick Dubreuil, Manchester, N. Ii. Abraham J. Dunn, Brooklyn, N. Y Buren Augustus Cheesman, Chicago. George Fletcher, Forest City Pa. Thomas F. Flood, Brooklyn, N T. Luther D. Toilette, Boyne City. Mich. Nathaniel J. Ruvinsy, Brooklyn, N. Y. Delmore Sargent, Bethel, o. < James E. Schweiser, East Ashland, 
 Edward Eugene Scofield, Detroit. Ira S. Seaman, Danville, III.
 Glenn Melvern Sergeant, Ithaca, Mich. Carson C. Shaw, Boardman, N. c, 7 C/ler Philip Shell, Summerfeld. Q. Mike M Shereda, Freesoii, Mich James W Simpson, Yonkers. N. Y. Samuel H. Smith, Jr., Oxford, Pa Ernest Stoner, Watson, Mo. Charles E. Sullivan, Cambridge, Mass. Raymond Truesdel1, Cleveland, o. Clyde C. Underhill Omaha, Neb. Louis F. Vaughan, Somerset, Ky. George H. Wentzel, Charleroi, Pa. Larken Whitman, Pickering, La. Edwin Johathon Williams, Mayfield, Pennsylvania.
 Samuel M Woolley, Wellsville, O. John Perry, Burlington, N. c. Milroy James Platner, Bridgeport, Ill. Hughie Aloysius Plunkett, Swath- more, Pa.
 Abram Portray, New York Fay Frees. Rexton, Mich. Harry Price, San Francisco. Ollie E. Pullen, Hickman, Ky. Glenn A. Pullman. Herkimer, N. Y. Ferdinand M. Rees, New York. John Reraback. Perkasie. Pa. Allessandro Reval, Core Pellice. Italy.
 Charlie c. Riddle, Candor, N. c. Albert L. Roberts, Scranton, Pa Leonard E. Roberts. Atlanta, Ga. Ross R. Robinson, Atlantic, Ia. Ross R. Robinson, Cole Camp, Mo Pietro Rondina. Fariop Per Cuccur Ano., Peraso. Italy.
 Ernest Joseph Rozumalski, Dunkirk, New York.
 Stanislaw Ruszecki, Pittsburg. George B. Secrist, Indianapolis, Ind. Harry c. Sedin, St. Paul. John Francis Farrell, Saugerties. New | ork.
 Jerry Ffnelli, Chicago. Solomon Gertler, Brooklyn. Bernard GeselIer. Philadelphia. Harry Gillespie. Waterbury, Conn. James Gilson Columbus. OA Charles H. Greene, Jersey Shore, Pa. Cecil E. Greene. Selma, Ala. Gilbert F.. Gregory, Huntington, West Virginia.
 George H. Griffin, Columbus, O. Augustine Gurino, Pueblo, Col Francis Edmund Hall, East Provi- dence. R. I.
 Edward F. Hermann. Philadelphia. William Hinkson, Bridgeport, Conn. Howard J. Jeffs, Philadelphia Henry Jones, Antioch, Cal Isadore Kaufman, Denver, Col. John Y. Kinder, Cleveland, o. Francis E. King, Dorchester, Mass. George T. Knoll. Philadelphia. Sampson D. Koch. Pottsville, Pa- Salvatore La Rocco, Brooklyn. John Wesley Leffel. Chicasha, Okla. Isadore D. Lehman, New Haven, Conn. Philip H. Lucas, Mechanicsburg, Pa. William McGoldrick, New York. Harry Phillip Mclaughlin, Hastings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
MANY BOXING BOUTS

That boxing is considered an essen tial sport is evidenced by the "Y' ac- tivity reports on this sport, in the southeastern department. There were sS.4S6 boxing bouts conducted by the Y. NJ. C. A. in the camps of the south east during August, leading all other sports in this respect. Baseball ranked second in the games conducted. 10.622 games played. Quoits came third with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

George Myers. westport, Conn.
 Died of wounds. previously reported killed in action:
 Private Ralph w. Davis, Council Bluffs, Iowa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, THURSDAY OCTOBER g. 1918

James A. Donohue. Buffalo, N. Y. Otho C. Holland, Middlesex, N. c. Frederick R. Jacobson, Rick Island, Ill. Henry Johnson, St. Paul, Minn. Leo B. Kelly, Port Jervis, N. Y. Leonard W. Kirchman. Hamilton, Tex. Samuel s. Kosher, New York. Livingstone Latham, Cincinnati Joseph G. Saunders, Colusa. Cal.