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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-04
aalnd Ones Self,

We owe II to mankind 10 give our
selves as we are to earth's aggregate
Of attainment and experience. We are
Indeed to ruise ourselves to our Nth
power Of existence and achievement,
but that highest power must still be
our own, Individually expressed. Even
though our best be poorer than some
one e1se's Indifferent medium, It will
be a thousand, times better for US and
for all, that humanity get each unde-
lived and incommunicable self rather
than that 1t receive an imperfect and
disappointing duplicate of another.
And Let us remember, also, both for
our comfort and our. inspiration, that
he who gives his utmost is at the last
analysis rendering greater service
than he who, though seemingly be.
slowing much, gives but a fraction OF
his possible being and doing to his
fellow men.-Philip Burroughs Strong.
Building Concrete ships,
Concrete chips will displace- the
wooden-walled Norwegian barque. it
% reported, the first Norwegian con.
crete ship having been launched at
the Horsgrund Cement Works, in the
presence Of the prime minister, NJ
Knudsen. The ship is built On an en-.
tireiy new system, with the bottom
upwards, In which extraordinary posi-
tioa the launching took place on a
sort Of underlying sledge which glided
ont With the ship, When the water
was reached the hun became detached
from the sledge and gradually sank
up 70 Z certain point, then subsequent
ly, slowly righted itself. The ship,
which u Of 200 tons burden, was built
In three weeks, but the next will only
require about half that time as the
original frame will be used for each
subsequent ship of the same size. The
casting Of the ship, when the frame Is
completed will this time take only two
days. It II intended to start the whole
sale building of iron and concrete
ships Of 200, 500 and 1000 tons. A
1.OO0-ton ship will be completed In SIX
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-04

WALTON & SHOOT
The Washington times., 1918-11-17


wnat mas taken place within them 70 allow
Inen owners such immunity from thirst
Ihese wiz De, probably, under the dirae-
uon OF Dr. Ernest 70. Smith, the president
CT tne ACADEMY who believes that the
problem involved concerns mainly the res
Tratofy organs and can only be solved By
autopsy,
IN revealing his curious and essentially
important researches Doctor Heller said:
Aiong the northern Guaso NytFo most
OF the Dig animals were drinking regularly,
elmer IN the river itself or In the rare
IiDutaIies. The country was - dry a. Q
Done the leaves on the thorn trees and
the harsh grass having Wtthered under the
intense heat OF many rainless mopths. A.
the good drinking places the ground was
cut deep by tnnumerable footprints of but
falo, eland, 0FyE, big zebra, common zebra,
waterbuek, impalla and gazelle. At one
time or another we saw most Of these
animals dFtnkingi We are convinced that
they were all drinking regularly. probably
once day.
We never saw the gerenuks drinking
or saw their tracks at the watering pIaees.
and We met individuals in pIaeaS "a Tar
from water that we are confident they
we're not drinking at ali. We never saw
the footprints OF the giraffe at any Of the
watering places save one, where we only
saw two OF them. In one pIace wa kent IN
contact with a herd for three days and are
reasonably confident that they did not
drink during that time.
The Washington times., 1918-11-17

Il is obvious that aI mammals vhich
can live without water and exist upos sgch
vegitation - 10 produced IN the desert
regions. have Iittls to fear from beasts q
prey. Roosevelt and Heller siso msntisn
q peeuiiay feature Of these girEGes ana
autelopes. They are 90 strong that they
can pnly be hsld By 9 lion vhen esiaed by
the threat. othsFiwss. ihsy break eway
ana escape. When . lion or other ear
nivors, driven bg scarcity o. pFpy, ven
lures into the deserts for victims, he must
make sure Of bis grip on the thF0st Or 20
without food; and he must speedily best .
retreat back TO the water courses.
The main interest in non-dFtnking crenr
rures, however, a. has been said, has to DO
with matters earthly thousands OF pears
henca. We have knowledge that the wateF
ca earth is gradually eyaporating. Some
day, H q claimed. here Will come shout
wateriess earth, when ah wsteF-nslHg
forms Of Iife VIII psFish, Not %, however,
those forms Of Iifs which have speciaiissd
to DO without water. euch forms 81 that
remote period WIN become the future q,
hsbitaats Of the gichs. snd ffom thsV win
The Washington times., 1918-11-17
By Dr. ". n. BalIou.

ccIENflsfs have long predicted that
one Of the possible ends Of our world,
aHd, Indeed. the probable one. win be
through its dEying up. We have constant
ly with us the moon. which has gone the
same way and whose "loVerI light" Is moth
ing but the sun rays reelected from the
deserts OF heF wateFiess face. specula.
ton upon life on Mars has always been
Hinged With the objecti0a that there is no
proof that the water left upon the red
planet 10 enough 10 sustain any kind OF
life such as We knoW-and certainly, leaV-
ing the canals ~ not proven, not enough
TO sustain lie of creatures such as our
selves.
The body Of every animal Of earth, of
vegetation and. In fact, of every living
thing, is largely water-theiF ratios never
oropptag below hfty per cent and some,
times YeachinR the astonishing total OF
ninetysaYs per cent These Watery con-
tents, Of course. have TO be constantly re-
neved, and earth still has enough and
many tines more than enough TO do this
NeVertheless, through certain natural
laws water d steadily. though slowly, dis
appearing from our world and inevitably
1t must reach the stage OF the moon.
Recent discoveries Of animals In Africa
"hANh 8NANAs gA4Ny bO NlNnOut uIluhtuh lcdI
In and year out have seriously modified
the views Of science upon mans ability TO
Withstand the distant catastrophe Of q dry
world, Observation OF these animals
makes It certain that the power OF the
organism 10 adapt itself to changing con-
ditions is far greater than has been sup
posed, and that there is, therefore, no rea-
son TO believe that mankind may not exist
or, at least, conscious intelligent beings
who once we're man, Up until the very
verge Of the end.
The discoveries hsse also supported the
belief Of those who hold that intelligent
life exists on Mars despite its conditions,
and gives strength 70 the doubt whetheT
cur own noon is not stIII the home Of
living forms, theory Of which Professor
Pickering, the distinguished American
astroncmef, was the foremost exponent
The announcement OF the existence Of
these non-drinking African animals has
Teen made before the New York Academy
Of Science by Doctor Edmund Heller, one
of the greatest Of American field natural
lists. When he made his announcement,
DR.. Heller had Just returned from many
2ears Of exploration In Africa. during
which time he was naturalist to the
Smithsonian, the Roosevelt and the Rainey
expeditions. He has now departed on Q
new expedition to the interior of Asia.
Arrangements have been made 70 secure
specimens Of the types he had under OBJ
serVation and for which he makes such
The Washington times., 1918-11-17

Q U r p rising
G / q 1 m .
When these
arrive ex-
perts Of the
N ew York
Academy, the
A m e r ican
Museum of
Natural HIS
tory and the
. m ithsoniap
! y . Htution
viii disseet
and study
their organs
a Alfaw-fnA
The Washington times., 1918-11-17

The
Retieulatsd
Giraffe
Which
Has
Sought
the Arid
Spaces of
Africa
to Avoid
Carnivorous
Beasts
and
Exists,
DR.. Heller
Says,
Without
Water.
(HerbeTf
Lang Photo,
American
Museums
Congo
Expedition)
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

calendar was reformed under Julius
Caesar, the year was made to begin on
the first day Of January. After the
adoption of Christianity in Europe, the
date of the beginning of the year was
changed to March in most countries, so
that Easter became recognized as a
New Years day. The reform of the
calendar by Pope Gregory, in 1852,
again changed the day on which the
year began, although in England it
continued to begin on the 25th of
March until the adoption Of the new
style" there in 1852. 49,
Christianity found Spring festivals
already in vogue in heather Europe,
and to these oldtime festivals many Of
the customs and superstitious rites still
connected with Easter are clearly
traceable. The name Easter, given to
the day by the Teutonic nations-the
Roman nations have retained the old
Hebrew name, pascha, under modified
forms, as the Jour de Paques, of the
French-is derived by Bede from Eos
ter or Ostara, the name of an old
Anglo-Saxon goddess, in whose honor
Spring festival was celebrated.
Grimm was unable to find any mention.
of a deity of this name among the an
cient Germans, but from the fact that
the month of April still bears the name
ostermonat Tin Old High German os-
tarmanoth), he did not doubt that such
a goddess, probably "the divinity of
the radiant dawn" had been known
among them. The old Oster festival
was clearly of solar character, a eel
ebration in honor of the birth or the
regeneration of the sun of the new
year. This is made evident, aside from
the known character of similar festi-
walls in other parts Of the world, by
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

ASTER Sunday was formerly
- equivalent to New Years day
though not the first day Of the
year it was the day on which
the opening Of the year was celebrated.
Historically the Christian Easter is
simply a continuation of the Jewish
Passover, which was celebrated on the
18th day Of the first month of the Jew
tsh year-that is, on the day of the
first full moon next following the day
OF the equinox. 1t has been questioned
whether any special observance of this
day was practiced or enjoined by the
apostles and the early Church Fa-
theirs; yet the words Of st. Paul II Cor.
5:7-6) seem to sanction if they do not
recommend an observance of some sort
and foreshadow the thought which
came finally to underlie it: For even
Christ our passover is sacrificed for
MS. Therefore let US keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven Of malice and wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of SINGER
ity and truth" According to the jew
ish tradition, the Passover commence
rated the passing of the Angel of
Death over the houses of the Israelites
in Egypt, the doorposts and lintels of
which had been sprinkled with the
blood Of the paschal lamb. The Chris
ttRns, in adopting the festival, gave it
a new significance. For thera the Saw
Tor became the true Paschal Lamb, and
the new festival commemorated His
resurrection on the third day following
the Crucifxion.
The proper day for celebrating East
er was one of the questions which the
Council of Nice "a. D. $3.50 was called
upon to decide. By the Eastern Chris
tians 1t was at that time celebrated on
the same day as the Jewish Passover,
without regard to the day of the week
on which it might fall. Among the
Western Christians, who held that the
crucifxion occurred on a Friday and
the resurrection on a Sunday, there
had arisen a custom of celebrating
Easter on the first Sunday following
the 18th Of the first month, and to this
custom was given the official sanction
OF the council. Furthermore, the rule
then established for fixing upon the
proper Sunday was designed partly to
prevent the possibility Of Easter ever
falling on the same day as the Pass
over, but the rule has failed on several
occasions to prevent this coincidence,
and at rare intervals the two festivals
came together.
Changes In Calendar.
The old Roman year, like the Jewish
year, began in March, when the sun en-
tesed the constellation Aries. When the
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

MARINERS
ENROLLING

Tampa, Fla, March 18.-(Special.)
Florida mariners are enrolling for
service on the shipping boards fleet,
applications being received almost
daily by Philip Shore, special agent
here for the Sea Service bureau, U. S.
Shipping board. Officers, engineers,
sailors-all manner and kind of sea-
faring men-will be required for the
merchant marine, which will carry
troops and supplies across the Allan
tic. AS the ships are fitted out after
leaving the ways, men must be assem-
bled to man them, and this is the task
of the Sea Service bureau.
A call is sounded from Atlantic to
Pacific, from the gulf to the great
lakes, for men to come forward as vol
unteers. Unusual opportunity for good
pay and higher rating is offered sea-
faring men by the creation of the
great United States merchant fleet.
And the names of the men, who can
be shipped aboard the vessels now be-
ing rushed to completion, are wanted
today, in advance of the need. To
those who make application, with re-
quest for immediate service, the Sea
Service bureau promises to do what it
can to ship them right away.
Philip Shore, Franklin Square build
ing, Tampa, Fla, is handling the Sea
Service bureau applications from
points along the gulf coast of Florida.
Tampa has been designated as an as
sembly point, to which the men will
be called when crews are needed for
the Emergency Fleet corporations
ships. Many applications have been
received, but thousands of men are
needed, and it will be necessary to call
from the many who have given up
going to sea large part of the sea-
men the country must have for it's
shipping.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

J. Newman Craig, jr., appreciates
the eternal fitness of things. His wife
presented him with a daughter last
week and the next day J. Newman
was out pushing a perambulator about
the streets. On being asked what this
was for he said he was "just practic-
ing" We peeped under the hood of
the carriage and what do you think we
saw?-a good-sized, healthy wash
board. ]. Newman is "practicing."
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19
Mrs. Haviland
a Madole Guest
Aids Local re.

Mrs. Haviland, one of the Madole
hotel guests, has, in novel way, made
eight dollars for the local Red Cross
chapter, which money is today being
turned over to the organization. Mrs.
Haviland, during her stay in Tarpon
Springs, has crocheted carnations over
pieces of cork, and sold them at TWEEN
ty-five cents each to various ladies in
terested in crochet work. The accom-
panying stanzas tell US what these lit
tie carnations are for:
Just little Carnation
l am sending now to you.
Do you wonder in what kind of garden
This little Carnation grew?
By just one loop, then another,
Without sunshine, or rain, or dew,
And that's why it lacks the fragrance,
This Carnation I send to you.
This flower is stemless, you'll notice,
But can be made useful, you'll see,
If you'll stick the point of the scissors
In the place where the stem ought
to be.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

many Of the Observances which it be-
queathed to Easter. Thus it was for
merly a custom all through the north
of Germany, on the night of Easter
Sunday or the third night following, to
kindle bonfres on all the heights, af-
fording magnificent spectacle, when
these fires were to be seen here and
there over miles of country. This Gus
tom had become simply mode Of
merrymaking, but it is held with plaus-
Utility that originally the bonfire was
symbolical Of the new fire that was to
warm the earth and quicken 1t into re-
newed life after the cold embrace of
winter. .s...e..
Ancient Popular Belief. i -,
Another indication Of the ancient
solar character of this festival is an
old popular belief, said to survive still
in Brandenburg and Saxony, that the
sun at the moment Of rising on the
morning of Easter gives three joyous
leaps, that he dances with youthful
Joy. This curious belief was not con-
fined to Germany. In the middle dis
tricts Of Ireland, according to Brand,
it was customary, after spending East
er eve in merrymaking and carous-
fng-watching the pot boil, the con-
tents Of which were to break the long
Lenten fast, yet must not be touched
before the growing of the cock-for
the whole company Of jewellers to go
out just at daybreak to see the rising
sun take his three Easter leaps. Sir
Thomas Browne, writing of popular
errors, mentions thus quantity the ex-
istence Of this belief in England: "We
shall not, hope, disparage the resur-
rection of our Redeemer, if we say that
the sun doth not dance on Easter day |;
and though I would willingly assent
unto any sympathetic exultation, yet
we cannot conceive therein more than
tropical (figuratiye) expression"
Perhaps there is no more striking illus
tration than this Of the power of an
inherited belief to live on in spite of
the testimony of all experience against
1T. In some places, apparently as an
alternative for giving up the belief
wholly, 1t was held that in order to
witness these three leaps one must
look, not at the sun itself, but at the
reflection of it in pool of clear water.
AS last resort, to save the belief, the
sun might be made to dance. Brand
could recall that when he was boy
he had seen ga vessel full Of water set
in the open air, In which the reflected
sun seemed to dance, from the tremu-
lous motion of the water" If the
mountain will not come to Mahomet,
then Mahomet must go to the noun
tain.
Among the customs handed down
through long ages and accepted by the
Church were those Of Easter eggs and
the Easter tale which the preacher told
from the pulpit, in lieu Of sermon,
connecting it with Christian reminis-
cences. Later still there were in Ger
many dramatic shows, named Oster-
spiele, executed by twelve performers,
one of whom, apparently, was the
Header, and represented Summer beat.
ing Winter out Of the land. The dances
land sports prevalent at this season In
Germany among the youths and maid.
Iens appear sometimes to have been
marked with something of the loose.
ness characteristic Of the floral games
in Italy. IL. ssa "a s.,,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

There are several versions of the
connection of the hare with Easter,
but the hare custom is exclusively pa
gan in origin and has nothing to do
with the Christian festival. In the East,
the hare played part In the mythical
life and adventures of Buddha. In
fact, several hare myths come out Of
India, the great reservoir Of religious
symbolism.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19

We are very sure that the Tarpon
Springs Red Cross chapter greatly ap-
preciates the efforts Mrs. Haviland
has expended in behalf of this great
cause.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-19
EASTER SUNDAY
new YEARS DAY
Originally Marked the Beginning
of the Twelve NOTWITHSTANDING
Festivals in Vogue Long
: Before the Time of
Christianity.
By REV. ARTHUR HOLT.

- ASTER Sunday was formerly
- equivalent to New Years day
though not the first day Of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-25
ASK REDUCED HOTEL
MENUS 70 SAVE FOOD

With the growth OF national de
mands for food conservation. labor
and thrift generally, all hotels have
been asked To reduce their menus and,
as far as possible, TO cut out all of the
foods that are needed for overseas
shipments.
II the alternative dishes now Offered
TO customers on each menu can be-
greatly reduced it will decrease the
labor required in preparation, the
stocks required in reserve, and the
waste arising from it.
Each manager or owner of the high
grade hotel has a positive influence
1t is impossible to maintain conser.
walton program in the home If those
who do not care 20 follow 1t can get
everything they want at hotels.
The greatest diet difficulties in Ger
many are due to the fact that the poor
man realizes that the big hotels don't
play the game Any delicacy can be
bought by a rich man. and this has
honeycombed Germany with graft
But travellers in England are i'm.
pressed with the scarcity Of food I'm
hotels there. Her upper classes are
DENYING themselves the most and TAX.
ing the heaviest burc us
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-25
"Because-"

Jelly has been busy with riddles.
"Now !" she cried ana held up for pub
lie inspection the legend, "Why did
the orange Ice crcamY printed I'm large
letters. because II saw the sausage
roll under the table" said Elfrlda.
my own Is much better" announced
Jelly evidently bursting 70 declare Il.
She was cordially urged to do so. "Be-
cause II saw the lemon sponge on the
dumb waiter" she proclaimed tri-
rnnphantly. quite nice and cool"
said Janet approvngly. "rhe vista OF
possibilities You open upw murmured
Peter. "For instance, II might have
seen the banana trile with the maids
Of honor. Or the gooseberry fool with
the nuts from Brazil. All very pain-
ful to mn orange Of really nice feeling.
But I like your dumb wnltcr. All
the Jonescs," by Beatrice Keiston.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-25
Make Pets Of HornbllIs.

The yellow hornblll, one Of the most
interesting Of the species, Is COM
purntlyely fcnrless bird ana Is easily
Killed. The male Is fond Of porchng
on the tiptop OF tropical trees and
making noise like n young puppy.
The natives In Africa find young
hornbllls easily tanned. They dig the
birds out of the tree nests when quito
young and raise them on milk and
berries In their huts. When grown
the hOrnblll remains attached to its
foster parents and win eat out Of the
same dishes. Left free, the hornbill
comes and goes much rs does pet
crow and remains about the hut un-
I'll the first mating senson, when II
goes away with one Of its kind, rare
~ 10 return.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-25
Iceland Mills Potato Flour.

Iceland is prepa" ing to handle heI
excess potato crop by installing pota
to milling machinery so that the pc
tato starch can be used as a partial
substitute for wheat. Shortage of ship
ping with a consequent curtailment OF
imports has made it impossible tc
maintain her wheat supplies.
Next year the potato crop in Wis
consin will have greater value
through the increased demand for pc
tato starch for food and for CONNER
cial work in the stiffening of textiles
and paste for paper hangers besides
the consumption in ordinary cookery
At present the only potato flour mill
in this state is in Polk county.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-25
War Won't End Food Crisis.

1t will take eighteen months after
the war to demoblize the armies now
in France After that, tens of thou
sands of men will be kept busy putting
France, England, and Italy back into
something like normal shape So for
the next two years, even if speedy vic
tory is ours, there will be vast pop
ulation dependent for food upon us
So whether the news from the front
be good OF bad, this country must not
slacken production and conservation
one whit but ward off a state of affairs
which could be worse than war itself
The world must not starye
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-25
TIE RAND nE MOTHEkS-

"There is no more splendid figure In
American life today than mother
who has sent forth her son TO tie bat
tlelield to hight for human rights, .
says The Evening Herald, OF Fail Itiv
err, Mass.
"And so we admire and look az 10
the War Mothers OF America today and
do them homage. 1t is they who have
given the army that has taken the
field TO fight for home and country
Nor should they be permitted TO merge
with the general stream sweeping
down through the ages unnoticed and
forgotten after the light has been won
and peace has been declared,
"The organization OF War Mothers
q America, continues the Herald
''means much TO the country and To
the cause for which we are lighting
Such an organization, we believe
would mean much 10 the mothers
thems elves who have sent their sons to
war. Surely there could be no band
OF nober women, none more deserving
OF honor, love and encouragement.