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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03
(EIectrical Experimentation.l )

Is it possible to nullify, and further to even reverse, the effect of gravity by electricity? This scientific conun- drum seems about to be solved, at least to a certain extent. To begin with, everybody is familiar with that law of physics which states ''that all particles of matter attract each other with a force which Is greater the nearer the particles are together" and to be still more definite Newton S law says that bodies behave as if every particle of matter attracted every other particle with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. It is the gravitational attrac- tion between the earth and the bodies upon it which causes the latter to have weight.
 This fact is often lost sight of and should be well understood by every student. To make the matter more clear let us imagine that a mans body is Gas by flying, jumping, diving from a high point, etc.,) for the mos ment separated from the surface of the earth. As soon as the mass of the body is separated from the earth, gravitational attraction is set up be- tween the two masses. The earth pulls the mans body, and also his body
 pulls the earth, but as the mass of the
 earth is infinitely greater, it's move
 ment cannot be detected.
 The scientists of today believe that | in some mysterious way the minute electrical charges existing on the par
 ticles making up molecules and atoms
 are definitely linked up and concern l ed with such basic phenomena as | gravitation. Since all bodies are
 made up of atoms it would seem to | logically follow that the forces o1 l gravity must depend in some way
 upon attractions which atoms exert upon each other, and due to the fact that the atoms are separated, at least | in solids and liquids, by extremely
 small distances, we might expect these
 interatomic forces to be relatively more powerful than are those of or l dinary gravitation. Until recently.
 however, the mystery linking this in- ter-atomic activity with the force o1 | gravitation baff1ed all attempts at so-
 lution, although many scientists had | tackled it.
 But at last experimental proof has
 been forthcoming through the untir- ling labors of Prof. Francis E. Nipher
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box and the large metal spheres. The large metal lead spheres now exerted a certain gravitationa1 pull upon the suspended small lead balls and the small lead balls were slightly pulled over towards the large spheres.
 In his first experiment Prof. Nipher applied a high tension current from static machine to the large lead balls
 No difference was noted whether the positive or negative terminals were applied. In one of these experiments the masses were "repelled" (normal gravitational attraction had been nullffied and changed to repulsion) by a force nearly twice as great as the initial gravitational repulsion.
 In further experiments Prof. Nipher ! decided to check his results. To do this he replaced the large solid lead spheres with two metal boxes, each 1 filled with loose cotton batting. These hollow boxes (having practically no 1 mass) tested upon insulators. They were separated from the protective screen by sheets of glass and were l grounded to it by heavy copper wires. I The metal boxes were then charged in every way that the solid lead spheres
 had been, but not the slightest change in the position of tho suspended balls
 could be detected. This would seem
 to prove conclusively that the Ire pu1sive'' and "gravitational nullif1ca-
 tion'' effects that he had produced
 when the solid large balls were cleo trically charged, were genuine and
 based undoubtedly on a true interato- mic electrical reaction, and not upon
 any form of eIecvtro- static or electro magnetic effects between thel arge
 and small masses. If they had been the metal boxes, with no mass, would have served as we'll as the solid balls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

neglect his own machinery more than that of his auto mobile or his guns7 Yet most people do neglect them selves. Their tongue has a dark brown color, skin sal low, breath bad, yet they fail to see that their machinery needs attention.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel- lets have been known for nearly half a century. They are made of May apple, leaves of aloe and jalap, made into a tiny pellet and coated with sugar. They are standard and emcacious. You can obtain them at any drug store in vials for twenty-five cents. Ask for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets-and get no. otherI
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03
CAN ELECTRICITY DESTROY EXAMINATION? PROBLEM NEAR
 SOLUTION BY PROF, N|PHER

of the St. Louis Academy of Science. In a pamphlet issued Nov. 8, 1917, Professor Nipher supplies experiment tai evidence that graHitational attrac- ton can not only be suspended or null1f1ed by the electrical current, but 1t actually can be transformed into ''gravitational repulsionr
 All during the summer of 1917, Prof. Nipher had his apparatus in almost continuous operation and the experiments have been repeated time and again, always with the same re- suit.
 Prof. Nipher's mechanical appara- tus resembled that used in the "Cav- endish experiment" by which it was first experimentally proved that New tons law of universal gravitational attraction applied to small bodies in their action upon each other at short distances, just as well as it did to small terrestrial bodies under the in- f1uence of the earth This apparatus l consists of a delicate torsion suspen- sion fiber, light, rigid arm at the lower end of the fiber suspension, and at either end of this bar two small | lead spheres of known mass. Two equal large balls of solid lead are | placed close to the small suspended spheres. Now, remembering our law of physics stated above-that every body in space attracts every other body proportionally to their respective masses and inversely as the distance I between them-then it is evident that when this apparatus is set up, that the small suspended spheres will be slightly attracted by the larger, sta tionary balls.
 Before connecting any form of electric current to the modified Cav endtsh apparatus, Prof. Nipher took special precaution to carefully screen the moving element from any electro static or electro magnetic effects. His apparatus briefly consists of two large lead spheres ten inches in diameter, resting upon heavy sheets of hard rubber. Two small lead balls, each one inch in diameter were now sus- pended from two silk threads, sta toned at the sides of the two large lead spheres, from which they were separated a little distance. Moreover, the suspended balls were insulated elaborately from the large shperes by enclosing them first alright in a long wooden box, which was also covered with timed iron sheets as well as | cardboard sheets There was, fur thermore, a metal shield between the
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pidly increased when the enemy is satisfied with his experimental work.
 What we have long looked for but what few people will be particu- larly anxious to see-is a develop ment along the lines promised long ago by Nikola Tesla, who was going to invent Cor had invented, forget which, system by which wireless electrical waves could be used for the destruction of cities, fleets and arm ies at enormous distances. Only a year or two before the war an Italian -one Signor Ulivi-startled the world by exploding mines and other con- trivances at distance apparently by means of ultraviolet rays" of his own discovery. Unfortunately for him, however, some one discovered that his mines were so constructed as to explode of their own accord af- ter a selected interval and Ulivi drop ped out of history.
 The wireless control of aircraft is thing that many of us have seen demonstrated on a small scale, an ''airshfp" being navigated and man oeuvred round a large hall, and var ious objects caused to drop from it merely by pressing buttons on the stage. One can conceive the possfbiI- ity of aircraft of this character being sent to drop cargoes of bombs upon arsenals and dockyards, but the oper- ator at his base would know nothing of the changing air currents through which his vessel was passing, or of the means that would certainly be taken to destroy it on the route. The Torpedoplane.
 | Most of our ideas regarding pos | sTble surprises yet to come naturally run along the lines of the develop ment of existing weapons. There are 1 bigger guns afloat now than there were when the war began, but there is a strict limit to the usefulness of such increases. The bigger the gun, the fewer can be mounted, and the slower the rate of fire-and there is, too, big difference between firing at target like Paris from a fixed base and firing at sea from swiftly moving and rolling ship at a target that is also rolling and pitching and steaming fast.
 Perhaps the most promising deveI- opment in naval warfare it the tor pedoplane-the six-year-old invention of Rear-Admiral Bradley Fiske, Unit ed States Navy, which has already been used by Germany and ourselves.
 It is really a seaplane carrying one
 or two torpedoes slung beneath it, and
 which can be automatically released
 from either the air or the surface,
 Such craft are especially favorable
 for the attack of fleets lying in barri- caded harbors where even submarines
 cannot reach them, and if ever "dig- } gin out" should be decided upon they are likely to play very conspicuous part. (By The InternationI News Bureau, Incl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03
THE MOST BACKWARD.
 AMERICANS ARE HERE

(By William Thompson, in World
 Outlook for MayO
 The blond Eskimos are in the state of civilization that our ancestors en- joyed when dinosaurs roamed about the fields where Chicago stands, and mastodons peacefully curled up to sleep where the national capitol now rises. They are a nomadic tribe, wan dering along the Arctic shores of Northern Canada, minding their own affairs, except, lik ethe animals in the zoo, when they are fed or annoyed by strangers.
 Way up in the northwest of Cana da around Dolphin and Union Straits to Coronation Gulf, live the fnysteri- ous Blond Eskimos of whom so little is known except few who have had the temerity to go among them. Tho murder of Fathers Larue and Rou- vier in 1914 by two of these strange people, who ate the priests flyers and pronounced them ''very good," bears testimony to their savagery.
 The instincts of these Blond Eski- mos are as primitive as those of pre- historic cavement; there is nothing in their arts and crafts which reflects civilization in any form. They represent several rowing tribes who live along the Arctic shores of Northwestern Canada In winter they make their houses in the ice, and in summer they go farther south to the Barren Lands, to get feathers, willow, moss, caribou and river fish. Their customs and cos tunes are unlike those of the Green land, Alaskan or Delta Eskimos.
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So far, at all events; there is noth- ing at all striking about the new Ger man weapon except its range. Its calibre is but 95 inches as compared among some of Krupps' produc- tions-with 15 inch naval guns, Is inch fortress guns, and TIT inch ho- witzers, and it's shell has to be so thick presumably to withstand the violence of the shock with which it is propelled from the gun that it is able to carry but a very small burst CT in comparison with it's size. It is the burster or high explosive charge the shell contains that is the princi- pal factor in it's destructiveness, for the heavier this is the greater will be the number of pieces into which the shell will burst.
 Projected by Acknowledgements
 There is no good reason, so far as we can tell at the moment, why the Germans should not do with a far heavier gun what they are now do- ing with a relatively small one. As suming they have discovered pro polling power of unusual energy, the rest is simply a matter of building a gun strong enough to withstand the explosion of the necessary charge. On the other hand it is quite possible that there is mo- charge at all. A few years ago I was circhlarized by an inventor who claimed to have dis covered a method of discharging pro- jectiles at enormous speeds and over terrific distances by means of electro magnetism, and one of the most curi- ous features of the whole thing was that the shell never touched the sides | of the bore while travelling down thre gun, being held suspended in a perfectly central position, and so es- caping all friction except with the atmosphere.
 Apart from wireless, it is extraor- d1nary what an insignificant part electricity has played so far in war but the Germans do not seem to have adopted this idea, for the usual cop- per driving bands (to engage the ri. fling of the gun and give the shell a rotary movement) have been found on the Paris fragments.
 l What We May Expect
 There is, no doubt this German weapon is one of the biggest mechan ical surprises of the war, and it i! not of the least use for experts hert to raise their eyebrows and say it i quite simple and there is really noth ing startling about it. If one sid,
 has artillery that can command { range of 90 miles, while the other cal cover no more than the usual 10 O
 whereabouts, it will seem to most peo
 pie that the one with the shorte
 reach may be in for a very uncom , fortable time. It is true that only on of these 90 milers has been report
 ed, but there is no obvious reaso-
 why that number should not be ra
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ries and giving out what information he has on the subject. He said the Nottingham trade would be gravely involved through the embargo but in the ajbsenece of any further official information he was unable to offer any hope of a. modification of the or der.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03
NOTHING STRIKING ABOUT
 NEW GERMAN LONG RANGE
 GUN SAYS NOTED WRITER
Allies Waiting for Developments Along Lines Promised by Nickola Tesla Some Time Ago-System by Which Electrical Waves Could Be Used for Destruction of Cities, Fleets and Armies at Enormous Distances.
BY PERCIVAL HISLAM

When the Victory led the British fleet into action at Trafa gar did not fire single gun until she lay within ten yards the stern of the French Bucenaure When Beatty picked the German cruiser squadron the Dogge Bank in January d95 he opened fire from his leading ship upon the tail end of 10000 yards-eleven and half miles, Today the Germans fngng shells into Paris from gun which is al 5 distant whose maximum range is estimated by experts at 94 miles-465,440 yards!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

The latest casualties list issued by the War Department contains the names of 5S men. Of this numb sr only two were killed in action.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

Frederick Fedodof and Tony Tachin, natives of Russia, were con victed of seditious urterances in ter sey City. Tachin was formerly an | w w
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

The new women's skirts are well supplied with pockets, but from the masculine point of view they are too far out of reach of their hands.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

Joe Jackson, noted slugger of the champion Chicago White Sox team, was placed in Class IA by Greenwood, s. C., district draft board.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

Senator Phelan told the Senate Mines Committee he believed a. bomb was planted in the cargo of the collier Cyclops, which is missing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

Bogus army officers imposing on people in some places. Place for them is the front line trenches.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

Twelve hundred men and women, the majority of whom are members of the I. W. w, were taken in a raid by the Federal authorities at Detroit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

I hereby declare to the United States Food Administration that I de- sire to purchase from ..-.--- ......... an amount of pounds of sugar for use for preserv- ing and canning purposes only, and that shall return any surplus not used for this purpose.
 Signed
 Address
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-03

party to illegal hoarding. Any proven violation of this regulation, according to the Food Administra- ton, will be cause for denying per- mission to sell sugar in any amounts. Similarly any purchaser misusing certificate will be deprived of the right to make further purchases.
 Dealers are being directed by the Food Administration to enter in a record book, the date, name of pur- chaser and amount of sugar purchas- ed and at the end of the week to mail the signed certificates to the Sugar Division, Federal Food Administra- tion, S6 Pearl street, Hartford. The only authorized form of certificate is as follows:
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
CAN NOW EAT AND SLEEP IN
COMFORT.

If troubled with indigestion or Sleep
lessness you should read what Miss
Agnes Turner. Chicago, ILL.,, has to say
"Overwork, irregular meals and care
lessness regarding the ordinary rules of
health. gradually undermine it until last
fall ! became a wreck of my former
self. ! suffered from continual head
ache, was unable to digest my food,
which seemed to lay as a dead weight
on my stomach. | was very constipated
and my complexion became dark, yell
low and muddy as l felt Sleeplessness
was added to my misery, and l would
awake as tired as when went to sleep.
heard of Chamberlain Tablets and
found such relief after taking them
that kept up the treatment for nearly
two months. They cleansed my stomach,
invigorated my system. and since that
time | can eat and sleep in comfort. |
am today entirely well.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
DOES BACKACHE WORRY YOU t?
Some Milford People Have Learned How
To Get Relief.

How many people suffer from an ach-
ing back?
How few know the cause?
If it hurts to stoOp or lift
If you suffer sudden, darting pains
If you are weak, lame and tired
Suspect your kidneys.
Watch for natures signal.
The first sign may be headache or
dizziness,
Scanty. painful, or too frequent
urinatiOn.
Nervousness or constant, desd-tired
feeling.
Avert the serious kidney disease.
Treat the weakened kidneys with
DoaR's Kidney Pills,
A remedy especially for sick kidneys.
Gratefully endorsed by residents of
this locality.
Mrs. E. A. Jester, Glendale. Del.
says: For a long while ! suffered
much from a painful back, resulting
from disordered kidneys. / used two
boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and they
cured me-" Statement given March
5, 1922
NO TROUBLE SINCE.
On April 8, 1916, Mrs. Jester said ::
"Doan's Kidney Pills surely did me
world of good. / have had no backache
or other kidney trouble since using
them. "
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Jester
had. Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buff
falo, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
NOTICE.

Beginning Monday, October 14th, The
Milford Creamery will receive Cream
twice a week -on Mondays and Fridays.
All patrons are requested to come regu,,
larly on these days. The Creamery Will
only be in operation on Mondays. Tues
days, Fridays and Saturdays. We ask
our customers to call for Butter on
these days as the Creamery will not be
open regularly on Wednesdays ana
Thursdays. 1O-ll-Zt
The MILFORD CREAMERY Co.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
PENALTY ON TOWN TAXES.

The taxes levied for 1918 by the Town
Of Milford must be paid before the last
day of October 1918 after that date
penalty of So is added to the amount OF
taxes and will be collected under pro-
cess of law as provided by the Charter:
The Receiver of Taxes can be found at
the Municipal Building on North Walnut
Street from a. m. to IL noon, and from
J p. m. until p. M, and from 6.SO p
m. until 8 p. m. lO-4-4t
john H. ROACH. Collector Of Taxes.
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IN MEMoRIAM.

In loving remembrance of Charles
Robert Atkins, who departed this life
October 9th, 1918.
Sleep on beloved, sleep and take thy rest;
Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast
We love thee well. but Jesus loves thee best.
Only Goodnight beloved. not 'farewell''l
little while. and all His saints hall dwell
In hallowed Union. indvisible.
Until we meet again before His throne.
Clothed in the spotless robe He gives His own.
Until we know even as we are known
Good might
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
FOR RENT

in town of Milton, best location in
southern Delaware for Clothing Store
and Ladies and Gentlemens Furnishings.
Store building new and well ventilated.
Steam heat and electric lights. Rent
reasonable. Possession given October
lst.
FIDELITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK,
9-l3tf Milton, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18

Notice is hereby given to all taxables
of the Tenth Representative District of
Kent County that your County Taxes
are now due. Unless they are paid at
once, will proceed to collect same by
due process of law as made and provid-
ed. This notice is final and | mean to
collect every cent of tax due me, i'm
mediately.
10-11-3tp J. FRANK SALEvAN,
Collector Tenth Rep. District.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
SINCERE GRATITUDE.

Mrs. William Bell, Logansport, Ind,
writes: Il deem it my duty to express
my gratitude for the good Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy did
me when had a severe attack of diar-
rhoea three years ago. 1t was the only
medicine that relieved me.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
NOTICE.

Delaware State tuberculosis Com
mission Dispensary for Sussex County,
at Georgetown, Delaware, open every
Wednesday at 4p. m. for the free treat
ment of chest diseases, and for admls-
sion to Hope Farm for white patients
and Edgewood Sanitarium for coloreo
patients. For further information write
to Miss ELIZABETH HAZARD,
Lewes, Delaware,
9-2O-1yr Sussex County Nurse.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
BRONCHIAL TROUBLE.

Mrs. A. E. Sidenberder, Rockfield,
Ind, states For an attack of bron-
chial trouble which usually assails me
in the spring l find Chamberlain's Cough
the only thing that gives me
relief. After using it for few days all
signs of bronchial trouble disappears.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
MAN WANTED.

An energetic and competent man
wanted to take care of small Live Stock
Farm. Steady work all year. Appli-
cant to state age, experience, references
and wages expected. Lakeland Farm
ION Haven Lake. Milford. 8-9tf
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

Do you know that beautiful woman
always has a good digestion? If your
digestion is faulty, eat lightly of meats,
and take an occasional dose of Cham
berlain's Tablets to strengthen your di-
gestion. Price 25c.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18

l have just received a new lot of large
Fat Mackerel, Nos. l, and 3, which
ON offering at the lowest possible price.
New Scrapple and Sausage on Saturday.
A large lot of Brooms will be sold as
LONG as last at so cents. A full line of
StaDle Groceries at bottom prices for
cash. w. S. Wroten.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
WANTED POULTRY.

Will pay highest cash price for all
kinds of Poultry. Phone and | will call.
6.14tf GEORGE E. REED,
Phone No. &C.. Milford, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
FOR SALE.

Two Building Lots on South Walnut
street; Milford, adjoining property of
: Ohm 5; Horton. 6Ox206 feet each; 20
foot alley in rear. Apply to
ltp }. B. WARNER, JR Dover, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
POULTRY WANTED.

Highest cash price paid for all kinds
A-1etf R. H. DERRICKSON.
Phone l44-R6. Lincoln City, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
OYSTER CRACKERS lac. POUND.

Special this week. If you are eating
OYSTERS, buy your Crackers here. Try
our 20 cent Coffee.
STEWARDS GROCERY.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
NOTICE.

lam prepared to teach Shorthand and
Typewriting to a limited number of
pupils. If interested, phone or call
MRS. VIM. C. SMITH,
1O-1Stf Kings Highway.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-18
GRAIN WANTED.

If YOU have any undergrade or un-
roarketable Corn, Wheat, Barley. Rye,
or oats, call at Lakeland Farm Con
Haven Lake, Milford, Del. 89tf