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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Little Interest Taken in Primary
Election for Delegates to
State Convention.
StAY Correspondonce OF Every Evening

Stan Correspondence or Every Fventuc
New Castle, Aug. l9.-The primary
election held on Saturday, to elect dele
gates to attend the State Convention,
10 be held at Dover tomorrow, resulted
as follows: First district, Harry W.
Hushebeck, alternate W :. Leslie Cramer; !;
second district, James W. Foster, alter
nate, Samuel Mcknitt; third district,
George Williams, alternate, George Har-
ris: fourth district, Willard Murray,
alternate. John Jester; fifth district,
Clayton ID. Appleby; alternate, Walter
S. Burris
Margaret c. Murphy, daughter Of
Patrick and Ann Murphy died on Satur-
dav, aged 3S years. The deceased was a
sister of Postmaster John p. and Francis
Murphy The funeral services will be
held tomorrow morning. High mass at
Q O'Clock in the st. Peters r. &. Church,
Rev. Frederick V Campbell officiating,
intermcnt in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs. Rufus Bradley of North Second
street, was taken to the Delaware Hospital
on SATURDAY. for treatment
Minnie Roy who was taken to the
County Hospital several weeks ago for
treatment, died yesterday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
VIRGINIA HOUSEKEEPER
TeIIs Of Remedy for Chronic Coughs.

LtUs OF FFWtNy TOT 'HTVHIF FDUKNF'
Crockett, Va had . chronic cough,
was rundown, OvprwOfked and hardly
able to keep about and do rny houaeuora,
when my druggist asked Tne to trJ @noL
! quickly improved by ~ use my rDuVh
has disappeared and it has built me up ~
every way Mrs n HOnnshrli
The reason we guarantee FlnDl De-
cause II j. d constitutional remedy COM
tanning beef and cDd liver pcptone.. =
builds up the entire system and removes
the cause of coughs and colds = y.
Danforlh and Druggist eyerYR bere
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19

W A-a< N<@<A SCN4 8 -
eral run down con
dition with head
aches and pains in
my side. Ny sister
induced me TO try
Lydia <. Pinkham's s
We g e t a b c Com
pound / found it
b e p e d me very
much and such a
splendid tonic that
| am recommend
ing it TO any woman
who h a G similar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19

ton district Of the Second Representative
district, Second Election district ~ the
Third Representative district, and IN the
Second and Third Election districts Of the
Tenth Representative district.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19

why do you always dine where there
an orchestral
CAS- a matter OF precaution. Some
times the music helps me TO forget the
food, and sometimes the food helps me
to forget the music. New Haven
Register.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
Up AGAINST IT.

~ have q commission ~ do . pain'ini,
of ten dollar bill"
"Wcil2'
And was Just wondering where |
could hire a model. Judge.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19

Until Further Notice

A step taken upon request Of
the Federal Fuel Administrators
and one which will result in de-
cided conservation of coal, cleo
tricity and man-power.
Always in the Forefront, Philadel-
phia's Leading Department Stores
Are Glad to BE Able TO Make
Possible in This Way the Further
ance of Our Country's Plans for
the Speeding Up Of the War"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
MRS. LEWIS
OF BROOKLYN
Tells How She Was Made
Well by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn, N. y" For one year
was miserable from a displacement,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19

Our enemies crossed two rivers at once
the Marne and the Styx
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
AND EVEN MORE!

Jac0 bean rak IN
W iIliam & Mary design.
60-inch buffet S IS
. extension table. large
! china closet. serving
, table, q re genuine
. leather seat chairs and
) one arm chair.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
RED CROSS SAVES SOLDIERS
ORGANIZATION Acts on Theory That II
Is Better to Heal Wounded Fight
err Than to Pension His Family.

Long ago some one remarked that an
ounce of taffy Is worth u ton of cpl
taphy. A 10-cent bunch Of violets to
the living outweighs a $50 funeral
wreath for the dead.
That's the motto of the Red Cross,
says writer in the Philadelphia
Ledger. 1t is much cheaper to soothe
and heal a wounded soldier than to
pension his family.
Erecting monuments at Gettysburg
and Valley Forge is well enough lift!
or q hundred years after the events
but a dollar for the stricken soldier
EQUALS q hundred dollars In marble
over his body.
Red Cross money Is an insurance
policy. What does it insure against?
Philadelphia's 100000 will surely
preserve scores of lives. So it insures
against death itself, which Is some
thing an ordinary insurance polio,
does not do.
Wipe out Philadelphia's hospitals
and how many more persons will dix
every year? Doctors tell me the mum
Der would be many hundred.
Deprive the battle front Of hospita
facilities and the death rate will juml
enormously. So your Red Cross dollar
Is out upon q practical errand-not {
sentimental, sissy journey.
1t is certain to be invested In the
life of q liberty soldier, which is q
good enough investment for me.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
a Clever Burro.

A friend tells US the following about
Rowdy. a burro he bought as a foal
in Colorado and brought home to Mas
sachusetts. for his children: "Rowdy IS
now an aged pensioner, but ne mas
been as clever little pet and servant
as one could wish. His friendship LOT
the family cow has been one OF the
distinguishing features of his career
They used to stand side by side IN
the stable, and in the pasture would
actually play tag. The cow began
years ago with her rough tongue 10
lick Rowdy's face. When he attempted
10 reciprocate the courtesy, his smooth
tongue made no impression. This then
IS what we have seen him do hun
lred times: He would find a small
tick, take it in his teeth, and scratch
| he COW all about the eyes, and ears
md horns" Can anyone call this IN
;tinct? Was such an idea tucked away
N Rowdy's brain when he was Dorn'
| part of his inheritance from genera
| ions of ancestral burros? That
would seem out Of the question. we
| re inclined to think that RoWuy
hought out the stick idea for himself
| Our Dumb Animals.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
pICKANNINNY IS REAL MUMMY
Body of Little Black Baby Preserved
in Pennsylvania City Did Not
Change in Twenty Years.

A real mummy, little colored baby,
born some 20 years ago, who died
after living several weeks, Is preserved
n an undertaking establishment a!
Chester, Pa.
There is no record Of the parentagc
If the infant, and in brief its history
s that it was found dead 20 years ago,
and that the body was turned over to
he late Thomas Minshall, then an IN
iertaker and deputy coroner. AS the
body was never claimed, he decided to
use 1t for experimental purposes in
embalming, and prepared special mix
lure of embalming fluid, a portion Of
which he injected into the little body.
The result proved successful, and in
short time there were evidences Of
mummif1cation, and after being an Oh
ject of curiosity and "ten days Won
der" the mummy, christened "Izzie, y
was taken to an unused room in the
building and tucked away on the top
shelf Of a closet.
During all these years the infant
body has lain there undisturbed, eX
cept when some curious person has
called at the establishment and re-
quested permission to see it. The
mummy is 20 inches long, weighs two
pounds and resembles in every way q
real colored baby.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
WHAT SITE OF DOVER COST
Indians Were Paid Twelve Bottles Of
Drink and Four Handfuls of
Powder, II Is Said.

Dover, Del, which one thinks Of as
belonging to that sisterhood OF inter-
esting little Colonial capitals of which
Williamsburg and Annapolis are ell
ders, has celebrated the two hun
dredth anniversary Of it's founding.
The three neighbor Colonial CAPT
tails have no little historic resem-
blance, and, though Dover is the
youngest Of them, it has its full share
Of historic interest and romantic ira
dition, political and social. That great
man, William Penn, who had the Wis
dom to abolish the tariff duties that
he found hampering the trade of the
great river leading up to his noble
proprietary province, having induced
James, duke of York, to let him add
to Pennsylvania the "three lower
countries on Delaware" lost little
time in making provision for the
founding Of Dover as the county seat
of "St. Jones County," now Kent
county, for he issued warrant for
the survey Of the town. site in 1853,
and eleven years later, according to
one authority, says e. N. Vallandig-
ham in the Philadelphia Record, paid
the Indian owners for the land "two
match coats, twelve bottles Of drink
and four handfuls Of powder" an in
tolerable deal Of frewater for so
trifing supply Of ammunition.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
Story Of a
Russian Rising
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Ur
By WARREN MILLER

Copyright, 1917 Western Newspaper Union
am Russian; I served three years
n q Siberian prison; l escaped IL
rime to join the revolution that de-
POSED the car who sent me to that
horrible life; consequently have but
me thought, to see my country under
such a government as will give her
freedom within and save her from be-
ing enslaved by another imperial mas
.er from without.
Being in Petrograd soon after the
last revolution, I went to- man who
vas a member Of the provisional gov
nrnment. told him how I had planned
md executed my escape from prison
and asked him if there was any work
could do to serve my country in her
struggle for the preservation OF that
liberty she had so suddenly grasped.
"You are just the man we want" he
aid, "for a certain purpose. In Mos
cow there has secretly arrived a man
rom New York who Is a leader among
| certain class of fanatics, or rascals,
T am not sure which. We believe that
he has come over here to take advan-
tage of the clamor Of our simple peas
ants for the land to work for an an
irchistic movement. We can do moth
ng to head him off without definite
knowledge of his object. You can serve
Russia best by going to Moscow, rep
-resenting yourself friend of that
mans course, getting his plans from
him and bringing them here to the pro-
visional government"
I accepted the commission and went
to Moscow. The man whose conf
dence / was to attempt to win still
lives and I do not care to mention his
name, nor that mine should be known
in this connection. / have no desire to
receive a thrust in the back in return
for what he would call my treachery. ]
shall call him Scoralof.
When I reached Moscow I found
that Scoraloff was keeping very dark.
I represented myself to q woman as
Red and she being a Red herself
gave me her confidence. In her en-
thusiasm for the cause she took me to
Scoraloff and introduced me as q
helper of their cause. will not dwell
upon how I won her confidence. 1t Is
enough to say that I won it,
When had learned oil that I wanted
to learn of this communistic plan,
suggested that I would be glad to carry
any orders Scoraloff might have for
those associated with him in Petro-
grad. In this I made mistake. My
object was to be passed back to the
capital in order to furnish the infor-
nation I had gained to the provisional
government; but I saw by Scoraloff's
expression that he suspected me of be-
ing a spy. However, his suspicion was
apparent only for an instant. He gave
me a password that would enable me
to 60 to the capital without being
stopped by any of his conspirators.
Scoraloff really wished messenger
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
HOW TO MEASURE, HUMIDITY
Device That Is Satisfactory Consist:
of Combination Of Two Their
mometers and Vessel of Water.

You do not have to invest in q ba-
rometer, or expend your personal nlois-
ture by hurrying to the nearest lob
.servatory," whether at q drug store or
ut a weather bureau, to ascertain the
degree of humidity. From Power one
gets this hint:
'The instrument in the weather bu-
reau kiosk marked relative humidity
Is supposed to show the percentage by
weight of water vapor in the air, 100
sper cent being when the atmosphere
Dan hold no more in the form of steam.
The maximum weight of steam that
the atmosphere is capable Of holding
is depehdent on and increases with an
increass of the temperature. The ac-
ton of|this hydrometer depe5ais on the !.
expansion and contraction y length of
a hair fiber ms 1t ipereases or de
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15

ceremonies. She seemed not in the
least to mind having lost Stephan to
Liza and wished them both great hap
piness. In doing so she kissed Liza
Paul who was present told me thai
when this salute was given, he judged
from the way Liza received it that she
considered 1t q Judas kiss. At any
rate she seemed turned to ice.
About a week after this Stephan
disappeared. 1t was not feared by his
friends that he had been made away
with by the government, for he had
not-so he had assured LiZa-commit-
ted any disloyal act, having promised
her that he would not do so. Time
passed and nothing was heard of the
missing man. At last it was reported
by one who knew him that he had seen
Stephan in shackles on his way to ST.
beria.
About this time Sonia was placed
under arrest by the government, ac-
cused of being a member of revolu-
tionary circle. She had strong friends
at court and it was said that they Sc
cured her release. At any rate after
being held some time her friends ex-
pecting every day that she would DE
sent to Siberia she was let out OF
prison and restored to favor. 1t was
not long after this that I saw her at
the Winter Palace. Paul and were
leaving the palace when she passed
out to enter her auto to be driven
away to her apartments. I went to
Paul's home with him and over glass
Of wine and a cigar he told he the
story. We little thought that We were
so near It's climax.
The next day Paul called ut my ho-
tel and with look Of horror on his
face, told me that when Sonias chauf-
feur opened the door of her limousine
he found her dead with a dagger 10
her heart.
I too was appalled, but not as much
as Paul who had known the victim
from childhood. >-,~--..--''.
Ny first thought was that Liza was
implicated in the murder. I suggested
1t to Paul who frowned it down at
once.
I did not receive solution of the
mystery till after the deposition Of the
car and the release of the Siberian
prisoners. Then I heard 1t from Paul.
Sonia was q government spy. For
revenge upon Stephan who had turned
from her to Liza, she falsely denoun-
ced him as a revolutionist. Her ar
rest was q blind. A circle of revolu-
tionists to which she belonged and
whose secrets she was giving the gov
eminent, learning of her treachery ap-
pointed one of its number to dispatch
her.
Stephan being freed from Siberia re-
joined his betrothed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
boot is not stitched round the "Welts
as is the British.
caIory Is Measure Of Heat.

Calory is word so much used by
physicians and writer's upon diet that
there is no excuse for anyone not un'
derstanding what 1t means. The detini'
ton of the word calory In the
dictionary is: zone or two recog'
nlzed units Of heat, of which the great
er calory' or 'kilogram calory' is the
amount Of heat necessary to raise ont
kilogram of water 1 degree c.; the
lesser calory' or small calory' being
the amount Of heat necessary to raise
one gram of water 1 degree c."
Calory, then, is measure of heat
The human body may be likened to q
furnace, and the food that goes into 1t
to the fuel, for this, in fact, is exactly
what it Is, as it supplies the body
with what enables it to keep up it,
heat. So the heat-giving qualities o.
our food are measured in calories.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
British Army Boot.

The British army boot is made from
very stout chrome-tanned leather. 1t
is interesting to note that what is
called the "front" of the boot Is I'M
like the average civilian boot, cut oil
in one piece, right from the toe to the
heel, and scanned up at the back. The
toe contains, among other things, q
plate of hard iron, which is nailed on
underneath. On the whole, the British
Tommy has small foot, the average
sizes being seven and eight. Compare
Mr.. Atkins foot with that of his Rus
sian brother. Here we have an aver
age of nine and ten. The upper pof-
ton of the Cossack boot reaches to
within an inch or two of the knee,
and has buckle at the top. Its con-
struction is very similar to the British
boot, the essential Inference being the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
Just Before the
Russian Revolution
By ALAN HlNSDALE
Copyright. 1917. western Newspaper Union.

Copyright, 1917, Wegtern Newspaper Unlon.)
Before the Russian revolution there
was no more luxurious dwelling place
for q sovereign than the Winter Pal
ace at what was then called st. Pc
tersburg. What It's condition is now l
don't know, for 1 have not seen 1t
since 1t ceased to be the czar's resi-
dence.
Not long before the breaking out of
the worlds war, Twas tourist in the
capital Of Russia, and had letters to
the American ambassador there and to
prominent Russians. Through the en-
bassy received an invitation to ball
at this same Winter Palace. will not
pause to describe the scene of -splen-
dor, but will mention one woman,
about twenty-five, who was not only
very beautiful, but bore on her coun-
tenance the stamp Of marked spirit
within. "That woman" said to q
friend, interests me; I would like to
be presented to her."
II have her acquaintance" he said,
and will introduce you with pleasure.
This he did, but I did not find much
comfort in the brief chat had with
her. She seemed to, have matters on
her mind that prevented her making
herself agreeable to an untitled strang-
er from America.
There Is a story connected with her
that will narrate. It was told me by
the man who introduced me to her,
Paul Kaluzsky.
Kaluzsky came from the same place
as she. In their social circle was Ste
pan SeroZha, an intimate friend Of
Paul, whom Paul described to me as
splendid fellow, endowed with great
patriotism. There were two girls be-
tween whom he divided his attentions.
One was Liza Arkadevna, modest
country girl, the other Sonia Mikhail-
off, the girl I met at the Winter Pal
ace. The latter spent much time In
the capital and was occasionally seen
at imperial functions.
Paul told me that Stephan favored
Liza, and that Sonia was trying to win
him from her. Stephan admitted that
Sonia was secretly in favor of the rev.
olutlonists, and was endeavorlng to en-
list the talented Stephan in the cause
Of the people. But this was confden-
tial; Sonia was supposed to be loyal
to the government.
Beyond the fact that Sonia was
Liza's rival, Liza distrusted her. She
warned Stephan not only against
Sonias influence, but against giving
himself up to association with one of
the secret circles Of revolutienists
which were to be found all over Rus
sla. Liza begged Stephan to consider
the horrors, of Siberia, and the danger
he would rrn by identifying himself
with any move disloyal to the govern
ment. Besides" said Liza, II am told
that no onev can tell whom to trust;
ones most Intimate friend may be his
betrayer."
One day it was announced that
Stephan aid Liza were betrothed.
Sonia was present at the betrothal
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
/ frnst ar ! sAyo M { -

IL coulG trnst ~ sayo M { 'St' /
written In his own Ilaud to his chief
abettor in Petrograd containing MI.
merous instructions, Before setting
out on my return journey I read the
letter and was disappointed that no
date was mentioned for the rising.
I had not gone far on my journey
when I felt some one touch me on the
shoulder, and turning, saw man VINO
ordered me to follow him. I did not
know whether he was a government
official or a Red. I had pass on my
person signed by an officer of the gov
eminent for all loyal persons to pass
me and assist me in official business.
I suspected that this was a Red so l
gave him the Red password. He paid
no attention to 1t, but took me to a
house in the lower part of Moscow and
led me to the top story, where, opening
the door, I was ushered into a room IN
which sat a man at once / knew to be
a Red. No one but q Red would have
been lodged in such a place. My life
was at stake, for in case was
searched the order Of the government
would be found and would stamp me
for a spy on the Reds.
The man before whom I was taken
went about an examination of me very
adroitly. He said that he had received
an order from Scoraloff to intercept
me for the purpose Of adding to the
Instructions he had given me. I was
Invited to take O seat and received O
pumping to discover whether was as
I pretended AIRED or government
SOY. I coolly asked the mans permits
sion to smoke and having received 1t
produced O box of cigarettes which |
offered to him. He took one, l an
other. I struck match, held 1t to
him, then to my own, and we began to
5moke.
After a verbal examination he. told
me that he had no doubt that I was
what purported to be, but Scoraloff's
orders to search me were peremptory.
I was stripped, inspected and every
article of my clothing was carefully
examined. Nothing was found to In.
crlminate me and after hearty shake
of the hand I was suffered TO go my
way.
Why was 1t that my voucher from
the government was not found!
Because it was written on the wrap
per of the cigarette he had smoked.
While he was pumping me he was
burning the only evidence against me.
I arrived without further interfer-
ence at Petrograd and warned the gov
ernment against the danger that
threatened it; but I could not give the
date of the proposed uprising and
found those at the head of affairs dis
posed to rely on moral suasion. There
fore my trip was of no avail.
Had the man who interviewed me
not been a smoker I would not have
lived to tell this story.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
Another Chinese xnr aaafaad pnyed

Another Chinese war method paved
the way for incendiary shells, They
invented a rocket, later adopted ana
widely used by the Saracens, which
fired a kind of ball having claws or
hooks that would catch hold to the
side of a building and set fire to 1t.
These balls were made of petroleum
and inter, which became famous IN
the later ages as Greek fire.
The German device of throwing Pc
troll upon an enemy by means OF a
pump was used long ago, when an at
lacking ship often spouted names at
the object of its assault. This plan
was reserved for close quarters, ano
frequently resulted/in the destruction
of the vessel so attacked.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
Indla's Wheat Crop.

Advices from India indicate that
there are 33,040,0O0 acres under wheat
cultivation in that country, compared
with 30,143,000 acres last year. or an
increase Of about 10, per cent. The
total yield is estimated at 100000
tons for this year, as against s,51s,OOO
tons reported at this time for last year.
a gain Of practically 10 per cent.
These figures are based on the final re-
ports on the wheat crop received from
local authorities and relate to pS.h per
cent of the total wheat area In Ind!n.
The figures covering both area end
yield are the highest on record.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
ereases in moisture content.

ETUUSPS III HIUISIUIt NUIIINEIt'
"Another device for measuring Tho
relative humidity is combination con-
sisting Of two ordinary Thermometers,
one having the bulb covered with vet
cloth or q wick extending into ves-
sci Of water. In the use Of this liz
strument the wet-bulb and the dry
bulb temperatures are iukcn. If they
are the same the humidity IS 100 per
cent, but when there Is n difference 1t
Is necessary to consult tables In order
TO obtain the relative humidity"