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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Origin of the Greek Church.

Apart from theological discussions,
such as those rising from the addition
Of the words, land the son." in the
creed. the separation of the Latin and
Greek churches may be traced to the
founding of Constantinople and the
political division of the Roman en-
pire, according to a Bible student.
Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople.
had been deposed, and was succeeded
by Pfh6fius, who summoned a council
of the East In 867, and passed sem
tence of accommodation on the bish-
op of Rome. fhe churches became re-
united towards the end of the ninth
century, and remained so until the
middle of the eleventh century, when
in 1854 Michael Cerularius, patriarch
of the East, renewed the condemna-
ton of the Latin church, and was in
turn accommodated by Pope Leo
TX. Efforts toward reunion were
made from time to time, and at Fer
rara 1439) the Greek prelates signed
a decree of union, but were forced
by the people and clergy to repudiate
it. Since then the two communions
have remained separate.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Bins FIRF:NEN STAMP
..... OUT SPIES FLAMES
BOnniwe'I Tells Of S6O,OOO,OOO
|nC9ndiary Loss.

Reading. Pa, Jan. 2S.-Judge Eu.
gene c. Bonniwell, of Philadelphia.
president of the State F1remen's asso-
citation. gave a striking address be.
fore the Rainbow Volunteer Fremen's
association here
He dealt with the appalling fire
losses known almost positively to be
attributable to alien enemies in this
country, and urged the state fremen
to become sentries on guard at home
protecting the preparations, communt
cations and the supplies for men in
the trenches. just as the sentinel on
guard at camp protects the sleeping
men.
THE fire losses of the United States
for the year 1917" he said. closely
approach $4,000, 900 In the nine
months of war, s60,0oO,0OO have been
lost by fires of clearly incendiary orr
gin, destroying an !ncalculab'e amount
of munitions. factories, grain elevat
ors, stockyards, oil. cot on, marine
properties and others vital to war;
and each of these losses was as great
a victory to the enemy abroad as
defeat of our soldiers could have BEEN
Every fireman should feel himself
charged with the highest sense of re.
sponsibility at this time, not only to
extinguish the fire and the slightest
occasion for fire. Insist upon rigor-
Gus application of the fire laws. and
view that man as a public enemy who
~ l-ys
lessness in the use of fire, oil or gas,
or any inflammable material, creates
an opportunity for such a loss"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
THREE AND SEVEN ARE LUCKY
Mystic Numbers, According to Popular
Superstition, Bring Forth Good
and Bad Luck.

There Is said to be luck in odd num-
bers, and there are prudent farmers
wives who are careful to put an odd
number of eggs under hen for hatch
Ing. OF course the fatal thirteen is
IN exception to the rule.
Three is considered especially
lucky, but there are superstitions of
bad luck connected with it. For in
stance: Break one dish and you will
break three. Three times a brides
maid, never a bride. There is belief
In certain sections that when a fire
occurs there will be two others, max
Ing three inside of "a hours. 1t is
said If a dream occurs three times in
succession it will come true. An ex-
ceptiOn to the rule that even numbers
are not lucky is the common belief
that the finding of four-leaved Glow
or will bring good fortune.
Seven is one of the luckiest of num-
bers. The seventh son is considered
q natural healer, while the seventh
son of seventh son has almost IN
limited power to work wonders.
Keep a thing seven years and you will
have q use for it. If you are the sew
enth person having your fare rung up
after a street car has started on its
trip you will have good luck all day.
It will bring good luck to walk over
seven rails on the railroad track with
out stepping off.
You will have good luck for the year
the figures of which added up make
your age. Thus 1917 added up makes
eighteen.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
sORcERERS BURNED AT STAKE
Custe;n Of an = rty Age When Thou
sands q 3eicetGrste Students
Eace r ~ 10 Death

4nchcmiSts eftcn believed that by
de"n thought they could find way to
turn base metals into gold. but al
rhemy itself was inach deeper and
i,rnA,irI' than this according to a writ
~. II WAS surpassed nj this time thai
there were seven heavenly bodies
he sun moon. Mars Mercury, Venus
Jupiter ana s.;lturn-and seven metals
gold. silver. iron, mercury, copper.
in and lead. There were also seven
days in Il week and seven colofS in
rainbow There We're twelve signs In
he zodiac. twelve months in the year
1welye precious stones. and twelve
PARTS to the body. 1t seemed to the
:;lchemiStS that there must be some
hidden connection between these
hings of nature, and in trying to find
it they spent much time in watching
The sky and in bending over their
rruciblpS and retortS.
During an age when superstition
was rife such nocturnal activities
could not fail to arouse suspicion. and
10 be accused of being a sOrcerer was
generally followed by burning at the
stake Many thousands of such I'M
fortunate students We're put to death
during these dark centuries. but in
spite of the dangers men secretly
studied alchemy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Death to the Puppies.

The details of the snatching from
this life of four brindle Boston bulls
in the prime of their puppyhood were
recited when a woman reviewed her
married life In the court of domestic
relations in New York. "Only last
week." she said, "our bulldog, Ida, ha6
family that would have been worth
$500 If it had grown. My husband
went to a veterinarian and the doctor
told him If they wouldn't take milk out
Of saucer to put some milk in his
own mouth, but nipple in his mouth
and feed them that way, just like dog
fanciers do. At first he didn't even
want to do it."
"Well," said the court, land what
has that to do with the case"
Because when he did do 1t, I tell
you, the dogs died"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
BRING FIRST TROOPS
BACK FOR TREATMENT
so Of Pershing's Soldiers in
Baltimore Hospital.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 2S.-The first
war patients to arrive in Baltimore
from France have reached here and
are at the United States general hos
pital, Fort McHenry.
A total of sixty men-seven officers
and two nurses-are now at the fort.
The men arrived at an American port
on Wednesday and were brought di-
rect to the hospital.
1t took them two weeks to get from
France to an American port They
left On January 9 and arrived on JAN
uary %. They did not see any sub
marines on the trip, but encountered
three storms.
Although the men were with the
American troops in France, not one
has been wounded. All Of the cases
are trench diseases" Very few of
the enlisted men have been near the
trenches and but two of the officers
have gone lover the top"
Among the patients is Sergeant
James Enright, an X-ray operator Of
the Johns Hopkins hospital unit. A
number of the men have contagious
diseases. Those. who have tubercu-
losis or acute citations of the heart
will be discharged from the army.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
STOMACH ACTS fine!
NO INDIGESTION, GAS,
HEARTBURN, ACIDITY

"Pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick, sour,
upset stomachs in five minutes.
You don't want a slow remedy
when your stomach is bad-or an
uncertain one-or a harmful one
your stomach is too valuable; you
mustn't injure it with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; it's certain, unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stom-
achs Its quick relief in Indigestion,
dyspepsia and gastritis, when caused
by acidity, has made it famous the
world over.
Keep this wonderful stomach
sweetener in your home-keep it
handy-get a large fifty-cent case
from any drug store and then il
anyone should eat something which
doesn't agree with them; If what
they eat lays like lead, ferments and
sours and forms gas; causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa-
tons of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapep-
sin comes in contact with the stom-
ach it helps to neutralize the Excess
sive acidity, then all the stomach
distress caused by it disappears. Its
promptness, certainty and ease in ov-
grooming such stomach disorders is
a revelation to those who try it
Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Profits In ShipbuiIdino,

The sale of the schooner Glynn, the
first ocean commerce carrier built
south of Newport News since the war
began, has brought out facts, says the
Manufacturers Record. showing the
remarkable profits to be made from
shipbuilding and the operation of
freight ships under war conditions.
The company made a profit of Is per
cent on the building of the vessel her
purchaser, James S. Bradley. Jr.. re-
ceived $4,000 freight for the voyage
to Italy with naval stores and then
sold her to French interests for 500, 600.
After deducting SOL 500 for insurance,
Quitting and provisioning and the sal
aries and wages, the Glynn netted him
SAC, 800 In six months.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
LEGAL ANATOMY,

followed with interest from time to
time the innocent errors of the little
blue-eyed helpmate of the office. |
doubt not that, without her help, great
er mistakes in tipping would be made !;
not in spelling or grammar, perhaps,
but such as these: Dear, Sir you5s
of the LIST reToceIved andin rely will
say" etc.
Be that as it may, l have one here
which I think worthy of paper.
dictated as follows:
"Such proposition, couched as it
is In terms to mislead the jury, is not
q true statement of the law, is unten-
able and is certain to mean defeat to
the ends of Justice
My stenographer evidently thought
that our courts use defeated litigant
much as father does an unfavorable
sutton for daughters hand, for she
wrote:
"Such a proposition, couched as it is
In terms to mislead the jury, is not a
true statement Of the law, Is untenable
and Is certain to meet the feet in the
hands of the justice. VESTS Docket.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Seek Plot in Navy Blast.

Newport, R. l., Jan. 2S.-While
search is proceeding in wrecked
bomb proof magazine of the naval tor
pedo station here for the bodies OF
workmen believed to have been killed,
an investigation of the most sweeping
and rigid nature has already been
started into the cause of the explo-
sion, which has cost the lives of prob
ably fifteen men, injured many others
and wrought much destruction to gov
eminent property.
Captain Edward l.. Beach, is COM
mand at Goat Island, where the ex-
plosicn occurred. said:
1--WE have no idea what caused the
explosion There was only one; we
are positive of this. 1t occurred in
the drying room of the detonator
building. We have started an inves-
tigation, and it will be thorough
Asked if he thought the explosion
was the result of a spy plot, Captain
Beach said:
1--WE will Investigate that phase OF
it, too Further than that l have
nothing to say"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
RUSSIAN NAMES WERE EASY
Pronunciation Not to Be Compared
With Talk Between Baby and
Parrot, Proud Parent Boasts.

Reference at a social session was
made to lingual dexterity when Con-
>ressman John NJ. Evans of Montana.
said he was reminded of little Incl
dent along that line.
Down at the cigar store one night
the regulars were talking about the
war and remarking how it gave one
something worse than face ache to pro-
nounce the Russian names that appear
iii the news.
'Those Russian names are nothing"
remarked man named Johnson, with
an expansive smile. You just ought
to-hear what l stack up against In my
own home every day of my life"
. whats that?" demanded one Of the
regulars, amaZedly. do you mean
that you have somebody in your family
who can put kink in those Russian
syllable twists?"
"Well. should say that have" re-
Joined Johnson. You should come
around some time and hear the baby
and the parrot when they get to talk
ing together"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Africa Second Largest.

Africa is the second largest of the
continental divisions of the earth, con-
tanning 1882, 900 square miles. Eu-
rope contains 3,671, OO4; Asia, 1910
$50; North America, 7,116,OO0; South
America, 7,344,0O0 At the outbreak
of the present war August, 1914. Eu-
ropean states had established protec-
torates over 1t. BY agreement, Great
Britain controlled about 100000
square miles; France, 4,422,OOO; Ger
many. 931, 600; Belgium, 100000; Por-
tugal, 100000; Spain, $4,000, with ma
tive ownership ignored everywhere.
These areas Of control have undergone
material changes since the war began
and no Noubt will be further changed
at its conclusion. The different areas
have been held and governed as col
onies, the only politics being contest
among the nations to obtain and hold
as much as possible. 1t has been what
might be called In common phrase "a
grab game" on large scale, with a
continent as the spoils.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
TWO BROTHERS MURDERED
One Shot Vile Asleep; Other Killed
After Struggle With Robber.

Sharon, Pa, Jan 2S.-Evan and
Thomas Davis, well-to-do bachelor
farmers, were found murdered in
their home here, and Mercer county
Is aroused over the crime, one of the
| most gruesome and brutal recorded
in the district
Thomas Davis was killed in bed.
his face being blown Off His brother,
Evan, evidently had put up struggle
with the murderer. His left arm was
shattered and the top OF his head was
blown off
A shotgun was used by the MUIR
derer or murderers. The crime Is
believed to have been committed last
Thursday night. although 1t was not
discovered until Saturday night. Po-
lice and detectives are working on the
case, but as yet have made no arrests.
One man is under surveillance.
Robbery was the motive. The cloth
ing of the victims was ransacked, and
several bureaus and trunks were riff
ed The Davis brothers usually car.
ried considerable money. and mas.
much as nothing of value was found
In the house, ii Is believed that the
slayers succeeded in the quest.
The bedroom in which Thomas Da.
Wis was found was spurtered with
blood, and the body lay on the bed.
The struggle between Evan Davis and
his assailant had been carried
through several rooms and evidently
had followed the shot which shatter
ed the farmers arm
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
To Induce SIeep.

When trying to induce sleep 1t Is
well, observes an authority, to put
away all serious thoughts and try to
get the mind into pleasant, elevated
state. Some people make d habit of
reading before retiring, but too often
one reads on until eyes and head ache,
As q result the following morning the
eyes are bloodshot and bullying from
the overstrain and the individual has
lost the necessary amount of rest be
cause of this enforced strain. 1t is
most important tina; the ventilation OF
the sleeping apartment be attended to !;
that there is clear, fresh air circulat-
ing. Windows shnlld be raised from
the bottom and los,ered from the toE
also, SO that the ali .aay circulate free
~. The question of whether it is
healthy to sleep vi :. 4 pillow or with
out one has been :'-',ata many times.
but a happy ned :, l. ,.rnneUded
as the innsG go E.,si', - -.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
GENERAL WOOD HURT
BYEXPLOSION FRANCE
z Other u. S. Officers Injured;
French Soldiers Killed.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Major Gener
al Leonard Wood and two other Amer
lean officers were slightly wounded
by an accidental explosion in Fra &c
Five French soldiers were killed by
the explosion.
Announcement of the accident was
made by the war department, which
also made public a report from Gen
eral Pershing that five more Ameri
can soldiers have been wounded in
action. Pershng gave no details OF
he fighting. Those wounded are:
Private Bergard Gerski, Chicago,
severely wounded.
First Sergeant Lee Hacker, Man
chester, KY, moderately wounded.
Corporal Willie Carpenter. Mangum
Oklahoma.
Private Earl Ballard, Kannapolis,
N. C.
Private Caspar A. Schwab, Harlan
Iowa
Carpenter was wounded January %;
the others January p.
Secretary Baker has cabled General
Pershing for full details of the acct
dent to General Wood TIE laconic
despatch from the American com,
mander contained nothing more than
a bare announcement of the accident.
The war department statement fol
lows:
d "A cable despatch from the head
quarters of General Pershing, just re-
ceived, stated that an accidental ex-
plosion killed FIVE French soldiers
and injured Major General Leon
ard Wood slightly in the arm,
Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Kill
bourne in the eye and Major Kenyon
A. Joyce in the arm"
General Wood has been in France
for some time.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
VINOL MAKES
GOOD BLOOD
Notwithstanding Proof.

Many so-called remedies for amaze
mia are only so in name. Their max
ers are afraid to prove their claims
by telling what their medicines con-
tain.
The only way to be honest with
the people is to let them know what
they are paying for. Here is the vi
mol formula. When the doctor
knows what a medicine contains it
ceases to be patent" medicine.
Cod Liver and Beef Pep
tones, Iron and Manganese
Peptonates, Iron and Am
monia Citrate, Lime and
Soda Glycerophosphates,
CaScarin.
Any doctor will tell you that the
ingredients of Vinol, as named above,
will enrich the blood and Danish
anaemia and create strength. When
the blood is pure and rich and red,
the body is strong and robust.
You can prove this at our expense
because your money will be return
ed if Vinol does not improve your
health.
C. P. Craig & Son, Druggists, Cam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Woman Suffrage.

1t was in the early days Of the ad-
vanced movement of woman suffrage,
muses. an exchange, when by the mag
istrate's orders a number of "enthus-
lasts" went to Holloway jail. Among
them was a most excellent charwoman
who was employed at Clements inn.
A sympathetic meeting was held on
their release, at which the chairman
spoke in eloquent terms. Here you
have" he remarked. "a body Of deli
cately nurtured, earnest-minded wom-
en- who, for some trifiing infraction of
the law, find themselves condemned to
prison, and there for the first time
In their lives"
BEG pardon. sir. for interrupting,"
said the charwoman, jumping up hasti-
ly, "but think I ought to tell you that
/ did once get seven days for banging
my old man on the nosew
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
Boa constrictor May Be Trained.

There are several varieties of boa
constructors, the best known being the
Giboia or land boa constructor.
This is the smaller, and least vicious
Of the tribe 1t is harmless and will
not attack unless attacked, writes
correspondent. In fact, If caught
young it may be tanned, and the ma
tives of the Amazon valley frequently
keep them around their houses instead
of house cats, as they keep the place
clear of rats, mice and other vermin,
and even of larger marauding animals.
You can buy these snakes in the mar
kets Of Para, Manaos and other North
Brazilian ports, where they are offered
for sale in boxes, like chickens or rab-
bits and the owner will haul them out
and demonstrate them to you.
The water boa constructor Is the
largest known snake in existence.
growing to the length of thirty to forty
feet and the thickness of mans upper
leg
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
cHOPSTlCKS ARE NOW PASSE
Chinese lnsanitary Methods of Eating
Affected by European and Ameri-
can Influences.

Fancy yourself q guest for the first
dime at Chinese dinner. In front of
you, as you seat yourself on your back
less chair, are small plate, a spoon
for soups, and pair of chopSticks.
OF the intricacies of the manipulation
Of the latter nothing need here be said :;
It is matter of practice. Each course
Is brought on in large dish and placed
In the center of the table. The service,
then. is simple; each person serves
himself, and the service is direct.
You will, and so will everybody else
ut that table, put your sticks into the
dish in the center, convey herefrom
food to your mouth, insert the sticks
into your mouth as far as you choose
and return to the center dish for more,
Nathaniel Pfeffer writes in World Out
look. By the time each guest has had
three helpings it will require skillful
maneuvering to get piece that has
have mace at least two trips to at
least one other persons mouth.
The sanitary consequences are OBJ
vi0us. AS the chain is as strong as
its weakest link, so the health of that
company is as good as that of its sick
est guest. And if you have been
brought up under the tutelage of occi-
dental doctors and have an uncomfort-
able knowledge of germs, your mind
1wells uncomfortably as you eat, on the
condition of your fellow-guests. If by
chance your vis-a-vis remarks in pass
ing that he has bad cold, your hun
ger may be appeased quite suddenly.
Little by little, however, this is be-
ing changed. Today in the homes of
many upper class Chinese, who have
been educated in Europe or America
or have come into contact with foreign
influences, the system of individual
dishes and individual service is COM
Ing more and more into use.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-28
RUINED CITIES OF FRANCE
Many of Them Have Taken on
Character of Permanently, So End.
less Does War Seem to People.

There is new kind of city on earth
.oday, a strange, nightmare kind OF
city that has taken on for the people
IF northern France almost character
If permanency, so endless is this war.
People have lived through so much
SHINE August, 1914, that they seem to
themselves to have been always at
var, and, looking forward, they see
nothing but long years Of warfare. The
ruined cities such as Arras have be-
come a part of the natural order of
things, and the strange life in them has
come to seem natural sort of life.
Towns like this are found by the score
where the slow pressure of the allies
S forcing the Prussian back, says
var correspondent
They are the towns that have been
oombarded and bombarded again.
aiken and retaken. assaulted and cap
tured, and cannonaded by those who
held them the day before, until it Is a
marvel that one brick remains on an
other. They are full of ruined houses
md shattered quarters Of all degrees
Of destruction, and, stranger than all,
hey have blocks and sections that by
some miracle escaped.
Here is a row of houses that might
De in the far South. 200 miles from the
battle front. The shutters are up and
the streets are deserted, as though the
people were late in rising. Here Is
public square pitted with shellholes,
one side fronted by row of buildings,
whole save for broken windows, the
other bounded only by shapeless
masses of brick and stone Here and
there slow smoke curls upward from
some gnawing fire. A hundred yards
lway there may be a stubborn family
still occupying its old home, but no.
body puts out the fire. The civilians
are too hopeless and the soldiers are
100 busy.
And here is house with the front
sliced off by shell and the rooms still
all In order-a strange spectacle-with
beds and bureaus and chairs and tables
all in order, as though some enterpris-
ing furniture dealer had undertaken a
new and ambitious form of window
display. For the most part the noblest
buildings, the churches and public halls
and the lowered relics of the Gothic,
period are gone-they furnish too easy
q mark for the rangefinder. And ever
and again dull crash tells of another
xheu carrying on the barbarvus work.