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The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
War Trenches, One of the
Most AncientsWar Devices

The trench, consisting of a protec-
tive ditch with or without defensive
earth work in front, is one Of the most
obvious devices of warfare and doubt
less one of the most ancient. It is
mentioned in the Bible several times
and we are told that when David pur-
sued Saul and overlook him encamp-
ed. "Saul lay sleeping within the trench
and his spear stuck In the ground at
his bolster" Shakespeare knew the
military use of trenches. In the play
of "Coriolanus," laid in the time of
ancient Rome, he speaks Of the enemy
following us to our trenches" and
again of ''our party to their trenches
driven" These and other, quotations
that could be given show that trenches
are by no means modern device. The
fighters Of old knew how to dig them
selves in. The modern trench is mere
ly an Improvement and elaboration Of
an old device.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Snakes are Food Savers pld
Harmless Varieties Destroy
Many Grain eating Rodents.

Snakes are valuable asset and
there should be a campaign against
killing them, writes Gayne T. X. Nor
ton in American Forestry Maga-
zine. The article goes on to show
what the snake does for food conser-
walton by way Of killing rodents. and
insects, the greatest enemies to grain
that man knows. The public has be-
come acquainted with snakes as. never
before, writes Mr.. Norton, because of
the thousands who have been engaged
in the campaign for war gardens that
has been conducted by the national
emergency food garden commission.
"With this summer the millions of
war gardens have given the snake
popular interest. Tremendously in
creased tillage has bR06ght people and
snakes together.
sunless much education work is
done the number Of snakes that will
be killed next year by the well-mean-
ing but misinformed gardeners will be
very large. Our snakes are national
asset worth many millions Of dollars
and should be conserved. The relation
it bears to successful crops Is I'm
portant-more important than even
the average farmer realizes.
Reptiles are not enemies. They
never attack unless in self defense. OF
our 151 species, but II are poisonous
two species of Flaps, coral snake, and
Is species of Crotaline snakes, the cop
perhead and moccasin, the dwarf and
typical rattlesnakes. On the other
hand the help rendered is valuable.
The pests destroyed each year, espe-
cially the rodents that injure crops
and communicate diseases, roll up
large balance Of good service in their
favor. =
"Rodents are destroyers Of farm
products, cause loss by fire through
gnawing matches and insulation from
electric wires, and Of human life
through germ carrying, particularly
the bubonic plague. They also destroy
eggs, young poultry, squads and pig
cons, birds and young rabbits, pigs
and lambs. A loss to husbandry not
estimated in figures, but realized as
extensive, Is due to the killing Of fruit
trees by girdling or other injuries to
the bark by species Of wild rodents.
AS a destructive agency the rodents
have no rival. ........
'The gross ignorance regarding our
snakes causes slaughter Of all things
that wear scales and crawl. Farmers
- r.
snakes rather than kill them. Many
European countries have protective
legislation"
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Big Increase in the Maple
Sugar and Sirup Production
In 1918 Over Previous Year

The maple sugar crop of 1913 In the
13 states, Which include nearly all the
producing region, was 13,270,9O0
pounds, and the sirup production was
4.9O5, 200 gallons, according to the gov
ernment market report. The total Of
sugar and sirup, counting one, gallon
Of sirup as equivalent to eight pounds
Of sugar, would be 52,512,5O0 pounds
Of sugar. The production in 1917 was
10, 0,83Sy650 pounds of sugar and 1885,
100 gallons of sirup, both being equiv
alent to 45,127, 400 pounds of sugar.
The 13 states covered by this report
produced about 80 per cent of the to-
tai maple sugar and sirup in the CEN
sus year 1909.
The principal region Of production
extends from northwestern Ohio
through New York to Vermont and in
cludes parts of Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts and Pennsyl-
vania. Outside of this region. there
Is also production Of Importance in
the mountain country beginning with
the southern counties of Pennsylvania
and extending through western Mary
land into scattered localities In West
Virginia; also in parts Of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Indiana.
The increased demand and higher
prices for maple sugar and sirup help
ed to cause a larger number Of
trees to be tapped in 1918 than in
1917, or even in 1909. A total Of 49,
29S,2O0 trees were tapped in 1913, Of
which 15.616OOO, or 81 per cent, were
In the four states of Vermont, New
York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Weather conditions in the northern
part Of the. sugar region, namely, in
New England, New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Michigan, were favorable.
There were cold nights alternating
with warmer days.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Nm4. h44~s4e
Beautiful French Toys.

"Made in Germany used to be the
label on beautiful things that came out
Of Santa's pack, but now it Is changed
to "Made in France" Dainty little
French mademoiselles, stocky Breton
peasants, sturdy poilus, and American
soldiers, all kinds Of queer animals
that would delight child and won
derful wooden scenes Of farmyards and
gardens are the handiwork of wounded
French soldiers and have been made
under the direction of famous artists,
who have donated their services to the
government.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Startling Defects Develop
in Rigorous Aviation Tests
for Air Service in Army

That a startling percentage Of men
now being accepted for air service
have hidden physical weaknesses that
may prove their undoing is indicated
by new scientific tests that have been
made on large number of newly en-
listed airmen, says John Anson Ford
in Popular Mechanics Magazine. These
tests, which reveal so much Of vital
import for our armies, have been made
by Chicago specialist, Capt. Charles
Moore Robertson Of the Medical Re
serve corps, who has fitted up for the
purpose a cabinet in which each flier-
to-be was placed and subjected to at
mospheric conditions identical, so far
as pressure Is concerned, with those
obtaining in flying, the air being rare
fed by means Of powerful pump.
Each man was examined both before
and after being confined in the cabinet,
each examination consisting in taking
the blood pressure, ascertaining the
muscle tone by measuring the dura-
ton Of one nerve impulse with dyna-
mometer and stop watch, and in re-
volving the subject in a pivoted chair.
The records show that the first ex-
aminations gave no indication Of the
condition that would exist after the
flight" over 25 per cent of the men
proving unfit, according to these tests.
For this reason 1t is strongly contended
that most serious mistake is being
made In accepting men for air service
merely on the basis of a physical ex-
animation made without taking into
account the effect Of sudden changes of
air pressure.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
What Shall We Have to Eat2


Peanuts are wholesome, nutritious
and economical-three good reasons
why we should serve them in various
ways to save more expensive foods.
Peanut Hash.
Take cupful of freshly washed,
shelled nuts, run them through the
food chopper, being careful to remove
all the thin, brown skins from the nuts
before grinding. Add one cupful each
Of boiled potatoes, cut fine, and one
cupful of bread crumbs. Mix with
cupful Of milk, season well with salt,
pepper, onion or parsley. Melt table,
spoonful of sweet fat in frying pan,
add the hash and cook slowly until
well Drowned. Serve with currant
jelly. r.. .
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Some Postscripts.

A patent has been granted for
an egg substitute made chiefly
from thoroughly cooked yams.
Chiefly for roofing automo-
biles, an imitation glass that re-
sembles cellulOid has been in
vented in Euorpe.
Recent government statistics
have shown that clay products
are being made in every one Of
the United States.
Drinking cups are made from
rhinoceros horn by natives Of
Sumatra, who believe that they
counteract poison.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
This the Talking Nation.

It is said we are a nation Of takers,
because this country uses four times as
many telephones as all the rest of the
world. And may be the charge Is true,
Tor 1t is the women who do most of the
talking ever the telephone; men, as a
rule, dislike to use the instrument
Twelve million telephones are in use In
the United States. Among the cities,
New York leads, with 100000.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Eagles of Olympus.

Eagle hunting is casual pastime for
at least one allied aviator. Flight
Captain Mortureaux of the French Sa.
lonika army, shot two while flying near
Mount Olympus. He landed, secured
the game, and returned to his hangar
with them.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Ping Bodie.

went back to the coast and was pur-
chased by Connie Mack for whom he
shone with the bat. Higgins desired
a slugging ball club and purchased
Bodie from Mack and has had no cause
to regret 1t, for the chunky outflelder is
rapping the ball timely, is playing a
nice game in the field and has not
been accused of perpetrating any
"boners" on the bases.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Worldly Wisdom.

When passion Is king, reason
is dethrOned.
Any man who speaks nothing
but the truth Is never garru-
lOuS.
Politics may not pay, but most
candidates are compelled to
put up.
If Ananias were living today
he would not be considered so
much.
Every man knows how mean
his acquaintances are, but he Is
never absolutely sure about him
self.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Ping Bodie Is One of New
York Yanks' Heavy Hitters
and Is Doing Good Service

Ping Bodie Is one of the New York
Yankees heaviest batters. Miller
Higgins seems to be getting more
baseball out Of him than did any other
manager. Bodie was with the White
Sox for some time and was criticized
so extensively by the press and his
manager that he was unable to play
to the true worth of his talent. He
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Baked Peanuts.

Shell unroasted peanuts, pour boil
Ing water over them, letting 1t stand
until the skins are easily removed.
Place a pint Of these in bean pot
with two quarts Of water, season with
salt and paprika, cover and bake slow
ly until soft and mealy, which will re-
quire about eight hours.
Peanuts chopped or peanut butter
used with rice, adds the needed fat
to make well-balanced dish.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Paw, Take Shame to Yourself!
May (reading the newspaper)-I see
here where two fellers was arrested
while they were robbin' the same place
the second time.
Paw with an exasperating GRIM
BY gum, that's what I'd call a repeatin'
rifle.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Mothers Cook Book

Work and be happy from sun to sun,
For the housekeepers' work is never done;
But thank the good father for work to do
For the children's love, for the husband
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Flattery.

Flattery.
"That photograph fiatters your hus-
band"
"Yes. He says he's going to have
something in this house that will say
kind word for him."
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Appropriate Action.

"A friend Of
Jaggsby sent him
a case of cham
pagne and 1t fell
into his : wife's
hands,"
"Did she score
him about itY'
"No, she just
kept Mumm."
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Gls What would five o'clock
like catch with because delivery
party board Again what would do? What would say? Well
starting
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
Peanut Irish Stew.

Slice thin six large onions and cut in
cubes an equal measure of uncooked
potatoes; cook until the potatoes are
half done; then add half cupful Of
finely chopped roasted peanuts and
cook until the vegetables are tender.
When ready to serve add half a cup
full Of peanuts cut In halves.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
DeviIed Peanuts.

Blanch and chop two tablespoonfuls
Of peanuts and fry brown in two table
spoonfuls Of fat. Mix together One
tablespoonful each Of chutney and
worcestershire sauce, two small pickletl
cucumbers, chopped, and salt and pep-l
per to taste. Add to the peanuts, then
spread on small squares of hot but
tered toast or fried bits of bread.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
SUMMER SMILES
) DOOsSOssSsessssossss
Just Suspicious.
A senator said the other day:

senator SAID the Other day:
attacks on Hog island are i'll con-
ceived. Hog island assailants have
looked too suspiciously at perfectly in
nocent transactions.
"It's like the young married man
who stepped into a coal dealers and
said:
"'Send me round a ton of coal,
please
eyes, sir. What sizeY the dealer
asked.
The young man looked at the dealer
severely.
Exactly the 2,24o-pound size,' he
said, In q stern voice."
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10

Desire for knowledge.
"There is one thing I want to know,
pop"
what is it, sonw
"Can swordfishes fenceY' .
The Twin City star., 1918-08-10
A lonu Shot.

Nv h q t b 90 K
does the lady
wantw
"She says 1t is
something with a
queer name, some
thing odd"
"Try her on the
Odyssey"
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
MUCH EXTRAVAGANCE IN PENS
But oliver Wendell Holmes is Said t5
Have Written Twelve Million
Words With OaS.

"For two years." announces one OF
those eccentric persons who make q
business of collecting strange and star
Ting facts, "Thackeray did all his writ
ing with one pen, which also served
him for writing two novels. Oliver
Wendell Holmes used gold pen for
more than thirty years, during which
he wrote 100000 words"
That, we may consider, is genuine
pen conservation, and it may be typical
of a general economy that was far
more prevalent in the days of Thack-
cray and Holmes than it is today, OBJ
serves a writer IN the Providence
Journal. Pens in the last quarter CEN
tury nave come to be rather lightly es-
teemed by most persons who find a
continual use for them. One throws
away an old pen and puts new one
In tine penhOlder with little thought of
the potential waste. A gold pen, of
course, is exceptionally durable, as
rule, Dut the one that performed serv-
ice for Doctor Holmes for more than
| thirty years must have been a marvel.
! Anyway it was obviously far better
one than the one that served Thack-
cray for only two years. His was prob
ably an Old-time quill pen, but even
then a quill pen that would last
through the writing of two novels as
extensive as those produced by Thack-
cray must\be regarded with profound
respect.
This economy in the use of writing
utensils seems awe-inspiring today. In
the past ten years we personally have
knocked out two typewriterS and have
started on our third and in that time
have probably turned out less than
half the number of words that Doctor
Holmes produced with his little old
gold pen. And when you come to think
Of the comparative values of the words
Election becomes positively hui
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
FIERCE WAX OVER ELEPHANT
People Of Siam and Pegu contended
for Generation to Secure Pos
session of the Animal.

Believing that Buddha lived again
in the body of a white elephant, a de-
vastating war was fought in the six
teenth century between Siam and Pegu
for possession of the unhandsOme an
hnal. For a generation the struggle
continued, and in it five kings came to
the throne, only to die together with
thousands of their subjects. A white
elephant is exceedingly rare, but is SIM
ply an albinO and by no means snow
cOlored. In 1888 Barnum, not from a re-
ligious motive, brought one from ST.
am at a cost of 100000.
Frequent mention is made Of ele-
plants in the history of ancient wars.
The Roman armies fled at their first ap-
pearance in their early conflicts with
the Carthaginians, but by the use of
torches soon learned to break up a
charge of the huge beasts. Alexan-
der encountered them in his conquest
Of Asia.
The elephant looks stupid and his
brain is small for his size, only as
large as a mans, but it is highly de-
veloped. and few animals are more in
telligent. They are used as beasts of
burden in India, where they are regard
ed with superstitious awe by their
drivers.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
DISCIPLINE FUR
FOOD SLACkERS
Dealers Who Break Regulations
May Not Obtain Sugar
Certificates.

Eating house prOprietOrs and others
who have violated the food reGlla-
tions in serving beef prOmiscuOusly or
other classes of food slackers, may
wake up to u realization of their Of
fense when they learn that the Food
Administrator has failed to grant them
certificate with which to obtain
sugar.
Practically every man who sells
food and even housewives who seek to
do preserving, have to procure sugar
certificates for the next three months,
to obtain supply and those who have
failed in their obligation to the gov
ernment may be disciplined in this
way.
Sugar certificates issued last week
were for the month of July. Certiti-
Gates for supplies in August will be
issued the last week i'll July. Those
for September the last week in August
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
SAVE BUTTER FAT IN WHEY
Is Worth saoo to $1,000 a Ton Expert
Declares.

In an unusually interesting letter
to the U. S. Food Administration, Fl.
G. Larson, a Wisconsin dairyman and
swine breeder. points out the desir-
ability of recovering the butterfat re-
naming in whey after cheese has been
manufactured.
The amount is about One-half of one
per cent, equivalent to five pounds of
butterfat in 1000 pounds of whey.
"Butterfat is worth from $500 to $1,000
a ton" Mr.. Larson declares, "and to
permit it to be left in the whey and
fed to hsgs or other farm animals is
extravaganza in the extreme when it
can be recovered so easily by the sep
aration Of the whey and manufactured
into first-class article of food. Not
to do so in these times is certainly
wasteful and MnpatriOtic. Whey is be-
ing separated at a number of cheese
factories in the state and our own fac
tory lis installing the machinery now.
The butterfat recovered, according
to Mr.. Larson, has a value about
double the cost of reclaiming it which
makes this conservation measure a
thoroughly good business undertaking
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
GOOD SUMMER EGGS
Gambling Suggestions Eliminate Bad
Ones When Put in Force.


If the good results of the Food Ad-
ministratiOn's egg candling suggestions
keep up to the present standard bad
eggs are going to be as scarce as
hens teeth in good many sections
this summer.
This is a surprising change from
what we have been accustomed to eX-
pect during the hot summer months.
In the past five years, from June
to October 1, about % per cent of all
eggs marketed were a total loss and
40 per cent materially reduced in
food value.
Since June l, 1913, when the ObServ-
ance of the Gambling safeguard began
there have been many comments re-
garding the small losses. One com
pany i'm Tennessee says the quality of
eggs the first ten days in June showed
a marked Improvement and they eX-
pected that another ten days would
eliminate losses from spOilage. Be
fore June there was a loss of twen-
ty-one eggs to the case. Early in June
the loss had been reduced TO four to
the case.
The Gambling card in a case of eggs
| is a good indication of the absence Of
bad ones.
The Tennessee Poultry and Hgg
| Dealers Association at a recent meet
| ing resolved, that we extend our
| hearty thanks to the United States
| Food Administration for the broad
and patriotic manner in which they
have formulated and executed rules
and orders affecting our industry, and
we pledge our hearty support and
earnest cooperation to the Food Ad-
miniStratiOn.'
The more general candling of eggs
has not only relieved the dealer of a
burden, but it has resulted in giving
the farmer who sells good eggs the
benefit of his care and foresight. Nc
longer will egg producers suffer a loss
on account of the bad eggs marketed
by few. The loss will go where il
belongs. The careful producer viii
get more and the consumer will pa!
less.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
EBETTER BLIND THAN DEAF"
Scientific Writer Points Out Why the
Former Affliction Is Less Hard
to Bear.

Scientists have shown that sound not
only informs the intellect, as does
sight, but that, much in excess of that
sense, it excites feelings-that is,
sound pure and simple has a specific
relation to feelings widely different
from that of sight.
Its primary effect was the creating
of moods, Margaret Baldwin writes in
the Atlantic magazine. This being so,
the simple fact is that sound has far
more to do fundamentally with origin
ating our emotions, or how we feel from
day to day, than has what we see. \
1t should be said in passing, that
there is very little recognition Of this
fact by the person with normal hear
ing. Sight and sound are so inter-
woven for him that he does not dis
criminate as to what belongs intrinsl-
cally to each in the province of feel
ings. 1t is only when the two are
clearly separated, as in deafness or
blindness, that experience takes note
of what belongs to the one and the
other.
A scientific writer points OUT that we
can see with Indifference the writh-
ingS of a suffering animal that is still,
but that, if there are cries Of pain, 1t
produces emotions at once. We are
distressed. In reports of terrible ma
rine disasters, it is almost never said
by people that they can never forget
the sights they saw, but always that
they can never forget the cries of the
drowning.
Although one would hardly hesitate
to say that the excess of the blind
mans calamity over that of the deaf
man is sufficient to overbalance this
elemental function of sound to pro
duce moods, yet the universal fact re
mains that the blind are more cheerful
than the deaf.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
Wagon Box Lining to Save Wheat.

wagon DON GtliIH " OdNS WHCdA.
In support of the nationwide effort
to prevent waste of food, Frank Svo-
boda, q Bohemian farmer living in
Oklahoma, urges cloth or canvas lin
ings for wagon boxes during threshing
and grain handling seasons. From
twenty-five to fifty bushels of wheat
could be saved daily on the average
farm at the time of threshing," Mr.
SvOboda believes, eff such lining were
used in the bottom of every wagon
to keep grain from sitting through the
openings. Few farm wagons used for
hauling bundles are grain tight. Can
vas cloth should also be used at the
threshing machine where the bundles
are unlOaded. Especially when the
season is dry and kernels Sf wheat
drop from the stalk upon mere touch
ing, large quantities of grain are lost
in hauling wheat from the field to the
machine during threshing operations y
This suggestion reached Washing
ton, where ii secured the hearty en-.
dorsenlent of the q. s. Food Adminia.
tration.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
SMYRNA COLOREO BOYS
JOIN RANKS At CAMP MEADE
81 KENT COLOREO DRAFTEES
LEFT DOVER YESTERDAY
Lively Contingent Going From Della
ware to Fight for the Cause and
Preservation of Liberty

ware to Fight for the Cause and
Preservation of Liberty
Uncle Sam has called the colored
citizens of the nation to the colors
TO 90 lover there" and battle side
bv side with the white sammies for
liberty and democracy, for the pre-
servation of which all true Americans,
regardless of color or creed, are joined
together as a unit. Kent county has
been called upon to send thirty-one
colored lads to the training camps,
and the Kent County Exemption Board,
at the beginning of last week, sent
out notices to the following Kent
county colored registrants, ordering
them to report at Dover on Tuesday
july 16, to entrain for Camp Meade
on the 6. .O5 train:
Smyrna-Joseph H. Benson, Will
lard Chandler Turner, William G.
Williams, William Manly BIamer,
Paul Ernest Butcher, James Leslie
Dolly, Harry Macy, William Henry
Morris. Elwood Johnson.
Clayton William Horace Spencer
Dixon, Raymond Tribbett.
Kenton-John w. Pryor, Newman
Crosby.
Dover-James Johnson, Lewes
Russ, Andrew Cleaver, Willard A.
Laws, Alexandr Miller, George Rich
ardson.
Brenford--David Ellsworth Brad
ley.
Camden-Roy Fisher.
Lebanon-George H. York.
William Flamer.
Frederick Alexander Henry Will
lams, Fletcher Benson.
Harrington - John Christopher
Arthur Johnson, George w. johnson
Milford - Ralph Sharp, Jane
Henry Van. Samuel Thomas Payntel