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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
Out OF q Russian Prison.

Many Of the commerce bureaus for
eign representatives have been obliged
to carry on their work under trying
and often dangerous conditions during
line last f0uT years, but the experience
OF Roger f. Simmons, lumber trade
commissioner assigned to Russian ter.
ritory before our entrance into the
war, has probably been unique
Shortly after escaping from prison,
where he had been placed under sen.
tence of death, he wrote the bureau
the following brief account OF the
progress of his lumber investigation
while in prison:
"While in prison l found two learned
forcSterS, several sawmil owners
practical men, and n former member OF
the cabinet. Information received was
very valuable"
This shows an official avidity foI
data that speaks for itself.-Commerce
Reports.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
Jerusalem Gets water.

For the first time since the days Of
Herod. Jerusalem has good supply OF
pure water. the British havil : provid-
ed II In the first year Of their occupa-
tion. The city has relied for It's supply
on rain water which flowed into under
ground clsterns at almost every house.
These were found in bad repair and
most of them needed cleaning. The
water from near SOlomOn's Pool was
led by the Romans through an auue-
duct, but this was not nearly enough,
and under the Turks II was divided to
the Mosque OF Omar and the city OF
Bethlehem. The British found some
springs and have raised the water
from them to the top Of hill. whence
II flows by gravity through new pipe
line into the city. Standpipes were
placed on the streets, and the cisterns
are filed on condition that they are
first cleaned and repaired Water con-
sumption has increased tenfold, chol-
era has been extermnated and the
health OF the city Is pronounced won.
derfully good.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
Value in Skim Milk.

Skim milk Is chiefly casein. and
while 1t is food rich in protein II
was formerly fed to the pigs or thrown
away. Chemical research brought out
Its value In paper sizing, in making
water soluble paints for interior use
and for many other purposes.
Another use for skim milk consists
under patented process of cmulsify.
ing coconut oil and skim milk In water
and then stabilizing them so that the
product has substantially the same
food qualities as milk and cream, and
II looks and tastes like milk and
cream. The skim milk may be shipped
dried, ard no cow is needed within ter
thousand miles.-From Chemistry II
Overalls." by Arthur ID. Little.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
New Thing in Diplomacy.

Just recently, one of the allied pow
ers, in the process of setting its house
I'm order, or. rather, going carefully
over the ground to see what needed
most to be set in order, tackled its
diplomatic service. 1t found many
things that We're out of date, and
many other things that never had been
in date. and ii determined To make
many reforms.
Perhaps the most significant was the
one which provided that in future a
working knowledge of Stenography
should be an essential part of the dip
lomatic equipment. More and more,
surely is ii being proved true that the
ambassador of the old order passed
with the advent of the telegraph and
telephone.
Some one once said, indeed, that am
bassadOrs nowadays had become
clerks; an exaggeration, Of course, but
the latest requirement lends color
10 the vew.-Christian Science
Monthly.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
PIDGIN ENGLISH is POPULAR
In China the Lingo Is Used by Both
Servants and Employers In
Speaking to Each Other.

In China servants speak pidgin, or
business, English to their employers
and servants from different parts of
China will use this weird language in
speaking to each other. The formation
of the sentence is the same as in Chi
nese; the language itself is an extra
ordinary mixture of English, Portu-
guese, French and Chinese. Some of
the phrases, says Mrs. De Burgh DAILY
in An Irlshwoman in China, are very
quaint and amusing.
| A bishop Is called "No. 1, top side
joss pidgin man." "Top side" means
heaven, "joss," god, "pidgin," busi-
ness.
There is story Of two men who
came to call upon the king of Siam
when he was staying in Shanghai.
They entered the hotel and asked the
proprietor, courteous American, II
his majesty were at home.
boy" called the proprietor, zone
piecee king have gotr
"Have got, sir" replied the boy
cheerfully.
"His majesty is at home, gentle
men," translated the proprietor.
One day, says Mrs. DAILY, & large par
ty assembled on steamer to bid fare
well to homeward-bound friends. Wish
Ing to make certain that the steamer
should not carry us of. we informed
the steward In excellent Mandarin that
he was to come and warn us OF her
departure. He stared blankly. Some
one tried Ningpo dialect-no use !;
Shanghai-still blank stare. At last
my husband called out:
"Boyl"
"Yessir."
"Wantchee walkee can come talkeei
Savvee?"
IAN right, sir; my savvee."
Servants quickly find out our likes
and dislikes In food, and act accord
ingly. A friend Of mine was fond of
snipe, and often ordered them for din
ner. One evening. when an unexpected
guest arrived, che told Boy that since
there we're not enough snipe she would
not eat one. Presently Boy nudged
her and remarked In a loud whisper:
"Missee can have snipe; one piecee
man no chow!"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
That Bore Of q Fond Parent.

or course, you have bright young
ster who says and does amusing
things, asserts writer.
But all children do.
Your child has not a monopoly.
II you wish to be classed with the
worst of bores, continue your constant
eulogy OF all that your child says or
does.
If, for instance, some other child
said or did what your boy or gil does,
would you think 1t SO excruciatingly
funnyi
Every bright, healthy, intelligent
child is delightful In the unfolding.
To each fond father ana mother the
particular angles of understanding, as
they come to light, are most interest
ing.
But the youngster is chiefly interest
Ing to yourself.
You see traits and characteristics In
the light Of what you know you are
yourself. That Is what makes 1T sound
so funny.
How about the mean little tricks
that your own child has and that you
cannot get away from? They all have
them, too. Do you tell these things 7
No.
Then your wonderful tales are mere
ly another form of braggadocio. Vow
about lit
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
EVERYTHING In Its Place.

Mrs. III. had just employed a new
maid, fresh from the old country. She
asked the girl to take the baby out In
the baby carriage. Gunhilde was de-
lighted. She had never seen baby
before and from her articulate Joy one
might think that she had waited for
this moment all her life. Mrs. III. was
pleased to see that the girl was.so will
Ing. The baby was wrapped up and
they started. Two minutes later Mrs.
Fl. looked ost of the window and her
face froze with horror. Instead Of
rolling gently down the sidewalk the
way baby should her child was being
plloted majestically down the middle
Of the street In the midst of automo-
biles and delivery wagons. From Gun
hides expression one could see that
she knew that her carriage was better
than any coach on the avenue.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
BESSEMER IRON AND STEEL
Original Process Involved Decarbonlza-
tlsn, or Burning Out Of Excess
! Carbon, BY Blowing All.

Henry BesseIner, who invented the
method named for him In the manufac-
ture of iron and steel, which revolu-
tionized the industry, was granted a
patent by the British government on
October II, 1855. This was the first
patent given him, notes an exchange
Additional patents were taken out in
the following December and February,
covering improvements. Bcsscmcr's
original process involved decarboniza-
tion, or the burning out of the excess
carbon, by blowing air through pig
iron. This revolutionary invention was
due indirectly to the Crimean war
Bessemer undertook To invent an i'm
proved cannon, but found all available
metals too weak for the gun he sought
to make. He then began experiments
In steel making, with the ultimate re-
suit Of the production OF "Bessemer
steel" His invention won for him fame
and fortune and the honor of knight
Nood Sir Henry Bessemer was born
: England, but was of French Hugue-
II descent. Since his pioneer invcn-
.on, the process of converting iron in
% steel has been vastly improved
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
"MEMORY MAPS" ARE FREAKS
Trv to Draw Outlines Of the varIous
Countries and You VIII Be Sur.
prlsed at Your Ignorance.

A man and wife sat at the table at
their home trying to draw the outline,
map Of Europe, from memory. OBJ
serves the Ohio State Journal. They
soon found that they knew little about
1t. They had been reading Of European
events for years, and yet when they
came to putting their mind picture of
the continent on paper they forgot their
geography entirely. The man had read
Anabasis and Homer In the original
nnd YET put Greece between the AdTi-
attic and the coast of Spain, and left
Austria out altogether. The wife had
Spain and France side by side on an
east and west line. with Belgium to the
north, covering both. while she made
the boot Of Italy fashionable $40
gaiter. Anyone looking at the two
maps could tell they were not of
America or Asia, but Of where, he
couldn't say.
But seriously, 1t Is delightful
amusement and might with profit be in
dulged In more. After one gets through
with Europe, take the other continents
and the countries that belong to them.
And then one might come nearer home.
1t would be really sad to observe the
ignorance concerning our own locali-
ties, but 1t would be amusing, too. Just
for fun, have company draw maps Of
Great Britain and Ireland, or Turkey,
China, Kansas and Nebraska, Louis
lana, Delaware. etc. and much sur
prised you will be to see how this old
earth had changed since you trusted
1t to your memory.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
Halfway Work.

We are, none of US, so good archi.
Itects as to he able to work habitually
fpeneath our strength; and yet there
ds not building that know of. late
uy raised, wherein ii Is not sufficiently
evident that neither architect nor
builder has done his best 1t is the
especial characteristic of modern
work. All old work nearly has been
lhard work. 1t may be the hard work
sof children, Of barbarians, of rustics !;
but 1t Is always their utmost. Let us
have done with this kind OF work at
once; cast off every temptation to II |;
id0 not let us degrade ourselves volun-
Ifarily, and then mutter and mourn
over our shortcomings let us confess
our poverty or our parsimony, but not
belle our human intellect. 1t is not a
fquestion Of doing more, but Of doing
better. Do not let Us boss our roofs
with wretched, half-worked, blunt
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
Little Romance Of TODAY.

There is a flavor of sheer romance
about that Partizanski flag with Its
Scottish thistle, English rose. and Rus
sian bear embroidered by the English
ladies of Kermanshah. which figures
In striking little dispatch from cor
respondent of the Times OF London.
PartiZanSki Is COssack under the
command OF Bicharakoff, "the man
with the face OF an iroa dreamer" met,
with his troop, by the way, at Kasri
Shirin. There was a Colonel Leslie
among that Cossack troop who spoke
no word of English and only word or
two Of French, having been an exile"
as he put it, "fOr over three hundred
years." an ancestor OF his having come
to Russia in the reign OF Ivan. He
had read OF pipes, in his family rec
Ords, but II was at Mendali, on the in
hospitable borders of Luristan, that
he heard the music of them for the
first time, and IL was Punjabi piper
who played the COssacks In.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
DOCTORS ABANDON
HEADACHE TABLETS
THAT DEPRESS HEART
Adopt AspitOne, the New Tablet
in Which All Heart Depress-
ing Qualities Are Counter
acted by Heart TOning Agents

Physicians and druggists who,
have kept up with recent discover
les in medical science are now intro
ducing to their patients and custom
ers the new pain relieving tablet
called Aspitone, which does not de-
press the heart and circulation. They
explain that headaches and neural
gias as well as colds and grippe are
usually attended by a fatigued heart
and circulation and that it is dan
gerous at such times to use coal tar
derivatives. In fact they are claim
ing that all the coal tar derivatives
are positively dangerous, even to
strong hearts. They say that many
sudden deaths have resulted from
taking them and that there is no,
longer any excuse for taking them
except under the watchful care of a
physician.
1t is explained that Aspitone il,
not a coal tar derivative, but is COM
posed of vegetable elements, which
relieve the pain of headaches, nen-
ralgia, toothache, rheumatism,
colds, grippe, etc, at the same time
supporting the heart 1t is pre-
dicted that Aspitone will take the
place of the coal tar derivatives The
product is new to this State, but
may now be had at the Standard
Drug Co. and at all leading drug
stores in all communities.-Ad
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
AlRMEN HAVE THEIR THRILLS
Miss Excitement Of Going "over the
Top" but Life Has Some Enl,ven-
Ing Moments.

In little estaminet some way from
the front several officers had finished
dinner and were dawdling over their
liqueurs. The conversation had turn,
ed upon what II felt like to go over
the top.
Smithson had Just been holding
forth, and he turned chaffingly to
Clarke. a balloon officer invited In
to make up four, and remarked:
Anyway, you air merchants escape
that"
"Do weT answered the balloon Of
fcer. removing his pipe. "I'll Just tell
you what Ii feels like for us to make
forced parachute descent.
II was up one day, very low visibil-
ity, squatting just rnder the clouds,
when without warning three Boche
planes swoOped down.
Every machine gun and Archie In
the neighbOrhood started of for miles
around. ! felt a hit dazed, but renliz-
ing what was up. yelled to the other
fellow with me TO get over took of my
telephone mOuthplece and scrambled
to the edge Of the basket. Instinctively
j saw the panorama around. the white
Zig-Zar OF trenches In front and be-
hind the dull gray sea, with here and
there ship. I remember thinking i'm
personally what long way to the
ground 1000 feet was!
but, drawing breath, over
went and dropped 200 feet, when the
ropes began to- tighten around me, and
realized in flash the parachute had
opened.
81 saw the other chap floating away
beneath me and I couldn't help think
Ing we must look like number OF
mushrooms chasing each other. Sud
denly the earth rushed up to meet me
with nn awful bang and found my
self mixed up with some sheds. But
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
a SAFE TEST.

For those who are In need OF a
remedy for kidney troubles and
backache. 1t is a good plan to try
Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
strongly recommended by Lancaster
people.
Mrs. w. NJ Barton, w. Gay St.
Lancaster. says: Il suffered a great
deal with kidney complaint NY
kidneys acted irregularly and both
cred me lot. / tried different rem
edies, but wasn't benefited Finally
used Doan's Kidney Pills and they
completely relieved me. can GER
tainly recommend Doan's, for
know they will do all that is claim
ed OF them. ! have never found
their equal for kidney trouble. :"
statement given March 25, 1919
Nearly seven years later, or on
February 21. 1918. Mrs. Barton said
'The cure Doan's Kidney Pills gave
me has been lasting. always tell
anyone troubled with their kidneys
to try Doan's Kidney Pills. They
are certainly wonderful remedy
and ! am glad to confirm my former
recommendations"
/ Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Barton had. Foster-Mil-
burn Co.. Mfgrs.. Buffalo N. y
| Adv.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26

ucrunrry mad aIlghted quite gracefully
and was only bruised and suffering
slightly from shock.
ut really wasn't much except for
the first awful leap, and even that was
afterward compensated for by dear
old lady to whom | showed the para
chute spread out at home and who re-
marked: How clever 1t was to have
jumped from balloon into such a
small sheet"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
SCOUTS KEPT BUSY
British Boys Realize They Live
in Stirring Times.
Patrol Leader GrIsgs. and Pirate Have
Adventures Which Would Seem
to Furnish Quite a Mum.
ber Of Thrills.

ME and Pirate saw her first" said
Patrol Leader Griggs, when asked to
recall the most recent maritime mis-
nap or which, as boy scout, he had
official cOgnizance "It was only the
other day, and we'd been sent on spe-
cial patrol along the cliff, two one way
and two t'other. the sea fog being so
thick. She was quite close I'm, but you
could only just see her in the mist
fair-sized steamer, and not moving,
so l knew she was on the sand"
Griggs sent the Pirate back post
haste, says "a. f.. c." In London Daily
! Chronicle, that rocket apparatus
might be sent and the nearest llfeboat
warned.
"The strange part was she didn't
hoot or nothing" said Griggs-"not a
sound. I holloa'd. but they wouldn't
be likely to hear. Also I took off my
Jersey and waved 1t. just to let 'cm
know help 'ud be coming, but I don't
think they saw"
! Within 45 minutes Pirate returned
In company with the rocket apparatus
and It's crew.
| nhN up you tsllHk!
Griggs Indignantly, "at first they
wouldn't take his word for 1t up at the
station. Was he quite sure he hadn't
made a mistake. II you please! Just
as II I don't know a stranded steamer
when I see one!"
The rocket was successfully fired
and the tackle made fast on the steam
er. But crew and vessel owed their
rescue to the alternative aid brought
by the boys summons
"When the lifeboat came up" ex-
plained Griggs, they passed her
warp, and she put an anchor out, and
the steamer hauled herself back into
deep water"
asked about the scar on Griggs'
knee.
at was beastly dark night" ne re-
piled. "when that happened. There
was parcel for the next station and
] was taking II halfway, to meet one
Of their boys coming up-both on our
bikes l was going at fair lick. and
ran into a big biscuit tin that some
silly ass had left In the middle of the
road. At least II sounded like q bis
cult tin. but I didn't 60 hunting round
to find out what 1t was. The blood
wasn't half running down my leg, so
got back as quick as I could"
'Do you find bicycles useful In coast
watching?"
"Thes're all right to anyone used to
them. | lent my hike to Pirate once
but never again A mine was re-
ported ashore mile and n half along
the coast. Pirate was told to hurry
there and stand watch over II till the
motorboat came to make II harmless
There's some sand holes and deep cut
tings along the cliff. and being in too
much Of n hurry to see where he was
going Pirate fell into pretty near all
of them. Then he stuck the bike into
a hedge and ran the rest"
"Have you ever had mine come
ashore and eXplodc?'
zone did. II made most tremen-
dOus loud noise. only / didn't hear II
myself, being asleep at the time"
Did 1t do much damage?"
depends on what you call much"
replied Griggs Judicially. "a mans
shoulder put out of joint and about a
thousand quids' worth Of broken win
dOws."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26
United States Life Insurance

The people OF the United States
carry more than $60,OOC, 100000 Of
life insurance, the largest record OF
any co-atry iii the world. OF this
$3O,OOOOOO,OOO is government insur-
ance for soldiers and sailors.-Lesiie's.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-26

edged rosettes; do not let us flank our
gates with rigid limitations of medieval
etatuary, Such things are more in.
suits 10 common sense, ana only un8t
us for feeling the nobility or their pro-
totypes.-Ruskin.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-06

Remarkable Feat Of MarkmnAns D
Described by American
Newspaper Man.

Atlanta. Ga How "A German air
plane Was brought down by squad Of
American infaHtrtmen armed only
with rifles Is graphically described In
letter FROM Harl II Coffee, we'll.
known to new s,apeg neu ~ the South
through his former connection With the
Western New sparer tnion. and who
IL no. serving 10 France with the
Eighty ninth division.
A small quad ot American soldiers.
amnng them Mr. Coffee, WAS resting
~ TIE side ~ i raeA, When ii t.arstriGn
plane. flying very low. passed over and
began dropping hand greuades The
Americans opened fire. With their rifles
aud q chance She, struck the pilot In
The head, Killing him Instantly and
bringing The mgralne ~ the ground
with a crash, This IL ,hF ftrst Instance
reported whore aa Atrplane has been
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-06
ROYAL LINE SOMEWHAT MIXED
Ruling House Of Rcumania Has Made
Many Alliances With Women
Not ~ Glue Blood.

Prince Carol Of Roumanla, who 10
reputed 10 have married beneath
him." Is only carrying out the family
tradition by making meSaiitanc~
The princely aud elder branch nf ths
uohenEollerns, to which he belongs
has very "mixsd' pedigree. from
the paint Of view " a court genealo
kist. In spite Of tho fact that In the
male tine they rank AS one Of the old
vat families In Europe, tho origin Of
which In lost In tho mists ot ages, To
begin with, King FcrdInaud's mother.
a Portuguese princess of the house III
Cohurg. was the granddaughter Vt the
Countess An,onlh ~ NOTARY 4 tfun,
gar!an lady Of great wealth, who was
raised to the rank of princess hy the
emperor Of Austria 10 marry on equal
terms rrince Ferdinand IT Coburg
Queen xictnria's uncle. Cue of the
king II houmanias great arandmnth,
ss~ was Murat. relation cf Napol
con u generni, aud another Stephauts
Reauhsrnat's, niece Of the Empress
Josephlne's first husband. whom Ma
rclcon adopted into the tmprrtal fam
lily Farther back stu 10 the nrS nail
VI The eighteenth CENTURY, there IA In
bis pedigree an untitled Engslshwwp
On, a mere Miss Marta Eruev. u coa'
nection VI the then Fart VI Aiseshury.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-06
EASY TO HAVE ATMOSPHERE
Natter That Should Have Careful
Thought When One 10 conteun-
plating 1uiidsna . Horne.

Many factors enter into the work Of
suilding n home that are not CON
ssrned. simply, with the work OF de-
Signing or the mechanical processes
hat 10 into the building Of the house,
Ind we soon discover and realize that
the desi gning and building Of house
u, after all. bat tho nrst preliminary
aep in the establishment Of n home.
The house h important. OF course. and
Il II liz not Just as II ought to be In
very particular. the operation viii be
complete failure.
And II Ia az special Importance be-
Tore you build. that you know just
What you want your house to suggest
In the way OF newness or oldfssh.
sonedncss or an atmosphere of historic
.Ass,<4allaa. and yon ANSald also KNOW
Aow the result you wish can be 80
cured,
Your house need not be old to pos
sess Whit seems to BE- an atmosphere
seslolent with memories Of the good
Did days, and II you will but choose
Four architect with proper care, he
sitl know how ~ give IN your new
Aome that atmosphere which one well-
Known designer Of colonial houses
10y Wheeler now--cails the dramatie
quality In architecture. -- Rawsca
Nnodman Haddou, In House Beautt
'ul.