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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-12
MAN: LAW COURT
Argument Of Cases Be-
guns: w ectresGay

-lr Di43acnt u -ases Al lie De-
sn u.r eiu Il .Ie Jaw Gourt vaa
mua,-l VtunesdHy rnurning, An
vay ..,.u. i.1ustuuk ana ciImDer-
au ..-,a ans -ahcn ~. The At
1--r crescent 'verr- r. " Shaw
au A ~ Barnes 81 iuuiton.
l.I. .durev Inu Z. ~ Crockett
-sF .tuu. George =. t.,iupman ii
are ID har,es :. .arter II Law
1an 3. a orr ~ Boston. 2 j.
AaL4asuIn. u. T. sullivan. " \.
1unr.au. 7. l.. wilson anu :. 3.
uUlui.n. al II Snr' !auu.
.Jul' taa lpnned Al u a. VI. Wit.
'ra-er rv lev b. T-anc's Valch ii
augusta.
"he lt-t rase argued was that NJ
.H4ie hllase -. EEenrv jnlcier. An
e.al -ac1ver ror improvements
alt rrwnahip Is. Range i. ny
agu -rr r'le ass vas heard ~
fnu anu notion made 70 ro-
m.n Ip -rpur- which was denied
-r residing uat.ca. 70 which thu
ASCENDANT .uux exceptions. Charles
pa 1rs tr-gIed COR ne plaintiff aad
lav or he defendant.
le nj use vas that II Burns
-ru;uun 's Wesley 2. kellogg.
II Dc" nu % pcnver manages tor H.
rpe ..rEed 20 Is tue "a the neg.i-
H.' le defendant II Operating
ltunnnle. Nay =. 1917. II
rrnal 'llasc. The rerdict II The
r7 Wan ur ne plaintiff FOR S165
ad 4rfIra he aw ,olr- IN motion
lrv rat " he defendant. z.
hav vrslied or the plaintiff ana
ar'rs 3aI--les FOR he defendants
" v1H he Frsnkiin Gnuntv caaa.
ANNA .uug:nan. iuinry.. "a re
'1H' .""r X iangeiev Laaen Rail-
'ua vln an acton ny ma ID
1it-.."G li frank r Hudgman.
"t w""r he iaasnuant all
aa. vIa vga UIlsas n an accident
sa HinE'un m aug. II. Igl7
-'', n ne jIrv was FOR he
ann & ,ur sftah ana ~ before he
~ r'Tr' uuf.un 1ur / new t;fai.
't- aE IAl me- accident vas The
a la.nttff negligence n nm
a+ .. an Al EXCESSIVE speed.
t t"rov trl:iied or the piain-
tit .,g'es 3. C'ar-er FOR the
rDlr,
". 1855 was hat If Mabel
N'.t li.l. viduw u Fred = Vest
'' 'nt-- Vhart rhwhnar Co.
'u'''"' mu .onuon Guarantee y
'"l' insurer This was an
'' lder 10 Nuranen Conn.,
N.' The -npnr- NJ he
h'n ss."me'' tiscloses That The te-
"ei gee" stI atai accident IN
PIES while he EMPLOY "
'oar '1r-lanu. at Central
4 ? lc gtv NJ Portland. n. 81
BOSTON tr-yied for he irsiir-
"' .e,Ighiiu or ne claim-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-12

Pawtucket. z. +; Charles !. En-
worth. C1rcilestar. MISS: Martin X
Dartiis, New London. Ct, Fran; 2.
torseil, New Britain. Ct. Edward W
Garrett. Ioiyoke. Mass: william &.
Dale. Nor+hfield. Mass. Euciide ga
reau. Manville. z. T.; George II.
O'Erren. Searsbury, Vt, Boiiesiow
Pawiowski. Shelton. Ct, Eugene "
Rich. 6eividere Center, VT: Iose,);l
valera Hartford. Ct; Anthony sa.,-
quite. North Adams. NASH: TIM
CT-T 0. BROWN. BRIGHTON.
NE Everett J. Croscup. Mattaoa,.
Mass Emilio z. Cadderio. Franklin.
hnss Chester :. laws. LINN.
Mas Wilfred A. Tra,nbiey. Me,,,-
MACK, y. H; Lestar g. Wells. Gust
Prnrldence. r. I, Alfred wond
A!Ahnry. Mass; Joseph (-ianuelli.
New iaven. Ct, 1oseph Cofd,nau
k1ebr1n. Ct, Ceina Z. LaCuurs. fla
veEll. Mass; L0uiE Pauiy. Lowell.
MASS Raymond J. Queenin. New
Ir'ain. ct; Iarbert c. Hardy, Toa--
a COOK. y. f.; Thomas J. Eeyit-.
south Manchester. ct; Oscar Kali
oef., New Britain. Ct: John XIII
ls. Newton Fails. Mass. John J,
MctEiil. WltertOwn. Mass; William
Mitten. Eruokiine. Mass; Fred :.
toss. SdmerSwnr-i1. V. Il: P>il;o
LAhate- East Hartford. Ct: Fr1nt
LerclszKi. Montague. Mass; Charles
=. Macs errnn. Auburadale. ua.;s.
Jonn Q. E'lzzen. Vest haven. G.
hofller Ldcoste. Atiloi. Mass: Franz,
Ballou. Randolph Center ~
FRED a. suENHAM, WILTON
ME.; WILLIAM cAxcM, HcuLrcM
We; Narcisse Boucher. New Beg-
FORA. Mass; Cornelius Cineen,
srockton. Mass; Edward ruwtin.,
Watar3urv. CT; Horace A. guicornh'
heeere. y. H; JOSEPH, Eagdasaria,.
New Britain. CT; Joseph D. u1uo-
van. Woburn. Mass; IJaynes J. Fay
Nashua. Y. H. Frederick z. Raw
nond. Wabster Mass: Lester y.
Marshall. Orleans. VT; Horace IA
jatTn. 1nntibr!dge, Mass: ann w
Thomas. East Erldgewa1er. Mass:
Carlo Hansen. Bridgeport, ct. Pat
TICK A. Sullivan. Waterrurv. 1t.
Frederick =. White, View Eayau.
Ct. William J F0rtin. Hartford. CT.
-" - - N-biSAAiioid- 1TlStOt. = e.
Eugene whale. Bridgeport. ct.
Wounded. cesr.s Undetermined
Lleuts- william ". wa!cnts. Ma
tick. Mass. Harold Eldridge. North
Adams. Mass, George w Andrews.
Boston. Mass. John r Hickey. Starn-
furd. Conn; William N Sullivan.
Fail River Mass. William .. VIII
liaIns, Bristol. r. l.: Serz.s ROY c.
AMAS. "A GRANGE. Nc: cctAS
BuTEau, WATERviLLE, NE:
willard e. Shaw. Manchester. ". H:
William r. Smith. aIedfnrd. Mass:
Joseph Fl. McAdams. Boston, Mass.:
EIaroid s. Card. Haveriliil. Mass:
George A. Sweeney. st. Adams. VT;
James A. Dempsey. Stuneiiasn. Mass.
Warren P Rogers. Lowell. Mass;
Corps. Norman f Mccain. Belmont,
Mass. Alfonso Crhans. Cambridge |
part. Mass: Brooks z. SAVAGE.
ME-; Edward c. |
Cobb. South Manchester, Conn;
John J. MCCARTHY, Maiden, HASA
Waltens 2. Mont, Spring Hill, ". Il. /;
Thomas J. Talbot, Greenfieid, Mass;
James c. Byron. Gleasundaie. Mass;
Iacab Gerr,g, Cheisea. MasA Arthur |
J. Morei- Hudson. Masa-. NichaeI |
Kelly South Boston: MaSa. 1u1n T.
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u MAINE MEN
TOTAL 1853 CAST ALTIES

The following casualties ara re-
ported Dv The Commanding Genera!
II me American Expeditionary
forceH:
Killed II action. 315,- missing IN ac-
non. ,43; iieu If wounds. L06: dieu
If iisease r.: died of accident Anu
other causes. Ia; wounded severely
Iob5 ypllnueu. degree Undetermined
j7D: vounued slightly JBI, total
1859.
The list for New England ~ rs coI-
luws:
kiiietf IN Action
Lieut. 1unu II. Shaw, Plymouth
Aass, .:ergt. Jonn Gussev, EIoiyoke
AasH.. Corps. Joseph Eraaenu. Frovt-
ience. z. l.. William T. Woodruff
Hndaen. Conn. Arthur 2 Mahaney,
I-ancaster, y. f.: P-,vatas Junn Eui-
lock. Worcester. Mass: Edwin Swe-
ney, Whitman. Mass. Perer Valsan
Ruxhui-- Mass: Thomas II. Crowley
East Wllpuie. Mass; Stanley CreVin-
SKI. Waterbury, Conn. Jean 8. Par
ant. New Bedford. Mass, Kider star
ia. New Haven. Conn; Fred War
eng. New Bedford. Mass; Lester s.
Collins. Gloucester, Mass. Timothy
w tzandley. rhompsnnv,lle. Conn.
Eftathios TIassut;s. lawrence. Mass:
Albert J. Lagaase. West Peterborn. ".
H. Evano G. Leveau. New Bedford.
Mass. Frederick W. Schade, New
Britain. Conn. ROY W CARTER,
MeklA.LEY, Me-.
ciea Of Wounds
!. Corp. Paul 4. Lawiess Worcester,
Mass. Prtwares Alfred Believer.
cambridge Mass; Ezra J. Curtis.
sheiburne. VT. Sidney Foster RuE-
bliry, Mass: Harvey 2. Gnkey, Fitch
burg, Mass. Timothy Leary, Hous-
atomic. Mass: William VI. Macarthur,
New Haven. Conn.
,isd of Acc,dert ana ether Causes
P-ivatea William J. Mulllern. Dor
chester. Masa.. George Mathew,
Newpnrt. r. I.
cieu or Disease
P-.vates Cnnald G. Fraser. Nor
vichtown.. Conn; Alfred c. z. Euita.
Hartford. Conn.,: PE7LEY Z. TAP
Ley, FAIRFIELD. NE.
Wounded Severely
Lleuts. William r. 3ent, Marlboro.
Mass: staniev w Fail, 3aSunville
Mass. Horace .. Bright. Boston.
Mass: Harvey W. Wilson. Boston.
Mass. Edward G. Bell. Waterbury
Conn. 5ergts Gilbert &. Clark. FAR
},uI1 Nry.-
chester. Mass. Aduiph 2 HraGeur
Hartford. Conn: John EaDgood. East
Boston. Mass: Timothy II. Prendi-
vile. Worcester, Mass. Thomas r.
rheriault Taunton. Mass. Regis
Michiette. AVON. Mass. John \
Brennan. East Hartford, Conn;
Frank Q. I1atch. West Hartford.
Conn. Lester :. Parker, Whitman.
Mass Joseph l. Miller Bridgeport,
Conn; Corps. tIerner. Z Flanagan.
Bridgeport. Conn; RAY =. Bertter-
nan. Providence Z. l., Alexander j.
Gr,rnaryi. Laweil. Mass; Ambrose
Doian. Jamaica PlaiI1s. Mass: Louis
z. Foster, Comfortable, z. 4 Carl A.
anderson. Cromwell, Conn. Charles
IL. Davis. Asinond. r. l.; Irvine
Brown. Waterbury. CT; Waciaw
Dal-koski. New Haven. Ct: Berr4an
T. Gerry Peabody, Mass Thomas 4.
Kubina. Tor-ringtan. Cti Walter
Marcuski, New HaTen. CT: Charles
z. Brennan. Hartford. CT: John
Bryant, FAN River Mass; Daniel z.
Silva. Lawrence. Mass; Mechanics
Anthony Maseiitz. South Badly,
Mass There's Pitsonie. Bridgeport.
Ct, Wagoners James A. Thompson.
Barre VT; Joseph u. De Souza, Fal
River. Mass; Privates John T. nc
earthly, Newport, VT: Angelo Mar
cello, Boston. Mass. Rocco Marina.
Providence. r. T.; john stevens,
ryAmden, Ct. sHurry-E -Ncmpfetun
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ur :. :. 2hilbrnuK If
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aM.E he 1rcAencc II relatives
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Weston avis. !. Il. Greg
t-e-tun brown.
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Odias J. Buteau was burn q years
ago IN Skowhegan. the son of Mr.
anu Mrs. Joseph Buteau. He attend
ed the College OF st. George IN Que-
DEC anu enlisted IN Ga. Il. 1884 In
fant--y, June ). 1917. lie vas made
corporal and vent "a the Mexican
border; IS now a sergeant N France.
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Brighton. Wounded Severely
Timothy =. Grown vas born III
Mayfieid .. Years ago. the son OF Mr.
anu Mrs. George c. Brown. He vent
% school n Mayfieid anu Athens.
anu enlisted in Co. &. 2nd Maine
regiment. May 28. 1917. lie. with his
younger brother. Ezra P. Brown.
Vent 20 Francs With the Regiment
anu Timothy his been raised 70 the
r-lnii If sergeant. He vas -apnr' 81
severely wounded aug. 3.
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Fairfield. Wounded. Degree Luuel e!'-
nineu
rho1nas Z. Bishop vas born n
Benton 20 Years ago. Tie sun Of Nj
anu Mrs. Joseph 7. Bishop. He en-
listed IN co. Il. l13d Infantry. April
.. 1917. ana was on guard duty Al
The Bath IRON Works for 4 time. ga
ing later 70 France. utter training II
Augusta anu Wastaelu. Masa.
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anu Jancs JConneil
u,ru ~, compton. Il. l.,
alters II MS city
pea tnesua. They also
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-12
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29
20 GUNPOWDER -

W ING. BANG! BOOAI"' roared
H<A the rife. and three more little
81 round holes appeared in the
~ target on the big poplar tree.
JAMES Uncle Tom followed closely
by the little boy himself. ran over
10 see just how near the center of the
target the bullets had come. All three
were very close TO the bulrs-eye.
Jamie was a uckled about It as his
uncle, for he vas very proud Of Uncle
Tom. Can YOU guess why? Because
he was a real soldier, and looked SO
straight and fine in his khaki suit,
and dandy tan leather boots. What
boy wouldn't have been proud?
Uncle Tom had come home from
the training camp for a short visit
before he sailed away across the seas
to fight so that little boys like Jamie
may live in peace and freedom. He
had learned how 10 shoot while he was
away, and that day he was showing
jamie what bullets can do. Jamie ex-
amined the holes very closely. Then
he looked at the smoking rife in his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

sists of an empty spool, a rod about
two feet long and a handle. The rod
may be straight branch from a tree
or flag stick. Cut the ends of the
rod down with a jack knife so one
end fits the spool and the other.
hole bored in a piece about inches
long for the handle. The cracker is
put in the spool and held at arms
length when discharged.
A firecracker pistol IS also a good
thing to hold the firecrackers when
shooting although it is moro difficult
to make than the holder. 1t must be
cut and formed from piece Of wood
seven-eighths-inch by three inches BY
10 inches. A hole Is bored for the
frecracker and another for little
piece of dowl, which gives the APP
pearance of a trigger. with little
care a very real looking pistol can be
made by the boy who likes to use a
jack knife. Use the pistol in the same
manner as tho firecracker holder
It IS great fun to watch the cracker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

onies to victory. lots of Englishmen
were glad of it because they loved
Liberty and Justice, but the King
would scarcely admit he was beaten
and he wouldn't speak to the Wing
leader who signed the peace treaty.
We'll. all this happened long. long
ago, and we have been friends with
England all this time. Our Fourth
of July doesn't mean-'We have beat
en- England anymore. it means
Liberty for ALL And isn't that what
England is fighting for now in
France?"
Agnes nodded her head thought
fully. Slowly Tins mother pointed
at a service flag hanging in her front
window.
DO you know what that flag means,
and thousands of others like it?" she
asked. at means that Americans are
fighting with the English for Liberty:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

uncle's hands.
What Id like to know is what
makes those bullets come out SO fast!'
he said, thoughtfully.
why, the gunpowder. Jamie"
Uncle Tom said. putting IN another
cartridge.
"Gunpowder?" asked Jamie. What
is that?"
We'll, gunpowder is mixture Of
three things-sulphur, charcoal and
.saltpeter. and when spark falls into
lit, the mixture eXpIOdes."
HUH unused the little boy. Who
in the world ever found out that it
would eXplode?" he asked.
THAT is kind of hard to tell. Jamie.
I've heard that the Chinese people
knew how to make gunpowder years
and years before Christ was born. But
you know they kept to themselves,
and so the other nations did not find
out about it until a long time after
ward"
How did the other people discover
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

'unselash and to think only of the good
of his people? No! She kept saying
to him: George, be a king!' by
which she meant-Insist on having
your own way, be proud and naughty
and make the people fear your
We'll, George took his mothers ad-
vice. He was so high-handed that
lot of loyal, good Englishmen, who
loved Liberty, objected. Certain ones,
called Wings, tried their best to get
him to be more considerate of the
Colonies-as America was then called
England had been fighting France
then because the French wanted to
get hold of the Colonies and it had
cost a lot of money. The English
thought the Colonies ought TO help
pay the money, because it was spent
to save them from the French. But
the Colonies said: No, we won't pay
one cent unless we can send men to
London TO represent us!' Now, you
can see, both sides were partly right
The English people ought not to have
had to pay all the expenses of pro-
tecting the Colonies and the Colonies
ought to have had some say in their
government. If there had been a wise
and sensible King then all might have
been arranged without any more trou-
BILE. But King George was determined
to make everybody do as he said
whether it was right or not. A great
many Engiishmen sympathized with
the Colonies. but what could they do :?
The King had been taught to be a
tyrant by his German mother. When
George Wa shington did lead the Col
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

prettiest in the parade. They knew
something about Agnes-that she had
lost her dear father in the war-so
they wanted to make her happy.
Well. that very afternoon, on the
great day, Agnes aunt and uncle and
Tins father and mother and Tim him
self. dressed up like George Washing
ton, were all getting into an automo-
bile to go to the parade, when Agnes
aunt suddenly asked:
where's Martha Washington"
Just then they saw her come run
ming along the street.
where have you been, dear?"
asked her aunt.
Agnes looked up at them all and
her eyes were very red. her white
wig was over one ear and her silk
dress was a little bit mussed up.
whats the matter, child?" asked
her aunt, anXiously.
Tim was very much surprised He
was thinking: Something dreadful
must have happened, because Agnes
never cries"
He jumped out of the car and put
his arm around his little friend. Did
anybody tease you, Agnes?" he asked
NO" she sobbed, lin sorry
cant 60"
why not?" Tim asked. Are you
sick, or are you scared?"
NO" replied the little girl. cts
worse than that! Oh, Tim, why didn't
YOU tell me what au this Fourth Of
July was about? How was I to know
it wasn't like Guy Fawkes' Day?"
81 don't know what Guy Fawkes'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29
1t ?" Jamie asked.

1t?" Jamie asked.
Uncle Tom sat down on the ground
and began to clean his rife, for you
know fire arms must be kept Spotless
and oiled to shoot well. So while he
was polishing it, he began:
We'll, you know men have always
been fighting each other in some way
One of the first ways they fought was
by throwing fire into the enemies
cities. With machines they would
throw burning torches onto buildings
or ships to make them catch fire and
burn up. Some kind of stuff that
would burn with a big flame and that
was hard 10 put out was best for this
kind of fighting. So men tried to
make mixtures that would do those
things, and, Of course. they kept try
ing different mixtures.
Very few people were educated
IN those days and so the monks made
all kinds of experiments. trying TO
make a good mixture for the torches.
We'll, one time a monk named
Roger Bacon, was mixing stuff for
torches, when all of a sudden there
was a terrible noise, and all his things
were shattered, and thrown in every
direction. When he got up he looked
1 guess he was kind of surprised, don't
you? He knew then that there was
something in the world that was much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

Day is like" Tim replied.
Tim" said Agnes, wiping her eyes
with her little handkerchief. Il didn't
know the Fourth of July was to cele-
brate the Americans beating the Eng
lish. If Ia known it I'd never, never
have said I'd be in it!'
why not?" asked Tim.
Because I'm English, Tint" re-
piled the little girl, proudly. MY
Daddy died for England last winter
Do you think I'd celebrate the Fourth
of July?''
whats the trouble, Tim?" asked
his father, leaning out of his car.
agnes IS English and she doesn't
want to celebrate" explained Tim,
looking ready to cry.
The grown-ups in the car talked to-
gether. then Tins mother got out
and came to where the two children
stood. She put an arm around each
and led them up the path to a bench
on the lawn.
Dear Agnes she said. in her sweet
voice, Il want YOU to listen to me be-
fore you decide not to go on the float"
America beat England and they're
glad of it," cried the little girl, her
eyes flashing.
yes, dear" the lady said gently,
but do you know, lots of English
people are glad of it too? Yes, and
they were. when it happened. The
English King was George the Third.
His mother was-guess-a German
Princess. She was indeed, And what
advice did she give her son? Did she
tell him to try to be just and true and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

wanted to know.
mo. about IA per cent. saltpeter, 10
per cent sulphur, and about 16 per
cent. charcoal" his uncle said. But
don't you try to make any,
Jamie laughed.
4 don't want to get blown up"
ne said, What makes it blow up, any
way?"
Uncle Tom held up his rife and
squinted through the barrel to be
sure there was no dirt in 1t. We'll"
he said. when a spark gets into some
SunpOwder things begin to happen, I
tell you. The carbon in the charcoal,
and the sulphur get mixed up with
the oxygen in the saltpeter, and make
two kinds OF gases-carbonic acid gas
and sulphuric acid gas, and at the
same time another gas in the salt
peter is set free-nitrogen. This all
happens so quickly that you think il
doesn't take any time at all. Now,
the amount of all those gases is so
much larger than the space taken up
by the gunpowder itself that it ex-
plodes I'm afraid that you don't
understand that very well, do you?"
mo. I don't" confessed the little
boy.
We'll, suppose you had bag full
Of candy, and kept pushing lots more
in What would happen?"
why, 1t would break, of course"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-29

explode IN the air, TINS can be ac-
complished very nicely by attaching
a bunch or several crackers TO the
tail of a kite. When all is ready
light a long piece of cloth. that has
had a few drops of oil rubbed into
II and is tied to the fuse
The cloth must not be allowed to
blaze. IL must burn slowly, Ike a long
slow burning fuse giving the Kite time
10 get high in the air before the light
reaches the fuse.
Bomb the Kaiser IS a very interest
ing little contrivance you may make
to amuse your friends and use for
testing the power of cannon crackers.
Get Il common tomato can, trim of
the rough edges and to the bottom
as at (A) fasten a piece threo-quar-
ters-lnch by three inches by three
inches. having a three-oIghth-inch
hole bored At tho center. Use large
head tacks driven from the inside OF
the can into the block.
Fit a three-eighth-inch dowl IN the
hole and dress the dowl up 70 look
like the Kaiser. A little cotton batting
covered with white cloth for the head,
having features painted on IL with ink,
and little suit stuffed with excelsior
Will make a suitable Kaiser.
Place a large cannon cracker be-
meath the can with the fuse project
ing, light the fuse using the punk
holder and watch the Kaiser rise.
The punk holder is made the same
as the hrecracker holder except that
there IS no handle. This end Is point
ed so it can be easily forced In the
ground.
Insert piece OF punk in the spool
II the punk Is too small 10 tit the
hole wrap piece OF paper about il.
The holder is convenient because IL
can be set up IN the ground for light
ing crackers held IN the pistol or
cracker holder. Or it may be held in
the hand while setting on other
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that Kings like George the Third
would never be allowed in England
any more; that we are all brothers
Joined together to free The world. So
you see, dear Agnes, the real mean
ing of the Fourth OF July. It isn't
remembering old wrongs - that
wouldn't be worthy of US. 1t isn't Just
a celebration of a victory. 1t Is a
Day of Liberty, a day when we can all
be glad that Liberty has succeeded
and viii succeed. DO you see?"
Agnes was a very sensible child, as
Tim had said. She was looking very
thoughtful. She was too young TO
understand politics, but nobody IS too
young to understand the right. She
looked at the Service Flag hanging
in the window. then she got up and
said:
Lets hurry. we might be late for
the parade!"
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little shock or jar will do it."

a little shock or jar will do it,
Jamie looked at the holes in the
target, and asked. What makes the
bullet go out OF the gum"
We'll, there's the bullet in the gun
with the powder. The powder ex-
plodes, and the only way for the gases
10 get out is through the hole in the
barrel. SO 1t pushes the bullet out
ahead of it," Uncle Tom told him.
MY gun is clean now. SO L guess
we'd better go home"
They scrambled to their feet and
started off. jamie slipped his hand
into Uncle Toms and marched along
like a soldier.
Gee. Uncle Tom. I'm glad know
something about gunpowder. VIII you
tell me a story about guns, some.
timer"
And. of course. Uncle Ton laid:
"Y eS"
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stronger than those machines they
had been using TO throw the burning
torches into enemies cities, and he
began to think about what he had put
into that mixture. He had used pure
saltpeter."
What IS saltpeter?" Jamie asked.
"Saltpeter is found in the ground
and in some places on top. Another
name for IL is nitre. Roger Bacon
made that mixture about 1216-iust
about seven hundred years ago. ana
almost the same things are used to-
day IN the manufacture Of gunpow-
der"
What did you say the other things
were, Uncle Tom?" Jamie asked.
charcoal and sulphur"
'"The same amount of each? ?" Jamie