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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
CALENDAR IN HEAD
Good Method Now That So Few
Are Being Printed.
Little Mental Arithmetic Required BY
System Which Is Explained Here
Little Rhyme to Be Com
Hnitted to Memory.

Calendars for 1918 are going to be
scarce. partly on account Of the paper
shortage and partly because advertis-
ers are cutting down expenses, the
large insurance companies, for in
stance, having made it a rule that their
agents will have to print their own
calendars. 1t used to be that one was
flooded with calendars of all sorts and
shapes about the first of the year; now
one has to buy them.
Why buy calendar if one can carry
the whole thing in ones head? There
are several ways in which one can fig
ure out the day of the week upon
which any day of the month will fall,
but the majority of them require aa
amount Of mental arithmetic that is
beyond the powers of the man In a
hurry, or the woman arranging for a
party.
Here is a simple calendar arranged
by a memory expert. 1t consists Of
twelve words arranged as a rhyme.
These twelve words are indexes for
the twelve months, and they are three
In line, so as to make it easier to get
at the months by taking them three at
time:
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

Scientists have found the way to
make the sun shine. as it were, upon
agriculture, They charge the soil with
electricity and the crops. fooled into
believing that the sun Is shining, COM
mence to grow at a rapid pace. There
is no deception about the results OF
this experiment, which are hailed as
an achievement Of vast importance in
these days OF war when the production
and conservation Of food are 80 ire
a:nendously vital.
In, experiments that have been con.
Quoted under the auspices Of the Eng
iish government young strawberry
plants are said to have increased In
yield by 50 per cent, and even old
plants are reported to have given 80
per cent more fruit. Potatoes can cas-
lily be persuaded. scientists claim. into
the belief that . charge of electricity
is genuine sunshine, as a result Of
which they forthwith grow prodigi-
ously. A
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
Make WAR ON ONION .MALADY
oesonu Efforts Going On to Stamp Out
Disease That Is Known
as Neckrot.

To combat neckrot-a destructive
storage rot of onions-in various local
tiles Of the United States, the United
States department Of agriculture next
season is to assist growers In testing
q method of controlling the disease
with the hope of putting the method
on q practicable basis for CONNER
cial use. Specialists of the depart
ment will be assigned to the districts
affected to advise farmers and to help
In the instal'a alton and equipment OF
necessary structures.
The districts known to be infected
include the principal onion-growing
centers in Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Ohio, Indiana, Delaware, Wisconsin
and Oregon. The disease occurs in
other states also. Losses Of from 25
per cent to IS per cent In white onion
sets have been recorded in the vicinity
of Chicago and in northern Indiana.
Red and yellow onions are not at
tackled as seriously as the white vari-
ETY..
The disease known as neckrOt is
caused by a fungus. The parasite en-
tiers the wounded neck of the bulbs at
harvest time and gradually rots the
scales until they become dried up and
worthless. OF the control measures
that have been tried, artificial drying
Of the onion sets in crates just after
harvest has given the best results. The
object of this method is to cure the
necks as soon as possible. and thus
check the fungus before it enters the
flesh scales. In various lots treated
recently the rot was reduced from IA
per cent to 1 per cent; from Al per
cent to per cent; from So per
cent to per cent. and from 90 per
cent to 10 per cent.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
Time Flies Fast,
Men Wisely Say;
Men Think, Alas!
Times Fooled Away.

The initials of these words give US
the day of the week upon which the
first OF the months Will fall IN 1918,
taking them in order. T stands foi
Tuesday, Th for Thursday. S is fol
Saturday and A for Sunday. NJ and
W are for Monday and Wednesday re-
spectively.
It Is obvious that if one knows upon
what day Of the week the first day of
any month will fall one has only to
add seyens to it to discover the dates
Of all similar days of the week in that
month. II the LIST of August falls on
Thursday, the Sth, 18th, 22d and 10Th
must all be Thursdays.
Now suppose you have committed
this little rhyme to memory and wish
to know upon what day of the week
the Fourth of July will fail in 1918
July is the seventh month and the sew
enth word in our couplet, beginning
the third line, is Men. AS NJ stands
for Monday, the LIST of July must be
Monday. so the 4th will be a Thurs
day.
Let as suppose your birthday is
March q. AS March is the third
month the word Is at the end of the
first line, and the initial F shows that
the LIST Of March will be Friday. If
the following Fridays are the 9Th, 18th
and 22d your birthday will be on Sat
urday In 1918.
Suppose IL is Christmas day you are
looking forward to. December is the
last Of the twelve months and the
initial Of the last word in our little
rhyme u 4. which stands for Sunday.
s Fhsn TN sundays IN December VIII be
-ths lSt Sth, 18th and ed, and Christ
mas day Will be three days after Sun
day, or Wednesday.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
DRIVING 7IvETs SLOW WORK
Tot Only Inst, but Enermoua Number
Of Them Are Needed IN
Steel Ship.

! The largest single item in tha labor
: of fabricauns steel ship is In the
riveting of her hull: therefore the
driving OF riyets 10 taken as standard
of size and Of progress by most Of the
shipbuilders. To build d 10000 ton
ship q week means the driving OF
about $4,000 rivets in that time. The
Union shipynrds of San Francisco, as
at present equipped and freed from Ia
Dor troubles, can drive about 10000
rivets, although In a record week 1t
drove 411,0OO rivets; the four next
largest yards in America-at Fore Riv-
er, Mass. at Newport News, Va. at
Camden. and at Philadelphia upon the
Delaware--can drive 100000 to 275.OO
smaller steel shipyards will drive from
10000 to $4,000 each seven days.
Piveting. despite all the inventions
devised to speed It up, remains hand
work and slow work. A riveting gang
consists Of, two men and two boys
the riveter. his "holder-on." the passer
boy and the heater boy. The gang
uTlFeS llOiu SOO tS $40 rlNetS III tNS
course Of ten-hour day and Is tired
at the end OF 1t. But when you know
that 1t takes four men all of u working
day to drive an average of little less
than $50 rivets. you can begin to see
the full size Of the labor problem Of
driving at least 10000 rivets week
necessary to turn out a 10,000-ton
ship ut the end of that length Of time.
In other words. you need 1 200 men for
the riveting gangs nlone.
Look at the matter from another an
gle. writes Edward Hungerford IN Har-
per's. Ten ships q week-the tremen-
dous program for 1918 to which we
stand committed-means $4,000 nv
cts a week. And the rivet capacity Of
our FIVE greatest yards-with q total
working force Of 5000 men At the end
OF 1917-was but 100000 rivets q
week. And dvetng represents only
about 20 per cent IN the construction
Of ship.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
CITY HAVING RAPID GROWTH
Norfolk Bids Fair to Break all Rec
ords at Her Present Rate
of Progress.

There is not a city in this country,
perhaps none in the world, that Is
growing at more rapid rate than Nor
folk" remarked G. w. Sizer, manager
Of one of the leading hotels of that
city, at the Raleigh, the Washington
Post states. "The last census gave
the population Of Norfolk at less than
10000. Today it is estimated that Nor
folk Is n city of 40 600. or more than
double the size it YVES in 1910. Wash
ington prides itself on the tremendous
growth attained in the last two or
three years. I take considerable pride
In the growth of Washington. for l
lived here many years. but the pro-
portionate increase il the population
Of the national capital cannot compare
with that of Norfolk. OF course, both
cities are helped by war business.
Washington, I presume, IS the busiest
city In the world. but Norfolk Is al
most next.
Hampton Roads is filed with ships.
Battleships are passing in and out
every hour, and soldiers and sailors
are filling the streets. hotels ana resi-
dences Of Norfolk. Only recently l
saw some 1000 soldiers from New Zea-
land parading through the streets Of
Norfolk Many of them were not
young. New Zealand already has sent
close to 10000 men to the front in
France, and Belgium, out of popu-
lation of 100000, and is still sending
men, which should be an object les
son to US.
Business is booming in Norfolk as
never before. The hotels are filed to
overlooking just as they are in Wash
ington. New business blocks are 60
ing up and the residence sections OF
the city are being extended far into
the outlying districts. venture to say
that in another decade Norfolk will
come close to being the leading city In
the Old Dominion, both in population
and importance"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
"FIyinu Fish" Torpeco.

Aerial torpedoes-the bane Of Ger
man Submarine crews and frst-line
trenches-have been called flying
dsh," because their tapering cylindri-
cal bodies and huge air-fns suggest
the trOpic sea creatures. The torpe-
does are held upright in the air and
given q diving velocity by the air re-
distance which strikes the fms, spin.-
ning them round and round Con-
trary to popular impressions, certain
forms of air resistance speed up rather
than retard falling objects. Not
only the aerial torpedoes, but all air
plane bombs and darts, are now groov-
ed or filmed to whirl in fall
Ing. The German Zeppelin bombs
IRE similarly constructed.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

The leopard cannot change his
spets, nor the Laughter his laugh. It
Is as characteristic as his nose or the
color Of hts eyes No polish or educa-
tional veneer can alter the laugh much
in quality aRd tone, although II may
soften It. Yet. even then. In an ua-
guarded moment the old laugh rings or
cackles. or eIplodes. and the show Is
given away.
A man to be avoided, to be passed
by on the other side, Is the man who
laughs without smiling. The man who
laughs like a mask or a ventriloQuIsrs
puppet. His face wrinkles. He makes
noise. But he Is smileless az a
rooster when cackiins. Take II from
me, that man Is hard. relentless, cruel,
malignant
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
Meant Same to Her.

The little fairy Of home had heard
someone say that the man who did the
clustering didn't use enough elbow
grease. and had asked what 1t meant,
and was told that he did not bear down
hard enough. The meaning seemed to
lodge In her mind more forcibly than
the word itself. A few days later her
mother vas serubbing the porch and
she came out with her little broom, and
after scrubbing vigorously for few
minutes she leaned over on her broom,
drew a long breath, and said: ut takes
lots Of shoulder water to get this porch
clean, don't 1T"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

Hiss
a desperate effort 10 break away from
them.
"Eere!" cried Delbridge, sliding back
q door at one side OF the little room.
"Give him the benefit Of solitude and
darkness till We finish our negotiations
with the young lady
Eezda screamed ia outright terror as
the two usen gave Dare q ding into
dark space and nel5ridge drew close
the door again. Dare felt himself fail
ing. He SWING nnt both hands Que
graZed q chain, there was sharp
click. The chain slipped through his
fingers and he vert downward Severst
feet and landed on mass resembling
a bank Of shifting sand.
In fash he guessed where he was
i'm one Of those sealed compartments
where grain was stored. The close
musty air was sitting. He had
sunk up to the knees in the mass OF
oats. Like man in quickSand
his body began to sink deeper and
deeper. He tried to anchor himself
steauy. The feat could not be accom-
plished. Then he noted with thrill
of concern that the mass was moving
and that he was moving with it.
The grain was going down the dis
cha rye chute, he decided.
The chain he had grazed must be
the one controlling the door to the
chute down which ordinarily grain was
loaded into the holds of boats taking liz
cargo. Twice the mass nearly en-.
Quilted him. With a prodigious effort
Dare drew his feet out of the gyrat.
ing mass and managed to lay fat on
his back. At the rate of hundreds Of
bushels q minute the grain was pour.
Ing into the mouth Of the chute. He
was tossed, rolled. engulfed, cast up
wards like q feather amid tumbling
rushing sea drift. Gradually the vor
tex current lowered, he aimed to strike
the side of the great bin with his feet
missed, and was whirled into the con-
fined space of the glass-slnooth sides
Of the chute.
Splash! He had reached the end OF
the chute to fall not into the hold OF
some boat, bat sQuarely into the river
He came up to find himself In the
midst Of & food of thousands Of bush
els Of floating grain.
'Ahoy, there !" rang out boisterous
tone from the dock, and rope was
flung him BY one Of throng wonder.
ingly viewing the strange waste OF
precious grain. Dare was pulled ul
to the wharf platform, half blinded
choking, weu-nigh collapsing.
"Quick!" he gasped-"some one hur.
~ for the police"
"What's up?" challenged his rescuer,
"Some scoundrels-they tried to kill
me. They are holding young lady
captive up In the elevator office"
Contrary to their designs, the schem-
ing Delbridge and his confederates
were led out of the building hand
euffed by the emissaries Of the law.
Miss Bliss chung to Dare's arm in few
erish, almost hysterical agitation.
She shuddered as Dare recited his
uncanny experience. She was solictoas
and kindly, more than friendly, as they
proceeded back to the lawyers office,
Wise, observant Samuel Crompton
smiled quietly to himself as he heard
what had happened.
my client will soon have a husband
to look after her affairs" he solilo-
auized.
And he was hight.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
Catarrb Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh Is local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions, and in order to cure it
you must take an internal remedy.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts thru the blood on
the mucous surfaces of the system.
Halls Catarrh Medicine was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
In this country for years. 1t is
composed Of some OF the best tones
known. combined with some Of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect
combination of the ingredients in
Halls Catarrh Medicine is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in ca
tarrhal conditions. Send for testi-
monials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, -.
Toledo, Ohio.
All Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for const1ra-
tisn.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

Tapestry Brussels carpet Is Q poor
imitation Of the real Brussels. Many
eoiors are used in II. The design b
made first, on squared paper. the
scheme Of color In each pick Of the
pattern is studied out, and the succes-
sioR OF it. sent. to the printer. The
skeins Of yarn to be used for, the loops
On the surface Of the carpet are wound
on a large cylinder, attached to which
are troughs Of color which come tn
contact. automatically with the ysra
and print It according to the s1cees-
Son Of coiors Indicated In the design
The skeins aye taken from the c1ifnt
der. showing erosswise streaks Of ".
Red color. and are-carried to the stesn !,
chest to. have the dye set. When tAS4
carpet is woven, the pattern fs cou.
piete, bat has q less disttnct outline
than the real Brussels.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
NO REASON FOR IT
When Cambridge Citizens Show a
Way.

There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
lures of an aching back, the annoy
ance of urinary disorders, the pains
and dangers of kidney ills will fail
to heed the words of a neighbor who
has found relief. Read what a Cam
bridge citizen says:
Mrs. T. P. Vinton, 81 Cemetery
Ave-, says: II was in bad way and
suffered from sharp, shooting pains
in the small of my back. My kidneys
acted irregularly and at times l
seemed to see little black spots be-
fore my eyes. l was in very mis-
cradle condition until 1 used Doan's
Kidney Pills. One box cured me-"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Vinton had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
The UnspeakabIe Turk.

This expression came into general
use during the Bulgarian agitation Of
1876, on its appearance in published
letter of Carlyle's to George Howard,
NJ. p, dated November "a: THE IN
speakable Turk should be Immediately
struck out Of the question, and the
country left to honest European guild
ance." 1t was not the first time, how
ever, that Carlyle had made use Of it.
In 1881. nearly fifty years before, in
THE Westminster Review" No. 90, IN
nm article on the "Nibelungen Lied"
he makes mention of that unspeak-
able Turk, King Machabol."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
plseeuraoIno ..AperselasIsn.

The. mayor OF the town had been
asked to assist In the ANIMAL enter
tsinment given to the inmates Of the
parish workhouse. He consented with,
great complaisance. and went made MP
as Mephisto. For . time his entities
and pranks were the delight Of the
company. A scrap OF conversation he
Glanced to hear. however. put q dam
per ON his enjoyment. "Ain't he en-
toyin' Of hisselfr' remarked one ola
man to another. "Wut treat It IN
for the likes Of he!, But why cnnt
they let all the loonies out on a night
like thisf" SWELL" replied the other.
-mebse they ain't all so harmless as
this'n yorkshire Post.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
When You Have a Cold.

1t Is when you have a severe cold
that you appreciate the good quail
ties OF Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy. Mrs. Frank Croker, Pana, ILL.,,
writes: Our five-year-old son Paul
caught a severe cold last winter that
settled on his lungs and he had ter
rible coughing spells. We were
greatly worried about him as the
medicine we gave him did not help
him in the least. A neighbor spoke
SO highly OF Chamberlain Cough
Remedy that l got a bottle of 1t.
The first dose benefited him so much
that ] continued giving it to him uH-
I'll he was cured ADV
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

They're fine pictures Of US"
said old Mr.. Giant, land mine is
pretty tall one! How it does stand
way up!"
Yes" said the elves, "we made full
length pictures, and such time as we
had making the wall 80 high that yours
couldn't be seen from the other side"
They're all just the right sizes too"
said Bonnie Brownie. 81 look good and
fatv
They're the finest pictures I ever
did see," said Peter Gnome.
And proudly and happily the elves
led the guests through another opening
whence they came into a banquet hall
made of snow and had wonderful
elfand banquet.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
About Constitution.

Certain articles of diet tend to
check movements of the bowels. The
most common of these are cheese,
tea and boiled milk. On the other
hand raw fruits, especially apples
and bananas, also graham bread and
whole wheat bread, promote a move
ment of the bowels. When the bow
els are badly cnestipated, however,
the sure way is to take one or two
of Chamberlain Tablets immediate
ly after supper.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
fmprovised "Armor."

7 The way in which the Londoner
makes the best of his air raids has
often been commented on, and one of
the latest incidents described is
worthy Of special recognition. A wom-
an appeared on balcony wearing a
heavy diskpan on her head. She
thought the raid was over, but took
that precaution against shrapnel. An
other woman. having to cross a square
to reach her shelter also wore a dish
cover with a cushion under 1t, while
yet another had pewter distF as a
xhield.-Christian Science Monitor.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
A Hint to The Aged.

If, people past sixty years OF age
could be- persuaded to go to bed as
soon as. they take cold and remain
in bed for one or two days, they
would recover much more quickly,
especially il they take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. There would also
be less danger Of the cold being fol.
lowed by any Of The moro ssrisus dis
eases.~--Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

sour.
Get a 10-cent box now.
You men and women who can't
get feeling right-who have head
ache, coated tongue, bad taste and
foul breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are
bilious, nervous and upset, bothered
with sick, gassy, dlsordered stom-
ach, or have a bad cold.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
salts, cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets work while you sleep;
cleanse the stomach, remove the
sour, undigested, fermenting food
and foul gases, take the excess bile
from the liver and carry out OF the
system all the constipated waste mat
ter and poison in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. 10-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet, liver and bowels reg
ular, and head clear for months.
Don't forget the children. They love
Cascarets because they taste good
never grippe or sicken.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

" w n q t q s U r
prise !" they cried.
"They are your
W | n t er p h o t o.
graphs !" the elves
said. "We have
had them ready
several times be-
fore, but some
t hing a lw avs
turned up to spoil
them. Today they
W ere quite fin
ished and nothing
b a p p Ell ed to
~ ~
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
NV CENTS DESTROYS
YOUR sDANDRUFF AND
STOPS FALLING HAIR
Save your hair! Make IL thick. Way
and beautifu-try this!

Thin. brittle, oeolorleSs and scraggy
hair is mute evidence OF a neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing SO destructive to
the hair as dandruf. 1t robs the hair
OF its lustre, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feyerish-
ness and itching CT the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-;then the
hair falls out fast. A. little Danderine
tonight-now-any time-will sure
~ save your hair.
Get small bottle OF KnowitonB
Dsnderine from any drug store u
toilet counter, and after the first ap-
piteation your hair will take on thai
life. lustre and luxuriance which b
50 beautiful. It WILL become wayy
and fluffy. and have the appearance Of
abundance. an sineemparables gloSa
and softness; blu. what will Spieasn
you most will be after just q few
weeks use. when you will actually
see lot Of fine, downy haiF-neT
hair--grewins all oyer the scalp
Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05

10 al Tie DTU"u-
les, gnomes, COB
Inns, old Mr.. Giant,
Witty Witch, the
Oaf and Bogey
families and many
o f t h e ir 0 t h G r
friends and play
mates.
The elves hadn't
given a party in a
long time, a n d
they were eager to
have one, indeed.
They h a d been
planning this one
fnr 1Hnr nrI n-Ar
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-05
Mistletee.klss Custom.


One of the old mistletoe beliefs was
that ~cdginally the plant had itself
that It was from that
: olg scz2ss -Ess made.
The game popular With the
anci Europe, states a writer, be-
cause was believed to have the pow
er Of keeping away evil spirits. That
was the reason why men and women
hung II In their homes. And because SO
many people hung 1t In their homes to
keep away evil spirits 1t came to stand
as a symbol Of hospitality. Many eff
forts have been made to trace the orr
Gin Of the connection Of mistletoe with
kissing. hut the many explanations re-
sulting from those researches are far
from being clear and convincing. The
mistletoe-kiss custom is very old
among the peoples Of northern Europe.