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New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

for the reason that his retreat has been
that portion of Africa that alone has
been respected by the white man. Ac
cording to "The Philadelphia Evening
Ledger
"sportsmen. explorers, hunters, who have
tried to penetrate this region have gener-
ally perished. Those who have returned
have come back pale and haggard from the
evil effects of the climate. A torrid sun
renders the moist atmosphere unbearable.
The natives have become cannibals, and
the graves of thousands of white men dot
the region.
"Within this belt the home of the okapi
lies in a narrow strip some 500 miles long
and hardly $50 miles wide, and about 700
miles from either coast
This strange animal is a survivor of an
extinc. species of giraffe, and resembles
cross between deer, zebra and donkey.
It stands five feet at the withers, and its
short, heavy neck carries delicately mod
clled, deer-like head. The body is glossy
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

From "Vignettes of Old Kyoto," BY Ger
trude Emerson, in the June asia" rllus-
trotion By Edith Emerson
CLOSE to the Temple of the Dali
~ butsu is the bell of the Daibutsu
1t hangs under a roof of it's own,
supported by heavy wooden beams
Around the edge of thirty-foot platform,
and under the bell, are little tables or
benches covered with red blankets, where
one sips innumerable cups of bitter vel
low tea. There are stands, too, where
they sell postal cards and miniature bells
and little cast-iron effigies of Buddha
From the beams and ceiling notices,
painted on boards or printed on strips of
cloth, faunt themselves in black charac-
ters foot high--names of popular geisha
and tea houses.
An old woman, the one selling the cards.
came forward to ask with elaborate ges-
ticulation if the Honorable Foreign One
would like to ring the bell Her black
lacquered teeth and the faint blue shadow
where the eyebrows had been plucked out,
disf1guration indicating that the days of
her youth had long been put by. gave the
face an odd expression, as of a mask. It
seemed that one might ring the bell three
times for cent But one had to have
strength to ring the bell Of the Daibutsu
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
the Worlds Great Workshop Of Science

the interpreter of photographs taken in the
air must be a man of seasoned judgment,
able to evaluate each streak or spot and
discover its true meaning. His work is
made doubly difficult by attempts to camcu-
Aage the positions of enemy guns. The
photograph reader, therefore, must be stu
dent of camoufage in all of its many varia-
tions. After picture is made, no attempt
is made to enlarge reduce it to some uni
power, as we'll as stcreoscopes, which bring
the details out in relief, and the man who
reads it's message must be able to make the
proper allowances for the height at which
the exposure was made The usual height
for taking a picture from an airplane for
map making purposes, I was told, is $500
meters"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Imitation Periscopes

THE good old days when merchant
u ships tried to ram every subma
rine periscope that appeared in front of
them are gone, according to "The Popu-
lar Science Monthly" The reason is
simple. Mines with imitation periscope
tops have been discovered. Indeed, this
magazine is authority for the statement
that more than eighty British vessels
were lost in this manner before the
wary skipper learned to leave periscopes
dead ahead we'll alone.
The New York Public Library, with
it's forty-six branches, supplied nearly
four million persons with information
and reading matter last year.-Gas
Logic.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
kkzazzzz3a Around the World and Back Again =

brown and purplsh black, with conspicu-
Gus white stripes on the limbs and zebra
like pattern on the buttocks
The okapi has highly developed sense
of hearing and is extremely hard to stalk.
1T was only after camping for several
years in the dismal country which it in
habits and after countless difficulties that
the museum expedition was able to secure
specimens and escape from the country.
THE okapi has long been mystery ami
NAL 1t was first seen By Stanley, in 1887.
who referred to it as a donkey-Gke animal
feeding on leaves, living in these swampv
forests"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

thus enabling the excavation to be done in
separate vertical faces. the escaping COM
pressed air from each chamber entering the
ground forward of the excavation in the
chambers above. Means are also provided
to close the space between the tail Of the
shield and the tunnel lining"
1t is the principle, he continues Of
the reduction Of pressure in escaping COM
pressed air as it ascends through the ground
that IS at the bottom Of the new plan for
having superimposed air chambers in The
forward part of a tunnel shield, in each Of
which an air pressure would be maintained
suitable to the pressure in the ground.watsr
at it's front"
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for the six-foot battering ram that hung
by two chains was very ponderous
At last the great beam trembled, COM
menced vibrating, swinging backward and
forward, each time a little closer, little
swifter, until it broke with the weight of
ton against the bronze breast of the
bell. Boom, A voice
as of god rolling down across the City
of Ten Thousand Temples, and out to the
blue ringed mountains far away.
Boom! Boom, Out of the dim
past it gathered and spoke, out Of that
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
SHlELD Of a new type has been
designed by John F. O'Rourke, of
: the O'Rourke Engineering Con-

struction Company, in connec-
tion with proposal to construct shield
driven highway tunnel forty-two feet
in diameter across the Hudson River at
New York City. Mr.. O'Rourke, writing
in "The Engineering News-Record" of
the details of construction of his proposed
multiple-air-chamber shield, says in part:
THE shield has multiple air chambers in
its forward part, each ending three feet in
front Of the chamber Immediately above IT,,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

from three to five million letters are
handled daily, can be easily seen.
The machine is thus described:
"One of the units consists of ten indc-
pendent distributing machines operating in
conjunction with an endless conveyor,
nearly 100 feet in length. 1t is equipped
with 1900 separate carriers which take the
letters from the distributing machines and
drop them into their respective cases, of
which there are 256 arranged along the bot
tom of the apparatus Each of the dis
tributors is controlled by board supplied
with 60 keys, capable of 256 distinct or-
erations. 1t is through their use that the
button settlers, devices that set the selectors
on the carriers SO that they will discharge
letters at the proper points, are actuated.
"Conveyors bring letters direct from the
cancelling machines to feed tables: where
power-operated chains move them into the
reading positions before the operators as
rapidly as the latter can dispatch them. A
separator at each of these places, embody-
ing the essential principles Of the cancel
ling machine, counts and records the num-
Der of letters handled and imprints on each
character identifying the operator When
sorted letters removed from the cases
they are conveyed to machines, installed
at one end of the apparatus, where they
are tied out
THUS, in operation, 256 separation.
are possible. The practically of the ma
chine has been demonstrated at the Chi
cago postoffice, where a model, with a
single keyboard, was used experimentally
for about a year. 1t is estimated that
thirteen machines would meet the present
requirements Of that Office"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
naval operations are on the Atlantic
coast.-Sciemtifc American
Will the War Produce
Some Great Invention?

HEVERY great war;" declares Beriah
Brown in "Munsey's," ''calls
forth host of new ideas. But" he
points out, "the record shows that how
ever good they may be their chance of
prompt acceptance is small.
For the record of the United States
Army in dealing with inventions, it is suf-
hclent to point out that the Civil War was
fought with muzzle-loadng muskets. most
ly smoothbore, although the breech- load
ing rifle had been perfected before the war
broke out The Henry magazine gun
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Color of Gasolene
Does Not Denote
Its Quality

4 I ONE time the refneries turned
4 out yellow kerosene and gasolene,
and the methods used made the liquid
somewhat dangerous. For this reason
the public demanded pure white gaso-
lene. But the new cracking process
produces perfectly safe gasolene,
which has a slight yellowish tinge-
Popular Science Monthly.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
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Combining the Charms of
the Deer, the Zebra
and the Donk ev

TNHE famous okapi. native to the
\ western half of equatorial Africa.
has at last been captured and his
remains brought to New York
hy scientists of the American Museum of
Natural History. For sixteen years, since
ae first became known to science, this
animal has managed to escape capture.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

by military operations can be
II carried out is not SO compara-
lively simple as it once was
Neither is it so crude and restricted.
The Typographical division of the
American Expeditionary Forces has been
organizing and training for months now
in France, and maps containing the
work of American engineers are already
being supplied to the American staff and
field officers. Of course, it has not been
like blazing trails in a wilderness. The
ground has already been very thorough
ly covered, and French army maps and
civil records from various local sources
form basis. But map making has to
be kept scrupulously up to date.
Robert K. Tomlin, jr, who is acting
as war correspondent for "The Engi-
neering News Record" has an article in
the May % issue of that publication, in
which he says:
THE typographical division must be able
to furnish at quick notice maps of enemy
troops, the latter including not only the ad-
vance areas but also the territory in the
rear, such as sites of supply bases, hospi-
'als, aviation training stations, artillery
and machine gun ranges, storage yards and
camp areas. Obviously, it would be difficult,
II not impossible, for d single detached or
ganization to do the field and air work nee
essary for the production Of all of these
maps, especially on extended front. The
plan Is, therefore, to have each army map
the territory along its own front, while the
typographical division of the intelligence
section, headquarters unit, acts as the
general clearing house for map informa-
son and outlines the broad questions Of
policy by which the special p-making
lorces in each army are guided. Its work
involves, of course, very close cooperation
with the air service
Modern battle maps would probably be
impossible without the eagle eyes Of the
air. Mr.. Tomlin thinks that by far the
most valuable source of information for
making maps Of forward areas. is the
aerial photograph. But, Of course, this
Is a subject about which very few details
can be given out. This correspondent
writes:
THE work divides itself into three
phases. the taking of the picture, its inter
pfssation after development and reconstruc-
Ton OF the data in map form. Our topo-
Graphical division has developed force Of
pecially trained men for the last two steps
this work, which calls for the highest
ife Of technical skin, long experience and
borough familiarity with almost every
ahg connected with modern warfare. To
.ae uninitated some of these pictures
aoa'd be absolutely meaningless. Often
~ ~ exposures are made at great heights,
s;ss "eh machines are forced upward by anti
~ ~stait fire; conditions of light may be
the machine not be flying horizontal
mnen the exposure is made. causing dis
I sen IN distances. In fact, scores Of
pie factors enter into ths work, and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

trotic and kind-hearted, and immensely
proud of their rather sombre but impressive
northern land of lakes and isles
"The Firms are really a nation of small
independent landowners. This has helped
to make them the democratic people they
areperhaps the most democratic in Eu-
rope There is no captalstic class in Fin
land Women vote and sit in the Landtag
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
In the Shoes of the Limo.
tVDe

WHAT the linotype did for the news
w paper new mail sorting and as
sembling machine is doing for the post
office, according to Popular Mechanics
Magazine" It is estimated that a saw
ing of so per cent in labor is made, and
about 80 cents per thousand in the cos.
of handling letters. The value of this
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

or Parliament, and any Finn would open
his eyes in amazement if you intimated that
there was any difference, in social,
economic political way, between men and
women.
ut is needless to say that the winters in
Finland are very severe. The traveller who
has been in Finland during the short, hot
summer will carry away with him, among
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

Finland? Mr.. Van Norman declares:
at is the control Of the Baltic, the check
ing of the westward march of the Slavs, the
subjection of Scandinavia to the domination
Of Berlin, and, in brief just one of the
features of the Nitteleuropa scheme"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

other memories, vivid pictures of lakes,
woods and berry patches particularly
strawberries everywhere, of telephones
and electric lights in every house and un-
counted bicycles in the streets, and in port
cities. of fish and sailors All good Russian
sailors says the proverb, are Finns'"
Finally what is Germany's game in
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

past of one thousand and seventy-ive
years that kyoto was the City Imperial.
The old woman of the lacquered teeth
gazed with curious eyes at my dress,
came close and fingered my bag. She
did not even hear the throbbing cry of
the bell, the warning overtones of silver
and bronze, the strange sobbing; but
the faraway mountains heard and sent
back their trembling answer. The beam
shuddered and settled in it's straining
chains into the old innobility.
For long time the echoes rang in that
dark cavern over cur heads, and then
they, too, slept.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

in an Office like that at Chicago, where
from three to five million letters are
handled daily, can be easily seen.
The machine is thus described:
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Voice of a Bell

From "Vignettes of Old Kyoto," BY Ger-
trude Emerson, in the June Asid." TElus-
tration By Edith Emerson.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Delicate and Impor-
tant Work of Max ing
Army Maps

THE process Of making maps where
by military operations can be
h carried out is not so compara-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
The Best Cough Syrup
IL Homemade
Here's An easy way to save se, and
yet have the best cough remedy
you ever tried.

You've probably heard of this we'll
known plan of making cough syrup al
home; But have you ever used itf When
you do, You will understand why thou
sands Of families, the world over, feel
that they could hardly keep house with
out it. It's simple and cheap, but the
way 1t takes hold of a cough will quickly
earn 1t a permanent place In your home.
Into a pint bottle, pour 2h ounces OF
Pinex; then add plain granulated
sugar syrup to fill up the pint. Or, If
desired, use clarified molasses, honey,
or corn syrup, instead Of sugar syrup.
Either way, it tastes good, never
spoils, and gives you a full pint of
better cough remedy than you could buy
ready-made for three times its cost.
1t is really wonderful how quickly this
homemade remedy conquers a cough
usually in "a hours or less. 1t seems to
penetrate through every air passage,
loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough,
lifts the phlegm, heals the membranes,
INT gives almost immediate relief. Spleen
did for throat tickle, hoarseness, Group,
bronchitis and bronchial asthma.
Pinex Is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway pine extract,
and has been used for generations for
throat and chest ailments.
Avoid disappointment BY asking your
druggist for "2h ounces of Pinex" with
full directions. land don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction or money promptly refunded,
The Pinex Co., Fit. Wayne, Ind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03

a street corner and clean his ears
with the blade of his penknife2
Another reaso why a girl hates 10
get fat is because she thinks 1t must
be unpleasant to wear your knees
where o ankles should be.
Along about the fourth week of
married life the collector from the
furniture house. the collector from
the rug and curtain house, The col
lector from the milk company and
the collector from the photograph
house will call on the same afternoon
and while Lovey is having a good
bawl the Honeymoon will sneak out
of the back door.
Any woman can tell you that II she
could afford to pay $40 for a corset
she could have as good a figure as
anybody.
The reason why Father raises so
much Cain when one of the children
objects to taking Castor OIL Is be-
cause 1t would take ten strong men,
a straight jacket and a dentists gag
to get a dose of the stuff into Fathers
system.
A woman can't understand why
Nature gives a man. who doesn't ap-
|preciate II, naturally wavy hair.
No matter how much they knock
you while you are here they will all
have a kind word for you when you
are dead-if that is any consolation.
Another strange thing is how a
woman will knock her husband when
he Is home and can hear her and will
boost him when he isn't home and
can't hear her.
The ld-fashioned woman who
used to study the items in the bargain
advertisements in the daily ape
now has a daughter who puts in the
same amount of time studying the
racing entries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
TOddy We Celebrate
Samoans Honor Memory of II. l.. Ste
venson Today.

SamOanS Honor memory Oh II. ~. Stc-
venson Today.
Although his remains lie buried on
a mountain peak In a distant isle or
the South Pacific, Robert Louis Ste
venson, the we'll beloved Scotch nov
elist, does not sleep in a neglected
grave. Today, as on every third of
December, since 1895. the year follow
ing Stevenson's death, the natives will
hold memorial services for n whom
they called chief and gave the name
of Tusitula, and will place fragrant
flowers on his fnal resting place.
The great novelist moved to Samoa
in 1887 and captivated by the climate
and scenery and the kindly and affec-
tionate natives, and realizing, more
over, that the climate of Samoa was
beneficial to his waning health. he de-
termined to spend the remainder of
his life there. He bought an estate
near Apia, or the island of Upolu. He
gave to his home the name of Vailima
and 1t was upon the mountain side
there that he died on December 8,
1894. He had asked that he be buried
on the summit of the forest-clad Vaila
and his request was carried out. In
order to reach the spot selected a
small army of natives had to slash a
way through the tangled jungle. Half
a hundred natives took turns in car
rying the coffin over this pathway to
the mountain peak. The grave is
marked by a monument which bears
the inscription. 1.-The Tomb Of Tusit-
ula," the name given to the novelist
by the natives. Another tablet in
bronze is inscribed with the epitaph
written by Stevenson, which begins:
Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
Daily HOl 0ScOpe
'@The stars incline but do not compel"
Wednesday, December A, 1918.
(Cnnrrinhf 1Q1Q hu thu MnClnrl

'@The stars incline but do not compel
Wednesday, December A, 1918.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
This is a lucky day, according to
astrology. for Saturn and the sun are
both strongly beneic in aspect.
1t Is a sway under which to make
Saturn gives high promise to those
who have suffered or met with mis-
fortune.
Again extremes will be apparent in
human experience and those who &C.
cupy the middle ground will receive
fewer benefits than those who have
tasted the bitter and the sweet of life.
Saturn seems to promise for the
aged who survive through the year
honors and happiness. but the new
era will belong to the very young.
This is a fortunate day for all who
seek to improve their financial con-
ditions, provided they are employees.
1t is a lucky rule for all who seek
places In shops or Offices.
Labor is to gain great power in the
new order of things and TO contribute
many men and women to the councils
OF the nation, 1t is predicted by the
seers.
Heroes now little known are to be
acclaimed in 1919, but the greater
honors will not be worn by soldiers.
Again the sign read as p~resaging
the development of ali sorts OF coop
erative plans is ruling strongly. These
apply to domestic a well as bust.
ness conditions.
Public ownership will be much dis
cussed In the next few months and
win be bitterly opposed In certain
quarters. the seers predict
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
Fire Alarm Boxes

Copper Works.
and Sheridan StreetA
Street and Central r. r
and First Streets.
Ave. n Paterson st.
7s-High and Lewis Streeta
S6-Smith and High Streetsl
tsENew Brunswick Ave. and New 81.
s7+smith and State Streets.
la-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works,
l3-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford Al
tt-Commercs and Front Streeta
and Warrington Sta.
lf-High and Washington Streeta
bt|Stats St. and Buckingham Ave.
b6-Parker 81 n Pulaski Ava
be-Hali ave. and Charles st.
57-State and Wayne StreetA
United Lead Works
sa-washinston and First streeta
es-Esw Brunswick Ave. ne Elm 81
Street and Watson Ave.
sICommerce and State StreetA
T2@Front n Smith Streets
and Gordon Streeta
f4-Kearny Ave. and Gordon Street.
and Hanson Avenuea
szHsmith and Herbert Streets.
s3-Amboy Ave and washington n
Ave. and Stanford Street
sENear City Hospital
s66Cieyeland and Brace Avenues
e7-Amboy and HGl AvenueN
81-4mhoy Ave- and InEIee Stree.
s1-Laurence and Francis StreefG
1z-Nerffle ana 5ohnstone Streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03

The prophecy that the new era
would sweep away persons of evil in
tentions and selfish ambitions applies
not alone to the rulers OF nations but
to the lowliest as we'll as the most
exalted.
Warning is given hat the reign of
peace will not be established until
the will of the people is permitted
reforms.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is have
the augury of a year Of much ac-
tivity. They should guard against de-
ception.
Children born on this day are likely
to be original and advanced in their
views. These subjects of Sagittarius
are often variable in disposition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
Famous Women
Barbara Frftchie

Barbara Fritchie, whose name Is
known wherever English is spoken
by reason of Whittier's immortal
poem, was born In Lancaster. Pa.
152 years ago today. She died in
Drederick, Md. in 1862. and the body
Of the heroine rested in the ancient
cemetery there until 1913. when the
Barbara Fritchie Memorial Associa-
ton had It removed and inferred be-
side the remains of her husband. The
famous appeal. "Shoot, II you must,
this old gray head. but spare your
country's flag. she said" has inspired
millions of American school children
with patriotism and devotion to the
Star Spangled Banner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
Too Much Territory

You remember the story OF the
Irishman who announced that he
could lick any man IN the ward, and
got away with 1t; and then an
nounced that he could lick any man
in the world. And when he woke up
in the accident ward with bandages
around his head he admitted that he
had taken in too much territory. The
Prohibitionists, in convention at Col
lumbus, Ohio, announced that they
were going to bring about World
Wide Prohibition. but after discussing
the matter they reniged and decided
to stick to the good old U. 8. A. where
folk like to be bossed and humbug-
ged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
xnn,.nx. Get. old and Young

Influenza Gets Old and Young
Grip" and Flu" coughs should not
thousands like Mrs. Mary Kisby, $685.
Princeton Ave, Spokane, Wash, who
writes: Our little boy found relief In
wonderful Foley's Honey and Tar. Il
had very bad cough from la grippe"
Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
It's orful, Georgei It's Orful,

houston HOstI
That Ohio dryness Nstresses us
Jack Warwick and Bob Ryder are
probably hilarious about it, but VIC
tremble for Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-03
Obi

"A woman is usually shy about
telling her age, isn't she?" remarked
the Old Fogy.
"Yes." replied the Crouch. "Sev-
eral years shy"