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The Press., 1918-01-10
NEW TROUGH WATERS STOCK
Animal, Stepping on Platform, 0pens vatves Which Allow FresEs Cold
 Stream to Pour In.

A trough has been invented which can gauge the amount of water an ani- nal drinks. There Is platform which works in conjunction with valves on the supply and drain pipes of the trough. When an animal steps on the nlatform the valves are opened and stream of water pours in. As he slakes his thirst and steps off the platform the inlet is closed and the surplus wa. ter is drained of.
 The valve mechanism of this device is mounted in a. concrete well In the ground. The valve of the supply pipe and the valve of the drain pipe are mounted side by side, and the stems of both valves fit into a single operating lever. Hinged above this mechanism at the level of the ground Is the plat :. form. The front end of the platform is raised slightly by pair of springs and is connected with the lever of the valves. The water trough lies just tn front of the platform.
 As soon as an animal walks on the platform he presses the front end down and opens the valves of the trough pipes. The water gushes In at just ths rate that he will drink. His thirs' Ouenched, he leaves the platform, thu springs raise 1t up and close the valves Very little water Is wasted, and thu drink furnished the thirsty animal Il as cool and fresh as that which IS sup piled to the farmer and his men.
The Press., 1918-01-10
El..4 German coIonlata.

German emigration to America had its beginning 234 years ago, when the first party of pioneers from Germany landed at Philadelphia, relates g his toria. There were 35 of them, mostly relatives, and all members of a relig- ious sect closely akin to the English Quaker. Subjected in Germany to bitter persecution, they determined to seek refuge in the new world. The Frankfort Land company was organ ized, and purchased from William Penn, the governor of Pennsylvania, a tract of land near Philadelphia. Francis Daniel PastOrius negotiated the deal, led the colony to America, laid out the town of Germanopolis, or Germantown, and became the Tecog- pized lead of the settlement.
The Press., 1918-01-10
GOLDFISH MARKET OF JAPAN
korivama and Tokyo Are Leading centers of Industry From Wn'en
 Good Returns Are Gained.

Korivama Is known throughout Japan as the great goldfish market. the city of Tokyo ranking next in lIn' nortance, says a correspondent. The waters around the former city seem particularly suitable for the culture OL the many kinds of gold fish.
 Generally speaking the gold fish lay eggs in April, the eggs being hatcheo in four or five days. No food Is given the younglings for three days' but they are then fed finely ground yolKs o eggs mixed with water, the yolks De- ing first boiled then strained through silk cloth. This diet is later changeu to the larvae of mosquitoes.
 The most valuable fish Is called the "Lion Head" which gets It's name from the crests or head fms that nave inc appearance of lions mane' Three-year-old fish of this variety com mand prices ranging from $5 to $2u'
 It is the usual custom to keep the fish in glass bowls, although the nsn cannot fully develop under such cir' cumstances. Flat boxes made of wood free from lye or shallow cement ponds are considered ideal for keeping the fish.
The Press., 1918-01-10
whsr. Cyclones orluInats.

The most violent cyclones originate in tropical attitudes, in the Atlantic ocean to the north and east of. West Indian islands, and in the Pacific ID the China sea and in the neighbOrhOod of the Philippine islands.
 The reason they are so destructive is because they are carried such great distances by extraneous influences. The West Indian cyclones are attracted toward the Gulf stream by the great volume of heated air which always hangs over it and follows its course; so the. cyclones of the Pacific follow the course of Kuro SiwO, the great oceanic. current which passes around the East Indian archipelago, the shores of China and the Japanese islands.
 Cyclones may be anywhere from 5C to 800 miles in diameter and may travel over a path 5000 miles in e1 tent,
The Press., 1918-01-10
Monks and the siIkworm.

About the year 552 two Persian monks stole furtively out of China with scanty luggage, but treasurtng an ordinary bamboo cane. They set out m foot and made their way from china into Europe. In that cane were mul- titude of the eggs of the silkWorm moth. which the monks had stolen. They carried them to Constantinople'
 When the time came for the hatcn- ing of the eggs the monks tended the little caterpillars, fed them on the leaves of the mulberry, took their co" coons when they spun, and from them derived the first silk produced in Eu- rope, Silk had for centuries before been 9 treasure of China, and It's man ufacture, like the insects which pro" duced 1t, was jealously guarded. The monks. while on missionary enter prise to China, had witnessed the whole process of silkworm rearing ana the manufacture of silk.
The Press., 1918-01-10
Exnerts' PeriIous Task.

One of the thrilling and hazardous duties which sometimes falls to the lot of game experts and wardens m mountainous regions of the West IS to search nut eagles nests, rob them of their eggs, and perhaps take the young captive, says Popular Mechan- ics Magazine The pePils of the task are not all passed when, with rope ladder or by other precarious means he has ascended or descended to the aerie, for then the intruder must face the powerful grown birds at close range; and often when he cannot de- fend himself to advantage, The searcher for the lofty nests also finds that the young fifty or sixty days old, can become disagreeably aggressive
The Press., 1918-01-10
FAvoRs AN AMATEUR BUGLER
ElatdWeller Prefers Distressing Noise Made by cornet ToOteT to Man
 Who Wells "MurdeT" ln Sleep.

eve lived once," said MT. Flatdwell- CT. 'In the same house with an anna teur cornet player; and we thought then that if we ever got out of that house we should be happy. It didn't seem as if we could ever have, in any other place, so distressful a neigh bOr. /, "But in this house that we have lately moved into we heard the first night we were here the cry ot ! ."'Murder! Murderr
 we sat up in horror; listening ana wondering what we ought to do; but the next moment we heard female voice saying:
 "'Edward! Edward! Wake up! Mercy! Whats the matterT
 "And then we heard, in a mans voice:
 "My gracious! I'm glad thai wasn't true.'
 s''This was a great relief to us, o1 course, as no doubt 1t was to Ed ward; but then, as we pulled the bet clothes up again and our heat touched the pillow, we reflected tha the novice struggling with corne' had once seemed the worst thing tha could happen to us; but now we kneV better, As between him and neigh Dor prone to Q nightmare, give us, Oh give us, every time, the amateu bugleF,"
The Press., 1918-01-10
Eishinn villane That EIoats.

In the shadow of the huge Manhat- tan bridge which connects New York proper with Brooklyn nestles a verf- table fishing village consisting of nine two-story houseboats moored side py side so as to form solid row ana sheltering the fishermen and their fam lilies. on whom New York city is de. pendent for good part of its fish sup ply. But unless you are familiar with the yagaries of fish and the localities in which they school in certain sea sons you need not go in search of this village Often it disappears from A locality overnight, without any fare wells, reappearing as quietly few months later.-POpular Science Monthly.
The Press., 1918-01-10
CONNECTICUT TOWNS
 FORM WAR BUREAUS.
Several Places Take Important Step rn,Aard Efficient i oeat rdaRtxatton

Several Places Take Important Step Toward Efficient Local Organization,
 The work of organizing war bu- reaus in all cities and towns of Con- necticut with a population of 5000 or over, one of the most important steps yet authorized by the Connecticut State Council of Defense, has pro- gressed to the point where at least ten such bureaus are already organized, and many others are in process of or ganization. Those so far organized, as reported up to Christmas at the headquarters of the council in Hart ford, are in the following cities and towns:
 Bristol, East Hartford, Killingly. Manchester, Meriden. New Britain, Portland, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor.
 War bureaus that are partly formed, but have yet to complete their formal organization, are located in the fol- lowing places:
 Hartford, Middletown, New Haven, New London, Putnam, Rockville, Sims bury and Torrington.
 As soon as they are definitely or ganized the war bureaus receive no tices that they are thereafter cOnsid- cred the official, authorized represent atives in their districts of the state of l Connecticut for all war work. The bureaus are designed and empowered to supervise and direct all war activi ties in their towns or cities except of such organizations as the Red Cross which are national in scope and with which the bureaus will make every ef fort to cooperate. The bureaus will also be closely allied to the local gor ernments of the places in which they are located.
The Press., 1918-01-10
JAP SOLDIERS IN WAR GAME
Trench Fighting at Night, Mining and Counter. Mining Included in Mod
 ern Combat Practice.

The weeks fighting maneuvers of the Engineers battalion of the Japanese ImperiaIs Guards and First division were carried out on scale never be- fore attempted, says the Fast ana West News. The war play occurred at Otnhara. in the TOchigi prefecture. The operations included rival armies trench fighting at night. exactly aS praetfced in the present Europe war. Mining and eOunter-mining, with many other special features of modern war fare. were practiced. The present type of hand grenades was used
 Japanese were first to introduce these missiles at Port Arthur, but the recent form of the grenade Is quite changed and the weapon much im- DroyeG. The Mills standard bomb, British invention, was chiefly en- ployed. It Is about the size and shape of n large lemon. is made of steel, the outside corrugated into 4S small squares which, upon explosion or the me bomb scatter in a wide area. IL VIII not explode until released from the hand of the thrOwer. A lever, fitted ln- to R slot at the top, extends halfway around the circumference and Is hei0 in place by fixing pin. A small metal ring upon this pin renders its extrae' ton easy when ready t0 be thrown In casting. the bomb and lever are tight Nv grasped in the right hand, the leit foot is advanced and the bomb IS hurled with au overhead bowling mo tion. much as in cricket. AS the boino leaves the hand, the lever, netuated by a spring, Is lOOsened and falls to the ground. thus removing an impeachment to the true flight of the missile. When the lever flies off, a strong spring IS released. forcing the firing pin into q percussion cap. This ignites the tuse which burns until the main charge ol ammOnial eypIOdeS-
The Press., 1918-01-10
A Rdhert RrnMnlna Story.

.5s Tennyson wore the same hat year after year, big wide-awake, almost green with age. How long exactly he had, had this hat nobody seems to know. His Inverness cloak was not quite so ancient, but had long since seen It's best days. The great poet was scrupulously clean in his person, but he would not part with his old clothes.
 He seems to have chung as tena- ciously to his boots as to his hat. William Allingham records in his diary: Robert Browning dined at Tennyson's last night. TennysOn in great force. He said, This pair of dress boots is forty years old Brown- ing said 1t was good evidence of the immortality of the sole!"
The Press., 1918-01-10
Train the Memory.

The memory is a faculty which through patient practice may be cultl' vated and trained to a wonderful de gree. Morphy, the celebrated chess player, could play several games ol chess simultaneously without seeing any of the boards on which the various games were being conducted. It was a peculiarly impressive sight to se( him standing in the middle of the floor, with his arms folded, defending him. self and attacking the various 0ppo' nents, with the position of the chess men on the several boards always IT his minds eye, observes a writer. The noted Jesuit Father Suarez was said to have known all tn Ny '-''-S of St. Au' gustine by heart. These >,-nsist o1 eleven large volumes. Pascal A sa'f never to have forgotten anything : read, and the same Is told of Gr0tius' Leibnitz and Euler. ThemistOcAes knew the name of every one of the twenty thousand citizens of Athens.
The Press., 1918-01-10
TELLS ABOUT MERlNo SHEEP
Writer Accounts for Thick Folds tnl Fleece, Not to Be Found In Other
 Popular Breeds.

Inst about every so often I get to feeling sheepIsh as 1t were, and have to write something to show my famil- iarity with those animals, says StricKT land Gillian in Farm Life. The other day saw my wife cook ing n leg of lamb. Now and then she would open the door of the oven and fiip some water over the meat.
 Thus learned how, when we stare to roast somebody, we may be said to be giving him lamb-basting.
 You have often heard of sheepfoldss haven't you? Well, if you want to see a sheepfold look at any merino sheep which accounts for the way the folds show on them.
 When merino sheep wer9 made, hide was cheaper than mutton and WOOL was a drug on the market. So wee. bit of sheen was wrapped in several sheepskins, necessitating lot or over lons Ii seems easier to shir sheep than to shear one.
 There is m old rhyme which speaks of the "folded flock" Those must have been merinos. It Is some nifty stunt to de-wool q meFlno allV iS"' on more of the hide than of che wool It is the only accordion plaited sheep in the solar system. If merinos had heen washed in green persimmon juice all their lives they couldn't have been Duckereder.
 Evidently their manmas didnt use Chat kind of) soap.
 The Southdown, Oxforddown, Snfop shiro-dovn, etc, are sheep with clean dresses and dirty hands and faces. =t The only sheep that wear bustle' are the fat rumped sheep now neint raised at the state college at brook ings. &. D. They carry trailer something lii locomotive, only ther' isn't a tender behind, except for eatlni purposes. -..
The Press., 1918-01-10
The Sound of Guns,

Conflicting statements have been made from time to time as to the diss tance at which the guns can be heard On a still night, when an easteEly breeze is prevailing, says a writer in the Dundee Advertiser. I have heard the dull thud quite distinctly in South London. It is this disquieting sound, not less than the din of an occasional air raid, which gives Londoners an idea how near the conflict really is. Now records are being prepared which show the extent of the distance at which the guns are heard. Scientists at University college declare they can can he distinguished at 3 range of 2O4 miles. This would include places like Warwick, Hull, Cromer, Brighton and weymouth. Sound travels at rate of about 1,O90 feet second, SO that the sound of the guns in Flanders reaches London about 123s minutes after the explosions occur.
The Press., 1918-01-10
WHEY GOT DUMKoPFF'S ROLL
Spouse Induced Him to CurtalI Ex- penses at Celebration, Then pl-
 vided Money Equally"

Adolph Dmnkopff had made a kill ing at poker, says the Detroit Free Press.
 "Oh, AdoIph, how Iovelyw scuggled his wife. "You must have held won derful hands, AdoIph. What did you have-Jacks down, or a full kind, or something?"
 "How about little celebration" said Mir. Dumkopff, jovially. How about a little thcater party, and then. a little something to eat at SnnoZen- macher's?"
 "Now, Adolph," demonstrated Mrs. Dumkopff, ''what's the good of sQuan- dering it right away? Now that you've got it, you may as we'll keep It for a rainy day. Wen celebrate reasonably, that's what we'll do."
 1 And after supper they went to the movies to see the beautiful SnOozles Wonderful in Looping the Loop" in five parts, after which they each had a picklc sandwich in Childish's.
 "Now, wasn't that reasonable cele' hration?" said Mrs. Dumkopff. when they had returned home. "Only eighty five cents altogether"
 "Cheap at half the price," agreed her husband, as he dropped off to sleep. Half an hour later Mrs. Dunn kopff carefully removed his trousers from the chair by his head, extracted his roll from the right-hand pocket divided 1t with scrupulous fairness into two equal parts, kept the six ten' and replaced the six lives in her hus bands trousers.
 "TH buy something for the house with this, such as the prizes for m! card party next week., thought Mrs
 Dumkopff, as she tucked the bills int her back hair and slipped into bed t
 sleep the sleep of the foxy.
The Press., 1918-01-10
s4ana nrlu. Business Away.

Store entrances now are flush with the sidewalk, or as nearly so as con ditions will permit, observes a mer- chant in the New York Sun. We store keepers are aware that customers are more likely to walk straight into a store when unimpeded than to go up even one short step. Banks were the last to realize the handicap imposed by steps at the entrances, and you don't see architects planning bank buildings now with Steps at the front as they did in the old days
The Press., 1918-01-10
sh. Wished Good Service.

Telephone girls have many queS, lions put to them daily, according to young woman who Is employed at the Central Union exchange in this city. notes the Indianapolis News,
 But the funniest request made by any of our subscribers in all my ex- perience." she continued, "came from an old woman just the other day.
 sTs this the Bell Telephone com panyr she asked.
 SfYes, ma'am.' replied.
 ~'well, want to speak to Mir. Bell at once. There's something the mat ter with my telephone. an want him to come down here an fx It.
The Press., 1918-01-10

medicine for woman's ailments ever saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, K. No. l, Portsmouth, Ohio.
 Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this medicine and wrote this letter m order that other suffering women may ma relief as she did.
 Women who are suffering as she was should not drag along from day to day without giving this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-- table Compound, a trial. For special advice in regard to such ailments write toLydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result of it's forty years experience is at your service.
The Press., 1918-01-10
Making NaiIs.


 An excellent illustration of the diff ference between old and new methods Is the ordinary common nail. For merly the metal was cut into strips and then forged into shape with hammers, and an expert took about one minute and a half for each nail. Today they are made. of steel and are lighter and stronger. Strips are cut with steam shears and fed into automatic machines. One man tends three ma chimes, dropping nail every second.
 There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together. and for years it was SUD- posed 60 be tncurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing it incurable. Catarrh is q local disease, ditions and therefore requires constitu- tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi- cine, manufactured by F J. Cheney 6 Co.,, Toledo, Ohio, is 9 constitutional remedy, is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars re- ward is offered for any case that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
 F. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 75c.
 Halp9 Family Pills for constipation.
The Press., 1918-01-10

so WGAA 8s SAAAAG2 = could hardly get around to do my work, and as I had four in my family and three bosrders it made it very hard for me. Lydia E.
 Pinkham's V ege-
 table Compound
 was recommended
 to me. I took 1t
 and it has restored
 my health. It is
 certainly the best
The Press., 1918-01-10
SinnuIar Creatures.

And so, Peter, you spell women with an 'a?'" said the teacher, cor recting an exercise. Please, sir" was the reply, ''my papa told mamma only yesterday that women were singular beings"
The Press., 1918-01-10
The Other One.

'aThe only two sure things are death and taxes"
 You've overlooked something, haven't yOu?'
 "No. Whats another OnGT ",rire trouble. '-EXchange.
The Press., 1918-01-10
Easy Answer.

His wife makes him 20 to church every Sunday" How do you know she makes him go?'' ...
 Because he goes. "--DetrOit Saturday Night
The Press., 1918-01-10
penald,s iaea.

Having been taken through the steerage on an ocean voyage. and knowing there were several "eiasses on a ship. Donald. Tn his first converse ton with the new English cook, asked. gDtd you come over storageT
The Press., 1918-01-10
Volcanic Glass Mirrors.

Ancient people polished Obsidian, commonly known as volcanic glass; and used it as a mirror. The woman that owned a mirror in olden times was considered belonging to the nobil- ity or the vulgar rich.
The Press., 1918-01-10
Eatina 1t.

Mrs. Ha4Ieieh- Some of my boarders make a disturbance when I don't have soup for dinner
 Fricnd-I notice that some of them make disturbance when you do.-Ex- change
The Press., 1918-01-10
The Universal She.

One 4Pip-I'm marrying the sweetest
 little woman under the sun on Tues day. Two Pips-Afraid it's illegal, old
 thing. One Pip-Illegal! What dye mean? Two Pips-Well, you see, r,arried her last week.-Passing show.
The Press., 1918-01-10
Moderation.

To the man that is forty, who mas made moderation in all things his rule' life has only well begun and fame Is still possible. The hest things in 8 mans life usually come to him after the age of forty.
The Press., 1918-01-10
Rlhle Mention of EbonX.

There is only one reference in the Bible to ebony. It occurs only in Ezra 27 :15, as one of the most important commodities imported into Tyre.
The Press., 1918-01-10
"BEST MEDICINE
 FOR WOMEN y
What Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound Did
 For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio.-''I suffered from irregularities, pains in my side and wa@
The Press., 1918-01-10

Antiseptic surgery has been prae- ticed since 1865
The Press., 1918-01-10

The first linotype machine was Op- erated in 1884.
The Press., 1918-01-10

Revolutions. Revolutions are not made; they Phillips.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-29
GIRLS! IT'S YOUR STEP
THAT ATTRACTS!
Says Women Pay Too Much Heed To
Their Fact Instead OF
Their Corns.

Watch your step. A brisk, lively
step is what charms more than love-
ly skin, but your high heels have
caused corns and you limp a little.
That's bad, girls, and you know it.
Corns destroy beauty and grace. be-
sides corns are very easy to remove.
Rid your feet of every corn by ask
ing at any drug store for quarter OF
an ounce of freezone This will cost
little but is sufficient to remove every
hard or soft corn or callus from ones
feet.
A few drops applied directly upon a
tender, touchy corn relieves the sore
ness and soon the entire corn, root
and all, lifts right out without pain.
This freezone is a gummy substance
which dries instantly and simply shriv'
els up the corn without inflaming or
even irritating the surrounding skin.
Women must keep in mind that
cornless feet create a youthful step
which enhances her attractivenes3.-
(Advt)