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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-04
Child Finds Parents Dead
With Gun by Their Side
Bv Associated Press

BOrdentOwn, N. j.. Feb. 4.-Tbe
bodies of Oscar Chaffee and his wife
were found on the floor of their
home here yesterday by their nine
year-oid daughter, when she re-
was clutched in the fathers hand
and the police say he killed his wife
and then shot himself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-04

It is absolutely necessary to be in good health.
A vast number of women neglect the very
foundation of all beauty-the general health.
To really look well, you must really feel we'll.
Beauty is natures priceless gift to women, but
to possess it they must first take care
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-04


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The Press., 1919-05-29
GOOD SAMARITAN OF EUROPE
Switzerland Surely Has Earned Right to That Title From War-Stricken
 Nations Surrounding Her.

Since the battle of MOrgarten in 1915 Switzerland has blaZed the trail toward human freedom as the Good Samaritan" of war-stricken Europe, says Frederick Dcssenbach in Ameri- can Review of Reviews.
 The Helvetian republic was born at the end of the thirteenth century. through desire for emancipation from autocratic despotism. when she scrap heaped the divine right of kings. The very pact (known as the "Vow of Grutli") which the ancient federates swore to on that quiet spot, the Grutli on the classic lake of Lucerne on the first day of August, 1291, embodied the great principle of "the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments" There the old Swiss proclaimed self government against the autocratic rule of the Hapsburgs.
 Since those early struggles Switz- erland fought fiercely and unfalter. ingly to maintain her liberty and independence until following the Ma poleOnic wars. At the congress of Paris in 1915 the European powers France, Great Britain, Russia, POrtu- gal, Prussia and Austria-formally and authentically acknowledged that the perpetual "neutrality and inviola- bility of Switzerland and it's independ- ence from all foreign influence are in the best interests of the policy of the whole of Europe"
The Press., 1919-05-29
LITTLE CHANGE IN BRITTANY
Land of Romance Today Much the Same as 1t Has Been Through
 the Centuries.

Brittany since the early times of history has been the land of romance, saints and archbishops, knights and ladies, hobgoblins and wizards, cru- saders and fairies. All of these are with beautiful impartiality scat tered through the antique records of rAmorique. as this region used to be called. Even the fabled sunken city of Is and the lost continent of Atlantis are supposed to lie off its coast. First cousins of the Irish and the Welsh, the inhabitants are by tradition, birth and character a race apart, silent, super stitious and devout and obstinate. Fine sailors and tillers of the soil, the Bre- tons have remained much as their earlier ancestors were. Their na tive costumes prevail throughout all villages and farmhouses. The men in blue blOuses and straw hats trim med with long black velvet ribbons, and lOngclOth waistcOats, embroidered in bright colors, loaded with but tons. sit beside many a wayside tav- ern, and the white headdresses and heavy black serge costumes of the women are the same in cut and quality as in the days of the famous Queen Anne of Brittany.
The Press., 1919-05-29
RETROSPECT THAT IS VAIN
MournfuI Man Has Come to Realize That All Things That Are to
 Be, Will Be.

'I sometimes think as I watch the efficient workings of a cream serara- tor" said the stoop-shouldered man, "how much happier my life might have been could but have had when l was first married separator, operated somewhat on the same principle, into which my wife's relatives could have been thrust, the crank turned and by centrifugal or centripetal force-I can never remember which is which-the two kinds divided, like the sheep and the goats of Holy Writ.
 Out of one spout would have come the undesirable Ones-those who con- troverted my cherished theories dis agreed with me on various subjects and jeered at my lack of faculty. the while they borrowed money from me and paid not again, and wore, their sex permitting, such of my Sunday garments as fitted them. And from the other spout would have emerged the good ones-those who tried to pay their way by being sympathetic and tactful, who were diplomatic enough to agree with me when it did not make any particular difference, and occa, sionally lent me money and were not forever logging me to get it back. But, of course, nothing of the kind was then or ever will be invented. Man was made to mourn and his wife's kin were made to see that he does mourn" Kansas City Star.
The Press., 1919-05-29
WAS THERE WITH THE RAZOR
coIored United States Soldier Made Short Work of Hun and Hls
 Trench Knife.

How 8 negro soldier met q stray German prowling about a piece of woods was related by one of the col ored troops from New York. on his re- turn to that city. The German had lost his gun and revolver and was arm- ed only with a trench knife. The ne- gro, a resident of Tenth avenue, look ed him over, dropped his own gun and bayonet and revolver, and took a long, wicked razor from his boot.
 "Now, you i1 Hun boy" said the American soldier, "nOw you and mes a'gwine to fight fair and square. Pse a-going' to carve you! Here goes l! Wifi yo's knife and ma knife we's fghtin' even."
 The German grasped his knife and waited for the negro, who crept upon him like some savage from the African jungles, his eyeballs gleaming in his black face, his splendid teeth glisten- ing like tigers. There was a flash of steel, grunting, swish of knives in the air and the German reeled back, his face gashed and gashed again. Again the negro crept up, laughing. Again there was the flash of steel, and again the German reeled, blinded with the blood streaming into his eyes. The third time the negro actually half se- vered the Huns head from his trunk with one wide, glittering sweep of the razor.
The Press., 1919-05-29
SEEKING USES FOR LIGNITES
Federal Bureau of Mines Will Make Investigation of What May Be
 New Fuel Supply.

The bureau of mines will make an investigation to determine the con- mercial and economical value of lig- mites and the practicability of their utilization in production of fuel oil. gasoline substitutes, ammonia, tar, solid fuel, gas for power and other pur- poses, under the terms of senate bill which the house of representatives adopted. An appropriation of $1OO,- 900 was voted. It was argued that the object of the investigation is to dem- onstrate the commercial value of liz mite, which is one third of the coal de- posits of the nation.
 A vast volume of the deposits is on government land, and Texas has ap- proximately 23,OO0,O 100000 tons. The official report says there is bituminous coal in Texas, but not sufficient to sup ply the railroads, and In urging the passage of the bill Representative WingO of Arkansas told the house that proper development of Ignite in Texas with its full uses demonstrated would save an annual fuel bill to the people of that state of $15.OoO, O,OOO.-Houston Post.
The Press., 1919-05-29
SABBATH DAY IN DISPUTE
Really No Definite information as to When Its Observance Had Its
 First Institution.

There is no definite information as to when the observation of the first day of the week was substituted by the Christians for that of the sev- enth day, the ancient Jewish Sabbath. It undoubtedly arose among the earlier practices of the Christian church, and was regarded as the Attest day to be held sacred, because in the words of one of the fathers, 'it is the first day in which God changed dark ness. and the same day, also, Jesus Christ, our Savior, rose from the dead" The several references in the New Testament to the Lords day, and to the first day of the week" will, of course, be borne in mind. Va rious additional reasons taken from the Old Testament were advanced by others of the early fathers in SUD- port of the observance of this day. The first law, either ecclesiastical or civil, by which the sabbatical observ- ance of Sunday is known to have been ordained is an edict of Constantine, A. D. 321, forbidding all work but necessary husbandry on the already venerable Sunday" In the Theodo- sian code 1t is enjoined that Ion Sun- day, rightfully designated by our an cestors as the Lords day, all law suits and public business shall cease" Since the ninth century Sunday has been thoroughly established insti- tuition in Christian countries as a day of rest and religious exercises, and one exempt from any occupations of purely secular character, except such as were necessary.
The Press., 1919-05-29
SQUABBLE OVER CITY WALLS
People of Canton, China, Divided Over Question Which the Proaressives
 Have Put Forward.

There's tempest in q teapot" and a China teapot at that, over the pro- posal in Canton, China, to take down the ancient city walls. Shades of our ancestors" say some of the Cantonese, "it is a sacrilege. It Is an evil plan inspired by foreign devils. Never has 1t been done. Never shall 1t be. If our forefathers got along with city walls, so should we"
 Such feeling against removal of the walls Is expressed in the form of a protest by some. of the members of the Merchants guild to the civil governor, according to the Canton Times, which Is for the removal of the walls lon account of the congestion of population and of facilitating communications in the city," and because public health demands wider roads and more air for the people,"
 After admitting that the protest is based on the grounds that demolition of homes along the walls would deprive hundreds of thousands of their liveli- hood" the Times, with true Oriental in- difference as to the effect of such treat ment on said gentry, says: eff the gentry think otherwise they should be dumped into the river"
The Press., 1919-05-29
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
 of Holland County:
 I hereby apply for transfer of Houston Landon's druggists license to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer. Rhine wine and cider at No. 21 Main street, town of Stafford. I agree not to sell spirit uous and intoxicating liquors in quan- titles exceeding one gallon, except other than distilled liquors, and those in quantities not exceeding five gall Ions; I agree to pay fifty dollars only for such license, and that it shall be revocable for misrepresentation if do not fulfill the foregoing agreements.
 And I, on oath, do state that the business there to be carried on is one in which am engaged as employee Of the proprietor, and that I am a h- censed pharmacist. Dated at Stafford this 18th day of May, A. D., 1919.
 J. Champagne, Applicant.
 We, the undersigned, are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, Of the town of Stafford, and hereby sign and endorse the foregoing application and hereby certify that said applicant is suitable person to be licensed pur- suant to said application.
 Dated at Stafford this 18th day of May, A. D., 1919.
 F. M. Barrett, Antonio Jacobsen,
 David Bissett, A. I. Mitchell,
 R. s. Converse.
 I hereby certify that the above sign CTS and endorsers are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, of the town of Stafford.
 Dated at Stafford this 18th day of May, A. D., 1919.
 J. Carl Converse, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1919-05-29
The Mansfield ColIectjon-

Mrs. Richard Mansfield has given to the National museum at Washington, and 1t has been arranged in eight cases for exhibition, the costumes, ar nor, jewels, and other articles of dress that her husband wore upon the stage in his many parts. Mansfield was ex- acting about the historical accuracy of his costumes, where 1t was possible, as we'll as about the quality of the stuffs and the fashions in which they were made. Hence the collection has a cer- tain value apart from associations with him and with the American the ater. It includes, for example, all his dresses for Brutus in Julius Caesar" for Shakespeare's Henry V, Richard HI and Shylock, for Rostand's Cyrano, for Czar Ivan of Russia. for Don Gar los of Spain in Schiller's like named tragedy, for Bonaparte. for Beau Brummel
The Press., 1919-05-29
Three French Repuhllca.

The French were not able to perma- nently establish a republic until they had tried three times to do so. The anarchy of the French revolution pro- duced Napoleon Bonaparte, as first consul. and then as emperor. The rev. olution of 1S48 resulted in Napoleon III as hereditary emperor of the French by an almost unanimous vote in November, 1852. The third republic was result of the Franco-Prussian war and the king of Prussia was pro- claimed emperor of the Germans, Sep tember 4, 1870, and his coronation took place at Versailles January IS, 1871. The third French republic was saved from destruction by the ability and ac- tivity of Louis Adolphe Theirs. Like Cavour he carried his country safely through a great crisis.
The Press., 1919-05-29
IN DESTR0YER's FIRE ROOM
Not an Inviting Lounoing Place but a Most Necessary Part of the
 Warship.

Descend manhole in the deck. The cover is closed and secured behind you. A door gasketed with rubber and locked with toggles faces you at the foot of the ladder. As it opens, comes a pressure on your ear-drums like the air-lock of a caisson. It is the forced draft. You thread your way amid pumps and feed-water heaters and de- scend still further to the furnace level.
 Twenty-Five knots-twenty-eight land miles an hour is good going. You think of dust, of heat, the chatter of shOvels, of grimy, sweaty firemen. Instead, water-tender stands calmly watching the glow of oil jets feeding the fur mace fire. Now and then he casts an eye to the gauge glasses. His two fire men give a turn to the fuel cock-a shot of oil to pump. The vibration of the hull and the hum of the blower are the only sounds. Fresh, cool air sweeps through in a steady stream
 - You have purchased absolution from the services burden of coaling ship but you pay in oil. You smell oil in the smoke from the tunnels, you breathe 1t from the oil-range in the gal ley. Your clothes gather it from stanchions and rails. The destroyer Is not built whose bulkheads will stand oil-tight in the weaving hull, and the water tanks are favored with the seep- age from neighboring fuel compart- ments. You drink petroleum in the water and taste 1t in the soup. The curry in the lamb "kills" it, but the ice reeks of Mexican crude. The but ter absorbing the vapors, tastes like some queer vaseline. At first your stomach revolts. You starve yourself for a trip, grow used to 1t and come back with renewed appetite.
 The wind draws ahead. A short sea is running with tremendous ground swell. Fourteen knots would ease her, but 25-drilling ahead into it-is cruel work for long, lean hull; no depth no beam; lines like jack knife. The convoy is lowing grace fully to it, just filling her hawse-pipes. You are submarining, taking spray in sheets clean over the stacks.-Leslie's.
The Press., 1919-05-29
Stone Age Theory Disproved.

The means of manufacture at the disposal of savages were so small that archeolOgists were formerly of Opin- ion that stone ax must be the prod uct of the efforts not merely of one generation but of several, being hand ed down from father to son, and talk ing shape gradually, so that an imple- ment begun by an individual might be finished by his grandchild.
 That this idea is pure nonsense was proved by the late J. D. Mcclure of the United States bureau of ethnology, who, developing a high expertness in such work, made first-class axes in a day or two, chipping them out of hard stone and polishing them by rub ping with sand and water. He even produced sculptures in relief after the pattern of those of ancient Mexico, using no other tools than stone ham, mers for "pecking" at the rock.
 It was the employment of tools, say anthopologists, that made man what he is. His brain was educated through the use of his hands.
The Press., 1919-05-29
Odd Requests,

When men begin to think about winding up their worldly affairs and disposing of their earthly possessions, then do they. as at no other time of their mortal career, reveal the odd workings of their minds by the strange bequests they make. of which this ex- traordinary instance Is given:
 "I bequeath to George William Steel all my fancy stockings, and to Mary Hannah Wiggin my set of false teeth for waiting upon me-. Thus, on a half-sheet of notepaper, William Green wood. an English retired cotton spin ner. disposed of his worldly goods and chattels."
The Press., 1919-05-29
China's Peanut Industry.

Before the war the peanut industry of China had reached its highest point in it's relation to the foreign export trade. The annual exports then were about 10000 tons of shelled peanuts and about 5O,O00 tons of oil. More than 40 per cent of these amounts went from the port of Tsingtau, as Shan tung has become the largest peanut producing province of China.
The Press., 1919-05-29
STRICT OF ASHFORD, ss. Probat,

RESTRICT OF ASHFORD, ss. Probate D Court, May 2lst. 1919
 Estate of Louis A. Baker, late Of Ashford, In said district, deceased
 The Trustee having exhibit ed his hnal trus- tee account with said estate to this court for al- lowance, it IS ~
 Ordered-That The 31st day of May, A. D.. 1919, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. at the Probate once hearing on the allowance of said trustee account with said estate. and this Court directs the trus- tee to cite all persons interested therein to ap- order once in some newspaper having circula- tion in said district. and by posting copy or this order on the public sign post in the town of Ashford, nearest where deceased last dwelt
 L. J. STORRS, Acting Judge.
The Press., 1919-05-29
CtTLII1tU HUH NcCOIU
 MICHAEL D. O'CONNELL, Judge.
ABSTRACT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pro

D bate Court, May 26, 1919.
 Estate of Joseph Ferry, late of stafford, In said district, deceased.
 Upon the application of Jennie M. Patterson, praying that letters of administration may be granted on said estate, represented intestate, as by said application fully appears, 1t is
 Ordered-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Once in stafford, in said district, on the 4th day of June, A. D 1919, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that pub lie notice be given Of the pendency of said appl- on. by publishing the same once in some news paper having circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign days before said hearing
 M D. OCONNELL, Judge.
The Press., 1919-05-29
RESTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pro
 ' hot Court May 1919.

RESTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pro- U bate Court. May 2, 1919.
 Estate of Hattie A. Ferry, late or StaHord, in said district, deceased
 The .executor having exhibited his admin istration account with said estate to this court for allowance, it is
 Ordert d-1 hat the 4th day of June. A. D. 1919 at II o'clock in the forenoon, at the Probate office in Stafford, be and the same IS assigned for a hearing on the allowance of said adminis- tration account, and this court directs the ex- excutor to cite all persons interested therein this order once in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign post in the town or StaI- ford, where the deceased last dweit
 MICHAEL D. O'CONNELL, Judge.
The Press., 1919-05-29
THURSDAY, MAY ae, 1919.

si5O a year in advance. When not paid in advance, at the rate of sl.75 year.
 Resolutions, obituaries or cards of thanks in serted at one-half advertising rates. Births, marriages and deaths inserted free.
 We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub fishing, endorse the opinions of our correspond ents.
 Communications received without signatures always committed to the waste basket without attention.
 Advertisers desiring change should have copy at office by Wednesday at 10 a. m, otherwise we cannot guarantee change.
 This paper is mailed regularly to it's subscrib- CTS until 6 definite order to discontinue Is re- ceived and all arrears are paid in full.
 We are always glad to have 1se,os items sent In, but request that they reach us by Wednesday morning. or earlier, If possible. It Is often nec- essary to sbridge items that are received after Wednesday noon. Forms closed Thursday al 6. m.
The Press., 1919-05-29
ROROuGH TAX NOTICE.

All persons liable for taxes on property in the Borough of stafford Springs are hereby noti1ed that a tax of four mills on a dollar is due May 1st 1919. Said tax is payable at par until June 1st, 1919. All taxes unpaid after June 1st will be raised at per cent. per annum. For the convenience Of tax payers, will be at my insurance office in Converse building. Main street. every Saturday during the month of May.
 P. J. MURRAY, Collector.
The Press., 1919-05-29
Mad Musicians.

Among professional men actors sup ply the greatest proportion of lunatcs. Then come, in order, musicians. civil servants, clergymen, writers and edit ors, and army men. The wonder is that editors do not figure much higher in the list
The Press., 1919-05-29
4 T Court of Probate holden at Staf- A ford, within and for the District of Stafford,

on the 21st day of May. 1919
 Present, MICHAEL D. O'CONNELL. Judge.
 On motion of John Shea, executor on the tes- tate estate of Susan Shea late or Stanord, Wltn- in said district, deceased.
 It is ordered by this court, that notice shall be given that the administration account in said estate will be exhibited for settlement at the Probate Office In said District, on the Sd day Of June, 1919, at 2 o'clock, afternoon, by posting copy of this order on the public post In said town of stafford, and by advertising the same in newspaper published in Stafford, and hav- ing a circulation in said district.
 Attest, MICHAEL D. O'CONNELL, Judge
The Press., 1919-05-29
Attest, MICHAEL D. O'CONNELL, Jud
4 T Court of Probate holden at Staf A ford within and for the District Of Stanord

T @ Court or PrODato nOIueH HC DtdI- A ford within and for the District Of Stafford, on the 23d day of May. A. D. 1919.
 Present. MICHAEL D O'CONNE ELL, Judge.
 On motion of Mary K. smith, admintstratlfx on the intestate estate of Henrietta Smith, late of stafford, within said district, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months from above date be allowed and limited for the cred tors of said estate exhibit their claims against the same to the admtnistraJTtx, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising In a newspaper having circulation in said dis trtct, and by posting copy thereof on the pup lie sign- post in said town of Stafford, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record.
The Press., 1919-05-29

| 1IOIhICI OF' IOLLAND, SS. FrO- ! bate Court May 24, 1919.
 Estate of Homer N, Neal, Jr., late of Willing ton. in said district, deceased.
 The administrator having exhibited his ad- ministrat1On account with said estate to this court for allowance, it is
 Ordered-That the Sd day of June. A. D. l919 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Pro- bate Office in Holland, be and the same is as- signed for hearing on the allowance of said administration account, and this court directs the administrator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing this order once in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign-post in the town of Willington, where the deceased last dWelt at least days before said time assigned. Certified from record.
 EnWTN AHARn Judue