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The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Manifestly the shell, receiving
an increase of speed over that
which it shares with the gun and
the ship, must not only leave the
gun, but the ship as well. If the
new speed impaired to the shell is
thirty miles an hour, then the total
motion Of the shell must be thirty
plus thirty, or sixty miles an hour,
and, since the ship and gun are go
ing in the same direction only
thirty miles an hour, instead Of
sixty, the shell will leave them
both behind at the rate Of thirty
miles an hour.
The shell, together with the gun
and the ship, is flying over the
water at a speed of thirty miles an
hour before the trigger is pulled,
and when the expanding gas in the
gun pushes it, the shells speed is
doubled, and it passes over the
motionless water sixty miles an
hour, although it gains only thirty
miles an hour on the ship which
follows it.
Imagine that the shell was fixed
on the bow Of the ship, and that
the latter was so steered as to
strike an enemy-the shell. with
out being fired at all, would de-
liver a blow of an energy CORE
spending with a speed Of thirty
miles an hour, would it not? Very
we'll, then before the ship strikes
the object let a projectile force OF
thirty miles an hour be added TO
the shell-it must -lereon shoot
ahead and hit the object with the
kinetic energy derived from a
velocity of sixty mics an hour.
Again, suppose that the ship was
anchored and that a continuous
stream of shells was fired from
the gun at fixed target straight
ahead. Let US say that sixty
shells reached the target every
minute. Now, set the ship in
motion toward the target at the
same speed as that Of the shells,
the gun continuing to send forth
a stream of projectiles as before;
then the target would be hit by
120 shells in a minute instead of
by sixty. This principle, applied
in astronomy to the rate Of ar
rival of the light rays from a star
that is moving directly toward, or
away from, the solar system, has
made it possible to measure with
the spectroscope the speed of APP
proach, or Of retreat, of many
stars. If the star is approaching
the intervals between the light
waves are shortened; if it is re-
receding, the intervals are length
ened in the ratio Of the speed Of
the star to the speed Of light
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
MYSTERY OFMOTION AS SOLVED
BY SCIENTIFIC STUDY
By Garrett P. Serviss.

GSTF ship fired a shot from a
gun that was mounted in the
DOW of the ship, and the speed
of the ship was the same as the
muzzle velocity of the shell,
would the shell fall on the ship,
If they both kept going straight
ahead? l have often heard this
question argued aboard the ships
In the navy and would be much
obliged if you would answer it
George Jones'"
The fallacy lurking in this ques-
ton seems as hard to kill as the
Lernaean Hydra, whose heads
grew on faster than Hercules
could cut them off,. | have an
swered the question, in different
forms, many times, and / answer
1T again because it lies at the very
basis of any correct knowledge of
the laws of motion, which so many
persons manage to get through
school and college without under
standing.
Let US put the case as clearly
and plainly as possible. Suppose
the ship is going at an unvary-
ing speed, straight ahead, Of
thirty miles an hour, and suppose
that the shell is fired with just
enough force to give it muzzle
velocity of thirty miles an hour,
the gun being pointed straight
over the bow.
Now, before the gun is fired,
what is the situation with regard
to the motion of the three bodies
commemorative ship the gun and
the projeCtile? Evidently, they are
all moving together, at the same
speed. In other words, the ship
Is carrying the gun along with it.
self at thirty miles an hour, and
the gun is carrying the shell along
with itself at thirty miles an hour.
They all share in common the mo-
ton which is primarily impaired
to the ship by the revolutions Of
its screw. The gun. the shell and
the ship are all parts of one NOV
ing system. The forward motion
belongs to every one of them alike,
just as it belongs to all the par
ticles that compose & flying ball.
Next, suppose the speed Of the
ship is included; then everything
in and on the ship would share
the increase. There can be no diff
ficulty in seeing the truth Of that
statement. But the next step in
PRODUCES what seems to be for many
minds an obscurity. Suppose that
the increase Of speed be given, not
to the whole ship. but only to a
small part Of it, as, for instance,
to the shell lying in the chamber
Of the gun-then what will happen?
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
FAILURE OF MANY GIRLS DUE
TO LACK OF CONCENTRATION
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.

ly she encountered an acquaint-
ance. This acquaintance spoke Of
having seen a mutual friend who
had mentioned the fact that my
errand girl and herself had a
luncheon engagement. Ny errand
girl was Mortified, it had quite
slipped her mind, so she immedi-
ately deputed my errands to the
acquaintance and went gayly on
her way to keep her previous ap-
pointment.
ITO add to this comedy of en-
rors, the acquaintance, who had
cheerfully consented TO take the
shopping off the other girls hands,
promptly forgot all about it, and
In addition lost my list
What did you say to that girI?"
| asked the admirable lady.
mot much" she said. 81
laughed. 1t really was rather
funny, but it was over and done,
and no one had suffered anything,
more than a trifing inconvenience.
1t was one Of those blunders
which one forgives readily to a
friend, but-not to a business as
sociate."
did you give her the position
she was so anxious to secure" l
asked curiously.
81 cid not" she said emphati-
cally. Socially she was a very
agreeable and charming girl. but
she could never be my private
secretary. not in a thousand years.
Consider the almost dazzling unfit
ness she had shown for any posi-
ton involving responsibility and
also the muddle-heaGed way in
which she faced an unexpected
situation.
Fell Down Without Cause.
Run over the case: she had Of
fered her services when she was
not asked to do so, and yet when
her request was granted she fell
down on the job"
81 suppose that she felt that she
was between the devil and the deep
sea- remarked, land it didn't
make much difference which way
she jumped"
1T made the difference that she
lost a business position that she
was moving heaven and earth to
gain said the admirable lady,
dryly. If you find yourself in a
position where you have to choose
between a sin against good man
ners and a sin against your bread
and butter, it is wise to follow the
gunmetal rule Of safety first, and
let the good manners slide.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Various accounts OF the helght AZ
which the aerial marriage was per-
formed at Sheepshead, D. One
newspaper said the knot was wiro-
lessed at i've hundred feet, another
said q thousand feet. Still another
said the airplane attained an aIti-
tude Of two thousand feet. Tn
bridegroom said he was in the sew
enth heaven. So let it 20 at that.
Have you. by any chance. heard ar
seen anything Of 'Ellaston Terrsces
Washington, D. c. I have tried All
ordinary means Of locating thfa
place, and have failed, and I know
positively that such q place exists.
Is II asking too much to ask Won 10
help me locate this place? Nav I
look for an answer in The Times9
Also, may / simply sign myself.
YEOMANETTE.
Sure I have. Take a HyattsvilIe
car and go to Langdon. You NAV
get lost on the way, but that's where
Ellaston Terrace was last time I
heard.
They may not have been rough
enough during the riots, but when
1t comes to arresting q woman for
q parking violation they can be
rough all right.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

The Washington branch Of
Underwood & Underwood, rews
photographers, is aiding the
people of the District in their
fight for votes.
LAWRENCE RUBEL, nan
ager of the bureau here. ar
ranged for a picture to be taken
of the members Of the press cal
leries, at the Capitol, standing
behind a twenty-foot sign on
which was painted in big let
tiers, 400 coo residents of the
District of Columbia want repre-
seutation in Congress" This
photograph will be printed in a
number of newspapers all over
the country.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
HERE AND THERE

CHARLIE ROGERS is wearing a
checkered coat and light fawn-col-
ored breaches.
ALTUS PRINCE says that he COM
planned to his iceman that he was
getting short weighted and the ice
man got sore:
"If you don't stop Fostering me, f"
says the ice man, Il will not serve
YOU"
And he didn't. Altus had to get
another iceman.
Saw SKEETER SCHNEIDER, the
ex-Georgetown lightweight the other
day.
I have 1t on excellent authority
that FRANK FISHER, who came
from Horse Head, N. Y, has been
chosen a selectman of that interest
ing and beautifully named little viii
lage.
FRANK and NEWTON FOX are
home after a spell with Sir John
Pershing Of the A. E. F. Newt had
the great pleasure Of giving the Ger
mans hell for fifty-one days.
PADDY RYAN lost his cane and
advertised heavily for it, and
JOHNNY K0ONTZ, one Of the vet
eran plate printers over at the Blu
reau found it; and says he never
would have known whose cane It
was if l hadn't exploited Paddy's
loss in these columns.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
A New Store.

A New Store.
l have opened a store in my
Fathers Garage where l shall sell
ICE CREAM. All flavors fresh and
pure at so cents a quart. Place your
orders ahead for prompt delivery
between noon and 9 o. m. my Bed
time.) also supply my customers
regularly with FINE FRESH EGGS
which get from the Farmers. Place
a regular standing weekly order.
WIN. COATE WESTLAKE,
1915 Ross Place.
Telephone Cleveland 759.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

These Drawings Were Made in Alaska by
Rockwell Kent. He Was Thinking Hard
and Feeling Strongly as He Made Them
What Do You Think as You Look at Them2
How Difficult 1t Is for the Human Mind to
Express Thought, When 1t Thinks Earnestly,
or Believes That 1t Thinks Earnestly.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
HEARD AND SEEN

IL will be Interesting 70 watch TIE
Developments IN the case Of the Gov
sFRmsRt smpl0yss whose representa-
tiVss hsys ASKED the President,
through ths Secretary Of Labor, for
3 half day on each Saturday OF the
year,
Will Government employees get the
same sort OF recognition from Uncle
Sam rs men and women who work
in the shops and who are getting
shorter hours and more money?
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
All in the Days Work

Speaking Of fee, why isn't there
q penitentiary oiiense for the
hOtelkeeper who serves half a
three-cent orange In q nest Of
ice for the merely nominal sum
OF fifty cents?
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

The gentlemen who are so con-
cerned about the waste Of water
In the District OF Columbia must
thrill with delight when they
look at the Ben Franklin stutue.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Eight years ago the Washington
Navy Yard employees were fighting
hard to get themselves on the same
plane with workers in private plants.
There was a legal provision setting
a Government navy yard workdsy at
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

The Committee that called on Sec
rotary Wilson with the all year
round half holiday plan was com
posed Of n. p. ALIAS. representing
the Government machinists, partieu-
larry the navy yard machinists;
LUTHER STEWART, president Of
the Federation OF Federal Employees;
A. J. BERRIES, representative Of the
metal trades, and THOMAS FLA
HERTY, Of the postal employees.
They came away from the Depart
ment Of Labor impressed with the
visit they had with Secretary Wilson
and believing he saw the matter IN
the light they presented Tae niat-
ter, / bsi;eVe, Is one for Cabinet dis
cussion and Presidential action.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

I see by the papers that a man
was found dead on a telephone
building roof; and ! presume he had
gone up there to linger after the
telephone girl had told him to wait
a minute"
The Washington times., 1919-08-03
BY EARL GOODWIN.

eight hours, but IN the private plants
. ten-hOuF day was the rule. That
threw considerable work to private
plants where contractors could get
hokE work for LESS money out Of
their employees than the Government
could get out Of theirs. Navy yard
folks wanted TO get rid Of that sort
.of unfair eompetitiOn-unfair be-
cause 4 threw more work to the mi
Vate plants than the Government
shops could get, and that hurt the
Government worker. Constant and
intelligent work BY Government en-.
pioysS in the face Of q fierce manu.
faeturers' Lobby, brought about the
big change, and nowadays tie pri-
Vate plant and the Washington Nav
Yard are On the same plane when II
comes to competitive conditions.
Ten years ago the Washington
Navy Yard mechanics made $3.50 a
day; today he makes $40. En-
ployers, If they are in the old school
Of men VINO dislike to pay proper
wages, hold up their hands and ask
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

That dead cal" has sought a new
location at Thirteenth and Park road.
Please notify Commissioner Brown
low, DR.. Woo ward or Major Pull
man.
N. r. ROBINSON.
'Doc Woodward IL now Health Ofdcer q
Boston. Why worry him2-Ed. note.
Femo says that there is a dead cat
in Ninth Street Park. DUKE
Rats!
Is It true that rats carry PLAGUE
and other diseases?
The numerous alleys between II
and I streets and Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets are full OF rats.
Walk around the COAL BIN back
of the George Washington Hospital
any evening about dark and you win
see and hear enough rats to kill
every person living in that square.
The dwellings are old and house
keepers can't keep rats out, though
they kill them daily; more will come
and Il is almost impossible 10 keep
food from them. L. Y.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

as far as the ship he leap from the ships limitations
to the far shore that he sees.
The picture at the right, woman shows the fOunda
ton of everything that is done every permanent forward
step taken on this ear-srengh of body to feed the child
and create it, strength of mind to teach it and protect it
from the fathers vicious example, strength Of spirit to go
through all the weary days and years patiently while the
child grows up, reward a disappointment.
These things you in this picture Woman >
without whom of the things that done could be
done without whom every whose greatness other than
praise would never have been created
You look at these pictures realizing that the artist
making his drawings in far-o Alaska, had his mind in the
past and in Germany with Netzsche the cratic insane
genius.
You know that no jumping from the ship, dying in
the cold leaping among the stars will solve mans
problem.
Development of Alaska and the rest of the earth,
creation of conditions under which man live and
think and work peacefully and securely-these the
things that count.
But these pictures are useful because they make you
think and wonder you look at them, introducing you to
q new, strange mind And what makes YOU think makes
you more useful.
Many readers of the practical, sOon-to-be-rich and
prosperous kind rich and prosperous now will say:
II don't much in these pictures any in printing
them They don't make ME think about anything in par
cular would rather see picture of the biggest loco
motive the world read how John D. Rockefeller made
his first dollar and still has it."
These practical ones may be reminded of famous
artists reply to who said: 1.-The sunset doesn't
look to me as it does in your picture"
mo" replied the artist. Don't you wish it did?''
If you cannot enjoy thinking about these pictures and
the effort they make to interpret human desires and
bons then think about Alaska of which, an American
citizen, you one hundred miliOnth part There is
solid comfort in thinking about Alaska and what bargain
it when bought it from Russia for eight million
dollars Any Grand Duke in Russia could steal the eight
millions and spend them in six months but will be
exhausted the wealth that this country will take from that
great empire, far away in the northwest
Hidden in the covered mountain range where lies
the Snow Queen there hundred mines worth eight
million dollars There many times eight million
dollars worth of fishes in the waters that wash Alaska
shores and hundreds Of millions Of annual wealth in her
fertile lands and forests.
This earth is wonderful possession. Buy piece of it,
cultivate it, plant it, make it fertile and beautiful enjoy
It. and don't worry about what the tell YOU
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Those who have been Promi-
nently Mentioned for the Office
Of Commissioner win please
form on the right; and those
who Haven't Been Mentioned
and Wouldn't Accept it if Of
fered viii please form on the
left.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

This advance in the conditions OF
Isbor surrounding Government work
ers is justified, and I believe i Will
soon be in actual effect II is horri-
Tying to some of our faVoriJe re-
dictionaries to know that working
folks are being better and better
treated all the time and are getting
more money-but the records show
that the advance is going on all the
time and the indications are there
will be great changes for the better
In the next few years.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

You can get an idea Of the way
they live IN New York from this
lost and found" ad in the New York
Times: s.
'Lost-At Biltmore Hotel or in
taxi to Childs, Columbus circle,
brown flexible seal wallet, gold cor
ners, MORE lining" etc.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

W. r. and e. motormen want
better pay. l know ten Thousand
passengers that will pay them
big money il they will leave out
the earthquake accompaniment
when they turn on the power.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Looks very much as IL it took
q general riot to get the proper
kind Of pay for a policeman.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

where it Is all leading. Navy Ysrs
mechanics, ten years ago, did not
enjoy a thirty-day leave. They ~
= hfteen-day vacation, but the vpD-
eral move toward lettering thar
conditions has brought them "a :
fuil month rest to temperate their
health and strength and enjov their
hives while they still have breafh
Also they have effected an improve-
ment in the Federal compensation
act A scientific scale Of eomuensa-
tons for injuries received in the lin.
O. duty removed tbs ~ Of bein0
Locked out of service without pro-
vision for their families.
All these things spell advance and
betterment. Years ago the young
ster who went to work as an apDren-
tiee got no wages and slept under
the counter in the Old Mans Store
or Shop. Today a young man learn
in J. the business gets enough money
to live on and have a pair Of fancy
pants for Sundays besides. Things
are looking up.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

I take it from present prices that
a fellow over here in Maryland who
owns a COW and three chickens could
sell out and retire.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

The seTen.square-feet rule for
street ear serT1ee-hoW's that old
friend coming ont
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Fer the Pepeo.
Mebbe our unframed mind runs In
unbusinesslike ways, but we have q
bunch that II q man Is good enough
to fight for you he is good enough
to work for you.
He ehssred our gallant fighting men,
The soldier and the goo;
But R010 he cannot see them when
They ask hSm for q JOB.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

In Paris General Harris had all
his men wear a feur de lis on
their uniforms. It turned out that
the French use that mark to identi-
fy their women criminals sort
of Scarlet Letter"
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

Il is not necessary for anyone to
point out to the park policemen
and many Of the Government
watchmen that this General Harris
who is under the public gaze as
the officer IN charge of those dis
tricts where intense cruelty was In
ficted on AMERICAN soldiers is
the same gentlemen who made
policemen in the parks wear hot
uniforms buttoned up all summer,
and forced watchmen to do an
trick without sitting
down.
Yet he was one Of our leading
society favorites.
The Washington times., 1919-08-03

CHARLIE ROGERS is wearing a
checkered coat and light fawn-col-
ored breaches.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-11-05
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed with Sulphur Il
Brings Back Its Beautiful
Lustre at Once.

Gray hair, however andsome, de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages of youthful appear.
ance. Your hair is your charm. II
makes or mars the face. When ii
fades, turns gray and looks streaked
just a few applications of Sage Tes
and Sulphur enhances it's appearance
a hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young
Either prepare the recipe at home oil
get from any drug store a bottle OF
''Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com.
pound" which is merely the old-timt
recipe improved by the addition o.
other ingredients. Thousands of folks
recommend this ready-to-use prepare.
ton, because it darkens the hair beau.
tifully, besides, no one can possibly
tell, as 1t darkens so naturally and
evenly. You moisten a sponge or soft
brush with it. drawing this through
the hair, taking one small strand al
a time. By morning the gray hair
disappears; after another application
or two, it's natural color is restored
and 1t becomes thick, glossy and lus-
treus, and you appear years younger.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is delightful toilet re- Iisite.
1t is not intended for the cure, miti-
CATION or prevention of disease.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-11-05
Many Pieces Of Dunn
Property Sold At Cutlery

The sale at public cutlery yesterday
of the estate of J. B. Dunn was at
tended by many citizens, the estate
possessing parcels of property in all
parts of Americas. W. W. Dykes, at
torney for the administrator, sold the
property. One lot on Wren street
was sold to Alfred Appel for 500;
F. G. Beavers bought two lots on
Lambert street, enc lot on Patterson
street and one lot on Forest street
for $3.50; w. 7. A. Dunn bought a
lot on Pelham street, four acres in
East Americas, and four acres lying
adjoining to Magnolia Dell, and
known as the Dunn pasture, for
$500; w. H. Scarborough bought the
Dunn triangle between Church and
Spring streets, and containing two
negro houses, besides tho Dunn store,
for Sli35: Grant Womack bought a
house on East Lamar street for
S830.50; J. L. Warren bought three
parcels of negro property in East
Americus for 1851; John Oliver
bought house on Jecerson street
for S215; |. B. Small bought a house
on Prince street for $1,605 and I.
l.. "aruthers bought small house
on east Jefferson street fo1 $35. The
Dunn home house Oh Jackson street
was not sold. this beng taken by the
heirs nv an agreement among them
solves
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-11-05
HAD TERRIBLE
SKIN DISEASE
Little Girl Improves Rapidly When GIVsn
zIR0N Iron Tonic.

Many mothers try one remedy after an
other for the sufferings of their little ones,
without apparently being able to find the
tight one. lfanything seems wrong with
The blood, or stomach, or If the child's
system is run down and needs strengthen
itag, you may benefit by the experience OF
his Westmorelans. Tenn, mother, Mrs.
John f. Anglea, who writes:
s"My little girl had terrible skin disease
and her stomach was in such bad condi-
ion. Nothing helped her, so we finally
started TO give her Ziron.
She improved so rapidly from the first
bottle, SO we have given her two more.
She is much better"
Don't try other remedies firstI Choose
Ziron from the start. Ii has benefited
many people suffering from poor blood,
general weakness, loss of appetite and
0ther symptoms which indicate lack OF
iron in the blood.
Sold by druggists on money-back
guarantee