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The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-09-18
Boy Scout Troop to Meet.

The Boy Scouts of Troop Four will
meet at 1880 o'clock tomorrow evening
at Scout headquarters at Miller Hall.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-09-18

France hasn't ratified the Peace
Treaty and the League of Nations,
and she isn't all excited about the fact
either.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-09-18

The phrase mot our kind" is like
perfume used to hide more offensive
odors.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

transferred, would be in the Southern
Pacific, south of New Zealand. Den
yer would be near the middle of the
Indian ocean, between Australia ane
africa.
Boring strait would BE in the far
South Atlantic. The Panama Canal
would find itself near the west coast
of Sumatra. The Straits of Magellan
would be in the neighborhood of Lake
Baikal, across which the trains of the
Siberian Railroad are ferried.
Australia would be an island in the
Atlantic ocean, with Bermuda of its
northwest coast and the Azores off it's
southeast coast. The city of Shanghai
would be in the Andes, between Chile
aud Argentina. Pekin would be south
of Buenos Aires. The Philippines would
be in the heart of Brazil. Cape Horn
would be'in the region of the Himalayas.
The whole Of Africa. if transplanted
to the opposite size of the globe. would
lie in the Pacific ocean. The oncet
mysterious city of Timbuktu would dis
cover itself to be surrounded by the
Fiji islands, inhabited by people
blaeker than it's own. The Sahara. if
one drew upon it a map of it's a%ntipodes.
would be s~prinkled with many of the
island group of Polynesia.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

scrioins a battle with Mexican natives.
writes: "As we approached with our
army they shot from above 20 many
stones that they covered the ground
Ihey had sings and plenty Of stone.
ana they shot arrows and stones so fast
mat they wounded Ave of our foot sol.
diers and two h~orsenen."
In Peru have been dug up MANY an.
Gent vessels that bear paintings i,lu,.
tratlVe Of combats in which slinrs w.r.
used. ~ "ess
Aeres, another Spanish historian. d.
serloins the capture Of a Peruvian c;ty
says Of the native troops: I'm the ~,
OF their army came the slinrmen wha
hurled pebbles from sings. These ,,in.o
men carry shields made from nsrra-
boards very small. They also ns..
armor jackets made Of quilted cotto. :.
Many Of the actual slinrs used :.
early and even prehistoric Amsrio.s.
nave been obtained from sraves
otherwise recovered They are msdo =
various materials. including hnn.s
fiber. sesetaole
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

NOV dawns the day Of thesoft drink.
~ 1t 10 the only available substitute
for booze" and 80 the demand for It
from this time ON Is bound to be pro-
digious.
Distillers and brewers may mourn,
but eve, the latter viii find consolation
In the manufacture Of near beer
which is simply ordinary beer with the
alcohol taken out Of it.
As for soft drinks other than near.
beer, the bottled varieties found a great
market before the country began In
serious earnest to go Try, 1900, O00. 900
bottles being annually sold n the United
States.
: For some years past nearly every
village and crossroads store has carried
a stock Of soft drinks, commonly known
as "sodas," and thus the dwellers In
rural communities have had availabA .
product formerly obtainable only at
"fountainsn1in towns and cities.
Many such drinks are made with ar
ti6ciaI davors, but the demand for real
fruit havors is increasing, and N their
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
Copyright. 1919. by Public L.drsr d
Where Are the Antp0des?

IN THE other side Of the world, ex-
actly opposite to the spot where you
happen to be at the present moment. is
a geographical point very interesting for
that if for no other reason.
Surprising that from where you are
standing or sitting a hole was bored
straight down through the center Of the
earth. and that you could drop through
it to the other side. Where would you
come out?
Most people. in response to that
question, would say China; but. that is
absurd when you come to think of it.
Often one hears China spoken of as the
"antipodes," but how could that be the
case for anybody i'll the United States,
considering the fact that both countries
are in the Northern Hemisphere?
Nobody is walking about just, opposite
YOU on. the other side of the earth. If
any one tried it he would certainly get
his feet wet, for he WOULD be in the
midst of the Indian ocean. Transfer
the United States to the opposite side
of the world. and the entire country
would form IN island in that vast ex-
panse of sea.
New York city would be far out in the
Indian ocean. to the southwest of Aus
tralia. London and Paris, if similarly
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

carbon monoxide was introduced. Inc
man held in his hand a cage contain"
ing a canary.
Presently the bird collapsed. But
the man stayed in the box eight nut
longer. before he found himself unahy
to stand up. He vas then promP-~
dragged out. Beyond a severe headache
for some hours, however, he suffered n
ill effects.
This proved definitely that a man can
endure a more than fairly dangetoua
gas poisoning eight minutes longer theTr
a canary. Hence the conclusion-mo<.
valuable for practical purposes-thas
workers in mines have eight minutes u
which to escape from a gas-flled miH
tunnel after their bird (they commonly
carry canaries with them nowadays)
shows symptoms of severe distress.
The birds subjected to these expert
ments are quickly revived by putting
them into a little glass cage box, the
handle of which is a small steel tube
z containing liquid oxygen. The oxygen
is allowed to flow into the box and
soon the canary is as we'll and lively.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

popULAR sympathy has always been
: on the side Of David in his little
pickering with the giant Goliath. 1t
ought to be quite the other way, because
there never was d minute when Goliath
had,a chance against<an agile antagonist
who could choose his own position and
distance and who was equipped with
. long range weapon.
This is a problem which has been
thoroughly worked out by modern mill.
tary men and naval tacticians. A fight
OF the kind can haye only one result.
We ( accustomed to think Of the
sling as an Old World weapon. but
there is n question Of the fact that II
was in common use among the natives
Of Mexico, Central America and Perm
long before Goliath and David were
born.
Or. Philip A. Means has been lookin.
up the subject for the Smithsonian In
stitutfon, and be says that the early
Spanish conauerors In America found
the sling 4 formidable weapon in the
hands 81 the ahorisines.
A 6baaiSh historian, Del Castillo. de.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
Military S~earchhghts

THE military %search,ight has proved
- of enormous usefulness during the
war for q great variety OF PURPOSES
and. Is a result, it las undergone
very important development.
Where has appeared, as one product
of it's evolution. a portable electric
searchlight, weighing only 143 pounds.
which a easily be carried by a
couple of men or by a mule. Pro-
v:ded with a powerful arclight, it
throws. with the hep of a bowl-shaped
mirror Of glass. a beam of brilliant in
tensity.
There is a tendency. however. to get
rid of glass mirrors for war search
lights. They have two important dis
advantages. One is that a chance bull
let will put them out of commissions;
the other, that psoperly made glass
ref1ectors cannot be quickly or easily
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

Having figured out the amount of
power he needs, the next thing for the
farmer to do is to find ott how much
power can be obtained from the stream
that runs through his land. I'd do this,
and t6 get other requisite instructionA
he should write to the Office of public
roads. at Washington. and ask for its
booklet on the subject.
Even an insignificant strcamiet nav
supply all the current needed on Il
farm, for lighting if for no other our
pose, when properly harnessed. With
storage batteries provided it can use
all of it's energy throughout the twenty
four hours in leading them--tle power
to be drawn off during only a few hours
each day.
Hydroe!ectric outfits suitable for
farm use are inexpensive, and thcir
upkeep costs almost nothing.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

obtained. Nothing short Of a first
class mirror-making plant is capable
of turning them Nout.
Accordingly, since we entered the
war, our army has taken tosusing
refiectort which are simply shall6w
bowls 81 thin sheet iron plated on Ehe
inside with silver. They are not equal
to mirrors, but they can be turnedo u
quickly in indefinite numbers any
where that silver plati.-g is done. A
rife bullet will not break them, and
they have the additional advantage of
cheapness. Glass %refectors L very
expensive.
The French during the wal have
been making trial Of ~searchlight re-
fectors- plated with gold, which. it is
claimed. have greater b%rilliancy. They
are most costly of course. but do not
require daily polishing.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
Making the "1uiCg" on the Farm

The first thing for the farmer with
a brook at hand to consider is how
much power he requires-the unit of
electrical power being the watt" One
horsepower is the equivalent of 746
watts.
To run a twelve inch electric fan
requires forty watts, a three pound
fatiron, $50 watts; q toaster, 400
watts; a four-inch disk heater, $50
watts; a coffee percolator, 500 watts f;
a small hot-water heater, 1900 watts.
Lights consume ordinarily twenty five
or forty watts.
To run a churn takes half a horse
power, a cream separator the same, a
milking machine the same, an ice cream
freezer the same, a washing machine
the same, a grindstone half that much,
a woodsaw three horsepower, a hay
press the same, a feed grinder FIVE
horsepower.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

WHY not more electricity for our
w farmers?
Easy to get, and mighty cheap. If
there be on the farm even q tiny stream.
The Department of Agriculture says
that there are scattered throughout the
country "innumerable brooks and
streamlets capable of supplying enough
electric power for all farm and domes-
tic needs"
A brook ten feet wide, with an aver
age depth Of two feet and flowing two
feet per second under a ''head' of five
feet, can supply ten horsepower con-
Acknowledgement to light the aver
age farmstead and leave enough over
to operate motors for many Of the
needs of power on the farm.
Electricity on the farm is as help
full to the farmers wife as to the
farmer. It may be so utilized as to
relieve her of much drudgery.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

MICE have been found useful for
AAA giving warning of the presence of
dangerous gases in mines. They we're
employed for the same purpose in the
trenches during the war. But canary
birds proved much better.
1t is the exceptional sensitixeness Of
mice and canaries to such gases that
renders them valuable in this way.
They show signs of distress long before
human beings notice the poisoning Of
the air they breathe.
But the GUS Tin a cage) may at
any time be inactive and sluggish, so
that the indications it gives are not to
be relied upon. On the other hand,
the canary is perpetually alert and
hopping about. If It droops or becomes
quiet it is time to get out of the
mine or put on the gas mask.
Many experiments have been made
by the Bureau of Mines to determine
the exact degree of the canary's SEN
~sitiveness to poisonous gases, relatively
to that of human beings. In one of
them a man vas put into a glass in
closed box and q quantity of deadly
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
What Makes ;.
Misers Happy?

T1NCLE SAAIis so broad minded that
he goes out of his way to help the
lmiser. The treasury ir Washington
often receives wads Of g~reenb2cxs or
banknotes that misers have buried or
otherwise hidden in places where they
rotted or were cheweG, up by mice, ana
in such cases the money. if enough is
left of it to be recognizable. is repaid
to the owner in crisp new bills.
1t is a curious fact about misers that
nearly always they do not hide their
money in one place, but scatter it about
in all sorts Of odd spots-the idea
doubtless being that in case of theft
only a minor fraction of the hoard is
likely to be discovered by the robbcr.
Thus it has happened many a time
that a miser's house, after his demise.
had to be literally torn to pieces in
order to recover his wealth. Indeed.
in such instances it is often found ex-
pcdient to break up the furniture anG
rip the seams Of every article of cloth
ing and bedding.
The miser is popularity supposed to
entertain a marked preference for gold.
But gold is hard to get nowadays; and,
anyway, misers in these times would
rather have paper money, which is
more easily and safely hidden.
Unfortunately, mice think highly Of
banknotes and greenbacks for nest
making purposes, tearing them into tiny
scraps, the putting together of which
(for Identification and redemption at
the Treasury is q task surprising in
difficulty the most complicated picture
puzzles. Paper money, by the way,
cannot be so torn by lhuman hands as to
initiate successfully notes chewed by
mice. Their work cannot be counter
feited-a fact that has revealed a mum
Der Of attempted frauds on the gov
eminent.
The really up-to- date miser, how
ever, does not hide his money at 9ll,
but puts it away in savings banks,
where It cannot be stolen and draws
compound interest. He scatters Il
among q number of such institutions,
the bank books doubtless furnishing
satisfactory material for those "eloats''
ii which the miser il supposed prisatel,
TO indulge.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
Geese and Ducks Find Safety

THE most important, and by far the
i largest in extent, Of our national
refugees" for the preservation of wild
birds is vast area in the delta of
the Yukon River, proclaimed as such
by an edict from the White House
just ten years age.
It is ar are approximately equal
to Massachusetts,, and the most valu.
able feathered species. concerned arc
wild geese and wild ducks. which breed
there in countless numbers. - =
There is found the proper home Of
the emperor goose, the : white
fronted" goose. and many species of
ducks<which are sought as game in
other ATTITUDES.
The region is known as tundra
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

country"-devoid of trees. swampy,
with many lakes, and Of no possible
usefulness for agriculture or any other
purpose. If, however, the wildfowl
are there s~afeguarded on their breed.
ing grounds, it will be a permanent
source of game and food supply for
Alaska and the entire Pacific Coast.
In order that this may come to pass
1t is necessary that the birds shall be
protected during the mating season
against the wholesale slaughter which
formerly was conducted by pot.hunters
and alleged sportsmen from year to
year-a method commonly adopted
being to drive the helpless creatures
into pens built for the purpose, where
they were ruthlessly murdered.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
Boom Time for the Soft Drink

On a train the other day one man
was heard to tell another Of a mar
velous recipe which, SO he said, had
been communicated to him by an au-
thority. Take a barrel Of cider, put
into it half a bushel Of malt, with
five pounds Of raw beefsteak, and after
standing for six months 1t would be
found to be admirable whisky-the beet
having meanwhile totally disappeared.
Nothing imaginable could be more
absurd. True. there would be q kick"
but 1t might be the last one Of the con-
Gunner, who would be likely 70 die Of
ptomaine poisoning
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

MANY very interesting ideas are now
AA in circulation for beating the pro.
hibition amendment.
One of them is a simple recipe for
contributing the much desired "kick"
to near beer. All you have to do ESQ It
is said) is to put a lump Of sugar into
a bottle Of that beverage, and, FIVE per
cent or SO of alcohol will soon develop
in it.
AS a matter of fact. nothing Of the
kind would or could happen. 1t would
be necessary to open the bottle. Of
course; the ear beer would promptly
turn fat, and it would not sequire =
particle Of alcohol.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

WHEREAS there are almost innum-,
VI cradle kinds of roses, running all
the way from the dainty moss-rose and
modest tea-rose to the bold and self
essertive Jack" there are, strange
to say, very few varieties of v%iolets.
Most conspicuous among the latter
is the California violet, which, like
many other vegetable products Of the
Golden State, is remarkable for size,
being sometimes as big as a silver dol
lar. It is also very beautiful and has
Q delicious scent. In addition, it has
. remarkably long stem Ga notable ad-
vantage from the florists point of
view, and is extremely prolific.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

DoOZE may depart from our r:idst
- and the acquisition of what vulgar
folks call a, 'tjag" may become impos-
sible, but the chances are that the sale
of drugs much worse than alcohol will
go on forever.
Particularly morphine. 1t is by all
odds the most vehement and destructive
of the many alkaloids that opium con-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

mands capital, but cold frames are
cheap. and by the latter means great
quantities of violets are produced for
market. Delivered fresh to city deal
crs they will always fetch at least a
cent a piece to the grower. aud at
Easter or Christmas time they will sell
at first hand for $3.50 a hundred.
Cold frames. of course. are an old
fashioned continuance, but. properly
managed, they will yield a profit of So
a frame in violetg per annum. Picked
in the afternoon and shipped promptly
to the city florist in punches of fifty
wrapped in parafin paper violets will
find ready purchase.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07
Reddling Morphine

tains. and. its relative bulk being next
to nothing, there is nc end to the ways
in which it may be hidden and distrib-
uted to it's unhappy onsumer
Here. for example, is a book, seized
by the government, which contained
several ounces of morphine. Clever
idea, is it not? For who would suspect
"a man carrying a book under his arm
to be a morphine peddler?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-07

The greatest center Of violet culture
in this country is the neighborhood of
Poughkeepsie on y, but immense
quantities of the flowers are grown on
Long Island and in New Jersey. All
around the metropolis there are great
violet farms. I
Mostly the Fio]cts are grown in hot
houses. 1t is by no means generally
realized how extensive is the culture Of
flowers under glass. In New York state
alone there are at least 5000, 900 square
feet of glass utilized for this purpose,
most of which is heavily insured against
destruction by hail.
The maintenance Of hothouses de-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-08

to amend the federal reserve act and
farm loan act SO as to render them
the servants Of Wall street and private
mortgage bankers; to return the rail-
roads to private owners, together with
hundreds of millions Of dollars of the
peoples money advanced by the gov
eminent; to place the government
shipping corporation in private hands,;
to place the employment service in re-
dictionary hands that they may man.
handle labor; to carefully avoid inter-
ference with the packers trust, and
to perpetuate a dozen other political
and economic iniquities-a veritable
government by the select classes for
the select classes"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-08
upon them so that they may be pre-
vented from repeating such foolish ac-
tons as those referred to.
HOW TO TRAP SUCCESSFULLY
Two Ways Of Taking the Wary Mink
Snare Into Which "1rer Fox"
~ .''@ May Fall.

II a mink makes a hole through a
snowdr1ft he will use it again and a
trap set in 1t will catch him.
After cold weather sets in, when
setting in shallow water for mink,
choose a place where the current runs
swiftly and is not likely to freeze up.
When trapping foxes use a No. 2
double spring trap. This style Of trap
Is known as "the fox trap"
II you wish to be real foxy and
cunning yourself, try setting three
traps, one in an old path without any
covering, and one on each side, skill
fully covered. The fox will give all
his attention to the uncovered trap
and by going around it may step into
Of those on the side.
It is not much use to try to trap
foxes or any other such wary animal
without a good scent.
An ear Of corn stuck in the mud
near a trap makes an excellent bait
for coon.
One Of the best places to look for
coon signs Is in a cornf1eld.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-08
Roosevelt and Jiu Jltsu.

At Professor Kano's jiu jitsu acad-
envy in Tokyo many years later I met
Professor Yamashita, who had taught
the japanese art to President Rooss-
welt in Washington three times q
week for three years.
The president, he said, was his best
pupil, but also his most dangerous.
"Very heavy, very strong. very impet-
uous, he always attacked as If he was
going to kill me-. Oh, many bruises,
much worry, great trouble, I assure
you.
II could not tell him. It is not jiu
jitsu to complain, but when he would
get me almost killed my trouble was
to save my life without hurting him.
No matter how madly he attacked I
could not hurt. I could not kill the
president Of the United States. That
was my point Of honor."-J. I. g.
Clark, in New York Evening Post.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-08
Clever EnaIneerinu Feat.

Bisecting long boats so that they
could be taken through the Welland
canal was considered an interesting
feat a short time ago, but this has
been surpassed, according to the Pop.
ular Mechanics Magazine. The Charles
r. Van Hise, a 10,0OO-ton boat, was
wanted for Atlantic service. It had a
6OEfoot beam, whereas the canal is only
A feet wide. The boat was cut in
two and each half was turned on it's
side in order to be taken through the
locks. Floating In this position each
section cleared the lock sides by Just
8 inches.