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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06
Martinique Jitney
From "Our New Possessions" by Kate Douglas Wiggin in Scribners.
 Diana EehruarY 1. 191S.

From "Our New Possessions" by Kate
 Douglas Wiggin, in Scribner's.
 S. $. Diana, February l, 1918.
 We have had glimpse of France through day at Martinique. The prin- cipal feature of our visit was wild motor drive up an 1S00-foot mountain. It was a steady climb from glory to glory, wital tropical forests on every side Our method of progress was not quite serene, for there was not sur ficient number of cars to satisfy the demand.
 After To ng vpait Dolly and I took 2 small mongrel sort of motor that had been refused by all the Diana's pas- sengers The Creole driver, handsome, debonair, persuasive, and fluent, though unintelligible, assured us that he had ascended and descended the mountain hundreds of times, a fact only too ob- vious to one who examined his means of transportation. None of the tires matched and two of them looked like wounded soldiers just home from the front, displaying patches of adhesive plaster and bandages of cotton and Woolen rags of every color, with an
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CHENEY'S
 EXPEC7ORAN4 Breaks a Bad Cold-Best for Whooping Cough
 and Group Take for Spring Colds and
 Hoarseness

Spring colds are dangerous, and should not be neglected. Undoubtedly the best preparation to use for all sorts of colds, coughs, croup, whooping cough, bron- chial trouble and sore throat is Cheneys Expectorant. Physicians recommend it. Cheney's Expectorant will break up a bad cold in a short time. Whole fam flies in many cases depend upon Cheney's Expectorant, from the child to the grand parents, so when any of your children catch cold or show any. symptoms of whooping cough. a few doses of Cheney's Expectorant is recommended. It will promptly relieve those miserable head aches that come from colds and when your head and nose are all stopped up with feverishnesS and sneezing, sore throat, get a bottle of Cheneys Expec- torant from any drug store. It will give you prompt relief from cold or Cough and is a good thing to have in the house in case of emergency.-Adv
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Maybe Mistaken
n London Answers.

From London Answers.
 Weary and worn and sad, the young man, who was prematurely gray crawled to the registrars office.
 Are you quite sure,' he asked, that that was marriage license you gave me three months ago?'
 "Quite-quite-of course!' said the registrar. "Why do you ask?'
 Because I've led dogs life ever since," said the weary one.
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MY ANTONIA.'

MY. ANTONIA." By Villa Sibert Gather With illustra lions by w. T. Benda Houghton, Mifflin company. publishers. No. 1 Park Row, Boston.
 Of all the remarkable women whom the brilliant novelist Villa Sibert Cathe: has created. none is more appealing than Antonia all impulsiye youth and careless courage. Miss Gather has the rare quail ity of being able to put into her DOCKS the flame and driving force of uncon- querable youth
 .Nv Antonia" is a love story, brimming with human appeal. and very distine- gushd piece of writing.
 We unreservedly recommend 1t to all lovers of good stories and to those who
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trolled the coast under the white en- sign with a rifle and rather com- plicated signalling apparatus All of these stories are cemented with the thrilling episodes which make the re- ports of an engagement understood by the reader who has never walked the decks of a ship.
 'Bartimeus," of Lewis A. Da Costa, Is the author of Naval Occasions, |" sThe Tall Ship" and "The Long Trick, " all very vivid and characteristic stories of the sea- He is a paymaster in the British navy.
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He Realized It First

From the Boston Transcript.
 Wife-If the human body is renewed every seven years, can't be the samo woman that you married.
 Hub-Ive been suspecting that for some time
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war. could now take advantage of their musical talent and not only follow 1t as a profession, but as a lucrative pro- fession.'
 Asked what her idea is of the ideal church choir-whether chorus" or quartet Mrs. Bissell said:
 ''It seems to me after a great deal of
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music, both of a religious and secular form. was furnished our soldiers, and now that they have become accustomed to the best music, of course, they want a continuance of it in their church wor- ship.
 q heard a very good idea advanced
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the other day." Mrs. Bissell said, 'by some one who suggested that many of our soldiers who were gifted muscally- with beautiful voices I mean-and who had been maimed or blinded, or hurt in the war, so that they could not follow active occupations as they did before the
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n | $ o Mrs M P is the Mrs BMph ograpb b
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-04-03
READ 1T
REVEL IN 1T

Roberts smiled mirthlessly. They'll
bel nging different tune after a
WHILE" he said. ut is no joke, this
war business. Why doesn't America
keep out of it? What have we to gain
through war with Germany"
Corwin was disappointed. He had
expected Roberts to be enthusiastic
over the prospect of war. For he had
been led to believe that enormous
profits were to be made in the manu-
facture of war munitions, and he
knew Roberts company was we'll
equipped for such work. II Roberts
had declared for war. Corwin would
have been able to throw of the dulling
influence of Gary Miller's words.
There was slight venom in Rob
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-04-03
CAMEL HAS FOUR sToMAcHs.
Stores Water In Cells and opens EN-
When It's Thirsty.

Stores Water In Cells and opens 'Em
When It's Thirsty.
The stomach CT camel is divided
into four compartments, and the walls
of these are lined with large cells,
everyone of which can be opened and
closed at will by the means of power.
ful muscles, says the Presbyterian.
When camel drinks, it drinks for
such a long time you really think 1t
never means to leave off. The fact is
that it is not satisfying it's thirst, but
is filling up its cistern as well. One
after another of the cells of it's stom-
ach are filled with water, and as soon
es each is quite full it is tightly clos
ed.
Then, when the animal becomes
thirsty, all it has to do is to open one
of the cells and allow the water to
flow out.
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Ger. And I've been wondering II you
couldn't do something
Corwin laughingly assured the girl
that he would do something" He
went out of the office a few minutes
later with Molly's thanks ringing in
his ears, feeling unaccountably small
and mean and insincere. For Molly's
words about her brother being thor
oughly American" brought a vague
disquiet into his heart. He, evidently,
was not in that classification; for
while Ben had been fighting the de-
famers of his country and his Presi.
dent, he had stood nearby, silently ap-
plauding the sentiments expressed by
the agitators.
Was Ben, the magnificent fighting
animal. a better American than he,
who would have tried to bring reason
to bear in the international quarrel
who advocated peace-a peace that
would save millions of lives and bill
lions Of dollars? What was American
ism? Was it blind devotion? Or was
1t consideration of the good and safety
of the country?
CorWln dld not answer these queS-
tions-then. He went to the police
station, interceded for Ben and OBJ
tained his release. But he found that
he could not meet Ben's eyes when
the latter thanked him; and when he
returned to the office and told Molly
that her brother was free-and she
came over to him and took his hands
and told him how thankful she was
he did not look at her-he sat silent
in his chair, his face crimson, a queer
sensation Of guilt depressing him.
TO. BE CONTINUED
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crowd of agitators made Corwin feel
inferior; and even now, reviewing the
incident, pulse of something shame.
full and stealthy ran over him.
When Molly King came in she did
not look at Corwin. She removed her
hat, placed 1t in locker, and went
directly to her desk, where she sat,
her hands folded in her lap, looking
out of window.
Corwin watched her covertly. or
late, Corwin had been aware OF a
deep interest in Molly. When she had
first come to work for him he had re-
garded her with the impersonal inter-
est of the employer. But of late he
had discovered that he liked to have
her near him; she made an alluring
picture at her desk-her face in pro.
file, the wavy mass of golden brown
hair crowning her head and cprving
in bulging folds near the nape of her
neck. And several times, watching
her when she had not been aware of
his gaze, he had drawn mental pic.
lures of her in his house, gracing his
table and his drawing-room.
For several days Corwin had noticed
In Molly's manner signs of mental per.
turbation. She had been strangely ST.
lent, and several times Corwin had OBJ
served an expression Of worry and
haunting anxiety in her eyes.
He was thinking Of her few min
utes later when he heard her chair
creak as she left it and approached
him, standing close, her face a little
pale, slight embarrassment in her
manner.
"Mr. Corwin," she said; 'I wonder II
you could help mel wonder if you
will help mel"
Looking quickly at her, Corwin saw
that her lips were quivering, and that
there was suspicious moisture in heI
eyes.
why, Molly!" He was out of his
chair in an instant, astonished. A
quick, sincere sympathy had gripped
him. Help you!" he said, earnestly;
that's the surest thing, you know!"
She laughed quaveringly; and he
OWNED from the leaping relief in hel
| eyes that she had doubted him.
"You thought 1 wouldn't-you were
reluctant to speak to me about-about
your trouble. Why, Molly!"
"Well, you see. was rude to yox
the other day-when we talked about
America going to war. And l was
afraid had no right to ask you. Per
haps ! haven't, anyway. But Ben is IL
trouble. and know of no one else who
would"
Benz" Corwin interrupted, with {
keen glance at her.
"My brother" Her face grew yer,
red, though her eyes were clear ant
slightly defiant as they met Corwin's
ga few nights ago Ben got into igh
with some anti-war agitators. Ben IL
thoroughly American, and he couldn'
stand hearing them say mean thing
about the country, and the Presiden
and the men who are running the wal
So he knocked several of them down
And when a policeman tiled to sto
him he knocked the policeman down
too. And now they threaten to ser
tence him to Jail for attacking an off
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ossS0SSU8 ktsG
erts' voice, and Corwin looked keenly
at him.
II had an idea you'd be eager to par
ticipate in the war profits" suggested
Corwin.
That's the soul of America"
snapped Roberts; Money always
money. I shan't turn out piece of
war material-unless ! am forced.
This is England's war-let England
fight It. Germany is friendly to Amer
lea. Then why should America an
tagonize Germany? There are a great
many Germans in America. Their in.
fiuence is enormous, and l hope they
exert that influence to defeat the COM
mercial pirates who are forcing this
declaration upon Germany. Already
they are talking of bond issue. The
country should not finance such war.
and hope the first bond issue will be
a failure. That would force a quick
peace and save thousands Of our boys
from being slaughtered for financial
gain"
Corwin did not argue with Roberts
he had no heart for argument. And
when he left Roberts and climbed the
stairs to- Is Office the weight that had
seemed settle on his shoulders after
leaving Gary Miller bore upon him
more heavily than ever.
He began to wonder If Miller and
Roberts were not right, after all. 1t
did seem, now that he reflected over
the matter, that there was slight oc.
casion for the action of the President
in plunging the country into war. A
former president Of the republic had
warned his countr7men of the danger
of making entangling alliances with
foreign powers; and here was the
present President disregarding that
sage advice.
A feeling of resentment stole over
Corwin. The Presidents attitude
limited strongly Of autocracy. 1t
seemed to Corwin that declaration
Of war might have been evaded. Cor
win began to pick flaws in the tresi
dents blomacy; he reflected Gym
ically that the President was not Of
his political faith, and that he might
be bringing on the war at the behest
of powerful commercial interests that
thirsted for enormous profits. Their
from this fabric Of suspicion ne begar
to pluck strands-in the shape of ru
mored irregularities in administration
affairs in Washington-that he wove
into plausible beliefs.
There were several members of the
Presidents cabinet that Corwin die
not like-he had always thought then
incompetent. II there was to be I
war. why did not the President force
the resignation OF these men!
Within half an hour. meditatinf
alone iHAh his Office. Corwin became
narrow bartisan-convinced that hi,
political party was able to conduct {
war more efficiently than the ons
headed by the President Feeding hii
partisanship with incidents thai
seeme9 to prove the-sounduess OF hil
conviction. Corwin became, within aI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-04-03
The
MAN
With a


is one of Seltzer's best. II
teens with action-love,
intrigue and combat-fiy-
ing fists, scoring shrapnel,
hungering hearts.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
WoMAM's SPHERE IN FRANCE
Her Influence 10 Probably Created
Than In Any Other Country
Of the World.

The greatness of France lies in her
sense of the beauty and Importance
Of living. As life is an art in France.
80 woman is an artist. She does not
teach man. but she inspires him. And
as the French woman Of the bread-win-
ming class influences her husband. and
he regards her judgment and her
wishes. the same Is similarly true of
the French woman of the rich and ed
ucated class. the French woman of
leisure. But in this world her infiu-
ence naturally tends much farther.
The more civilized a society is the
wider is the range Of each woman's
influence over men. and of each mans
influence over women. Intelligent and
cultivated people Of either sex will not
limit themselves to communing with
their own households. Men and wom-
en- equally. when they have the range
Of interests that real cultivation gives,
need the stimulus of different points
Of view, the refreshment Of new ideas
,as well as of new faces.
No one who has seen French wom-
en- can doubt that their great influence
on French life, French thought, French
Imagination and French sensibility is
one of the strongest elements in the
attitude France holds before the
world tOday.-Ladles' Home Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Little New in Warfare.

The use of asphyxiating gas is a
very ancient device. Smoking out the
enemy was one of the regular maneu-
vers of war in antiquity, says the Sci
entific Monthly. Polybius relates that
at the siege of Ambracia by the Ro-
mans under Marius Fulvius Nobilor
(B. G. 1S9) the Aetolians filed jars
with feathers, which they set on fire,
blowing the smoke with bellows into
the faces Of the Romans In the coun-
termines. At the great naval battle
fought In the waters of POnza between
Alfonso of Aragon and Genoa in 1435
the GenOese carried vessels filled with
Quicklime and redhOt cinders, the
smoke from which was blown by the
wind against the enemy. Leonardo da
Vinci, who among his many other ac-
complishments was notable military
engineer, suggested the use of poison
GUS powders, such as yellow arsenic
and verdigris. to be thrown from the
topmasts of ships so as to choke the
enemy. This formed part of the
war Instructions given by Leonardo to
the republic of Venice in 1499, when
the Turks had passed the Isonzo and
threatened st, Marks.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Aim SHOULD BE PERFECTION
Man Who Is Satisfied With Nothing
but the Best Is Man Who viii
Make Good In Life.

Don't get into the "thats-good-
enough" habit. Nothing short Of per
feet" should be your motto.
Slovenly habits of mind and hand
grow faster than good habits. A slip
shOd manner of thinking results in
slipshod methods of work.
You will never become efficient In
any one thing till you get it firmly
fixed In your mind that If another can
do 1t better than you you are not do
Ing we'll.
ThorOughness and accuracy play
big part In the success or failure of
the individual.
You may be artistic and tempera-
mental and dreamy, but you will never
realize your dreams till you get down
to brass tacks and do what you do
with precision and dispatch.
There is plenty of time to exercise
your artistic moods after you have
learned all there is to know of the
mechanical and fundamental prin-
ciples of the work or accomplishment
you think you were out to do.
Remember that Interpretation comes
last.
There must be weeks, months and
years of systematic and consistent
drill before one is capable Of exercis-
Ing the faculty Of Interpretation.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
NO OBSTACLE DAuNTs RATS
Rodents In Norway, When Setting Out
to Exile, Have Never Been Known :.
to Turn Aside.

The rats of Norway employ a re-
markable method to avoid n famine.
When starvation threatens, those that
are chosen for exile assemble in count
less thousands in the mountain valleys
leading to the plains and pour across
the country In a straight line, which Is
often more than a mile in length.
They devour every green thing in their
path. and the country through which
they pass looks as If it had been
.plowed or burned, with fire.
They march principally by night
and during the morning, resting in
the afternoon. No matter how abun-
dant the food may be In any particu-
lar locality they do not seek to settle
in 1t. for their destination is the sen,
and nothing animate or inanimate. If 1t
can be surmounted. retards the ad-
vance.
Foxes, lynxes, weasels. kites and
owls hover on the rodents line Of
march and destroy them by the hun
dreds. The fish in the rivers and
lakes take their toll Of them, too. but
the survivors press onward.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
SUCCESS NOT Fca LEANERs
Man That, Wins In Life's Struggle
Must Have the Utmost Conf
dence In Himself.

Power is the goal Of every worthy
ambition. and only weakness comes
from imitation or dependence on 9TH
ers. Power Is self-generated. We
cannot increase the strength Of our
muscles by sitting in gymnasium and
letting another exercise for us.
Nothing else SO destroys the power
to stand alone as the habit Of lean
ing upon others. II you lean you will
never be strong or original. Stand
alone or bury your ambition to be
somebody in the world.
The man who tries to give his chill
dren start in the world so that they
will not have so hard time as he had
is unknowingly bringing disaster upon
them. What he calls giving them a
start will probably give them set
back in the world. Young people
need all the motive power they can
get. They are naturally learners, inn
itatOrs, copiers, and 1t is easy for
them to develop into echoes or imita-
tiOns. They will not walk alone while
you furnish crutches; they will lean
upon you just as long as you will let
them.
One Of the greatest delusions that
human being could ever have is that
he is permanently benefited by con-
tinued assistance from others.--OrisOn
SWEET Marden, in Success. II
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
TWELVE DAYS UTTERLY LOST
Short Period In Which No Record d
American History Was Kept,
and the Reason: n

Twelve days in the history Of Amer
lea are blank, an exchange remarks.
II you should try to learn what hap
pened In the period between Septem-
ber and September IS, 1852, you will
fnd no records. for those dates do not
exist. Under the old style calendar,
September 2, 1852. fell on Wednesday.
The next day the Gregorian or new
.style calendar was adopted by Great
Britain and her American colonies, and
the date set forward to September IA.
Up to this time the Julian calendar
had been followed by the English
speaking world. AS reformed by julius
Caesar In 40 B. G. 1t made the year
consist Of 1886 days and six hours, with
an extra day added to February each
fourth year to account for the six
hours. This was the most accurate
calendar year yet devised, but 1t was
IL minutes and IA seconds longer than
the true solar year of 1856 days, 5 hours.
48 minutes and 40 seconds, amounting
to day in 1913 years.
Pope Gregory XIII corrected this
about 1852 by dropping ten days from
the calendar and ordaining that on the
one hundredth year In three out Of
every four centuries the extra day for
leap year should not be counted. Six
teen hundred wns leap year and 2OOO
will be one. but 100, 1900 and 1900
were not. Even this calendar is 38
seconds too fast. amounting to a year
In 1928 years, so when 1000 comes
around 1t will have to be robbed of its
leap year day to correct this differ
ence.
The Gregorian calendar was adopted
in Catholic countries, including France,
Italy, Spain and Portugal, in 1882, and
within short time by the Germans,
Swiss and Hungarians, but not until
1852 by England and her great colonial
empire.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
TO FILL HOLES IN PLASTER
Ordinary Wire Screen Declared to Be
the Best Backing That Can
Be Employed.

The electrician Is frequently re-
quired. in the installation of wires in
finished buildings, to cut holes here
and there through the plastered walls
or ceilings. Before these holes can be
replastered some sort Of backing must
be put In which will take the place Of
the lath. The majority Of men make
use of old rags or paper for this pur-
pose.
The writer. in replastering holes,
uses backing of ordinary wire screen.
The wire should be cut about one-quar-
ter Inch larger than the hole to be
filed, and when pressed into 1t will be
found to make good, stiff backing, as
the edges hold it firmly in place. Far
less plaster will be necessary with this
backing than with the others, which
will cover the cost of the wire screen,
and more workmanlike and durable
job is Obtained.-W. F. Perry, In Elec-
trio World.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Noah's Ark In China.

A curious Chinese picture is of great
antiquity, and is supposed to repre-.
sent NOUNS ark on the top of Mount
Ararat. As is well known, the re.
ligious literature Of almost every ma.
ton and race contains an account of a
deluge, but Chinese manuscript re.
Gently unearthed follows very closely
the story as recorded In the Bible,
1t Is particularly Interesting in that
the roof Of the Chinese ark is of the
gable variety associated with the
Noah's arks which prove such enter.
taining toys for our youngsters. The
Chinese picture, however, shows a dou.
bie'storied vessel. and, so far from
there being only one window In the
roof, there are windows In every pos.
stble space. 1t would be interesting
II some Chinese scholar or antiquarian
could discover the exnct date of the
drawing.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
Boys Instinct True.

Historian of the sky" was the title
bestowed on Angelo Secchi, the In.
nous Italian astronomer. A quaint
little anecdote is told of him ut the
time Of his first visit to- London. Not
knowing English, he wondered how
he should find his way about, and con-
nded his doubts to his young cOmpan-
lon' an italian boy Of fifteen. Finally
they decided that the best plan would
be to go and look for an Italian. "Our
difficulties will then be met" said>Sec-
Chi, and went straight for the British
museum. Entering the reading room.
he looked rapidly ut the readers and
unhesitatingly accosted one Of them
with, Bon giornol Lei italiano I"
He was not mistaken, and the Italian
not only directed Secchi where he
wished to CO. but became his host dur
Ing bis stay in the British capital.