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I REFLECTED FROM THE LAN I Mirage Frequently 8een by Travele Through the Red River Valley of Minnesota. That phenomenon known as the re rage has always been of interest I travelers. Sometimes even people c ' the train can get a glimpse of sue an illusion. In the Red River valle of Minnesota are occasionally to t seen some of its effects. In a gulc book issued by the United State Geological survey Warren Uphai I says: "The mirage, typical of plain country or the ocean, may be seen I the Red River valley almost any sui ihlnv Hav in ? ?j ui,di/iiug, summer or a tumn. This queer phenomenon mak< the high land at the sides of the valle and the tops of the distant trees an A houses appear to be raiBed a ltttl above the horizon, with a narrow stri of sky between. The more comple and astonishing effect of mirage ma be seen from the highland on eithe side of the lake-bed floor. There, i looking across the valley from one an one-half to two hours after sunrise o a hot morning following a cool nigh the groveB and houses, villages an grain elevators loom up to two c three times their true height an places ordinarily hidden by the curvi ture of the earth are brought int view. OftentimeB, too, these objeci are seen double, being repeated in a inverted image close above their re? ^position and separated from it by . foglike belt. In its moBt perfect d< velopment the mirage shows the ui per and topsy-turvy portion of th view quite as distinctly as the lowe and true portion. These appearance are due to refraction and reflectio from Invora f\t ole A1 -* ? W. ? VI nu VI Uliicroill UUUH ty such as are often formed above wide expanse of level country 1 warm weather." V _____________________________ FATHER TIME NEVER BLUFFEI 8ooner or Later the Old Gentlema Gets Even With Those Who Practice Deception. Once upon a time there was a lad who wished to have her real age kec a secret. In order to get away with 1 she instructed her son. in case anyon asked how old he was, to knock o! about 50 per cent. She told peoplo the boy was larg for his age and explained the grui tones of his voice by saying that hi tonsils needed attention. One day the rector of the churc called, and while waiting in the drav ing room for the lady to put the flnlsl ing touches to her make-up he talke with the boy, who was pretending t read "Little I^ord Pauntleroy" for th seventeenth time. The boy volunteere the information that tomorrow woul be his birthday. "Ah," said the rector, "and how ol will you be then?" "Ten years old," replied the boy, a per instructions. "Indeed!" said the rector. "I dar say you naven t any idea what you mother is going to give you for birthday gift." "Oh. yes, I have," was the unej pected answer. "She promised to glv me a safety razor." When the rector rushed into the hal to see what had caused the loud eras' he had heard he found the boy'a moti er lying on the floor in a dead frfint. Moral: Old Father Time calls al bluffs. Tobacco Long Known. It Is worthy of remark that althougl the common clay pipe of England i entirely different in material and fore from our original American pipe, i was used In nearly its present shap at the first Introduction of tobacco, a though before approved for a simlla use. Clay pipes, supposed to be of a dat , . . . ... ... anterior to tms period, nave occasion ? ally been found in Irish bogs. An ec graving of a dudeen, which was dug U] at Brannockstown. sticking betweei the teeth of a human skull, may b found In the "Anthologia Hlbernlca, together with a paper which, on th s. authority of Herodotus, Strabo am other ancient writers, would prov that the northern nations of Europe long before the discovery of Amerlcs were acquainted with tobacco, or ai herb of similar properties, and tha they smoked It through small tubes. _____-- W**1 W - m, . - I I - ? What He Didn't Understand. The soldier was telling the worl man about a battle that he had one been in that had lasted from eigh o'clock In the morning until sevei o'clock at night. His description wa most graphic, and he became very et thuaiastic as he jived through thestli ring scene? agairT "There's one thing f can't undei stand about the story," said the worl man, slowly, when he had ftntsbec "You say that the battle began a eight o'clock in the morning and last ed until seven o'clock at night?" Yes, that 8 so, was the reply. "Then," retorted the workman wit .a pus sled air, "what I can't make 01 is how did- ybu manage about you dinner hour?" P <* .> * ? #? I Mouse Has $30 Bed. itniMAA ?e ^ .kle nuic, h i?i uiuubv wu?t hu haunted the Judgment departmei of the county clerk's office (or seven months pest, the other day became | fugitive from justice when it was dli \ covered that be had made his bed i \ nearly $30 worth of revenue stampi /* His homeniaking activities might hay been overlooked had he not decide that bio t*ed would ba softer if be fin gnawed the stamps into fine bits c paper.?Seattle Post-Intelligencer. * *> -arnr 0 NO DEMAND FOR SUFFRAGE rs Peasant Women on the Northern Coast of France Are Acknowledgeo Rulers of Community. ii On (he northern const of Frsince the to peasunt women are more remurkable in than the men. and they are far better :h , educated. iy It is they who drag the boats in and >e out of the littlo harbors, and who sell le the fish in the markets. They are )8 ; thus brought Into contact with the npft- i m pies and civilizations of all countries, s, and no class of women in Europe is in so emancipated n- j They are strong and robust, and1 a- | their outdoor life and masculine hab581 its?for they belong to the sea as iy much as do their menfolk?harden d thler bodies, at the same time giving le them a taste for all masculine pursuits ,p and pleasures. ix They rarely quarrel with their husy bands; indeed, the latter would fare1 sr i badly did they attempt coercion or illn treatment in any shape or form, for! d | the women are taller than they are n and quite as strong; so the "mere t, men" of the French coast prefer to d keep their skins whole, and treat their >r wives as "Jolly good fellows." which d is exactly what they are. a-' They sing their songs and enjoy n thPir alnoa nf ?1/1?la*- a* * * * ,w , o-vi-o u> vmui mm lue oesi 01 .8 their menfolk, n " GAIN LIVELIHOOD FROM SEA a L French Fishermen at Home in All Waters?Have a Brotherhood That ? i Is Worth Emulating. Hosidos sailing to the uttermost n parts of the earth in pursuit of cod, j herring and mackerel, the French dc a large trade with the fish in their own waters. n Of these there is a great number, including two sorts of skate, mackerel, soles, turbot, brill, plaice, flounders 3 .bream and oysters. There are three classes of flsherfolk n in northern France. Some of the men have their own boats, and they hire what assistance they require, buy their y own nets, find their own bait, etc.; It others hire a boat between them and u . onph mnn cto# a ?Kn * * * . ??? pjv<tu ou inutu, winiu uic resi e goes to the owner; the third class are too poor to do anything but sell their services. e The boats vary in size from five tc n fifty tons and generally nine men form s a crew. The brotherhood existing among h them extends beyond death. The f_ widow of one of their number has a j. right to send out her nets with the ^ boat to which her husband belonged, Q and her share of what is caught ia e scrupulously handed over to her. Aid to 3leep. d There are two very simple but et | fective remedies for that Kind of sleep d lessness that comes from overwork or l nervous exhaustion, says Nurse. One 8 is to have the feet very warm. Put them against a rubber bag filled with e hot water. A rubber hnc ta hotter r than an earthen bottle as it will rea tain the heat for hours. The second method Is much more simple. Discard c" the pillow, turn over and lie on the 0 I stomach with hands clasped under the I forehead to lift the head a trifle. This " will often send one to sleep b When you are tired and nervous, a ' good rubbing all over the body with the lotion here given will be very rest^ ful. Lie quietly in bed after the rub blng for half an hour and you will then feel quite equal to taking up the dally tasks again; here is the lotion: | h Diluted alcohol, six ounces; cologne g water, six ounces; tannin, ten grains a * i Poisoned Seeds Make Odd Plants. ? | Observations on plant variation 8 from poisoning of seeds have been r reported in Prance by Prof. A. Jungel i . - - - - son. Aner Deing placed for one to a twenty-four hours In a dilute solution > of sulphate of copper seeds of maize i* were planted, and a considerable proP | portion yielded abnormal spikes, the Q percentage of the abnormal plants bee , Ing greatest among those from seeds j that had been deprived of their seed e coat or otherwise mutilated before exi | posure to the copper solution. The mutilation alone produced no, ' change In the character of the plants k. The more Intimate the contact of the a poison the greater was the tendency t of the plcnt to take on new forms. Appropriately Named. c "1 tripped over something tn the darkness and nearly broke my leg!"] , j carped the Kansas City drummer who was marooned in Petunia overnight, 8 ' and had ventured out to a picture | ( show. "Why In torment do you peoi nip timer r?f vnnr Wlitto i there isn't a street light going in r_ town?'\ lm " "Because It Is tollable white when ! they are going,' replied the landlord x of the tavern. "When they ain't, which t I am compelled to aay is every now and again, you turn white yourself for t fear you'll break yon> ue?k every step! h you take.''?Kansas Cttf Sthr. it ?r ir ~ QWfcs klkely. "You're a swindler," exclaimed Mrs. Oabb as she entered the bird sthre. "You're worse than a highway robber h You ought to be ashamed of yourself it to cheat a poor tnnocent woman the i ti way you dtd. That parrot I bought of | a you last week is a fraud. You said it i was a fluent talker and you charged n me a big price for him, too, and that B< bird hasn t said a single word since I e got him. Not ono word. Do yoj hear d me? Not?one?single?word?" it "Perh*;*," suggested the bird fan,f cler mildly, "yso dito't glre him a J chance ' THE LANCASTER NBWS, Ji WITH THE SUBMARINES1 ' < < WHAT IT MEANS TO DO SERVICE IN THE IRISH SEA. <* ?? ! V Work on Deadly German Implements ? < of Warfare Anything But Pleasant for the Crews of the Boats. i ' < A f?ray shadow nestled over the i X < North ami W?-? > - *"- * * vvuvii ouunu man me j J ^ splashing of the water against the , steel body of the U-boat could be' heard. Slowly, slowly, darkness gives V way to the friendly light of the com- j J J Ing day. Ghostlike the- submarine j glides over the dark green waters of 1 the restless North sea, the search- j lights following as long as darkness j \ reigns. *1**1 Along the coast in the early mornIng we see the big Krupp monsters opening their mouths, awaiting the on- J j Blaught of the enemy's navy. We } hear the sailors and marine infantry tramping to their daily tasks; now and again the sound of a command * < on land reaches our ear. On tho mmv < ? T 4 we see our men-of-war, their cannon i looking out of the gun holes as much as to say, "We are waiting." j Behind the portholes of the subma- J J rlne the sailors rush to and fro and the sentries at the tanks keep silent watch, their loaded rities always i ready to shoot. Short commands and 1 J j the chiming of the signal bells put us on our guard: the eyes of the men are on the glass plate on which the com- j mand is inscribed whenever the com- J mander moves the lever. We are going now forward at full ?*M speed to meet our prey Hours and hours pass and our boat is still above J the water, steering towards the British const, but 110 enemy as yet is in sight. It se?-rus as if our little boats had driven them awav and into safe 1 harbors. Merchant ships appear, but J they move cautiously in the now dan gerous North soa. A day has passed, the sun has set | a and darkness again rules over the J dark green waters. In the tower Uie commandant and chief engineer aro A4 examining charts controlling the man on the lookout, taking the glass to ^ search for their prey. Wo have now arrived in the heart ?? < of tlio enemy's waters and have to be doubly cautious. ^ Again hours passed. Attention! a j** ship is in sight, its lights are dim and the U-hoat follows in its wake; another signal and the little monster ? makes ready to fall upon its prey. Signal after signal follows; the gasoline motors stop and electricity does 4% Its work; the U-boat dives: nearer Ami npnror It onmne WU1KO, unucmiuwil lO T ' the vessel that 1b In danger. The vessel la called on to atop; It tries to escape ana a well-aimed shot from the submarine cresses the how. ^ \ If the ship attacked pays no heed to the command of the U-boat the signul Is given, the torpedo la fired and the enemy ship, man-of-war or merchant ^ J vessel, has done her last sailing.? Maxim Hanschild In Uber Land and <* ?$ Sea The Defective Baby. At a time when politicians and generals have to decide almost every day J < whether to purchase a trench or a hill at the cost at so many human lives, the death of a helpless baby has set a whole nation talking This happens Jfc J to be a nation which cannot boast ^ ^ that it cares supremely about its babies, for hundreds of thousands of them die every year of preventable causes. They die of tenements which jT \ could be ventilated, of milk that could do Kepi Clean, or neglect that could bo remedied. They die because their fathers are underpaid, because their T * mothers are overworked; they are run ^ over on city streets because there are insufficient playgrounds; they are X.j infected by dirt diseases; they are * i starved. Given a chance in life most of them would become happy and useful. They are refused that chance because public opinion is too Indolent, \ because many landlords and business ^*^1 men are too greedy, because pollticians are cowardly and Ignorant. Every year hordes of fine human be- J < lngs are condemned to death because it costs too much to save them. Hut % *< the refusal to keep alive a deformed idiot has become a moral issue ? < throughout the nation.?From the New ^nDublic. Colloquialisms. < One of the most common surprises J ^ in reading is to come acrosH in old ' books what wo have been accustomed ! *< to taking for modern colloquialisms. We have Just struck this: "Why, then, J < do you walk us if you had swallowed a < rod?" Where? In Epiotetus. The mndfrn form in llltelv to be a noker. V but we bad always looked upon the j JTJ whole Image as essentially American, j It is In reading the Elizabethans that t this experience Is most frequent, al- ^?i though one is likely to have It in r?ad- t ^ lng any classic; the best colloquial- Sr ; istQB are likely to be the oldest.?Harpar's Weekly. Duck Turned Into Soap. At the 8tate university museum In ?M Lincoln, Neb., is the body of a duck that has turned largely into soap, j i This is the first known specimen of the klad. Doctor Walcott explains the i +?< phenomenon by saying that the duck was fat ar.d that, the water, alkali and | ^ hot run iimply rcedo soap of that portion ot the duck that was susceptible j of being so transformed. VNUARY 7, 1916. L A A A A A AAAAA Att itA A |? TAT^ATTA" A "A^ Ay rgy AT TAT "Vf fVT "A? "Ajf A ^i," L A^A 4^.A 4^4 A^A <!^kA^A^4 f^f + T^" [ ? : i; fl J VI | FAM1 How Manj J Trade V There are abo families in Lance f The Lancaster f ? the homes of m four hundred of 1 ! Mr. At > [* > You can send < > these twentv-f oui ? " ? through the colu ? caster News chej ? had a governmei C See us about ? or any size con space. ? t Our Job D< I "On T1 [ =, T Lane Ne i: f t v? -?*C/' 'V 4 - w t\m 3 k 4^4 4^4 4^4 ||^| j^a jl^k j^a j^k j^j 4*^4 j^k r T^T T^T T^T T^T T^T y^T ^' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ H?m$H$H$H$M$? ?$n?M?M?* * ft YY ft YY b4 o o 100 ( [LIES I tf Tl YY YY ft fx r of These Vith You? i YY nt f 1VA Tk.no.nJ I AX mv ait v * nwuoaiiu YY XX ister County. XX News goes into !??X ore than twentythese families. XX YT Ivertiser 1 8 it your message to r hundred families i I mns of the Lan XX XX aper than if you XX it1 PostalPermit. jj>X 44 a year's contract, 44 [tract for any size 44 TX YI epartment is ie Job" if I 44 yy yy yy he |! ft yy * ? aalCl j* iWS H I ft yv it fi