The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 07, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
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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 -*
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ty such as are often formed above
wide expanse of level country 1
warm weather."
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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.
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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 <*
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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,
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" GAIN LIVELIHOOD FROM SEA
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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
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* 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 ' <
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WHAT IT MEANS TO DO SERVICE
IN THE IRISH SEA. <* ??
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Work on Deadly German Implements ? <
of Warfare Anything But Pleasant
for the Crews of
the Boats. i
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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 <
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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.
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