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erablo contingent of these were Amer cans. It is a pity that more detailed fie ures are not available, but even thi lump account shows that Panama i reaping permanent commercial bonefi from the san'tary cleanup effected b the American authorities. Also, on cannot help wondering what change might be effected in the world's em gration currents it great areas lik Brazil and Colombia were washed scoured and disinfected in the sam thorough fashion that General Gorga Inaugurated at Panama. More than half a century ago ai English explorer declared that whil Civilization had developed in col climates, it was bound to come boc! to the fertile tropics, and he predict? that the Amazon valley would som day be the home of the richest am most enlightened society on eartt The Journal dees not agree with thi view, but it would b mighty interest ing to see the matter tried.?Chicag Journal. Book Demand Lessens. It is a matter of remark not only li rnrnnonn 1...4 4 _ TT..I,. 6 FUTURE FOR AMAZON VALLE Prediction of Explorer That Immigr; tion Will Turn to Fertile Tropics May Prove True. It is claimed that in one month c the summer 3,704 persons from othe parts of the world reached Panama i search of permanent homes. A consk ?'1" "I" 'H' iviuiiu imii III lilt- i IIIU'I States. that while periodical litcratur has increased because of the war th demand for "hard-backed books." a pei rnanent literature, has fallen off air that the bibliomaniac, the collector o rare and old book. . is no more abroari The last of the noted buyers of of hooks and other uirlos v.ns t'in int John Pierpont Morgan, whose in mense wealth enah'ed him to indtilg his love for such 'hie s Preceding Mf Moi'i,nn and otbc book collectors ?? ' the nineteenth cor tury v. as !-.* ..ngli. ' ma .. Itichar' Hebcr (1"s.*{-is.".i>. The value of hi library?estimated at t^n.noo volume ?was placed at <.'l"n.nin of thesi books, shortly after his death, 117.01 were sold in London. The auctioneer' hammer brought - 00.77.". for tha which had cost h.m 177.150. Strang! to say. when his will was discoveret and read the library was not evei his nervousness was not decreased b; the sudden wailing of the infant a they stood at the font. When the time for baptism arrive* tlie clergyman noticed that the fathe was holding the child so that its fa legs pointed toward the font. "Turn her this way." he whispered But the father was too disconcerted t< hear or understand. "Turn her feet around." the miniate whispered again, hut there was no re apon se. The aituation was fast becomini critical, when an old seaman in th< back of the church came to the ree cue. Putting his weatherbeaten han< to his mouth, he roared across th< room: "Head her into the wind, Tom.' Soldiers' Sterilizers. Our soldiers at the front are pro viuea wiin a powqpr wnicn, tnrowi Into water, instantly sterilizes the mi crobes in it and also gives a pleas ant flavor. The men carry this pow der in a pocket medicine case, whirl contains as well cubes for turtle soup remedies in the form of gelatii squares, and other necessaries fo those who havo to "fend" for them selves for days together.?London Tit Bits. mentioned. He had had the interest lng labor of gathering these thousand of books and having done so apparent ly had no interest as to what shouh become of them after his death. Wild Things a Pest in France. The prohibition imposed by thi French government upon hunting ha; caused wild animals and birds to mul tiply so rapidly during this summe that crops in the fields and in orchard and gardens in various forest region have been ravaged. The menace ha become so serious that the govern ment authorities are now killing rat bits, hares, pheasants and other anl mals and birds which have fed upoi the growing crops. The killing is don on specified days by those in the com munes who have proper authorization The huntsmen act collectively, no ind! virtual sportsman being allowed to g out for game. Guns are not used ii ice worn except unaer mo supervisioi of gendarmes, and then only when oth er means of disposing of the game such as traps and ferrets, are not avai able. Wherever possible, the game i taken alive, and transferred to othe parts of the country for restockin purposes. Wax Model Costs $1,000. A wax model, more than a foot lonf of the insect that transmits typhus f< ver is one of the curious features i: the study of this disease by the healt authorities of the United States got ernment. The model is about one ml lion times the size of the insect in lift More than a year was spent in makln 1t. at a cost of about $1,000. Typhu fever is now ravaging the armies c Europs. Term He Understooa. A New York divine had occasion, ii his early days, to officiate at a chrU tening in a small fishing village ii Massachusetts. The proud father, i young fisherman, awkwardly holdinj his first horn daughter, was visihl; embarrassed under the scrutiny of th many eyes in the congregation, am i VICE CHARGED TO MOSQUITO & i- Natives of Tropics Can't Be Moral, Is ?': Argument Made by Some Missionaries. if ' Those who complain ol mosquitoes r here ought to be thankful that condi n tions here are not the same as in Cen- an I- tral America," a returned traveler ar i- said. "As soon as a man sets foot m< in the wilds down there he is intro5 duced to this insatiable pest. The ,is s mosquito Will clinK to him in waking ori s ami sleeping hours, testing all his pow- da t ers of endurance and leaving hint so V thoroughly scarred that many a mis- "P f sionary acquires the appearance of Ar s one who has barely emerged from the o\\ i throes of some deadly and pernicious o\ f cisease." ' In the annual report of the Ameri- tic p can Hible society, which is now be- co: 3 mg prepared for publication, many su Hible distributors testify to the suffer- kh n ir.g caused by contact with mosquitoes stt c in the hot belt countries. The in^ sect, not heathenism, is the mission- th? ^ aries' worst enemy. Even the natives pit ^ are engaged In constant battle with tet ? the pests. They prevent sleep, they Bu ^ intect the food, they carry in their ' trail microbes and gums of destruc- Mi 8 tlon. Many missionaries believe that the re] ? mosquito is actually responsible for the vicious and deceptive traits of tot character which prevail among the natives. They can't possibly be happy ^ or moral under the continued assault of such an enemy to physical comfort, ga jt is argued. P Hoop Petticoats. d During the reign of Charles I the j. ,f hoop petticoat was worn oniv bv I. wives of the lower gentry ami by the l wives of the citizens. In the latter , e part of the reign o. Queen Anne it ()(l i- rose again; this time in another form ? ?that of an enormous hoop. This gr> w to sueli immense proportions ' r that during the time of George 1 and i- II. eight yards was considered the i proper width. s These hoops had outstanding steel s or whalebone foundations at the hote torn of the skirt. In Kli/.aheth's time w'i 1 this whalebone had been used at the it s top. near the waist, enlarging the Pa t hips for several leet. Addison ex- of a pressed him-c i: about the subject as wa 1 follows, through his Sir Roger de let "? Coverley: ho "My great-great-grandmother has he 3 on a new fashioned petticoat, except !a< * that hers is gathered at the waist, tm i My grandmother appears as if she do stood in a large drum, whereas tho ale ladies now walk as if they wero In a 1 go-cart." 'o e hit Eating to Grow. ^ A certain Columbus newspaper man n is proud of the precocity of his flve9 *? I l i j WOI -WIVJ 11 ICV.V. an l> |Mtui ui |?t-r U1UU- #j tal agility, he tolls tho following: "We wore visiting recently at my ( brother's home When dinner was I called the child politely hut firmly ni1 announced that she had no idea of t1" II |)f*( dining and would remain away from I Uu' tab,e tot "'Why, Mildred, you must eat three |] full meals a day il you are ever to n grow up and he a lady,' remarked iny ,, wite, who happens to he a woman of il ?ir* u substantial proportions "Carefully surveying her gratuitous J, , adviser, the little miss said Auntie, |! do you eat tour n.-uls a day?' '? ., 3 Cciumhus Dispatch. r tin B Tlie white cattle which predominate tin In northern Italy are of the Piedmont !'a breed, and are particularly suitable as oft work animals. A yoke of these oxen ')e ' of large size weigh ;i.520 to 4,400 j pounds. The weight of* a fine white tlo n cow of the Idedmont breed is 1.210 to trl h 1,540 pounds. Steers attain about an r" 1,980 pounds. The Piedmont bull 1111 reaches about 2,200 to 2,420 poundB. tat Another breed of white cattle is also ?(" * found in Italy, known as Roman This tei breed, however, is not. properly speak- ba ing, of northern Italian origin, hut rnmcs rrom tne neignnornooa or Rome, in central Italy. The oxen of OI ^ this breed are also particularly adapt- , n ed as work animals, hut are not ho :1 Rood for slaughter. their meat being < a not of such fine quality as that of the *8' s Piedmont variety. ? There is also a breed of pure white ^ e cattle in Italy, known as Chianina j These cattle are of enormous size and ?> ? v weight, less adapted to work, but are ? 3 for slaughter. There are oxen of the Chianina breed weighing from 3,360 y ^ to 3,520 pounds each. ?. ? r It is the opinion of breeders and i t dairymen in this district that none of the above breeds of cattle have been y I exported to North America There are A 3 many breeders in Italy of the several ^ classes of white cattle, but there are ^ none who raise them especially for export. i ; First United States Treasurer. ^1 a Alexander Hamilton was the first ^ h secretary of the treasury (17R9-9f>). *i j Michael Hlllcgas wan the first United ^ a States treasurer Hlllcgas wan ;.p- | pointed to the office July 29, 1776, when he and George Clymer were cho- ^ sen together in the formation of what ^ was the germ of the treasury depart- i Jj I ment. Hlllegan served alone through i ^ I nrn of i ofi 11 v Ittci nnflrn form K r\ r*? ovoe i as Clymer soon resigned to take a seat as delegate to congress lllllegas' i ^ term expired September 11. 17S9, and ^ ho was succeeded by Samuel Meredith. ^ Both mon were from Pennsylvania The treasury department was formally ^ organized by not of September 2. lTStt ^ but. trietly speaking. this was merely I ^ a reorganisation, for the department fl under various names had been in existence since 177T. V THE LANCASTER NEW! JRRUS ARE HIS BEST PALS xty Year-Old Prospector, Starting Life Anew Causes a Sensation in San Francisco. Harry H. Cloud, sixty years 'young," th his camping outfit of two burros d a cart, has walked 1,750 miles ross burning desert and rugged >untaitis to get a "start in life!" And 1 Miraudy' Cloud has establied the long-distance walker's recil for babies of ten months. "Miran" is one of Cloud's burros. Cloud, who abandoned his mining rospect" 30 miles from Prescott. iz. spread his blankets in the shadr of the Tower of Jewels, outside the position ground at San r rancisco. Tito glitter and glare of the e:;posi>11 has never had a more colorful ntrast than this picture of sturdy, n-bronzed age in top boots and aki. The "tenderfeet" of the city >od ama/.ed. rrafllc piled up on Market street as 2 strange caravan from the desert idded down the great business ar y. Crowds followed. Men cheered bies cooed in glee. 'Soli me the baby burro?" said a ss Louise Hurton. Won't part 'or from 'or mother,' [died Cloud "I'll buy them both." said Miss Hur1 s sister .Mabel. "How much?" Ten thousand dollars," answered trry. "O!" said the girls. Then they sped again. Well, these 'on- burros are my only Is," said Cloud. "Would you value friend at less? I'm startin' after a tune. I'll need it when I get old. i' I've got to have, friends to help | i it. ii i n.i\?" iiro 9iw,w?"i i i < (1 burros for friends That's proved ilosephy (let ap tln re. Jinnie!" \mp HAD GOGD BUSINESS s Ledger Showed an income of $1C0 Which He Had Made in Thirty-Nine Days. Tramping pays b? tter than working ien a man ear make $1,200 a year at merely l.v holding out the itching 1m. Klin or Ner on. thirty-live years ago, with only one leg. a winning y. an aptitude lor figures and a writ1 card of appeals for help, left Par r, S. 1).. July 27. In 30 days, until canio into Minneapolis in the state r week crowd recently he was in 60 ivns or cities. Faithfully ho put wn income and expense as hi- went >n g. Ho might be going yet and adding his fortune, but the police picked n up and spoiled his game, taking neat letter ledger from his pocket. this Norton had ruled ofT into colins for towns reached, distance trav d. fare paid, when he paid any. total lount received in each town and bal ce on hand when leaving the town, fien Norton struck Minneapolis he ist have had nearly $100 but he imt it in Minneapolis. Business was st at Windoni, where he look in $8. averaged not less than $3 in every ,vn visited Expenses were light. Sanitation in Skyscrapers. rhe skyscrapers of New York city to be placed under scrutiny by ard of health officials, the purpose, is said, being to ascertain whether aitary regulations are adhered to idly Safety Engineering thinks j ie truth is that most, if not all. of se structures were reared under direction of numerous city dertments. whose officiousness has en been more marked than their neflcent service. The new departure," that publiea n says, "will place the officials on al as well as the owners and tents of the skyscrapers. If there is vthing about the buildings that mili;es against the healthfulness of their cupants, it is the fault, to some ex it of the various civic bodies that ve assumed to dectate how they re to he constructed. If some of s older buildings have been deprived the light and air that they once joyed, that is the fault of the huild? department and the law Ancient sements of light and air were abolled long ago." MEE1 fnco to lace : MEAT * \ 11 lv* i 11 f 1 < i for All kinds ? The Meat i l CiLHI The Priee i and That is a I ! catawba! | Phon Hear E. I?. Rode S JAXUAKY 17, 191(j. Chinese -Aitar or Heaven." No ultur on earth vies in marble , maJcBty with the Altar of Heaven? | Tien T an?in the south of the Chinese A(i.. ...hi/.h V..?.* 1? LHJ ui i rMu^? ?UII,II rjuii'^iv/i A uiift'iu of tlio Ming dynasty reared in A. I). 1420 with its triple balustrades, stairs, [ and platforms of pure white marble i carved miraculously, its groat circle covering a wido area in the midst of a j vast enclosure. Standing alone, deserted under the blue Chinese sky, it is a dream of majesty and beauty. As the great setting of a scene of ritual pomp that calls for thousands and j thousands of robed celebrants, with j music, incense, sacrifice, it is trans- j ccndently imposing and impressing ] There the emperor knelt once a year ] and worshiped "the only being in the universe he could look up to"?Shang- s tl?the emperor of the- world above, whore court was in the sky and the > spear tips of whose soldiers were the I stars. Sc a Bolt Can't Slip. Gave Name to Party. The wort] "Radical, ' as applied to a British political party, originated in a speech made by Charles J. Fox in 17!?7, when he referred to the nocesity for "radical" reform. The Wonderful Medical Value of Lemon Juice is used to its fullest extent when compounded by The Mo;:-' 1 (- v I c tut ill Ivl i v i l- ( \ i ve i 1 li tiiVii'i Sliver ton.es, laxatives, aroma-1 ties, stimulants and blood puri-j lit rs, the whole making that1 ideal LIVER MEDICINE. Mo/.ley's Lemon Eiixir. More than hi years attest that there are none 'Must as Good" in perma-;: nently relieving Chronic Const:-1 pat ion, Indigestion, Biliousness,1 Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Bad'J Breath, Pains in Back or Sides. Loss of Appetite, or anything i caused by a disordered or tor- ; pid liver. It builds you up at the same time it cleanses the Liver and Bowels. 50c and $1.00 a bottle. "One Dose Convinces." Sold and recommended by Lancaster Pharmacy. ?$? + <$> r us | ... , : 11 ?11 M i \\ t will 4 YOU | V >f Moat :< >t' People. \ A : ] s Right + '\\ y i is Right, ; J j <\\<t. !! eatmarket !' V e 210. A . ley & Co.'s Store. A .m. Ml .~ ?... e A metnou 01 locKing a nut upon a bolt in such a way that it cannot work , loose is the object of a patent granted to William Johnson of IMttsliold, Mass.! The boit is the ordinary screw holt, but has a flat edge down one side ; Upon this a washer, made of spring steel is placed. The straight edge of the hole in the washer tits that of the holt, thus making it immovable. The surface of the washer Is punched with round bosses. The under surfact of the nut is bored with th<> same numb; r of holes as there are bosses and of e?iual size. Wh? n the nut is screwed down the bosses vield under nressure until th nut is driven homo, when they fit into the holes. Th? nut cannot work loose, but can be remove:! easily with u wrench. Nesting Gclf Balls. A golfer who was playing ever the St .Vents, Huntingdonshire, links in Kv.rlnm! the oth? r day hit his hall in! > a li?:dt?e, and, alter searching for it -ome tine with .ut success, ohnerved a bird s ?: I From curiosity m- re than with any expectation of hndinj. his ball tk. re. lie looked ir.to th. nes*. anc. found not only his own! ball, but tlii' others as well. Tali story, but actual iuc.il Stooping Him. I "I shall never ask you to promise ? to come 1101110 early again," she said sorrowfully when be let himselr in at 2 a. m. "Why not. my dear?" he inquired | quietly. "It's bad enough to be married to . ?. nighthe**, k and a loafer without making a liar ot you, too ' she replied, and he nad do comeback. % New Definition. "The study of etymology," s. a th< Philadelphia Record, "causes 110 enc of trouble among tnat class of schoo children whose Knowledge of tinglisl is limited to words which fimire in tlx ordinary street conversation, anc many curious results nave followed The custom usually observed by tin teachers is to require such a detinitioi ot the word, then its derivation, ant finally a sentence in which tne wort is properly used. The word ' ligament' fell to the lot oi a rather diffident boj recently. He defined it prouerly as "i band," but followed up the correc derivation with this remarkable sen tence: "I was wakened up last nigh' by bearing a brass ligament goln* down the street. * Asbl f \ c Ijp^r;T Write for Free Catalogs, I'riv Parker-Gardne I You Have I The Pas i" r * How better can we expres f port than to fie !y riii'ni tl f What vo. <!; c< n cx.Te: s n o that is in our hearts? 4, Indeed we thank you for j i us such a generous measure i your unfailing courtesy and l efforts to serve you in that i f. able to you. We wish you all the unlir t ity you deserve in 1916, and ?, of greeting you face to face F E. B. Rod ? Y+ \+-'r+:\-+-\ 1 K?X?)K? Subscribe t . t.. ...7 /T"! ? Optimistic Thought. B t Today for money, tomorrow for B I nothing. B ; OLDER BUT STRONGER I To 1*' lienltliy at seventy, prepare at IH } forty, is sound advice, because in the fl strength of middle life we too often forget B that neglected colds, or careless treat- B ment of sligiit aches and pains, simply I undermine strength and bring chronic S ' weakness for later years. 1 T To I* stronger when older, keep youi fl t blood pure and rich and active wrth the ij t strength-building ami blood-nourishing J properties of iscott's Emulsion which isa ' food, u tonic and u medicine 4o keep youi 1 1 blood rich, alleviate rheumatism auc I avoid sickness. No alcohol in Scott's. Scott tfc Downe. Bloom field. N. I. Pr^ WE SELL biabe Pianos, bickering Pianos, /ers & Pond Pianos, innola Player-Pianos, arker, Gardner Pianos. 'arker - Gardner Player 'ianos. ?the last two instruments narie especially for us by hi^h lass manufacturers, measirr- 3 UK up to our own and the makrs' high standard of real piano .orth. es and Terms. Charlotte, ;rL,o. n. c. ?3 To Us 11 >t Vears J, | s our gratitude for your supLie al ove statement of fact? T re fo cvfully the deep feeling v i four goodness to us in giving + a of your patronage, and for T I appreciation of our humble T nanner which is most accepts I nited happiness and prosper- 5^ we hope to have the pleasure ; ; in the future as in the past. ' t 1 I ? Ai>v & C.n. li o The News | <.*P