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' ' SQUIRREL HUNT OF LONG AG( Ohio Farmer*, In 1822, Slaughter** Naarly Twenty Thousand, and tha Others Fled. At tha dedication ot a monument t< Ludwlg Sells and his wife ip the Dub lln cemetery In Franklin county. Ohio Her. Byron H. Long gave an Interest Ing account of the great squirrel hun of September, 1822, which was said t< havo ended the serious depredationi of the squirrels in the fields of th< farmers there. The Columbus Gnzette of August 20 1822. referred to the great damage be Ing done by squirrels and published ai address to tho farmers suggesting t county squirrel hunt. The farmers ol several townships were asked to se lect representatives to make the ar rangements. The preliminary meeting, says the Columbus Dispatch, was held. One ol the delegates from Washington town ship, in which Dublin is located, wae Peter Sells, a son of Ludwig Sells. The hunt was held and the farmere turned out In mass, spending two 01 three days in slaughtering the squir rels. The count as far as made reached a total of 19,960 skins, but as many ol the hunters failed to report the num ber shot by them the total was nc doubt really in excess of that. Still this number, great as it was would not in itself have had any verj great ett'ect on the damage done by th< squirrels. But the pioneers tell of t great migration by the squirrels fol lowing the raid. The little animals moved like ants in countless droves, going stralgh ahead and turning aside for no ob stacle. They went over precipices am swam rivers in their persistent course They seemed to be in command o some leader and obeyed without fea of ordinary enemies.?New York Sun DIFFER ON VIEWS OF S0AI Authorities Throughout the Centurie Have Never Ecen in Agreement or, the Point. Here comes a health officer with at vice to use soap. He says it does no injure the complexion, and that it ir creases the general cleanliness of th race. On the face of the advice, this healt officer appears to be old-fashioned, r< marks the Cleveland Plain Dealei modern exquisites shun the use of soai except in the bath and for purposes c removing difficult dirt from the handi Soap on a pretty face is almost sacr lege. Warm water and wash cloths ar relied on to remove all soil from de icate complexions, without the dange of soapy alkalies. But In reality the doctor Is nev fashioned. For our old heroes an heroines did not even know the mear lng of soap. I>aura, Berengarla, Rosi mund and Marguerite lived befor s5&p was invented, yet they wer cleanly damsels, inspirations of poeti wlelders of iron sway over men c bfains. The ancients?Sappho, Ai pasla, Cornell^ and oven Poppaeane*er dreamed of such a thing a Soap. On the who)*, this health office must be classed as a medievalist. H is neither ancient nor modern. An there is no likelihood that his at vice will have the slightest effect o the users and nonusers of soap. Skunk's Weapon of Defense. Sdtae animals use sprays which ar not only strongly irritant, but pos sess a most powerful and disgustln odor. "Chiefest among these is th American skunk, which has attaine a world-wide notoriety," says Docto Pycsaft. "Its weapons of defense 11 in a pair of glands at the base of th tail, and so conscious does their poi sessor appear to be of their formidt ble character that he makes no ai tempt to escape when approache< either by man or dog. From thes glands an amber-colored, most pur gent and acrid fluid can be expelled and with force enough to carry sevei al yards. "Should a drop enter the eye vie lent inflammation, or even blindnesi may result. Rut the fumes from thl fluid are even more to he dreade than the fluid itself, for, unless well d luted with atmospheric air, they ar destructive to the respiratory pa{ sages. The skunk thus make3 a US of poison gas for the discomfiture c its foes." Virginlp. The area of Virginia is 9,5(14 squar miles, its population by the 1910 cei sus 2,061,612. Its chief agriculturj products are tobacdb, apples, peache and other fruits; corn, wheat, oati buckwheat and barley; peanuts; cal bages, potatoes and other vegetablei and the native and cultivated grass? and clovers which yield an abundanc of hay. Virginia is "essentially an a) ricultural state." The mean temperi ture for July, 1913, was 75.4, for D? cember 37.7. The annual rainfall i from 10 to 60 inches, fairly well dii trlbuted through the entire year. Th population of Norfolk is 85.005. Wireless Wonders. The 7,000 wireless ship stations the world roqutre over 15.000 licens< men to operate th'>m, while over 1,0* land stations with a working force 3,200 iron aro required to handle tl buaine?n which originates on boar or for, these vessels. V " J .9 ' * ?mj> . imp aE.AP r ','Jp T'J'?i !? "; lil WH*1' I jMf-Cul J vmmmhbbbmhhbbhhhbmhmhmmmh ) IN PRAISE OF THE ONION I I One Writer, at Least, Brave Enough | ' to uerena ine rieaitnmi But Odorous Vegetable. 5 Why Is it that so beautiful and deK licious a vegetable as an onion cause.) v such horror among humankind when it 1 . has once been consumed? t Why is it that one's wife shudders 5 when she sees her husband gnawing , at the juicy interior of a big Bermuda. 3 when the scientific chaps so strongly recommend the onion as a mot*, healthful and proper form of grub? ' Why?oh, why?does an onion taste , so much differently in the morning? l Nobody knows! f | There are a few people who abso lutely detest the mere idea of an on I ion, but the antagonistic attitude is . generally a precautionary measure. ? j Many people would like to eat or. r ! ions, if they dared, and only refrain . from doing so when under heavy i pressure. They are told that the odor ' of a mild and companionable onion i | upon one's breath stamps him aa ono : ' of the rabble. | If he reeks with the perfume of a I 15-cent cigar it is O. K. Likewise it f is all right if he has been reveling in - some of the more deadly varieties of > cheese, but as for the onion?never! Onions are mighty handy vegeta, bles in the kitchen of the elite, and r are used to flavor most salads and , i dressings and things, where they aro ! i duly appreciated, but, like the com- | - mon workingman, while useful about l the house, they must not be brought ! i, into the drawing room unless in dis- , t guise. | >- This outrage against the onion? 1 spring, Bermuda and Spanish?when j ). properly studied. Is likely to make a ! f socialist of almost anyone, r Vive l'onlon!?Omaha World-Her- . i. aid. 3 NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION 1 Points Evolved by Author May Give 1 8 I Rise to Some Most Interesting Hypotheses. In a book entitled "The Natural Theology of Evolution" J. N. Shearman pointed out that nothing in the Darl" wtnian theory precludes design; it e only requires the supposition that the designing mind works slowly through many ages. As to those variations ? which have turned out failures?the r" flying reptiles and other extinct creatures of early periods?the author ' makes the suggestion that the dlrecI' tion of varieties may to some extent be deputed by God to angels, in the same e way as free will and power is granted to man; and that these failures are the r experiments of the angel-subordinates. "Rut," writes the editor of Nature in recommending the book to scientific ^ readers, "the author is not in the least l" a crank, and he puts forward this fresh l" and interesting hypothesis (which 0 some would call fantastic) as a specu 0 lation only. His main point is that though the Darwinian natural selection is a true cause of change in species, s' the variations which tend to progress ~ toward greater complexity cannot bo 0 attributed to chance. They are evidence of a guiding mind which sees ir and knows before it produces on the 0 j rial plane." n Science has ceased to sneer nt the J" | spiritual, and many of the deepest n thinkers of today are turning to the "supernatural" for explanations of pbe nomena they cannot understand. ( Why Hindu Poet Avoids Japan. s A traveler returned from India to Japan, according to the East and West e News, tells why Sir Rablndranath Taj gore gave up his proposed visit to the I land of the Rising Sun. First, he says. ' because tho Hindu poet, like other p! poets, changes his mind frequently; ? second, because his tenants are suft forlng from want of food; third, he t i has become incensed at a Japanese j who abused Tagore's confidence, pre 0 tending to be an admirer of the poet's t ' most refined works and all the while , 1 Insanely addicted to London mush '* hall songs. "He sings for hours in private," the poet is reported to have j said, with a withering expression of j scorn, "what ho calls 'Tippulaly'!" s To Drive Out .Vte'arla d And Build Up The System I- Cake the Old Standard GROVE'S d I raSTEXESS chill TONIC. You know | vhat you are taking, as the formula is *' ) >rinted on every label, showing it is 0 Juinine and Iron in n tasteless form .he Quinine drives out malaria, the j ron builds up tiit system. 50 cent Whenever You Need a General TonL ,e | Take Grove's j. | The Old Standard Grove's Tasteles chill Tonic is equally valuable as : General Tonic because it contains the I well known tonic propertiesof QUININI! ' | and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drive? > out Malaria, Enriches the Bk>od an 1 s, | Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. b e FOR CHILDREN'S COUGH. ?- You cannot use anything better for your child's cough and cold than j. I>r. King's New Discovery. It is pre3 pared fruiu Pine Tar mixed with heal3 ing and soothing balsams. It does t not contain anyhlng harmful and is 0 ! slightly laxative, Just enough to exj pel the poisons from the system. Dr. King's New Discovery is antiseptic? kills the cold germs?raises the plegm?loosens the cough and IC soothes the irritation. Don't put off .,(j treatment. Coughs and Colds often ( lend to serious lung troubles. It is I also good for adults and the aged. ?M Get a Bottle today. All Druggists. ie ' Mars Displaced. Lowbrow?Wot'a dat gink's name they call the god of war? Bllton? Ananias.?Judge. ? . ,9 ' ^y-r^-r r r ~r ' ^T? THE JLaAJCCABT1SK 1?C ,*.^wb Vnhaik TU K'6NS:? ctrj'.s of Burden Crw'd Talk Inhu inanity Might Well Be j.i>j?ctof Indictment of Their .V.inters. If horses cou.a talk iho-e of u! vho Know them boat nave no Joubl is to tcmo 01 the thiols they would ;ay Alan s inhumanity to thein would je the thiji subject ol their rou versa ion, at least t? th:y are fcjni us hu nan as wc tnink they are. To require a locomotive to haul a rain 01 cars over c. track t:.at wicc1" t before half tho (.ays ot uscfalncu. ihould oe over and ... .1 . i !t to the .nap r cap. i3 an economic ic'.Iy. Tc iek a r.orro to drag c -r h.avy .c:.dc c; ,oal, co, rro:i. lumber- the rur'.c'.hm lisc of all sort.: b*; which cities giov ich and great- -cver streetn that vcai t out ovon before it bas reached it! irinio, is not only an economic folly t is a cruelty that not only horses bu ill decent men must condemn. Tlurc are streets where, no smal iart of the year, tho pavement is s< .lippery that it is torture for a horsi o travel on them. There are other: so full of holes, so uneven, so wretch ?dly out of repair, that no self-rcspecl ng hoi sc. lett to himself, would eve jet foot upon them. To bo Jerked and pulled, now thl ivay, now that, because the loadei vagon you are straining to drag t its destination sinks into a hollor iere, or bangs into an elevation ther? to go home at night with feet bruise and shoes torn off by pavements, wit legs aching in every muscle becaus no clean level surface has been pr< vided where the feet could get a gri ?it we were horses, who of us woul not start a union for self-protectioi and strike before tho week was over But horses do talk. Their languag is not audible, it is visible. You se it in that swollen joint, that spraine tendon, that limping gait, which spea of the roads over which men ha\ made them travel. Money? No money to put 01 streets in order? We are robbing 01 taxpayers of their money by refusir to do it?saving at tho spigot ar wasting at the bung hole. We are d lng more. We are treating with pos tive cruelty, every working day ? the year, thousands of the most fait ful servants of onr cities, withoi whom we would have had no cith worthy the name.?Exchange. Prices of Getns Soaring. If anyone notices a broad and t coming smile on tbe fair oountenanc of their favorite actresses, there's reason. It is because the prices of gi clous stones are soaring to the sk Nearly every prominent stage favori has acquired a bushel or so of d) monds, rubies, emeralds and other vi uable stones. That is the reason th< are happy. Under present conditio! they are not required to go before tl footlights and sing and dance or * whatever their specialty is. What the use when they can attain weal without effort? Diamonds are as val able as "war babies." Tho war h; sent the price of precious stones 'wi up and dealers say they are still soc lng. This is because very few ston aro being imported. Then again the has been a boost of ten to twenty p cent in the tariff on cut stones, and a other thing, the diamond mines South Africa are shut down. If yi have promised your lady friend a dl mond ring or a bauble with precio stones you may us well be prepared see your bank roll fade away. Nameless Inventors. Apart from the sheer human wc der aroused by the wireless telephor the most remarkable fact seems to that this application of research h been carried out by a business c< poration, and that the inventors ai scientists remain anonymous. As e donee of human motives there much to think about here. What the incentive which impels these t known workers, what secret ha these corporations discovered whi enables them to tap so Inexpensive the most useful minds In Amerlc When next we read that enterprl would collapse without dazzling i wards, that human nature is so a so, we shall not be ablo to refrs from thinking of these nameless bei factors of mankind. Their incenti seems somehow to be as good those of the men who are piling fortunes In war speculation, or those who had grandfathers with a sion of real estate development.?N< Republic. Against Law to Be Patriotic. According to a recent ruling Justice Gould 01 the district suprei court the law as It Is now Interpret permits a theater manager to ej< from his house of entertainment patron who rises to his feet when t national anthem Is played. The c torn of tislng when the national i them is played is a matter of tai and not particularly of right. It a most excellent practice, worthy emulation. It should be univera In the particular case in * point grave error of Judgment was comn ed by the theater management trying to pot out the man who ] trlottcally insisted upon standii Those who churlishly called upon h to resume his seat should havo be the objects of corrective attention PrAm t3t7aoMnnrtAn C2#A*? Had Her Revenge* "Mr. Shepherd, you* daughter hi promised to marry me." "Humph; she said she'd get ?y< with me when I refused to get her Pekinese pup."?London Mall. wi"?J ? ? C.la* y, ~t'TEBRTrAHT g, 19K< ' " : II - ft i y f rr ii (1 j 44 J a f v 1 FAMI 1 v y j'1' > h ? : >, j j p v y d!f f [?. A ill How Many ro ! V 4f Trade W .6 ? !|!| There arejabot X*4 families in Lanca: ut The Lancaster J f?y the homes of mc ? YV four|hundredJof ti o ( I Mr. Ad "'Jbl " i'i You^canf send 3 r.' |4 these'lwenty-four el 1 x*r * 44 through^the color 1. 4* *4 caster News chea " |4 had a governmen ? XX See us about ? ie T, XX or any size conl M, space. *44 ci XX Our Job De m "On Th rn * ** ? "iff !ff V< a< % ui Z X O! v?; "iff T1 ? 111' V V e< t t sci I w || Ufflc ||| Ne 1.1 - - ^ . . * * * * A A A A A A. A a J J ; X X X X X X X. .X X I X X X I 11 iiik . ':' *'V '' . ;^-s^&dir? : . A A ll UU v [LIES 1 iTT TY p* of These || rith You? || XX it five Thousand ster County. ??A News goes into I >re than twentyhese families. ?? 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