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Nettle Substitute for Cotton. \ Dr. Oswald Rlchter, professor of botany at the University for Agriculture In Vienna, prophesies that as a result of hts experiments with nettle fiber Austria will become Independent of foreign cotton. The authorities have decided to organize and to prepare for tho use of the new material. r In his efforts to separate the fiber of the nettle Professor Rlchter used ammonia with success, but the high oost of this method made It appear commercially unprofitable. Furthor experiments (so Professor Rlchter said In a recent lecture) have proved that the fibers may be separated with water. He has also simplified the process of separation- For v>in _ - *?. ?u?u i oaouil UU U*5" lloves that the cultivation of nettloa will be found profitable even in time of peace. TILLMAN HAS GINGER YET Senator Bon F. Tillman of South Carolina lacks the fior.v dash and Impetuosity which once characterized his acta and utterances In the national capttol. but, while his health has been bud for several years, he Is still strong | enough to poke about Into places where he may learn something. This photograph shows him exploring one of the aeroplanes which the National Aerial Coast Patrol commission placed near the senate office building. Senator Tillman is chairman of the committee on naval affairs. O ~ I i: r-%.- ? upisnuiu UUIIOOK Tor KUISla. Not only are there Infinite possibilities yet untouched In our own country, but also In most of the other countries of the earth as well. For Instance, Hussla, that land for which nature has done so much, endowing It with food-producing possibilities such as few other countries possess, has a wheat yield of only ten bushels to the acre. When the day comes, as come it certainly will, that Russia produces as much per acre as Germany and England, and when the untold millions of acres of undeveloped land are opened up and settled, as they are destined to be, alone she can supply the world's present needs In cereals except rice and corn. Cook and Postmaster, Too. A country postmaster has applied to the women's registration bureau for an "efficient woman to act as postmistress," according to a Winnipeg correspondent of the St. Paul Dispatch. "She must bo able to handle money, be a good penman, do housework and any other work that may present Itself." In addition the postmaster modestly reriuirea the woman shall be of a "pleasant disposition." He explains the housework provision by saying that his wife wishes to unload a share of her work on his assistant. Whether the postmaster is merely planning a summer vacation or will enlist in the army Is not stated in the request. t MINF. USED AS A BUOY I Vw; This tierinuu mine, intercepted on the Tigris river, 1h being used tin a buoy by the British. If you f^el "blue," /"no account,' lazy, you ne^d a good cleaning out HERBINE is V? riWt thing for thai purpose. It s^irx>ulates the liver tones up the stonp&ch and purines tin bowels. Price (50C. Sold all dealer: in medicine.?Adv. v. T PERMANENT INJURY TO MANY PATIENTS I State Health Hoard is Compiling Do-' tailed Re|H>rts on Infantile Paralysis. Reports <>f 4 2 cases of infantile paralysis out of S?> received by the State board of health show that 21 were "permanently paralyzed." Six recovered and live cases were fatal. One case was reported to the State board of health yesterday from Saluda county,, Reports are yet to be received on 28 cases. Soldier's Message to His Wife. Some of the best stories of the war . como from the base hospitals, and aro | ueaiowea on tno doctors in the same I spirit that grateful patients bestow gifts on their medical attendants in civil life. One told recently has traveled from the farthest outposts In Mesopotamia. A Turkish officer, captured in the Mesopotamtan campaign, asked and received permission to telegraph to his wife when he was brought to Basra. His message read: j "Safely captured."?London Times. I I WE W; = YOU To Know We Printing of Bet j The Lancaste I I RIGHT PR | = AND I NEAT PRII a lie Lancaster 3 m Eg HE LANCASTER NEWSTUKSDAY, SEP' HERMAN PRISONERS BEH VNT Do Job ter Kind r News I DQjVT FQRGET When you need anything in the line of neat and attractive Job Printing to See THE NEWS ICES >= MING News .1 r. 12, 1910 IND THE FRENCH LINES WANTED! I =YOUR= I Job Printing Business S The Lancaster News * J""^ LRGAL BLANKS I Of All Kinds I FOR SALE I The Lancaster News R Hb hi ^ y4^ t 1 FRENCH TAX ON AMERICANS Those Having "Habitual Residence" in France Are Classified and Must Pay. The monthly bulletin of the Amortcan chamber of commerce describes the new French income tax. especially as it affects foreigners residing in France, says the New York Sun Article < of the law says: "A general income tax is due on January 1 of each year from all persons having a habitual residence In France. Those persons are considered to have a habitual residence in France who have a dwelling at their disposition either as proprietors, beneficiaries by usufruct or tenants, when in the latter case the lease is arranged either by a single agreement or by succes sive agreements for a continuous period of at least one year." Article 11 says: "As far as persons not domiciled in France, but having one or more residences there are concerned, the taxable income is fixed at a sum equal to seven times the rental value of such residence or residences unless the income derived by the taxpayer from properties, enterprises or professions located or exercised in France reaches a higher figure, in which case the latter amount is taken for the basis of the tax." Americans living in Paris or elsewhere in France are thus divided by law Into two classes?those pursuing a gainful business or professional occupation and those who do not. Those not engaged in business must pay a tax. their income being estimated at seven times the rental value of the one or more establishments which they contract to take for a continuous period of one year. Those engaged in business whose income exceeds seven times the rental value of their one or more places of residence must make a declaration of their total income from French sources only. The law does not apply in tho case of the latter to' income derived from property held elsewhere than in France. WOULD BE AMERICAN CITIZEN Hindu Girl Seeks Privilege, With tho Idea of Securing a Medical Diploma In the Future. r ___ " *"*"*) To work out her ambition to be an independent twentieth century woAan, forever throwing aside the cherished Ideals of her native country aa to tho sequestration of woman, Kanta Chandra, a nineteen-year-old miss from Delhi, India, has taken the first step toward her emancipation by applying for citi7.er.shlp papers. She is the first woman of the Hindu race to seek naturalization in San Francisco, the Chronicle of1 that city states. 1 Though of the dark skin that has for ages differentiated her race from | tho blond type of Europe, the Hindu girl anticipates no trouble In realizing her aspiration of becoming a citizen. Unhesitatingly she wrote th# word "white" In the blank for th? color of the applicant. "If you get married to a man nof an American." warned Deputy Clerk Carl A Calbr_*ath of tho United States district court to the brown-eyed maiden. "you lose your citizenship." "Oh, there's no chance of my getting married; I'm not going to marry anybody." Miss Chandra replied. "They want me to marry and go back to India, but I never will." Kanta Chandra is a student. She came from Delhi in 1910. Some day she hopes to get a medical diploma. Value of Old Violins. Genuine old violins when In a good state of preservation always command good prices Hut the country Is flooded with cheap fact iry-made violins labeled "Stradlvarius," etc., which are of no particular value. In 999 cases out of a thousand a violin which Is labeled as an "old master," Is oue I of these modern productions, made in Germany or France, and worth only a few dollars. The only way to tell whether a violin has any special valuJ or not is to submit it to some good violinist and even then th<j value Is largely a matter of opinion. S>ic^ things have ho standard n.^rRet value, an J everything depends on finding a | *tlirchasef wlio wants the article and || will pay for It Albert Spalding, the American vk llnist, has a Guarnorlus violin for which ho paid over $'20,000, hut there are other violins of the same make which would probably not bring a quarter of that, and there are" thousands of fiddles with fake "Quaroertua" labels In them which are worth very little.?Pathfinder. Shakespearean Sins. In the Woman's Home Companion Walter Priehard Maton says " 'Oh. Shakespeare. Shakespeare, how many follies are committed In thy name' Sarah Bernhardt haa played Hamlet, somebody has counted the verbs the poet used, students are made to read the dramas before they see 'em acted, and here am 1, with no knowledge of gardening, trying to convert an acre of burdocks into Tltanla's bower" " He might have added the following to his list of offenses: Annotating editions with obvious comments, naming wines and liquors after Shakespearean characters, putting them in the movies and calling "mashers" "Romeoa." \ i* 1 Drives Out /Halarf a/Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTHCKsfe chilt TONIC, drive* out Mataria.enriches tlSehtood.and biatdaupthe ay*tern. A true tonic. adults and children. 50c, A /