The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 12, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
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
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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.
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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.
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MINF. USED AS A BUOY
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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.
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PERMANENT INJURY
TO MANY PATIENTS
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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
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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
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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."
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