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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919 rmmm? ?m*mmi?? NEW IDEA IN TRANSPORTATION Trains to Slide on Runners, Separated From Track Merely by Thin 1 i* Film of Water. I ' Looking toward the transportation j facilities of the future, an American electricnl experimenter believes that the chief means of travel will be trains without wheels, running on single tracks, and moving almost without friction because they will slb'e ou runners separated from the track by a thin film of water. In short, the fact that one plate of glass will glide nrac- I tlcally without friction over another sMgf " there la a thin layer of water betweet) them will be applied and worked out In running a train. The Idea of a train without wheels Is sufficiently surprising, but, according to the writer, a Frenchman had Invented such a train Just before the FrancoPrussian war. and the project was not resumed afterword, although a later French inventor made some important Improvements. The advantage over modern transportation. If such trains become practicable, is prophesied as noiselessness of operation, equal carrying capacity, and about twice as much speed. The Idea looks visionary; but after all it Is not wise to distrust possibilities for that reason. Scientific Management. "It doesn't do to swallow nil the stories yon hear about the efficacy of scientific manogement, but I heard one the other day that I cau well believe." Senator Cummins, the speaker, wop entertaining a luncheon party at Atlantic City. " 'So your wife refused to marry you when you first proposed to herf' I Bald to Brown during a confidential cliat one day. 'Did you keep on pursuing her till she consented 7 " 'Not much !' Brown replied craftily. T went out and made a fortune. When I came back It was she who did the pursuing.' " Will Film a Big Game Hunt. Writing of East Africa reminds jue of a young man of greater enterprise than financial resources who bus fixed up a contract with a motion plcturo firm to go on a big game shooting expedition In East Africa and take with him operators and camera. His own cheerful view of the undertaking la that he will get his shooting, and the movie firm will get their pictures, and both will reap substantial profits.? Manchester Guardian. 8uspicious. Patience?Whut's the matter with ; you and Fred? Patrice?WelT, I had a suspicion he wasn't true to me all the tline he was in France with,his regiment, aud new I'm quite sure of It. i ? "Why ?o?" "Last night he began saying sweet ' things to me la French."?Yonkers Statesman A m *M>> m* , .*?h '*$kT\ ; * <k.'Jwtim?y^^^'LA*?4L? Xas..*.. >M? ? ' " " " 1 * 1 5c a p&cfcas bsi 5c a packai dui gc a packa* tup er An Ill M 1 U( J V SO DOES 1 # Baby Wants a Jllli I Things Looking Up in Serbia. There are ninny evidences of better- i ing conditions in Belgrade. Serbia. BeW grade university opened a short time ago. The American Bed Cross is now erecting barracks to house the students during the summer. In the spirit of the people there is i a marked change for the better in the last few months. Social gatherings are more frequent, and a few moving picture theaters are in operation. Shops In the city are gradually refilling with stocks. Prices are high. Reports from the interior ludlcnte a liiree crrnln harvest with n nosKthl* surplus for export In South Serbia. These reports have had encouraging effect on life In the capital. China to Make Cement. The cement requirements of North China will probably soon b? supplied by domestic production. One large concorn Is said to control this Industry In North China, and Its plant Is located at Tangshnn, a small town about 100 miles northeast of Tientsin, on the Peking-Mukden railway. It Is equipped with modern machinery, an*] secures Its supply of limestone en the site of the works. le fore the war *c rinss the war j le I WAUI I1UW OR LASTS rHE PRICE! 187 ^ ? .... i THE LANCASTER NE "Frit" Stamp S / '/ s sy ? "PAL" GOOD WORD, BUT SLANG Term In Good Society Accepted as Meaning "Chum;" in Vocabulary ?f Crime Stands for Accomplice. The dictionary recognizes the right of "pal" to Inclusion in our language, though designating it as slung. I,ike uiany words thus classed, it U a terse way of expressing a relationship readily understood but not so easily defined. In good society it is accepted as meanlug a chum, u couganial companion ; In the vocabulary of crime It stnuds for a confederate or accomplice. The most natural and Instinctive thing In life Is a desire for congenial companionship; only the abnormally developed mentality can live on a sumcienuy exalted?or snail wo any elf-centered?plane as to other personalities. A pal Is an Intimate friend of either ex, to whom one may "talk as the henrt heats," may confide hopes, fears, happiness and disappointments, certain the trust will not he betrayed. Between opposite sexes is excludes lovemnklng or "spooning." hut tueans broad. Intelligent, faithful, yet subtle friendship, since all friends are not puis; not necessarily a unanimity of opinion, hut a disposition to "agree to disagree" In case of differences. There is a tacit respect for each other's Individuality. Perhaps one of the best tests of a pal Is that the two enjoy silence together; there is a sense of companionship in being together without the constant trickle of words which most of us feel necessary unless one would he thought unsocial.?Detroit I'ree WOMAN, 80, WORKED IN MINES Grandmother, Yet Able to Be on the Job Ten Hours a Day, Toiling Like a Man. Mrs. Bridget Mcllugh, the olili?st "pit-brow" woman in the Pemberton, Eng., coal field, is deud at the age of 80 years. For more than half a century she had worked at the mines. "Old Bridget," as Mrs. Mcllugh was familiarly called, was a hale and hearty, strongly built womuu who could use a shovel In filling uilue curs as well us any man, and was always looked upon us an expert pit-brow worker, few being her eguul. The shorter working day wns unknown to her, and summer and winter, ruin or shine, she was accustomed to leave home at five o'clock every morning, end was in her place at the coal hank before the whistle sounded at six. Her day continued until five or six at night. Mrs. McHugh was a grandmother, and two of her eons are em ployed lp the colliery where she worked so long. Land Reclamation Scheme. The British Ixmrd of agriculture has Inaugurated a scheme for tbo recluuiation of Innd on the Lincolnshire shore of the Wash. A hank la being constructed from Wnlnfleet, a little below Rkegnees. to Kreiston, neur Boston (Lincolnshire), commencing at the Wnlnfleet end, and by this means It Is hoped to recover about 12.000 acrea. The work la In charge of a resident engineer In Walnfleet and will einpAftg large number of men, who will be selected from demobilized soldiers and sailors, and thus obviate the taking away of labor from agriculture. It is said that In the middle of the last century a reclamation scheme was started, and It was then estimated that a suttlrlently large area would be redeemed from the Wash to form a new Unglish county. The enterprise waa abandoned. but experts have always maintained its practicability, which Is now la the course of being f*te^ ?? - . |^||||| , WS. LANCASTER. S. C. I DANGER IN WILD FLOWERS If Many Are a Prolific Cauae of Hay j Fever. Armrrflnn "J? _ _ _ _ - r . .--w. ?W % t?nv I ; Sound* Warning. , I ITny fever Is relatively common In | children, but the reason that this Is j not more generally known Is that these > attacks are usually mistaken for I "colds." wrltea Dr. William Scheppe- | grell of New Orleans, president of the | liny Fever Prevention association, In . the Medical Record. Sometimes n child that seems to j have a "cold" Is taken Into a park or | away to the country In the hope that i the fresh air will effect ? cure, and It J Is there exposed to further Infection | from the pollen of the plants that are j > chlelly responsible. Resides the ragweeds, which are the principal offenders, there arc several I other wild flowers that, though quite j ! Innocent when left alone, are likely j to cause hay fever if applied directly ; j to the nostrils of children. Among I j those Doctor Scheppegrell warns us es- j ; peclally against the daisy Henbane, one of the commonest of weeds. It grows ; front one to two feet In height, ha? I light green almost toothless leaves, daisy-like flowers about half an inch wide, with a lnrge greenish yellow disk, white rays occasionally lllactlngcd, shorter than those of the daisy and sometimes entirely absent. Other flower* against which Doctor Rchoppogrell warns are the dandelion, : field daisy, hi a ok eyed Susan, and other I ' of the Coiuposltae family. These ara j harmless unless one sniffs their bins- j ! soma, In which case they are likely to i start a hay f?ver that may persist well ' Into the fall. j MADE RECORD DURING WAR I ?? 1 Soldiers Proud of "Stars and Stripes," Official Organ of American Troops In France. i The most remarkable puhllentloi t horn of the war appears to have bees | "The Stars and Stripes." As it went 1 out of business with the final sent- | teriup of Its stuff In June Its record it now open to the public. | The publication was, as Is well known, the official organ of the Amer can expeditionary forces In France, | and there la no doubt that It lived up to Its dignity In a handsome manner. It j started with a circulation of 30,000, and this was Increased to .ViO.OOO la less than a venr lr nmini?ir>?.i - French war orphan fund, to which 450,W>0 soldiers contributed 2,000,000 francs, and In Its Id months of life tha paper cleared 3.500.<HM> francs, i There are other details of Its progress and Its work, anionr which Is one | to the effect that It printed 500 poem* by soldiers and rejected 20,0t>0. The Editor ami Publisher prints no 1 extended review of the accomplish- j tnents of the paper, ni.d from it w* . learn that Its staff at one time or another contained something like 250 . men. Among them were Serpt. MnJ. ' Philip Ton Blon, mnnapinp editor, and Serpt. Robert I. Snndjr, staff contributor, both Cluvelnntlers. 1 An American Oolomon. The w'/.rv I. 1-1 < _? j io t?M?i .11 a m?>nmpr or | the American Red Cross, somewhere j on the Syrian side of the African continent. who found himself fared with [ something of the same problem the solution of which earned for Solomon, ' In ancient days, the reputation of being the wisest of men. On this occasion the child wns that of an Armenian woman, found in the house of h Turk at Aleppo, and who, the mother said, had been taken from her when three years old. The child she claimed as hers was a little girl of seven years and she gave no sign of recognizing her mother. The American was puzzled to know what to do. An Idea struck him. He told the mother to sing the lullabies with which she had been used to rock her baby to sleep. The little girl looked astonished and thoughtful ; then she smiled. Memory had awakened, and the Armenlaa woman had recovered her chlhl. Crystals of Unlimited Size. Artificial crystals of grout regularMy and clearness, nn?l of almost unlimited ntaa. ere claimed as products of the perfe?*ted process of It. \V. Moora, an American physicist. The aeual growing of crystals consists In evaporating the solution In which a littia crystal la suspended as a nucleus. In the new method, the solution to kept slightly supersaturated, and the growth continues as long us this eondltton Is maintained. Crystal* of Rochelle salt (sudium-potasafntn tartrata) more than three Inches , j long and two Inches thick have been 1 prndnred, with all surfaces and angles perfect. This salt is most soluble in hot water, and supersnturatlon is obtained by dissolving in hot water, and attghtly cooling. With the aid of a thermostat the temperature Is so regulated as to keep up the supersaturated 1 condition. The seed crystal is susi pended in the solution of tlie material, and growth Is said to continue Indefinitely "with efficient control. Effort to Claaaify. "What la the difference between a bandit and a brigand?" "Not much." replied the Mexican dtluj. "My Impression Is that a bandit Is a Vltllsia uud a brigand la a I Qarranalsta." Wo arc proud of the confidence doc|tors, druggists and the public have In OOO Chill and Fever Tonic. ' n PAGE THREE I LAND and 1 1 UAITCCC i ] 0 s j We are acquainted with Lancaster County values an 1 E j Ij know the people. When you want property sold place it E j with one who has the reputation of getting results that Si hn please both the seller and the buyer alike. Listings co - } 3 the owner nothing unless we make a sale. We can assist - 3 with arranging terms to suit. Phone me at any time and r 3 I will ho at your service v.v.h a car to show you some ? 3 ^ REAL VALUES. j 3 Let at least talk this matter over. IfS I "DO IT NOW" | | T. M. HUGHES | S LANCASTER, S. C. K ll Saw George Eliot's Ghost. ^ The death of Mis. Katherine Mae- 1 qnold, the veteran novelist, at the great I S 10 I', age of ninety-three, severs another of , g-~ the few reinuinlng links with the Vie- (ifOOnrV I \|*nc torlnn past. A contemporary of George v^J. v '1 j M 9 M. sfS Eliot, Mrs. Macquold used to tell how , I A\('ANTFK H <' she once saw the famous writer In a vision. lrO H When George Eliot went to live at . 1 ! Chelsea Mrs. Macquold proposed to go .A-UtOITlOfollCS and call on her. But befoue she could do so h remarkable and tragic thing f*\2cWs Si fid happened. One night Mrs. Macquold awoke sud- rT y?apfr.i?^ denly, and saw the figure of George ^ Eliot atandlng between the hed and the wall. The apparition was distinct , and unmistakable. On the following . t evening Mrs. Macauold learned of atow Eii.r> dcth. How's This? I offer One Hundred Dollars Reward "" *" for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo CTJ* "7 I? y\'r ) Vs cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. iL i. il 5_; i-J li\. *i. . 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Q T>1 1 "1 : iv W"*"" u iw it-*in i The Live Wire in Real Estate | Because, if It Can Be DID?PLYLER WILL DO IT" I'lione 1(17 Over Hough's Store Four room house and lot at Trudesville about 2 1-2 ai res land good well and shop that goes with this place. See tue roe prices. 30(t acres belonging to Mr. (7. \V. lMyler known as Willis Moore place, itor 30 acres good bottom land. Five-room dwelling and barn both new. Two tenant houses. Yields about 1 bates of cotton also plenty of corn and other crops. (Sood well and several springs. This is a line bargain at $17.50 per acre. Don't wait long on this place. Four-room house and lot on main street for only SI750.00 1 have 1 acres listed with me within 1-1 mile of town formerly or. tied by Saul Vaughn. This place would make a tine place for a home also a good income could be realized from the 4 acres. It has a nice little house and barn that is worth easily $600. or $700. Property like this goes fast so see me at once. Am .?nn<??tii nit?. i:r-. nu w|?t/u luiin; in a iiiu 11111c. If you would like to enter into the mercantile business, I can fit. you up in grand style. Can sell you 2 stores on Midway also the stock of goods. Party selling will rent the store rooms provided their stock of goods is not sold. Talk the matter over with me if you are interested at all. This is a confidential sale so the parties names cannot be divulged unless you are interested. 12ft acres two miles from town, ou public road; creek runs through this place'; cheap at $G,000. 100 acres belonging to Mr. W. B. Plyler, one mile f?om Antioch school and church; almost new house and barn. Buildings are easily worth $2,500. This is a bargain at $5,000. 223 1-2 acres on crossing of Liberty Hill and Brown's Kerry roads. Close to school and church. $40 per acre with terms. Nice, neat almost new 4-rooni house with hall: 1-2 acre lot; Can't put this house up for $1,500; house and lot for only $1,750. Located on end of South Main street. Three two-room houses that rent for $4 per month each. A good investment for $l,20O. Store room on Midway, nearly new $8,000 From $10 .000 to $12,000 worth of lots in town. 2 Six-room bouse and lot, fine location, only $3,000 Mr. J. K. Helms' nice improved farm within two miles of town. This farm is one of the best bargains that I have. It has nice 6room dwelling, big barn, cow shed, garage, cotton house and buggy shed, five tenant houses, two of these houses have three rooms and smaii uarns, line well of water, in house and machinery, including 2 70-saw gins. boiler, engine, belting, etc. All of these buildings are in first class condition. Soil is red clay loam, which is the best that you can buy all things being considered, Price $75.00 per acre. Mrs. Laura Connor's plantation seven miles from town on the Wadesford road. This farm has some very strong land with nearly 7 5 acres in branch bottom. The bottom land alone is worth the price that 1 ask for the place. One mile to school and one-half mile to church. Dwelling, barn, three tenant houses, about 20 acres in fine pasture; 232 acres, priced 9.11.50 per acre. $35.00 per acre buys Mr. Mobley Larks' plantation of 264 3-4 acres. This place has five building, 20 acres pasture 3 good wells, some branch bottoms. Don't wait long on this place. It is cheap at this price. I have a place that I can sell you for $20.00 per acre within one mile of Tradesville, 1-2 mile of Spring Hill Church and school. Nearly half under cultivation, about 8 acres bottoms, 4-room dwelling, barn, 16 acres good pasture, 130 acres in this place. See me att once about this place. I NbtRI) 165 HOrHKS TO RKNT TO Nl'PPLY MY WAITING LIST. : ~ 1 IV *