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BIG GUNJHARGES Handling Shells and Powder at a Naval Ammunition Base. SAFETY FIRST IS THE RULE. All Workmen on lona Island, Uncle Sam's Station In the Hudson River, Wear White Serge Suits and Moocasins, and Copper Tools Are Used. loua island, the United States naval ammunition buse in the Hudson river, covers lit) acres. Within its limits ure stored about 3,000,000 pounds of smokeless powder and over 1,000,000 pounds of black powder, besides man.v thousauds of shells. This war material Is kept iu large brick and stone powder magazines and shell bouses. The powder magazines all have four separate fireproof walls and are divided up into compartments in order to prevent u Ore or an explosion from reaching or destroying the entire contents. The loaded shells are kept separately from the empty projectiles and are stored in two Uxed ammunition magazines. Each shell is weighed and numbered before being put away. The weight is recorded in chalk on the shell. Magazine attendants inspect the shell nooses nnO powder mngnTAnoB mntiy times during the day and night At night each visit is recorded on the disk of the magnetic clock in the administration building. The temperature in the shell houses and powder magazines Is kept between 85 and tX) degrees. Just how many shells for the big battleships are stored away at Ioua island is a secret, but there are lots of them. They are expensive. Thus the fourteen inch shells, weighing 1,(300 pounds und requiring a charge of nearly 400 pounds of powder, cost about $GOO each. One of the principal activities at Iona island is the manipulation of wujoKeiess powuer ror cnarges tor tne large and small guns of the navy and of black powder for bursting charges for the shells. The powder filling houses are situated at widely separated points. They are small one story wooden structures, Isolated owing to the possibility of an explosion. The men working In them are required to wear white serge suits and moccasins; no metal or other articles ore allowed In their pockets which might In any way cause a spark. All the tools, funnels, measuring cups, scales and other appliances used are made of copper. Hero the delicate and somewhat dangerous business of weighing out the various smokeless powder charges Is carried on. The weighing has to be done very carefully. M-M ? ? J p. ?. . Q* VU UtlM the naval ordnance experts by tests determine the powder charges best adapted for the various guns, and at the annual target practice the results as to range and velocities of the various charges are recorded. Then slight changes In the composition of the powder lead to chunges In the weight of the charges. Each morning the day's supply of powder is brought from the mngnzlno to the filling houses In lead colored wooden boxes. These are zinc lined and air tight. The boxes of powder are emptied Into a long wooden trough and with a copper scoop the powder is dipped out, accurately weighed and tied up in quarter, half and full charges In bags of white muslin. These bays have several wide streamers for fastening them, and each is tagged with the date of filling and the amount of powder it contains. A small Ignition charge of quick burning black powder, to set off the smokeless, is stowed In the bottom of each bag. The bags are then placed tn large copper cans and returned to the magazines, where they are held 1n readiness to go aboard the ships. The big charges of 400 pounds for the fourteen Inch guns are arranged In four charges of 100 pounds each. The bags when piled on top of one another reach to the top of u man's head and present a formidable sight of bottled up destruction. One of the Important operations performed In the magazine bouses Is loading the projectiles with their bursting charge For the fourteen inch shells fifty pounds of black powder Is used and about thirty pounds for twelve Inch shells. To hold the shell steady and to get at the base of ihese huge steel missiles?some of them weighing 1,t>00 pounds?they are roped in n sling and hoisted clear of the floor by a pulley and chniu. The poiut Is then lowered a foot or so into a stout wooden frame with an opening a trifle larger than the shell. Then a# long nnrfn\V hn a la ?' >mv%i ?vu in iUO OUCII CHVliy and the measured amount of black powder Is poured through a funnel Into the shell. Some fifty of these huge projectiles can be loaded In a day. Several of the smaller filling houses are used to assemble the cartridge cuscs and the bursting charges of the three-inch rapid tire shells.?New York Bun. A Hardened Criminal. Mrs. Ootrox?You have shadowed my hnsband for two weeks. Did ho do anything wrong? Society DetectiveWrong. madam! He ate pens with a spoon, pie with a knife and drank coffee from the saucer. I will spare you further anguish by not mentioning his clothes.?Chicago News. Joy Is the ray of sunshine that brlehtens and opens those two beautiful flowers-Confidence and Hope.? K Sonvestre. THE BELL AT LLOYD'S. Tolls Whan a 8hip la Potted In the Chamber of Horrors. One of the most interesting of bells is the one at Lloyd's, the great London marine insurance exchange. Its ringing has more significance than the sound of most bells, for it is rung only when a vessel is reported lost or when a ship long overdue and considered lost unexpectedly reaches port. The hell now used at Lloyd's belong ed to the Lutine. which was wrecked near the Zuyder Zee in October. 1799. while taking specie from English merchants to Hamburg. There is a room at Lloyd's known as the chamber of horrors, and here are posted the telegrams that report casualties at sea. Unimportant accidents are not entered in the loss book, but the most serious are not only entered there, but are cried aloud by an official who stands in xronreous uniform beneath the sounding board. When after a week's disappearance it is feared Hint a vessel has gone down the owners make nn application to the committee at Lloyd's to have the ship posted. That is done by posting up a notice in the chamber of horrors which says, that the authorities arould be glad of information concerning the boat. A week elapses, and then a second notice is put up, saying that the boat has not since been heard of. When you read that a ship has been "posted" as missing you may know that declaration i* vipon the notice board at Lloyd's. On that day the insurance money is payable, and all who were upon her are legally considered dead. When a ship is posted the old Lutine bell is tolled once. In tbe very unusual event of a vessel arriving In port after being posted the bell is struck twice, and the caller makes his announcement from the rostrum amid a breathless silence.?Youtli's Companion. WOMAN IN HISTORY. Sh# Appear* to Have Got Herself on a Good Many Pages. Some advocntes of equal suffrage and feminine progress seem to think that woman has not been given her proper place and due credit in history. And vet. don't von knnw wo hnd not observed the historic discrimination against woman! On the contrary, the place of woman in history has looked pretty good to us. What about Joan of Arc? And Charlotte Corday? And Rebecca the Jewess? Anything namby pamby in them? Who said Martha Washington and Florence Nightingale? Then there are ?don't let everybody speak at once? Uutli and Rachel and Potlphar's wife not to mention Lot's. You bet Caudle bad no contempt foi Mrs. Caudle, nor Mantallni for tht madame. W* ? <> hnolr flfl patra and Aspasla except to remark that in their dny they cut a rather wide swath around Alexandria and Athens, and appear no small bunch of radishes on both the dramatic stage and the historic page. Moll Fltcher was a hum mer in American history and Sal Jen nlngs a loller in English history; Meg Merrllies was no slouch. Does Cath arine of Russia count for nothing, noi Maria Theresa of Austria, nor Eliza beth and Victoria of Rrltain, among feminine sovereigns? Gracious, here come trooping Lu al the door, their bright eyes shining and their rosy cheeks glowing, Jessie Rrown of Lucknow and Jennie Deane of Midlothian, anel Ethel Newcome and Lucy Fontain and Florence Dombey God bless their sweet souls, each and every one!?Louisville Courier JoumaL Protoct the House Wren. The rich, bubbling song of the house wren is one of the sweetest sounds ir country life. It behooves the farmer'j boy to provide wren boxes, the en trances to which are about an inct in diameter, nulling these in the ga hies of barns and outhouses and or chard trees. Grasshoppers, beetles viiicj|juiui?. uugs niiu spiuers are tnt bird's principal Itoras of food, but cut worms, weevils, ticks and plant lice are eaten in large quantities. Exaggerated Evils of Insomnia. Of the live minor exciting causes ol functional nerve disease insomnia b the chief, and its intrinsic evil effect li invariably exaggerated by the impor tance attached to it by the sufferei himself. If a man does not mind lying awake quite half the mischief is ot> viated. but In nervous people the Idea of fatigue doubles the actual exhaus tion.?SclioOeld's "Functional Nerv< Diseases." Ground Flat. An old couple from the country wen in town on a holiday, and on going along one of the streets they saw abov? one of the stair doors "James Simpson Ground Flat," when the old womac was heard to remark: "Sic a death. Surely he's been nin oor wi' a steam roller."?Loudon Mail. maKing aur?, "Bow shall 1 express my sentiment* townrd yon?" said the Infatuated you UK man tenderly. "On paper, please," said the lovely, bnt clear lighted, girl "Then there can be no chance of your wriggling out of it."?London Telegraph. Where They Differed. "I always try to look at everything from both sides." "Your wife tells a different story." "How's that?" "She says you haven't seen the Inside of a church for years."?Chicago Herald. t , FIREFLIES IN JAPAN. Catohlne Th?m For Doooratlvo Purpocea la Ragular Trad?. In Japnu there Is followed the pretty custom of employing In garden parties and In various other social functions ^ the native fireflies for purposes of dec- s"t oratlve illumination. In some cases E these tiny creatures are disposed about pi in cages; sometimes they are released hi In swarms in the presence of guests. a1 To meet the deuiund for fireflies thus ? used it follows that there must be some 01 systematic method of effecting their capture in sufficient quantities. There e< are a number of concerns in the Jnpa- h; uese cities that employ men to cutch 9' the fireflies. These hunters proceed J1 about their task in this way: ?J The sturt is made ut sunset, and the ( hunter takes with him a long bamboo 1 pole and a bag of mosquito netting. When u suitable growth of willows near water is reached the hunter makes n ready his net and strikes the branches, ^ filled with the insects, with his pole. j-( This jars them to the ground, where tliey may easily be gathered if one 55 proceed about the Job quickly before b they have had time to recover und tly o away. b The skilled hunter, sparing no time m to put tliem at once into his bag, uses b both hands to pick them up, and he 0 tosses them lightly into his upron, v where he holds them unharmed until * it can contain no more. Then he trans- n fers them to his bag. This work proceeds until ubout 2 r o'clock in the morning, at which hour (j | the insects are beginning to leave the ' trees for the dewy soil. Then the ^ hunter changes his tactics. He brushes ? the surface of the ground with a light vs broom to startle the Insects into flight, sj when they are taken as before. It is v said that an expert may capture as s< many as 3,000 in a single night.?Wash v ington Star. T ii STICKY FEET OF THE FLY. J t< Why tho Germ Laden Pest Constantly si Robe and Brushes Them. w Before the men of science terrified c the world with their talk of germs ti most people thought that the housefly d was a harmless creature and very e cleanly in his habits, since he seemed n to spend a great part of his time in " cleaning his legs, but sluco public opiu- 1 ion has turned against him some explanntion has to be found for his ap parent cleanliness. Says the Bibliothek <ler Unterhnltung und des Wissens: n "The fact that a tly can walk on n r glazed or slippery perpendicular sur- 1 n 1 face has long been a matter of obser- f; vation. It was at tirst thought that I; the fine hairs that cover his legs were d so small that they could enter the a pores of the smoothest surface and in t that way bear the weight of his body. ,. Later it was thought that a sticky j; tluid was secreted by the feet, which b caused them to adhere slightly to the a ran. Tin- ajrcat of the microscope has made it possible to observe the j, 1 precise facts nbnut the fly's uuusuul g powers. v 1 "It is true thnt the fly's feet secrete / i a kind of grease, but not in a liquid form. Each leg has from 1,000 to 2,000 ? minute hairs, and each hair carries a ' certain amount of this fat When the fly lights on a smooth surface the * whole mass of hairs adheres to it, and 'r each individual hair can be seen under ? ' the microscope to leave a distinct t grease spot which has a little clrcuJ lar mark in its center made by the hair itself. I ^ "With such sticky feet it is naturally , (j j the case that the fly collects a gooti j", deal of dust in the course of his daily ^ j perambulations. If he wishes to walk 0 on glass or upside down on the ceil- r ing he must spend a few hours every o day keeping his feet clean of this coat- i ^ ing of dirt" i Spoiled His Chance. , 1 ' "Whv don't Voll nninnun to thnt trirl'i I You like her, nnd I'm sure she would 1 bnve you." ? "All true, but there is an Insuperable obstacle between us." "All family or religious objections * can be overcome." "Nothing like that. 1 got a little too ' gay when 1 first met her and told her i I was getting $50 a week whereas 1 1 am getting ouly $25."?Louisville Cour- c ler-JournaL. I Mozart's Delusion. I i During the last months of his life * Mozart imagined a man stood always r by him to compel him to compose his f own requiem. Mozart played his harp- s sichord when three years of age, at i the age of five composed concertos and q at six made a concert tour in Viennn. ^ 5 Kxtremely nervous, the musician was n so weak that at times he would faint C without any apparent causa?New York Telegram. J C Better Than That. * "Girls ought to be taught how to 11 1 Kt 11 till fl nil tllllfl thnmomlnnn * ? ? ? " ..W.u MivmoviTVO. A ouppusu, y 1 Mrs. Co 111 e up, you want your daugh- ^ ter to have a good carriage?" a 1 "Indeed, she don't need none. We -j can afford to buy her an automobile now."?Baltimore American. li ! Easily Remedied. d Creditor?Still no money? Look here, P I'm mighty tired of this everlasting n ' waiting. Debtor?TiredV John, fetch | a chair for the gentleman.?Fliegende ' Blatter. ' They Brush the Clouds. Mr. Foggy London?What causes the ; delightfully clear weather you have in J New York? Mr. Man Ilattan?Skyscrapers, dear boy.?Life. I n * Labor relieves us from three great 1 j| 1 evils?ennui, vice and want?French j f( Proverb. I C 1 1 i\ I j s . w EMIGRATION A FEATURE OF THE EUROPEAN WAR roblem For Smith?South Carolini Senator as Committee Chairman Must Wrestle with Subject. Washington, Aug. 23.?Undoubted' the most important lasting feature, > far as "the Aemerican side of the uropean war is concerned, after the resent agitation over cotton and the igh price of foodstuffs has passed way, is the question of immigration -what to do with the thousands upi thousands of immigrants who will 0 knocking a1. th? doors of the Unit 1 States for admission after they ave been mustered out of the armies f their respective countries. And ist here it will be upon the shoulders F Senator E. D. Smith of South Carlina, chairman of the senate commit;e on immigration, that will rest the 'elfare of th-j I H iring man i i 'the fnited States?the man in the cotton till, the iron furnace, the railroad imp, the clothing factory?in fact rherever the laboring man is to be sund. It is no small task that Senator mith will face. It must be rememered that there are many thousands f men in foreign countries who will e ruined by the war. Many of these rill have whatever business they may e engaged in entirely wrecked and thers, mustered out of their armies, rill turn to the western world as the Sldorado?the land of peace, harlony and plenty. When Commissioner Caminetti of he United States immigration bueau was asked today to make an esimate on the number of men who rould likely seek immigration to the Jnit<Sd States within the next 12 ( lonths, he said that such a thing rould be impossible, but that it might afely be assumed that within the ery near future this country would ee the largest tide of immigration .hich the world has ever known here will be thousands of them comly this way he said, seekinp employlent of one kind and another, in the lills and workshops, and it will be up 3 congress to handle the situation in uch a way that no hardship will be rorked on good men who wish to ome to America, and at the same ime see to it that American labor oes not suffer. A big influx of forigners here, he said, would naturally lean low prices for American worklen, and it is to be hoped that the nmigration committees of the house nd senate will take care of the situation, it being a most precarious one ar American, labor. It will thus be seen that during the ext year or two if Senator Smith is eturned to congress there will be luch for him to do, not only for the armers but for every class of labor, n fact, the very life blood of labor epends upon congressional action, nd with Senator Smith holding the hairmanship of the committee al^ady referred to, the interests of the ^boring man will be safe. Should he e retired and another man placed t the head of this committee?a new nan? there is no telling what may lappen and to what extent immirrants will be admitted to the United States, thus reducincr the Drice of American labor as the result. itate of South Carolina?County of Union?Court of Probate. By Hon. W. W. Johnson, Judge of 'robate. Whereas, J A. Wilburn has made uit to me to grant him Letters of administration on the estate and efects of Giles West, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and adnonish all and singular the kindred ;nd creditors of the said Giles West leceased, that they be and appear cfore me, in the Court of Probate, o be held at Union, C. H., Soutn Carilina, on the 5th day of September, icxt, after publication hereof, at 11 'clock in the forenoon to show cause, f any they have, why the said adminstration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of August, A. D., 1914. W. W. Johnson, Probate Judge. Published on the 21st day of August, 1914, in The Union Times. 32 2 There's nothing so gloriously unertain as a sure thing^ Only On? "BROMO QUININE" 'o get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA:iVK BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of I.W. GROVE. Curea a Cold in One Day. Stopa ougb and headache, and worka off -^old. 25c. Wnl/n ?in irAiif* litrni* A lo7lf lit/at* tt anc up juui ?*?vi ^ *??j IITV1 rings on the worst of diseases. Take ^IV-ER-LAX now. Glymph's Pharnacy... . The man who pets ftlfc THUHfc 0? eldom gets the best of it. LIV-ER-LAX tones up the system. Stimulates the liver to work in harnony with the other organs. Guar,nteed to give satisfaction. Jlymph's pharmacy. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 17.?L. N. Sase and Mr. Davenport, piano dealrs living at Spartanburg, S. C., were nstantly killed at 12:30 o'clock this fternoon at a grade crossing at tings Mountain, 30 miles south of Charlotte, when their automobile was truck by a Southern passenger train, 'he bodies were horribly mangled. LIV-ER-LAX is guaranteed to reieve troubles resulting from a disorered liver. Pleasant to take and erfectly harmless. Glymph's Pharnacy. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Vour druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in d to 14 days. The first anplication gives ESSS and Rest. 60c. No. Six-Sixty-Six Thia is a prescription prepared especially >r MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. rive or six doses will break any case, and f taken then as a tonic the Fever will qot sturn. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c Phone your wants to-da Shop By Telephone. It's Convenient, Quick and Satisfactory You# telephone order will receive as careful attention as if you come yourself, whether it's a dozen eggs, pound of cheese or a package of soda. Here's a List of Today's Telephone SPECIALS Fresh by express today: Stone's Wrapped Cakes. Better than you can makeCheaper than you can bake Six varieties 10 cents each. SANDERS BROS. PHONE 237. Welch's The National Drir | here. Buy the Case Telephone 01 . 50c per Month i " / If there is no tele] (arm write for our telling how you ma> small cost A ddretf FARMERS' LINE DI SOUTHERN BELL TELI AND TELEGRAPH C01 S. PRYOR STREET AT SPECIAL 10 DAY TICKETS _ TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH _ And Return Via U. & G. S. and S. A. L Railway. The Union & Glenn Springs R. R. Co. announce that beginning June 4th . offi up to and including Sept. 10th, they drv will have on sale a special ten day ticket from Union to Wilmington, N. C. or Wrightsville Beach at the very low rate of $7.50 for the round trip. This ticket on sale on Thursdays of each week, with final limit returning to reach original starting point before midnight of second Monday fol- a lowing day of sale. Passengers wish- " ing to may have limit extended until Oct 31st, 1914, upon payment of dif- oU < ference between price paid and the regular Summer Excursion fare to pai] JBLuglUflYiUe, this extension feature to be arranged with AgfiOt*. AV. S. A. L. Ry. at Wilmington. For further information, Schedules, etc., tf phone 182. C. L. McEachern Agent. ?? Some genius may yet be able to SI make breakfast food of wild oats. I ^ A woman seldom nags her husband unless he is that kind of husband. laf* Two women can get along well to- I . gether if they hate the same people. How To GIvo Quinine To Children. FKBRIMNK in the trade-mark name riven to an AI Improved Quinine. It ia a Tasteless Syrup, pleas- I -I ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. W, Children take it and never know it ia Quiniae. /C Also especially adapted to adults who cannot Al.ii take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor 1^^* cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try fit , it the next time you need Quinine for any pur- I / pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The I ? name F1?BK1I.IN1{ is blown in bottle. 25 cents. A Some things come to those who wait, hut especially if they are not vaccinated. Be|P ? ? Ten Whenever You Need a General Tonic day. Take Grove's and The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless tf chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE ^ snd IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives one's out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents, the t v ^ ? - !S i Farms i and Up phone on your free booklet ' - , tr r get service at APARTMENT UPHONE mpany yy LANTA, GA. r. Virgil R. Hawkins DENTIST ICE OVER MUTUAL | Q p GOODS COMPANY UIHUII, O. SPECIAL NOTICE ill goods not called for in days will be sold for rers. Newell Smith Auto Co. Union, S. C.1 * 1 ?Nl^FO^FRE^CatTlog-Circ3i!^^ tshion Plate No. 1, copyrighted, I I the Famous 90 Day* Treatment and I McKISSICK'S METHOD fl ranting iha Scalp, Hair and Skin with No. I 1, 2 & 3 Preparation* S W. T. McKISSICK Sl CO- I P. O. Boa 102. Wilmington, PaL M ^CHESTER S PILLS cs. TUB DIAMOND BRAND. A lu\ Lad I est A*k your Dmulat for QkStt OLI-rhea-ler ? Diamond nra?a/A\ Pill* la Red *ad field mrt?llic\V/ bom, tealrd with Blue Ribbon. W Jf DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for S? jQ ytxtt known** Best, S*fe?t./lw*f? RclUt'le ^ -r SOLD BY DRUGGIST5. EVERYWHERE , m <* Fishing, Boating, Bathing. end ten days at Wrightsville h, the best beach in the South. Hflv tii<1(Afa nn pala aoph Thnr.. r 1^.50 round trip via U. & G. S. S. A. L. Phone 182. C. L. McEachem, Agent. nong the poor ways of making mark in the wotld is fainting own red. " , ; -