Dayton tribune., August 27, 1925, Image 8

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Fort Kdg«cumb la one of eight old
fort, purchaxed from the United State,
government by the atat« of Maine. The
hUtorleal and aenthuental value of
their ruined blockhouse, and grana
grown rampart, cannot be overeatt-
tuated
Particularly la thia true of
old Fort Bdgecomb, on the Damnr-
aalcotta river, lu southern Lincoln
county, Maine, aaya the Dearborn In
dependent.
Move, Davi, deeded the alte of the
fort to the United State, government
June IS, 180H
Here a fort waa built
for the protection of the Maine coaat.
Here were built extensive earthworks
and a tuagaUne of brick and atone. Th«
Edgecomb blockhouse la a heavy,
squ«re-tltiiberv«l structure of two
stories, with a basement. The flrat
story, 27 feet wide, la pierced for mu,
ketry, commanding all approach««.
Octagonal In shape, it «till stand*,
showing the visitors the method, of
construction of that day, the thick­
ness of the walla, the wooden peg '
construction, the els« of the hinges
bolted to the massive doors and the
loopholes. The second story Is 30
feet wide, 12-foot posted and pierced -
with heavy portholes like the gun deck
of a man-of-war, having an overhang
of about two feet, the whole being ;
surmounted with a wooden tower, over- [
look or watch box, with an extensive
view of the river, harbor and surround­
ing country.
Hams Are Tokens of
Friendship in China
Heavy M vitality Due
| form Rom In dura
TIME TABLE
to Little Insects
Thu Henson (or the fall planting
The famous scientist, Prof. A. 11 »1 vegetable« tor fall, winter, and
KRactiv« Sept. 7.
Walluee, was once Naked what wat spring tn«rkeling in weatvrn Ore
Tiain« will «rriv« uh follow» .
the most dHiigeroua beaat be had eu
To i'ortluml
g<>n
i«
the
fourth
regular
planting
cvuntried lu the course of his tropical
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travels.
Though be bad roamed tims listed by the experiment «ta-
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through the Iinuma of the jaguar, th« tion. I'he first is for planting the
No. :t»s
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peccary and the giant anaconda, lie de «red of early hardy vegetable«,
No. ,V.’J
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clured that he waa moat afraid of th«
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wild bee. Kipling haa a story about the st folld for lender Vegetable«
the terror of the wild bee, when It la after the disappearance of frost,
Frían I’orll iml
numbered by countless lulllloua, which and the third of vegetabha in Into
Nu. 361
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give» a graphic picture of what that
auuimar
(or
(all
and
winter
use.
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367
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danger cau menu.
No. 36U
2:10 p. M
In 1st« cabbage poMlcction Ilie
There are certain species of ants,
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No. 363
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both lu Africa aud South America, lie seed «tram, soil
fertdilv, good
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366
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fore the march of which nothing cau
live. The fiercest aud atrungest aud moisture holding capacity of «oil, Special, Sunday only 8:05 p m,
must agile beusts must give way to and protection Irom injurious in-
them.
secta ar« listed by the ugperitn- nt
Though many thousands of deutha «tali >n as (actors determining lie
are attributed to auake bites lu In
dla every year, thia mortality la slight quality «nd profits of the crop
compared with the toll taken of liumau
Clean nursery st.’ck is the Grat
life by malarial mosquitoes lu various
recoiutneiidation
<>( the t xj • runt nt
parts of the world. Hud the neighbor
hood of the Panama canal been Infest station (or prevention or i<>ntr«l • ( I
ed with lions or tigers, the work would aysteiuic diseases id Lratuble» n
Eafctee' lyaircutting
have gone on merrily, but the uwful Oregon—mosaic,
leal curl, «ml
mortality caused by these tiny insert»
|Agencv for Newberg Lniindri
These di-eusie
defeated Its first builder». South Africa bramble streak.
haa suffered from locust» u thousand are Carried from diseu«ed pin tits
time« more than It ever suffered by in Ilie tips and transplant« taken
reason of all the wild beasts within
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A vigorous youvg ijue* n is the
big
factor in preventing premature
Message of Centuries
INSURANCE
swarms
as viewed by O A. C l»ee
Long Past Discovered
specialists.
Colonies
headed
by
Fire, Theft, Embezzlement, and
The British museum bus come into
possession of u group of ancient munu an old queen are likely to super­ Life. We cure for your every need.
Scripts which Include two of the oldest sede her, in tbe process of winch
pieces of paper known to exist on the
they often swarm.
earth. These letters are supposed tu
have been indited 1.1KJU year» ugo uud
To g»t cows or. feed test to eat a
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were found by Sir M. Aurel Stein In (oil ration of sunflower silage re­ Dayton.
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in exceptionally
HerizontaL
1—Drugs
f—Bvanly
11—Ftaek
14—I m a speedy Manner
16—Fressus
IT—I tall sm monetary unit
IS—Ported of time
IS—Commercial announcement
(abbr.)
X>—Printer's measures
13—Able to bo mlsplaeed
16—Part of foot
M—Skinny
Mi—Tears (poetic)
St—Crumbly deposit, chiefly clay and
calcium carbonate« used aa
fertiliser
>6—Lawful
12—Attempt
tt—Bill of faro
14— ('on junction
IS—Child
•T—Brilliantly uniformed European
cavalryman
IS—Employed
M— Injured
40—Divided
44— Small mound of earth
45— Middle-western state (abbr.)
4T—Adjective describing a bear In­
habiting arctie regions
41 Aged
SO—Mslo duck
11— One of Adam's sons
65— Affection
of
the
larynx
or
trachea« marked by a sharp,
dinging cough
55—Please
M— flame as S6 horlsontal
ST—Model
SO— New Zealand parrot
60— You and I
SI—Rotating or sliding piece, as on
a wheel, for moving, or re­
ceiving motion from, a roller,
pin
or
the
like,
moving
against Its edge
•2—Corner
•4— Note of musical scale
•5—Truata
ST—First two syllables of a town
in Ratavla, Germany
11—( alls for help or advice
TO— Pieces of music In slow time
Vertical.
1—Shakespearean character
2—Exists
8—Shoemaker’s tool
4—End
5— Mistake
6—Broken (simplified ap.)
T—Ex cla motion
5—Compnnction
0—To press
IO— Part of verb “to be”
11—Suffix forming adjectives and
adverbs
12—Singer
16—Arabian chieftnln (var, ap.)
10—The great artery carrying blo< 4
to all the body except lungs
21—Droop
23—Airship (coll.)
24— Purchase
25—Sailors
27—Regular
29—Overcomes
31—The one defeated
33—lien led
36—To spread, ns new-mown bay
37—Small cottage
40— Flexible knife for spreading
paint, etc.
41—Tramps
42—Toward the quarter to which
the wind blows (naut.)
43—Stain
45—Heavens
46—Arrests
4S—Fragment left from a meal
(arch.)
49— Spanish governess
51—Diving sea bird
53—Dromedary
54—Haughty
57—Father
M—Girl's name
61—College In Iowa
63—Small barrel
65—I nit of power
68— Third note of musical scale
Solution will appear In next Issue.
Keep Smiling
There is something buoyant and <
cheery and breezy about any per­
son who can live above his sur­
roundings—thut Is, can find some- *
thing to cheer in every state, and who
prefers to ponder on the brightness
of the sun rather than dlaaovtir the I
spots in it.
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If you would sing and whist lie and
laugh more, heartaches would be few- !
er. Laughter is a contagious thing. I
It calls forth a similar response, j
People feel the tingle of life, nnd ex- I
perlence Its thrills as they laugh*. And '
there is such a lot in life to smile
over.—Exchange.
Father Was a Christian
The primary teacher had. taken
great pains to explain the di Minr'tlon
between surnames and (¿hrlstlan (
names, after which she called on the
children to give examples of each ।
kind from their own names and those
of other members of their families.
When Jennie was asked to bell in
one statement the surname and the
Christian name of her father, she re­
sponded, after a little hesitation, ’‘My
father’s surname is Johnson. His
Christian name is Methodists"—Brook­
lyn Eagle.
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BARBER SHOP
The Chinese have tuauy bam dishes
of their own—fried, smoked, steamed ,
and boiled. On such occasions as wed­
dings. birthday, of Important persona,
the birth of a first sou, spring and au­
tumn festivals and, most of all, at Chi­ the ruin» of military stations along
nese New Year, the Chinese send gifts the ancient wall dividing the Chinee« quired a 10-day transition period
to each other much like westerners, empire from Turkestan. The two for the 0, A. C station herd.
but more lavishly, the North China scraps of paper In question are tat­ Only two cows ot one lot on test
Herald says.
tered fnigtuents, one about u» big us
If a ham is the first present in th« a street car ticket, the other twice u» 'leaned up the sundower silage a«
' parcel, the recipient feels that an big. Parts of two sentences of Chine«* ravenously as they ate corn* or
appropriate display of friendship has characters are legible on one—“ . . . vetch and oat silage.
been made and appreciates It accord­ making a profound salutation (kow
ingly.
tow) says . . ." and " . . . QUALITY AMI AMOUNT OK FHUIT AK-
Various factors contribute to the hoping thut Mr. Hsieh Yung aau may
FBrTKD UY Pl* KINO
reputation of Chekiang hams.
One under all circumstances enjoy good
Both quality and amount of
Is that hogs and pigs thrive well in health . . .” On the secund frag
that province, which Is believed to ment are the words " ... as soon fruit are affected bv the time and
affect the flavor of the meat. Any­ as the foot soldiers arrived, be sent manner if harvesting. Fruit loses
way, they are famed throughout the . . .” The other pieces were found
country. Another Is that the hog food In different parts of China. One ot weight when taken from the tree,
available favors the production of red these, thought to be 1,5<X) years old, and this loss in storage rimy be uh
flesh.
seems to have been written by a wife great as 15 j>er cent.
The two
The prosperity enjoyed by the complaining of the shortcoming« of het
Cheklanese makes It possible for husbund who, she says, has ruined a factors that caU'e this loss, us re­
nearly every farming family to raise bright career by bis debauchery.
ported by the Oregon experiment
a couple of pigs every season. Pub­
station, are loss of moisture und
lic opinion, as a matter of fact. Is
decomposition.
against those who do not keep pigs,
Raining Fish and Frogs
regarding them as shiftless indeed.
A gentleman visiting In tbe East
L ohr through decompoHition o(
some years ago tells a remarkubl* winter apples rightly stored is
story of a rainfall of grown frogs, tud |
Huge Public Barometer
very small, so the main loss is
One of the largest public barometers poles aud fish of all sort. Including
from
evaporation. This is govern-
varieties
hitherto
unknown
In
that
i
in existence is to be found on the
humidity, aeration,
tower of the German museum at Mu- i neighborhood. He says: “One, more ed by (he
j nlch. This particular barometer Is ■ lively than the rest, drew my atten 1 temperature, time of picking, con­
also said to be the only one of its , tlon and 1 picked It up, only to re !
f kind in existence. It shows the weath- । iinqulsh It Immediately, as I expert-' dition of the «kina and kind und
er conditions for the city of Munich enced what felt like an electric shock variety of fruit.
I very accurately. The figures on the Naturally, we discussed Ilie matter. |
Lick of moisture in the air is
: dial show the height of the mercury , My explanation of this phenomenon
J in centimeters; 71 is the average; was that the fish and frogs had been the leading cause of heavy evap­
height of Munich, so that a swing to drawn up by ’whirlwinds,’ which drew oration.
Willi humidity at 85 to
the right of this figure Inaictites fair tlielr contents from the open sea and '.Ml |>er cent, I oah of weight in win­
from
the
tracts
of
fresh
water
at
th*
weather, to the left bad times ahead.
The hand on the tower Is connected mouths of the Ganges and Brahmapu ter upples was practically nothing
electrically to an ordinary sprring bar- I tru. The terrific force of the uppei >ver a period of seven months. If
ometer, which Is located elsewhere In currents of air had swept the llvln, »iithered in low humidity the fruit
the building and whose slightest move- * freight through the skies and deposited
ment is automatically followed by the it, with equal precipitancy, in the heart •nay lose considerable weight in
tower hand. The dial Is nw>re than ' of the jungle. The odd thing abou' the orchard or packing house.
18 feet In diameter and th-e gilded ' the matter was that the frogs and Bartlett pears lost four p< r cent
hand weighs nearly a hundred pounds. fish were alive."
when left four days under the trei»
—Family Herald.
Discovery of Etching
A Bohemian glass cutter was work­
ing one day, when a few drops of
nitric acid fell upon his spectacles.
When he picked them up he was as­
tonished to find that the add hnd
corroded and softened all Che glass
with which it had come in contact.
He drew figures on a sheet of glass '
with a kind of varnish and then paint- '
ed round the outline with acid. As '
soon as the latter had bad time to '
act he cut away the glass round the
outline. When the varnish was wiped .
off his drawing appeart-d raised
against a dark background. This 1»
how etching and the process of deco­
rating glass was discovered.
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Having installed a Landi« Stitcher
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Funny Farewells
Much of the loss can be prevent) d
Whatever dallying may have pre
ceded it, the actual parting of a Briton ' by covering tbe boxes with wet
and his sweetheart is usually sealed canvas.
with a kiss. To us this seems the nal-
1 he heavy moisture loan wilts
ural thing to do, but other nations
the fruit und damage? its iqipear-
have different Ideas.
The Turkish lover bows low, his ance. No indication was found
hands crossed reverently on his breast. that this wilted fruit goes d< wn
This is a dignified farewell compared
Guarantee Fund Life
with that of the amorous Japanese, more rapidly, or loses texlure and
who. on leaving his sweetheart, re­ juicinesa. It eeem« to be Hlightl>
Association
moves a slipper and brandishes It in more resistant to decay.
the air! Lovers in New Guinea have
Omaha, Nt braska
Loss of weight of pears evidently
the pleasing hnhlt on parting of ex­
C. 8 LEWIS, A m nt
changing slubs of chocolate, while the was steady at about the «aine rate
lovesick man of the Philippine, isles
R. F. D. No. 2
Dayton, Oregcn
throughout the storage season.
vigorously rubs his sweetheart's cheeks
Phone 9x 10
before leaving her.
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Pure Protection
English Bird Sanctuary
Selsdon sanctuary for birds and
flowers which is being handed over to
the National Trust comprise» 120 acres
of beantiful woodland In the chalk
hills of Surrey. There are no fewer
than 73 diffi-reuf kinds uf birds In the
sanctuary. This district, which is but
12 miles from the metropolis, Is rapidly
developing, and the committee of the
Commons and Footpaths Preservation
society, who are the prime movers in
the scheme, recalled the prime min­
ister’s words emphasizing the need of
sanctuaries if any of the wild life of
the country Is to be preserved near to
the large and growing centers of pop­
ulation.—London Mall.
Entitled to Honor
Every Memorial day Mrs. Emma
Gooch goes out and puts a wreath on
the grave of the late Emil Gooch.
People got to noticing it aud some­
body asked Mrs. Gooch what war the
late Emil had fought In. "He never
fought in any war," the widow re­
plied. "Then why do you put a wreath
on his grave on Memorial day?”
"Wasn’t he my husband?'’ retorted
Mrs. Gooch, and went up and laid her
wreath on the grave of the “Heroic
Dead."— Detroit Saturday Night.
A retail merchant who does a
business of (¡100,000 in a town of
1,300 population must be claHHifhd
ns d success. Here’s some atraight
talk from such a merchant Fred To Serre 1 !u nm h Hy Heller
Anderson, of Coxard, Nebraska.
Day and Night Phone Blue 90
*’I have no sympathy for the
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merchant who sleeps between ud- McMinnville,
vertised blankets, or bed springs
that are nationally advertised,
sleeps in advertised pajamas, who
puts on advertised underwear,
shirts, garters, shoes and clothing
when he gets up in the morning,
who eats advertised cereals and
f tod-) for breakfast, wl.o r d s to
work in an advertised car, and,
who, when he gets to work, refuses
to adverti'e.
He < u <1 t to go
broke—and he prohably will. If I
were Io start in business again to-
doy I would invest five per cent of
my gross receipts in advert.s ng.
It pays.—Ex.
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