THE FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915.
CARE OF GOOD CLOTHES.
The Finer th. Stuff the Mar Watoh-
ful On Should Be.
It Is a very common mistake to be
lieve that good materials, whether of
cotton, silk or wool, need less care than
cbeap ones. Bow often does one com
plain of the lack of wearing quality In
garment for which a big price has
been paid. Yet, most frequently, what
has worn out the fabric has not been
actual use, but the neglect It has suf
fered.
One of the principal differences be
tween good and cheap materials Is that
the better grades are finer spun. This
may mean that the fabric Is stronger
and, in proportion to the uses to which
it Is put, may wear longer, but it also
means that each tiny thread by itself Is
weaker and more apt to Injury. Any
thing which may attack the threads
-one by one, therefore, does more harm
with fine goods than with coarse.
No matter how careful one may try
to be, clothes that one wears gradually
get a trifle of the grease from the per
spiration of the body. In spite of con
stant watching clothes will become
dusty. This combination of dust and
body moisture forms a regular breeding
ground for tiny little vegetable growths.
These are so small that It takes the
most powerful microscope even to see
them.
In themselves these bacteria do but
little harm, but many of them set free
an acid which eats Into the fiber of the
material. If the individual fiber Is
coarse the deposit of the acid upon It
Is not enough to eat all the way
through, but if It Is sheer or woven of
fine threads one by one the threads are
aten through and the texture weakened.
Good clothing. Instead of being kept
hut away in boxes and drawers, should
be constantly aired and shaken. The
finer the material the more often should
It be looked after. A coarse piece of
goods will wear out by using, a fine
piece by being laid away. New York
American.
MILITARY STRATEGY.
Retreating Through a City I Dleas
troue to an Army,
If yon suffer defeat In . front of a
great town and have to retreat through
It under the blows of the victorious
enemy you are In the worst possible
position for conducting that retreat,
The streets of the town (but few of
which will run parallel to your course
and can, therefore, serve as avenues
of escape for your army) are so many
defiles in which your columns will get
hopelessly congested. The operation
may be compared to the pouring of
too much liquid Into a funnel which
has too small an orifice. Masses of
your transport will remain clogged out
side the place. You will run the risk
of a partial and perhaps of a complete
disaster as the enemy presses on.
There is very much more than this.
A great town cannot but contain, if
you have long occupied it the material
of your organization. You will proba
bly abandon documents which the
enemy should not see. You will cer
tainly, in the pressure of such a flight
lose accumulated stores. Again, the
transverse streets are so many points
of "leakage" into which your congest
ed columns will bulge out and get con
fused. Again, you will be almost nec
essarily dealing with the complications
of a mass of civilian conditions" which
should never be allowed to Interrupt a
military operation.
In general, to fight in front of a
great town when the chances are
against you is as great an error as to
fight in front of a marsh with few
causeways. So far as mere topogra
phy Is concerned, it is a greater error
still. From "The Elements of the
Great War," by Bllalre Belloc -
8vill Nights..
In all the principal places and gar
dens of Seville moving picture screens
are erected and small tables and chairs
set out the exhibitors either making
their profits from the drinks sold or by
rental of chairs at 2 cents each. Thou
sands of people go nightly to the dif
ferent plazas and gardens, and the en
tire life of the city for about four
months centers around these moving
picture shows. Commerce Reports,
Lakag In 8team Pipes.
To make a permanent cement for
stopping leakage In steam pipes where
caulking or plugging is Impossible, mix
black oxide of manganese and raw
Unseed oil. using enough oil with the
manganese to bring it to a thick paste.
Apply to the pipe or joint at leak. If
the pipe be kept sufficiently warm to
absorb the oil from the manganese,
in twenty-four hours the cement will
be as hard as the iron pipe.
COALING WARSHIPS AT SEA.
Sixty Tons of Fuel an Hour Whirled
From Veseel to Veeeel. , . :
How the British vessels of war are
coaled while sailing through heavy
seas at a rate of twelve miles an hour
without hindering their activities In
any way Is told in the Manchester
Guardian:
A collier packed to the batches with
coal gets Into touch by wireless with
a battleship whose bunkers need to be
replenished. On sighting the vessel
the supply ship maneuvers until it Is
within 400 feet of the battleship. The
collier then dispatches a small boat
that carries two cables. One end of
each Is attached to the masthead of
the supply vessel. The lines pay out
as the boat advances, and when' it
reaches the warship the sailors fasten
the cables to the stern of the ship on
the port and starboard sides.
The two ships, therefore, travel in a
straight line fastened together, while
from the mast of the collier to the
deck of the warship stretches a trans
port cable for carrying coal bags.
Sacks of coal that weigh a ton are
hoisted from the foot of the collier's
mast to a platform at its head, below
which there is a net to protect deck
bands from falling pieces of coal. By
means of wheels that run on the cable
automatic winches force the load along
the sloping transport line at a rate of
3,000 feet a minute. On reaching the
deck of the battleship the load is au
tomatically released, and the trans
porter starts on Its return Journey,
By means of this apparatus sixty
tons of coal can be carried every hour
across the gap of water tuat separates
the supply ship from the battleship.
The great advantage Is that both
vessels can move at the rate of
twelve knots an hour while the coaling
goes on. . i;
CURIOUS PENALTIES.
8om That War Inflioted In th Early
Day In New York.
When New York, oc as it was then
called. New Amsterdam, was under
Dutch rule, some peculiar penalties
were enacted. In 1612 a defendant in
an action for slander was sentenced
"to throw something In the box for
the poor." In 1014 Thomas Cornel,
soldier, was tried for desertion and
sentenced "to be conveyed to the place
of execution, and there fastened to a
stake and a ball fired over his bead, as
an example to other evildoers."
In 1647 Jonas Jonassen, a soldier, for
robbing hen roosts and killing a pig
was ordered "to ride a wooden horse
three days, from 2 p. m. to the con
clusion of the parade, with a fifty
pound weight tied to each foot" In
1648 an Englishman found guilty of a
grave offense was pardoned on con
dition that be saw firewood for one
year for the West India company.
In the time of the commonwealth, In
England, drunkards at Newcasfle-on-
Tyne were sentenced to carry about a
tub, with holes In the sides for the
arms to pass through. In 17S4, in Scot
land, David Leyes. for striking his
father, was compelled to appear before
the congregation at church; "balrbeddlt
and balrfuttit" wltb a paper above his
head Inscribed with large letters, "Be
hold the onnaturall son, punished for
putting hand on his father, and dis
honoring God in him." Exchange.
H'S HARD TASIC -It
Wearied Him, and Yet We All Fao
th 6am Probleme.
A friend once asked an aged man
what caused him to complain so often
at eventide of pain .and weariness.
"Alas," replied he, "I have every day
so much to do. I have two falcons to
tame, two hares to keep from running
away, two hawks to manage, a ser
pent to confine, a lion to chain and a
sick man to tend and wait upon."
"Well, well," commented his friend,
"you are busy indeed! But I didn't
know that you had anything to do
with a menagerie. How, then, do yon
make that out?"
"Why," continued the old man, "lis
ten. Two falcons are my eyes, which
I must guard diligently; the two hares
are my feet which I must keep from
walking In the ways of sin; the two
hawks are my hands, which- I most
train to work that I may provide for
myself and those dependent on me as
well as for a needy friend occasionally;
the serpent Is my tongue, which I must
keep ever bridled lest it speak un
seemly; the Hon Is my heart with
which 1 have a continual tight lest
evil things come out of it and the sick
roan is my whole body, which Is al
ways needing my watchfulness and
care. All this dally wears out my
strength:"
CAPTURING A GIRAFFE.
Backing Him Out.
Sir Herbert Tree's wit Is well known
among bis friends, and they tell some
very good stories aoout his funny re
marks at rehearsals.
Once during the rehearsal of a cer
tain play Sir Herbert asked a very
young and by no means brilliant ac
tor who fancied himself greatly to
step back a little." The actor did so.
and Tree went on rehearsing. A little
later the famous manager repeated bis
request and the youth obeyed again..
Shortly afterward Tree once more
asked blm to "step a little farther
back." .
But If I do." complained the youth
ful one ruefully, "I shall be complete
ly off the stage."
Yes," answered Tree quietly, "that's
right."' London Globe.
Th Happy Mean.
"Why does Miss Oldgirl wear such
exceedingly youthful costumes? She
doesn't expect does she. any one will
believe her as young as all that?"
"On, no. but she hopes the observer
will strike an average between her age
and that of her apparel-" Richmond
Times-Dispatch,
Ribbon of th Gartar.
The dark blue ribbon now worn by
the Knights of the Garter was chang
ed to Its present shade from one much
lighter In tone in the year 1622. The
pictures of Charles L by Vandyke al
ways show the lighter shade. London
Mail
Quiet Tim.
Mrs. Kelly This neighborhood seems
.a bit noisy. Mrs. Flynn. Mrs. Flynn
lis. th' only tolme It's quiet here Is
whin tbe elevsted train goes by and
drowns to" noise Judge.
Golf In Scotland.
In ancient times, when Scotland al
ways bad work for her soldiers to do.
all young men were required to perfect
themselves in archery. They preferred
to play golf, and so serious a rival did
the game become that It was for a
time suppressed and made a capital
offense. That curious law never has
been repealed and may still be found
on the statute book. There seems to
be no record, however, of tbe law ever
having been enforced.
The Animal la Too Fragile to 8nar In
Trap or Pitfall.
Perhaps you have often wondered
about the scarcity of giraffes In pub
lic zoos. Tbe reason that only a very
few menageries can boast of this ex
hibit is on account of tbe difficulty in
capturing and transporting them.
The long legged and long necked ani
mal, keen of eye and nose and ear, can
see, smell and hear a hunter miles
away. Hunters cannot employ traps
and pitfalls against him. His fragile
legs would be crushed in a trap, and
both his legs and neck would be bro
ken in a pitfall
There 1b only one way to captnre a
giraffe alive. He must be surrounded
and chased until from sheer weariness
he staggers helpless Into a bamboo In
closure. Peril lies In shipping the giraffe for
bis voyage on the sea. The giraffe's
legs break very easily. If he slips the
fragile underpinnings double under
him and snap. In transferring the ani
mal from shore to ship his long, help
less neck may become tangled in the
tackle or strike a spar, mast or shroud.
In which event It's all over with Mr.
Giraffe. Chicago Herald.
Couldn't Leave.
They were late at the special sale
and found a crowd clear out to tbe
doors.
"Isn'lf It dreadful?" asked No. 1.
"Perfectly awful," replied No. 2.
"Think of cultivated, intelligent wom
en in such a Jam as that!'
"How can they endure It?'
"No woman of dignity would be
caught In such a mob, and I am going
right back home."
"So am I."
"Then come on. Hold on a minute.
though. What's that woman saying?"
Why, that she got three cakes of
regular ten cent soap for IS cents. Oh,
Susan, how can we go home?"
"We can't Take hold of my hand,
turn your shoulder to the crowd, and
we will push our way in there or die
in the attempt" Washington Herald.
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Temperature of th. Earth.
It has been generally beileved that
the temperature Increased at almost a
constant rate from the earth's surface
toward its center, but this supposition
appears to be Incorrect in the light of
recent experiments. In one mine tbe
average rate of Increase in tempera
ture, carried down to 8.000 feet was
one degree for each 250 feet of de
scent Various results have been ob
tained from measurements in other
places. No temperature variations
were shown between depths of 1,400
feet and 2,300 feet in tbe Kalgoorlle
mines in Australia. These and other
observations are considered as indi
cating that the Increase of tempera
tures wltb depth In the earth is not
governed by any general law.
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soothing to the skin, applied every
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AS SHOWN IN THE HEILIG THEATER, PORTLAND, ORE
GON, THIS WEEK
GRAND THEATER,
DALLAS
Wednesday. Oct. 13
Explanatory Talk on each
picture by Professor
Topken
SPECIAL MATINEE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND FARMERS
AT 3:45 IN THE AFTERNOON
OWING TO THE HIGH COST OF PRODUCTION IT IS ABSO
LUTELY NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE PRICE FOR THIS
PERFORMANCE TO
1
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MATINEE PRICES, SCHOOL CHILDREN, 15c ADULTS 26c
FOR SALE OK TRAD
Futil Aspiration.
"When I was a boy I thought I'd
rather be a great baseball player than
anything else In the world."
"Of course you have changed your
mind.
"Not exactly. I have merely realized
that there Is no hope." Washington
Star.
Why th Bad Ey. Escapes.
There Is do alibi for a bad eye. Still,
a lot of people never look as fclgb as
the eyes. They stop st the diamond In
the scarfpln. Irrtn 8. Cobb tn Satur
day Evening Post
Wie Distribution.
"Is Jinks a careful basinets man?"
"Very. He never .aks tb same
bank to discount his paper more thsa
twice to tbe sam week." Richmond
Times-Dtspatrh.
Cheerfulness Is like money well ex
pended in charity the more we dis
pense of at tbe greater oar possession.
Victor Hugo.
. No Royalties Called "Baby."
One noteworthy feature about royal
ties Is that none has been called
'baby." From their earliest years the
royal children are always called by
their names or possibly by some pet
name, but an English prince or prin
cess Is never called "baby" either by
relatives or by his or ber nurses. From
the age of five a prince Is styled "sir"
by bis attendants and a princess "mad
am." London Standard.
That's Different.
"I know her father does not like me.
Be wants me to go to work in bis fac
tory." "Well, why don't yon prove your
worth by going? Then there will be
wedding bells and a happy ending."
"I don't know about that! It's a
dynamite factory." Louisville Courier-Journal.
WELL IMPROVED 20 ACRES, 2
MILES FROM COTTAGE GROVE.
LEVEL ROAD TO TOWN, FINE
SPRING WATER PIPED INTO
HOUSE, CAN BE PIPED INTO
BARN; S ACRES BEARING ITAL
IAN PRUNES, FAMILY ORCHARD
IN BEARING. WILL SELL, TRADE
FOR RESIDENCE, OR LAND CLOS
ER TO WHERE I LIVE.
H. G. CAMPBELL
DALLAS, ORE.
Butter Wrappers!
Get them at The Observer
iQrinting...
THE KIND THAT SATISFIES
There's nothing too large, nor too small, for us to
tackle. Our facilities are unequalled In this sec
tion, while our workmen have that "touch" so nec
essary in the execution of "good work." ...
THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER
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Definition mi a Drop.
In th. new British pharmacopoeia a
"drop" Is defined as coming from a
tube of which tbe external diameter Is
exactly three millimeters, twenty such
drops of water st 15 ia"rees C being
equivalent to one milliliter or coble
centimeter.
Niciy Flavwad.
Newlywed (at dinner) This lettnc
la something fierce: Did yon waab It?
Mrs. Newlywed Of course I did: And
I sed perfumed snap tool Judge.
I CAN PROVE IT
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ATE IN PRICE WITH THE MAR
KET; BIT. NO MATTER WHAT
THE MARKET, OCR PRICE IS
THE LOWEST.
SHREWD BOTWQ AND A BIG
TRADE THE ANSWER.
TOCR PATRONAGE ON TRIAL
IS SOLICITED.
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ERNEST HANSON
Carpenter and Contractor, Wafl-pa-
perinf and Pain tine Cement
and Brick Work.
612 Orchard A vat Phone West Red 63
"Everything is Done
Electrically Now"
"Yes, boy, in rriy day we had long lines of overhead shafting
with flapping belts right at our elbows. We had to watch close
or get hurt. There were lots of accidents. Then too, every
time we wanted to change speed we had to throw a running
belt. There were only fhree or four speeds at that."
"You can't realize bow easy we have it here with these
G-E motors that will give you any speed you want by simply
turning a crank that can't go wrong."
G-E motors will help you avoid accidents and in
crease production. Ask
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