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Sardine Shortage Expected.
Shortage of sardines this spring is
expected to result from the severity
of the past winter. Storms and great
masses of floating ice have destroyed
hundreds of sardine weirs, according
to Henry S. Culver, United States con-
su! at New Brunswick, who says in a
commerce report that even the weirs
not wholly destroyed are so badly dam-
aged that it may not be possible to
use them this spring.
There will be practically no catch
of sardines this spring on the New
Brunswick coast. The weirs may not
be in condition for use until summer,
‘and the catch for the year will prob-
ably be smaller than in any recent
years. The past winter is said to have
been the most severe the New Bruns-
wick country has seen in 40 years.
Tibet Takes Up War Game.
Tibet is engaged in a looting expe-
dition, just as she has been for cep-
fturies. She has invaded Szechuan. a
border state of China. The only sig-
nificance this has during the present
world war, according to the Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin, is that some
thousand years before Solomon was
born, Tibet boasted of a high state of
civilization, as did her neighbor Sze-
ichuan. But ages of warfare have made
Tibet the domain of half savage ma-
rauders. Tibet boasts the sacred city
‘of Lhasa, the seat of official Buddhism,
where squalor, art, religion and high
pretensions are mixed in inextricable
«confusion.
Delight of Berlin Life.
One of the beauties of autocratic
government, says the Springfield
Union, is shown in the snow-removal
order issued by the military author-
ifities in Berlin, under the provisions
of which every property owner is re-
quired to remove the snow not only
from his sidewalk, but from the road-
way as far as the center of the street,
land is authorized to call on all ten-
ants between the ages of fourteen and
sixty to assist him in this work, TFail-
ure to comply with the order is punish-
{able with a fine of not more than $375
Jor imnrisonmeat for not mere than a
Year. and the police are authorized to
hardin prey
amality of
all such cosas irl the Ff
aq tiial
Not One Came Down.
The day was dull, ag days can be
ull, sometimes only in the trenches.
uddenly, high up in the sky, sailing
.pver the lines, was discerned a flock
Jof wild geese. In a moment, rifles
ere blazing upward from all quar-
fers; even machine guns were requisl-
tioned, while away at the other side of
No Man's Land the German, too, was
wpoused to action. But the flock of
geese soiled on, their long necks out-
‘stroteied and their wings rising and
falline in undisturbed rhythm. And
never a ene emine down—Cheistian
Sciences ow
! Despise the Savoyards.
Even to the present day the Gen-
:evese hate and despise the Savoyards,
«their hereditary enemies, calling the
«contemptuous attention of the stranger
‘to the fact that these neighbors of
theirs are unthrifty ‘and stil make
‘their women work in the fields, as they
‘did in former days. Fifteen minutes’
‘ride in a motorcar will carry one from
Geneva into Savoy.
Foundation for Success.
Constant cheerfulness and singleness
of purpose, holding ever in mind the
goal to be attained, will carry farther
on the road to success than any other
method however strenuous, declares
an educator. Purification of self, con-
sideration for others, increasing effort
and no backward turning—these are
the fundamentals of success.
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| Paraguayans Mistaken.
Paraguay has been fortunate in that
she has produced some exceedingly
strong men. But very unforiunate in
that these men have too often been
mistaken, selfish and grasping. One
of the leading Paraguayans of today
has said that Paraguay has had no his-
tory, but, instead, a series of tragedies.
“We Must Sail, Not Drift.”
! I find the great thing in this world is
rot so much where we stand, as in
what direction we are moving, writes
0. W. Holmes. To reach the port of
heaven, we must sail sometimes with
the wind and sometimes against it—
but we must sail, and not drift, nor
lie at anchor.
The Hardiest Palm.
The hardiest palm at all common is
iCalifornia’s Trachycarpus excelsus,
known as the windmill palm. Not
alone is it hardy in withstanding low
temperatures, but it'is tough and will
ndure- rough treatment, but boxed it
is not a suceess.
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' Many Bad People.
It is said that each year 500,000 per-
‘sons are committed to some jail or re-
formatory. In 1910 the total number
of prisoners and juvenile delinquents
in the United States was 166,472. Ten
times as many males as female are
‘imprisoned.
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Age of the Fountain Pen.
"The fountain pen is not a recent in-
wention, as might be imagined; for it
is referred to in Samuel Taylor’s “Uni-
versal System of Shorthand Writing,”
published in 1786.
ACCOUNTS FOR GHOST COLORS
Eye Is Especially Sensitive to Two
Kinds of Perceptions, Light and
Color Predominating.
In reply to an inquiry why are
zhosts always seen clothed in white, a
scientist states:
This is easily accounted for. As
there have been no ghosts during his-
torical times, we must assume that in
all cases where ghosts have been act-
ually seen we have to do with mere
hallucinations caused by fever or some
other disorders of the observer, where,
therefore, the organ of sense, and par-
ticularly the eyes, registered impres-
sions of objects that had no corre-
sponding externa! existence. Accord-
ing to the minute descriptions of such
apparitions given by patients to their
physicians, the ghosts. with rare ex-
ceptions, were “clad in white.” Now,
our eye is sensitive to two kinds of
perceptions, viz.,, light and color, In
this case, where no definite color was
perceived, the hallucination, in which
only the organs of the eye sensitive
to light are affected, is declared to be
white.
Still, there are also colored appari-
tions of ghosts; nay, we can introduce
into the body substances calculated to
impair our sense of color. Thus, the
immoderate use of hashish produces
violent visions; of alcohol. blue ones;
of utropin and skopolamin, red ones.
Quinine and too much tobacco like-
wise produce red visions, while sali-
cvlie acid, digitalin and phenacetin
cause light yellow sensations. The in-
halation of carbonic oxide, and snake
bite, too, are said to be followed hy
light yellow sensations of sight.
CELIBATES IN LARGE NUMBER
Saventecn Millions of Class in United
States, Many Being Inferior to
Married People.
“There are 17,000,000 celibates in the
United States, according to a state-
ment which has been going the rounds
of the press, after originating in a
magazine article on the sex question,”
says the Journal of Heredity. “Exam-
ination of the census schedules for
1910 indicates that this figure includes
all males over twenty and all females
aver fifteen.
“A calculation based on such age
limits is misleading, but the actual
facts are quite striking enough. Per-
sons thirty-five years of age or over
are relatively unlikely to marry, and
it seems fair to base computations on
that age. They show, then, that there
are nearly 2,000,000 unmarried men in
the population, and about 1,250,000 un-
married women. There are about 1,
500,000 unmarried women between the
ages of twenty-five and thirty-four,
and a considerable part of these are
certain never to marry.
“The celibacy of these millions is.
from a eugenic point of view, not
wholly to be deplored. While the num-
her includes many potential fathers
and mothers of a desirable character,
it is probable that, on the whole, these
life-long celibates are eugenically infe-
rior to the married population.”
Legal Witticisms.
Stories from the law courts are apt
to be good, legal wit being noted for
its dryness. But this story claims no
particular merit, except as showing
the usefulness of a ready wit, observes
the Christian Science Monitor. The
counsel for the plaintiff was delivering
an impassioned address. He was
somewhat weighty in person, and hap-
pened to be leaning on a very old
chair. In the middle of the torrent of
‘eloquence, the chair gave way and the
barrister lay on the floor in the midst
of the wreckage. He got up and, un-
perturbed, pointing to the broken chair,
said: “That proves the strength of
my argument.” The court smiled
broadly, but laughed outright when the
opposing counsel promptly
“The learned counsel's argument may
be all that he claims for it, but it fell
to the ground.”
Pitying Ourselves.
Have you heard of the man carry-
ing a load of sticks, who, when he
became tired threw his sticks down
on the bank of a river, and seating
himself by them, said: “I am sick and
tired of this. I wish death would
come to relieve me?” Instantly Death
slipped up and said, “Here I am, what
do you want of me?” “I want you to
help me put this bundle of sticks on
my back again,” said the surprised
man. Pitying ourselves is cheating
ourselves. Then flee from discontent
and discouragement, for they are the
hotbeds of deceit. Near them we think
that which is not true, and say that
which we do not mean.—Exchange.
Smallest Farms in the World.
On the islands of Re and Oleron,
near La Rochelle, France, according to
Popular Science Monthly, are found
the smallest farms in the world. Some
of them are only one or two square
yards in area, yet these tiny domains
are carefully planted with a variety
of crops, even including vineyards. The
soil is extremely fertile. The repeat-
ed subdivision of estates among heirs
and the dense population of the is-
lands explain the existence of these
Lilliputian properties.
Food for Thought.
“Am I the first girl you have ever
loved?”
He thought awhile and then made
reply:
“No, you are the kind of girl a fel-
iow has to be educated up to.”
And that seemed to set her to think-
ng.
Influenza Deaths 35,000.
Harrisburg.—The epidemic influen-
za already has claimed more than
37,400 lives in Pennsylvania alone.
The State Department of Health de-
clares that unless proper percautions
are taken by the thousands of patients
now recovering, there will be a large
addition to the death list and many
patients who think they are on the
road to recovery will suffer serious
relapses which may rapidly develop
into fatal cases of pneumonia.
In order that persons convalescing
from influenza may be properly ad-
vised regarding the necessary care to
be taken until full recovery is reach-
ed, Dr. B. Franklin Royer, acting
Commissioner of Health, has issued
the following statement:
“One-half million Pennsylvanians |
are now convalescing from influenza.
All of them feel for a period of days !
or weeks the weakness and depression
so commonly affecting the convales-
cent. Thousands of persons will have
no physicians during the period of re- |
covery, hence a word of warning to :
them, .
“From two to four days after the
average person recovers from the fe- !
ver accompanying influenza getting
up cautiously may be allowed. Get-
ting up and going about often leads |
to dangerous collapse of the heart be- |
cause of its inability due to weakness, |
to send the blood hurrying to the re-
mote extremities. The heart muscle
in most persons has been seriously
damaged by the poison of influenza
and the heart itself may suddenly di-
late to a dangerous extent, leading to
fainting or sinking spells. To put un-
due strain through exercise or work
upon a heart in such condition may
lead to permanent damage to the
heart itself. Further, a person in
such a stage of weakness or collapse
very readily sickens with pneumonia
because of defective lung circulation
and hundreds of persons getting up
and going about too soon have thus
brought additional pneumonia or
heart disease upon themselves.
“Take warning, therefore. Get up
gradually, stop short of fatigue or on
the slightest sign of weakness. Bet-
ter lay up another week rather than
attempt to go beyond the strength of
a fagged heart.
“For the same reason it is inadvis-
able to attempt
strength by over-stimulation.
pation of any sort, especially alco-
holic dissipation, is dangerous for
both heart, kidney and lung in this
stage of convalescence. Simple,
nourishing food, taken to the limit of |
buoying up one’s!
Dissi- |
one’s Sigesuve ability; rest, and rest
frequently in a reclining position,
po ably offers the best possible hope
or complete recovery without perma-
nent damage to vital organs.”
| . Origin of “Foolscap.”
Everyone knows what foolscap pa-
per is, but not everyone knows why
it was so called. An exchange ven-
tures to remark that not one in a hun-
dred that daily use it can answer the
| question. The following will tell you
how the term originated:
‘When Oliver Cromwell became Pro-
! tector, after the execution of Charles
| I, he caused the stamp of the cap of
| liberty to be placed upon the paper
i used by the English government.
| Soon after the restoration of Charles
i II, having occasion to use some paper
for dispatches, some of this govern-
ment paper was brought to him.
On looking at it and discovering the
stamp, he inquired the meaning of it
| and on being told he said: “Take it
{ away; I have nothing to do with a
fool’s cap.”
The term “foolscap” has since been
applied to a certain size of glazed
; writing paper.
| ——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
The Greatest Calamity.
To the question, “What is the worst
calamity?” a thousand different ans-
wers might be given, but none, would
surpass that of Charles Kingsley,
who years ago wrote: “The very
worst calamity, I should say, which
could befall any human being would
be this: To have his own way from
his cradle to his grave; to have every-
thing he liked for the asking or even
for the buying; never forced to say,
‘I should like this, but I must not do
it; never to deny himself, never to ex-
ert himself, never to work, and never
to want. That man’s soul would be
in as great danger as if he were com-
mitting great crimes.”—Ex.
Miss Wilson Lunches With Poincare.
Paris.—Miss Margaret W. Wilson,
daughter of t.1e President of the Unit-
ed States, was welcomed to France a
few days ago, by Premier Clemen-
| ceau. He asked her if she would not
sing for the French soldiers and she
| replied with enthusiasm that it was
{ her dearest wish. She lunched at the
Elysee Palace with President and
| Madame Poincare.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
replied:
What Determines Meat and
Live-Stock Prices?
Some stock men still think that Swift &
Company—and other
big packers—can pay
as little for live-stock as they wish.
Some consumers are still led to believe
that the packers can charge as much for
dressed meat as they wish.
This is not true.
These prices are fixed by
a law of human nature as old as human
nature itself —the law of supply and demand.
When more people want meat than there
is meat to be had, the scramble along the line
to get it for them sends prices up. When
there is more meat than there are people who
want it, the scramble all along the line to get
rid of it within a few days, while it is still
fresh, sends prices down.
When prices of meat go up, Swift &
Company not only can pay the producer
more, but has to pay him more, or some
other packer will,
Similarly, when prices recede all down the
line Swift & Company
cannot continue to pay
the producer the same prices as before, and
still remain in the packing business.
(All the packer can do is to keep the expense
of turning stock into
meat at a minimum,
so that the consumer can get as much as
possible for his money, and the producer as
much as possible for his live-stock.
Thanks to its splendid plants, modern
methods, branch houses, car routes, fleet of
refrigerator cars, experience and organization,
Swift & Company is
able to pay for live
cattle 90 per cent of what it receives for beef
“and by-products, and
to cover expense of
production and distribution, as well as its
profit (a small fraction of a cent per pound),
out of the other 10 per cent.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
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The late crop of Potatoes promises to be good and
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