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Dec. 12, 1917.
WHAT GERMAN EFFICIENCY (?)
FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH
Germany has been given credit
for more inventions than she is
entitled to and the foilowing arti
cles is by Dr. T. R. Leigh, profes
sor of chemistry, Georgetown Col
lege, Kentucky, printed in the
Manufacturers’ Record recently.—
Editor.
In agriculture, it was not Ger
many who gave us the reaping ma
chine, the grain binder, the thresh
ing machine or the roller flour
mill: it was not Germany that
fabricated oleomargarines, or in
vented the cotton gin, or gave us
the spinning jenny; it was not Ger
many that gave us the shuttle for
weaving, and the knitting machine,
and the artificial silk; it was not
Germany that gave us the steam
plow, sulky plow and the rotary
disk cultivator.
It was not Germany that gave
us, too, the steam engine, or the
telegraph, and the cable, or the
telephone and wireless telegraphy
and quadruplex telegraphy.
In matters of war it was not she
who contributed gunpowder, per
cussion cap, noitroglycerine, ex
plosive gelatine, dynamite torpedo,
shrapnel, spirally-grooved rifle
barrel, automatic cannon, breech
loading rifle, magaine rifle, breech
loading ordnance, rebounding lock
gun, disappearing gun carriage,
Gatling gun, revolver, Maxim si
lencer, hammerless gun, bunboat,
ironclad batter or ships, armor
plate, nickle steel, revolving turret,
submarine and airplane.
She did not produce the first ani
line dye, vulcanized rubber, cellu
loid, Portland cement, Babbitt
metal, liquid gases, gas engine,
gater gas, barometer, artificial ice,
pianoforte, barbed wire, cut nails,
plate glass, circular saw, band
woodsaw, cable car, electric car,
sleeping car, airbrake, automatic
car coupler, calculating machine,
cash register, steel pen, rotary
turbines, steel hammer, hy
draulic dredge stethoscope, pas
senger elevator, store cash car
riers, linotype machine, bicycle,
typewriter, planing machines, elec
troplating, electric welding, multi
colored printing, artificial limbs,
life preserver, etc.
It was no son of Germany who
invented the electric light, the cal
cium light, the mercury vapor
light, the gas light, the acetylene
light, the kerosene light, the
searchlight, the flashlight, the
safety damp, the candle dip, the
safety match cr the common fric
tion match.
It was not Germany that made
motion pictures or phonograph or
photography; nor was it a German
who first looked into the heavens
with a telescrope, or who first
looked through a microscope*.
It was Pasteur, the Frenchman,
who first found a connection be
tween microscopic .organism and
disease. And it was Lister, of
BRAVE VETERAN DIES
Hero of Mine Explosion at
Petersburg Dies in Pennsyl
vania. Given Special Medal.
Capt. Frank D. Koch. Veteran of the
Civil war, died last- week at Consho
hocken. Pa. Captain Koch served con
tinually throughout the war, but won his
place as a Union hero by the part he
played in the capture of Petersburg.
When the mining of Petersburg was
begun. Captain Koch was one of those
concerned with the work. The long- tunnel
was finished from n point back of the
Union lines to another directly under the
Confederate positioii. and the charge was
finally placed while the Union forces were
held in readiness to charge, as soon as
the explosion came.
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At Counters
TRENCH AND CAMP
England, who gave us antiseptic
surgery; Jenner and Harvey who
were Englishmen, were, respect
ively, the discoverers of vaccina
tion and the circulation of the
blood. We must thank France for
quinine and Scotland for chloro
form. It was Denmark that taught
us the use of ultra voilent rays.
America gave us osteopathy and
Scotland gave lip reading, and our
American dentists excel all others.
It was not Germany that cut
the Suez canal or the Panama
canal. France gave us the decimal
system; the fathei of modern
chemistry was a Frenchman, and
the father of botany was from
Sweden. To England we are in
debted for our geology, and to Vir
ginia we are indebted for physio
graphy of the sea.
It was a Frenchman who intro
duced the ambulance and the
stretcher; the Red Cross was not
founded in Germany nor the Blue
Cross, or the White Cross.
Germany has made no great
geographical discoveries, .nor has
she established colonies of mo
ment. Germany did not discover
the North Pole or the South Pole.
All of these above things were not
made in Germany. And when
peace time comes and the world is
to be made over anew, it is not
probable, that German genius, so
lacking in inventive, will here be
able to give much advice and help.
GERAMN EFFICIENCY?
Germany, preparing to deal
France a deathblow, spent forty
years perfecting the largest and
best equipped army the world had
ever seen. That army was defeat
ed less than two months after the
outbreak of the war, and has never
gained more than a temporary
advantage over the French since.
Germany decided to walk through
Belgium in order to strike more
quickly at France. Belgium de
layed that “walk” long enough to
make France’s victory at the
Marne a possibility. Germany
made certain that England would
stay out of the war. England went
in. Germany sent Zeppelins over
England to scare her into mak
ing peace. A British volunteer
army of a million was the result.
Germany introduced poison gas,
liquid fire and airplanes as im
portant weapons. Gas and fire
have been used against her with
great success, and the airplane will
probably bring about her final de
feat. Germany announced an un
restricted submarine warfare that
was to bring the allies to their
knees in six months. That was
months ago. Germany decided that
America would not fight under any
conditions. She found that, like
Cousin Egbert, we cculd be pushed
just so far. “German thorough
ness” is a praise that still has some
sense and significance, but what
humorist ever coined the expres
sion “German efficiency?”’
The fuse was lighted, at the end of the
tunnel, and slowly burned inward' the en
tire army waited breathlessly, "for long
minutes. The engineers in charge of the
work waited in vain for the explosion,
and finally decided that something had
gone amiss. It was calculated that either
the fuse burned itself out or that it
was igniting much slower than had been
planned. Time was precious, and there
was nothing to do but to send a volun
teer into the tunnel. Capt. Koch volun
teered for the dangerous mission, and
crawled after the fuse, not knowing but
that any instant, he might be biown to
pieces. Only a short distance from the
mine, he came to the scene of the trouble,
where the fuse had broken in two. Splic
ing the its ends together, the young of
ficer ignited it, then crawled back to
safety, just as the terrible explosion came,
which resulted ultimately in a great
Union triumph. For his bravery in this
action. Koch was given special mention.
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WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC ?
(Ki-ro-prak-tik)
It Is Not Medicine; Not Surgery;
Not Osteopathy. -
It is a scientific method of adjusting the
cause of disease without drugs or instruments,
based on a correct knowledge of anatomy, and
especially the nervous system. The Chiro
practic idea is that the cause of disease is in
the person afflicted, and the adjustment in
correcting the wrong that is producing it.
The function of every organ in the body is con
trolled by mental impulses from the brain,
which it transmits through the nerves. Any
impingement of these nerves interfering with
the transmission of mental impulses results in
an abnormal function called disease. This in
terference is produced by subluxated verte
brae pressing upon nerves as they pass out
from the spinal cord. The trained Adjuster is
able to locate the point of obstruction or in
terference, and by means of adjusting the sub
luxated vertebrae corrects the cause, and nor
mal conditions, or health, is the result.
Investigation costs nothing, and means
health and happiness.
LEONARD KNOWLES, D. C.
CHIROPRACTOR
Palmer School Graduate
320 LEONARD BLDG. HOURS—I:3O—S:3O.
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