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THE MILLEDuEVILLE NEWS
NOVEL USE FOR GRAMOPHONE
Machine Can Be Used to Tell Fortunes
if One Is Tired of Listening
to Music.
You cnn linve all kinds of fun with i
a gramophone.
It can become, for example, a most
• musing fortune-teller. Prepare u
cardboard disc. Just the size of the
turn-table, with a hole In its center ,
for the pin. This can be done by pine- |
Ing a record on a sheet of cardboard. I
marking a pencil line round It, and
cutting out with a pair of scissors.
Onto the disc paste a paper circle
marked off round the edge into two
divisions about two Inches wide, in
each of which have been written pre
dictions, humorous or otherwise. The
disc is placed on the turn-table, and
« strip of cardboard about eight Inches
long and one inch wide is prepared.
A hole rntlier larger titan the diam
eter of tlie center piu Is made at one
end.
This is slipped over the pin, and
the other end is bent down to form
a support for the slip so that it will
stand clear of the disc. An arrow
is drawn upon it to net ns a pointer.
Set the machine in motion and in
vite the company to consult the or
acle. They do this by pressing the
brake of the gramophone. The divis
ion on the disc opposite which the
arrow on the fixed slip stops gives the
"fortune” of the victim. •
ONE OF OLDEST TRADITIONS
Picturesque Legend of the Slaughter
of St. Ursula and the Eleven
Thousand Virgins.
The legend of St. Ursula is one of
the most picturesque of ancient tradi
tions. It relates that she was the
daughter of the Briton, Theonotus, and
was desired in marriage by a heathen
prince named Hnlnfernes. She con
sented on the condition that he become
a Christian, and allowed her three
years in which to make a pilgrimage.
He consented, and Ursula set out ac
companied by 11.090 virgins. They
Journeyed up the Ithine as far ns RiikIo
and thence, by foot, to Rome, where
they were Joined, for their return
march, by the pope and a retinue of
clergy.
When they reached Cologne, on the
return trip, they were attacked by I
horde of wild Ilminish barbarians, and |
«ll were slain, although Attlla, the lend
er of the Huns, attempted to save the
life of Ursula that she might become
bis wife. Slip fell, however, pierced
with nn arrow, which has become her
attribute in pictorial representations.
As soon as the massacre was over an
gels appeared, in number equal to the
Slaughtered virgins, and put the bar
barians to tlight. Soon after a
church was erected among the graves
In honor of St. Ursula.
"Vapor Cure” for Whooping Cough.
In Devonshire, England, the peas
antry treat the patient on a sheep's
“forme.” A forme is tlie Imprint that
a sheep makes on the grass by lying In
one place all night. When the animal
gets up in the morning.,a sort of va
por rises from the warm ground un
derneath into tlie cold air of the early
dawn.
Tlie sufferer is taken out into the
meadow where tlie sheep are at day
break, laid fuve downward on the
forme, and lias then to breathe this va- j
por in, not merely through the nos- j
trils, but with open mouth, lie .must |
breathe it until the ground is cold and
there Is no more vapor to he sucked
Into his lungs. This takes about five
minutes. Then the patient goes hack
to lied, and in a few hours Ids cough
lins left him—or at least so say the
Devon folk.
Beautiful "Diamond Beetle."
One of tlie most beautiful of all In
sects is tlie “diamond beetle” of Bra-
ziL According to tlie recent Investi
gations of an American naturalist, who
has lately visited that country, tlie
sparkllpg colors of this beetle, which
blazes with extraordinary brilliance in
the sunshine, originate In an entirely
different way from the hues of butter
flies. The scales of the diamond
beetle appear to consist of two layers,
separated by an exceedingly thin in
terspace, and the light falling upon
them experiences tlie effect of inter
ference, so that the resulting colors cor
respond with tjiose of thin plates or of
the soap bubble.
Nature's Linemen.
The downy woodpecker, the hairy
woodpecker and tlie flicker all seen,
possessed with a mania for killing de
structive wood-boring larvae, says the
American Forestry Magazine. Bettei
equipped than a telephone lineman for
climbing; supported by a spurred tail ;
provided with hooked claws for cling
ing to the hark; hammer-headed
cldsel-beaked. and armed with a
tremendously long, strong, lance-
pointed, barbed, extensile tongue, tlie
woodpecker drills through (lie wood
directly into the spot where the borer
lies hidden, pushes in the tip of his
htirhed tongue, spears tlie victim and
whips it quickly into his open beak.
Drama in Crimson Gulch.
“How did you come to mob that
show?"
“They advertised 'Ten Nights In a
Barroom,' ” answered Cactus Joe, “and
the stage ticker wasn't nothin' but
Bnrspariller."
A Heavy Burden.
Ethel—Stella curries her age well,
doesn’t she?
Clara Yes. It's a wonder she
doesn't grow Hied of the burden.
HELICOPTER TO
BE USED SOON
Dr. Albert F. Zahm, Expert for
the Navy, Declares It Is
Not an Impossibility.
TWO TYPES OFFERED TO U. S. I
Experiments Are Continuing in Hope
of Perfecting a Motor That Can
Be Depended Upon to Main- ,
tain Machine in Air.
Washington.—The helicopter, or ver-1
tleal rising ulr machine, Is not un
impossibility, and, should u real use
for such a type urlse, successful ones
may he seen before many years, ac
cording to Dr. Albert F. Zuhra, aero
nautical expert for the ltuvy. Had
there been a need for the helicopter
during tlie war, he said, any of several
types could have been perfected, of
which working models ltuve been
flows.
Much interest lias been shown of
'.ate In reports of successful machines
of the helicopter type being perfected
In both Germany and England. How
ever, while some flights have been
Bade, none of any consequence are
reported by a machine equipped with
horizontal propellers or revolving
plunes, designed to rise vertically from
a confined space and descend on the
sume.
That the helicopter Is possible Doctor
Zahm said, is proved by tlie German
machine, which, rising several times to
moderate heights, has carried observ
ers, l’emained almost Stationary while
In the air, and descended In safety.
The machine, however, lias made no
extended flight, such as would prove
its dependability, but was tethered to
the ground by a mooring rope. At
times, when the motors failed, tlie
machine dropped, and the passengers
saved themselves only by leaping with
parachutes.
The experiments are continuing,
however, with the purpose of perfect
ing a motor which can lie depended
upon to maintain the idachine without
sudden failure, the scientist explained, i
for, as soon us Hie engine stops, Hie j
machine cannot glide to the ground,
as does an airplane, but drops ver- >
ticully. In a proper descent the pro
pellers should he whirled slowly to
rase the landing.
Two Other Types Offered.
Present hopes of attaining success
ful vertical flight rest mainly upon the
endeavors of Eiull Berliner, Washing
ton Inventor, whose experiments with
the helicopter have extended over a
long time; and of Louis Brennan of
London, whose newest machine Is re
ported as nearing completion. He is
working to win tlie £50,000 prize of
fered by the British air ministry for
successful flight.
The helicopters upon which most ex
perimentation has been made consist
mainly of two or more propeller screws
mounted horizontally on a vertical
shaft hearing engines, fuel and pus
sengers. Equal numbers of propeller !
blades must revolve In opposite direc
tions, that the body of the machine
may not spin like a top.
Whether or not this type of machine
Is brought to actual use, Doctor Zahm
stated, at least two other types of
planes that may fly vertically have
been offered tb the government. This
fact Is not widely known.
One of these, of which Dr. Zahm oh
observed experiments with a work'.rtf
model, was almost Identical with the
present type of plane, except that
mounted behind the body were two
sets of air vanes, in groups, tilled at
an adjustable angle, like those of Ve
netian blinds.
Wl.en tlie power was turned on, he
said, the "wash” of the air stream
from the propellers, pushing aguinst
these groups of vanes, caused the
model to rise genlly vertically. Th*
model was heLd in midair by the
action, and when the power dimin
ished it returned gently to earth. A
fqll-slze machine of thy type, he said,
would lie equipped with engines of
Immense power in order to furnish
sufficient ulr pressure, and when
driven to a sufficient altitude the
vanes would be so adjusted Unit hori
zontal motion would result. The plane
could then fly hi the usual manner,
finally using the vanes again to de
scend vertically.
Able to Rett Motionless.
Tlie other type offered to tlie array,
lie said, was of tlie present wiug plan,
equipped with three propellers, two
placed far out toward the wind ends,
and with vertical rudders and ailerons
similar to those in use. J'lie quicker
lifting power Was to he gained by hav
ing tlie wash of tlie central propeller
act upon elevators on the tall of the
body, while the side propellers would
wn.-fli against the special ailerons on
the wing tips.
In tlie ajr. Doctor Zahm contin
ued, tills tnuF^ic could maneuver ex
actly as does the ordinary plane, cut
figures and do stunts, besides being
able to rest motionless In any desired
position—vertical with nose up. If
need lie.
The Host feature, he said, is that
both planes of the new types are en
tirely feasible and can he constructed
at any time. In fact, several Kune
pean Inventors and manufacturers an
patenting designs of the second type,
notably the Frenihmiin, Birriot, one
of the pioneers of aviation.
Experts for the government studied
tlie second type during Hie war. it was
explained, Imt tlie mutter went no fur
ther.
RED GROSS WINNING
IN FIGHT FOR HEALTH
Better, Stronger Citizenry Now
Emerging Out of Work in
United States.
The American Bed Cross at an
evangelist of better health has looked
Its problem square In the face. How
It accepted the ta«k revealed to It In
the nation’s physical condition ar
brought, out during the World War,
and conscientiously applied its activi
ties to correction forms a vivid chap
ter In the forthcoming annual report.
Historically and practically, nursing Is
a basic work for the Red Cross. In Its
public health nursing service, In In
struction In home hygiene and care of
the sick, nutrition classes, first aid
and life saving courses and health cen
ters, the American Red Cross Is ap
plying effectually the lessons learned
during tlie war and making for a
healthier, stronger and better nour
ished citizenry.
Tlie task of the Red Cross PuHle
Health nurse In tlie 1,240 nursing serv
ices now operating throughout the
country Instructing their communities
.In health essentials and disease pre
vention is demonstrating tlie possibili
ties of human betterment and the grsat
benefits of enlightenment.
During tlie last year 313 new public
health nursing services were establish
ed by Red Cross Chapters, and several
hundred services so convincingly prov- j
ed their effectiveness that they were
taken over by public authorities. In
order to promote tills work $30,000 was
allotted to provide women to prepare
themselves for public nursing. The
mnie visits made by the 1,240 nurses
aggregated nearly 1,500,000, visits to
schools numbered 140,000, and in six
months 1,250,000 school children were
Inspected by these nurses and where
defects were found advised examina
tion by physicians. In rural commu
nities this service has made a very
marked advance and has won thou
sands of converts to npproved methods
of disease prevention.
In home hygiene and care of the sick
Instruction, which fits the student In
methods of proper care where illness is
not so serious as to require profes
sional service, the Red Cjoss conduct
ed 3,884 classes during the last year,
enrolled 2,350 instructors, 93.44S stu
dents and Issued 42,050 certin.ates.
On June 30, 1022, nutrition service
embraced 1,109 classes, with a total of
27.523 children and 2,5S9 enrolled dieti
tian-!. Seventy-eight food seleetioa
classes graduated 733 who received
Red Cross certificates. In general
health activities Red Cross Chapters
maintained 377 health centers, serving
as many communities, provided 38,751
health lectures for largo audiences ev
erywhere, while clinics numbered over
10,000.
Red Cross Gains
Strength in All
Foreign Fields
In insular posseas’nns of tlie United
States and in foreign lands the Ameri
can Red Cross scored heavy gains dur
ing tlie Inst year, passing tlie pre
vious membership high mark of 19IS
by 4.201 and advancing the figure to
150.408. The Philippines take tlie
lend, gaining nearly 100 per cent, now
having 115,917 members. In Europe
tlie 1H2V Roll Call enrolled 11,125,
with tlie Constantinople chapter re
porting 005, a gain of 33 members.
China was 1,782 members, a gain of
590; the little Virgin Islands have
1.000, while tlie Dominican Republic
with 2,927 advanced from Its previous
tilgh mark by 1,423 new members.
Haiti, organized in 1920, now has
nearly 1,000 enrolled. Mexico reports
834, a gain of 327 In one year. The
American Red Cross iias spread Its
membership over some 70 foreign
landi and Its Junior membership out
side of the United Slates is close ta
700.000.
THREAT THAT IS EFFECTIVE
Ceylonese Creditors Have a Remark
ably Effective Method of Enforc
ing Collections.
The native of Ceylon Is an intract
able creditor. 11c possesses nn lrre
slstible method of securing payment
without recourse to the bailiffs, cita
tions, Judgments, duns or summonses
which fall like hail about the ears of
European debtors.
Tlie Ceylonese creditor betakes him
to tlie house of Him man who owes him
money, holding in Ids hand some leaves
of tlie neiinguln. an extremely poison
ous plant, anil declares Unit, unless lie
I is paid pin the spot lie will poison him
self.
The debtor pays up without hesltn-
■ tion. At home ho would of course
J simply laugh in the face of the slioe-
| maker or tailor who f made such a
I threat, and tell him to go ahead; but
in Ceylon there Is a local law which
Imposes an enormous fine on anyone
I who Is the cause of the suicide of un-
| other. Anil-there is no ease, on ree-
) ord.ln which a creditor'was permitted
I to carry out liis threat,
i The question, however, seems to he
whether in the face of an obstinate
refusal to pay, the creditor would
not he wiser to Ins'e hia Money than
his life.
VOLCStrsOUR
DC:. FRIENDS
Geologist Sa 3 Without Them
We Would ha.e No Oceans
or Carbon Dioxide.
KAMI ERUPTION DESCRIBED
«
Most Tremendous Volcanic Explosion
of History Passed Unnoticed Be
cause it Was So Far From
Centers of Civilization.
Washington.—It might be a sur
prise to many to he told that the fire-
spitting, lava-spouting, earth-rocking
volcano is one of mankind's best |
friends rntlier than his urch enemy, |
but such is the surprising declaration I
which was explained to the confer
ence on geography of tlie National (
Education association in Boston re
cently.
The most tremendous volcanic erup
tion of history, that of Mount Katmal
in Alaska in 1912, was described In
tills connection by Dr. Robert F.
Griggs, leader of several parties sent
to the scene of the cataclysm by the
National Geographic society, and wlio
discovered the valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes, Katmal's neighbor wonder of
nature.
Mankind's debt to Hie volcano has
been more fully recognized by results
of recent researches, says a bulletin
of the society describing the unheuvnl.
Without volcanoes, it is now believed,
there would be no oceans, and to vol
canoes we are indebted for carbon
dioxide, without which human life
could not exist.
Katmaj Explosion Unnoticed.
The explosion of Katmal, the con
ference was told, was unnoticed be-
eutise it was so far from the centers
of civilization. Hud the eruption oc
curred near New York city, the bul
letin declares, the suphurous fumes
would have polluted tlie air every
where east of the Rocky mountains;
the noise would have reverberated
like an artillery duel across the cen
tral states. The lower Hudson itself
would have been turned into a gigan
tic tomb.
However, due to tlie lack of popula
tion in that far region, there was no
loss of life, anil tlie eruption provides
scientists and geographers now one of
their greatest opportunities to study
the phenomenon of volcanic action.
Though generally unaware of tlie
eruption until long after, every inhab
itant of the country, and almost of the
world, felt its effects, one of which
Mils the cold damp summer of 1912.
This was caused by the interception
of sunlight by tlie long-hanging dust
cloud in tlie upper air. Even in cloud
less Sahara, It was declared, the ssy
was overcast.
Repeat Ice Age.
A succession of such mighty ex
plosions could plunge Hie earth into
another ice age, it is believed.
An area around Katmal, larger
than the state of Delaware, was cov
ered that summer by more than a
foot of volcanic ash which Mas
enough to destroy all but Hie hardiest
of vegetation. When the explosion
occurred two cubic miles of material
were blown off the top of the moun
tain. and the present whereabouts oi
the mountain top is still a mystery to
scientists.
GIVE EOUNTY FOR MALE BABES
Government of Montenegro Take.
Steps to Increase the Rapidly
Dwindling Birth Rate.
Celinje, Montenegro.—There lias
been nn uliirming decrease in the
hirtli rate of Montenegro, due to the
loss during the war of so many of tlie
“Black .Mountain’s” fighting men. The
government is offering premiums to
Mothers who hear male children. The
females now greatly outnumber the
males.
The Incentives offered by the gov
ernment to mothers of male children
have resulted in pathetic appeals from
tlie untutored peasant women to Uta
American Red Cross nurses to gie*
them "the medicine to make a boy."
In Montenegro hoys are considered
much more valuable than girls, and
the constant prayer of the mountain
dweller is that she may lie blessed
with a male child. This disparity In
the sexes Is largely the outgrowth of
the days when Turkey held dominion
over Hie Balkans and when the lib
erty-loving Montenegrins lmil au ever-
present need of man to defend the
homeland.
In Montenegro the women do all the
work, tlie men considering manual la
bor undignified. They feel it is their
chief duty to carry firearms and
swords, talk politics and prepare for
j the next war.
BRIDE AND EX-SUITOR DROWN
Double Tragedy Ends Gay Night
Among Cabarets of
1 Hoboken.
v’uloti llill, N. .1.—Mrs. Margaret
vifcilsglier, nineteen, bride of two
mouths, ended a gay night of rounds
■rf Hoboken and Union llill (N. J.)
inliarets in the eotniiany of Thomas
Uassldy, a suitor before her marriage
.# Andrew Gnllnghcf, by leaping Into
•hr North river from a ferry limit at
4 o'clock la the morning. Cassidy
laagied to rescue her aad both acre
JsvwmA.
WALKS TWO MILES IN SLEEP
Englishman on Bicycle Tour Has
Queer Experience.
London.—An extraordinary case of
sleep-walking Is reported from Fleet,
Lincolnshire. A Norfolk man was
cycling through the country, and ar
riving at Holbcnch close upon mid
night, wns unable to find lodging.
Placing his bicycle against n gute, lie
luy down exhausted by the roadside
tnd went to sleep.
On awakening he could not find his
machine. He aroused the village con
stable and learned Hint he had walked
to Fleet, two miles away, In Ills sleep.
The bicycle was later found where he
had left it at Holbeach.
Infant Weighs 1 Pound, 14 Ounce*.
A girl baby weighing only 1 pound
anil 14 ounces has been placed In th?
baby inei.baton In a hospital at Jersey
City, N. J. The infanL Is 20 days old
and the chilli of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Dushinnii. The baby is perfectly nor
mal in every respect, doctors nay, and
bas every chance to live.
No Penury for “Tino ”
as He Has Millions Safe
Former King Constantine of
Greece Is in no danger of being
reduced to the penury which
embittered the last days of for
mer Emperor Charles of Aus
tria-Hungary, according to
Greek circles In Paris. It is*?
asserted that Constantine took 1
precautions against this long j
ago and has 10,000,000 gold <
francs, or about $2,000,000, in J
safe investments, deposited in 5
New York City, Brazil, and <
Kkvitr.ejlandL The niungifleent |
Jewels i! Queen Sophie and tlie
royal household plate, Mere
shipped to Switzerland ns soon
as the situation in Greece be
came disquieting.
v
<• us.DGEVILLE, g*.
From Point Hope, 300 miles north 7t
story of a self-governing Eskimo
»>nn t y which has been successfu l
carried on there for the last six years
Under the tutelage of missionaries
equal suffrage has been establish,.a
among the Tlgaras, who annually in
town meeting elect from among tliet.e
selves the onialik, or council of lead
Ing men, who In turn enact the i„„,
Ians and see to their enforcement
among the thousand natives who in
habit the region.
Originally the onialik was compose,!
of seven men. It Is recounted. But t
was found Inter that five was a better
number. From tha beginning 0 f u,„
experiment the right of suffrage was
glvn to men and women alike, in th*
selection of the council. Christinas
was fixed as the day of the election
because on that day all of the tribes
men come into the settlement w
feasting and merry-making. The names
are written on n blackboard, and tie
five securing the greatest number of
votes are declared elected, while
one of the five who receives the great
est number of votes becomes tlm chief
councilman.
Pl'cs Cured >n 6 to 14 Days
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Wormo have au un-
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, aud sv a
rule, there la more or I css stomach disturbam*
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TOhIC given regu
larly for two or three weeks will enridi the biowl
improve the digestion, aud act ns a gen, raiSurngth-
enlng Tonic to the whole system.* Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, nndtheChildwilibe
Id perfect health* Pleasant to take, title per buit*
New syrup barrels and meal 1,
els at Emmett L. Barnes’.
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itv Address
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