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TTTT ITb . a flb V j) « 4c£rata AT yaajammirr MAW UNCLE SAM Is a schoolmaster of the old type. He neither spares the rod nor.spoils the child. He has many pupils, those who enter his service In the government depsrtments and the army and the navy. His course of training in the navy is rather se vere, for he requires every man who enlists for service under the Stars and Stripea on aea to become a skilled artisan Probably the moat lntnreßf ing of all of Uncle Sam's trade achools Is the school for seaman gunners, at the uavy yard In Washington. It Is here that the men who aim and fire the great guns learn their "principle and mechanlam so thoroughly that the efficiency of the United States navy ia unequaled by any navy In the world. There ar« more than 125 men In the seaman gunnera' class at the present time, enrolled for six months of the hardest kind of study In the shops and in the classroom. Every one of these men is picked, and in the serv ice it Is considered a great honor to be chosen to Join the class Only men who have been In the service four years are eligible, and then only when their conduct and aervlce record are exceptionally good. Graduates of the school are the backbone of the navy. Here the men are taught the only really distinctive naval trade, and it Is here that the men who load, train and fire the Immense guns are made Requires Much Study. They learn the making of tbe large and small guna. They learn by prac tical experience how to take them down and assemble them again. The breech mechanism, everything to do with the practical part of ordnance, the manufacture of shells, fuses and powder and torpedoes all require thorough and extensive study. The work Is equally divided between the naval gun factory shops and the class room. where they have Instruction at the hands of skilled ordnance experts and special Instructors. In addition to the ordnance course they are re quired to become proficient In the sci ence of metallography and skilled In the manufacture and principle of the storage battery. Work on the big guns start from the raw casting. This huge, 75-ton cylin der of steel Is bored out, trimmed and grooved. The casing, another huge cylinder of steel, Is bored out, heateti white hot and shrunk onto the groov ed lining. The manufacture of this part of the monster 14-inch rifles takes about four weeks. Then the gunnery force enters the forge and hammer shops, where they remain for two weeks. After this the class Is divided Into small squads, some of them going Into the black smith shop, others to the machinists' bench, the carpenter shop, the tin smith. the coppersmith and the plumber for Instruction. Each roan must hammer and turn out from raw metal every piece of steel which goes into the complicated breech bjock me chanism and the firing devices. Pro jectiles and smokeless powder alao get a great deal of attention, thla last phase of the work taking tbe school to Indian Head, Md.. for several weeks' work. When these men graduate and leave Washington for the various ships of the Atlantic fleet to them falls the duty of keeping In repair every por tion of the ship's armament. If dur lng battle practice a spring or bit of mechanism breaks, these seaman gun ners must enter the ship's machine shop and forge or turn out a new piece. The gunner Is In absolute command of bia gun. He haa under him an as sistant. In the big dreadnaugbts of today, there are six turrets, with two guns to each turret. Each turret la supplied with ammunition for two magazines. Also there la a gunner In charge of the magazines Besides these, there are smaller live-Inch rifles, six and one-pounders located on vari ous portions of the ship. To these smaller guna the recently graduated clasa Is always sent In time they are promoted and placed In charge of a big gun or even a whole turret. Severe With Studsnta. UncVe Sam Is exceedingly severe with his studenta. They must turn out promptly at « o'clock tn the morn ing. roll up their hammocks, sweep o«t their quarters and be washed, shaved and Oteaaly clothed for break fMt at T o'clock At 8 o'clock they enter the sbope of the naval gun fac- Tory for their various duties. At 11:30 o'clock the student* "knock off" for lunch, but promptly at 1 o'clock they are again In the shops or In the lec ture room hard at work. At 4:30 an hour's drill under arms Is held. This takes place on the drill ground of the navy yard and keeps the men for three-quarters of an hour. At 5 o'clock comes the event of the day, dinner. Dinner to the aeaman gunner's class Is always something to look forward -to. The menu la large and the food, although simple, Is the best that money can buy. The class has n ca terer who makes It his business to see that the same dishes are not served too often and that the food is of the best quality. From dinner until 10:30 o'clock the men are at leisure to come and go as they please. They may "go ashore" or visit friends lu Washington, or they may remain in quarters and study their lessons for the next day. The men are allowed to use clvlllar clothes. For the most part, tha stu dents restrict their liberties to not more than two nights a week and all day Sunday. It la so great an honor to be sent to the school and tho advancement, after graduating, Is so rapid that none of the lucky ones care to risk their chances of being dismissed and re turned to the Service under their old raak. Then, as many written prob lems are required, and several oral recitations occur each week, they burn a great deal of midnight oil A vis itor to the navy wi,rd any night ex cept Saturday will Und forty or fifty clean-cut young men working out ordnance problems, studying from a dozen text books, a,id quirting each other on the questions that the officer- Instructor Is sure to ask them the next day. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, Is particularly fond of tho sea man gunners' class. To his mind, the rushing dreadnought and the crash of mighty guns are not all that go to make up a perfect naval servtce. He believes that a 'our-year course In the navy should be equal to a four year course In the best vocational school In thefcountry. As far as the seaman gunners' class Is concerned, they get an excellent vocational train ing In just six montha. A graduate of this wonderful school can take raw metal and turn out the moat complicated steel mechanism; turn sheet copper Into symmetrical pipe and ducta; make and charge a storage battery; wire a turret for electricity; make a set of plans for about anything, and make and use smokeless powder. Plant Grows Under Snow. The Alpine flower called the sol danella, produces heat sufficient so that It grows even under a consider able covering of anow. If the anow la not too deep the plant sends Its bten, up through the snow, which Is melted by the heat. If the snow Is aeeper the heat melts a little hollow chamber out about the plant, thus giv ing It room to expand and blossom. It has been found that some> of the planta of the arum family, which are common In the Mediterranean region, develop a temperature of aa high as 100 degrees when their buds are op"en Ing 'To a less degree probably all planta furnish tbelr own heat under certain conditions, but ordinarily veg etation, being by nature adapted to Its surroundings, get* tha heat It needs from the soil, air and sun. Animals are of a higher order than plants partly becauae they are more Inde pendent of their surroundings.—The Pathfinder. v Oucka an Important Pood Supply. Concerning certain featurea of Ka> klmo life along the north coa/tt of Alaska, the account written by Vllb- Jalmar Stefansson saya: "In tha spring and summer ducks and geese, espe cially tbe former, are an important item of diet They are pursued In kayaka when molting and killed with clubs, and large numbers of them are alao secured by bolaa throwing, for the migrant route of the ducka along the coaat la so definitely known that a man can stand all day and rely on It that three out of every four ducks will fly within throwing dlatance. So thickly do the birds come that nowa days • competent man with a shot gun been known to secure aa many as 600 ducks In a day." UNO OF THE LONG LEAF FINE Short Paragraphs of State Now* That Hit Boon Condonood For Buoy People of State. % Monroe.—Q. M. Beaaley has been elected by the board of aldermen at a trustee of the graded schools, to suc ceed Mr. A. W. Slggers, deceased. Wilmington.—The body of 17-year old George Benson, who was dorwn ed at Port Caswell was found by a negro on the beach, eight miles below the fort. Red Springs.—The second Bible Conference of the Laymen's Mission ary Movement convened here recently the large assembly gathering in the open-air ampltheatre of the Southern Presbyterian College. Tarboro. —As a result of a seVere rain storm, followed by thunder and lightning, which rwept Edgecombe county several days ago, one woman Is dead, a man severely injured, two mules killed and a number of horses were also killed. A young man of this piacce was sud denly killed while at his work here when a heavy derrick fell and struck htm upon the head. Although medical aid was called and responded imme diately, he was dead before a physi cian could reach him. Washington.—The candidacy of C. W. Worth of Washington for the po sltlon of consul general at Shanghai, China, became known here when tele grams were received from him by the members of the North Carolina dele Ration. Monroe.—At of the Union county Farmers' Union in the court house the following named wete elected delegates and alternates to the state meeting to be held in Raleigh, Aug|ist 26-27: A. J. Brooki, J. F Moore, Banford Smith and J. P, Boyd Greenville. —Mr. O. L. Joyner, one of Pitt's most progressive farmers, an well as tobacco warehouseman, Ship ped a carload of lambs to the Rich mond, Va„ market. This 4s some thing but of the usual to shipping Hheep from this part of the country Greensboro. —TUere are now tour murder cases for the next term of criminal court here, all negroes. Ben Hazel, who was brought back here to stand trial for the murder of his wife, says he is a Christian now and Is trying to convert McClure, who Is In the murderer s cell for kill ing Sheriff Br In. Roxboro. —Hubert Ramseur, repre sentlng the Just Freight Kate Aaoc ciatlon, was here and addressed a gathering of the citizens of the town and vicinity on the objects and pur poses of the assoolation. A temporary organization was effected with X. V. Gwynn as president and B. A. Burch as secretary. Elizabeth City.—The board of coun ty commissioners has made the levy of the taxes for this year as follows: state and pension tax, 27 2-3 cents; school tax, 20 cents; - general fund tax, 21 cents; road tax, 12 cents; bond tax, 3 cents; making a total ot 84 2-3 cents on the SIOO property val uatlon. Elizabeth City.—Mis* Kate Nixcm, the 21-year old daughter ot Mrs. Susan Nixon of Henrietta of Hertford died in the surf at Nags Head recently. MUs Nixon, with a number of com panions, was bathing In water scarce ly waist deep when she lost her foot ing and was swept out by the current from the beach befo.« a large crowd of terrified spectators. Asheville.—Hammer McHarge »u arrested here on a serious charge, having been taken at the request of Newport officers who reported that he was wanted at that place on a charge of criminal assault. Information was received in Asheville to the effect that Mclntyre had assaulted his niece, who Is but thirteen years old. Wllhln the past week storms hare visited this immediate section almost daily causing considerable damage to the crops and the floods which re sulted have damaged a number ot property owners. Academy street here has been washed by the water which followed the rains until great piles of the stone used In paving ttaat thoroughfare were heaped up at Intersection with Main street. Durham.—Capt. J. C. Mlchle, super intendent of the Durnam Water Com pany, haa notified the town officials that an accident at tne pumping sta tion Incapacitated the two main pumps at this station, and consequently the town would be short of water till the repairs could be made. Kinston. The chamber of com merce of Kinston has taken active steps looking to a union depot for the city. At a meeting of the board of directors recently it was decided that the body would ask the corpor ation commission to take action re quiring the erection of the station. Charlotte —At a meeting of the board of county commissioners re cently the matter of opening bids on the bonds of from 395,000 to" 3110.000, for the purpose of constructing a Jail and bridges In the county, was continued until August 20. Bids will be received until that time. Washington.—Messrs. Davis and Davis, Washington patent attorneys, report the grant to citizens of North Carolina of the following: Clarence K, Davis, Wilmington, calendar key ring; Dennis P. Cox, Cannon, valve; Willis W. Under, Charlotte, balancing ma .thine. NEW CURE FOR SWELL-HEAD ———— . i Let the Fowle Oo by Themselves^ Separating From Others, If It > / Can Be Done Conveniently. (Br MRS. HL M. BTBTBON. California.) There is a practice among poultry people to catch a fowl with swell bead and squeeze the white matter i out, thinking that this will relieve the bird of its corruption and eauae It to get well. This is entirely wrong. A sac or covering surrounds this white matter, keeping It from going any further than the One organ. When this sac Is broken, aa it muat necessarily be by the breaking of its outside covering ; In order to eject it from the eye, the contagion is allowed to go down the nose and spread to the whole head. The bird Is then a hopeless esse, for there Is no remedy now. but the ax. The matter which will be ftiftthd In the blood of the fowl is also of a' very contagious nature and contact with other organs will cause them to take on similar conditions of corruption and decay. If the bird la kept In a warm place and is fed on highly stimulating and nutritious food the blood will finally right Itself, but it cannot do so if largely re-Infected, or vaccinated with the virus. of the disease throughout the entire head. The proper way to do la not to touch the head, Just letting the fowls go by themselves; this Is better than the squeulng treatment, but separate , tbem if convenient from the other chickens and keep warm and feed all J they will eat If the eye Is not pecked by the other chickens, aa in fighting over food, or the sac Is not broken, there is no special danger of the pther birds catch ing the disease, even if they are allow j ed to run together. We spent several dollars for roup medicine, worked Incessantly, causing ourselves and the poor chickens un told misery by trying the squeeslng out method, and always loet the cases. Now we let them run and, save for a blind eye, we seldom ever have one die. MACHINE FOR TESTING EGGS i ______ Electric "Daylight" Tester Has Inter eetlng Automatic Feateree Age May B* Determined. Testing eggs Outdoors'or In a room having ordinary light, where eggs may bo sorted and crated at the same time, is possible with the machine here shown. The outfit is about three feet long, with a roller at each end over which sn endless canvas belt moves. .About six Inches apart on this belt are small metal saucers, each of which holds an egg, says the Popu lar Electricity. located above the belt la an electric lamp, re ceiving current from a regular light ing circuit, or from 24 dry batteries, and over the lamp is placed a hood having an opening In the top. The belt Is run by turning a crank, and the electric lamp automatically lights when en egg passes over It, re vealing the condition of the egg to I I I■.' -I ' | An Electric "Daylight" Egg Tsstsr Having Interesting Automatic Fea turee. the person looking Into the hood. An other Interesting feature of the ma chine Is the automatic turning of the egg upon the belt, thus enabling the tester to examine it on all sides. The age may be determined by the way the egg haa settled In the ahell. A perfectly freah egg shows a clean, deep orange color, while a bad one la almost black. As the eggs paas under the hood, the good ones are left to roll out on a canvas extension table, while the bad ones are removed by hand. Keep Selecting the Beat Hen a. Constant aelectlon la the only way to get your flock up to where you want It When you aee a goad bird, look carefully and note well her char acteristics. Put her In a breeding pea and use her aa a breeder another year. Do thla throughout the /ram mer and when fall comes you will have made your selection of the best birds and a breeding pen of the beat you have. Build Up Utility. There la only one way to build up the utility of a flock and that la by careful selection. It each year we save only the eggs from the very beat layera for hatching purposes, each gen. eration will heoome better layera, Thla work can be greatly assisted by obtaining males from a heavy laying ihiln. . V'' T« I ntnH C*svsvs4 nan«Asvusa ■ piniwU ■ Letting the birds gat at tainted food la dangerous business this One of \ Jniiimonal SINMfStHML ' UtSSON ' (By * O. SEU.ER9, Director of Arts log Department The Moody IHs In stitute of CMesgs .Jr LESSON FOR AUGUST 17 CROSSING THE BCD SKA. LMOON TEXT—Kx. UM*L GOLDSN TKXT—"B*for« tbey eeO. I will anewer."—laa. Mi Me sooner ware the Israelites sent on their Journey than the Egyptians repented and panned (w. M). Than It waa that Moeaa encountered the first of that complaining (v. 10) against which he struggled until God took him from this earth. Tbey "cried" (v. 10) bat they did not reat It did look like a dapgerous situation and there were but three poealble methods of procedure, (a) To return to slavery, (b) to die In thejsUder ness, or (2) to go forward in faithful obedience, trusting God for deliver ance. Their salvation (v. IS) waa from Ood, see Acta 4:12; Heb. 5:8, 9. God's leading, 11:31, 12, had brought them to this place; now He will mnni fest His glory, will get unto Himself "honor" (v, IT). Tsstlng the Israelites. I. Protection, w. 19-22. As the an gel of God (Christ?) came between Israel and the Bgyptlana we are re minded of Ps. 24:7, "the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him and • dellveroth them." The sams cloud that brought darkness to ths Egyptians brought light to the Israelites. Even so we have the "Light," Luke 2:22; John 2:12, 0:*, and are admonished to walk In the light, Eph. 6:8. While Ood brought confusion to the Egyptians and was testing ths Israelites by causing them to "fear not, stand still and aee" (v. 12), He waa at the same time giv ing Moaes an opportunity to work out His plan of deliverance (v. 16). "As ths strong east wind blsw It heaped up the waters, dried dbt the muddy bottom and opened a passage for the deliverance of all the chosen ones. Then It was time for grayer to oease (v. 14, 16) and for action to begin, the seemingly Impossible is now quite possible, M"tt. 19:20. how ever, that uod had used a man (Moeea) in Hia work of deliverance. It waa a very slmpls shepherd's staff that God directed Moses to use. Surely ths power was not In the staff nor in the arm back of the staff. The same waters that had seemed to be such a barrier are now used as a wall of protection (v. 22) on the right band and on tbe left leaving no opportunity for a flank attack. Their only way of escape waa forward and each step they took waa one of faith. 11. Pursuit, w. 23-25. Pharaoh had Judged that the Israelites were en tangled, "perplexed" (v. 2) In the wil derness and that Moses had Inadvert antly led them Into a natural trap which was to the advantage of the Egyptians. Further, we Judge that with the darknees of ths cloud before them, the Egyptians were not fully aware of the tact that they were fol lowing Israsl Into ths midst of the watera. Blind fury will lead a man Into atrange surroundings and to per form Insane acta Thla new way was not prepared for Pharaoh nor la the straight and narrow path which leads to glory for the unrepentant alnner. Jehovah was near at hand that "morn ing watch" (v. 24), even as today He blesses those who keep that hour. One "look" from Jehovah brought confusion and discomfort upon the pursuers. The Safe Path. 111. Punishment, w. 20-31. The path that la sals for faith la no plaoe for the dleobedient. Ood looking through that cloud paralysed the proud foroea of Pharaoh In tbe place of all placea most dangeroua. Ood not alone loqked but took off their chariot wheela and fear overcame tbem. Then they real ised that Jehovah waa V'"g and sought to flee. Again Ood uses a man In ths working out of Hia plan and Moses Is Instructed to stretch forth his band over the aea, v. 20. Aa the morning break a the waters re turn to their level, and again Ood uses natural forces In a supernatural manner, u one would off some useless, offensive, appendage so God waa rid of the army of Pha raoh (v. 27 marg.). A direful wad ing of this story, especially verse SB R. V., cleariy indicates the probability that Pharaoh himeclf did not perish. Thus It waa that Israel saw the band work of the Lord upon the Bgyptlana while they themadhrae remained a saved people, saved by the power of Jehovah. Grant fear came upon them (v. 31) and they "Beheved the Lord and Hia ssrvant If oaea." Bow aad that their faith proved ao abort lived aad that they ;ao aeon mannered agalaat Ood and Hia servaat Moaes. Thus we aee the nation delivered, consecrated aad plaoed under the di rect government and guldanoo of Ood. Egypt did not keep feUh with Israel to let them "go aad worship" ard God wrought a complete deliverance. God's Judgment of the sin of Egypt was carried out to the last degree, but In strict Juetloa. On one hand la Ood'a guldaaoe and over agalaat that the lengths men will go whoee hearts tre hardened In rebellion. The blas phemous daring oT the Egyptians waa rebuked aa they attempted to march along God's highway of deliverance. Israel followed Moaes, the prophet BUIAat WOtMN TOOK FRIEND'S ADVICE And Found Hedtfa bLfdi* E. FbUnun'* Vegetable Compound. Wfadom. fin -"lhadsdteplsrw ■MtnliclcHMd bladder trauble and WM SO mieerabls 11 didn't know what to dOL I suffered ■ from bauihi dm ■f V! my bort ■ , IB>M, IWM BOTTOM, ■ M £flD| dlzay and irregular female money OO doctors I bat COT WOTM oil | / /i the ttmo. ■ 1 "A friend told mo •boat AM Pinkham romedUa sad I took Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com poand and WM cured. I cannot praise year remedies enoogh for I know I never woald ban boM well if I had not taken It."— MIM MAST A. HOBNKS, Boats No. X, Basil, Wtodom, KSUMI Consider Wall This Adrian. No woman Buffering from any form of female troubles ebould loee hope un til the has given Lydia E. Bukhara's Vegetable Compound a fair triaL This famous remedy, the medicinal In gredients of which are derived from native roots and herbs, has for nearly forty years proved to be a most valua ble tonic and In vigors tor of the fe male organism. Women everywhere ( bear willing testimony to the wonderful ' virtue of Lydia E. 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Hancock'a Sulphur Compound and Ointment are aold by all dealers. Han cock Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore Md.-Adv. Still, a woman's vanity Isn't in It with a man's conceit. No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX This is a prescription prepared es pecially for Malaria or Chills sad Fever. Five or six doses will break any case, and If taken then aa a tonlo the fever will not return. 16c. —Adv. A yard of rope la worth half a mils of eympathy to a drowning man. IW strsrsiKß HEADACHES Ricks' CAPUDINE la the beat remedy no matter what causes tham—Whether from the heat, sitting In draughts, fever ish condition, etc. 10c., Sc and 60c per bottle at medicine stores. Adv. Some spinsters advance step by stsp until they become etepmothers. Te Cere Taader sad neredlas Oaae MK%K3»fc fISBFIE Tfc tee. II.M. I I . ■ few man are strong enough to keep their faces closed. MraWlaaleWa Seething Syrap tor Children realties, eeftena tte|au, redneea I nil a name wtneeollajiin tallla tn And many a young man looks upon a dollar aavad as a good time lost. Dehcaciee kKODAKSH^g SSSLF&gjSgi
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