The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 1-26

■ f MUE STAR. # r tm tM*a «f ti* W*iwt»wi ef Tld* »♦*»■« e f t t * North.. Mort people, if they ka*vr noth- ®* *I»» of wtroaoniy, Mfeny rate « » » the pole star, the one »tar irtush aeeraa to keep it* place ia the ewvms* without movmnent of any jehad. There are a great many, flow- arrar, who do not know what a won* derful thing it ia. In the drat place, It can he * * n when looked at through a good”telescope to he two •tars and not one. There ia one fairly bright one, of what is known aa the second magnitude, and anoth* er of the ninth magnitude close to.it. But that is not all, The brighter of the two is really three stars re­ volving roimd one another, or, rath' or, round their common center of gravity, likejhree children playing '‘ring a ring o* rosea.” This secret is m ealed to us by what is perhaps the most astonishing of all scientific instruments, the spectroscope. It not only tells us what the stars are made of, hut whether they are mov- jug toward ufl o r away from us. When you stand facing the star you are always facing north, The reason that i t does not appear to move as the others do is because it is nearly in line with the axis of the ■earth. Its distance from ua is enor­ mous. This can be judged from the fact that, although the earth in it* journey round the sun is today about 190,000,000 miles from where i t was six months ago> that makes no appreciable difference to its dis­ tance from the pole star. I t must therefore be many times 190,000,- 000 miles away, i ^ How 8 nakea Hide. In the American Magazine is an account of a keen nature photog­ rapher who has confined his activi­ ties to Hew Jersey and eastern Hew York: , 1 "One day, with a hoy companion, he Was walking through the woods, . and they were Btartled by th e sight of a congregation of black snakes, • which disappeared as if by magic. . The boys hun ted among the busheE until they were a ttrac ted by the eight of one Snake hanging in loops from a tree. Looking closely, they found tlinfc. all of th e snakes had squght concealment by crawling up trees, seeking the end of a branch and looping over to another tree, Und they had their first lesson in ’ the method by which snakes' hide themselves and’hoodwink th e ir pur* ‘ — *». ■ We*w*n and War. I 'Emotions of the women who re*! main a t home during a war were > AVnuoaoCil xv» **« », 1,1 3 *.. I_ *_ i r * 1 jpanisb........ wan war. The war had never been popular with the people, who saw no reason why blood should be shed for colonies from which only the rich derived benefits. When "new? of the defeats of the Spanish reae‘*. cd Madrid groups of women need to gather round the statue of Oojum* bus in the Puerto do Sol and lmrl opprobrious epithets a t him for his fbliy in having discovered America, And once they even tried to drag Columbus from his pedestal, . Algvbri. * ■' Algebra, that banc of schoolboys, is derived from two Arab words, "al jebr.” oAnd it was in Bagdad that Al-Kliwarusmi, while librarian to the Calif Al-Mamun, the younger son of Haroiin-al-Raschid and usur­ per of'T ub elder brother Al-min’s throne, wrote the algebra upo» which were founded most Of the early works on the subject, . Al-Khwarasmi was also author of the first Indian arithmetic. That was juBt 1,100 years ago,—London Chronicle, LROADS CAUSED SHORTAGE OF COAL suers Sulphur Bottom Wh«!*«. Probably the largest of the whales, as Well as the. most gigantic of a ll living creatures, is thekmphu* bottom ! I t attains a length o f near* ninety-five feet in length; thirty- nine feet .in girth, with a jawbone twenty-one feet long; baleen (whale­ bone), four feet long; weight, of baleen, 800. pounds; weight of en­ tire whale, 147 tons, and it yielded IlO barrels of oil. The sulphur bottom seldom bolts, as the whalers . term the action of leaping diagonal­ ly from the sea, or breaches, as per­ pendicular springs are called, but when i t does perform in this man­ ner it presents a truly wonderful right. Perversity o f Nature, His father"wasl-busy and had cau­ tioned him fibt to ask any foolish questions,* so ,he said to the boy When he cam e into the room : "As longas this isn’t a fool ques tion, what is it?” ■ ■ And this;is what the boy pro pounded: * "When you’ve a sots throat, dad, ind it hurts you to swallow, why dc fou want to swallow all the time l1”; —New .York Times* Bun apd ,Flre Symbol*. There are to be found occasion­ ally upon the walls of old brick houses, at about the line of division between the first and second stories, flat pieces*of iron five or six inches in length and shaped somewhat like the letter "S.” The use of these ar­ ticles was clearly brought from Eng­ land, where it is still 'continued, and there are a curious origin and mean­ ing attached to them. The figure in question is an early symbol of the sun. It is still used in Hereford­ shire and other parts of England. There one is infornied that the reason for the particular form of these irons is that they were made thus in order to protect the house from fire,as well as from collapse. Won, but Not Hold. A learned English judge aBked a woman to marry him because she, knowing h is weakness, had mixed a salad so artistically tha t ha declared he could no t live without eating an­ other. The judge soon repented of his folly. The lady had a foolish na­ tu re and' a temper which so tor­ mented her husband that ha would prolong the sessions of his court far info thO night* "Gentlemen,” he was accustomed to say when .counsel -or jury murmured af the lateness of the hour, "as Wo must be some­ where, we cannot ho better any­ where than we are here.” * IStop y o o r tw d b rafttfe Wtflk D e. SdWUiw* Umbim t*. Pathe Phonographs No Needles to Change Plays Any Record Be sure to see and hear the machine be­ fore making a purchase* Machine glad­ ly sent on approval. G alloway & Cherry m\ E. Main St.* Xenia, TO.! Best Prices for Butter, Eggs and Poultry Farmer* call tie by phene, get our price* on p r o d u c e , and arrange to have your groceriea delivered. Nagley’s Grocery . - i CedarvUle, OMo Investigations by Newspapers, Public Officials and Individ­ ualsBringUnanimousVerdict. The Only Way to Get Enough Coal to the People Is to Get Enough Railroad Cars to the Mines In Which to Load and Haul It. A *» ■* .■ Columbus, Ohio. (Special.)—At last nearly everybody admits’what no-* •neroua dally newspapers and even many rural county papers as well as coat' operators-pointed out months ago was the cause of the coal shortage—lack of railroad cars. . Governor Cox stated the main fact last week when, he said to the coal, miners'- convention: . "Ion mined 88,090,000 tons last year, and yon would hate mined 55,000,000 tons Jt you had had cars in wlilclt to load It.” Ohio consumes about 60,000,000 tons of ccfal per year, Cox said two mistakes had been made: <' * 1—The arbitrary priority orders which sent more coal to the northwest than was needed. . ‘ 2—-Too many long hauls of Coal. ; . The long hauls were simply selfish railroad manipulation and were the chief cause of lack- of cars a t mines located near the markets.- Short hauls' from mines which were Idle much of the time would have doubled the amount of coal actually delivered to the consumer. The Clncinnati-'PoBt says’: * ' • ‘ ■ Figures gathered from all over the state jShow that roads were congested with loaded and empty cars while mines were idle. Railroad failure to supply cars has reduced coal production in Ohio alone more.than 1,661,750 ton3 in the last three weeks, it was announced today,by the Soutuorn Ohio Coal Exchange »ad| the Pittsburgh JVein Operators Asso­ ciation. , * . . . CAN MINE COAL IN PLENTY, - * A W. Dean, chairman of the Cleveland" Coat Fool Committee, said there are 1000 mines in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania which could ■supply 25,000,000 tone of coal in two weeks with a 100. per cent-coal"Oar supply. Reports from Ohio told of serious conditions. In . Belmont County 60 mines have been Idle for a week and S000 miners have bean, idle because of a car shortage, while 400 loaded cars are standing a t the mines. ‘ In Guernsey County there are 325 loaded Oars a t the minor. In Coshocton County, with mines operating only< part of the time, them v*r* $90 loaded cars. ALL SHOW SAME CONDITION. Hines reporting ------------------ Capacity of these mines (week). ActualgSeduction i0T week —_ Loss-Car shortage .... Labor shortage Other causes —. Total loss, all causes . Southern Ohio Field. 89 ...194,884 tons —101,070 tons 69,521 tons 9,181 tons 15,000 tons F a s te n Ohio Field. 65 248,650 tons 102,850 tone 125,000 tone 20,800 tons 000 tons 3.45,800 tone 93,808 tons Getting more cars to the mines is the only solution. Both operators and miners say they can give capacity production, or nearly so—but they most have cars to load it. They are hopeful that appeals sent to McAdoo will bear fruit soon. Local coal pooling arrangements ate speeding distribution In the larger cities, hut thoy must have the coal to distribute, and to get the coal the first requisite now is cars. On his report McKinney notes: "It is recognised that any decrease ia production Increases the proportion of fuel used by the railroads; that the severe cold weather practically doubles the amount of railroad fuel per ton ■moved. Practically 40 per cent of all the coal produced In southern Ohio IS used for railroad ^fttel under present weather conditions.” SAYS CARS 8ENT TO CANADA WON'T COME BACK TILL SPRING, James Dugan, chief Inspector of the Public Utilities Commission, Friday found between 40 and 50 cars of coal near Bridgeport consigned to Copper Cliff in the northern part of Canada, “It will he next summer before those curs ever get back to Ohio,” Dugan said. He wired a complaint to the Senate Fuel Investigating Committee and Senator Pomerene. New York's fuel director has also complained against coal going to Canada. MINER* WILL WORK LONGER HOURS AND HOLIDAY* IP NECEtt* SAftY—PROVIDED CAR8, ARE FURNISHED. COal miners in recent conventions have voted to work IQ hours per day, Sundays and holidays, if necessary to get out enough coal te meet the needs of the people—but this will avail nothing unless the car supply is about doubled. ■ , ELASTIC ROOF PAINT] f for tin* metal, paper, felt 'and r u b ie d toel*. I* proof against the weather or rust. Abeduteiy M* porous. Will not crack, peel, bMitero r eoale. Will not evaporate after onoeset. Ia wMer-pcoej* ing material, Ctmtainalno Ingredients #wA ee wtit and lima which enter Irfto the deposition «rf the major part o t the »o-tidied roof and. t e a paint* on W market to-day which have m yteitks ffjffi** H e # q frww ittl* *iti»f»iLV. g o l I MOSER’S sas Shoe Clearance Sate -Many people took advantage of th is Shoe Sale today and m any more will buy shoe* th e next 2 week* a t reduced price*, This is th e op* portun ity of th e season. The numbers of loaded cars lu Jefferson County was 76,' and’the^number in Tuscarawas County was 129, .In vallrcr j yards at Toledo there were 840 loaded oars, 706 of them destined fo r Detroit and other Michigan-points. At Lima, Tiffin and Freniont tracks are blocked by empty and loaded merchandise cars. At Lima alone 1260 cars are standing because there ar* ito lopomutivee to more them. „ _ * \ SEttiOU* IN SOUTHERN OHIO- Congestion, is even more serious In southern Ohio, Reports to tho Southern Ohio Coal Exchange said I860 loaded' cars are tied up a t Nelsonvilla; near Coming 3000 cars are snowed in; a t Logan 260 cars are standing and a t Hobson, a, terminal point, the situation Is badly tangled. \ > , In Cincinnati,, hundreds of persons raided 36 cars of ooal in the Chesar peaks & Ohio yards without interference from officials. One thousand Cars. of coal have been standing idle on tracks in and near this city tor weeks. COAL PRODUCTION DECREASES BECAUSE OF CAR SHORTAGE. The Columbus Citizen supis up the losses of coal a t Ohio mines due to lack of cars as follow?: , Reports for last week issued Friday- by W. B. McKinney, secretary of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange, and J. B. Zerbe, secretary Of the Ftitsbnrg Vein Operators of the East Ohio Field, told of an actual decline in product tion of Ohio mines in spite of the vital need for coal. Production for the week ending January 5 was less than half capacity. - The figures of McKinney and Zerbe show a large increase In car short­ age, which is largely responsible for Ohio losing about 766,096 tons of coal in the week, as compared with 900,000 tons lost the preceding week. , McKinney’s report for the week showed a loss on capacity production of 48.X per cent—three-fourths of which was due to car shortage. Zerbe’s figures show the east Ohio fields faring even worse, The short­ age there was 58.64 per cent of possible production. These figures applied, to the total capacity production of the state show Ohio mines produced in the week 750,001) tons less than their possible output FIGURES SHOW CAR 8H0RTAGE TO BLAME FOR OHIO'* FAILURE. . Following figures, compiled from McKlhney’a and Zerbe’s reports are the basis bn which the total loss is figured, and show why Ohio is not doing its share i-i relieving the world-wide coal shortage; Total For Twoi Fields, 154 443,534 tons 203,926 tons 194,627 tons 29,981 tons 16,000 tons 239,608 tons A LARGE LOT of MEN’S SHOES * .Manystyle*, 64.6Q»ud 65,00'ValueB, $3,95 ,<■ V SPECIAL Stiff pair* Women’* Orem Shoe*, Value*up to $16.00. $2.95 SPECIAL Women’* fltylmb Black At* . it Button and L#oe Shoe*, ■ % and fan lowheeldheai Value*up to $7.00. $4.95 WOMEN’S NOVELTY BOOTS Grey, T*up» imd Brown Regular Prices $4.60 io ‘ $12.00. . $3.95, $495 $5.95 to $9.95 « DR, REED 0OSB1ON . SHOES the easioat and wftrixf&t shoe* tnadv, , Reduced from $9,00. $7.45 Women’s Fur B6und Felf Slippir*. Gray, Blackor Brown. Special. 69c f A Fer cent discount on Boys’ l U ’Shoes^ 1 A per ce I U and Cl n t discount on Misses* hildren’s Shoes. \ . SALE STARTED SATURDAY, FEB. 2ND s SHOE STORE s A le ENDS SATURDAY, FEB. 16TH 1 /. .... - ........... .... . ' . . „ , ». . jr 3, u ' - ^ V “ Cl ■ * ,, ^ o For th e next 15 days we m u st unload thousands of dollars worth of ’j Merchandise to make room for spring goods. Don’t m iss th is sale now on men’s Suits and Overcoats. . * ' ‘ $28.50 OVERCOATS and s u i ; r s m * ..... :..... ...... . - w . v * $25,00 OvlERCOATS and SUITS itoW. .............. ........ w * v . . $22.00 OVERCOATS and i SUITS .................. $20.00 OVERCOATS and SUITS nbw.......... :........... $18.50 and $15.00 OVER- Q Q ff COATSandSUITSnow.......... » .O D * 4- • 1-3 off on Mackinaw Coats, Coat Sweaters, Underwear, Raincoats,H Flannel Shirts, Corduroy Clothing, Duck Coats, P an ts, Caps, Gloves * % and all kinds of Clothing; Don’t iniss th is sale.. .Stock up for next w inter. Cidthing will be much higher. ■X ■ * M e n ’s F o o tw e a r / 1-3 off on all kinds of Men’s Fine Shoes, Solid Every-day Shoes, Rubbers, Arctics, Felt Boots, Rubber Boots. 1-3 off on all kinds of Boys* Foot­ wear. Don’t m iss th is sale now on. W o m e n ’s F o o tw e a r b , . - ■ 5 , 1-3 o fto n all kinds of Ladies’ Fine Dtes* Shoes, Solid Rvery-day Shoes, Rubbers, Arctics,* Rubber Boots. 1-3 off oh all kinds of Misses’ and Children’s Footwear. Don’t m iss th is sale now on. j C A l XX “Wfr f 1 ' XI- X XSh * j f m k M a j l JEL mat JJ* J L f JELf 17-19 W. Main S tm t , THE BIO STORE X*nia, Ohio. asa. rxzzatttstc: