Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — Page 8

August Weather.

Like July, August owes i:s name to a Roman emperor. Augustus Caesar was born in September, and it would seem natural that he should ' prefer September to August, and that he should follow the example of his predecessor, Julius Caesar, and give his name to the month of his birth. But it so happened that Augustus considered the sixth month on the Roman calendar, Sextilis, his lucky month, and since it followed the month to which Julius had given his name, he adopted it as his favorite month, took a day from February and added it to Sextilis, and changed the August. In its characteristics, August is much like July and September. More rain usually falls in August than in September and less than in July. Last year, for instance, the total precipitation in August was 5.25 inches, while in July it was 7.94 and in September 4.17. For the period covering 45 years since the local weather bureau was established, the average precipitation in August has been 3.28 inches, in July 4.20 and in September 3.03. The maximum precipitation during the month for the period was 6.70 inches in 1886; the minimum was 0.42 in 1897. Last year August was about the average in respect to rainfall except for one day s —August 11 —when 2.07 inches of rain fell. Last year the temperature in August varied from 44 degrees on the 31st to 88 degrees on the 16th; there were no storms, six clear days, 10 partly cloudy and 15 cloudy. The average number of clear days for the period of 45 years, is 11, partly cloudy 13 and cloudy seven. Except for September and October, in which the average number of clear days is 12, August holds the record for clear days. The warmest August day on record was August 12, 1881, when a temperature of 101 degrees was recorded; the coolest August day was last year, when on August 31 the temperature fell to 44. Last year August also proved to be the coolest August in 45 years, the average temperature for the month being 68 degrees. The second coolest August was in 1 883, when the aver-

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age was TO. The warmest August was in 1900, when the average was 79. The average for the whole period is 73.8, and it is seldom that the average for a single August varies more than two degrees from the average for the period. Last year was an exception, for as a rule September averages from four to six degrees cooler than August, while last year the average was the same. On September 14, 1915, the maximum temperature was 90 degrees, while on the warmest day in August it was 88. In 1891, the two months averaged same, August being 72 and September 71, but the next year August averaged 74 and September 67, thus showing that a cool August one year does not necessarily mean a cool August the next. —-Indianapolis News.

Brick Paving Project Awakening Old Echoes on Historic Road.

Ohio is reawakening old echoemou the highways of her granddaddies. The National Pike, or Cumberland Road, as it was sometimes called, is being restored to a condition surpassing its ancient splendor, for instead of a rough stone pike, the ancient route is to be paved 16 feet wide throughout the state, a major portion of the projected milage being brick. Thomas Jefferson, in 1806, signed the first act for a highway to connect Cumberland, Md., with the Ohio

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river. It was completed to Wheeling in 1818, to Columbus in 1833, and thence by successive stages to Indianapolis, Springfield, 111., and Jefferson City, 1 Mo. This road was the great highway of immigration for the central states A single day would see scores of hurrying stage coaches and hundreds of wagons drawn by oxen. Most of the early statesmen and Presidents 'passed over it at one time or an- ' other, and the dilapidated inps that abound along the route are replete with traditions of the great men who were their guests. This road was gradually abandoned by the national government to the states, as the problem of maintenance became acute, and for . - years it has received almost no attention. It could scarcely be distinguished from the unimproved mud | roads of the vicinity. To prevent a recurrence of this indignity to an old landmark, the Ohio state highway department is directing that the improvement be of as nearly permanent character as possible. The brick pavement through Belmont county has practically been completed within the last year. Guernsey, Muskingum, Franklin and Montgomery counties also have their portions in advanced state of construction. One of the puzzles of the old highway is the famous crooked bridge in Belmont county, whose lines do scribe a compound curve. Whether the builder considered his design ornamental or whether he sought fu fit the road to the staggerings of belated pedestrians has always been a subject of conjecture. Most of the stone bridges built in the earlier days are as sound as ever, and would be considered good construction in time. While the ol<j road will never resume its former relative importance, it is expected to become an important route of auto travel and to facilitate the marketing of farm products. The improvement program has already doubled the value of adjoining lands for a large part of the distance.

Submarine Destroyers.

Commenting on the probable man-

ner in Which British, French and Russian naval authorities will deal with submarines of the Deutschland type in case Germany definitely decides to establish regular communication with the United States by this means, a writer in the New York Times refers to tfe efficiency of the swift motor patrol boat as an enemy of the submarine. Outside the threemile limit British and French cruisers have for some time been lying in wait for the Deutschland. Around the British isles are other cruisers assigned to the same task. But it is expected that the Deutschland will elude them. Other German submarines have risen in close proximity to British cruisers and escaped he fore the cruiser could be brought into action. But with the motor patrol boat the case is different. These boats have been constructed after the design of American build ers who are recognized by all of the European naval powers as without equals in this w T ork. It is reported that the British government has added to its fleet in British waters some 500 motor patrols. They can attain a speed of 30 miles an hour and are equipped with two small guns. Their one object is to get a clean shot at the periscope of an enemy submarine. With the periscope disabled, a submarine is all but helpless. It can do nothing but submerge, stay under water as long as possible and then return to the surface—exposing its upper works—in hope of having escaped to clear water. On the surface the Deutschland has a speed of 15 miles an hour, hence boats of this type can not expect to elude the swift motor boat. Ev •ry time they rise to the surface they risk the loss of their periscope, and without the periscope their chapce of making a safe port is very small. It is possible that the armed motor boat will become an important factor in naval warfare.-—lndianapolis News.

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SCRAPS

Kansas has 854,679 male inhabitants. There are 428,663 persons in Yokohama. The United States has 66,066 postoffices. Army service is compulsory in Holland; France is stimulating attention ' ? gardening. Germany’s normal meat supply is 60 per cent pork. One ton of whale blubber will yield 200 gallons of oil. New Y’ork is to have a new hotel to cost $1 5,000,000. Sheep dogs are free from tax in the United Kingdom. The United States yearly produces $20,000,000 worth of buttons. Sudan grass yields from one to eight tons of cured hay an acre. Two-thirds of the world’s corres pondence is in the English language. Douglasville, N. J., has a dwelling occupied continuously for 200 years. Akron, 0., watched a skunk stro ; down .Main street at noon the oth?’ day'.* For years an almose unsalable product, New Zealand hemp has lean ed into popularity and is now a great industry.

A wealthy native of India has given a fund of $5,000 a year for fifteen years to aid in suppressing tuberculosis in Bombay. Quartz glass, for which we were

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once dependent on Germany, is now} had in this country. The sand of ! Nebraska is best suited for the pur- ' pose. The 25,000 inhabitants which w"-g! credited to Dawson City, Alaska, dur j ing the height of the 1898 gold' rush, have now dwindled to a mere 2,000. Shoes with quickly removable soles and heels have been invert*"'' i in France for railroad they can escape should their fee* bei caught in tracks. I The average weight of the hogs received at Chicago was 219 pounds during 1915 and 231 in 1914. •*'he corresponding averages at Kansas City were 200 and 191, respectively.. It is estimated by the forest ser- 1 vice of the l nited States departrae*« - of agriculture that there is enough waste from the sawmills of the south alone to produce 20,000 tons of paper a day. Behring sea is to be charted by means of a new vessel now b c ing built at a Lake Michigan port. The

surveyor will be used by tbe government only for coast and geodetic survey work. ' The price of coal is said to hav? reacheds3o a ton at Rome, and steps are being taken to bring it from Japan where the cost is just onetenth e.s great. The reflector, 100 inches in diameter, for the Mt. Wilson observatory in California, which will te finished early next year, will b? the largest mirror ever cast. It will be thirteen inches thick and will contain, in one solid piece, four and one-half tons of glasss. A well-known Amo -iyan writer thinks that the signing of peace will lead to an emigration movement that will amaze the world. After the Franco-German war in 1870, 200,000 Germans settled in three American states—Nebraska, Minnesota and lowa. Commercial Attache William F Montavon reports that, according to press advices from La Faz, crop conditions in Bolivia are worse even than had been anticipated. Early frosts have injured, if not completely ruined, the potato and barley crops. Among the Chinese a particular species of dog is said to be reared for the table. It is a small dog of a greyhound shape, with a muzzl<* much more elongated than in ter riers. The flesh of black dogs is preferred to that of animals of any other color on account of the greaf-r amount of nutriment the black dogs are supposed to possess.

Income Tax Publicity.

One after another the arguments upon which the income tax was authorized are being turned into false pretenses. The argument that the government ought to have the power to levy an income tax in case of emergency Use war looks particular ly deceptive since the tax has been doubled in peace. The argument that the returns would and should be kept secret is now subject to the recall. Senator Poindexter has - introduced a bill to publish them all, and there is a suggestion that the idea will fee incorporated in a revenue bill. Certainly, publish every thing. AU privacy is scandalous. These are the Scriptural days when there Is nothing covered which shall not be revealed and nothing hid that should not be known. All that is needed to make the income tax entirely democratic is that it shall include everybody, whether paying an income tax or not. Every man ought to prove that he is or is not taxable.

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There is as much delicious neighborhood gossip about the small incomes as there is big political scandal about the malefactors’ fortunes. —New York Times.

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