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MSCLOSES SECRETS OF 75-MILE Describes Gtm to Bombard Paris. Chicago.--Secrets of the Big Bertha jguns that fired 75 miles Into Paris dur- Jlng the war, obtained by Prof. H. W. "UMiller of the University of Michigan, flwere revealed by him to 1,000 reserve lofllcers of the headquarters artillery fipoup. Professor Miller, who was head of the railroad artillery of the HA.. E. F. with the rank of lieutenant ^(colonel, told how the guns were io- K Jjcated and counteracted during the war. •"fie described their structure and op- *""-iteration In detail. Some of the technical statements l»e made about the Big Berthas were: Each shell weighed 264 pounds. The projectile of each gun was rifled to correspond to the rifling of the canjion, so that the shell had to be twisted Into the breech of the gun. Each feig Bertha had a barrel 120 feet long. jThe gun's projectiles had a velocity %f 5,400 feet per second as they em- .^rged from the gun, or twice the ve- -locJty of a United States army service rifle. Reached Height of Forty-Eight Mile*. <<. The projectile traveled through the fore of the gun in about one-fiftieth #f a second, and in 25 seconds It was ^i(2 miles high and its velocity 'had dropped to 3,300 feet per second. In (hat altitude, at which the air is only #ne4enth as dense as on the earth, T®nd for three-fourths of the trajectory #f the projectile, it was virtually tn a jYacuum. At 24 mfles high it was in fero weather. It reached the height ^t#f 48 miles at the top of its arc before It started on the downward course. ? In firing it the officers had to obtain figures on the wind velocity every "$oar and had to make allowances accordingly. They also had to know the %arometrlc pressure. It was necessary «to make allowance for the fact that ?«he earth is a sphere and to estimate :|fhe distance through the air to Paris, 'instead of the distance on land, 'f Four of Big Guns Used. * The Germans had to take into ac- ^•oant the rotation of the earth and finist therefore fire east of the target t#r the target wouldn't be there when ilbe shell arrived. They used a standard elevation of SO degrees and gauged ^stance by the amount of powder 'Used. Green Popular Color for Plumbing Fixtures In the last twenty years the American public has changed completely its attitude toward color in the home. Twenty years ago one of the largest manufacturers of plumbing equipment put some colored plumbing fixtures on the market. They wouldn't sell. The public wasn't ready for color. Today this company and other companies making colored enameled ware and vitreous pottery report an Increase of 200 per cent in the sales of colored fixtures In 1929 ever 1928. The most popular colors for bathroom fixtures and kitchen sinks are green, lavender, orchid, ivory and brown. Artists explain the popularity of green by pointing to the fact that it is a cool color. , - Color in vitreous china and enamel is obtained by the use of metallic pigments. It has required centuries and endless experiments' to find pigments that would withstand the heat of 2,200 degrees in the firing of vitreous china and the somewhat lesser heat necessary for the baking of porcelain enamel on cast iron. These pigments change color completely in the firing. Furthermore, the firing of the china and the fusing of the enamel on iron are accomplished by different processes. This makes it difficult, but not impossible, for manufacturers to obtain the same shade of color in the bath, which is enameled, as in the water-closet which must be vitreous china, or in the lavatory, which may be vitreous china or enamel. Because of this difficulty in matching colors in fixtures made by different processes, most plumbing contractors will advise the home-owner that ! all of the colored fixtures he selects « for his home should be made by the same manufacturer. It is now possible to buy a complete bathroom ensemble, consisting of a built-in tub, a vitreoius china lavatory, a dressing table, a syhon jet closet, a dental lavatory, towel bars, and recessed soap dishes--all with perfectly matching colors. While a large bathroom may permit the use of -contrasting colors, in a small bathroom, good taste would dictate that all fixtures be of the same color. Sometimes lights will create the effect of unmatched fixtures. For instance, there is usually a strong light over the lavatory and a weak light near the tub. While discrepancies in lighting may cause an apparent difference in color values, an ideal lighting system would show a r's Hocuir of Dreamt By LAURA MONTGOMERY I The first Big Bertha was emplaced Ljil t Orppy. 75 miles from Paris. The i i 'p"eIrTfe cTt *m atching of color. s*econd was at Beaumont, G9 miles tfroai Paris, and the third was at Bru- $f*rep 30 miies away, and the fourth i*ras back at Beaumont - t The first gun was aimed at the geo- ; graphic center of Paris. It was fired • |)at 7:17 a. m., on March 22, 1918, and jlthe shell hit Paris at 7:20 a. m.. but ^killed no one. The second shell killed jelght persons and wounded thirteen. |Seven shells were fired in the next two I hours before a general alarm was •4 sounded throughout Paris, and 3,000,- J000 people hunted shelter. That day ,25 shells struck Paris. In all, from the four positions, the Germans sent 367 shells into Paris, which caused . damage nctimotmi at . #MM>00,000. V,A' Sea '• ; Experiments conducted by a California agronomist indicate two Important possibilities. By chemically crystalizing the salts held in solution, he lias come to the conclusion that the ' Inexhaustible supply of sea water may •t>e rendered available for irrigation 'Jmd fertilization. I Eternal Law Is Model Our human laws are but the copies, more or less imperfect, of the eternal laws, aa far as we can read them.--Freude. Fireplace Adds to Living Room Comfort ..Nothing adds more to the comfort and attractiveness of the living room than a generous open fireplace for wood fires. It should be a sufficient depth to accommodate a good-sized log which will burn for several hours with the chimney dampers properly regulated. To enjoy such a fire fully, the lights should be turned low or entirely.. extinguished, leaving only the play of the flames to Illuminate the room. Home Entrance entrance of a home should be hospitable in appearance' and be so placed to help the harmony of the building--not necessarily in the exact center of the front wall, but in harmony with the other features of the h o u s e . - « _ ' " " " " " ' ' Manmfftnf Ufa ' In the management and conquest of the "'dally disappointments and small vexations which Bsfail every life--the life of the idle and luxurious no less than of the busy and the struggling-- only a devout mjnd attains to any real success and evinces a triumphant power.-- Doctor Martineau. \ EDINGER FOR SHERIFF fc The fallowing article is reprinted from THE WOOD* STOCK NEWS, issue of Thursday, Marffr 27. % % w Reports coming in from all parts our county are to the effect that the candidacy of our City Chief of Police, Lester Edinger, is being looked upon with great favor by the voters and that he will receive a large vote on Primary Day -- Tuesday, April 8 --with a splendid of beiag named as the win- Ed in ger is a member of the American Legion and by right should receive the earnest "and hearty support of every member pf that order throughout the entire county, and it should be remembered that the' American Legion , hi here to stay and is composed of Wr very best citizens who are full of pep and who did efficient ser- • vice overseas in behalf of our coun- Ify in the World war. 5"'- .' "* Lester Edinger served tfefs wanty efficiently as sheriff for four fears--from December, 1922 to December, 1926--and is thoroughly familiar with every branch of the .work of our sheriff's office, and one of our very prominent attorneys recently remarked: "I have done business with our sheriff's office for many, many years, and Lester Edinger was the most competent and efficient sheriff that this county ever had, and I am for him for sheriff." There never was a time in the fWstory of this county when the office of sheriff was more important than it will be for the next four years, and every voter should remember that a vote for any other candidate counts as a vote against Edinger. Edinge* tMS tMi« a splendid record as present Chief of Police of our city and he has a host of friends in our city as well as throughout the entire county that are all now working fliligently to secure his nomination, and The Woodstock News heartily endorses his candidacy, believing that he is by far the best qualified man for that office of any of the other candidates in the field. <Copyri*tat.» <« T OYE came to us both * at the ' same moment," asserted Paul, his dark eyes laughing down at ber. Sally nodded, pink rushing up into her creamy face. "Yes." she said frankly, "1 fell for you when 1 saw you sitting up in that red fire truck. It must be awfully thrilling, a life like that" Frank Smith cat tn a^ that moment and bore her away triumphantly. Sally was pretty and up-to-the-minute and she had been rushed at this dance at the Country club. Susan, however, was sulky. She had been delighted when Sally accepted her week-end invitation. She felt that she had achieved a Social feather in her cap when the petted and popular young daughter Nof the Chicago mil lionaire had come to the small town on Fox river. But, as she later told her cousin Alice, she had not expected Saliy to capture Paul. "Oh." returned Alice calmly, "yon had no brief on him. He's never run aftef you. Be a sport and don't spoil Sally's evening for ber. She is an asset to our party." Sally had only met Paul that afternoon, but he was a fast worker and he pleaded his case very successfully on the drive home along the river road. "No," she answered *T*e Mnrer been engaged before." .' » " "You've bad plenty of bids, though. I expect." • This she refused to answer. "Perhaps I've never had any. Don't bother about that Tell me about your life We've a lot to learn about each oth er." But when she finally said good night for the tenth time and entered Susan's bouse, with a feeling that she was leaving paradise behind her, any knowledge she had obtained of Paul's previous life was of too little impor tance to count. "Well." greeted Susan, "yon didn't hurry. Did you have a nice drive. Sally r "Wonderftal," answered Sally. "So san, have yon ever been in love?" "I don't believe In It." responded tfci other; "it doesn't wear. But I don't expect you'll have to worry about that" Susan's intention of manufacturing a rift In the lute of love was frustrated for the simple reason that Sally, engrossed in her dreams, caught only fragments of Susan's chatter. She disposed of the subject by a vague smile. She knew that she had picked the only real man In the world for her • • • • • • • ' "You have come to ask me to approve of your Engagement to my daughter?" repeated Sally's > father when Sally presented Paul. "This is startling news. I belj»ve you had bet ter postpone this interview for a few months until you are better acquaint ed with each other. I--1 cannot give this matter much thought--at least Just at present." "Why. Daddy. How can you act so? 1 told you 1 had made up my mind. Paul can't help it If he's poor. If you could- see him guiding that red Ore motor truck you'd ad nitre him." Paul opened bis mouth to speak, his dark eyes puzzled. "1 don't believe In love-marriages when there Is no money to keep \up the house of dreams you've been prattling about Sally I want to see yon happy and I'm willing to do what 1 can. but as I told you, I've other things to think about at the present moment" M1 read about that merger that Is swallowing up your fortune, Mf. Deering. It seems to me that tf you got some sound backing you could get that crowd going. They are working on an unsound basis Just now." John Deering regarded Paul frankly. "1 see you understand what's on my mind. I haven't told Sally because I hoped I d pull out of the woods without worrying her. but I'm afraid all we have Is as good as lost The backing you mention to not given te a man who( bas lost out.** "Don't look like that. Daddy. Too can live with us. I don't know what a fireman makes, but . . ." Paul's face was swept by a vast amazement "Who Is this fireman?" he demanded. Sally smiled at him cheerily "You're my fireman. That was when I first saw yoo. You were tn that ducky red car tearing past the Opera Bouse. I thought you'd crash Into my roadster, but you swept past with an Inch to spare" *1 belong to the volunteers, as every young man does In Rl vert own but--" he stopped, to chuckle. "Sally for all your sophisticated "airs you've a lot to learn. Don't you know that your young man owns the lumber yard* there? My mother is in Italy, else I'd have taken you up to the Towers be fore you left town. I enjoy driving the fire truck, but I don't depend on that That's why I suggested that you give that crowd a run. Mr. Deering Tve plenty to put up and 1 believe we can beat them." "Then it's all right." crooned Bally •and 1 don't see that there Is any thing to bother about Paul thought I was rich and I thought blm poor It's just that our minds were In re verse." The two men smiled across her sleek head, but Mr. Deering squared his •boulders with as alr of encourage Bient ...iLijJHf. ,..t TO Military TTonn Hatross Is a word of Danish origin. The term was applied to one of the soldiers in a train of artillery who assisted the gunners in loading, firing and sponging the gnns. • •nil mil i " I f t t e L e s t e r Edinger lor l i f i e r i l ! , Tuesday, April ALONG LIFE'S TRAIL; By THOMAS ARKLB CLARK Dean of MM. Diitrtnttr af Illinois. READING AND CHARACTER He was twelve, perhaps, sitting all bumped up upon the floor in one corner of the office juilding reading the everting news, his bag of undelivered papers on the floor, beside hito. "What are yoti r e a d i n g ? " r asked, knowing that nothing ord i n a r y w o u l d keep him so engrossed. "Hickman,™ was the only word he uttered. "Interesting?" I Inquired. "I say so," he answered* and kept en with the reading. I knew very well what was holding bis childish attention. His young mind was concerning itself with the sordid details of the trial of "the Fox," which was at that time holding the front page of practically every newspaper In the country. It was a crime so brutal, so horrible, so revolting that I could not bring myself to ths point of reading abotit it. My chief Interest was that the unhappy perpetrator should be put away as soon as possible, and as Justice should decide, and that we should be permitted to forget the horror of It all. And the boy was only twelve, whose mind was so engrossed with the lurid picture of the crime, that he could not go on with his evening task. It was to me pitiful. What is the effect upon childish immature minds of the stories of youthful crime? It cannot be good. The Impressions and the influences which come to a child between the ages of twelve and eighteen are the most lasting impressions. The details of crime are what the people want, the news editor says, and if the paper is to succeed, that is what they must be given. I wonder, however, if it is necessary to broadcast the horrors of crime always upon the front page, to center the attention upon them by the use of heavy-faced streamers, and photographic representations of the most revolting scenes connected with these crimes. When Mrs, Snyder was electrocuted, the details of her execu-' tion were so minute as almost to take one into her presence to see her agony, and to bear her moans. Such reading ts bad enough for adults whom experience has hardened, but for children! (©. 1928, Western Newspaper Union.) Take Care ef YearMlf ^ 4 One often hears the statemenf ffiW people are living longer. It Is denied by experts as clever as those advancing the claim, but in any event you will not get your share of longer life unless you "take care of yourself in the old practical way.--Howe's Monthly. Price of Diamonds Up by Limiting Supply Chicago.^--Keeping up with the Joneses is all that Is keeping the price of diamonds up. Otherwise, they'd be about as cheap as cracked Ice. The diamond, most coveted of gems, Is not valuable. It is merely expensive. ' % "Many a woman who has rather enjoyed believing the solitaire twinkling on her finger was a rare stone, wrested from the dark earth by great endurance and privation, would be taken aback to learn it is actually wortli just $12 per carat, f. o. b. .at the mine," said Dr. Treat B. Johnson, professor of organic chemsitry at Yale. "Unlike pearls, diamonds are plentiful and obtained without hardship by the labor of natives who become voluntary prisoners in the compounds while sorting river gravel and earth for the sparkling lumps of carbon. "There is no reason why diamonds should be scarce, except that those who owp the fabulously rich mines purposely limit the output. The syndicate controlling the supply restricts it each year to meet only the demand,, that continues at the high prices maintained." 'KASS-i Waits Half-Century to Wed Boyhobd Loire SIracusa, Sicily.--Surely no more constant lover was ever married to the object of his 50 years' constant affections than Giuseppe Perconte, a peasant from Sommatino, who has just married Maria Yaleriano, at the age of seventy-five. Their love story dates back when both were In their twenties and Maria's parents refused their consent to ber union with Giuseppe, forcing her to marry a richer man with an orange grove. Maria seems to have" settled down fairly well, but her unsuccessful suitor went away and remained single. At last, after 50 years, Maria became a widow, and Giuseppe hurried back to Sommatino. | This time there were no angry parents, so they walked together to the nearest municipal office and then to the parish church, where they put up their banns. Soon after they had their wedding, wnicb was attended by hundreds of people from near and wide who have heard *of this extraordinarily faithful lover. Newest National Park Grand Teton, the newest of fhe ttonal parks is In northwestern Wyoming, in the west centra' part of Teton county. As a national park It Is qnlte small, its area being about 150 square miles. It lies to the west of Snake river and Jackson lake, is 30 miles long, and of varying width, four or five miles in most places. It includes the spectacular Grand Teton peak, but by no means all of the Teton range Of, mountains. ' The Greatest RomancpR1 The mathematician Is as great a romancer as Mahomet What he believes to be final truths are merely the romantic lies of logic. He believes in pursuing truth when he is only inventing an escape for himself in a land of symbols.--The Thinker. motor1a-4-oycfaBriap* §|f; tmemm cngbn- W~ ; • v ' j • Ja n f ;J64 V, :'ti. n ~m thousands of homes today : there's a topic of interesting conversation--the new Haag 65 washer. For what woman is not interested in a better, quicker, and easier way of laundering? • _ v The Haag jS5 is new throughout. It is even more efficient than the other fine washers that for years have made famous the name "Haag". It is gentle with your dainty lingerie and costly linens---thanks til the patented safety agitator. fit has a brand new wringer equipped with the latest balloon-type soft rubber rolls that "smooth" the water from clothes without crush or damage. You will particularly want to see this new wringer well as the Haag 65's many other modern features. Your Haag dealer will gladly demonstrate this new and better Haag'without obligation. A phone will arrange a convciatiejit hour. HAAH I •K3!sX3uuES(flHfll Jatob Justen & Scks Green Street, McHenry ^ USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS The candidate of so political faction, he te making a quiet, clean, dignified campaign. v He has no army of paid campaign workers, bat rather, is relying on his record and experience to commend his candidacy to the voters. TJie County Treasurer's office, because of the complicated duties involved, requires the direction of an official with a mind trained and experienced in the way* of business and finandfc Four years of servce in the County Treasurer's office, together with almost a lifetime as a banker, make him easily the most qualified and best equipped candidate tot the office he Mr. Richards has premised that as soon as the tax moneys are collected, to distribute them promptly to the treasurers of the different ttjfc* ing bodies. The tax moneys will net be hoarded in aay bank or banks, but will be distributed white -they belong. If honesty and ability mean anything and above all if you think that training and experience count, you will make no mistake if you mark yewr bollpt f«F . v.#/ •; Put tke Glee He doctor told him to tafee • $tefc!e Just before going to bed if he could keep It on his stomach. Next day he Itold the doctor 1# rolled off, when be tamed over.--Florida Times-Union. •. ; . -JI* ^ Lynn Richards for County Treasure^ This advertisement is donated by McHenry friends of Lynn Richards, who feel that he ft the best qualified candidate, and who also feel that the eastern part of McHenry County should tw represented in the oonrt house. , , , >