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are you using COAL TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE? Fuel Expert Gives Analysis of Problem; Anthracite Leads List The fuel question is not so much hat kind of fuel we shall 1 have it is whether we shall have any. But the scarcity makes it all the more important that as far as pos >ble we use the kind of fuel best suited to our purposes. w a. s - Most of us know that all coal has a common origin, and the dif ferent varieties called anthracite, <emi-bituminous and semi-anthra cite. are merely modifications of bituminous coal that are produced by heat and pressure—a natural distillation. They differ from one another in that the bituminous coal is soft, friable, evolves much gas and burns with a long luminous flame. It usually produces smoke account of an insufficient sup ply of air and lack of combustion j space—that is, space in which the 1 gas and air can meet and burn. Semi-anthracite is something be tween bituminous and anthracite, It j s on more resembling anthracite, softer, kindles more readily and with a longer flame than! burns anthracite. Anthracite is hard, lustrous and | dense, and shows when broken a | fraeture like that of glass. it ; kindles slowly, burns with a feeble I flame and very seldom produces | smoke; its heating power is some what less than that of semi-anthra- ; : The following points should be borne in mind when selecting fuel. The amount of ash it leaves; whether it fuses and forms clink cite. ers that stop up the grate bars I and cut off the draft; whether the u*h is corrosive and whether it at tacks the grate or adheres to the stove linings. few pieces of clam or oyster shells is said by many to help the vast mentioned trouble. The amount of moisture that coal contains is another important thing. There seems to be little or no difference or advantage in mixing coal of different sizes. If the draft is feeble, use a small-sized or a softer coal. In a general way it may be said The addition of a ) SERVICE SAFETY ... COURTESY i + T TTENTION TO THESE THREE ESSENTIALS OF BANKING SUCCESS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR MAR VELOUS GROWTH. (If THE ACCOUNTS INDIVIDUALS AND TIONS HANDLED MOST ADVANTAGEOUS BASIS. f T d d *i* Î OF FIRMS, CORPORA ON THE t JL J - Ï V i t Î ✓ d ... 4a À Newark Trust and Safe Deposit Company 4, + + + T f v *** + ■ H - l I H-H I 1 I ' M 1 I 1 I-H-H - I-H I' H-M-M - •H-H M - 1 -M - H- H M - 1 1 1 I I II III H-H-H - H - •H-l I-M-H that without regard to cost, fuels arrange themselves in the follow ing order:—Anthracite, thracite, coke, lignite—the last being the least desirable, larger the size of the coal the less ash it produces. For example, fur nace or egg coal contins 5.6 cent of ash, but the pea of the coal contains 14.6 per cent, local semi-an The per same As conditions—draft, stoves, furnaces—vary so greatly, the most satisfactory way for to determine what fuel is- best a you dapted for your particular to make a test on one or two 100 pound bags of the various sizes. T ou should record the quantity andand the character of the ash, the amount of smoke, the readi ness to kindle, the ease with which the fire keeps or burns out; and, of course, you must take care to have conditions, like the amount use is j of cooking, ironing or heating, as 1 nearly as possible for all the tests, J be sam e day of the week, * n making your calculations take account of the weather conditions the amount and direction of the It is a good plan to begin each wdnd ' as they effect the draft and the outside temperature. | Experience teaches that chestnut | coal is usually the most economi ; cal for the cooking stove, and that I f° r the furnace broken or egg— | according to the size of the fire box—is best during heavy duty in ; severe weather. Experience also : seems to prove that banking the fi re with a smaller size of coal or with cinders sifted from the ashes promotes economy, A day's ashes, both from the ; I stove and from the furnace or! boiler should be sifted periodically to determine the completeness of the combustion, able coke and unburned coal will ; be recovered. If the fire is con- j j tinuous, as in the case of the fur-; ; nace, probably not enough coal ! j time and trouble involved in sift-land j ing. That will surely be the case; ! if the furnace is operated with j deep beds of ashes and coal, about j jsix inches and ten »nches respec Lively. If a fresh kitchen fire is kindled each day consider-j : would be obtained to warrant the! Can You Stand the Test? What a fire burns over a country pasture or a bit of woodland, by another season the fire-swept area of wull be covered with vegetation to clude different from that which formerly held possession. The | seeds were there all the time, but were unable to get a start, because plants of another sort held the field. After some upheaval in our lives, we are often astonished 1 by the traits that come into promin Readers of David Copper field will remember how the repin ing grumbling Mrs. Gummidge was transformed into a cheerf ul helper, when real trouble overtook the household where she had 1 so long been sheltered, ecords countless similar instances. ence. I It is not only good that comes to the surface after the old growth , has been swept away bv some de- 1 ° cided change. Some' who arei models of amiability as long as I they are favorites of fortune, de- !' velop bad tempers when their wills are crossed and their purposes blocked. Sickness reveals most f. innumerable And real life unlovely traits in people. These qualities were there I all the time, but it took a change ! of circumstances to develop them. ! No one is really 'honest who will not be honest when poor and tempted. No one is really good tempered who becomes irritable as soon as things go wrong. To find out what we really are, we mustj c ' pass through varied experiences. I The weakness which comes to the i front in a crisis is not the product of the emergency. It is only re- j vealed thereby. Our Confidence In Ameri- | ca and Her Institutions ! ; All the world knows that Amer ica is in a chaotic condition, but and the determination to bring j sanity out of bedlam, We, however, have confidence; ! that such will be the final outcome j sift-land brutality, We believe the government at (Washington, and the congress of j j chosen representatives of the j people, will arise to the patriotic i heights necessary to restore order [ not all of the world believes that America has the brains, the will of the present era of brimstone and fairness and justice through out this land of a self governed mass people, We believe that the great of the American people will give to the government and the con gress that loyal and unswerving support which is necessary in this hour of national travail, We believe that every true American will exert his utmost to restore our country to that condi tion of tranquility which prevailed before this wave of agitation and unrest and profiteering engulfed us. Regardless of the present de plorable conditions, we have con fidence in America and American institutions. D »• c c u> Large Proportion of Soldiers ^ L * ft the FaMn8 ° f America s mighty war forces ° f more than four and a hal * mil hon of men - 1.200,000, it is esti mat f d - came from farms -. Records n tbe Rareau of War Risk Insur ance in Washington D C., indi ca f e that these farm-bred or farm f. aised b °y s carried Government '^ e insur anee amounting to over ,ten billion dollars. During the arlier demoblization, R was s '° difficult to keep track of the discharged service men that it seemed as though a very large pro Potion of them did not return to their former addresses or homes. iSomanyof the servicemen who had ' ome R° m the farms seemed to be listening to the call of the city that R was feared more than one-half j • ...OUR. Home-made Candies CONFORM TO ALL THESE RULES > THE FIRST REQUIREMENT | ! j j j i [ J-J 0 ^ Drinks and Sandwiches. PURITY AND CLEANLINESS daily R j j A fresh fassortment Also a fine line of Chocolates and Bonbons Glace Fruits and Nuts Egg Drinks and Milk. Ice Cream and Ice Cream Sodas the year round. A Full Line of Sunshine Biscuit and Cakes ....L»'ee<1. DELAWARE I MANUEL PANARETOS NEWARK NEWARK KANDY KITCHEN 1 AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR COLDS ARE INEVITABLE We have always on hand your favorite cough medicine. Our excellent selection of Fine Stationery is a subject of favorable comment from our patrons. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SUPPLIES DEPENDABLE DRUGS — CAMERAS Watch our window for seasonable offerings. RHODES' DRUG STORE Newark, Delaware ± Have you Seen the Pipeless Heater made in Philadelphia by people making heaters for the last seventy years? One register will heat the whole house. The system is especially adapt ed to homes with open stairways and wide doors; to churches and store rooms. It means a perfectly cool cellai. see one on the floor. Call and ALSO PLUMBING AND STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING DANIEL STOLL NEWARK "Phone 159 ■ H . 1 1"1 I"| . l-l-l - r I I + of them were not going back to the farms. Later the tide of mi gration set in toward the country, and now it is believed that the loss in man- power to the farms as the result of former service men settl ing elsewhere may not be more than 500,000. My Lesson Only to rest where He puts me; Only to do His will; Only to be what He made me, Though I be nothing still. Never a look beyond me, Out of my little sphere; If I could fill another, God would not keep me here. Only to take what He gives me, 1 Meek as a little child, , Q ues ti 0 „ing naught of the reason, ! _ J . oy . fu1 ' or reconcHed j Only to do what He bids me, 'L Patiently gladly to-day. Taking no thought for the morrow ; ! Waning on Him all the way. , . |Only to watch, in the working, | Only to still earth s voices j Listening for His the while jOnly to look to Him ever; Only to sit at His feet; All that He sayeth to do it— There shall my life be complete. E. C. K. Lest I should miss His smile; _ j Two Sides j Q p ro fi t .Sharing George W. Perkins writes an in teresting article in the current is sue of Rotarinn IVIagazine, entitled "The Workers' Fair Share," in which he devotes considerable at tention to profit-sharing. At first thought profit-sharing would seem to be a ready soluble to the industrial unrest now pre vailing, inducing the worker to produce as much as possible in the hope of sharing in the profits, the same as ktock-holders. But there are two sides to profit sharing. as there are to every other proposal. The stock holders of a company hare in the profits only when there are profits to share, lean years even with prosperous companies, when there are not only no earnings, but where losses ac tually are shouldered either by necessity or for the future good of the concern. In such cases, what would the w'orker do who depended! upon profit-sharing for a part of his yearly income? Say he worked hard and really produced much more than he would under the present wage system. Say he had no responsibility for the failure of the company to earn a dividend, would it be fair to him to tell him there were no profits in which he could share? And if this situation were to oc cur, as it is bound to do wherever profit-sharing is attempted, how is it going to be adjusted? Profit-sharing is a very fine thing when business is booming, but it doesn't look so good from the other angle. —Harrisburg, Pa. Telegraph. There are Out In the Fields With God • t >> The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play; Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds, And humming of the bees. R be foolish fears of what might come— 1 cast them all away j Among the clover-scented grass, Among the new-mown hay; Among the husking of the corn Where drowsy poppies nod, j Where ill thoughts die and good are born. Out in the fields with God. Have You Old Tires We have specialized on a process whereby no matter how old a tire we can make it not only practically like new but give you a tire that render service to you. Guaranteed for 3,500 miles for less than half the price of a new tire. We also specialize in vulcanizing, all work guar EMPIRE DOUBLE TREAD CO.. 823 Shi pi. I St., Wilmington, Delaware. •ui * RADIATOR REPAIR WORK Done and Guarantee FORD AGENTS Authorized F. B. 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