German experts in this trade, however, express no fear as to the future. They are of opinion that the competition which has started in other countries will, after the cessation of the war, only tend to sharpen the edge of the inventiveness of German chemists, who will, they say, be able to make further chemical discoveries which will place them in a position at least equal to that which they have hitherto held.
Quitting Booze and Smokes.
Under the conditions that he neither smokes nor uses intoxicants until he is thirty years of age, Charles Gordon Emery II., of Watertown, N. Y., is left the sum of $50,000 in trust by the will of his grandfather. Charles G. Emery, the tobacco millionaire, filed for probate here to-day. The estate amounts to between four and five million dollars.
Bear Curfew in Jersey.
Women and children of Vernon, N. J., are staying indoors nowadays from fear of bears. Two or three have stolen sheep and beehives lately, carrying their loot into the woods and swamps on the outskirts of the town. Hunters are organizing to put a stop to the bear raids.
Thanks Good Samaritan of ’61.
A resolution was adopted by the legislature of Vermont commending Mrs. Bettie van Metre, of Berryville, Va., for her care of Lieutenant Bedell, of Westfield, Vt., after he was injured during the Civil War.
Lieutenant Bedell’s leg was broken by a shell in a battle at Opequon, Va., and he was left behind by his regiment. He was picked up unconscious and carried to the house, where he was left in an attic room for three days without proper care, until Mrs. van Metre, then a girl of twenty years, heard of his condition, and insisted on acting as nurse. She watched over him, regardless of criticisms, until he was able to be moved back to his Vermont home. She then accompanied him on a troop train, and afterward returned to Virginia.
Indians’ Football Dates.
The athletic officials at the Carlisle Indian School have announced the 1915 football schedule, which contains one game less than last season.