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Grainiand Prod Ell

CHICAGO Dec.S}22.-Huge export
gales helped lift. the wheat market
yesterday To- a .new; high price record
for this seasons crop! Closing quo:
tations were huoyant at q " to Sc net
advance; with Dec emher at 1924 and
May at 81, 247s @s1.25.s Corn gained
IS TO Y a. &c, and oats ss a. Nc Proyi.
sions finished with losses Of 1oc to
Com rallied toward the last With
wheat During sthel greater part ;of
the day fhoweyer, the market twas de:
pressed by talk of Z larger receipts.
>Transaet lions IN oats were generally
between plt.traders. Quotations seem.
ed to depend on the action OF corn. E.
Provisions gave way owing to con.
tinued big arrivals tof. hogs, The cash:
trade was said ITO be fair, but Of sui
ilcient volume to be- alone a prop
to the market. Some OF the selling
seemed TO be for packers. 10y
Articles N Y I NJ High Low
Wheat NJ: y. *, ~ ~ u, =
December 7. ..S.: *, sl.22 * s1.24ft
May II. 4: x. s .22A 1.24B
Corn ,St i:. RI q. :. s II
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May .. !! :. 49,
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Pork ,-;iFi 4.iStl Is - .l,
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FoRisALE@Pairg Of mules about 8 10
years old. eight 800 pounds each.
Broke TO drive. OF CT Sellers, Gloyer's
Gap. W. Va 1908. No. 6ls.
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FOR RENT-A, nicely furnished room,
good location. use of bath and tele.
phone. Call at 4 11 Walnut Avenue.
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FOE SALE

FOR sALESHouseho hold furniture and
8 fixings. 100 Marion street, East
Park. Bell; phone. Isl r. sl2:15:st.No.610
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The Christmas Money Club u
SCHOOL CHILDREN
No Boy Ever Became ia Great Business Man;Wl
Did Not in Youth Learn to Save.
No Girl Ever Became a Competent Manager ofta
Home Who Did Not When Y oung Learn s.l
.s-}ss the Value of Money. Isl 4.

IF we were asked to suggest a motto for the
boys and girls Of the public schools it would be
this: Get Wisdon-and in all your getting get
aKnowledg ofsthe Value of Money"
s. You, Master Boy Reader, and you, Miss Girl
Reader, will perhaps spend a third ,or afourth Of
your entire lifetime in school and university to
prepare you to fill with credit the position to
which your inclination and natural aptitude may
eventually consignE you. Have you ever stopped
consider that the greatest science ofall meas
Gured by the satisfaction and comfort and happi-
ness twill give through life, lis THE SCIENCE
ofSTHRIFTa y gu may have the knowledge ola
Cicero, or Of "a Webster but you do not learn
the value Of money how to save wisely and how
+. to spend Wisely-+your life in an essential way
will be failure Father and Mother will doubt
less recall some Of their brightest classmates who
laVesnot succeeded in life because Of their lack.
sknoWled Of the value of money. They live
from hand mouth, always in debt, because the
money earn is scattered like leaves before
the autumn eeze. SIS q 81 u.
sc 81 And $50 we urge that W,pWhile attending
school, you learn the all-impo rtant lesson Of saw
ing. Fatherscould not, confer a greater benefit
zone that{Woud be more certain and lasting in its
effect to enable you5to join the Christmas
Money Hub S eekly payments; of only a few
cents are required, andsyou would 5gain4ideas Of
Ddllk1llR tdSAWellsdS OI
Christmas each member will receive from the
bank a handsomely engraved check for the
.amountshe now plans to save Talk this matter
over with + ather and Mother, ask them to read
this announce nent, then come to the bank any
day during banking hours or preferably during
your special hours and join the Christmas Money.
Club II J. 81. ss.s<
p WesinEit you, Master Boy Reader, and YOU,
Miss Girl Reader, to arrange for your member
ship Courteous and attentive clerks will explain
anything further you may want to- know, and,
give you member card showing the amounts
TO be paid weekly. z .s y
S. Letus know the amount you want at Christmas
v and we will arrange the payments to suit you.
Now a. the bank :. and avoid the
rush, for memberships flater ,on& .s ~
The National Bank of FairnlolIl
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Easser. This location Is 700 feet north
east OF the flrst test. 2
Located on Pinch Creek. Elk dis
trict. Knnawha county the William c.
Edwards oil Company has completed
and shot q second test ON the Georgc
sBryant farm. and Il Is good for 10
barrels O day from the Weir sand. The
location 10 ], 500 feet east Of the No. i
on tlie same farm. q 10:barrel pro-
Queer On Goose Greek, Grant, district,
Richie County. the Wallace OIL Com.
,pany drilled No. 4. an old well, on the
John Lowther farm from the salt to
the Keener sand, and secured a 1o,bar.
rel pumper in the lower formation.
e ON Soice Run, WetEel County, the
Philadelphia Company's test on the R.
Barr farm, Is a gasserl in the Big 1niun
sand. On Bingamon Creek, Manning
ton district Marion county, the Hope
Natural Gas! Company drilled its test
on the is F. Hess farm through the
Gordon sand. and has a gasser: &
4 .s! The Oh Market. I
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Illinois 80! 81. l47
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The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
How Much Radium?

Efforts to determine the amount Of
radium IN the ocean have been few.
Prof. S. J. Lloyd OF the University
of Alabama finds that about thirty
samples of sea water have been test
ed, taken from the Irish and English
coasts, the North and South Atlantic,
the Mediterranean, the Black sea, the
Arabian sea, and in his own deter
mination from the Gulf of Mexico 200
miles south of Mobile. D%iscarding ex-
IRENE results, with a maximum SO
times greater than the minimum, it is
concluded that the total radium in
the sea somewhat exceeds 1,4O0 tons.
AS rivers contain little, it is assumed
that this supply comes from uranium
N the sea, which must reach a total OF
nearly 1900 00, 900 tons, making ura-
mum in sea-water comparable in guam
tity to gold.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Knife the Best Weapon.

To-day the defense stands pat on
earthworks, wire and machine guns.
The attack has tried gas, petrol,
~bayonets, siege artillery, field artillery,
grenades and mines, and has come
out, generally speaking, second best.
Trench mOrtars have not developed
the requisite accuracy nor the re-
quisite destructive power. High eX.
plosive shells in sufficient quantities
have accomplished the best offensive
work, and the infantry is depending
more and more on a short, heavy
knife, which is the best for work
underground Or in the dark. To sum
up: Killing the defenders of a posi-.
ton is accomplished by shells fired at
least two miles away on the aver
age; and, secondly, by what the
French call body-to-body fighting, for
which a knife is the best weapon.
The training of infantry on the con-
tinent will in the future, undoubted-
ly include the technique of hand-to-
hand struggles-for which physical
agility ar / strength must be devel
oped."-New Republic.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
WAYS or TAcTFUL NURSE
Many Things That Should Be OBJ
served by Those Who Would Min
lister to the Sick.

The best training in the world can
not turn a woman who has not the
gift for nursing into a tactful nurse.
Efficient and dependable she may
be trained to be, but tact and
sympathy must come by insight. How
ever, there are certain rules and GER
tain little niceties that anyone trained
or unframed can and should remem
Der when they are in the sick room.
Be careful that you have no annoy
ing little tricks, such as clearing your
throat, humming, rocking, drumming
with your fingers or making any un-
necessary noise that might be irritat-
ing to tired nerves. AS most people
who have such tricks are quite uncon
scious of them themselves, it is quite
necessary to stop and think OCCASION
ally to be sure that you are guilty Of
none of them.
Another habit most annoying to pa
TENTS is one that many nurses have
of talking to other people, the doctor
or family, in an undertone or whisper
within hearing of the patient. This
is as unnecessary and d~iscourteous to
an i'll person as it is to a well per-
son, and to many patients it is alarm
ing as well. If you have anything to
say that cannot be said in the hearing
of the patient, go out of the to
say it.
A still more necessary point to re-
member is that the most exquisite
n%eatness must be the order of the sick
room. The slightest disorder is often
intolerable to a nervous patient. Re-
member that all the patient would
wish to have done in her room you
must do for her, otherwise she will
worry about it. If she is an habitual
person and accustomed to have her
furniture and personal belongings
just so, it will fret and worry her to
have them misplaced. Do not leave
medicine bottles, bandages or any
paraphernalia of the sick room in
sight. They are depressing as well
as ugly.
Do not insist upon Strengthening the
bedclothes if your patient wishes to be
let alone. Do NOT insist on anything
that is unnecessary in the way of at
t%entiOns or regulations. Above all,
hold it always in your mind that you
must study and consider your pa
tents personality and subdue your
own. Do not thoughtlessly impose
your will and habits upon a helpless
nervous invalid.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Scientific Station in Spitzbergen.

The German scientific station in
Spitzbergen, which was founded in
1911 by Professor Hergesell, and has
been constantly in operation, sum.
mer and winter, since that time,
ceased it's valuable activities at the
outbreak of the European A
party of scientific men which had
sailed for Spitzbergen to relieve the
staff was recalled, and the party at
the station also succeeded in getting
back to Germany safely with all
their instruments and other equip
ment. This institution has carried
on extensive Investigations of the up
per air with balloons, and was, in
fact, founded primarily to study the
conditions likely to be encountered
by the expedition which Count Zep-
pelin proposed to take to the North
Pole in an airship.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
War Influences Paris Veil STYLES.

The war veil is the latest freak of
fashion in Paris. Though quite gro
tesque in appearance, it is popular in
the sense that it expresses the patriot
ism of the women.
The two designs most frequently
seen are those of a black annon wo-
ven in the mesh just where it rests on
the cheek, and a beauty spot" woven
I'd the shape Of the Red Cross, but
done in white on a black background
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
"CAME BACK"
SAILOR !
ROMANCE OF THE SEA AS RE-
LATED BY THE WRITER.
Cupid Triumphed In the End, Despite
ETv.s Is Father to Separate His
Daughter From the Man
She Loved.

sZt ~
Some 80 years ago / sailed with q
brisantine hailing from a New Eng
land town. The skipper had an eight.
eentyear-old daughter, his only child.
on board, his wife being dead.
The girl became friendly with one
OF bur ordinary seamen about twenty
years old, a clean-cut chap, who al
ready had his masters papers. One
night, when the young fellow was at
the wheel, the skipper came IN deck
and found his daughter standing
alongside of him, with her arm around
his meek. The skipper became angry,
hit the boy, and sent him forward, and
would not allow him to come aft
agahn, although the girl told him she
waS engaged to the boy.
Now began a trying time for the
boy. One day the young fellow, goad-
ed to desperation, defended himself
when the skipper struck him. This
was committing an objectionable act,
as a skipper has almost unlimited
power on his own vessel.
The boy was put into irons and
when we arrived at Rio Janeiro, our
destination, the harbor police took
him to shore. / must state, to the
shippers credit, that he did not prose
cute the boy, but Of course his berth
was taken by another man when we
left Rio.
Five years passed. Twas still with
the same skipper and so was his
daughter, but she was not any more
the laughing. happy girl she was be-
fore.
We had loaded pitch pine in Bruins
wick, Ga, and were again bound for
Rio. Nearing our destination, we
were caught in a storm. The vessel
rolled awfully, the cargo chafed back
and forth and we soon knew that we
had fire in the hold. We took off the
main hatch to try and put out the fire,
but as soon as we got it open the flames
boats
This happened at night. The YES
sci burned for two hours, when there
was no more left of her. We stood
by her, thinking the flames would
draw some other vessel to u assist
ance. At daylight we saw a fore and
AFTER near by. In a short time we
were alongside. The shippers daugh-
ter was the first up the ladder and l
was close after her to prevent her
from falling backward into the boat.
The skipper of this vessel, a young
fellow, stood at the rail and helped
us tc the deck. The girl looked at him
an. he at her; tuer they fell into each
otxos's arms and the girl cried from
happiness.
The young skipper was the boy her
father had treated so shabbily.
Strange to say, the vessel was bound
for Rio, too, and he arrived there
once more securely bound, but not
with chains this time. The wedding
was celebrated in Rio and the bride
went with her husband on his vessel.
Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
New Names for Old Initials.

British soldiers at the front are ap-
plying new Specifications to old initials.
For instance, the R. F. A.-Royal field.
artillery-is being called the Ready for
Anything. The men of King Edwards
Horse say that K. E. H. means Kill
Every Hun.
The unkindest Interpretation IS that
put upon the letters R. A. M. C.-Roy-
al army medical corps. Some wounded
soldiers have complained of missing
belongings after their things have
passed into the keeping of the R. A.
NJ c., so they declare the initials
really now stand for Rob All My Com
rades.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Sailors Brave Deed.

For saving his dog, Betty, a Pom
eranian, when his ship, the Caucasian,
was sunk by a German submarine,
the captain is to receive a silver medal
from the National Canine Defense
league. The facts show that when the
crew had taken to the boats the dog
fell into the water and started to
swim towards the submarine. Cap
tain Robinson swan after it and res
cued it just as it reached the subma-
rine. The commander of the subma-
rine said: Il made up my mind to
blow up you boats. but now you save
the little dog Thus 3S lives we're
saved by the rescue of the dog. The
captain swan back with the little
animal sitting on his shoulder.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Heavy Guard for Morqan,s Place.

j. p. Morgan's estate at Glen Cove
ia still under guard and is likely to be
until the end Of the war. Three men
are on duty by day and four by night.
One is on post at the bridge connect
ing East island with the mainland, and
not only every traveller, but every
package that passes a do so only
after having been subjected to his
scrutiny. The others patrol the
beaches.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Avoiding the Subject.

"Algy consulted a BRAIN specialist
yesterday"
That's pretty good. What nap
pened?"
'Oh, the specialist is a tactful fell
low. / understand ne merely talked
about the weather
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
To Help Blinded Soldiers,

A committee has been formed in
this country the purpose OF which Il to
assist men who have been blinded In
battle. Joseph H. Choate is president
Of the committee
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10
(By Associated Press.J

PARIS, May 10.-Comparatively few
impostors have been detected since
the war began but the pretended hero,
home on sick-leave, with thrilling tales
of adventure, has lately made his ap-
pearance, along with the fake nurse
and stretcher bearer.
One woman, Blanche Favereau, with
the military medal pinned to her waist
and getting about painfully on crutch
eh, appeared in the Lemercier passage
in Paris in October. She explained
that she had been shot by a German
officer at the battle of Bapaume while
helping pick up fallen men. General
Gallieni, she declared, had personally
pinned the military medal on her
breast.
On the strength of her well-told
story she obtained the official allow
ance of women without support, and
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10

hands gravely with funny little cour-
tesies. The guests almost invariably
have their favorites among the Amer
lean women and go straight to tables
where they know they will be served
by the one they like best.
The assistance of the Americans in
Berlin to war sufferers has not been
Confined to giving away meals. Scores
if not hundreds of pairs of shoes and
articles of clothing have been dealt out
The money necessary to carry on
this work has not of course come from
Americans here exclusively. Berlin
Americans through friends in the
United States have from time to time
raised considerable sums, and still are
getting a little, but not enough ap-
parently to carry on the work.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10
BABY, DEAD II MINUTES,
IS SAVED BY EXPERT
MENT IN VIV|SECTION

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 1O.-Dr.
John H, Wins, who with DR.. b. Mer-
rill Ricketts, of this city have been ex-
perimenting with yiyisection opera
tions On dogs, today brought back to
life an infant which had been dead for
eleven minutes. DR.. Wins had been
attending the infant at local found
ling asylum.
When DR.. Wins called the baby was
dead. He held post-mortem exam
ination and decided to use the discov-
cries he and DR.. Ricketts, had made in
artifcally respiration as used in the
operations on dogs.
He opened the child's abdomen, and.
after working over the child for forty
five minutes, restored respiration.
He then found an obstruction which
had created a deadly gas, causing the
child's death. He removed the cause.
The baby's recovery is probable un-
less some other illness develops later.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10
SYMPATHET|C PUBLIC WORKED
BY CRAFTY WOMAN |MPOSTER

collected a considerable amount in
subscriptions for an imaginary relief
work, besides many packages of pro-
visions and clothing, the distribution
of which, she said, she could facilitate
through her army relations. With the
completely of a printer she utilized a
blank space at the bottom of column
in the Journal Officiel to insert a spur
ious citation in the orders of the day
to facilitate her work of securing sub
scriptions.
She is now in Saint Lazare prison.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10
BERLIN TO CEASE SERVING
MEALS FREE To DE-
PENDENT WOMEN
(By Associated Press.)

BERLIN, May lU.-By Ine HlsL VI
June at latest the Amerifanische Hilfs
Kuche or American war Kitchens to
go out of commission, for want of
funds. notwithstanding that it is one Of
the most popular places of its kind in
the city.
1t came into existence October 10,
1914, and up to the middle of April has
spent, for feeding alone, about $4,000
marks. Fifty women from the Ameri-
can colony, in alternating groups, of
eight have gladly given their time in
serving the war sufferers.
AS the war has progressed, however,
the membership in the American col
ony here has slowly but steadily de-
ceased, and funds for the kitchen have
come in in more and more slowly, and
their end is now in sight.
The Americans set in to give away
a meal costing exclusive of labor Of
any kind, 80 pfennigs. Supplies have
gone up in price, however, and the
same food that in October cost 80 now
costs 80 pfenn-another item in hast
ening the end.
With a big, light, airy building plac-
ed rent-free at their disposal, the Am
ericans tried to feed 200 persons day,
with a meal that in many cases has
proved to be much better than form
erly enjoyed by the beneficaries in
their homes in times of peace.
In selecting the persons-mostly wo-
men-deserving of help, the kitchen
has had invaluable service from the
National Frauendienst" or association
for helping women. This organization
has taken over entirely the matter Of
issuing cards emitting persons to
meals, and has exercised scupulous
care to see that there was no imposi-
ton.
The moment that a woman's husband
gets work, or some other avenue of in
come has been opened up to her, the
Frauendienst has shut off her privi-
leges at the kitchen.
Thus recently a woman who had
been coming to the kitchen regularly
fer three weeks entered on the Monday
'of the fourth-without a card. Sob
bing and weeping she admitted that
she had been to the Frauendienst and
had been refused a card and under
pressure said the reason for the re-
fuc-l Ha5 hat her husband was again
h2rl at wor-- AID earning money.
,omewhat surprised hat she should
CO, 'ava to seek ea, ance unGef
tho. circumstances the vomen at the
kitcL-a pressed her .3r ser reason
and get it.
II know NJ man IS working
again" sobbsd the woman, "b-b-but
you s-see, the meals are so good
here"
The beneffciaries of the kitchen as
semble at Schlesischestrasse 26 prom
pity at noon and are admitted on the
hour. They present their cards from
the Frauendienst and are given brass
check, which they turn over to the
young American women who act as
mattresses.
They get in return meal, consist
ing of soup, meat, potatoes and veg
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10

etables, so generous in its proportions
that dozens of the women have fallen
into the habit of bringing one or two
of their children along, with whom
they share the ample ration.
Perhaps one-third Of the 200 served
daily take the meal home and there
split it up with their families. The 9TH
er two thirds, almost ivariably neatly
dressed and well-mannered, sit at neat
white-coyered individual tables in a
CHEEKY big room decorated with the
intertwined American and German
flags. The tables are decorated with
flowers.
The German women have taught
their children to bid their hostesses
adieu, and the conclusion of each meal
sees a host of youngsters shaking
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take GrONe'S

The Old Standard Groves Taste1ess
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
well known tonic properties ofQUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. so cents.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10

Tor further information apply to II.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Amerlcus'
Ca: q. w. Small, Div. Pass, Agt"
Saws ar1h, Ca, G. B. Gyan, q. I. A.
Norfolk va advt
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-10

seaboard Buffet Parlor-Sleeping car
On Trains 13 and IA, arriving Americus
from Savannah 11:25 p. M ana leav-
ing Americus for Savannah z:5o a, ~ "
Sleeping car leaving for savannah d.
2.30 a. m, will be open for passen-
gers at 1925 p. m.