The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-03-30

forms are the following: tho, thru
program, catalog and pedagog.
In the process of manufacturing but
tons from vegetable ivory nuts a con-
siderable part of the nuts is wasted
IN the form of saw dust, chips, etc. Re
cent experiments have shown that this
waste material to contain food value
equal to those found in most carbo-
hydrate foods. Both sheep and cattle
eat it readily and when fed regularly
to cows it increases the flow of milk.
1t is also said to be valuable as a fuel.
Aroused by the words, "Why enlist I?
You have nothing to gain and your life
to lose. ! refuse to kill my brother
and hide my face in the folds of any
flag" which Miss Leonora Warneson,
a Kansas City school teacher wrote on
the blackboard, the father of one of
the pupils notified the nearest recruit
ing station. When advised of the mat
ter the war department at Washing
ton delegated a committee to invest
gate Miss Warneson and report to the
bureau of espionage.
AT sale of colonial relics in Phila-
delphia recently portrait of George
Washington, painted by Charles viii
son Peale, was sold for $6,575. A lea
Their trunk which was Washington's
during the revolution and a portrait of
James Monroe were also auctioned off.
In order to bring relief to the resi-
dents of Baker, Ore, who were suffer
ing from a coal famine, shipment of
coal was recently sent from the mines
at Rock Springs, Wyo., by parcel post.
The postage charged amounted to
about SO ton.
Despite the prevailing high price, a
shrewd citizen of Gloucester, Mass.
recently obtained a quantity of pota-
toes of the finest kind for a compart-
lively small sum. A few weeks ago
ne advertised in a local paper that he
would give $500 for the best potato
given him within a certain time. For
number of days following specimens
continued to pour in until he had over
six barrels.
One of the things that people should
avoid is breathing through the mouth,
says a well known physical instructor.
We need filtered air just as much as
we need filtered water and the nose IS
our filter. When the nostrils are stop-
ped up they may be cleaned out by
simple cleansing ablutions. Persons
should not cross the legs, this same au-
thority advises, for every time one
does so the circulation of the blood is
retarded and this puts a strain ON the
heart.
The electricians at one of the pub
lie buildings in Washington has arran-
ged a wireless station by means w
winch ne is. able to catch the time of
day sent opt regularly from the gov
eminent radios station at Arlington.
Va. A rather crude wireless set is
arranged in the basement of the build
ing. A section of an iron grating
stretching over an opening in the side
walk above one of the windaws of the
basement is propped up by rubber
erasers and the instruments connected
to 1T by a couple of wires. This COM
pletes the outfit. 1t is said that on
clear days messages from ships at
sea can also be heard.
The enormous cost of the present
war is largely accounted for by the
vast quantities of ammunition that are
daily being used. According to fig
ures being compiled by U. S. ordnance
officers, the material used in construct
ing torpedoes and the expert work
manship that is required to perfect
them brings the cost of firing one tor
pedo to about $1,000. "a torpedo must
be accurate in all parts to $4,000 of
an inch or it will not work properly
Shells and shrapnell cost about 500
apiece, and machine guns eat up am
munition at the late of about s12
worth a minute. Rifle outlets cost
five cents apiece, and pistol cartridges
about two cents.