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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-02

SEATTLE. Wash, May 31.-After
promising to increase wages of milk
wagon drivers 20 per cent employe
attempted to satisfy these workers
with 10 per cent advance. A short
strike established the 20 per cent rate.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-02
LAST NoN-UNION1sT IN LINE

FORT SMITH, Ark, May 31.-The
Ternwood Coal Mining company has
been unionized and the last important
non-union operator in this section
recognizes the United Mine Workers:
This company's career has been
spectacular because of high finance
and bitter strike two years ago when
it reduced wages.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-02

DENVER, May S1.-Coal miners
in this state have increased wages on
the basis agreed to in the central
competitive field. The increases date
from the first of the month.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-02

SPOKANE, WASH, May 31.-The
workdav is reduced one hour and
substantial wage increases have been
secured by the BARRIERS union, fol-
lowing conference with employers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-02
NEW SPRING OVEROoAT
SO to $35. The Big Duluth.
WONDERFUL LAKE SHORE

"oNDLN " - Ian SI1ONE
STOCK FARM.
PA acres blue grass and clover.
land in Polk County, Wis, with g.
beautiful large buildings, so acres :
finest field, 20 ready to- plow, 20
meadow, balance we'll fenced pasture
with some hardwood timber. a
splendid place for raising beef and
mutton and handily located. SNAP.
ONLY $50 PER ACRE, $1,000 down.
Baker G-2f0. st. Croix Falls, Wis.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18

spoonful of salt and a cupful each q
milk and sifted flour. Beat unit
smooth with Dover egg beater. Have
ready hot iron, gem pans, well
creased, fill the cups two-thirds full
with the mixture. Set into hot oven
and bake about 35 minutes. The deep
er the cups the more the cakes will
puff.
Steamed Fruit Pudding.-Sift TO-
gether one cupful of whole wheat flour,
half a cupfuI of white flour half
teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful
Of soda and half a teaspoonful of
mace. Beat one egg, add a half cup
full of mOlaSses, half cupful of milk,
four tablespoonfuls of melted shorten
ing and a cupful of figs, dates or rails
ins cut In pieces. Mix all together and
turn into buttered mold. Steam tive
hours. Serve hot with hard sauce.
Potatoes a la GaIIi.-Cut raw pota-
toes into the desired size and thick
ness. Boil for five minutes. Drain off
the water and place the potatoes in an
earthen baking dish with little oil,
butter, finely cut ham, pepper and salt
and grated cheese. Cover and let cook
until the potatoes are done.
Apple Tapioca Pudding.-Cook a
cupful of quick cooking tapioca in
boiling salted water until transparent
Core eight to ten apples and set them
in baking dish; fill the centers with
cinnamon and sugar, pour over the
tapiOca and bake until the apples are
tender. Serve hot with cream and
sugar. The apples may be quartered
and placed over the top Of the pud-
ding. Peaches, pears or other fruit
may be used in place of apples if so
desired.
Chocolate cup cakes covered with
orange frosting or chocolate layer
cake with an orange filling and frost
ing is a most delicious combination.
TO prevent mayonnaise from cur
ding, add one teaspoonful OF cold wa
ter to the egg yolk before beginning to
beat it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hair! Get a IS Cent Bottle
Of Danderine Right Now-AIso
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, cOlOrless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of a neglected
gcalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
The hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
If its luster, its strength and Its very
ife; eventually producing u feyerish-
less and itching of the scalp, which
f not remedied causes the hair roots
20 shrink, loosen and die-then the
lair falls out fast. A little Danderine
Onight-nOw-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get % cent bottle of KnOwltOn's
Oanderine from any store, and after
he first application your hair will
AXE on that life, Iuster and luxuriance
which is so beautiful. 1t will become
vavy and fluffy and have the appear
lnce of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after just a
Few weeks use, when you will actual
" see lot of fine, downy hair-new
lair--growing all over the scalp. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
GEOGRAPHY.

Name five or more geographical fea-
lures of Ohio that you consider dis
tinctive.
What is your method of connecting
the study of geography with the pu-
pills native tendencies?
How do you correlate geography
and reading? Geography and history
Just what are you hoping to accom-
plish for your pupils by means of
geography?
Name some books of the Pupils
Reading Circle that have helped you
in your teaching of geography.
If you were asked to write a paper
on geography for meeting of teach
ers, what phases of the subject would
you write upon?
Name some of the books other than
the textbooks that you have read that
have been of service to you in the
teaching of geography.
Name 10 or more of the great geo.
graphical features of the world that
you would like to visit.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
WRITING
How do you grade penmanship'

How do you grade penmanship!
Is movement or legibility the more
important thing in penmanshipf Just
how is the good penman produced?
Give several exercises that you have
found most valuable and explain
wherein their value has been mani
fest.
Your penmanship will be judged by
the copy you make of this selection:
And Faith takes forms and wings on
such a night,
Where love burns brightly al the
household hearth,
And from the altar of each peaceful
Ascends the fragrant incense of its
thanks,
And every pulse with sympathetic
throb
Tells the true rhythm of trustfulest
content,
They fiutter in and out, and touch to
smiles
The sleeping lips of infancy; and far
The blush that lights the modest
maiden's cheeks
And toss the locks of children at theiI
play. j. G. Holland.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Choose 8.)

(ChOoSe 8.)
Why is language work most worthy
of your study? Name this years read
ing circle book on the subject.
What technical matters in language
should be mastered by the end of the
third year of school?
What forms of expression should bo
developed in pupils? Unclude a care,
full outline of the various forms OF
language expression.)
What is the proper method of teach,
ing and the function of memory
gems?
What are the chief difficulties in the
way of the proper training of teachers
for our schools?
What is your view of the purpose OF
the recitation period?
What is the proper standard of or.
der in school, and what is the pGr.
pose of it?
Name at least five advantages of the
consolidated or centralized school.
Mention two disadvantages often
claimed.
Why should a teacher know the
general outline of the course of study
above and below the grades he ia
teaching?
What are the characteristics of q
good question?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
TERATURE.

Tell something about the conten.
tion that William Shakespeare was
not really the author of the plays at.
tributed to him.
Why is the introduction to the Can
terbury Tales considered so valuable?
Why should we study literature?
Relate an incident from one of the
works Of great American author or
authoress.
Name a southern poet and one or
two of his works. Also name a negro
poet and one of his works.
Tell something of the literature pro.
duced in the period of the Revolution,
ary war or Immediately before or
after it.
Give the titles of six nature poems
and name the author Of each.
Mention ten works of standard
American fiction. Explain to what
one of them owes it's great worth or
popularity.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
AGRICULTURE.

What is the ideal condition of a
field for sowing wheat?
Give a good three-year, four-year,
or five-year rotation of crops for your
vicinity and state the advantages of
the rotation.
To make farming most profitable it
is usually necessary to do some live.
stock raising. Explain why.
Give an outline of the care and feed
ing of some one sort of domestic ami
NAL.
Discuss methods of planting three
of the following: potatoes, wheat,
oats, turnips, corn.
Explain how the soil holds moisture
and how it is secured by the plants.
What is the advantage of tile drain ?
What are the agricultural advan,
tages of state and county fairs?
Give an account of the theory and
practice of the cultivation of corn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
PHYSIOLOGY.

Explain the reason for the neces-
sity of caring for the teeth.
How do you know that the blood
circulates in the body?
Show how emotions affect our ply
siological condition.
Why are some people afflicted with
corns? To what means of prevention
and cure does physiology point?
Discuss the cause and treatment OF
some form of child deformity.
What are some of the principal rea'
sons for defective vision? What are
some of the results of it? What is
the teachers duty IL regard to it?
What would you serve if you were
to give as good lunch as possible to
poor children at cost? Give reason
for including each item.
Compare the nutritive value of a
glass of milk and a glass of beer.
Can you give any authority for your
statements? Can you give any evi.
dence of change of view of medical
men on the value of malt and yinous
liquor?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
The New Method
(BY L. W. BOWER, NJ. D.

Backache of any kind is often caused
by kidney disorder, which means that
the kidneys are not working properly
Poisonous matter and uric acid accumu-
late within the body in great abundance
over working the sick kidneys, hence
the congestion OF blood causes backache
in the same manner as similar con-
gestion in the head causes headache.
You become nervous, respondent, sick,
feverish, irritable, have spots appearing
before the eyes, bags under the lids, and
lack ambition to do things.
The latest and most effective means
OF overcoming this trouble, is to eat spar
ingly of meat. drink plenty water be-
tween meals and take q single AnuriC
tablet before each meal for while.
Simply ask your favorite druggist for
Anurlc. q II you have lumDago, rheama-
tasm, gOut, dropsy, begin Immediately
with this novel treatment
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
HISTORY.

Name five presidents of the United
States in the order of your preference.
Name five governors of Ohio in the
order Of your preference.
Give time, place and circumstances
connected with five of the great
speeches by American statesmen.
Name some historical event in
which you see the principle of cause
and effect.
What reference books in history
would you like to have in your school
library?
Name some historical events in
which Ohio people were conspicuous
In your teaching of history how 40
you use newspapers, magazines and
other supplementary material?
Be specific in stating how the work
of the Reading Circle has been of
service to you in your teaching nf his
tory.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
GRAM MAR.

Use one substantive clause as sub
ject and another as object in the same
sentence.
Write a sentence containing forms
of sit and set.
Write a sentence containing forms
of lie Ito recline) and lie Ito falsify)
Give list of 10 irregular verbs with
their principal parts.
Write a quotation and mark the
words for parsing as you would in an
examination for teachers.
Write on formal grammar as COM
pared with language study.
Just what are you aiming to accom-
plish by the study of grammar in your
school?
What methods do you employ to i'm
prove your own grammar, pronuncia-
ton, enunciation, vocabulary and die
ton?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18

but the grease will have disappeared.
To make shoes waterproOf-Melt
beeswax, add little sweet oil to thin
1t. Before the shoes are worn, warm
the sOles and pour the wax on with a
teaspoon and hold it close to the heat
to dry in, adding all the leather will
take.
Nickel on stoves should be well
creased with vaSeline and wrapped in
paper when it is to be packed from
season to season. When needed to
use, wash in hot soapsuds.
BY adding salt to gasoline when
cleaning spots from garments, there
will be no ring left.
Use warm water to sprinkle clothes,
and they will be ready to iron much
sooner.
Lemon juice and salt will remove
ordinary rust stains. Expose to the
bright sunshine and repeat the appli-
cation until the spot is removed.
Scorch stains wet with soapy water.
then put in the sunshine, will become
white again.
Ink stains will often respond to a
treatment of sour milk.
1t is an old saying that ut is poor
pie that will not grease It's own tin,"
but custard or juicy pie will bake
better and brown on the bottom If the
pan is buttered little before putting
the crust in.
To make a good broom holder, take
two large empty spools, two nails an
inch longer than the spOols, put
through them and drive the nails, leav-
ing n space between the spOols for the
broom to hang in.
When the stove is cracked, especially
If coal stove, it is quite necessary
that 1t be mended at once, to avoid
escaping gas. Mix together equal
parts of wood ashes and salt with wa
ter to make a paste, fill the cracks
when the stove is cold. 1t hardens
very soon.
When the metal tip comes off from
the shoe laces, wax the end we'll and
sew over and over with fine thread. 1t
will answer as we'll and often longer
than the tip.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
ARITHM ETlC.
(Answer 81


What are the advantages of the met
ric system? Give reasons for or
against the teaching of this system in
the elementary schools.
What per cent profit does mer-
chant make who illegally sells cram
berries by liquid measure?
In order to find the distance from
one town to another, boy rode it on
his bicycle, attaching to the front
wheel a device which showed him
how many times the wheel went
around. How did he find the dis
tance?
How can you find the proceeds Of a
note bearing interest at a given rate if
you know the face of the note, the
date it bears, the date and rate of dis
count and due date?
Give a specific instance in which
the study of geography, civics or agri-
culture may furnish material for an
arithmetic lesson.
Invent problem, giving the cost of
an article after a discount is allowed
and require that the list price be
found. Solve the problem.
With what business forms should
pupils of the elementary grades be-
come familiar? Why? How?
Explain as to a class the rule for
ascertaining the area Of trapezoid or
the volume of cone.
Give reasons why consulting an
swers does or does not hurt the quail
ity of arithmetic work
Describe five games or devices help
full in the teaching of primary arith-
metic
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18

through the ball and stick it on sofa
cushion, then it will never roll away
or get sOiled.
An ordinary match slightly mois-
tened and rubbed over ink spots on
the fingers will remove them quickly.
BY stitching around the top of new
stocking with a fine stitch using silk
thread, one may avoid the dropped
stitches which are so annoying Wash
ing silk hose after each wearing will
double the life of the hose.
To make cottage cheese quickly, pour
boiling water into bowl of clabbered
milk, then let it drain in a sieve. Sea-
son with salt, butter and cream.
An embroidered front of an old
Shirtwaist will make a dainty little
apron. Cut 1t out carefully, cut out
the top for the band and shape the bot
tom as desired.
Most cooks find trouble in keeping
cheese moist without moldlng. Place
1t in crock, sprinkle 1t well with salt
! and 1t will keep for some time with
out mOlding.
A handful of salt thrown into the
rinsing water will keep the clothes
from freezing on cold days while they
are being hung. Put the clothes pins
into dripping pan and heat them hot
before going out and comfort will at
tend you.
Crude Oil is one of the best of hair
tonics but one which is not pleasant
to apply. Give it good trial. then
wash the hair.
Sour Beef.-This is good way to
use a tough piece of beef which re-
sists ordinary cooking: Brown the
meat In a little fat, add -four, then
pour on pint of water or stock, add
two onions, salt, pepper, worcester
shire sauce and tablespoonful of
vinegar. Cook slowly until the meat
Is tender. Use tablespoonful of vine
gar to two pounds of meat, adding
more if it is not very strong.
Cook rice, add two or three sliced
bananas and serve with thin custard
for Il sauce.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18

of baking powder; One-half of a tea
spoonful of cinnamon and half cup
ful of cocoa. To this mixture add one
cupful of mashed potato, seasoned as
if to serve; one cupful of nut meats,
four well-beaten eggs and teaspoon
full of vanilla, Beat we'll and bake in
! loaf or in layers.
Salad Par ExceIlence.-Slice six to-
matOeS, three cucumbers, two apples !;
chop three green peppers and one
onion. Put into salad bowl, rubbed
with a cut Glove of garlic; one cupful
of olive oil, one-kalf cupful of vinegar,
one teaspoonful each of mustard and
worcestershire sauce, one teaspoonful
of brown sugar, one-Quarter Of a tea
spoonful of paprika, one teaspoonful
of salt. Beat well. Serve with waters
and Roquefort cheese.
Potato croquettes.-Beat the yolk
of an egg until thick, add two table
spoonfuls of cream, then work it into
two cupfuls of mashed potatoes. Shape
into rolls or any desired form, brush
with the white of an egg, and bake a
golden brown. Serve as a garnish with
parsley for any meat dish.
Potato Pancakes.-To one cupful of
cold mashed potato add cupful of
milk. Sift together one cupful of flour,
one teaspoOnful of sugar and salt to
season, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; beat well, add a tablespoon
full of butter, and fry as usual. Serve
with sirup.
Potato Cakes.-Season two cupfuls
of mashed potato with pepper and salt.
Slft in one cupful of -four and one tec-
spoonful of baking powder Add
enough milk to make a soft dough,
flour well, roll out and cut into cakes.
Lay on creased griddIe and cook
covered IL few minutes to let them rise,
then when brown on the bottom turn
and brown on the other side. When
done, split open, butter and serve hot.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
A CHILD'S BOWELS
II is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh phySiC into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
oE each bottle. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
Admits Series of Crimes.

Los Angeles.-Jack Barbarian, for
merly of the United States marine
corps, arrested on charge of passing
forged checks. confessed, the police
say, that he and Albert j. Griffith, a
Los Angeles policeman, held up eight
stages near San Diego, committed
other crimes in this city and that they
are the men wanted for killing Drew
B. MilNgan. Two men recently held
up Millfgan in his automobile, robbed
him ard shot him Griffith is charged
with Z; recent S38.0e9 express wagon
sobbery q this s..t.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
All Boys No Girls.

Washington,-"Son born today"
That message was received Jan. 10
by Representative John G. Cooper Of
Youngstown. That's the seventh
boy born to us in twenty years." he
said. I'VE have never had a girl
For three consecutive years ave
had a son born to us on March /, and
the next to the last one was born at
$50 in the morning on March 2, his
mothers birthday. We were married
on March Z, when my wife was II.
The next March our first son was
i.Orn,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
Nu. NAt~7eeQ

Chariots worked on the principle Of
the taximeter are said to have been
used in China in the fourth century.
An Englishman has invented cover
for hatchways on vessels that operate
on the principle of rolltop desk.
Frank Stockdale of Chicago, while
speaking at a convention of 200 adver-
tising men in Louisville, KY, asked
someone in the audience to lend him
gold watch so that he might illus
trate a point he was making. Invest1-
CATION showed that not man there
carriad gold watch
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18

children are made plump, rosy and
robust by the discovery" They like
it too.
In recovering from rGrippe," or in con-
valescence from pneumonia, fevers, or
other wasting diseases, it speedily and
surely invigorates and builds up the
whole system. As an appetizing, re-
storative tonic, it sets at work all the
rouses every organ into natural action,
and brings back health and strength
DR.. Pierce's Peasant Pellets cure
constipation. Constipation Is the cause
of many diseases. Cure the cause and
you cure the diseasaA Easy TO tale -
candy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love SINNERS Macaronl
and Spaghetti because of it's delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and you
can give them all they want. 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co, Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is sent free to
mOtherS.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
oRTHOGRAPHY.

Give list of twenty words that
your pupils find difficulty in spelling
Give list of twenty words that
have prefxes or suffixes.
Give a list of ten words or more
that are derived from foreign Ian.
guages
Write short paragraph and mark
all the words diacritically
Write hundred words OF more on
the subject. THE Use of the Diction-
ary."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
GATHERED FACTS

Philadelphia has $1,O55,000 in delin-
Quent 1915 taxes on It's roll, which
called for $16,O00O00 in that year.
The American Racing union has Of
fered the United States government
10000 homing pigeons for army use.
An English inventors cigarette hold
er is equipped with a porous disk to
filter the smoke.
Iron ore is found in almost every
Chinese province. but It is mined ex-
AA..s.l ..nlr. q. .,.,I,t o SnNn --------
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-18
Examination
Quiizzes for
Jan.,l917

Columbus, O.-Following are the
uniform examination questions for
county teachers examination for ele-
mentary school certificate for January,
prepared under the direction of the
superintendent of public instruction
and sent out from his office in accord
ance with section 1919 of the general
code: