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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
Potatoes as a Food.

At high prices The potato is not a
good food; It Is hot al any price one Of
the best. Civilized humanity existed
without 1t for centuries. rising to its
zenith In potatoless old world. Habit
and convenience i'll storage have led to
Overlse.
The potato Is three fourths water
and not quite one-ffth starch, which is
its chief food substance, an excellent
one for outdoor workers In severe eli
mates. 1t is less valuable for seden-
tary workers indoors.
Only one-tive hundredth part OF the
potato is fat; per cent nitrogen, per
cent sugar. These more valuable sub
stances are SO slight that during the
famine of 1S41 Irish caters formed
the habit of cooking potatoes with a
bone III the middle'-that Is, Of under
cooking them SO that they might delay
digestion and stave off hunger.
There are substitutes, Of which rice
nearly approaches the potato in values
and defects. The correct instinct Of
rice eaters has mended the latter By
the invention of pilaf, in which rice Is
supplemented by chopped meats or
gravies-New York World.
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Better Weather Needed

The sincere sympathy of the peo-
pie all over the county goes out 10
the farming interests at this time.
Unless the weather clears up within
a very few days, the losses upon
wheat alone to the farmers will run
into many thousands of dollars, and
as the weather is something beyond
the control of mere man, such losses
will not be the result of carelessness
OF mismana cement upon their part.
The people of the county as a
whole earnestly hope that the Wea-
Their conditions will so improve with
in the next few days that the crop
of wheat, which is now out in the
open fields, threatened with serious
damage, if not entire loss, may be
dried out and threshed, and those
who have labored to grow the crop
may be saved the embarrassment and
financial loss that would be incident
to its destruction.
Other crops, too. are in danger. 1t
is estimated by some persons that
the tomato crop has been damaged
one-third by the recent heavy rains;
that young corn has been badly hurt
and that both the spring and fall
crops of potatoes are seriously injur-
ed. Fortunately. all sections of the
county have not suffered to the same
extent that Cambridge and the i'm
mediate vicinity has, within few
miles of Cambridge the fall of rain
has not been half SO great as that in
Cambridge and the immediate vi
cinity. Unless, however, the weather
clears up soon, every section will be
affected. We truly hope that this
great loss NAV he ayerted
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13

You don't know what You can do. At
any rate You don't know until you're
up against it and have to try. Some
day you're going To bump against Il
whoppin@ bit OF work 1t will look i'm
possible 10 YOU. You'll want TO quit
You II say Ia Yourself that it simply
can't be done. And then Il you are
really worth while you'll tighten your
belt ana jump into ii. You'll say, I've
got to do it," Then the first thing you
know il will Ice done. And the best
part of it is you'll enjoy it. and the sat
isfaction that comes when it is done
will be worth more ;han hearing your
uncle has left You O,00o.-American
ROy
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
An Exercise For 1ypists.

Is it of any value to know how to
say the alphabet backward? A CORE
spondent says: Il think this is new, as
| am the inventor, and it Is Of some
use in exercising on the typewriter II
for nothing else. The twenty-six let
tiers of the alphabet are used as initials
Of words divided into five groups OF
four Initials and one group Of six. The
groups are connected as follows:
Zebras Yoked, Xylophones whacked.
Voices United To Sing.
Read Quick, Pass On
Nature May Lack Kindness:
Juices Inside Hanging Grapes
Friends. Enemies. Dogs, Cats. Bats. Ants
New York Sun.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
A Way the Dutch Have.

inal way of collecting their taxes. II
after the notice has been given the
money Is not sent the authorities place
one or two hungry militiamen in the
house, to he lodged and maintained al
the expense Of the defaulter until the
amount Of the tax is paid
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
a Form of Preparedness.

I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
temper when | make this speech said
Senator Sorghum
Deliberately"
Yes. Some of the remarks | want
to make will never be excused unless
it can be claimed they were said in the
seat of debate, Washington Star.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
Its Oddly.

There Is one thing In lawyers pro-
fession which Is different from any
other"
What is that?'
The longer he is at 1t the more be
has of brief career. '--Baltimore
American.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
GOO Fare To Baltimore

My bus is now running TO Milton
Wharf every Tuesday and Thursday.
The fare from Milton to Baltimore
is soc. one way, 60c. round trip.
Fare on bus to Milton, 40c. one way,
sc. round trip. Bus leaves at one
o'clock and will call at homes for
passengers.
LONE SLACUM.
Phone 56S-Adv. 7-12-6t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
1yranny.

There are few minds to which tyran-
ing but as it is felt, and the delight Of
superiority is proportionate TO the re-
distance overcome-JohnsOn
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13

He Is building an immense artiti-
cial mountain on his country estate
We'll. | guess ii comes sort of natu-
raj for him to put up bluff, PUCK.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
Severe Treatment.

HowelI-Why did Rowell Allow him
self 10 die Of starvation? Powell--He
said he wouldn't humor his stomach
any longer, as it was getting 10 he
regular gr&fter.-New York Times.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
SPRING CHICKENS.

Any size, any quantity, price right.
Smith. The Egg Man. Phone 5SS,
ADV. 7-12-3t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
Marital Amenities.

My hand is always in my pocket
That's just what I'm complaining
about 1t never comes out. "-EXchange
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13

Light is light. whoever holds the can
dlestick +. L Hale
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
Phillips Hardware Co.
CAMBRIDGE! MD.
He Saw therBlack Hole.

The first thing wanted to see In In
dia was the Black Hole OF Calcutta.
could hardly watt 10 see the famous
prison in which. in 1896. 1873 people
We're Sutfocated III Il single night. One
hundred and tifty-siN British prisoners,
captured by the natives. were cast into
room eighteen feet square, and the
following morning only twenty-three Of
them We're living.
Without waiting to unpack my trunk
| hurried to the spot. But l was sadly
disappointed. for all there was there
was a monument with Il chain around
it. l felt cheated In America We
would have given the visitor something
for his money. We would have pre-
served the prison, with its two small
windows, and put a showcase in the
corner with samples of the nails and q
rusty hinge. The restored prison
would have been filed with wax fig
ures, their coats noticeably dusty and
hunched at the collar, and outside
would have been a lineal descendant
of one of the survivors, selling post
card views and history of the hole"
for a guarter.-HOmer Croy in Les
lies
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-13
Strap HANGERS In Tokyo.

After one has ridden for few weeks
on Tokyo trans he realizes that more
than 100000 people, living within a
radius of three miles of the imperial
palace, require many trans to carry
them. Seats are always at premium.
Even the New York subway is not as
continually crowded. The trans are
fast. we'll handled and plenteous, but Il
moving stairway or sidewalk covering
all the tram lines in the city would
scarcely fill the bill.
There are five or six stations from
which trains depart for different parts
of the empire. but these stations are
only joined by city trans, so that II
one wants To go from Tokyo station,
the terminus of the Shimonoseki line
to Europe. To Ueno station, whence
trains depart for Nikko, KaruiZaw wa,
Sendai and Hokkado, he must take a
rikSha. a taNiCab or street car or else
circle the city for more than twenty
miles in more than an hour to reach Il
station that is only mile and a half
away as the crow tlies.-Maynard
owen Williams in Christian Herald.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
my HUSBAND ANDl
Jane Phelps
A STORM

had told her of my unhappineSs, should
l tell her OF Leonard q love, of the hap
piness it had brought me, or should ]
try TO pretend as | had before, that
he was nothing to mes
How are things, Mildred9f she ask
ed, looking closely at me, "Have you
and Clifford quarreled, OF did he tell
you about his Chicago experience in a
way that satisfied you2"
:" He told me nothingl absolutely re-
fused to answer single question.--Ye Yes,
we quarrele6. / threatened to 90 to
Mabel Horton and he went into one of
his RACES and left me, declaring that he
was going to spend the evening with
her."
II m sorry! l had hoped he would
give YOU some sort of an explanation
SO that yeu would feel happier, But
don't give up dear. / am sure things
aren't as bad as YOU OF that meddlesome
Kate Jordon would have you thing. Mr.,
Hammond was so long bachelor that l
suppose he resents questions, and things
of that sort more than a man who had
not lived his life SO long alone. 1t would
be only natural"
"I know all that, and have seldom
questioned him in any way. But this
is different.s replied. and was sur
prised how hard and uneompromising
my voice sounded =
Eyes = / don't know that 1 blame
you; hut ! am sorry you allowed it to
come to quarrel For your sake she
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
Rumanian Officer Says
Bulgaria Broke Agreement

San Francisco, Jan. ia secret con
ference at Bucharest in which Greece
agreed to take up arms and Bulgaria
agreed to quit the central allies preced-
ed the entrance of Bulgaria into the Eu-
ropean war, according to Captain Haul
Negulsen of the Rumanian army, who
is in this country on a mission from
King Ferdinand.
Germany, by a remarkable ruse, frus-
trated the Rumanian plans, he said.
" AT the secret conference, said Ne
2ulsen, through an interpreter, "Greece
agreed to aid Rumania. Already Bull
garia has been friendly with us and
hundreds of her soldiers were crossing
from Bulgaria into Rumania to take
their places with our army.
"Then the bubble burst. The friend
liness of Bulgaria was merely trap.
The friendly deserters had been sent
across the border to see what we were
doing. And when the time to strike
came, Germany was ready. This is the
secret of Rumania s troubles"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
1t Doesn't Hurt a Bit!

No matter what the dental operation may, be-
whether it is pulling or filling teeth, Gaping OF
Strengthening them or putting new ones in place
of bad ones we have process, by which there is
complete absence of the pain which has, in the
past kept so many away from the dreaded dental
chair.
And the elimination of suffering is accomplished
without using treacherous, habit-forming drugs
We don't give you temporary relief at the price OF
saddling far worse condition on you.
And the painless part of the operation doesn't end
with the tooth-wOrk. You get charged something
in proportion to what the work is worth. Hun
dreds Of thousands who have visited the Painless
Parker dental offices, will tell you he didn't hurt
the pOcket-book any more than he hurt the Jaws
Neither your pride nor your common sense are hurt
We make it an infallible rule to examine pros
pective patients teeth free of charge state what
has to be done, explain it frankly and fully and
then estimate just how long the work will take
and how much it will cost. Think of it---getting
your dental bill before the tooth-mending begins
The only thing that has any real agony is the Den
tai Trust. And--we should worry. The more the
TRUSTEES squirm the better we are pleased.
They have hurt the Common Peoples jaws and
purses so long, we feel that it is their turn to
vince. Make the punishment fit the crime
The Dental Trust is good deal like the dog in the
manger 1t wants only the hgh-toned silk-stock-
ing patronage, just as if the Wage-earner didn't
have aching teeth as much as the millionaire.
And, yet while scorning the laborer and the per-
son with small salary, it fights when Painless
Parker educates the multitude about dentistry
and points the way to tooth salvation that is
sound, painless and reasonable priced.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
STRIKES AND LEGISLATION

Samuel GOmpers conversng with congressional
committee took the stand that strikes cannot be egsated
out of existence and remarked that if strikes made
unlawful he will be to violate the law From this 1t
will be seen that the old labor leader wants the right to
strike and quit his job if he desires At the same time
there is little probability Of his doing either There s
however, considerable merit in his position for it would
be an industrial revolution to say man could not quit
work when he pleased 1t would he says be the same
as slavery This might be true Of everyday workers. but
Mr. Gompers does not make the distinction that is very
evident between the average employment and that OF
labor employed in work of public nature and which 1t
is absolutely necessary should be done.
There are some callings in which the public is more
deeply interested than either the employer or the en-
poye and transportation is the greatest of these With
out railroads running stady the whole country IS IN
iured rendered helpless and all business destroyed
Recognizing all rights of the Individual whatever his
capacity the public has right to say that its transporta
ton service shall not be nterfered with The railroad
empoye is in much the relation to the country that
the army is in time of war; No one will contend for a
moment that the individual soldier go strike and
Quit his lob once he enlists Neither any company
regiment or other division They have certain nalenabe
rights as citizens but there is higher right than this
and that is the right Of the whole people to be protected
from foreign invasion and to have the laws enforced
The right of conscrpton seldom used exists just the
same and will be used when the danger to the cout try
demands it. The individual right becomes subservlent to
the higher right of the whole people
If the right to strike cannot be done away with on the
railroads it will mean that the government will have to
take them over and enlist its for this service just as
it does its soldiers for term of years
The country is not much interested IN either one
side or the other Of the dispute hours wages as
it is in having its work done. That is necessity and It
must be done in such that the business OF the
country cannot be held up at the pleasure of either the
railroads or their employees
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
SAYS THE DRUG IS
AN FTAER COMPOUND
Just a Few Drops LOOsens
Any Corn So Il Lifts Out
Without Pain

You simply say to the drug store
man. "Give me a quarter of an ounce
of frcezone, This will cost very little
but is sufficient TO remove every hard
or soft corn from one 5 feet
A few drops applied directly upon a
tender. aching corn should relieve the
soreness instantly, and soon the entire
corn, root aud all, can be lifted out
with the fingers without pain.
This new way TO rid one s feet Of
corns was introduced BY a Cincinnati
man. who saws that while freezone is
sticky it dries in a moment, and seems
to simply shrivel up the corn without
inflaming or even Irritating the sur
rounding tissue or skin,
Don't let father die Of infection oI
lockjaw from whiting at his eorns
lbut cut this out and make him Try Il.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
CHAPTER CXNV.

CHAPTER CNAN.
Kate had delivered my message and
soon reappeared wiah the tea and cakes
that Muriel loved. In the meantime a
stor mhad arisen, and it Numbered and
lightened frightfully. / always had
been tinlid in thunder storm, and
Edith was even more so, so now sent
for her, and Leonard took her on his
lap and told her stories to make her
forget the storm. l had drawn the
shades and turned on the lights, so that
1t might be shut out as much as pos
sible
As Leonard talked to Edith, and Mu'
riel slipped her tea and as she laugh
ingly expressed it 'gorged herself With
cakes 1 couldn't help but think how
happy he could make Edith as well as
me. Then 1 became frightened again
at what that thought implied, and going
to the piano | played until the storm
ceased, and so we could send Edith back
to Mandy, and talk naturally again.
How Edith grows, = AIuriel remark
ed, after she left us, ''she is going te
be tan like Mr.. Hammond guess. She
grows very like him l think, don 7
you2'
"No--I think she is more like my
family. although not like me-perhapS
fortunately, . l laughed
Fishingan laughed Muriel.
Muriel Remains.
Leonard soon left, but Muriel re
maincd 1 was both glad and sorry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
California Would Change
Insane Tax Statutes

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. ia nation
wide movement was started today in
the California legislature for a sweep
inc change in the system of imposing
collecting and distributing income and
inheritance taxes. The purpose, as
given in joint resolution introduced
in both houses, is to check the en-
croachment by the federal government
upon sources of revenue heretofore re-
garded as reserved exclusively to the
states.
This encroachment is felt particu-
larlv," the resolution reads, Gin the
ease of income and inheritance taxes,
both of which form of taxes are in
danger of being dried up as sources OF
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19

state revenue -
The resolution is based on recon-
mN~dations bv the California tax com
mission, which suggests that the fed
oral government should confine its
- incomes in excess of
$4,000 as to the income tax and to
estates in excess of $5,000,000 as to
the inheritance tax. Thus, the tax on
all incomes less than $4,000 and on
OIL "~+"+es less than $5,000,O0o would
be left to the states.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
Heals Skin Diseases

1t is unnecessary for you to suffer
with eczema, blotches, ringworm, rashes
and similar skin troubles. A little zemo
obtained at any drug store for 25c, OF
$l00 for extra large bottle, and promptly
applied will usually give instant relief
from itching torture. 1t cleanses ant
soothes the skin and heals quickly and
effectively most skin diseases.
Zemo is wonderful, penetrating, dis.
appearing liquid and is soothing 10 this
most delicate skin. 1t is not greasy i,
easily applied and costs little. Get il
today and save all further distress.
The T. w Rose Co., Cleveland, O.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
ished musingly.
An Unusual Silence.


For some time we remained silent
ia very unusual thing when we were to-
gether. Muriel was a perfect chatter
box, and / also had plenty to say espe-
eially when with her. / realized that
she knew she had interrupted Leonard
and me at n crucial time in spite Of the
light way she had treated it. Also that
she had meant more by her Bible quo
tation than appeared on the surface.
Yet she asked no further questions
then, and broke the silence by asking
her advice about a private school Just
opened to which 1 thought of sending
Edith. 1t was safe subject.
Yes, 1 have heard it is excellent, :"
she replied to my query anent the
school, and it is situated in fine neigh
borhood. Edith could walk and that
would be good for her. !" The school
was only few squares away.
Yes-I had thought of that But
! should hate to enter her only to take
her out =
"Whv what do YOU meant Muriei
asked but so quietly that 1 knew she
was not at all surprised
because Muriel--I don t know how
much longer I can stand it-how much
longer it will last" was my cryptic
reply,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
Some Little Stories and
Gossip of the Legislature
+4++++++++++++++++++++++ n ~ ~

The invitation of the Oregon Agricul-
tural college officials to the legisla-
ture TO visit that institution having
been accepted it has been arranged for
the members of the legislature to go
practically in body Saturday morning
mt $3.50 ON the special train provided
by the chamber of commerce OF Corval-
lis. The special will on its return con-
tinuc ON to Portland so members from
that section can visit their homes over
Sunday. The invitation to the legis-
lature includes their wives, and the trip
promises to be pleasant as well rs Il
profitable one. 1t was announced in
the senate yesterday that the college
management had arranged that the stu
dents should do the work that should be
done the Monday following, ON Satur-
day while the legislators are there SO
that the actual workings of the college
could be seen.
Here is little conversation over
heard in the corridors yesterday. Ii
evidently started over some discussion
of the bone dry bill. One gentleman
said that Kentucky colonel discuss
ing the reasonable use of whiskcy, such
as Kentucky gentlemes put it too, never
permitted anyone to become drunk.
This being disputed by one who claimed
he had often seen men drunk in that
state naturally led to the question as
TO what constituted being drunk. "Well,
sah, - snid the colonel, "in Kentucky,
sab, no gentleman is drunk sab, who
can lie on the ground, sab, without hold
ing onto the grass, sah - This led TO
another along the same lines, of another
Kentucky colonel who entering res
taurant, ordered the colored waiter to
- Bring me regular Kentucky break
fast, Sam. "
The waiter looked at him and was
stumped. ri don I believe, sab, / quite
keteh dc meanin of youh odah, sah
4" Bring me quart bottle of Blue
Grass whiskey, a big steak, rare, and a
bulldog, and that will do"
Yes, sab; YES, sab ! understand
you, Kernel, but kin ! ask, sab, what
you requiah de bulldog fohg"
tWhy, to eat the steak You black
rascal now get them,
me grange, lhfHlerS ultoH anu uhiuh
labor are represented well under the
big dome, The initial letter of the
names of four OF the five visible in the
corridors suggests the sibilant whisper
and the warning shl sh! They are
Spence, Stewart, Schuman and Stack
OF course President Brown, of the
Farmers Union, is there but only to
superintend and advise Some folks
think the house put one over on them
in the good roads bill yesterday, but
that measure has to run the gauntlet OF
the senate and the governor yet, and
the sihilant ones are not asleep.
| Examination of the bills introduced
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
x6pplinS!d !d1y!nes
CkAAfAIeHNs Nsson 3 t&23
CONFESSION

| ate too much roast turkey, upon Thanks
giving day, and now my works are jerky,
the gears are out of play. swallowed
Christmas chickens, and Christmas pies
and cakes, and like the well known dickens,
my stomach bucks and aches. / swallowed
New Year candy, all day, in my abode, un-
til my legs grew handy beneath the grew
ious load. All winter I've been eating, with
this excuse or that, and now Pm sadly
bleating because l am so fat. Within me
there's a riot, nv forks are out of plumb.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19

There are many sins committed in the name Of
economy The reason is that people differ widely as
to what economy really is On top of this will have
hobby in the way of saving which does not fit the ideas
of some others whose ideas in turn just as far out OF
the way of other folks opinions Some folks econom
ica in using the truth; in using tooth brush and
one old gentleman down Nevada who had all the symp
toms of democrat but who was dead black politically
used to spend from five to ten dollars day for BOOZE
being prodigal treater but in the matter OF laundry
and bath bills was elaborate in the mserness of his eX
penditures And happens in the legislature, where
some would save in one direction and others in some
other way and yet both be far from economical IN really
important matters,