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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Deserts Are Disappearing
Before March of Progress.

At the present time there are many
Young Australians who are reaping
good crops from areas which were
marked on the maps as "deserts" when
these young fellows went to school in
Australia: in fact, some of the most
prosperous districts were not long ago
shown on the school maps as "deserts"
or uninhabited spaces, but as settle
ment has pushed on, and the landseek-
er has had to go farther for his Sc
lection, these blanks have been filled
with prosperous settlements.
Thriving towns are growing here and
there, and, instead of being shown as
deserts" the school children in Aus
tralia are being taught the names of
these agricultural towns. The same
thing applies to Australia as a whole.
Maps get out of date rapidly on ac-
count of the changes being effected
throughout the country. Active rail-
way construction policies are assisting
the settler, and before many years
have passed spaces now uninhabited-
through being almost inaccessible
will be shown as scenes Of activity and
prosperity.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Give Canning
a Fair Trial

"Don't judge the success of canning
by your first effort with whatever
product you happen to find in market
when you begin operations" says
statement just issued by the United
States department of agriculture. 1T
is more than likely that If you were
beginner at canning you started with
strawberries, the first fruit available.
II you did you should realize that
strawberries are one of the most diff
ficult of all products to can satisfac-
torily. 1t is next to impossible, in fact,
TO can this fruit, as distinguished from
preserving 1t Tin which case much
larger proportion of sugar is used), so
that its color, size, and texture Will be
preserved.
'sIt Is normal, If ordinary canning
practices are followed, TO have straw
berries shrink, turn more or less brown,
and float to the top of the jars. The
product is palatable, however, and Will
keep perfectly If the sterilization has
been done properly.
tDon't feel, therefore, that your
strawberry canning is failure. Above
all, don't become discouraged and fear
that all your canning win be unsatis-
factory. Practically every vegetable
and fruit worth canning may be canned
and kept in condition fairly compar'
able In flavor and texture to the fresh
product.
Scanned food will be needed next
winter as 1t has never been needed be
fore. Let your slogan be, therefore
Can all the food you can; dry the sue
culent foods which cannot be kept wei
otherwise
"In canning, specialize on nutritious
foods and concentrate to small bulk Ds
cooking down all vegetables high IL
water content"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Food MASTERS Branded as
DisIoyaI to Country by
Head of Camp Fire Girls.

That people who waste food are as
bad as those who overeat, was the as
sertion 'made to Camp Fire girls by
DR.. Luther Gulick, national president.
Doctor Gulick continued:
"We should look upon such persons
who are willing as hosts to take the
best of the food on the table, leaving
our guests, the allies, to get anything
they can, as disloyal to our country"
The list of suggestions for patriotic
manners follows: Save and use ev-
cry scrap of bread or other wheat
product; use meat or eggs but once
a day; use all leftover bits of meat
and bones for soup, stews and hashes;
use corn in place of wheat to consid-
erable extent; buy only the food you
need; clean out all bread and cake
bowls and dishes used for cooking
cereals with a spatula; scrub the po-
tatOes and eat the skins; do not have
many things to eat at one meal; have
only two courses at meals; use rice
instead of potatoes; use rice water
for soups; spaghetti and macaroni take
the place of potatoes use the less ex-
pensive and more nourishing cuts Of
meat; use little butter; leave no scraps
on your plate; don't help yourself to
more than you can eat; when serving
food make the portions small use veg
etables which you have raised yourself
in your own garden; can all fruits for
YOURSELF in the fall gather all edible
nuts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
BODIE LI0NIZED
Greatest Object of Hero Worship In
Quakertown Since the Days OF
Rube Waddell.

It is doubtful whether the Athletics
have had a bigger object of hero wor-
ship than Ping Bodie among the fans
since the days of the late lanented
Rube Waddell.
This may seem like broad asser-
ton to make, but there is ground for
believing it true. There never was
bigger lion in Philadelphia baseball
than Rube Waddell. His doings off the
field were followed as much as his
pitching performances.
Waddell came and left, but in lat
ter years there was no personality like
the Rube's even in the days when Ed
die Collins, ]. Franklin Baker and Dan
Murphy were heroes. The new influx
of Athletic celebrities were different
than the Rube in that they were cor
rect young men, who cranked their au-
tomobiles after the game and whirled
away to suburban residences. The
fans never saw them except in uni
form. There was no common bond be-
tween player and patron.
Bodie Is different. He Is demo-
cratic, and the fans can get close
view of him. He is a mingler and a
mixer, although he never permits popu-
larlty to affect his usefulness as a
player.
AS matter of fact, Bodie has been
the most maligned player in the coun-
try. His name was connected with so
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Obligation Rests Upon Those at
Home as Well as Soldiers at Front
By Rev. Charles Stelzie

And America-we are being shaken
out of the ruts of commercial success
and money making-and brought to a
higher sense of the appreciation of the
higher values of life which we hereto
fore only half understood.
Out of this will come a purified
world, seeing new ideals and holding
truer aspirations. But if these are to
be realized there must be great and
constant individual devotion to the
cause of democracy and brotherhood.
When enough of us catch this "vis-
ion splendid" and determine to live
it out-making the sacrifices demand.
ed of us in shop and office and store
while those who are at the front are
doing their share to "make democracy
safe"-then "the day" will have ar
rived. For this may every man of us
fervently pray and work.
There's a scripture passage to the
effect that righteousness eXalteth
nation" This means justice, what.
ever else may be included in the def
nation can be righteous until its citi-
2ens are just. Nor can there be
world democracy until there is in it
Mt least the same standard of fair
dealing.
The coming of the world brother
hood depends less upon platforms and
prOnOuncements than it does upon our
readiness to give to our brothers their
just due.
And so that no man may escape
"conscrlption" in this larger task, let
1t be understood by every one of US
that there is no class or condition in
society which is free from the personal
obligation to give every other man the
same square deal demanded by each
of US for ourselves.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
PuIIin' Through.

Well, what's to comell come, 1 guess
peace or war, the same;
Amt blamin' of nobody this side the time
to blame;
An for the high cost business, when prices
come in view,
The folks in my old settlement are great
oA pullin' through!
We've stemmed so many lightnin storms
that when one comes along
An blows things topsy-turvy, 1t doesn't
turn us wrong;
We hold the road-we keep right on, with
faith that's firm an true;
For folks in this here settlement are great
on pullin' through
Were not a-huntln' trouble, an though no
wings we wear
We're good enough, I reckon, for our
habitation here;
Leastways, that's how we see It; Work
done means work to do
An folks in this here settlement are great
on pullin' through!
Atlanta Constitution
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Almond Sandwiches.

Whip a quarter of cupful of cream,
then stir in half cupful of finely
ground, blanched almonds, two table
spoonfuls Of sugar and very little
almond extract. Use this filling on
white bread.
Nuts are sometimes difficult for chill
dren to digest because they are not
well masticated by them, so If they
are always ground or finely chopped
this difficulty Is overcome.
A sandwich which is especially nice
for chocolate lovers but one which
should be wisely used with children
is called the college sandwich. Spread
peanut butter on slabs Of sweet choco-
late-the milk chocolates best and
put them together as sandwich.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Poultry Pointers.

Never allow broods of chicks to be
mothered by any except clean, healthy
hens, for filthy, diseased mothers carry
sickness and death to the youngsters.
A chick with lice will stand and cry,
or drop it's heal as If sleeping while
standing up, but the fault may be with
the disposition of the hen. If she Is
not naturally a good mother, there is
no remedy but to get rid Of her In the
brood yard.
Fowls are not likely to contract
tuberculosis from domestic animals or
from man, yet birds that have had
the disease are serious menace to
other farm animals, as well as the
poultryman and the family.
Do not neglect to give room to the
growing chicks. At six weeks, the
chicks are Independent of the brooder,
and may be put in cold brooders or
colony houses. Their inclination on
cool nights will be to crowd. Piling
up means trouble. For this reason 1t
Is best to have not more than twenty
in a group.
Let your poultry have the free range
of your orchard. There they will not
only find the shade so grateful to them
in hot weather, but they will feed on
multitudes of insects which may be In
furious to trees and shrubbery.
AS soon as practicable, give the pull
lots mere room by culling out the cock
ereIs. Dispose Of the preeocious little
fellows that get red combs and begin
to crow before they are half grown.
They are unlikely to make the best
birds, and become nuisance about
the place.
Leghorn pullets are capable of COM
sunling about 30 pounds of skim milk
each during year.
A hen seldom chooses an open, ex-
posed location for nest.
The shape of the egg is no indica-
IN of what the sex of the chick will
be.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

many tales of the "bone head" type,
all of which existed only in the mag
ination of writer's, that the fans can
not be blamed if they formed this con-
ception of him.
1t was really Bodies good nature
that gave him his ill-deserved repu-
tation. He was big, loud-voiced and
laughing, and the writer's picked him
out as mark and made him the foil
for all the humor they had in their
systems. Ping never objected. Il
should worry" was his philosophy. He
let the writer's go the limit and they
did.
Bodie is not college graduate and
makes no pretensions Of being such.
He Is boy from San Francisco, of
Italian parentage, his real name being
Franeeto Pizzola, who has earned his
own living ever since he has been able
TO get about
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Worlds Largest Organ, in
Great English Cathedral,
Is to Have 1O,567 Pipes.

The largest organ in the world is
now being built for the new cathedral
at Liverpool. 1t is the gift of Mrs.
James Barrow of Waterloo, near Liver
pool. Started in January, 1913, it was
TO take four years to complete. Says
London Tid-Bits:
This organ will have five manuals,
167 speaking stops, and 215 draw stop
knobs, and total of 10,567 pipes. The
action itself will be electro-pneumatic
and tubulc rpncUHlatfc on the Willis
system. The keys will be laid with
heavy plates Of ivory without surface
joints and the key frames will be of
ebony. The music desk, draw stop and
pedal jambs of console will be made
of rosewood and the pedal board will
be made of teak. The four tremulants
will be rather unique, inasmuch as the
player will be able TO regulate the
rapidity of the vibrato at will by means
of a pedal. The blowing will be done
by seven separate installations and
each separate installation will be cleo
tIlCully DluNn, anu liiS Sp1tu VIII uS
automatically controlled by the rise
and fall of the main reservoir. The
starting and stopping will be easily ac-
complished at the console by simply
pressing three sets of push buttons.
Now, probably most people will think
that the organ will be altogether too
large, but when the size of the cathe-
dral is taken into consideration, it will
be readily seen that the organ will by
no means be out of proportion. The
total length of the cathedral is 60 feet,
width across the main transepts 200
feet and the height from the floor to
the apex of groining 115 feet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

For those who cannot go to war--as
well as those who will go to the front
there is distinct obligation to dedi-
cate themselves to the task of helping
on the great new brotherhood of the
world.
This brotherhood will be founded
upon the revolution which is sweeping
through every country on the globe,
and which is working itself out through
the war, from the effects of which no
nation can escape.
Nor can this movement for the broth
erhood of man be retarded by petty
hates and spites or by the ambitions
and intrigues of kings and cabinets and
the heartless Vaccinations of con-
temptuous politicians.
For hundreds of years the race of
men has been getting ready for this
world brotherhood. And all the signs
point toward the fulfllment of the
noble ideals which has been vaguely,
though persistently floating through
the hearts and minds of those who,
each in their day and generation,
brought their contributions toward this
world democracy.
The Russia of hundreds Of years is
no more-the czar is gone forever.
The Germany of generations has closed
itself into be opposed by every for
ward-looking nation and by the larger
minded Germans themselves, until it
has been crushed for all time.
England - self-confident, self-satis-
fed, luxurious, with class spirit highly
develOped-though sound at heart
has seen the need of closer and sin
cerer cooperation with the wlder-vis
ioned nations of earth.
France-light-hearted and gay often
careless-althOugh it had the blood of
heroes and martyrs in its veins-can
never again be what it was.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
RoyaI Sandwiches,

Mix well three hard cooked eggs,
four tablespoonfuls of butter, a dust
ing Of red pepper, two tablespoonfuls
of chopped, cooked tongue; rub all
through sieve and add two table
spoonfuls of whipped cream or the
same amount of mayonnaise, or boiled
dressing could be substituted. Spread
this ON bread, then sprinkle with fine
ly chopped celery that has stood in
ice water to become crisp. Place an
other slice of bread on top and dec
crate with riced hard cooked eggs,
and chopped parsley If liked. Cut in
strips and serve.
Mix watercress with butter, finely
chopplng the cress and adding a little
onion juice, spread on white or brown
bread. ANY cold fish with small
amount of finely chopped pickle makes
a wholesome sandwich filling.
NELLIE WARREN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
EPIGRHYMES

tried to write funny
verse about the present war;
I tried to be facetious, tried
to use mixed metaphor and coin
some slangy phrases that would
make us feel less blue, but say
the stuff l handed out would
kill kangaroo. For WHERE'S
THE sense in running, like
COWARD, from the fact THAT
Homes foundations, peace and
love, WOULD straightway be
attacked, If there existed many
men who did NOT DARE TO FIGHT
FOR what our country stands
today-the Greatest Human Right!
OF course it does no good to
try to frown the hours away-to
deprecate all pleasure and to
hush the kids, at play; but when
this war is mentioned, it seems
infinitely small to talk in
flippant terms, or cen, perhaps,
to talk at all except to plan
how we can use our bodies, Drawn
and brain to serve Our Country
in her war to win World Peace,
again. Today the words of Scott
apply: The Good, the Great, the
Grand should permeate our every
thought concerning SUCH A LANDl
Robert Russell.
''where's the coward that would
not dare to fight for such land
IN ksa nm MN hllI NM lil lii MN nm Ii Nm
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

Nominations of sixteen brigadier gen
erals to command the National guard
divisions will be sent to the Senate
next week, and it is believed that the
name of Adjutant General George
Wood of Ohio will be among them.
Telegrams received here today indi-
cate that Gen. Wood has been au-
thorized to go ahead and complete
the regimental organization. Gen.
Wood would be in charge of the Ohio
troops at Montgomery, Ala, if ap
pointed. If Wood is not named, it
is said that Governor Cox will notify
the War Department that he has no
other choice and will accept any reg
ular army officer the War Depart
ment may designate.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Facts in Figures.

Venezuela yearly imports
paints valued at $4,000.
Brazil last year exported l3,-
O39,O0O bags of coffee.
Brazil's 1916 exports were val
ued at $267, 100000; imports
$196,057,00O.
Argentina's 1915 imports
amounted to $217,409,322; ex-
ports, $543,345,s39.
Canada in 1916 recorded 81
SIG business failures. In 1919
there were 1922 failures.
Leeds, England, street rail-
way receipts in 1861 up to
March amounted to $2,510,165;
profits $3S6,7io.
British capital invested in
Canada totals $2,914,0O0,OOO;
United States investments reach
$63T, 100000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Strawberry Sandwiches.

Spread buttered bread with straw
berry jam and sprinkle freely with
finely chopped nuts. Cut in fancy
shapes. For nut sandwiches mix
cupful of peanuts, half cupful each
of walnut and pecau meat all well
chopped with enough mayonnalse to
spread. This filling may be used on
brown bread without using butter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
In Midst of Destruction
Conservation Is Achieved.

In the midst of monster destruction
an enormous conservation is achieved.
Only the dead are laid away. Nothing
is "scrapped." They make laces out OF
cast-olf shoes, redeem shattered guns,
convert refuse fat into glycerin, replen-
ish the flickering fires of life itself.
War is not all waste, writes Isaac E..
MarcOssOn in Everybody's Magazine.
And when this moving picture, more
animated than any imagination play
ever thrown upon cinema screen, has
passed before you. you realize, even
before a single shot is fired, that en-
ergy and organization of the highest
order have been tested to well-ngh
incredible extent.
1t dawns on you that war is work !
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Around the World.

Damascus, in Syria, is the old
est of all cities now existing.
They are agitating the ques-
ton of digging canal along the
south shore of Long Island.
Wisconsin was a part success
lively of Indiana, Illinois and
Michigan before it was made a
state in 1S4S.
Keyless fire alarm boxes are
replacing the old "break the
glass and turn the key" style
in New York.
If Alaska's erratic coast line
was stretched out in a straight
line it would be longer than the
entire coast line Of the remain
der of the United States.
A five-ton electric cannon
which may be fired without
noise, smoke or powder has
been invented by a Philadel-
phian. 1t is to be tried out at
Norristown, Pa.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Wild Oats.

Young Hardfax
But, dad, there
can't be any real
harm in sowing a
few wild pats.
Old Hardfax-
NIebbe not, cause
if you're as much
of a donkey as |
think you are you
can eat the crop.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
some SMILES
Preparedness.

Farmer Whiffletree was riding along
in his wagon with an extra wheel
strapped to the back of it.
"What's the idea?" asked another
farmer who met him. "lmitatin' them
automobeel fellersT
"NOpe; antlcipatin' 'em," was the re-
DlV
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
The Cycle.

Mr.. Gotrox-When / was your age
l didn't have dollar.
Cholly Gotrox-Well, dad, when l
am your age l probably won't have
dollar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Mothers
Cook Book
Observation-Disclosures
Summer Sandwiches.

AS a picnic without sandwiches is
something the children cannot imagine,
let us give them a few which are safe
for them to eat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Not That Kind.

"You see," said
tn e professor,
"the science OF
chemistry depends
on the discovery
of certain aflini-
ties"
pardon me-"
interrupted Miss
Prym. Il trust
the conversation
can proceed with
out drifting into
scandal"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

Flippant Friend-There's one rip
ping scene in your new play.
Pleased Author-Glad you liked
1t. Which one do you meanf
Flippant Friend-In the dressmak-
er's workroom, where they're pulling
the gowns to pieces.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
In the Court.

"Now, my good woman, | will take
up the subject of your dispute with
your husband"
"But you can't take it up. your
honor"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

a SUBSCRIBE FOR THE COMETrz
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

"Nvhy can't l, madam?"
"It's the parlor carpet, sir"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Dark Outlook.

"Don't you think the Russian wom-
en- are brave who have formed them
selves into a regiment, and will have
the same discipline and fight the same
as the men?"
.'Maybe so, but all that training and
military knowledge are going to tell
In Russian homes when the war Is
over"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
A Ionic.

"rhere are two phonograph records
missing, Bridget"
"Sure, the goat did eat 'em up today
Pat"
'Syell, he wasn't feeling first rate !;
perhaps they'll tone him up bit"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09
Literally So.

scandal"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-09

ply.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-23
Chap(in'S Pardner
Is Coming Sunday

Before Charlie Chaplain became
world famous as a film celebrity, he
was vaudeville performer in a very
clever variety skit known as "a
Night in an English Concert Hall. !"
Stan Laurel was Chaplin s head man
for several seasons and after Charlie
entered the movie business he started
an act Of his own and together with
May Laurel has gained much fame on
his own account in the vaudeville
world These two young persons are
now touring over the Hippodrome cir
cult in "Raffles, the Dentist, - com
cdy variety skit, including singing,
talking and dancing. This little sketch
gives Mr.. Laurel ample opportunity to
shine as grotesque comedian of the
type made famous by creating a riot
at every performance at the Hippo
drome theater in Portland and will be
in Salem at the Bligh theatre in ad-
dition to two other headline acts from
the same show, next Sunday matinee
and evening.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-23
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

You have swollen feet and hands!
Stiff, achy joints! Sharp shooting,
pains torture you. You have
acking back, pain in the lower abdo-
men, difficulty when urinating! Look
outl These are danger signals, Trouble
is with your kidneys. Uric acid poison
ing, in. one form or another, has set
in. It may lead to dropsy or fatal
Bright Is disease if not checked.
Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM on
Capsules Immediately. They are an old
preparation, used all over the world for
centuries, combining natural healing oil
and herbs, well known to physicians
and used by thousands in their daily
practice. The Capsules are not an ex-
perimental, make shift "patent medi-
.eine,n OF "salt'' whose effect is only
temporary. They are a standard rem,
edy, and act naturally, gently and
quickly But when on 60 to the drug
gist, insist on getting the pure, origin
al HARLEM Oil in Capsules. BE sure the
name GOLD MEDAL is on the box and
thus protect ourself against counter
feits,