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The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
TRAINING FLEET FOR LAKES.
Eastlaad, From Which Many Lives
 Mers Loat. Will Re Flagship.

Eastlaad, From Which Many Lives
 Wers Lost, Will Be Flagship.
 Great Lakes, Ill.-A fleet of training ships shortly will be sailing the great lakes, 1t wa> announced at the United States naval training station here. Captain ". A. Moffett, commandant has planned the mobilization of num- Der of vessels mounting guns ranging from one pounders to six inch pieces. The fleet will serve to train recruits passing through the training station here, which has been greatly expanded since the outbreak of war, in addition to protecting lake cities.
 The steamer Eastland, which turned over in the Chicago river in 1915 with a loss of SIP lives and which Is now being rebuilt as a g1nDcat, will be the flagship. Other vessels in the fleet will be two of the former Spanish gum boats which were captured by Dewey at Manila bay,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
FOR DRY FARMING
Can Be PraCtiCed Where Water
 Is Not Available.
REQUIRES MUCH PATIENCE.

In Missouri, In Drought of 1s14, UsO of
 Dry Farming Methods by Only. Part
 of Farmers Largely Increased Yield
 of Corn Per Acre as Compared With
 That of 1901.
 Washington.-With the burden of supplying the worlds wartime crop facing this country, the committee on statistics and standards of theChamber of Commerce of the United States has called attention to the possibilities of dry farming. Such methods, 1t IS declared. can be made to it the re- 0uirements for raising many of our most important F-0ducts. Dry farm ing is said to be the only form of agri- culture which can be successfully praC- tIced in any region where water is not available for irrigation and where rainfall Is not sufficient for humid farming.
 The inherent purpose of dry farming, 1t is pointed out, is 10 conserve mois- ture in the soil until needed for grow ing plants. The dry farmer resorts to methods of timely and proper cultiya- ton, narrowing, disking and blowing, to increase the penetration of water, prevent evaporation and store mois- ture in the soil for the benefit of the plants.
 "Dry farming Is not al easy jobr nor is the lot of the farmer in the semi arid regions any happier at times than that of the policemen in the Pirates of Penzance,' says Archer Wall Doug las of St. Louis, chairman of the na- tional commerce committee. "It is a business requiring much industry, pa tience, fOrtitude and intelligent under standing of the surrounding conditions. Likewise in the beginning 1t needs some reserve capital against emergen- cies. For there are yee=s when, through weeks, even months, of rainless heat the sky is as brass and the earth as iron underneath, and rainfall only a distant memory.
 "Yet persevered in and intelligently stuck to- 1t is apt to record a success and to furnish a great need for the utilization of the vast area of semi arid country. Once exploited as a panacea, then denounced as fad, 1t has at last come into Its own as an in- telllgent scientific form of agriculture, absolutely essential to the development of a large section of our country"
 Of particular interest in meeting war time conditions Is the argument that dry farming methods are applicable not only to farming in the semiarid, but likewise humid regions in times of drought. In Missouri In the drought of 1914 the use of dry .arming methods by only a part of the farmers largely increased the yield of corn per acre, as compared with similar conditions in IQO1
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
AVOID PREJUDICE.
lt Is an Evil Thing That Warps Juds-
 nent and Breeas injustice.


 nent and Breeds injustice.
 Prejudice iS an inSiGIouS thing. It creeps into the soul unaware. It leads us 10 say and do wrong things; 1t warps our judgment and leads to in Justice, uukirduesS and even cruelty It paves the way for hatred and nal ice. In proportion as We learn to clear our minds of prejudice We become bet ter men and womru; We win friends and dissolve cumicjeS; We are more worthy o5 respect and confidence.
 No one wants to uc judged by false standards that prejudice sets up. Be ware of judging others in such q light. Prejudice cramps the mind and the heart: it stands in the way of rightful growth of character. l. Is wise to sear.h your heart and if you find prej- udIce there to set about to root it out wholly.
 Do not be sure you of all men are appropriated. That k the danger, for prejudice Is guarded by vanity. Seek to be just in all things, small as well as great. In all the relations of life be sure you are not judging another, not for his error. but from your prejudice. For the worst thing about this weak ness Is that 1t breeds injustice and un- Kindness and malice. II hurts innocent folk and makes no one happier.-Mil- waukee Sentinel
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
SNOW CAPPED ARARAT.
It Oyerlooks the Lands of the Aczarr
 the Sulsan and the Shah"

It OyerIooks the Lands of the Iczar,
 the Sultan and the Shah"
 Great Ararat. which shoulders its way some 1TCUO feet up Into the Ar meuian sky and looks down on the lands of the "czar. the sultan and the shah" although so truly the rallying point, as it were, for the Armenian people, Is quite unknown to the native Armenian by this name
 The people who actually dwell with in sight of its great snow capped dome, who look out toward 1t over the plain from Erivau, some thirty miles away to the north, or from the frontier mountain slopes away to the south call it by a variety of names. If they are Armenians they call 1t "Massls;" if Turks. "Aghri Dagh," and if Persians, "Koh-tNuh." or the Mountain of Noah"
 There are really, of course, two mountains, or, rather, there Is one vast mass out of which rise two peaks, their bases continent at a height of $500 feet, their summits about seven miles apart"
 Little Ararat, upon whose slopes It Is that the territories of the three king doms actually meet, is some 4,0OO feet lower than it's big brother, but none the less, with its 12,S40 feet, 1t Is none SO little."-ArgOnaut
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
SLACKERS NOT WANTED.

But This One Enlisted After He
 Changed His Name.
 Newark, x. LA heavy set young man walked into the army recruiting office here and told the officers in charge he wanted to enlist.
 Whats your TIme?" asked the lieu tenant.
 Stacker" was the reply.
 Nothing doing" shot back the off cer. We don't want any slackers here. {" The man later explained that he was Andrew Stacker of Middletown, Sussex county. N. J.. and tha> he wanted to break off diplomatic relations with his name.
 He was accepted.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
flows This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,. Toledo, O. We. the undersis ned. have known F'. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
 Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take HalTS Family PIns for constipation.
 Advertisement
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
El.a of the Chinese Ropuh io.

The flag of the Chinese republic shows five equal horizontal ltripes- red, yellow, blue, white ana black, reading downward. The red stripe at the top stands for China prol CT, the yellow for Manchuria, the blue for Mongolia, the white for Tibet and the black for TuFkeStan
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
Gnin.n Lo Estremea

q tell you what" said Go Gam, en- tertaining his western cousin, every thing IS SO high here It's alm st im- possible to keep a house going"
 Well" replied the cousin, "the winds are so high out our way it's llmost impossible to keep a house from going." Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegra, h.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09

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The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09
QUESTIONS ASKED IN
 WAR REGISTRATION

g The questions which are to be { . answered in the nation wide war | 3 department registration involve (
 . comparatively few subjects. { , Here they are: The name In full, { , the age in years, the home ad. { $ dress, the date of birth, the 1
 A quality of citizenship, natural i < born, naturahzed or the condi- |, tiOn of declaration of intention; ( @ the place of birth, trade, Occupa- | $ ton or office, employment and by ( ; whom employed, dependents if { ! any, married or single, race, for ( . mer military service ard where { ! il. was rendered and lastly claims ( q of exemption from draft, with { 2 the specific grounds therefor. ( 4 4 4 s 4 s n IA A a a
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-09

THERE IS A SAN-TOX REMEDY for every ordinary household all ment. There is room for san Tox Remedies ih your medicine chest. Get a San-ToE Blue Book at Keller Bros, The San-Tox Drug Store.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07

tributes belong to it and they con
tribute as much as richness of mate
rial, or more, toward making any dress
elegant This particular model, made
up in The seasons darker colors, would
remain as chic and aristocratic looking
rs it is in black.
It is cut on long, almost straight
lines. with n little hint of severity in
them and it is intensely modern look
ing-a fashion of today for the woman
of today. A straight-line lOng-waiste1
bodice supports long tunic with three
close-set rows of shirring at the top
where it is joined to the bottom of the
bodice. The tunic is faced up about
the bottom and embelliShed with IS
parallel rows of machine stitching put
in with a perfection of workmanship
that is beautiful. The bodice fastens
down the front with satin-covered
"acorn" buttons and the same kind of
buttons, pendent on heavy silk twist,
finish the long, close-fitting sleeves.
The neck has Chinese collar of white
washable satin and there are narrow,
plain turned-back cuffs of this satin.
I Ne neck in this model might be diff
ferenty treated without detracting
from its good style. 1t might be fin
ished with high collar having rows
of stitching and narrow turnover OF
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
Food Which Will Provide the
Most Protein at Smallest Cost

Condensed milk contains about !
ounce of protein per 12-ounce can.
Whole-miIk cheese contains about a
ounces of protein per pound.
Cottage cheese contains about 3
ounces of protein per pound.
Dried legumes:
Beans contain 3 ounces of protein
per pound.
Cowpeas contain 3 ounces of protein
per pound.
Peas contain ounces of protein per
pound.
Peanuts contain 3 ounces of protein
per pound.
Nuts
Almonds contain nearly ounces of
protein per pound.
Walnuts contain little over 1 ounce
Of protein per pound.
Cereal foods:
Wheat flour contains . ounces of
protein per pound.
Cornmeal contains IA ounces of pro-
tein per pound.
Oatmeal contains 2 % ounces of
protein per pound.
Bread contains 11s ounces of protein
per pound.
In considering the amount of pro-
tein supplied by certain foods, one
must make q distinction between the
cooked and the uncOOked state. Dried
legumes and cereals, for example,
usually take up considerable water
during cooking, and thus become more
bulky and dilute. A pound of baked
beans supplies the body with about
one-third as much protein as a pound
of raw beans. Oatmeal takes up so
much water in cooking that a pound
of boiled oatmeal has only about one
eighth the food value of q pound of
raw. A pound of raw beans or oatmeal
would have practically the same total
food value after cooking rs before, but
their weight would be greater. In the
same way, a cupful of raw beans or
oatmeal would make several cupfuls
when cooked.
When eggs are beaten, as in making
omelets and meringues, air is forced
into them and they become more
bulky. In this way given number of
eggs can often be made to serve more
persons than if they are prepared with
out beating; but each person gets less
eggs. If meat is made into stew, it
goes further, because the water adds
to the bulk of the dish; but the finished
dish has much lower protein and fuel
value than the original meat. When
meat is cooked without water, as In
roasting, broiling or frying, there is not
much change in its composition.
A housekeeper in choosing foods at
market rightly compares them in their
raw state; but when she is considering
them as they are actually served at
meals, she must remember these differ
ences in cooking. They should also
be considered in choosing dishes at
restaurants. Changes in cooking
cereals are discussed in another bulle-
tin of this series.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
Mothers Practically Devote Entire
Lives to Their Babies and Fond
ness Knows No Bounds.

Monkeys are born in almost as help.
less n condition as are human beings.
For the first fortnight after birth they
pass their time in being nursed, In
sleeping and in looking about them.
During the whole of this time the care
and attention of the mother are most
exemplary. The slightest sound or
movement excites her immediate no.
tice, and, with her baby in her arms,
she skillfully evades any approaching
danger by the most adroit maneuvers.
At the end of the first fortnight the
little one begins to get about by itself,
but always under its mothers watch
full care. She frequently attempts to
teach it to do for itself, but never for
gets her solicitude for its safety, and
at, the earliest intimation of danger
seizes it in her arms and seeks a place
of refuge. When about six weeks old
the baby begins to need more substan-
tial nouriShment than milk and is
taught to provide for itself. The moth
er's fondness for her offspring con-
tinueS; she devotes all her time to its
comfort and education, and, should it
meet with an untime!y end, her grief
is so intense as frequently to cause her
own death.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07

When the talk is of richness and lux
ury in winter apparel, the terms are
usually velvet and fur. They have
Joined forces in the outer garments of
women and do ti:ci luxurious part for
her, whether to provide warmth or to
suggest prosperity. Presses, suits and
coats are trimmed with furS. and hats
borrow of an opulent world, furS for
their decoration.
One of the handsOmeSt little acces-
sories of dress which the season has
presented appears in a cape of velvet
bordered with fur and q hat made to
always keep it company. The cape
fulfills the mission of those beautiful
scarfs which women carry to protect
themselves from drafts and to ''dress
up" the costume. 1t does not promise
much warmth, but it has other virtues
to commend it. This set is useful for
wear at the afternoon concert or club
meeting, or wherever one may have
any need for it.
The cape pictured is made of black
silk velvet, scalloped about the edges,
and is lined and piped with blue silk.
A fringe of s!-'Ink fur set in between
the velvet an silk lining extends all
round the cape. It is gathered with
several rows of ShirringS at the neck,
10 form a narrow standing collar, and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
Window Boxes, Which May
Be Started at Small Cost,
Make Home More Cheerful

Window boxes made up of Towering
plants, give an added touch of bright
ness and pleasure to the home life and
may be started at q small outlay, ac
cording to M. f. Ahearn, professor oi
landscape gardening in the Kansas
State Agricultural college.
Both indoor and outdoor boxes may
be used to good advantage" said Pro
fessor Ahearn, land the most salts
factory outdoor window box may bt
had by using evergreens such as rec
cedar, arbor vitae, and white and blu,
spruce.
"TheSe plants should be from 6 II
IS inches in height and mag be ar
ranged effectively by keeping thi
taller ones in the center and back, ant
the smaller ones in the foreground
Such q box, after being well started
will require little attention and neet
not be protected from wintry weather
"For the indoor window boxes, Bos
ton fern, German ivy, variegated peri
wenkle, red geraniums, nasturtiums
snapdragon, and vinca alba may bs
used with good effect. All the flowerl
should be removed from the plants az
soon as they begin to fade. In ordel
to obtain the best results the boz
plants should be given an application
of fertilizer once or twice q month
An east or south exposure will bt
found best for most window plants
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
ART IN HANGING PICTURES
TO SAVE DECORATIVE VALUE

The indiscriminate hanging of pic
lures which has been so long the
vogue IS much to be deplored, Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, Schuyler writes in
Good Housekeeping. picture that
ls intrinsically good. and bears rela-
tionship to other things of interest
can always be used, but there are
many pictures used to fill up space, or
because they have beautiful frames,
and not because the subject is appro-
priate or the picture itself is good. Ii
one has no pictures to start with, good
photographs of old masters or old col
ored prints are interesting.
The decorative quality of picture
Is enhanced by the right background,
the height at which it is hung, and its
tuxtapOsition to other pictures.
modern picture is usually out of place
on an antique background, and an an
tiaue picture has not a good setting In
n strictly modern room. TO crowd the
walls, even with very beautiful things,
Is to fall far short in artistic taste.
HJnIess it is an exhibit where all
thugs of y certain type CT class are 10
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
The Son Of 7 arzan
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

witch. But here in savage Africa, faI
from home and friends, what would
they do to him and his faithful ape?
The lad knew that the penalty ci
murder was death. He even knew thai
an accomplice might suffer the deat1
penalty with the principal. Who Wa:
there here who would plead for them
All would be against them. 1t was
little more than half civilized com
munity, and the chances were thai
they would drag Akut and him fortt
in the morning and hang them both Il
the nearest tree He had read of such
things being done in America, an
Africa was worse even and wilder
than the great west of his mothers
native land.
Yes they would both be hanged ir
the morning.
Last evening he had been determined
to start for home. at the first oppor
tunity to beg the forgiveness of HI:
parents for this mad adventure. Now
he knew that he might never return
to them. The blood of a fellow mar
was upon his hands. In his morbid re
Election he had long since ceased to at
tribute the death of Conlon to the ape.
The hysteria of panic had fastened the
guilt upon himself.
Now he turned toward Akut.
"Come!" he said in the language OF
the great apes. Forgetful of the act
that he wore only thin pajama suit
he led the way to the open window,
Thrusting his head out, he listened at
tentively. A single tree grew a few
feet from the window.
Nimbly the lad sprang to its bolc,
clinging catlike for an instant before
he clambered quietly to the ground be-
low. Close behind him came the great
ape. Two hundred yards away a spur
of the jungle ran close to the strag-
Cling town. Toward this the lad led
the way.
No one saw them, and moment
later the jungle swallowed them, and
John Clayton, future Lord Greystoke,
passed from the eyes and the knowl-
euge of men.
1t was late the following morning
that q native house man knocked upon
the door of the room that had been as
signed to Mrs. Billings and her grand.
son. Receiving no response, he insert
ed his pass key in the lock, only to dis
cover that another key was already
there, but from the inside.
He reported the fact to Herr Skopf,
the proprietor, WIG at once made his
way to the second floor, where he, too,
pounded vigorously upon the door.
Receiving no reply, he bent to the key
hole in an attempt to look through
into the room beyond. In so doing,
being portly, he lost his balance, which
necessitated putting palm to the floor
to maintain his equilibrium.
AS he did SO he felt something soft
and thick and wet beneath his fingers.
He raised his open palm before his
eyes in the dim light of the corridor
and peered at it. Then he shuddered,
for even in the semidarkness he saw a
dark red stain upon his hand.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
Tasmanian Mammals.

There is a species of mammals in
Tasmania the females of which lay
eggs, from which the young are hatched
like the young of birds. This mammal,
the echidna, is perhaps of the lowest
order of mammals, and is kind of
connecting link between mammals and
reptiles. They are about the size of
baby porcuplne, are covered with
strong spines set thickly all over their
SKINS and by way of a nose they have
n slender and narrow beak of white
horn, The echidna has very long, sharp
claws, with which it digs a deep bur-
row. In this burrow it builds a nest
for its young and deposits one or two
eggs. which are inclosed in a strong
flexible shell three-fourths of an inch
in length by two-thirds of an inch in
diameter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-07
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER
CockereIs for Breeders.

The speciality of an Eastern back
Tard poultrykeeper is cockerels for
breeding, which he sells for $3.50 each
and up. His flock is small, seldom
numbering more than rs hens, and
bis houses represent a small invest
nent. By occupation brickyard
pwner and manager, he started keep
ing Rhode Island Reds several years
ago, utilizing some IDLE land back of
bis residence. He had good success
in egg production, and being inter-
ested in the fancy side, also, bought
stock from winners at the shows.
In breeding each spring, he uses
eggs from selected hens mated with
good show cockerels. Beginning in
late Writer, all the available broody
hens are given eggs. Sometimes as
hany as 25 are sitting at once.