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Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
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FOR SNOWBIRDS.
How to Feed Them All Winter to Thei,
Own Tastes,

Own Tastes.
One Of the main things necessary IN
feeding the birds In winter is to see
that 1t is done regularly. They get
used TO coming to the feeding place
and suffer when food is not there. The
food should always be in good condi.
ton and suitable for the birds for
which 1t Is intended.
Mountain ash berries are always wei
come. A small box containing old NOR.
tar, salt, fine poultry grit, should be
placed where the birds can get 1t. Wa
ter free from ice is also most impor
tant. Keep the English sparrows away
as much as possible.
As for the kinds of food, curd t.
much relished. Hemp is one OF the
best seeds for seed eating birds Japa
nese millet IS also good. Broken nuts
Of all kinds, sunaower seed, squash
seed and cracked corn will attract
nuthatches, chickadees and bluejays.
Blemished or wilted oranges cut In
half or specked apples are greedily
eaten. Most birds prefer oats to
wheat. Sheaves of wheat, oats or bar
ley securely fastened to pole and put
out on the lawn become a feeding
place de luxe. Common table salt is
much relished by many birds. Old
mortar and fine poultry grit are en-
joyed by cross bills and other birds
Bread or cake crumbs, broken biscuits,
ground oats and wheat, canary seed,
boiled rice. celery tops and chopped
meat will all be eaten by the various
birds. Mountain ash berries are fine
to use during the spring migration;
also butternuts, scraps of meat, pump.
kin and apple seeds.
Trim your porches In the fall with
evergreen branches. The green at.
tracts the birds. Place feed boxes
among the branches and suspend them
from the ceiling. Fasten suet and fat
meat where the birds can get it. Co
coanut shells cut in half and suspended
by wires make safe and good feeding
places.
For birds that will eat only on the
ground keep space clear from snow
directly under your window from which
food can be dropped without disturbing
the birds.
Birds attract birds. Gradually draw
them close to the house by scattering
broken nuts on the trees and ground.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
How TO Cleanse Curtains So They Look
Like New,

After shaking out the loose dirt COW
er curtains with cold water. Cut up
half bar Of good white soap, add a
large tablespoonful of borax and melt
to jelly with hot water. Take this
from the stove and add half a cupful
Of kerosene. Make thick hot suds
with part of this mixture and boiling
water. Squeeze curtains from cold wa
ter and dip one at time into the hot
suds. The dirt will simply run out
Put through a second lighter suds
rinse In hot water. starch. adding a
little bluing, and put on stretchers
The result is curtains which look al
most like new and are not worn out In
washing. With two large pans this
can be done In bathroom or kitchen.
This mixture is sufficient for four pairs
Of curtains.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
SHOWS HOW STOMACH ACTS.
Professor Demonstrates Reflex Move
rent With Movies.

Baltimore.-Before a clinic Of nearly
300 students of the medical department
of the University of Maryland. Dr.
Louis Gregory Cole of Cornell univer-
sity gave a remarkable lecture on the
working Of the human stomach. The
lecture was illustrated by moving pic
lures, which showed the actual reflex
movement Of the stomach.
Professor Cole is the first man to
have successfully photographed the
pyloric reflex and peristalsis, and the
pictures were interesting in the ex-
treme.
During the lecture DR.. Cole gave
credit to Professor John G. Hemmeter
OF the University of Maryland as the
pioneer discoverer of the use Of X rays
as means OF diagnosing and recogniz-
ing abnormal states of the heart and
stomach.
Dr. Hemmeter was the first to learn
that the x ray could be used to recog
mise ulcer on the stomach.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
HOW


"rN the United States each state
has adopted Its own statute di.
recting the manner In which
wills shall be made, based
largely upon the English statute"
states a lawyer. "In New York, for
example, will must be In writing,
and must be signed by the testator.
To this rule that the will must be In
writing there Is one statute granting
an exception to soldiers In actual mil
itary service and sailors actually at
sea. Wills by such persons may be
made orally and are called nuncupative
wills. They must be witnessed by at
least two witnesses"
This expert went on TO say that
will must be signed. literally, at the
end of the paper upon which 1t Is writ.
ten, for II the testator signs anywhere
pears after his signature will not be
considered part Of the will "In max.
ing will. therefore, do not use CORE
spondence note paper. writing on the
first page, then the third, then back to
the second and end there. as is some
times done I'm letters"
A case was cited where will was 50
written and rejected by one surrogate
The decision was appealed and a high
er court ruled that the paper from the
beginning to the end of the two pages
where the testator signed 1t, and the
witnesses also. was sufficient will.
and that the remarks upon the third
page could be disregarded. The law
yer explained the law for the testator
signing the will personally or making
his mark, and for at least two persons
to witness the document, knowing that
II Is the will Of the testator. The ties.
tator must sign first and the witnesses
acknowledge his signature, and they
must afflX their addresses on the win.
Failure to do this renders them liable
to a penalty Of $50 for each offense,
and witnesses should be people who
have addresses more or less permanent
and whose handwriting can be easily
proved In case Of their decease before
the testator. 1t Is wise to have more
than two witnesses. In case OF the
death OF one, for there will then be
less trouble to prove, and the property
bequeathed may lie In a state where
three witnesses are required.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16

PLATTsBURG ROCKIES - BELOW, ERECTING
TENT.
stated, expects to have at least $4,000
men in attendance at this years camps
In addition to the camps in the east
ern and central departments camps
will be organized in the southern and
western departments.
The four Plattsburg camps will be
held on the following dates: First
camp. June to July l; second camp,
July to Aug. 5; third camp, Aug. II
to Sept. o; fourth camp, Sept Is to Oct.
ii. The camps for the junior division.
open to boys between the ages of if
teen and eighteen years. will be held
at Fort Terry, n. Y, and at Portland,
Me-, there Being two camps at each
place, the first from June 80 to July %
and the second from Aug. 2 to Aug. 80.
In the central department there will
be seven senior camps, three at Fort
Smelling, Mimi, and two each at Fort
Riley, Kan, and Fort d. A. Russell,
Wyo. The junior camps in that de-
partment, five In number, will be held
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind; Fort
Des Moines, Ia, and Fort d. A. Rus
sell. The dates Of the camps In the
southern and western departments
can be had by writing to the depart
ment headquarters In San Antonio and
San francisco.
THE war department, the notice is
sued reads, 'is preparing to take care
Of 10000 or more men for the 1917
training camps, and the association ex-
poets to continue its work on still
larger scale than heretofore and pro-
vide at least that number OF men. De-
tails Of camps and enrolment blanks
will be mailed to those desiring them
as soon as the government prepares
them.
THE only way this large number Of
men can be obtained will be through
the active, hearty help and active CO.
operation of each and every training
camp man. We feel that there is
peculiar du, resting upon all training
camp men to do what they can. each
according to his individual power and
means, to further this work. The train
ing camps have received the unquali-
fed Endorsement not only of the men
themselves who have attended them,
but of the war department and Of the
country at large"
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
HOUSE PLANTS IN WINTER.
How They Should Be Cared For In .
Proper Manner,

Don't fuss with your house plants
until you kill them" is the warning
given Kansas housewives and other
lovers Of flowers by NJ. F. Ahearn, pro-
fessor Of landscape gardening in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
MANY amateurs" said Professor
Ahearn, do not realize that plant It's
sues need to rest as do the human it's
sues. and when the plant stops grow
ing they begin to dig around the roots
and then repot the plant. Plants should
not be disturbed In winter.
'In caring for house plants keep the
temperature between 60 and 20 de-
grees in the daytime and so to Go at
night When plants are grown In an
abnormally high temperature. with
moisture, the growth becomes soft and
they are easily injured. A strong
draft. even II only 10 or 20 degrees
cooler than the surrounding air, will
seriously chill the plants"
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
How to Select Cloth Relative to Quality
of Weave,

In a circular prepared by Miss M.
Jane Newcomb, assistant in home eco
nomics extension at the Pennsylvania
State college, appear the following sug.
gestions concerning the selection Of
cloth relative to quality Of weave:
More attention should be given to
the weave Of cloth. as much material
on the market is made up for effect.
Many times; for example, cloth is
loosely woven. then the spaces filed
with starch or some other substance
and the whole polished In such a way
that it presents an attractive surface,
but does not have the wearing quality.
The presence Of filing substance can
be discovered by rubbing a piece of
the material vigorously between the
hands. The weaves that are most COM
mon in cotton materials suitable for
children's clothes are the plain. the
twill and the satin. All Of these are
good when they are firm and meet the
foregoing test.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
ABOUT INSECTS.
Why They Are Strong Out Of All Pro.
portion to Size.


portion to Size.
Recent experiments with insects have
demonstrated their remarkable mus
cular power. A wood beetle weighing
1.S6 grams and less than two inches
long can pull a little wagon loaded
with fifty-six grams, or thirty times
its own weight. When load Of eighty
four grams was piled on the wag-
on the beetle pulled it an inch. This
was forty-dve times its own weight
When it's legs were attached to a small
dynamometer the insect exerted q
force of fifteen grams, which is as If
man weighing 200 pounds were able
to raise q ton.
A hercules beetle proved his right
to the appellation, for, though he
weighed only 6.5 grams and was
only three inches long, he pulled 115
grams and walked OF with a weight
Of five pounds on his back. II pro
portionate weight were put on a man
he would be crushed to death.
A housefy, held by the wings and
brought close to a match, lifted 1t up
by its feet. To perform a proportion.
ate feat a man would have to lift q
beam twenty-six feet long and thirteen
inches thick.
1t Is an old story that a flea can
jump 200 times its own height in the
air. A man would have to jump over
the 1000 foot high Eiffel tower to
equal the feat.
The muscles In insects are actually
much larger proportionately than In
man. Professor A. Schmidt estimates
that II an ant can pull an object of ten
times its own weight a man would
equal the task II he lifted a weight
one-twentleth that Of his body. This
Is applicable on the basis Of the far
greater muscular equipment Of the ant,
as compared with man.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
# BACK HURTS USE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Eat less meat If Kidneys feel like LEAD
or bladder bothers you-Msat
forms uric acid

Most folks forget that the hdnsys,
ike the bowels, get sluggish and elogged
md need a flushing occasionally, else we
have backache and dull misery in the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu-
matte twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach,
sleeplessness and all sorts Of bladder dis
orders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean. and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces Of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here.
take tablespoonful in . glass Of water
before breakfast for . few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts il made from che acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and 10 harmless to flush clo9gsd
kidneys and stimulate them TO normal
activity. Il also neutralizes The anids
in the urine % Il no longer irritatsa.
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts 10 harmless; inexpsnsive;
makes q delightful efiervescent lithia-
water drink which everybody should taxi
now and then to keep their kidneys clean,
thus avoiding serious complications.
A well-knovn local druggist says he
sells lots Of Jad Salts to folks who believe
in overcoming kidney trouble while Il y
only trouble.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
A POetical Recipe

Here's one Of those fool things
reader comes across once in a Will
and can't let loose of until he has so
we'd it. Try filling in the blanks wit
words that rhyme:
Willie caught little f..
Mary put it in d..
Susie said it needed s..
Mary said, 'It's not my f.;
For indeed never X
What the cook would have to d.
To prepare fish to e.
| suppose it's just like m.
Then she took the frying p.
And to cook it they b..
First they put in lots of i,
Heated it, each keeping g.
Lest it get so very h
That it would be burned i.
Then they dipped the fish in f.,
Let it cook half an h,
Turning it when it was b.
So the upper side was d.
Then they put it in a d.,
And they all ate of the f..
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
N0STRIlS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Relieves Head Colds at Once.


If your nostrils are clogged and your
head is stuffed and you can't breathe
freely because of cold or catarrh, just
get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
at any drug store. Apply a little of
this fragrant, antiseptic cream into
your nostrils and let it penetrate
through every air passage of your head,
soothing and healing the inhamed, swol-
len mucous membrane and you get in
slant relief
All! how good it feels. Your nos
trils are open, your head is clear, no
more hawking, snufling, blowing; no
more headache, dryness or struggling
for breath. Ely's Cream Balm is just
what sufferers from head colds and ca
tarrh need. It's delight.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
Why Cats Are Able to See In In. Dark

The human eye can only perceive
things which are revealed by light, and
IL requires a much greater amount Of
light to use the faculty of sight than
Is the case with animals of the cat
family. These animals have the pow.
er of charging the eye pupil, thereby
permitting the eve to obtain all Of the
light possible. AS there Is some light
present In even the darkest places, this
is distinct advantage and enables
cats ito see IN the dark
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16

The smaller mans wit the more
pains he takes to show it.
Some cynic remarks that the more in
dignation girl can generate when q
young man tries to kiss her, the more
she enjoys it.
After bachelor passes the age Of 40
it's up to him to marry a widow If he
marries at all. He'll need a wife who
knows how cranky men are.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
A wOMAN'S EXPERIENCE WITH GRIPPE

When cough or cold hangs on, and
you have aches and pains that are hard
to define, it is likely that grippe is taxi
ing hold of your system. Mrs. j. A.
Rogers, Switzer, S. c., says: 4 am sus-
ceptible TO colds, often ending in grip.
In this case l have found Foley's Honey
and Tar to prevent doctor bills
Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
TO TRAIN $4,000 ]!
a.
Dates and Locations of Military
Camps Announced.
SESSIONS in PLATTsBuRe.

in Addition to Camps in Eastern and
Central Departments There Will Be
Organizations In South and West
Junior Divisions at Fort Terry, NJ. Y,
and Portland, Me.
New York. = The Military Training
Camps Association of the United
States. with headquarters at 81 Nassau
street. announced the dates Of the
civilian training camps that will be
held in the eastern and central mill
tary departments next summer and
early fall. The war department. 1t Is
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
How to Sew on Buttons SO That They
Will STAY.

Take small stitch, bringing the
knot on the right side. Run up
through one hole of the button and
draw it down just over the knot. Lay
pin across the button and work the
stitches over the pin. When the but
ton Is firmly sewed on remove the pin
Pull the button out from the mate
rial and wind the thread around the
threads between the button and cloth
several times to form a shank. Pass
the needle through to the wrong side
and fasten the thread with several
small stitches.
The shank formed makes buttoning
easier and lessons the strain on the
cloth. The knot is brought up on the
right side end under the button b
keep 1t from being worn Oh.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
How to Dry Heavy Clothes on an Out.
door Line.

IL you wish to dry anything very
heavy. such as blanket or comforter,
bang II halfway over the clothesline
and slip two or three wooden coat
hangers under II on the line. This
will separate the thing to be dried,
tent fashion, and allow the air to cir.
culate between the two parts.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
A, SEVENTY-YEAR OLD COUPLE

Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Carpenter of
Harrisburg, Pa, stuff red from kidney
trouble but have been entirely cured
by Foley Kidney Pills. He says: .Altho'
we are both in the seventies, we are as
vigorous as we were thirty years ago.,
Foley Kidney Pills stop sleep disturb
ing, bladder weakness, backache,
rheumatism.-Hit Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16

WHY WE ALL MEL NIL
ITARY SERVICE IN

+ WHY WE ALL MEL NIL
+ ITARY SERVICE IN
1. THIS COUNTRY. In urging
1. universal military education in
/. America the Medical Record
+ says that In spite Of our excel
!. lence in trained athletes the
+. large numbers Of pale. under
+ nourished and poorly developed
+ youths and pasty. fe'by men In
4. the cities will convince any
I. open minded observer OF the de-
/. STABILITY Of regular physical
+ training. And the country bred
+ are little superior to those
+ brought up I'm the cities.
+ DR.. Lucien Howe states that
!. the standard OF health OF the
+ average American is so low that
+ more than 30 per cent Of the ap-
I. plicants for the army and navy
+ were rejected for physical dis
= ability In 1914, and In the follow
I. ing year less than 10 per cent OF
+ the applicants for the marine
/. corps were found physically at.
+ But II IN for Its effects on
!. character and efficiency that the
+ Medical Record specially urges
= universal military training. 1t
i. says "the lack Of Difference
i. shown by the American boy to
!. his elders is notorious and paral-
= lels his lack Of self restraint and
i. self sacrifice, qualities out of
I. which character is developed"
= And again, "the one great les.
i. son taught by military service
+ is the one great lesson most
+ needed by the citizens Of this
+ country-Obedience
=.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
WEAK, SORE LUNGS
Restored TO Health BY Vino9

Camden, N. J.-T had q deep seated
cough, was rundown, and my lungs were
weak and sore. had tried everything
suggested without help. One eve.
ming I read about Vinol and decided
to try it. Soon noticed an improve
ment. l kept on taking IL and today I
am well man. The soreness Is all
gone from my lungs, do not have any
cough and have gained fifteen pounds."
FRANK HILLMAN.
We guarantee Vinol for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis and for all
weak, rundown conditions.
HITE DRUG co.
Also at the leading drug store in all
Michigan towns.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-02-16
Why Popcorn "Pops" and How to Pro.
duce Best Results,

Nature puts the pop In popcorn by
means of starch grains within the
corn. Each grain Of corn is subdivided
into many cells. and when subjected
to heat the moisture AMI starch In
these cells explode. which supplies the
pop" so dear to childish hearts. The
more heat the better the pop" turn
ing the grain inside out.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-05
THEY EVENT FORTH"

DOUGLAS, May 5.-The gradua- tion exercises of the Douglas High School took place in the Lyric Thea tre last night, beginning promptly at o'clock and according to the pro gram published in yesterdays Elm pire except that Governor Strong, ow- ing to the rush of official business in connection with the closing of the Territorial Legislature, was not able to be present to address the graduates and deliver their diplomas as had been arranged. The address and presentation was made by Sec retary r. A. J. Gallwas of the school board and he acquitted himself most creGitably.
 The members of the graduating class, five in number, all showed careful preparation in their produc- tiOns, which were sopen off-hand and without reference to notes in sin gle instance Originality of thought. elegance of diction and excellent de livery characterized each and every presentation. The other features of the program were all delightfully."- rendered and well received. The theatre was crowded, every available seat being taken.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-05
PEOPLE TO RETURN TO THE
 RESIDENCES VACATED

TREADWELL, May 5.-With no serious cavings-in since the first big slump in the Treadwell mines two weeks ago this morning, confi- dence is being restored in the safe ty of the hill from which more than dozen families moved immediate ly after the catastrophe and several who have not already done so are contemplating a return to the houses not immediately near the slide.
 Although the Mexican, BOO" and "7O0" mills have discontinued opera tions and are being dismantled, the Ready Bullion mill with at least 150 stamps is operating daily and will continue to do so for some time to come. Approximately 800 men are now engaged at the various workings on the Island.
 Superintendent P R. Bradley made the following statement regarding the outlook at the Island workings:
 There will be work here for a considerable number of men for some time to come even if no effort is made to rehabilitate the three flooded mines and of the probability of the latter 1 have nothing to say However, there is much work re quired to put the mills and plants ir condition for their inactivity. The machine shops, foundry, cyanide plant and mercantile interests will con tinue in connection with the opera tions of the Ready Bullion mine the machine shops and foundry do ing the work required in their lines for the Alaska-Juneau Company. have nothing to say relative to the intentions of the syndicates now owning the property involved in the late disaster. What they may de 1 termine to do will be known later.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-05
DISLIKE EMERY, WOMEN WEAR IT
 TO ATTRACT MEN
Speaker Declares Women Do Not Doll Up Just Because They Like
 It Themselves.

CHICAGO, May 5.-Ping lingerie that resembles a valentine is as out of place on woman as fulfilled pantalettes would be on a horse. And women don't wear fluffy crepe de chine unmentionables because they like 'em, but because they want to make themselves attractive to men.
 These and some other startling things are embodied in the opinion of Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as expressed before the College Club of Chicago.
 Styles change" she said, because women have to make a constantly new appeal to those who eventually support them
 Mrs. Gilman predicts that the .'iid of the European war will mark the end of marriage with the economic relation as it's underlying mot,ye
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-05
NEW MINING CONCERN

DOUGLAS, May 5.-The Aux Bay Development Company, which is composed of Henry Erie, Perry Will ey, A. Butterbaugh and C. Meyers. has received a new two-stamp mill which will be installed on their pro erty at Aux Bay at an early date and operations will be instituted soon thereafter The new mill ar rived this week from the Fairbanks Morse Company and is complete and modern. One of the motors weighs 2,S00 pounds and the stamps weigh 1.750 each. The company owns Il claims at Aux Bay and the mill which will be installed will prob ably be the vanguard of several hundred stamp concern.