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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Alert for the Future.

you've got a lot of weeds in your
garden"
pretty fine weeds, too, don't you
think?" rejoined Mr.. Crosslots.
Surely you are not nursing them
alOngT"
"Yes, sir. I've been finding out that
so many new things are edible that
I'm holding out to see whether sci
ence won't discover some way of fry
Ing the jimpson or stewng the bur
dock"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
A Wise Provision.

The witty journalist was conversing
with a friend about raising carp in
ponds for food. The friend remarked
that such n food supply would not be
much In demand here, but that the
Germans liked carp.
Germans will eat anything" re-
marked the witty journalist, but I'M
mediately qualified his remark. THAT
is, when they can get anything to
est."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS


An effort is being made to adapt the
horse cheStnuts to the human dietary.
The nuts are more than half starch
and sugar, with some protein and fat
and are nutritious. Their value chiefly
depends on the elimination of the Bit
ter elements and the irritating saponl-
like glucosides.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

"Who was that very disagreeabIe
man at Mrs. Gaddy's who was con-
tradictng everybodyT
"He? Oh, that's my cousin once re-
moved"
"How did you manage to do itP"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Plausible.

Tile Ginger says that the reason
she thinks her new boss wife is keep
ing cool through the hot weather is be-
cause her telephone voice sounds as If
1t were right off the ice.--Galvesto
News
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30


decided to try a bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so I took a second
and q third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now lam
Just as well as any other woman. ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me-
Mrs. ELSIE J. VAN DER SANDE, SO No.
York St, Paterson, N. ].
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co, (confdentia) Lynn, Mass, If yo1
need special advice.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Would Want Other Qualification,

"If l had to do it over again." she
sighed sorrowfully, 81 know one mis-
take | should never make"
"And what is thatE they inquired.
81 should never marry man solely
because he was a graceful dancer"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
in and Out of SiIo.

Three and seven-tenths acres of corn
put into the silo furnishes as much
feed as 5.3 acres Of similar corn cut
and shocked.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
SIiuht MiStake.

81 must say this khaki camping
skirt is Loose fit"
You're in wrong, autie. That is
the boys tent you have on"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Cultivated crops.

Clean culture and attention to in
sect pests and plant diseases are i'm
pOrtant in securing vigorous growth
from cultivated crops.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Benefit VeuetabIes.

Top dressings of nitrate Of soda
every two weeks may reasonably be ex-
pected to benefit vegetables.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Hatehinu Duck Euus.

The common duck egg will hatch in
% days but it takes the MuscOvy 35
days to do the job with her eggs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Japan has 1900 knitting mills.
After a mans friends really know
him they often cease to know him.

Constipation generally indicates disordereA
stomach. liver and bowels, WrightB Indian
Vegetable Pills restore regularity without
gripping. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

have made me well
and healthy. Some
time ago l felt so
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. read your
advertisement in
A - - - =
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

An old bachelor says that it was
Adams wedding Eve that caused it
all.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
DRUGGISTS PLEASED WITH
GOOD KIDNEY MEDICINE

I have sold your remedy for the past
fifteen years ard have sufficient confidence
in it to give it my personal recommends
tion. / believe it is one of the best medi.
cines of its class on the market today and
find pleasure in selling it at all times.
Very truly yours.
HAMMERS DRUG STORE,
f. V. Hammer, Prop,
Nov, 4, 1915. Spartanburg, S. O.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

A man caters to q woman's vanity
when he thinks 1t will further his Own
interests.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

Both vegetable and animal matter
constitute a ducks food.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

Men censure women for painting, yet
they never saw an angel that was not
painted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Tomorro's Best Tip

Good deeds are as golden dollars
drawing interest
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Should She?

StmplIcity--Is the light out In the
hall?
Dullmus-Yes. Shall I bring 1t In?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
A Message to Mothers

you the doctors
the doctors made Of flesh and blood just like the doctors with
those responding
dead of night readily in the broad daylight they ready
tell
will do from their experience and their love for children
nothing We asking you
experiment We just impress the Importance
Of buying Fletchers.
Your physician will tell this he knows there
Der of limitations the Market he particularly interested in
the welfare of your baby.
o..... o...,... .,r.,. bear. til. ......... o. .Hz2zM
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
WOMAN NOW IN
Perfect HEALTH
What Came From Reading
q Pinkhan Adver-
tisement.

Paterson, N. III thank you for
the Lydia Z. Pinkham remedies as they
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
sIIo Increases Capacity,

The silO increases the livestock
carrying capacity Of the farm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30

Executive ability may be the faculty
of getting some one to do your work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Nov. 4, 1915.
Letter to
Dr.. Kilmer o Co.
Binahamt0n, MY.

Prove What Swsmp-ROOt Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
viii also receive booklet. of valuable in;
formation, telling about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and mem
tion this paper. Large and medium size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-30
Fishy.

FlShy.
An observer from an altitude can
see far Into the water below. The air.
plane will be known as the iishhawk
of the war.-Washingto Star.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Fraud Warming.

This statement was made on Nov.
10 by Herbert Hoover. United States
Food Administrator:
"We have reports from various
parts of the country of crooks,
thieves, and confidence operators
who are going from house to house
purporting to be authorized by the
Food Administration and other de-
partments of the Government to coll
lect or commander foodstuffs for
the Government or the Army
Il wish to say emphatically that
no department of the Government
has or will ever make such demands
on householders, and that all such
people are petty frauds and should
be held for the police. The Govern
ment agencies are investigating
various cases and information is
sought of all such persons by this
department"
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Living on Galleries.

The cheapest eating in the world is
rice and peanuts, measured by the
calories, which constitute the only real
test. The former costs five cents per
1000 calories and the latter seven
cents. SO that if a person would eat a
good helping of rice and wind up by a
plentiful dessert of peanuts, he would
get more muscle, brain, nerve and bone
out of it than he would out of diet
Of roast beef and potatoes. There is
no attention paid to the value Of food
in practical living. Our sole guide is
what hits our appetite, says the Ohio
State Journal. We want what "we'd
ruther," as the poor woman told Jane
Adams. It is going in and buying
potatoes by the pile, without regard
to the bushels or pecks. There is
twice as much living in some kinds of
foods as in others and yet we pass up
our plate perfectly unconcerned
whether it comes back with 500 OF
1000 calories. This is one reason we
are poor.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Gases Used In Warfare.

A recent scientific report from Eu
rope treats Of the principal gases used
for attack. These include chlorine,
bromine, sulphur dioxide and formal
dehyde. Chlorine and bromine have
proved most effective, because of theil
great weight. They roll over the
ground like water. These gases are
released from compression tanks. The
sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde are
produced by burning the appropriate
chemicals. There are many gases
more deadly than those named, but
in order to be effective for trench
work the poison gas must have suffi'
cient weight to stick to the ground
The gas mask has practically done
away with the actual effectiveness OF
the gas attacks, but they are said to
have considerable psychological effect
still, many soldiers thinking they are
"gassed" when they are only smelling
the harmless vapors set up inside the
gas masks.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Measuring Your Pace.

How many steps do you take to the
mile? Even if your considered reply
be "1,760," shall take leave to doubt
it. Should you be British infantry
man your pace will be he longest Of
any infantryman. The Russian pace
is the shortest, being but 271s inches;
the French, Italian and Austrian pace
is 20 inches, the Germans do 80 inches,
while British soldiers stride an extra
half inch. But your own pace, what
of it? 1t depends upon your height.
Take your eyebrow height, halve it,
and that represents your pace. You
will find it to be somewhere between
30 inches and 80 inches, so that you
will need between 1000 and 2,1OO
PAGES to the mile.-London Chronicle.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Fatal ENGINE Fumes.

The poisonous character of the
fumes arising from a gasoline engine
may be appreciated by the following
extract from recently published
book. eff gasoline engine, produc-
ing cubic feet of co per minute were
allowed to run in tightly-closed gar
age that was IL feet high, Is feet long
and Is feet wide; that is, having ca
pacity of 2,750 cubic feet, it could pro-
duce an atmosphere, if the latter were
thoroughly mixed, containing about 1
per cent co in about five minutes. This
percentage Of co in air is fatal pro-
portion, and would probably kill per
son In less than a minute. In fact, an
exposure for as long as 20 minutes to
an air containing as little as OPS per
cent co would make most people very
ILL"
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
The Word "Exnire."

Expire" in its literal sense is Dreatst
ing out. lnspilat on and expiration 10
gcther constitute respiration i;aaA
Walton observed that IF TIE Hl'li"'
ing or expiring organ of any ANIMAL be
stopped it suddenly dies, Tle Ho
mans spoke of "breathing out the
breath of life instead of dying uI
way Of euphemisn. just as they Sa -
''vixit" (he has livedl instead OF Ne u
dead" In all languages the reluctance
frankly TO say dead" or die al'pe"lS'
hence such words and phrases as pass
away" "decease." "dcmise. tine u'
parted" THE late" mo more. II amy
thing should happen to me.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Chamberlain,s Tablets

Chamberlain's Tablets are intend
ed especially for stomach troubles,
biliousness and constipation, and
have met with much success in the
treatment of those diseases. Peo-
ple who have suffered for years with
stomach trouble and have been un-
able to obtain any permanent relief,
have been completely cured by the
'se of these tablets. Chamberlain IS
Tablets are also of great value for
5iliousness. Chronic constipation
may be permanently cured by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets and observing
the plain printed directions with
each bottle.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
EVERY GOLFER IS CHAMPION
II He Doesn't Like the Ordinary
CIassfications He Can Make New
Ones to Suit Himself.

1t long has been mystery to ths.
man who doesn't play golf to under
stand what there is about the game to
make otherwise dignified and rational
persons to go nutty over it. Should
non-golfer casually confide to his fam
lily doctor that all is not well, and that
he finds that he can't get away with
three square meals day and light
lunch before retiring quite so happily
as he used to, the medical man prob.
ably will tell him to play golf. And If
the non-golfer asks if the doctor plays
the game, the physician proceeds to
give him 5000 words on how he made
the seventeenth hole in three, and that
he can swing his mashie like Chick
Evans. And it is the same with other
acquaintances they all prescribe their
fad as means of battling old age.
Another queer thing about the game
is the ready conceit acquired by the
dub, says the Seattle Post-Intelligen-
Ger. Give near-golfer two or three
lessons and he is ready to bet money
on himself. And he will go to lot Of
trouble to round up bunch of other
dubs and take them out to the links
to trim them out of 40 cents. Any
player may be champion in his class.
He may be the best 240-pound, side
whiskered and bald-headed player in
the world. If he doesn't like the ordi-
nary classification he can make new
ones to suit him. There is no reason
why any man should not be champion
In his class.
Also it is exasperating for man
who must stay in the Office or store
all day to have somebody come in and
:lank his golf sticks on the floor and
talk about niblicks and brassies and
the "drive through stroke" whatever
that is. And just when the conversa-
ton gets around to the point where
one could happily expatiate on the
joys of backyard garden, motor
boat or flivver, the bounder usually
rises and leaves hurriedly.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
New Roof and Panel Material.

A plant has been established at Bold,
near Widnes, Lancashire, for the man.
ufacture of asbestos-cement sheeting,
plain and corrugated. It is claimed,
writes Consul Horace Lee Washington
at Liverpool, that the product will be
of special value in the work of Euro
pean construction when the war is
over. 1t will compete with various
materials hitherto used for paneling
and roofing, and more particularly
with galvanized iron. 1t is claimed
that the sheeting is fireproof, and will
last for many years. The process Of
manufacture is described as similar to
that of paper making.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
ON ANTWERP ROAD
Henry Van Dyke Paints Pen Pic
ture of Wars Horrors.
sfWhy Has This Thing Come Upon Us
and Our chiIdren7" Question on
Lips of Belgian Refugees.

Along the straight, gllstening road
through dim arcade of dropping
trees, tunnel of faded green and
gold, dripping with the misty rain of
a late October afternoon, a human
tide was flowing, not swiftly but sure
ly, with the patient, pathetic slowness
Of weary feet and numb brains and
heavy hearts.
Yet they were in haste, all of these
old men and women, fathers and moth
ers and little children; they were fly
ing as fast as they could, either away
from something that they feared or
toward something that they desired.
For that was the strange thing
the tide on the road flowed in two d.
rections.
Some fled away from ruined homes
to escape the perils of war. Some fled
back to escape the desolation of exile.
But all were fugitives, anxious to be
gone, starving along the road one way
or the other, and making no more
speed than a creeping snail's pace of
unutterable fatigue.
I saw many separate things in the
tide. Henry Van Dyke writes in Scrib-
nerS.
A boy Strainiug to push wheelbar-
row with his pale mother in it, and
his two little sisters at his side. A
peasant with his two girls driving
their lean, detected cows back to some
unknown pasture. A bony horse tug
ging at wagon heaped high with
bedding and household gear, on top of
which sat the wrinkled grandmother
with the tiniest baby in her arms,
while the rest of the family stumbled
alongside-and the cat was curled up
on the softest coverlet in the wagon.
Two painting dogs, with red tongues
hanging out and splayed feet clawing
the road, tugging heavy-laden cart
while the master pushed behind and
the woman pulled at the shaft.
Strange, antique vehicles crammed
with passengers. Couples and groups
and sometimes larger companies of
foot travellers. Now and then SOli-
tary man or woman, old and shabby,
bundle on back, eyes on the road,
plodding through the mud and the
mist, under the high archway of yell
lowing leaves.
All these distinct pictures I saw,
yet it was all one vision-a vision Of
humanity with its dumb companions
in flight-infinitely slow, painful, pitt
full flight!
I saw no tears, heard no cries Of
complaint. But beneath the dumb and
patient haste on all those dazed faces
I saw question:
"What have we done? Why has this
thing come upon us and our chill
dren?"
Somewhere heard trumpet blown.
The spikes on the helmets of little
troop of soldiers flashed for an instant,
far down the sloppy road. Through
the humid dusk came the dull, distant
booming of the unseen guns Of con-
quest in Flanders.
That was the only answer.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
INCOME TAX.
Federal Official To Be Sent To Cecil
County To Assist In Making
Out Returns.

In a communication received by
this paper, Collector of Internal
Revenue, Joshua w. Miles, an
nounces that federal income tax
officer will be sent into this county
and will be located as follows: In
the post office of the following cities:
Elkton, Feb. to Feb. 16; Rising
Sun, Feb. 1S to Feb. 23; Port De-
posit, Feb. rs to March /.
He will be every day ready and
willing to help persons subject to the
income tax make out their returns
without any cost to them for his
services.
How many income taxpayers will
there be in Cecil County? If you
can guess how many married per-
sons living with wife or husband will
have net incomes of $4,000 or over
and how many unmarried persons
will have net incomes of $1,000 or
over. this year, then you know. The
Collector of Internal Revenue esti-
mates that there will be $50 taxpay-
ers in this county.
Returns of income for the year
1917 must be made on forms pro-
vided for the purpose before March
1, 1918. Because good many peo-
pie don't understand the law and
won't know how to make out their
returns, the government is sending
out this expert to do it for them.
But the duty is on the taxpayer to
ment. If he doesn't make return as
required before March / he may
have to pay a penalty ranging from
$40 to $1,000. In such case he
also becomes liable. to prosecution;
to the paymnt of fine or to I'M
prisonment, but the Collector insists
that in the Maryland District taxes
on incomes made higher to carry on
the war will be cheerfully paid and
there will be no necessity for prose-
cutions or the imposition of penal
ties.
OF course, persons resident in
other counties may, if they want to-,
come and see the income tax man at
the above locations.
The Collector suggests that every
body start figuring up now his in
come and expenses SO as to be ready
witah the figures when the expert
arrives. Expenses, however, don't
mean family expenses, money used
to pay off the principal of a debt,
new machinery, buildings, or any
thing like that. They mean what
you spend in making your money
interest, taxes paid, hired help,
amount paid for goods sold, seed,
stock bought for feeding, rent, Eek
cept for your dwelling), etc. In
come includes about every dollar
you get.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
45o Contrasting Associations.

That cooperative cow-testing as
sociations are successful in this
country is shown by the fact that
since 1906, when the first associa-
tion was organized in Michigan, the
number has increased steadily to
459 associations in 40 States. On
July 1, 1917, there were 11,72O
herds, with a total of 211,966 cows
being tested regularly in those asso-
Citations. The total number of
mich cows in the United States at
that time was 23,372,20O, of which
O.91 per cent were numbered in
these organizations.
The first cow-testing association
was organized in Newaygo County,
Mich, January, 1906, is still in
existence. and now has go nerds with
"a total of 304 cows. The following
year three new associations were
organized in that State. In 1908
three were organized in Maine and
one in New York. The next wear
five other States entered the list.
Wisconsin now leads in the num-
Der OF associations, 81 being in
operation in that State. Other lead
ing States are Vermont with AZ,
New York with 43, Iowa and Ohio
with 30 each, Minnesota with 2S,
and Pennsylvania with "a. Durinn
the year ended June 80, 1917, s5
new organizations were established.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
No Chance for Him.

They were sitting in a secluded cor
ner of the veranda. For a long time
neither of them had spoken. Sudden
ly he took her little hand in his. His
voice was chOked with emotion as he
said:
'Do you think you could ever learn
to love man"
EYES," she interrupted in a soft
whisper. Bring ON your man."-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
The Need of Caution.

Guide-Here you see the waistcoat
worn by Captain Snoot when he was
shot by the assassin. The bullet that
ended his life went through that hole
there.
Mother-Do you remember children,
how have warned you against care
lessness. If the hole had been mend
ed at the proper time the bullet could
not have gone through it and he would
still be alive.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Joyous Familiarity.

"My parents would not permit me to
read novels" exclaimed the dignified
lady.
"How fortunate you arel" rejoined
her sister. "The moving-picture plots
must seem brand-new to you"
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Marriage Licenses.

Walter Culley and Adriana Mary
alexander, both of North East.
Arthur j. Dinsmore and Mary
England Creswell, both of Rising
Sun.
Vinton S. Pierce and Elsie f.
smith, both of Pleasant Hill.
w, ]. Cunningham, of Port De-
poslt' and Caroline StrameI, of Bet
terton.
George M. Poore and Emma w.
Craig, both of Earleville.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
His Answer.

Nov, Captain Wilson, said Ger.
tain bfigadier general, according 70
story which is told in London sup
pose you found yodr company cut of
from the rest Of NE battalion. hone
lessly outnumberedI and surrounded on
every side. What WOULD you dor
by Jove, sir. you are pessimlst'
replief Captain wilson.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
Is Her

Bunker-Is Hobbs much of a book
worm? &,
Dunker-Is he? Why, when he gets
through devouring the contents of a
vegetable catalogue lent him he will
actually look seedy.-Judge.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
10000 Graduate Nurses Will Be Re
guired In Army Hospitals.

guired In Army Hospitals.
With a continuance of the war, in
the next year at least 10000 nurses
will be needed in Army hospitals at
home and abroad. OF the $4,000
graduate nurses of the country only
$500 have so far been assigned to
duty in Army service, and of this
number 1900 are in France.
An Army nurse must be grad
uate of a training school for nureses
and must have served for two years
in hospital. Thev are assigned to
duty in the United States or abroad,
and preferences are granted when
conditions permit. Nurses who pre-
fer not to have service abroad will
have their preferences respected.