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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
SEES MOUSE nv BEARD
OF MAN IN CHURCH.
Little Rodent Meets Death Between
Covers Of Hymn Book.

FLOWER. n. Y.--Sunday morning
I.ncus Gilmer entered the church
here and took his accustomed seat. A
few minutes later Mir. and Mrs. De
los Quimby entered and seated them.
selves beside GiImer.
During the services Mrs. Quimby
observed a peculiar movement in Mr.
Gilmer's long, reddish beard. A few
minutes later she noticed a mouse
partly emerge from The mans wits.
kers and quickly withdraw into its
nest"
She told her husband what she had
seen, but he only laughed AT her as.
scrtion However, during the closing
hymn the mouse jumped from Gil
mer's beard into the open hymn book
he held in his hands. He quickly
brought the covers OF the book toeeth-
er, killing the mouse.
Gilmore says the mouse must have
entered his beard while he was sleep
ing. II was too sleek and tat to be a
church mouse"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
DIME CREEK CAMP
SC0RMS ALL lids
ALL DOORS WIDE OPEN LIKE
ALASKA OF OLD.
One Place In Northland Where Gold,
seeker Can Tear Loose and
Whoop 'er Up.

NOME, Alaska. The only wids
open camp IN Alaska just now is Dime
Greek. Rocking with consolidated
drunkenness, gambling ana dance
halls the new camp has dug itself 2
nice little ulcer ON the tributary OF
the Kay okuk.
A little log cabin shelters the game
sters, where the gamblers have hi.h
old time and rakeods mount MS high
as three hundred a night, Currency
runs short and checks mudstaned
and tobacco odored Endorsed BY a
dozen different people pass for the
chips when the gold and silver fail
Pangiggi, black jack, poker or such
other games as separate a man play
fully from his money, are to be had
for the asking. The camp is without
deputy. and when The commissioner
shows up III the vicinity everythinG
is innocent looking. But that isn't all.
OF course, Dime Creek has a dance
hall. II is popularity known as the
Monte Carlo, where a couple of high
stepping ladies have initiated the
leading lights of Dime into the terpSi-
chorean and other hlCchanalan mys
teries that may be referred TO only as
concentrations. Here the willing tyrc
reaches that stage of sociabiltl
wherein he is willing to whoop it up.
and whoop il up he does with the help
of the steersman who later guides him
to the cabin where the real games are
played
The delightful condition of things
has raised the mischief with the camp,
but some Of the sharks are lot rich
er by their visits and 1t is q pretty
prosperous field.
No gold mines along the deposits of
Dime Creek have produced the wealth
that the little log cabin has returned
TO those who have operated the games,
and the figures are prodgious as to /
the limits played. II is evidently no |
place for pikers. In a single sitting /
one man lost as high as fourteen hun
dred, another a couple of hundred. II
this keeps up the owners of the green
cloth viii be able to buy steam yachts
and buzz wagons So, too, with the
dancing ladies. A. recent fair one from
he direction OF St Michaels is said
o have amassed fortune in the
lance hall. and her diamonds and gay
oggery put her sisterhood from 9th.
rwheres in the Cheap John class.
Yes, Dime Creek is a pretty easy
amp with the lid off and the limit
brown into the creek, That's the
statement of fact which returning
Dimcitcs bring 10 Nome.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
DO WiTH0UT-AND DO
BY WILBUR D. NESBIT.

great many millions of people in
other lands have hcen thjuEmg about
US for the past three years.
They have thought that we were IA
spineleSS nation that We could he
slapped in the face and kicked for
good measure
They have thought that we were 50
afraid of trouble that we would stand
Tor anything rather than tackle It #
II came our way.
Today they are changing their minds.
We are giving the world It demon
stration of what the undcrlNin. prin
ciples Of This country ARE.
We are showing The world that we
nave never had the slightest idea of
spelling American with any other
than Il capital A.
Doi1g this costs money.
II IS easy enough tn wave n na. and
cheer the soldiers. It f. easy enough
7" crate patriotic things and praisc
'he names of Washington and Lincoln.
But The acid test of war rs Sitting
citizenship. II IS making Ms realize
that We cannot have national strength
Without something to back II M
That's WHY The second Lihery loan
IS announced
We might rs well get used to sup.
porting Liberty loans.
You can't do your hit" by wearing
button for one bnnh We've got to
pay for that Americnni>m If which
we have been 50 proud, II we expect
10 Keep nn being proud of il.
II means sacrifices. It means each Of
rs has got TO do the biggest ilnss he
can do for his country.
II million or two million, men can
stand behind Ms ana The hell that was
made If Belgium ami northern France.
then we can stand back of those men
ANA pay for the guns and ammunition
and clothing and food they have to
have
Suppose You did buy one Liberty
b"nd. Suppose YOU bought thousand
dollars worth. or u hundred thousand
lollurs' worth
Buy another. Double your invest.
lnont.
Can't afford It?
We have to afford it-~this time. and
the next, and the next and every time
until The war Is won.
Wen have ta do without something,
II that Is 'onls way we can do
something for our country.
II ynii hive to 80 Without lr"es
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
Pains and Aches
Caused BY Kidneys

Many women attribute ailments
and suffering to some disease pecu-
liar to their sex, when often tho
pain and misery is caused by weak
CT. deranEed kidneys Housework,
tfice work or factory work may
start the trouble, and dizzy spells,
pufIincss under eyes, sore muscles,
stiff joints. dlscolored or scanty urine,
sleep disturbing bladder ailments,
rheumatism or diabetes may result.
When the Kidneys are strong and
healthy they filter out from the blood
tie poisonous waste matter. When
they are sluggish or overworked they
need medicine to clean them OUT
and invigorate action. Foley Kidney
Pills are prepared expressly for the
purpose Of dissolvins all poisonous
substances and uric acid that lodge
In the joints and muscles and TO
cleanse and strengthen stopped-up.
Inactive Kidneys. Thousands of men
and women in all parts of the county
testify to the wonderfully satisfac-
tory results they have had from tax.
ing Foley Kidney Pills.
t q" sale by W. y. Duncan.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
HEALTH NOTES.

Never take cold bath when you
are fatisUed, and never stay in a hot
bath after yOu begin to feel tired. FL
teen minutes is long enough for any
bath
\ medicine dropper may be used
with good effect, in removing cindrrs
from the eyelids by drawing them out
by suction along with the fluids that
have formed \ little pointed roll OF
soft paper also may prove useful
No ono is immune from accidents.
and among the most common of these
are the injuries caused by scalding.
The pain OF the sufferer can be- great.
ly alleviated before the doctor arrives
II somebody present knows just what
10 do. Scalds should be treated prac-
tically the same as burns. The first
step is TO exclude the air by means OF
covering with he white of an egg,
piece OF clean old linen saturated
with olive oil or even pure unsaItsd
butter. In mild sCalds leave the bis,
ter alone for twenty four hours. but il
the skin is badly sealded and the bis.
tiers are much raised above the surface
prick them at the edge with a steril-
lied needle and gently press until
the liquid comes out. Great care
should be taken not to injure the loose
skin covering the blisters, as it is
needed as protector TO keep the
scald from getting raw.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23

Pitt had Just as difficult task in
raising money as we have today. and
in sheer despair about finding any
thing fresh to tax he wrote to a friend
in Somerset for Il suggestion Back
came the reply; TAX umbrellas; and
order the bishops to have prayer for
rain In all the churches till the end Of
the war; If that would not work
what would?-Tit Bits.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
Homo Gard


prooem 80 -'''s In rs niue"
food We car - Pc" 's shipping
space The.o "tf "ro''s 49, "ssr
Our 70 nal "''r ~ f'rt Trolls OF ~h'
have ~ 'l '."'7
Bread sni cereal, lt,, meat dt 'se
o.t re- haiey .t1ftrs and rr"' h" q" white
possible Tor t"" lar less 'ah" and
A. p, r.. white sal eaker order @y ai
vance ,bn ne af table
yea toast a0d coohh
poatte especially food
place Of beet uai''r
portions Use an leftover
mea, co fishes fy beams they
nearr ylee
H ~ IHc have
H,lutfo less ~ food bv
ect.ssr rtc@ Use tu'termu cheese
lar!
4 to
81 'id and othr fats Ise lN9
crubtine
to
~ . % needed g ycerine
Zee Use
ru's butter
Double - vegetables They Of the
potatoes ta generously
il a distance our railway aa.s arc need
ed hf "a' purposes barn fewer fires If
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
Are "'9lncn Naturally :,pc ~te-t?

Arc "'9lncn Naturally :,pc~ mt?
While there are women who seem
always dcepondcnt and depressed and
expecting misfortune. that is not won.
ans natural condition. Such I'M.
toltunatcs suffer from ill-heahh. An
abnormal condition of the system OK
presses itself in nervousness. sleep.
lcssncSs baokachcS, headaches and
Gcspcndcnc.
II all ailing women would make
faithful use Of that grand remedy for
Voman'S ills, Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, there would be
little occasion to ask If dcspondcncy
Is natural to woman
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23

ar an ooercoat. To buy Liberty bond.
do without.
You'd rath-r have peace and bond
paying you ! per cent then II dress or
nm overcoHt. and war costing You your
hnlae, and Your sons, and your broth.
erS. wouldn't YOU?
II we cant put his second Liberty
loan over except by doing without
Someihin. then let's do without.
For IL We can't make n loan 10 Lib
erty. then one Of these days we will
see Liberty in pawn.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23

The best comb for the hair is the
hard rubber coarse comb with smooth,
rounded edges that will not cut the
hair. A fine comb has many disadyanl-
ages, therefore the all coarse comb is
to be preferred. A metal tooth comb
tends to pull out good hair and is
liable TO wound and scratch the head
Never use n comb the teeth of which
are broken, One should never try to
save money at the expense of a good
comb. The comb should be washed
frequently in water to which am
monia has been added Scrub out the
teeth with nail brush and soap. A
sun bath is also good for the comb.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23
SHRAP-NEL
++++*++++++*+*+*+*+*+*++-

! see be- the paper Shrap, thai
we're gonna have a war Tux on an
shows AMI movies You're gonna
have a hard winter. autCha. old boy
but at that il am. a bad idea If they
lid IL in the right way They otti
put waf lax ON the fat lady that al-
ways sits in front OF va ana tells
her country cousin all about the pie
iurc, and on The lady with voice
like Il buzz saw that reads all the let
I tiers and things in the movies out
/ loud, and on the lady that insists on
taking all the neighbCrs kids D the
show ana sticks pins in 'em after
wards. \. least. spose she does
cause they all get yelling all at once
Then they could put all these here
Hawaiian acts into The first line
trenches, and, Sirap, | bctcha when
The Germans heard them ukelelcs the
war would BE- over
| gotta pomc tOnte. Shrap. don't
get EN- often, but when DO lis worse
nor humps.
The diyil was stocking the fire one day
Tin a divilsh mood as va well
might say
When little imp CHANGED TO pass
that way.
He did a toe dance, on his left hoot
he whirlcd
His horns, they were cute and his
tail ii was curled
\ cute little divil was he.
"Oh, Nick, there's gentleman at the
gate
He seems in q hurry I'm lraid
that he's late.
He's singin diyilish song of Hate"
Says Nickie. az ell We say"
II be- its the Kaiser well. don't let
him in.
He's worse than me wife, and hes
ugly as sin,
Hell wouldn't be fit for diviI to be in
Ii he ever got inside"
Come. open up Nickie, gosh durn it
its me-
IT'S me. der great Kaiser come out
vonce unit see.
You go to The diyil." says N.ckle
with pride.
I'm decent old dv:l. and YOU
stay outside"
Say, boss" chirped the lmpie, Il got
an idee"
Put him in the cage, next to the
fire. teehee
IN. won't it be lovely and won't it be
To see der great Kaiser have first
place in hell7"
You're right, kid, says Nickic an,
you're a great boy
You're the pride Of me heart and
the divil's own joy,
Ven handle him gently. take care
he don't bite
Sure It's me that won't rest in me
bed this same night. ,
Since we got der Kaiser in he'll.
Sure enough he broke loose the very
next day.
And all of the diyils did tremblc ami
pray
The Kaiser was stratling all over the
place.
Oh, there was the divil to pay.
TO be contnuedD
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23

when man thinks too well of his.
SELF said Uncle Eben. "it's n sign dat
maybe he is forgettin a few things he
knows about hisSelf."
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-23

Soap should never be rubbed on
fannels, but soapy water prepared
and the fiannels washed in that.
The evening world., 1917-05-15
THRIFT IN STATE PURCHASING.

PAR THRIFT ON the part OF Government is no less desirable
Wv than war thrift on the part Of individuals.
The State Of New York, for example, il a big shopper
Every year It's purchases amount to some 100000 and include al
most every sort Of commodity.
From time to time it has been proposed in the interest Of econ
cmy to create for the State a central purchasing agency which SHOULD
aim to eliminate needless duplication Of orders and secure more favor
able prices.
For instance, State Comptroller Travis reports that the records
OF his office show many cases where different departments and insti
buttons have widely different specifications and widely varying prices
for the same article to be purchased; also that It frequently happens
numerous small p~urchasesof the same kind Of supplies are made by
various departments from the same house on the same day, thus
making a series Of small orders, all paid for by the State, where there
might have been an order in bulk with the possibility Of lower prices"
Comptroller Travis thinks, however, that waste of this sort can
be eliminated without burdening the State with an expensive pur-
chasing bureau Of salaried specialists. The commission recently
created to investigate present methods of purchasing supplies for
State departments and institutions is unpaid. This commission, Of
which the State Comptroller is chairman, OF a similar supervisory
body Of administrative officials. would, in his opinion, be sufhcien.
10 maintain a centralized control of State purchasing, provided the
various branches of the State service will co-operate-chiefs and
clerical stafs working together on a general programme Of increased
efficiency.
Provided" No great mental effort is required to see that /.
State employees would stand together for efficiency there need be no
talk Of new bureaus to cost the State more money and cause confusion
by creating new authorities.
Without doubt the working out Of business methods and way. If
thrifty buying ought TO begin in existing State departments iheE-
selves.
But has anybody discovered how, in peace or war, to induce such
processes TO take a spontaneous start:
The evening world., 1917-05-15
BUY BONE.

ITO AMERICAN pOssssSOrs Of savings, crest or small, the Cot
eminent Of the United States offers an Northumberland
attractive, patriotic.
The $1,000, 100000 Liberty Loan includes bonds in denomins-
tons a. low a. $50, paying BIS per cent. interest, exempt from all
Federal and State taxation except inheritance taxes, redeemable In
United States gold in from fifteen to thirty years, ~purchasable on the
instainent plan, and safe as Uncle Sans ~stupsndOus and ~inexhauSt-
ibs resources can make them
Let every American get these facts into his mind and ponder
what they mean to him and to the nation at this moment
Let him ask himself what would be said in Berlin II the American
people were slow in coming forward with the first loan for tho war
thsy have proclaimed their war.
Let him ask himself whether Secretary MeAdOo is not right in
declaring that failure to subscribe the two billion dollars required
would be a confession of national impotence"
The Government Of the United States Is not asking citzens Of
the United States for gifts or charity. It asks only their confidence,
cooperation and partnership on the soundest Of security, with the
guarantee Of fair returns.
Can any American with money to invest refuse that partnership
Or are enemies Of the United States. now intently watching IT,
to sneer with relief that the patriotism OF its people isn't ever poke:
despi
The evening world., 1917-05-15

I'VE SHAH be glad to cooperate
with o and help the girls and friend
less boys applying 10 you to find
recreation. DO not hesitate TO give us
an opportunity ~ be OF service
Grace l.. Egbert. a live worker for
young women OF the Young Women's
Christian Association. wants the pub
lie to know how much opportunity
there Is for girls to have good times
In these associations.
And II you should still be wanting
more ammunition" she says, com
mand me. There's much material
going TO waste in our association for
the want Of proper wedding and
planting.
Honor bright. we make ten thou
sand. girls feel at home In New York.
You will find everything from a
hearty h~andshake to "A swimming
pool" These are the places 10 find
them:
Central Branch. Lexington Avenue
and Fifty third Street: Harlem
Branch, No. ~ West One Hundred
and Twenty-fourth Street; West side
Branch, Tenth Avenue and Eiftleth
street: Bronx Branch, Webster and
fremont Avenues; French Branch.
No. 124 West Sixteenth streets;
Colored Womcn's Branch, No. l2i
West One Hundred and Thirty
second street; International Institute,
No. los East Thirtieth Street: Contra
Club for Nurses, No. 1872 East Forty
hfth street: Studio Club. No. IS East
Sixty-second Street.
The evening world., 1917-05-15
Ten Thousand Girls Who Are Not Lonesome

During 1916. 500 girls met regularly
In eighteen self-governing clubs at
h Central Branch. No. 90 LeXing-
ton Avenue, at Fffty-third street.
This Is the invitation to girls for
the Central Branch.
Three thousand three hundred and
forty-four members Invite you to en-
JOY their privileges. Non-members
are welcomed AT the building and may
share In many OF its activities and
entertainments. The family OF friend
ly folk has a place on its ~hearthstone
for every girl"
In the Harlem Brancn~they say this
TO the girls:
"gor the 30O,0 900 business girls and
women who make their home in Har-
lem IL stands as "a way out, as an
escape from recreation as IL In found
in cheap amusement places. II gives
"A girl q chance to go somewhere. IL
takes care of that lonesome feeling
which has its habitat and flourishes
In hall bedrooms.
"In the Harlem Branch n girl can
Invest her lonely evenings and realize
a profit. She can learn how 10 make
her summer dresses or her winter
hats. She can join a choral club ano
sing. She can twang a mandolin as
a member OF the Mandolin and Guitar
Club.
sin addition to the clubs and classes
| already mentioned there are social
dramatic and current events clubs;
| gymnasium and outing clubs, Blblt
! classes. classes In s~tenography anc
The evening world., 1917-05-15

kkTF you can't find exclusive talk
ing points for your product
make EN-" said a sales man
ager. "A few years ago. when l
Joined this concern, 1 was told that
ia rave to sell our line. plate and
window glass. on personality e1-
clusively.
"'There's a selling pool In this
oity.' the then sales manager ex-
nlained. and we're members. Our
nroduct comes from the same fac
tories as our competitors; our prices
and terms are the same. It's up to
the salesman's personality to sell the
goods
I'D never been confronted by such
n situation before and didn't like It,
The idea OF selling without talking
noints was a new one to me. l put In
The evening world., 1917-05-15

ing Else to dol" but nine times out of ten that's the ruu.
II men could only select each others wives, Instead n selecting their
own. how much more popular good, worthy sensible" women would be-
The most happily mated people are those who have married either very
early r very late in life; because the hrst lose their sweet illusions before
they have become attached to them and the second haven't any left to lose.
Perhaps It would be easier to keep the average husband at home II he
we're made to feel more like a guest at a house party and less like an in
mate Of a house of correction.
A man will always forgive a woman for making a Tool OIL him bat never
for allowing him to make a fool fher.
Half the 10y OF to-day is spoiled by our inability to forget yesterday
a-d the other half by our inability to stop worrying about Tomorrow.
After awhile a wife discovers that her husbands hirtations arouse
nothing in her but mild establishment that any woman should be so hard
up al 10 waste her time on him.
II a girl could take down every feryent compliment a man pays her
before marriage aud then make him read them over to her every morning
and evening after marriage it might save them both a lot Of brain fag
The evening world., 1917-05-15
JOSEPH D G o A

~ N as they mourn the death Of the great lawyer, diplomat and
%pubLcbt, the news Of whose death shocked the nation this
morning few, Americans will not wish that they might reach
The end Of e~ighty-fve years Of full, useful, honored- life TO be re-
garded with the afectionate respect and admiration accorded by his
own cOuntrymep and by men Of other nations to Joseph Hodges
Choate.
Well as they knew his career, not all could be fortunate enough
to know the kindness, the wit and charm that made him. wherever
he went, not only an honored but an enthusiastically welcomed
guest. Gracousness, simplicity and rare humor melowed his dig
nifty AID made the lawyer and scholar the liyelest Of companions for
old OF young.
It il sad 10 think the exertons he so cheerfuIy underwent In
helping to extend the ctyS welcome to the French and British war
commissions FASTENED his death. But among all New YOrks citizens,
VINO was better fitted to make that Welcome felt and be beside the die
tnguished visitors with whom he renewed old frendships2
When, at one Of the most momentous occasions in the Nations
history, this city needed hosts to represent American craftsmanship
at lie ripe, broad-minded, courteous best, to whom should II turn
n not to Nj. Choatsf