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dog screen are very satisfactory. They are secure, yet give view and ventilation.
 Get the pruning shears and prune the roses this month, while your husband is pruning the grapes.
 Let every member of the family have a magazine of his or her own during the coming prosperous year.
 Can pansies be grown now? h. deed they can, and 1t is time to trans plant them to window boxes or shel- tered places. Indoors they will lift up their little faces all winter, and outdoors they vii survive an ordi- nary winter.
 This is the month of good will. Call on the wife of the new tenant who has moved into the neighbor- hood and by kindly discussion of the schools, churches and people, make her feel that she is part of very lovely community.
 Before you start to town. rub a little good, cold cream on the skin of the face and under the ears: wipe it off gently with soft cloth and use a little good rice powder-n0t talcum. When you get home remove tuc DuTHiHS ScHSdtiOu Oi tnc bhiH by more cold cream. A good 30 cent jar of it will last most people year so it is we'll worth the comfort 1t gives.
 December is a fine month to take stock of the curtains. Lay a piece of soft net under the weak spots and stitch back and forth on the ma chine. If new ones are necessary, 20 cent scrim is pretty and easily wash ed while the cretons make a pretty over ruffle and side pieces. Pretty curtains, tinted walls and flowers do more to give a homelike appearance to house than all else, and they cost very little.
 Fold a soft, old. all-wool blanket and lay it under babys rubber sheet Little children are frequently over burdened with quilts where half the amount in wool covers over and un- der the baby would make them more comfortable No wonder many chil- dren are restless and keep throwing of the cover. If no blankets are available secure some sheep's wool, if possible, tease it well, wash it very thoroughly, tease it again and use it for filling comfort for baby's crib.
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viously taken a large part in the formation of the huge tracing. Natur- ally, their services and their data have not been available since hos tilities boomed.
 Astronomers for ages have toiled over maps of the heavens, from the days of Ptolemy and the Grecian sages to those of Copernicus, but with unsatisfactory results, for the human eye. even aided by the prim- itive telescope of a century ago, could not catch near all the myriads of stars.
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SAFE FOR HyPocR,syr

One of the Public's good friends among the pacifists has eked out the catchphrases of the clan with a clever epigram to the effect that we are fighting ito make the world safe for hypocrisy" It has been repeated in Socialist halls and around cafe tables from New York to San Fran cisco.
 Those who accept it as a true thrust are those who see the struggle for democracy as the storming of a single height. They are blind to the foothills fought for throughout the centuries and gained at great cost as vantage points for the next up- ward thrust of the peoples. They attach no value to those avowals of the democratic faith by even the most ractiOnary and undemocratic of politicians in England and Amer ica, which to others means that the intention. the ideal of democracy, las conquered, and it only remains to carry out the intention and realize the ideal. That is a big task in itself, but noe so big as would be the task of reformers living in world under the dominance of a sys- tenn founded on outspoken contempt for democracy.-The Public
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HUGE MAP OF THE SKY

Every star that can be found by found by the most powerful tele- scope or camera lens will be en- graved on a colossal may of the uni verse about to be completed, after many years work, by the combined astronomical talent of the world. Some of the stars represented have never been seen by the eye of man and probably never will be. They were caught by the photographic plate.
 Many other millions of specks, dim ly made out on aamera films, will not be traced on the map because they are too nebulous to be recorded. About 100,0OO.00O stars will be shown on the map being painstakingly forg- ed by the astronomers of the world. The completion of the map was de- layed by the world war, the German and Australian scientists having pre-
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STACKER MARRIAGES
 WILL NOT EXEMPT
WEDDINGS STAGED FOR PUR- POSE OF EVASION MAY BE lG- MORBID BY ALL LOCAL ExEMP- TON BOARDS.

The rumor has been going around that "war marriages" would not be affected by the new selective service regulations and that those who have married since war was declared will automatically fall within the class of those who have dependents and will be among the last to be called on for service. The adjutant generals office yesterday called attention to Rule 5, Section 72, of the Regulations which reads as follows:
 "On May IS, 1917, every person subject to registration had notice of his obligation to render military service to his country. The purpose of the selective service law was not to suspend the institutions of mar. riage among registrants. but boards should scrutinize marriages since May IS. 1917. and especially those hastily effected since that time, to determine whether the marriage was entered into with a primary view of evading military service and unless such is found not to be the case, boards are hereby authorized to dis regard the relationsnip SO established as a condition of dependency requir- ing deferred classification under these regulations"
 This section seems to leave the question of war marriages about the same as it was under the first draft, according to members of the adju. tant generals office.-Gazette.
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DECEMBER SUGGESTIONS
-o-o--o-o

An early supper, a desert of hot popped corn, apples roasted on strings before the fireplace, or nuts; little reading aloud the daily news and few pages of some good book or magazine; a song and then good sleep between sheets and wool blank cts in a fine, windy room what more could we ask for happy De cember evening at home?
 If any household feels that a dog is necessity for a happy home, why not keep a we'll trained Irish, Scotch or fox terrier? It gives warning of strangers approach, and keeps the premises free of rats. Some cats will catch rats when hun gry or with little ones to feed, but most of them prefer birds and mice.
 Invite the teacher to supper Dis cuss what you learned at the fair.
 Paint the fly screens.
 Have apples in some form every day.
 Get the boys to build you a good cupboard for your canned fruit. Lockable doors made by framing and
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WARNING ORDER
In the Lee chancery Court

In the Lee chancery Court Isaac Thomas, Plaintiff
 vS
 Emma Thomas, Defendant The defendant, Emma Thomas, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed herein.
 R. G. APPLE, Clerk.
 Ben B. Bonner, D. c. Marianna, Ark, Nov II, 1917. Attorney, H. F. Roleson. (104)
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WARNING ORDER

In the Lee Chancery Court Hattie Williams, Plaintiff
 vS. Jesse Williams, Defendant The defendant, Jesse Williams. is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed herein.
 R. G. APPLE, Clerk Marianna, Ark, Nov. 27, 1917. Attorney, Daggett & Daggett. (106)
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LEGAL NOTICES
WARNING ORDER

i0 tOC GCC OU0uSC'y OS~'s
 Nov Term, 1917 Hettie Clerk, Plaintiff
 vs. Frank Clerk, Defendant The defendant, Frank Clerk, IS warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Hettie Clerk. Given under my hand this 10th day of November, 1917.
 R. c. APPLE, Clerk.
 By Ben B. Bonner, D. c. Attorney, R. D. Smith. (1O3)
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WARNING ORDER

vvHntNttN0 0nOGn In the Lee Chancery Court Minnie Warrington, Plaintiff ve. Lennon Norringtin, Defendant The defendant, Lemon Warrington, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed here in.
 R. G. APPLE, Clerk.
 By Ben B. Bonner, D. C.. Marianna, Ark, Nov. "A, 1917. Attorney, w. l.. Ward 105)
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LOVERS agree that Dr. Gifford's Matrimonial Serum never fails to relieve any case of habitual giggles. Used singly or en masse. Words of love extracted without pain. Prices superfluous.
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 IN THE LEE cHANcERY COURT Luther Reeves, Mamie Harp, A. J. Moore in his individual capac- ity and as guardian of Eva Moore. Ethel Moore, Eddie Moore. Willie Moore and Herman Moore, Minors, and Mrs. Mollie Mills,
 Plaintiffs. vS. s. B. Rotholz as Trustee, Morris Lesser and Harry Lesser in their one right and as Executors under the last will and testament of Jul Illus Lesser, deceased, Blanche Goldman, A. B. Smedley. Mary Smedley, O. c. Sutton as Trustee and J. Lesser X Brother, a part nership,
 Defendants The defendants, Harry Lesser in his own right and as executor of the estate of Julius Lesser. deceased, and Blanche Goldman, are warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs. Luther Reeves, Mamie Hasp, A. J. Moore, in his individual capacity and as guardian of Eva Moore, Ethel Moore. Eddie Moore, Willie Moore and Herman Moore, Minors, and Mrs. Mollie Mills.
 R. c. APPLE, Clerk.
 By Ben B. Bonner, D. c. December 1st, 1917
 w. J. Lanier, Attorney. (1O7)
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But with the introduction and per lection of the long distance camera the hopes of the astronomers were realized, for the photographic plate far more sensitive to light than the retina of the eyes, engraves on last ing documents thousands and mll' lions of stars hitherto unknown to science.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
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In the United States armies, No vember 2, there were 1.815,000 men in the navy, 271. .571. Of the total, approximately 100000 voluntarily enlisted
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MILLER LUMBER CONTAIN will make or get for you wat " haven't
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To Our Customers

The following table will give you a good compari- son. Since bed time GO o'clock, the usual hour) re- mains fixed the year round the following figures are based on the period from dusk to bed time:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10

From the fifteenth of last May until the
fifteenth of June thousands Of men, women
and boys-the latter, the Boy Scouts of
America-sold Liberty Bonds. Millions Of
people bought them. Other millions did not.
But among those who did, as we'll as among
those who did not, many questions were
asked that implied, on the part of those ask
ing them, only partial comprehension Of the
Governments financial plans doubt as to the
wisdom of buying the bonds; nisgivings as
to the actual need of a bond issue-indeed,
questions ranging in their import from lack
of understanding to downright suspicion. |
have collected many Of these questions from
members of our Woman's Committee, sifted
them, and present here those most widely
asked, together with simple direct answer
to each so that the man or the woman who
runs may read. The purpose obviously is to
convey a clearer understanding Of the new
bonds of the United States when offered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Why Does the Government Sell
Bonds to Raise Money When
it Has Such Vast Sources of
Revenue Through Taxation?

General taxation compels every one to pay
money to the Government, and if the whole
cost of our war were paid by money raised
by general taxation the poorest would not be
able to provide themselves with the necessi-
ties of life. So bonds are issued as supple
mentary to general taxation, so that those
less poor may have chance to lend the Gov
eminent from their savings, thus preventing
what would be killing pressure on the poor
er people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Just What is a United Sta ties
Bond?

United States Bond is an acknowledge
ment on the part of the Government that you
have loaned it. for the period Of time stated
on the bond, the amount of money stated on
the bond. at the rate of interest stated on the
bond, and binds it to pay your money back in
full at the end of the period stated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Aren't the Bonds of Two Sorts?
What are They?
What is a Coupon Bond?

A coupon bond is a bond that has attached
to it as many coupons as there are interest
dates in the life of the bond-sixty in the
case Of Liberty Bonds. A coupon is in effect
check for the amount due you as interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10

Is There Any Real Thing Behind
the Governments Promise to
Pay Back My Money in Thirty
Years, or Must | be Satisfied
with it's Mere Promise?
Evidently from your question you conceive
of the Government-otherwise these United
States-as something detached and apart
from yourself You and and all the other
citizens of this country are these United
State, and the "mere promise" you speak Of
is the combined promise of every man, wo-
man, child, industry and business in this
country Could a mountain Of gold behind
the bonds be any stronger assurance Of
safety than this?
Isn't the Government in Turn
Lending to Foreign Govern
ments Vas S ums Of t h e
Money Raised by the Sale of
These New Bonds?
It is lending vast sums to our Allies who
are with us in this war, fighting our fight for
us until we can actually get into it shoulder
to shoulder with them.
But Isn't This Money Loaned Our
Allies Going Out of the Coun-
try?
It is not. It is being spent here among US
by our Allies for all the things they need,
such as wheat, corn, provisions, ships, rail-
road cars, coffee, steel, etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Isn't the Tying Up of So Much
Money in Liberty Bonds BAD

No money is "tied up in Liberty Bonds
Every cent secured by the Government
through the sale Of the bonds is spent here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Is the Interest Due Me Every Six
Months Sent to Me, or Do
Have to Go to a Bank for Il?

MOntnS sent 10 We, or DO
Have to Go to Bank for it?
Your bond has attached to it sixty coupons
Zone for each six months Of thirty years.,
each coupon dated. On that date cut off the
coupon bearing the date, take it to your bank
any bank and it's cash value will be given
you. On 500 bond, each six months
coupon may be exchanged for SITS; on a $50
bond, one-half that, for per cent means
"per hundred"
i'll Buy a Bond on tn e Install
ment Plan and Cannot Meet
the Last Payment, Shall I Lose
All Eve Put In?
You are entitled to the full value of the
bond less the amount of installments that re-.
main unpaid.
Isn't the Raising of Money by
Bonds Payable Thirty Years
Hence Compelling tn e Next
Generation to Pay for This
Generations War?
That this is true is the best justification
for the bonds. If the cost of the war were
to be met by immediate general taxation. the
economic fabric of the country would be
strained almost to the breaking point. Be-
sides, the benefits Of this year will be har-
vested by generations yet unborn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
What is a Registered Bond?


A registered bond is one that is registered
in the Treasury Department at Washington
as your sole property, and check for the in
terest due you each six months is sent you by
the Secretary Of the Treasury. The only
bonds that are registered are those Of one
hundred dollars and over.
Isn't Registered Bond More
Desirable?
A registered bond is more desirable unless
you have safe-deposit facilities-then the
coupon bond is generally preferred.
Why are These Bonds Being Is
sued?
To raise, in part, the amount Of money
needed by the Government Greatly you and
mel to carry on, to successful ending, the
present war which is your war and my war
and the war of our children-born or un-
born.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Just What is the Interest on the
Bond?

1t is really the rent the Government prom
Uses to pay you annually for letting it have
the use Of the amount of money stated on the
bond. This rent is 81 per cent yearly Of the
whole amount the bond represents; but the
Government pays this rent in two install
ments each year. six months apart. That is,
on $50 bond you receive SITS year, or 874l
cents each six months on 500 bond $3.50
year, or s1.75 every six months, and so on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
If Sell My Bond Inside of Thir-
ty Years Shall | Receive All /
Paid for It?
The Bonds Then are Essentially
a Safe Investment?


They are the safest investment on the face
of the earth today
Can | Borrow Money on My
Bond? At What Interest?
You can Any bank will loan you, on your
bond very large part of its stated value.
The interest depends upon the interest rate
prevalent in your locality at the time.
Why Should the Government Pay
Only 3l2 Per Cent Interest on
the Bonds it Issues, When the
General Rate Of Interest is
Much Higher?
The more certain the safety of an invest
ment the lower the rate of interest paid
Could anything be more certainly safe than
the United States Government? Further
more the bonds are not subject to taxation
as other bonds are.
Isn't the Tying Up Of So Much
Money in Liberty Bonds a Bad
Thing for Business?
No money is tiled up in Liberty Bonds
Every cent secured by the Government
through the sale Of the bonds is spent here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10

Will the Rate of Interest on the
Bonds be Always tn e Same
Regardless of the G eneral
Condition of the Country?
It will-except: The first Liberty Bonds
carried an interest rate of 81 per cent If
any bond issue during the war carries a
higher interest rate, you can exchange your
81 per cent first bonds for like sum of the
new bonds The United States Government
is always fair, and it couldn't be fairer than
this, could it?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-10
Must I Wait Thirty Years to Gel
My Money Back?

No; you can sell your bond. There is, ant
for thirty years will be, market and mar
ket price for the bond. You can read in thu
paper every day just what that price is.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
BATTERY A LOSES MASCOT
Mike Famed as "sInsIns Dog"
Meets Tragic End.

Ell PAso. Tex, Jan. 15.-Mike IL
dead.
AS q result there is gloom in the
camp OF Battery A, N. G. d. c., for
Mike was not only the mascot of tbs
artillerists from the National Capital,
but the chief entertainer of'the camp.
Mike was known as ''the singing
dog" He first achieved fame for his
artistic vocalization at Fort Myer.
There he gave q number Of recitals
befofe the battery left for, the border.
Hundreds Of washingtonians jour
neyed out to Camp ordway during the
summer and early fall to hear Mike
howl popular, sentimental and classic
music
It was while patrolling the camp
that Mike met his death. Upon COM
pletihg hfs rounds he found himself
at the outermost boundary OF the
camp and heards "taps" sounded.
Mike was good enough soldier to
realize that the bugle call meant he
should be in his tent. At double quick
he hastened back to camp. As he
dashed across q roadway near his
tent he was struck by q big army
motor truck and his lifeswa crushed
out
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Apollo.

A diversified bill is the feature Of
Crandalrs Apollo Theater this week.
For Sunday and yesterday the bill
was Miss George Washington a
highly amusing comedy drama, with
Marguerite Clarke.
Judging by the applause and laugh
ter, Miss Clarke still retains her
laurels as one OF the most popular
little stars on the screen.
For Tuesday Clara Kimball Young,
in 'The Rise of Susan" is the attrac-
tion. Valeska Suratt, who is declared
to wear $4,000 worth of gowns, ap-
pears at the Apollo on Wednesday in
"The Victim" a Fox feature; Julius
Steeer in "The stolen Triumph"
makes her appearance Thursday; Oh
ga Petrova in 1.-The Tigress," is Fri
days offering, and for Saturday the
screen will show Fannie Ward in
"The Years of the Locust"
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
BRITISH BAT MAN
IDOLIZES OFFICER
Many a Lieutenant Owes Life
to Body-Servant's
Devotion.

LONDON, Jan. 1B.-The British Of.
hcer takes on his tin hat to
his bat man." Yes, and his tunId
and shirt, too, IL necessary.
BAT man" means nothing else than
body servant, but the bat man Is no
less lighting man than any other
soldier in the trenches. Thouaands
Of men are told OF for duty a. OF.
f1eerS attendants, to pack their grlps.
polish their high boots. shine their
buttons, and keep their dugouts IN
order.
Civilians began to hear OF this snd
bitterly complained Of the seeming
waste Of man-powef. Now the officer
has had his turn IN the rostrum and
has silenced all reproaeh about the
bat man.
The job OF officers servants makes
double demands upon q soldiers time
for slight additional pay. Their reia-
tion Is not that OF master and man:
British officers OF the new army are
too democratic for that. Except for
the gap between their ranks they
are pals.
It is the officers proud tradition
that the last person he thinks Of Is
himself. The comfort and well-befnx
Of the men come first. While he Is
making q mass OF soldiers comfort
able the bat man gets In his work.
putting in order the officers quarters,
whatever they may happen to be-
Many an officer has owed his life
to the man who has carried him back
through the inferno Of q barraEe
when he has been wounded in the
attack Streteher bearers know these
fierce authoritative soldiers who come
lodging through q curtain OF peIt-
ing shells, scorning their own wounds
to yell: For Gods sake. 'urry up:
Lootenant Jones is 1T and I've slowed
'im in a shell-'ole. Double up now,
it's getting light"
An army chaplain, who attended 6
dying bat man, cherishes . scribbled
card, addressed to the officer, the last
man in his thoughts.
sThe cleaning polish is IN your
long boots, SIR" It says. sPrfvata
Andrews can look after you good,
1ir.N
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
They're Branded, She Says,
and You Can Always Tell
EN- by Their Actions.
PROVEN IN HER OWN FAMILY
Son-in-Law Had All Marks of
Benedict, and She Got
Goods on Him."

EAST ORANGE, n. J., Jan. Is
Mrs; Anna Schofield just chuckled and
chucAled' today when asked to ex-
plain her statement that you can al
ways tell a married man by his ac-
tions." Then she explained.
Mrs. Schofield is the East Orange
mother-in-law who just naturally
knew her daughters husband had
another wife slowed away some
where.
She suspected that of Capt selwyn
Joyce, of Boer war fame. from the
Dorothy, Mother Schofleld pooh
poohed his claim to bachelorhood
and shifted out his other marriage
record in far of New Zealand.
Marriage Brands n Man.
Dorothy's marriage now stands an
nulled, and wife number one is watt
ing for her divorce suit to jell. all
due to Mother schofield's eagle eye
for benedicts.
"You can see it in their faces" she
said today. "It sticks out all over
them.
Marriage brands a man as plain
as a hot iron on a cows hip. saw
wife written on the slick Mr.. Joyce
the first time / ever set eyes on him.
He was too. considerate around the
house to be a thirty-nine-year-old
Like all average married men, he
was an artistic liar in a small way
about things wives like to be lied to
about. As to his further accomplish
ments in this respect, I say nothing
but that he could praise coffee that
everybody knew was vile in such
way that it tasted good.
Tears Didn't Worry Him.
''what old bachelor would take the
trouble to do that, even il he could?
Only a married man would do it.
Like his brother benedicts, he
knew how to praise his wife's taste.