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How About the, ,Mushroom7

!, That the excellently cultivated mush- room is a most palatable relish, a most tempting association for luscious steaks, chops and other meats, and for "stuffing" under the manipulation of m admirable chef, can't be denied; but as an article of distinctive diet, dish for gods and men, for discriminat- ing democrats or autocrats, to make for brains and brawn, further proof must be forthcoming. It is more than probable the dominating stomach will whisper that many of the wild weeds which are intimate in the fields and woods where fungi love to spring forth in night are more life-producing and life-preserying than the finest mush- rooms which appear every market day in beautiful snowy pyramid at the Hal les Centrales in Paris, the paradise of the cultivated mushroom. Exchange.
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yf- " lfI3tfFs,! i3,4iI < f M,
 Mtnnovvs Are Good to Eat.

! A correspondent asks-Are the little fishes called minnows good to eat?- We do not know of any reason why they should not be edible. They are of cleanly habits, free from impuri- ties, and though small, quite meaty. Old Izaak Walton in his Angler de- scribes the minnows and says: 'In the spring they make. of them excellent minnow tansies, for being washed we'll in salt, and their heads and tails cut off, and their guts taken out, and not washed after, they prove excellent for that use, that is being fried with yolks of eggs. The flowers of cowslips and of primroses and little tansy thus used, they make dainty bit of meal" {" The popular English dish of whitebait is much like minnows, but its edibility all depends on its preparation and man. ner of cooking. The minnow should not be despised as an article of food merely because it is so small. What Izaak Walton called a tansy was an old-fashioned name of a little stew, CT meat pie.-Exchange.
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Whiten and Beautify the Skin!
 Make CheapLotion

The juice of two fresh lemons strain ed into bottle containing three oun- ces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, ther this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan, and is the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beauti- fer.
 Just try it! Make up quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It should nat urally help to whiten, soften, freshen, and bring out the hidden roses and beauty of any skin. It is wonder full for rough. red hands.
 Your druggist will sell three oun- ces of orchard white at little cost, and any grocer will supply the lemons.- Adv.
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Psychology of Responsibility.

The saying runs that as soon as a lieutenant is made commander he begins to carry stick, and as soon as commander becomes a captain he turns religious" says the London Mail. For Justification of the latter part of this assertion there exists the undoubted fact that naval captains are mostly serious-minded men who give some thought to the greater things of life. Possibly their hours of loneliness may conduce to this frame of mind, though for the most part their leisure hours are given up to study of mat ters connected With their calling. One well-known captain there was who used to hold prayer meetings, which any member of the ships company could attend. Remember, there are no rates to be picked up here," the captain would warn them before the meetings started, meaning that anyone who came there hoping tp curry favor and thus get promoted would be dis appointed. And ir this the captain was always as good as his word, t
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Historic Cabin John erldae.

Cabin John bridge is masonry bridge in the Glen Echo suburbs of Washington, which crosses the deep valley of shallow stream known as Cabin John Run not far from it's con- fluence with the Potomac. The bridge was built in the fifties to carry the conduit which supplies the water for the capital and was for many years the longest single span of masonry in the world. Its architect and builder was Montgomery c. Meigs, later quar- termaster general of the army, and it was erected under direction of the war department. A tablet in one spandrel gives the usual information as to date of completion of the bridge and the names of those concerned in its struc- ture, among them that of the secretary of war. But as the late secretary of war, Jefferson Davis, was in 1861, when the bridge was completed, en. gagged upon the other side it was deemed preferable not to carry his name upon the bridge and blank bill let was left in the stone above the official title.
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Making the Ear Useful.

The ornamental possibilities of the ear were probably developed first, per- haps in the way of hooks for catching back floral draperies. TheE, most like ly, some one discovered that the ear was convenient to hang a bunch of grapes on when interrupted in the midst of repast. Perhaps the next cave man began to use his ears for the purpose of slowing away a few extra thorns when he was on fish, ing trip. The development Of the ears for both ornamental and utilitarian purposes was undoubtedly rapid, anG modern man has merely continued the customs of his prehistoric ancestors, making the ear useful for holding a pencil, pen, pair of eyeglasses or an extra cigarette, while modern wom- an perpetuates the decorative customs Dy having her ears pierced and using them to suspend various metals and precious stones.
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].F XXI g 4 gSa.i73} V Y. N v Three Notable PhysicaI Features.

The surface of North America pre- sents three great physical features the great Pacific highlands, the central plains and the eastern highlands. The great Pacific highlands extend through the western part of North America, al- most from the arctic shores to the Isthmus of Panama, and are .traversed by the Rocky mountains and other high mountain chains. ,;Ths central plains. which descend, graduaffy from the crests of. the Rocky mountains, include the Mississippi, Missouri and the Great Lakes regions. The Atlantic highlands, fn the eastern part, extending from the northern coast of Labrador, nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, include the low plateau of Labrador to the north and the Appalachian or Allegheny noun tains on the south, the principal sec tions of the latter bearing the names of the White mountains in New Hamp- shire, the Green mountains in Vermont, the Adirondacks in the state of New York, the Alleghenies in Pennsylvania, and the Black mountains in North Carolina.
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.ALTAEIMER COMES THRU WITH AID
 FOR SOLDIERS
Joe Leftwitch Sends $21.75 Contributed by Gen
 erous People.

Altheimer, which has "cOme thru" literally every time the nation las called or an appeal has been sent out, has heard the cry of the American soldiers in France for American to- hacco, as evidenced by a check for $21.75 received yesterday from Joe A. Leftwich, for The Graphic's "Sol-
 diers in France Tobacco Fund" This
 sum will provide S7 American, sol diers with more. than a weeks supply or t0bacEo eacIi kit containing smok-
 ables', swaich. if.,purchased at retail,
 would cost 45eSSnts.f besides, each kit contains .a.... stamped :, postcard,
 bearing the address of the person who contributed the 25 cents with
 which it was paid foi and the recipi- ent is requested to mail this card.
 Consequently, S7 American soldiers are expected to send greetings to A Altheimer people who, contributed at
 MT. Leftwich's solicitation to the sol diers' comfort
 Altheimer Contributors.
 The Altheimer people who contrib uted the $21.75 sent ill by MT. Left wich are: Dr. A. D. Mimms, who gave $1, S. and E.. Sachs, wno also gave $1,
 and J. P. Walt, w. c. Whorton, w.
 T. Monor, Robert Bowen, R. B. Ash I craft, D. c. Young, E. l.. Ashcraft, B. B. Baker, R. D. Garrett, R. K. Will son, w. C.. Crittenden, Mrs. Hattie
 Blocker, Miss Estelle Blocker, Mrs.
 Cora Stagsbill, Miss Gertrude Pirtle.
 Mrs. l.. D. Hardman, Mrs. A. Left witch, l.. D. Hardman, M. F. Webster,
 J. Cone, A, w. Leake, A. H. McDon-
 neil, Mrs. R. B. Ashcraft. c. Hardon,
 Chas. Wiley, L M. Quattlebaum, R. A. Dickey,-T. N. Patten, B. L. Wiley, H. :. Collier, B. Murray, w. IN. Boyette,
 E. L. Bowe, Miss May Nunn, J. A. ILeftwitch, J. RI Walt, and H. w. Hen derson, who contributed 50 cents each, and J. O. Powell, Mrs. J. N. McFad- den and Miss Mary. Cuolahan, each contributing 25 cents. a ;.tis3,
 HAbout to Die for Smoke ] That providing American tobacco kifors.fDur boys in France" is worthy Undertaking is again proved by a let ter from Roxey Bunyard, Missouri boy, now in France as a member of |B company, Sixteenth infantry, who, Iin. writing a sfGiend, says; .sssl. q have been just about to die for some good old. American smoking, to- bacco. This French tobacco is so strong can't smoke it. I wish you would send mes' Some good tobacco,
 Bull Durham Or sCamels."
 !! Suppose you Were in this boys
 plight -fhe plighstof thousancs? There |sthey are on the battlesfront, ready, to Sacrifice their Yss.-that=American
 may enjoy all the privileges to which they have been accustomed: If you
 were there wouldn't yousfeei,stha the
 folk back homA..' could show appre-
 ciation and interest in your com fort by. sending you tobacco that you
 could enjoy. Of course. you would.
 Then, do as youA would have others
 do unto youZzsend in your contrtbu-
 tion today tooTh9S GIaphics tobacco
 fund. h7tssSfa
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for use in their schools, this feature of loaning to schols in adjacent town ships will be enlarged and it is hop ed that every school in the county will take advantage of this arrange ment.
 "The registration books shows the rames of visitors from Chicago, Ill.,, Los Angeles, Cal, Martinsville. Ind. Falls City, Neb., Port Arthur, Tex.
 Miss Amelia Buckingham, of Jack son, Mich., was an interesting and in terested guest of the library being herself the efficient librarian of one of the seven libraries of Jackson. It will perhaps be of interest to know that Ter city is supporting one gen eral library and six branch libraries end yet the population of Jackson is Fonly 3,133 more than the population of Pine Bluff.
 "The many students arc making constant use of the SbGQks ons parallel readings, and while we have 66 of the required course we find that we can not supply the demand which is grow ing daily.
 "The reference room $ also in con stant use, one mother reported that her daughter was on the winning side in a debate, and attributed her success to information secured from these books. ~ ~N |. "The club women are coming to us for material for their papers. One of our patrons this month availed her self of the privilege of having us send to the Little Rock library for books along her line, as our collection is not sufficiently large yet to cover ev- cry demand made upon it. She ex- rressed herself as Icing gratified with the information she received in this way.
 "This exchange of books is cour- tesy one library extends another, and if at any time any of the library pa irons desire a book from any of the larger libraries, same can be secured by making application to the local li- brary, provided book or magazine re- quested is extant, and in the posses sion of public libraries. Number of registered borrowers. 113S.
 Respectfully submitted, MRS. D. c. WILCOX, librarian"
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Farmer Will Be Wise.

The future farmer will be the best. educated man in America. He will be a chemist. with knowledge to enable him to handle his soils, his fertilizers and his foodstuffs as to make them yield the maximum of profit. He will pc botanist with knowledge to enable nm to take advantage of the laws of heredity to breed disease-resisting and Irost-reslsting plants. He will keep pace With every movement of the sci entlnc world which can be turned to nls advantage. He will be able great " 10 increase the quantity and quality of ms wheat and corn, vegetables and aruif, cotton and wool, without having vo aad single acre to his field,
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.SARINERS PLAN FOR CEREMONIAL
 HERE 0N NOV. l5
Afternoon Parade Will Be Part of Celebration In
 cident to Initiation.

The NObles of the Mystic Shrine of Sahar Temple are making prepara- tions for big ceremonial to take place here on Thursday, November 15, when a large class of candidates for the Shrine degrees will be initiated into the mysteries of this great bunch of the Masonic fraternity.
 The Shriners will assemble Tn the temple at 2 o'clock on the date men tioned, and, after a short business session. will form in line with the aspirants for Shrine honors and march thru Main street. The cere- monial will start at 5 o'clock. When it will end is a matter of conjecture. Some tShriners have declared that when they were initiated they thought the ceremony would never end. How ever it is worthy of note that none have ever seemed the worse for the experience, and that none who hold Shrine membership would voluntarily relinquish it.
 During their trip lover the hot sands" the candidates will be at the tender mercies of Dr. A. C.. Jordan, serving as inquisitor; Dr. R. P. Wood, first alchemist; Dr. A. w. Troupe, second alslemist; Dr. R. D. Luck, branding artist; Dr. T. l.. Savin, skin srafter; pr. A. G. Thompson, bone twister; Pinchback Taylor, chief mu- sician; w. w. Taylor, keeper of har. em; V. o. Alexander, electrician Mike Schnable, stage setter; John O'Neal, official sword swallower; Will liam Burke, keeper of the gas bag and Oscar Mckenzie, goat holder. Refreshments will be provided by a committee composed of MT. and Mrs
 R. Ray Mcintyre, and Dr. and Mrs. A. w. Troupe, while the decoration of the temple will be in charge of Mrs B. D. Luck, Mrs. A. R. Cooper and Mrs. Edgar Brewster. Entertainment of the visitors will be looked after by tae members of the Arab patrol.
 The reception committee is compos. ed of Judge and Mrs, J. M. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Watkins, Dr. and Mrs. J. I. Norris, MT. and Mrs. c. A. Cor don, MT. and Mrs. J. F. Mcintyre, MT. and Mrs. L. w. Clement. MT. and Mrs. N F T&Roberts, MT. anE Mrs. J. F. Sim. mons, Mir. and Mrs. Vim. Puddephatt, EtMr. and Mrs. B. H.. Sandertord, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Marx, MT. and Mrs. A. H. ROWell, Mr., and Mrs. Athol Townsend, MT. and Mrs. H. B. Strange, MT. and Mrs. IWm. Burke, MT. and Mrs. c. H. Bolinger, MT. and Mrs. T. L. Savin, MT. and Mrs w. H. Hall, MT. and Mrs. D. I. Mills, MT. and Mrs. Ralph Robinson, stMr, and Mrs. w. E. Collier, Mrl and Nils. T. s. Grove, MT. and Mrs. Ray McIntire, MT. and Mrs. B. R. Crusn. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Foster, 'Mr. and Mrs. J4 M.
 Barrett, Capt. and Mrs. R. M. Gal braith, Capt. and Mrs. s. Geisreiter, MT. and Mrs. IN. J. Can't, Jr:s.Mr. and Mrs. J. core, MT. and Mrs. H. c. Moore. MT. and Mrs. J. Bernhardt, MT. and Mrs. Pinchback Taylor, MT. and Mrs. Elmo Marsh. MT. and Mrs.
 A. R. Cooper, Mir. and Mrs. l.. Herein er, MT. and Mrs. O. E. Mckenzie, MT. and Mrs. s. J. McCar:a, MT. and Mrs. V. O. Alexander.
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shows that stand it real well. l took the Compound when my ten year old daughter came and it helped me alot. Ikeep it in the house all the time and recommend 1t. "-Mrs. DEWITT SINCE- RAUGH, West Danby, N. Y.
 Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritable ity, backache, headaches, dragging sen- sations, all point to female derange- ments which may be overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 This famous remedy, the medicinal ingredients of which are derived from choice roots and herbs, has for forty years proved to be most valuable tonic end invigorator of the female organism.
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Language Of Heaven.

A correspondent sends me a story WHICH IS good parallel Cor, rather, the oS oaasl .1 opposite of parallel) to that T 1n .he minister who prayed in Gaelic. aoaar .s was m Dublin an old lady botl. seeentric and devout. One day she ssht TOT g Jewish minister, and started M .u learn Hebrew most assiduously. anough she was eccentric, and her tenus th,s were rarely surprised at any .n!ng she chose to do, they did wonder atm. a. snis' al and asked her the reason. ss.It .. Moulo III become me- she replied, When Y meet my maker, as ,soon a5l SI' T I sas saall 10 addsess him in any but his asuse ianguage. London Daily News.
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No Animals fer Him.

One day Johns mother was going t have company and she told him to Q to the market and get some 6ysten She said: we will have oyster soup John was busy thinking. Finally M: said: "I'u eat the so1p, hng no animal for me-"
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Lydia E. Pinkham's " eg getsble Com pound for nerves and for female trou2
 bles and it straight
 ened me out in good shape. Iwork nearly all the time, as we
 live on a farm and l
 have four girls. l do all my sewing and
 other W york with their helD. ao it
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COMPLAINT ALMOST GONE.

"Foley's Honey and Tar is great" writes l.. w. Day, 65 Camubell Avt., B. Detroit. Mich, "It relieves bron- chitis quickly. My complaint has al. most gone and hope never to have it again." Time and the experience of thousands have proved that there is no better medicine for coughs, colds or croup.-Mann's Pharmacy. Advt
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Great Britain assumed the entire railway control ofsthe United K inpdom within ten hours after issuing her first declaration of war.
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ARRIVALS AT ', ', SCHNEIDER'S at4.d
 DELICATEsSEI

Lovers of good things for the taMss will delight in knowing that SchneA CTS Delicatessen, 514 Main street, Ml received and ready to serve, the f&I lowing cold weather foods:
 Meats-Corn beef, roast beef, bE ed ham, pastromer, deer fleisch, salaMl goose liver, braunschweiger, na4 wurst or links, wieners.
 Cheese Swiss, roquefort, cameni bert, lunch style de Erie, limbergaI neufchatel, lunch cheese, cottage p mento, green chile.
 Fish-Large assortment Frena Russian and other sardines, smoka white. fish, marienert herrings, hernns milkers, Holland herrings, mackerl' Oysters s-The best select oysters n town. !. Salads-Shrimp, potato, slaw, el cry, beet, etc. Sweet mixed, sour aA dill pickles. N
 E. F. SCHNEIDER, Prop. Phone 816. We Des'a
 1O-28-6t
 Fire Insurance, Real Estate, ls
 Loans.
 TAYLOR & COMPANY
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No fewer than ten thousand French, English and Belgian women carpen- ters are now engaged in the work of building huts for the soldiers on the Western front.
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It Ohes Why lVo& sho OtheTf
 Little Mabel had just recovered from An attack of the chicken pox. "Well." she informed bers mother. I'm glad that Is over. Now what do I have next turkey pox eF duck poxSa
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A TREATMENT
 FOR NERVES
Woman Tells How Lydia E. Pmkhann's Vegetable Com
 pound Helped Her.

West Danby, N. Y.-"I have had nervous trouble all my life until took
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WESSON OIL is an excellent short ening. a delicious salad oil ard an ap- petizing fat for frying-all in one handy can.
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MAN TROUBLED FOR TWO YEARS

No one should suffer backache. rhepmatic pains, stiff joints swollen sore muscles, when relief can be cas- ily mad. James Mc'yrery, Berrien Center, Mich., says he was troubled with kidney and bladder trouble for two years. He used several kinds of medicine without relief, but Foley's Kidney Pills cured him -Mann's Pharmacy.
 ,WESSON OIL is pURER and
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London has supplied steel helmets to the special constables on duty dur ing the air raids.
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lls One. Why Not +he Other,

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31
BATTLE At VERDUN.
GERMANS ATTACK AND CAPTURE
FRENCH TRENCHES.
Five Hundred French Captured and
Counter Attack Repulsed-Gern1ans
are Driving for Riga. -

New York, Jan. 26.-The Ger
mans stormed a line Of French
trenches over approximately a mile
front near Hill 3O4 on the Verdun
front, Berlin announces. A French
counterattack during the night failed
to drive the Germans out. The Ger
mans took about five hundred prison.
ers.
The Paris war Office reports that
the German attack was delivered at
four points between Avocourt wood
on the extreme left of the French
lines about Verdun and Dead Man
Hill. This covers an aera Of more
than three and a-half miles.
German advances in the Riga re-
gion on the Russian front are report
ed by Berlin. 1t is said that Russian
positions were taken on both sides
the river Aa. The Germans are ap-
parently striking for Riga. Berlin
says the Germans took five hundred
prisoners.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31
REBUKES MILITIA CRITICS.
President Wilson Says That There
Should be Physical Training, But
Not Universal Compulsory Service.

President Wilson Says That There
Should be Physical Training, But
Not Universal Compulsory Service.
Washington, Jan. 26.-President
Wilson, speaking Thursday to a dele
cation from the Maryland League for
National Defense, which attacked the
national guard and advocated univer-
sal military training, rebuked them for
their unrestricted language" and
said they would have a better chance
of his support if they were more rea-
sonable in their attitude.
The memorial, read to the president
by Major Randolph Barton, spoke of
the national guard system as a dis
grace" and "a failure" 1t urged uni
versal compulsory military training
and service and mentioned the mobili-
zation Of the national guard along the
Mexican border as an example of the
failure of the system.
President Wilson told the delegation
that their attitude closed the oppor-
tunity for discussion Of the question
and was not helpful.
The president, discussing compul-
sorry military service. declared that
physical training was
needed and would accomplish a great
deal 'but it can be had without COM
pulsory military service
doing the wise thing and that the sub
ject was receiving his utmost consid-
Grafton. He vigorously defended the
effort being made in congress to build
up proper military service.