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The Dermott news., 1917-11-22
Makes Steel Harder.

Steel tempered in phenol has nor, hardness and elasticity than when t has been tempered in water.
The Dermott news., 1917-11-22

pr. B. F. Jackson, Celebrated Physician, handed down to posterty his famous prescription for female troubles. Now sold under the name of "Femenina." Price 50c and $100.-Adv.
The Dermott news., 1917-11-22
Not Supposed to Know.

Dyer-Eow'S your wife?
 Hyup-Can't say. Haven't read the society news lately.-Judge.
The Dermott news., 1917-11-22

Poor Roads The farmers of have been allowing money to escape fl, each year because ot cording to the teStimon.. ol
The Dermott news., 1917-11-22
Stomach Trouble

For simple, common ailments due dSordered stomach liver and bowels you will find ThedordS BackD Draught reliable and useful remedy.
 For 70 years has been successfully employed for these troubles and its consumption is increasing proving the public recognition of its and genuine value
 Being purely vegetable it has such bad secondary e ects the mineral drugs like caoe (mercuy etc. but can be depended to relieve by its first action the system
 Black Draugt is good safe reliable, family medicine for young and old package should be in every household
 Mr. Marion Hocomb, of Nancy, Ky, writes For quite long while suffered with stomach trouble. would have pains and heavy feeling after my meals, most disa-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

he told her for the first time that he
was witch and that he wanted her
to learn to be one. too, In order that
she might carry on his work when he
died.
In order that she might learn the
secrets of the practice she said her
father told her she must visit with him
an old graveyard across the bay. Mary
stated her father told her to take hold
of his foot and in a moment they "fiew"
across the channel to the cemetery.
While there she said they were able to
look through the earth down into the
graves, and could see the bodies in
them. After wandering about the
graves for n time her father trans
formed himself into a white duck and
on his back she says she rode back
across the channel. Mary told the dis
trct attorney that that night she
learned many things about witchcraft.
Fears for Grandmother.
The girls story was told with
straightforwardness and without con-
tradIction. and the reason she said she
wanted something done with her father
was because she feared he would kill
her grandmother with witchery. The
child's mother is dead and she Is ap-
parently. very fond Of her grandmother
and Is evidently sincere in her fear Of
her fathers power.
The only charges against her father
are based upon the firm belief that he
is witch, and in that connection he is
accused of being responsible for every
In, Of piSfn
has happened in the Killisnoo Indian
village. In the eyes of the law, Mr..
Smiser says. 1t does look little like
hypnotism, but nothing tangible has oc-
cured which can be reached by law.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
SAVES ROLL BY PREMoNITIoN
Kansas City Woman Returns for 1850
and Finds a Burglar In
the House.

Kansas City.-A premonltiOn saved
just 50, 800 for Mrs. Lucille TwOmbly.
Mrs. Twombly is widow and recent
ly received the money from her hus-
and's life insurance. She has been
carrying the money in her pocketboOk,
which she left on her dressing table
when she started for the grocery store.
A premonition caused her to go back
and get the money, however, after she
had nearly reached the store. She then
went to the store and when she re-
turned she found man ransacking the
sldeboard In her dining room. His
back was toward her and he walked
into the bedroom without seeing her
as she entered.
She thought 1t was a young man
roomer, and said:
"You thought you would fool me,
didn't you, Bert?"
"Bert" turned and dived under the
bed. Mrs. Twombly made a hurried
exit and called the police. The thief
had escaped. taking pair of portieres
with him. but Mrs. Twombly had her
money, and she told the police she was
going Immediately to put 1t in the
bank.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
Indians Are Circulating Wild
Stories of Mysterious Hap
penings.
BLIND MAN is WITCH
Daughter Tells Of Flying by Night and
Peerino Into Graves-FederaI
Authorities Forced to Take
Matter Up.

Juneau, Alaska.-Witchcraft has
come back to Alaska. The Indians are
circulating tales of mysterious happen
lngs. 1t has reached the point where
the United States government has been
forced to take official recognizance of
the witch terror. In the district court
here ]. A. Smiser. federal attorney,
has questioned many witnesses.
A complaint of the practice of
witchcraft among the natives of Kills
moo was made some time ago to w. G.
Beattie, superintendent of native
schools for Alaska. An investigation
in the KillIsnoo village led Superin-
tendent Beattie to bring number of
the tribe to Juneau for examination by
District Attorney Smiser. with the re-
suit the witch was found, but no law
could be found on which to base COM
plant against him.
Blind Man Claims Honor.
From the testimony Of the witnesses
examined before the district attorney,
the story Of the witchery centers
around a blind man, his fifteen-year-old
daughter and her grandmother. For
several months the blind man has been
announcing himself as a witch, and has
claimed responsibility for practically
all the deaths that have occurred in
the village OF Killisnoo for the past
Ave years.
According to the story of the little
native girl, Mary Moses, or Klan-tosh,
as her Indian name Is. the first time
she knew that her father was witch
was one night '1ong time ago" when
she was awakened In her sleep and felt
cold. She called her father and asked
him for more covers, which he brought,
and while covering her over, she says,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

which sometimes take the form Of a
group OF tubers. The cicuta is most
readily distinguished from plants of
similar appearance growing under the
same conditions by the transverse
chambers In the rootstock. These can
be seen by making a longitudinal sec
ton. Further description, except by
botanical terms, is difficult, but the cir
cular mentioned presents illustrations
that make recognition easier.
Only the root Of cicuta is poisonous.
Cases Of poisoning are more frequent
in the spring. partly because the roots
are more likely to be noticed at that
time and partly because they appear
to be more poisonous then than later in
the season. Occasionally stock find the
roots when they are washed out by
high water in small streams. Farm
ers in their plowing sometimes bring to
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
WILL HELP MINORS
Suspension Of Schedules 10 Probably
Best Thing That Could Have
Happened to Them.

The suspension of schedules by a
number of the minor leagues is prob
ably the best thing that could have
happened for them under existing con-
ditions.
Population in the minor league
cities is comparatively small If you
count the baseball fans alone, and in
war time the tendency to conserve
finances Is greater in the small cities
and towns than in cities Of the first
class. In addition to this. the base
ball population In the larger cities Is
large enough to keep a ball club run
ming at small profit.
For the lack of this the minor league
magnate is always up against it when
times become panicky, and without
baseball for the remainder of 1917 and
probably throughout the season of
1918. II the war continues, the minor
league fans will have time to recover
their balance and will be baseball hun
cry whsa the parks are opened once
mora
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
ERGOT IS DANGEROUS
POISON TO ANIMALS
No Remedy for "Ergotism" and
Stockmen Should Avoid Graz.
ing on Infested Areas.

CBy w. W. ROBBINS. Colorado Agricul-
tural College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
Ergot Is name applied to one stage
of a fungus that works In the heads
of a number of grasses. 1t causes one
of the oldest known stock diseases. the
so-called "ergotism."
The ergot stage of the fungus Is
abundant in the fall. 1t forms pur-
ple-black, straight or hornlike, hard
structures about one-fourth to one-half
inch long. These structures occupy
the position of the grain In the head of
grass. This hard mass is not degen-
crate kernel of grass, however. The
black ergot masses vary in size and
shape, depending upon the plant at
tackled. They are largest In rye. Ergot
develops upon number Of grasses
There is no effective remedy for err
gotism. Hence one should become IA
miliar with the appearance Of ergot,
and avoid grazing stock on badly In
tested areas and also avoid cutting In
tested areas Of grass for hay.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

the normal emergence of brood Is dis
turbed, which tends to relieve the
swarming fever.
1t should be remembered that the
production Of comb honey encourages
swarming more than the production Of
extracted honey. Under present condi-
tions, when 1t is SO urgent that more
honey be produced to relieve the sugar
shortage, small us well as commercial
beekeepers are urged to produce more
extracted or chunk honey and less of
the fancy section honey. Bees work
more readily in frames than In pound
sections; and where the honey is ex-
tracted and the empty combs returned
for refilling much more honey will be
obtained. This in itself win materially
help to regulate swarming.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

the surface considerable number Of
roots, and these are eaten by cattle,
with resulting sickness and death.
In cases of the poisoning of human
beings the recognized treatment Is to
give an efficient emetic, followed by a
cathartic. Some form of opium may
be given to control the convulsiOns
when they are violent. If free vomit-
Ing is promptly produced, the patient
Is likely to recover.
1t Is obvious that ruminant animals
cannot be treated in this way, for the
effective clearing of the stomach is
impossible. While hypodermic injec.
tions of morphine may be used to aid
in controlling the commissions and u
purgative may help in eliminating the
poison. ordinarily the commissions are
so violent that nothing can be done for
the animal.
So far as live stock are coneerned
about all that can be done must be in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

ion game. The train hesitated at New
London. Conn.,, and Heilman jumped
off to get some sandwiches, running
out of the Pullman car without coat
ind hat. While he was purchasing the
grub the whistle blew and OF went the
rattler minus Heilman.
Harry had the change from a Eve
spot and couple Of sandwiches to
last until he could catch up with his
ball club. and when he reported, wear
ng coat and hat he had bought from
pawnbroker, he came In for a kid
ling that got his goat-hoofs, horns,
whiskers and all.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
cIcuTA IS MOST POISONOUS OF PLANTS
prepared by the United States Depart

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Cicuta, or water hemlock, Is the most
poisonous of the plants of the tenn
perate regions both to humans and to
domestic animals, yet 1t Is not gen.
orally recognized. The plant is widely
distributed. Unfortunately, it resem-
bles number of harmless plants and
Is not easily recognizable. 1t belongs
to the same family as carrots and pars-
nips. 1t has number of popular
names, of which the most common is
cowbane or water hemlock. In the
mountain regions of the West 1t is fire.
quenrly called parsnip or wild parsnip.
Other names, less common, are snake
root, snakeweed, beaver poison, musk
rat weed, spotted hemlock and spotted
parsley.
The plant grows in wet places and is
especially common in some parts of
the West along irrigating bitches. 1t
has a thickened rootstOck with roots
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

the way of prevention. II the land 1.
plowed where the plant grows, care
should be taken that no roots are left
where stock can get at them. Where
the plants grow In great abundance as
they frequently do along irrigatins
bitches, II is desirable to dig them out
When this is done the roots should not
be left on the surface. but should be
destroyed. 1t is seldom that stock are
poisoned when grazing, unless they
Craze along bitches where the plants
sometimes grow almost in the water
with very little soil and can easily be
pulled up.
Perhaps there is no way to prevent
some cases of poisoning Of children
Something might be accomplished, how.
ever, II parents and teachers would at.
tempt to make clear to children the
danger of eating strange roots.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
REGULATE SWARMING
TO INCREASE HONEY
Expert of Missouri College Gives
Suggestions Intended to As
sist Bee Keepers.

Bee swarming is natural. and cam
not be entirely prevented though 1t can
be regulated. Some strains Of honey
bees, such as the small black bees,
swarm more often than others, though
all strains may be expected to swarm
when conditions are right. To secure
the greatest production Of surplus
honey, reduce swarming to minimum.
BY repeated, swarming many weak
colonies are produced, each Of which
stores little II any surplus honey. and
they may all be so weak that they will
perish during the following winter.
Congestion In the hive. tree or other
abode, a restriction of the brood nest,
over-heating, due to poor air circula-
ton and the lack Of shade, and an
overabundance OF drones, are some
factors which tend to encourage
swarming. Leonard Haseman of the
University of Missouri college of ag-
riculture offers the following sugges-
tions for regulating swarming: Make
the abode Of the colony comfortable,
give it shade, remove drone brood, pro-
vide plenty Of room for surplus honey
in the supers, and make sure that the
brood chamber is large enough to &C
commodate the colony.
The tendency to swarm is usually
most noticeable during May, June and
early July. and II the foregoing pre-
cautions are taken in time they will
help prevent development Of the
swarming fever. II the swarming fe-
yer is once developed by colony,
swarming is much more difficult to pre-
vent. The careful removal of queen
cells every week may help to prevent
the swarm from emerging, but may not
relieve the swarming fever. By remov-
Ing part Of the brood combs rich in
brood and giving them to weaker col
Snies In exchange for some Of their
eombs which have little or no brood.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
DEACON CONFESSES
MANY BOMB PLOTS
Federal Officers and Detectives
Nail Church Official by Means
of Dictagraph.

Knoxville, Tenn.-DeacOnS are not
always angels. This was proved in
the case of w. S. Clark. who con-
fessed to dynamiting the Federal Dye
and Chemical corporation ut Kingsport
last May, killing one man and wound
ing several.
Clark also plotted to destroy the
remainder of the plant, to blow up the
Panama canal, to wreck bridge and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
BASEBALL
STORIES

Clark Griffith thinks that Howard
Shanks will make a great shortstop.
Ty Cobb, Detroit outfielder, has on
two occasions made five hits in a
game.
Joe Woods says he will not draw a
cent of salary until he pitches for the
Indians.
Beals Becker had hit safely in q
straight games when Jake Northrup
stopped his run.
Hans Lobert Is doing lot of COM
planning at present because Of his tough
luck as pinch hitter.
Old Doc Crandall has been pitching
some great ball for Los Angeles, as
his string Of victories testifies.
The Louisville club has ended Its
search for an outfielder by landing
Claude Cooper from the Phillies.
President Phil Ball of the Browns
has given checks Of 500 each to Ernie
Koob and Bob Groom, his no-hit pitch
ers.
Second Baseman Pitler of the Pi-
rates has made hit with Smokeville
fans. He Is batting and fielding clev-
erly.
hov To
succeed Clarence Rowland as manager
of the White Sox, but he still saws
wood.
Lee Magee is back in the game after
one Of the worst cases Of batting slump
that has affected an athlete In many q
long day.
The fact that Ty Cobb has quit play
ing golf for the summer may have
something to do with his remarkable
winning streak.
Matty Mcintyre, former Detroit star
and late manager Of the Mobile team,
Is now playing ball with a team in a
Detroit factory league.
Happy Felsch, who is playing center
field for the White Sox. has developed
into high-class player. He Is one Of
Rowland's best hitters.
Third Baseman Baird Is making good
with the Cardinals. He couldn't hit
when he played with the Pirates, but
now he Is killing the ball.
Pitcher Earl Hamilton Of the
Browns got away to poor start this
season. He has failed to come home
a winner in fourteen starts.
Miller Higgins has been cleaning
house and trimming his sails to make
room for lot of new players who
are to be taken on this fall.
Chick Gandil is playing first base
so cleverly for the White Sox that the
sharps still wonder why the Washing
tons and Clevelands let him go.
Pretty soon 1t will become popular to
introduce Harry Coveleskie as broth
er Of Stanley Coveleskie. The Cleve-
land slabster has all the better Of
his southpaw brother on records to
date, and is the big figure Of the fam
lily ON present rating.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20

oynamited q Dye and Chemical Plant.
troop trains at London and do other
damage.
Federal officers and detectives who
had Installed dictagraph in Il hotel
room where he was conspiring with u
government secret service agent from
Memphis. heard him assure the agent
that, being deacon in a church and
having boosted the sale of Liberty Loan
bonds in his community. he, Clark,
would never be suspected of wrongdo-
ing.
Counsel for Clark and relatives and
friends say he was never near the
Kingsport plant and Is suffering from
insanity.
Officers charge he once attempted
to blow up the Johns Hopkins hospital
at Baltimore.
The secret service agent says Clark
declared he had II confederate in the
Kingsport plant and, with the knowl-
edge supplied by the explosives COM
pany, could install his bombs in the
plant, lay wires out safe distance
from the confederate, and. upon Sig
nal from the pal, which he would
catch with Il pair of spyglasses, touch
button and blow up the works. The
government agent had won the conf
dence of Clark and enticed him into
the trap at the hotel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
MUST GIVE PIG DAILY BATH
Only Condition Under Which Portland
Man Can Keep Animal in
City Limits.

Portland, Ore.-George Green Of this
city must bathe his pig every day. The
city council has granted him permis-
sion to keep his pig within the city
limits If he will give the young porker
a daily bath and keep 1t perfectly clean.
Green promised to wash and scrub his
pig daily, so that he may nave pork
for his family this fall.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
LESSON IN TRAVELLING LAWS
Harry Heiiman, Tioers' outheIder,
Not Likely to Leave Pullman
to Eat In Future.

Harry Hellman, Tiger outfielder,
had an experience recently which will
stick with him for a while and which
will keep him glued to his seat In the
Pullman when travelling about the
country.
The Tigers were going from Boston
to Baltimore to play Sunday exhibi-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
WlFE-BEATER THRICE
"DUCKED" IN RIVER

Kansas City. Kan.-George
Martin was sentenced to 100
days in the workhouse for beat
ing his wife and the patrOlmen
who took him there were in
structed to stop at the kaw riv-
er and duck Martin under the
water three times.
Martin, your spirits are too
fiery" Judge Herrod comment
ed. "They need quenching."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
Town Cats Must Wear Collars.

tered here. Soon all must wear license
tags, collars and there is to be n bell
on each one. and the owners must pay
the city so ceuts.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20


which Mitchell is leading, is breeing fine
Robinson
finished 1914 third 1915 and
unduy Stalings McGraw
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-09-20
Thief Even Carried on WATCHDOG.

Milwaukee.-The watchdog Of John
Stefaniak fell asleep end was stolen.
With the animal were purloined %
pigeons ard two pigs from the barn.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-03-17

~ NRICO CARUSO, the celebrated
tenor, who is booked for one
engagement only in Pitts
burgh to sing with the Cincin-
natl Orchestra on Saturday evening,
May 5, at Shriners' Mosque, is a ma
tive Of Naples and was born in 1873
When he was mere boy he sang in
the churches of Naples, and the beauty
of his voice attracted the attention of
all who heard it. His father did not
encourage the boy at first, but a few
years later was persuaded to allow him
to take lessons in singing. Caruso
made his debut in 1894 in Naples in a
now forgotten opera, ''L'Am1co Fran
cescO," afterward singing In various
Italian cities and in Cairo. A South
American engagement followed, and
on his return, after a season in Milan,
&c was clear that he was one Of the
most promising young tenors ever
heard In Italy. His performance of
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-03-17

the Duke at the Metropolitan in 1909
convinced American opera-goers that
the greatest of all tenors had arrived.
His success is the greatest ever attain
ed by an artist in this country. His
American engagements have been a
continuous ovation, the great audiences
being held spellbound by the exquisite
refinement, beauty and power of his
voice, and from coast to coast he has
been pronounced the greatest tenor
who has ever lived. His voice is
pure tenor of exquisite quality and of
sufficient power to fill any opera house
without losing any of its sweetness;
his acting is faultless, his phrasing
excellent and his delivery fluent and
tasteful. Since he made his debut at
the Metropolitan Opera House over
dozen years ago he has assumed lead
ing tenor roles in all the principal op-
eras and Is today the greatest drawing
card before the American public.
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1t is glasses, not drugs, that many
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-21
Cleaning Shiny Serge

II anybody could invent process to
remove the shine from worn suit his
or her fortune would be assured. The
shine cannot be permanently removed
from any material. but It can be so
treated that It will keep Its shiny face
In the background for little while
First Of all, brush the garment well
Then purchase lump OF ammonia
from drug store and dissolve II In
one pint Of boiling water. With an
old stocking.-this Is better than any
other cloth-dipped in the ammonia 10.
luton rub the shiny part backward
and forward Wash Off the ammonia
with brush and clean hot water
Hang the suit up to dry In the shade
When pressing the garment wet It with
hot mot boiling water instead OF cold
Lay the cloth on the suit and press
with a hot iron until dry. Then wet
the cloth again and iron lightly, but not
enough to dry the cloth. II Is this Int.
ter treatment that gives the material
the dull new finish to take the place
Of the old shine.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-21
BRITISH NAVY NEEDS
100000 MORE MEN

London, Feb. 21.-England recog-
nizes the gravity OF the German Sub
marine warfare; her losses have been
bad. but not equal to the "extrav.
agant bravado" claimed by Germany,
and have totalled very little more
than that in previous months, before
the "ruthlessness" was given full
sway.
Sir Edward Carson, making his
first speech as first lord OF the ad-
mlralty. voiced these beliefs today
In the house OF commons. He cited
figures which showed comparative
losses for December, January and to
February 1s. and asserted there had
been forty different fights with sub
marines since February /. The ad-
miralty head, however. declined to
state how many German submer-
sibles England had captured or sunk.
Our losses in the new submarine
warfare have been bad" he admit