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Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25
To Make Good Sorghum Molasses.

have a No. IA Chattanooga
cane mill and have an extra long
pole to make it light draft. My
pan is one size smaller than the
mill. | made two settling pans
six feet long, two feet wide, ten
inches deep. place one at the
mill and the other one at the
evaporator. Set them so that the
juice will pour in at one end of
tank and leave from the other
end. Have a gunny sack at the
end of the juice spout to catch all
coarse stuff. Also rip up a sack
and put it over the vat at the
evaporator SO tat the juice will
have the second straining.
To deliver your juice to the
lower tank make a siphon out of
gas pipe. Have the upper end
of your siphon pipe bent so it will
be about two inches above the
bottom of the tank so it will not
gather the settings from the
bottom. The pipe is then laid on
the ground to the lower tank.
Then an elbow or crook up to the
top of the tank. By this way
you avoid getting air at the low
er end of your pipe. Then raise
the lower end Of the pipe up till
on a level with the upper end.
1t will then work perfectly at all
times. Avoid stirring the raw
juice. This is what is called the
settling process.
Divide your pan into three equal
parts by having two gates instead
of one. Have the gates on the
side next to you. Next fill your
pan and proceed to business,
Keep the finishing end as shallow
as you can without burning,
Right here you must be master
of the situation. Do everything
yourself. Don't have anyone
making suggestions, or botherinq
around. Let them grind cane
cut wood or measure molases
By doing all the work around the
pan you know just when to dc
everything when needed.
Keep all scum off soon as il
raises. Throw away all impdri'
ties, no matter how bad you
might like to save it. Be extra
clean. Have plenty wash water
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25
Notice Of Dissolution.


This is to notify all persons
who may be concerned that on
Sept. 18th, 1917, the partnership
of Mathis & Taulbee, composed
of Evert Mathis and G. G. Taul-
bee, was dissolved, and the part
nership business settled in so far
as same could be settled. The
business is continued by Evert
Mathis, individually.
This Sept. 18th, 1917.
EvERT MATHIS.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25
In The Editors Mail.

U. S. N. Training Sta.
Charleston, S. G.
Oct. 10, 1917.
Mr.. H. G.. cottle,
West Liberty, KY. ="
Dear Sir:
AS | have been transferred
from the training station at Nor
folk to the swamps of South Car
olina, you may send my paper to
to the above address, for the
home paper is sure received and
read with eager eyes for the news
and happenings of the friends
left behind. But, Of course, you
mustn't speak to any one about
the malarial swamps here or the
real estate men might mob me
Wnen get In town again.
This is fine camp, after all,
40 degrees above being winter
weather. Another thing, it is g
news station even though it is ar
old navy yard.
| have just been discharged
from the hospital where | was
with mumps, and | want to say
that Uncle Sam sure is on the
lookout for his boys welfare.
With,greetings to the Morgan
county boys, and, yes, the girls
too (sailors all admire the girls)
| am as ever, yours,
BANFoRD MANNING.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

We are authorized to announce
SHERMAN LEWIS,
of West Liberty, as an independent candi-
date for Sheriff of Morgan county, subject
to the action of the voters at the Novem-
Der election, 1917.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

Dingus, KY, 10-15-17.
Mr.. H. G. Cottle,
West Liberty, KY.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find $1.OO for which
send the Courier to my brother
Clayton, who is in the service of
the U. S. army, stationed at
Camp Taylor in the l24, Co. 31st
Bn, 159 Dept. Brig.
Let's every one who has a
brother or relative in the army
show our appreciation of their
services for liberty by sending
them our home paper, if nothing
more. Yours truly,
A. f. BLEvINS.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

Wrigley, KY, Oct. l, 2917.
Mr. H. c. Cottle,
West Liberty, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will find check
for $1.00 for which please extend
my subscription to your paper
another year.
Yours very truly, 81
j. GULLETT.
Melvin, ILL.,, Oct. s. 1917.
Mr.. H. G. Cottle:
Please send me the Licking
Valleg g6Nurier for three months
as my subscription has expired.
You will find enclosed 25 cents
for payment.
Yours respectfully,
LEONARD PEYToN.
Thurmond, w. Va, 9-30-17
Dear Gardner:
Please forward my paper to
Caperton, w. Va, until further
, advised. With kind personal re-
CARDS. | am
, - Yours very truly,
d. T. NICKELL.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

Manbar, W. Va, Oct. 16, IT.
Mr.. H. G. Cottle,
West Liberty, KY.
Dear Sir:
received the Courier with the
blue X and failed to get any pa
per last week, so am enclosing
check for $1,00 tie extend my
subscription. There is a slight
mistake for my subscription is
paid for until Oct. 81 or Nov. l.
Hoping to get the Courier soon
| am Respectfully yours,
LULA ROWLAND.
blue Diamond, KY, Oct. Z, 1917.
Editor Courier,
West Liberty, KY.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find check for $1.C0
for which please send me the
Courier:
With best wishes for the sue
cess of the Courier and its read
ers, | am Very truly yours,
+. M. CARTER.
Ardmore, Okla, Oct. 8. 1917.
Mr.. H, G. Cottle:
Enclosed find check for which
please send me the Licking Val
ley Courier. Please send this
weeks issue. Respectfully
MRS. H. H. BROWN.
Mansfield, ILL.,, Oct. /, 1917.
Mr.. H, G. Cottle,
! Dear Sir:
Inclosed find draft for 81. 90 for
renewal of subscription to the
Courier. With love and best
wishes to all.
MRS. WARREN WELLS.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

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Obituaries (cash to accompany Or
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ers, etc., ) cents per line per insertion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
FOUND GEM AFTER 80 YEARS
Diamond is Discovered in Toe of Old
Shoe Buried in the Back
Yard.

A diamond lost more than thirty
years ago in her former homestead In
Harwichport, Mass, was recently
found In the toe of an old shoe buried
in the yard, and returned to its owner,
Mrs. William f. Wilson of Brockton,
says a dispatch from that city to the
Boston Post. The stone is today worth
twice as much as it was at the time 1t
disappeared, being now valued at 5000.
When Mrs. Wilson lost the diamond
all search was unavailing and she gave
up hope of recovering 1t. She moved
from Harwichport to Brockton and
forgot about the diamond. Robert
Nash, who now occupies the home
stead formerly owned by Mrs. Wilson,
found In the garden an old shoe. In 1t
he found the diamond, whose loss had
been a mystery for more than gem
GRAFTON. He at once thought of the
former occupants of the house and
communicated with Mrs. Wilson, who
identified the gem.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
BORROWING JEWELRY.

You may think girls don't crave bor-
rowed finery. Oh! but they do. The
rings of her friends always look pref
tier to her then her own do. Crave
them? OF course she does. Youths
and maidens seem to have penchant
for wearing each others rings awhile.
1t seems innocent enough, yet much
mischief may result from it. A youth
wearing his mothers or sisters ring
may loan it to girl for while,
though she may have none to loan him
in exchange. If she becomes intense
ly enamored with it, it often seems an
act of cruelty to insist upon her re-
turning it this year, next year, perhaps
never. Then, again, there is such a
possibility as losing ring which is val
ued by a young man as keepsake.
Its loss cannot be replaced.
Hard feelings spring up which can
not be outlived in a lifetime. This, al
so holds good among girl friends.
When they loan each other their val
ued trinkets it should always be with
the understanding that If damage or
loss is the result no blame will be at
tached. All girls are not careful of
their own jewelry. How can they ex-
pect to be with the belongings of an
other? One girl may be more than
careful of her pretty jeweled ring,
treating 1t with the utmost loving care.
The friend she loans it to would think
nothing of plunging her hand with it
on in cold cream jar or trying to cut
an initial in a window pane to see if
the stone is a real diamond or thought
lessly pull ii off with her glove. The
bracelet watch which some girls are
eager to borrow from friends who are
lucky enough to have them, usually
comes In for its share of mishaps. The
clasp may become loose, the watch fall
to the floor and away goes the main
spring.
Girls do not mean to be careless with
the belongings of another, but usual.
ly some unexpected mishap befalls the
borrowed article. This causes a rift
in friendships lutte.
Parents of girls should impress upon
them that they should be too proud to
borrow jewelry, even though they have
none of their own, and too wise to lend
it. It's foolish custom at the best
The girl who is jewelfy borrower is
ofttimes the terror Of her friends. Her
visits keep them n constant fear
They are reticent about DOMINIC their
pretty things when she is around. She
may not know it. but her companions
| are 10th to invite her to affairs II
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

l.. S. Black and S. L. White went
to the Houlton (Me) fair together,
and on the ground they were Joined by
J. A. Browne and Benjamin Greene.
The king and queen of Roumanla
have six children-two sons and four
daughters. The heir to the throne.
Prince Carol was twenty-three in oc-
tober.
A castor OIL factory has opened in
Carmen, Colombia. and its first ship
meat of 10000 pounds was bought by
an American drug house. India for
merly supplied this medicine.
In a new form Of electric fan YER
teal blades draw In the air from be-
meath and distribute it equally In all
horizontal directions.
Spain is studying its large deposits
of peat. with a view to utilizing the
material for the production Of both
gas and electricity.
A Philadelphia market gardener is
the inventor of a r4achine to wrap
rhubarb in heayv paper, TO save the
cost of shipping boxes.
Sweden is having Is alum shale de-
posts investigated by experts, in the
hope of obtaining Illuminating oil, sui
phur and other products.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
GATHERED FACTS

The output of the bureau Of fisheries
In stocking the waters of this country
amounted TO more than 4000.0O0O00
specimens last year.
Numerous economies are asserted Cor
new automobile that can be run BY
gasoline or electricity. or combina-
ton of the two.
The percentage of illiteracy in this
country. taking the whole country to-
getAer, is about 10 per cent. 1t is stead
lily decreasing.
To give sailing craft auxiliary power
IN EngliShman has patented an inter
nal combustion engine to be carried on
deck and drive propellers lowered over
the sides when needed.
German experimenters have perfect
ed combined mechanical and chem
tcal process for opening plum, cherry
and other fruit stones and extracting
the oil contained In their kernels.
Five thousand japanese emisraats
are to be sent 10 Brazil each year over
the new steamship line. In their new
home the japanese will be employed
In the cultivation OF rice, beans, pota-
toes. onions and coffee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
MAN WHO is TOO SWEET.

* soft-spoken. overpolite man Is
sure to appeal to the general run or
women. There is fiattery in his gaze.
He has way of clasping woman 5
hand, lingeringly. that stirs the blood
in her veins and brings the color 10
her cheeks, giving her tactitly TO I'M
derstand that she possesses more in
teceSt for him than any other woman
in the world. Every sentence he whls-
pers in her ear contains covert mean
ingS. For time this pleases woman
kind. Gradually, however. it becomes
an old story. Instead of continuing TO
admire the overpolite man she becomes
conscious after while that he is ac-
tually silly. He lacks the manliness
of other men. In fact she concludes
that he's altogether too sweet TO be
wholesome.
Even the most polite men never
carry pollteness to the point of maxi
ing themselves ludicrous. A young
woman told me this story of the incl
dent which helped her to choose nus
band from between two ardent lovers,
each of whom would not take no for
an answer. She had been entertain
ing both in the parlor one winter eve
ming. One was a sweet, suave young
man, who never forgot the habit OF
smiling. The othe- was plain young
business man. with no frills about him.
At a lull in the conversation she was
heartily glad to hear her little broth
ers voice pipe out in the hall, open
the door, Nell, l want to come in"
Both men sprang to their feet. The
overgracious lover stepped to her side,
murmuring softly, MAY l not have the
pleasure of performing the service OF
opening the door for this tiny. lily
white hand?" In the meantime, the
other young man had strobe to the
door, flying 1t open, and caught the
youngster in his arms, hosting him to
his shoulder, bearing him triumphantly
to his sister and depositing him in her
lap. The difference between the two
men struck her forcibly. She mar
ried the man who jumped to accom-
plish things without ado.
Graciousness and sweet words are
all very well In courtship's beginning.
But they have a fashion of wearing
away like goldplate, usually disclos-
ing brass beneath the polish. The
overpolite lover seldom makes the
kindest or most considerate husband.
The bluff, outspoken man is more
often than not a diamond in the
rough. He doesn't make so much pre-
tentions as to the tenderness of his
love. He believes a woman should
take that for granted. With him, it is
his deeds that count, not soft prom
Uses. The soft-spoken genius does not
take very well or get far with men.
He is of the class that makes dupes of
women. The man who is natural is
genuine to his hearts core. He who
is unnatural comes down to his regu-
lar gait all in good time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Each in His Little Cot.

The scene was the clubroOm;
hour advanced. Serious, glO0
cheerful. elated were the ear
faces Of the takers by turn, aS
arguments for and against came 0
and fast.
And the subject under debate
Fish Sleep?" That was all; bu
was sufficient to keep them at II
a late hour of the night, while pau
~ waited their respective wives
home.
SO fiercely waged the controV
that it burnt itself away. There q
a lull; most of the debaters wereE
ed right out.
It was then that the cheerful u
who had played the listeners
Clipped In. Rising from his 70
armchair, where he had lain U
served, he stretched, yawned,
spoke: d,
Gentlemen, the hour Is late; J.
one, must HE me to my cot DO.
sleep? / do not know. But, II
don't why river-beds?'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
"CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BONH.
No sick headache, sour StOmat
'biliousneSS or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

Turn the raScals out-the headaS
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, Il
stomach and foul gases-tum ii
out tonight and keep them out u
CaScarets.
Millions of men and women tab
Cascaret now and then and N
know the misery caused by h
liver, clogged bowels or an upset sl
ach.
Don't put In another day of dlSts
Let Cascarets cleanse your StOms.
remove the sour fermentlng IA
take the excess bile from your b
and carry out all the cOnstiF.
waste matter and poison In
bowels. Then you will feel great
A Cascaret tonight straightenS
out by morning. They work wi
you sleep. A 10-cent box fl
any drug store means a clear Id
sweet stomach and clean, healthy u
and bowel action for months O
dren love Cascarets because b
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

White orchids or white roses are next
best choice. The brides gown is of
white silk. She must have a beautiful
complexion to wear lustrous, white
satin. Nothing brings out all facial
blemishes so relentlesSly. The tulle
veil should be worn over the face be-
fore the ceremony and thrown back af-
terward. This is the only correct rule.
not withstandiag deyiations from it.
The bridegroom at an evening we'd
ding wears evening clothes. At an af-
ternoon one, he wears, trousers of in
conspicuous pattern, but not black, a
black frock coat and waistcoat, white
four-in-hand necktie, pearl-gray gloves
and boutonniere.
The wedding party, WITH the excep-
ton of the bridegroom and his best
man, assemblies in the vestibule at the
entrance to the church. Bridegroom
and best man advance from a room off
the chancel to the altar, awaiting there
the coming of the bride. Ushers, two
by two, walk first, followed by the
bridesmaids two by two, the maid of
honor walking alone behind the brides
maids and in front of the bride. The
bride leaning on the arm of her father,
or whoever is to give her away, brings
up the rear. When the party reaches the
lower step of the altar, 1t halts, the
bridegroom steps forward and leads
the bride by the hand to her place.
Ushers file to the left, the brides
maids to the right. The best man, the
maid of honor and the father stand
slightly to the rear. The maid of hon
or holds the BRIDES bouquet. The best
man produces the ring at the critical
moment. The maid of honor arranges
the brides veil at the altar. Instead
of removing the glove at the altar, a
slit should have been made in the third
finger of the glove for the left hand to
enable it to be turned aside that the
wedding ring can be slipped on the
finger. The maid of honor adjusts. the
iinger of the glove, handing the bride
the bouquet. The procession is re-
versed in leaving the church, the bride
and bridegroom leading, the maid of
honor next, the bridesmaids following,
the best man with the brides father
coming after and the ushers last. The
brides family pay all expenses of the
wedding except the clergyman's fee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

An extremely hard artificial wood
of German invention is made of saw
dust and chloride Of magnesium.
South Carolina has a new law de-
signed to make II easy for tenant
farmers 10 become proprietors.
The profits of six principal meat
companies of Argentina in 1915 were
reported at S9.0ooO00 United States
currency.
The boundaries of arid and semi
arid United States roughly include
two-fifths of our continental area. ex-
elusive of Alaska.
Investigators have found that cleo
tricity applied 10 soil that has been
dampened with salt water viii de-
stroy insects without injury TO grow
Ing crops.
The engineering workshops through
out the Union OF South Africa are
equipped with machine tools AID appli-
ances utilizing about $4,000 brake
horse power.
John Erdley OF Manhattan. Kan. is
paying his way through the State Az
ricultural college by the efforts OF
his three COWS: In return for their
milk he receives board and lodging.
besides earning spending money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
MUCH IN LITTLE

Vegetable silk, which. like silk cot
ton. is valuable only for stuffing. is
made from the seeds Of q Brazilian
tree.
An airplauc with seven planes ar
ranged in selniclrcles is claimed by
It's French inventor TO be perfectly
stable.
ST. Louis is said to receive more
tSw furS direct from trapperS and
Graders than does any other market in
the world.
In new electrical toy a tiny hui
man figure dances in response TO tunes
whistied or sung into telephone re-
ceIver
Three pairs of twins recently en-
listed in the United States army at
San Francisco. CAL. recruiting station
IN one day
In 4 welding process of German in
yention magnesium is employed to de-
post all Of the molten metal on the
desired place.
Il Is estimated that - per cent OF
halibat and frons - to 80 per cent
If salmon is Included in the entrails.
head, tai el<.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

In Detroit a record has been made
OF 100 cases. 81 boys and 80 girls. who
were backward pupils. Five years af-
ter leaving school it was found that 13
of the boys and four Of the girls had
been arrested at least once.
Stephen Loveioy. who has been a
blacksmith in Auburn, Me-. since 1875,
is believed to hold the record for speed
In shoeing horses. He has shod three
horses in 81 minutes-one in 20. one in
nine and one In eight. Half an hour
is regarded as quick time to shoe one
horse by most blacksmiths.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

one has pretty wrap and the other
fetching Tam-o' Shanter cap, a scarf
or huff, they are certain she will
want TO borrow while they are new
and fresh. getting the best wear out
of them. She has to be appealed to
many times ere she reluctantly re-
turns them to their owners.
The borrower has no wrongful In
tent. She simply contracts the habit,
and it spreads from finger ring TO
anything and everything that is port
able. There are girls who actually
borrow another girls home to hold a
dance in. Don't lend such girl your
beau unless you don't care whether or
not she keep him for all time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Couidnf Remember.

Before we were married So
Angelina, "did you not always Cau
your little drop of cream"
"Wen, you know" answered
old, "cream turns sour If you h -
long enough. / was a fool when y
ried you"
"And didn't you tell me you
plenty of money behind your "
Angelina.
"That was correct. / lived ID y y
Of a bank" the willy Harold fep.
And you never take me out =
said the wee wife. =.
"Not since you took me ill.,
Harold's cold rejoinder. ! Wv.
enjoy single life, but now I'm I In =
cradle don't know myself unla
in my empty pockets; then 10
to remember who am"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Odd Name Oddly Won.

The inn known as the "Same Yet,
at Prestwich, has. a curious history
which Mr.. lakewood relates: 1.-THE
house originally bore the Seven Stars.
Many years ago it became necessary to
have it's faded sign reprinted. When
the painter asked the landlord what
he was to put on the board he received
the answer, The same yet And the
man took him at his word. "-London
News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
A Wasted Life.

"What do you think of Mr.. Gasserby,
sixty-five years of age, starting to take
dancing lessons"
"Poor old fellowr' sighed the tango
fiend.
pathetic, isn't it,"
'Yes. Consider all the years he has
lived without knowing how to dance ="
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
A Student of Human Natu,

did you see the bosST
"No," replied the messenger; On
saw a Teller that's tendin Office
him."
"How do you know he wasn't
DO. p"
"No real boss would take cha,
on bein' as fresh as that guy wos'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Peanut Cultivation,

The peanut, or ground nut, although
grown in places all over India as gar
den and even an occasional field crop,
is produced on a commercial scale only
in the Madras and Bombay presiden-
cies, in Burma, and that part Of French
India (Pondicherry) that adjoins
Madras.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

New England farmer. replying to a
comment on the amount OF money nc
was spending to pllt his son through
college. said: Yes. II does take lot
OF money. but I'd rather leave my
money In my boy than 10 him. =
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

event that can oc-
cur in a wonlan'S
life. From the
hour the wedding
day is set, anxiety
ce t ers around
the correct way to
conduct the cere-
mony. All women
adore and dream
of a church we'd
ding. Wednesday
is the best day.
High noon or four
In the afternoon,
the best hour.
The brides bOu-
quet should be
white. Oran 6 e
blossoms are not
oIx,,or., nhkoinoh1o
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Piles Dissolved In Ten Mimi,

Mild, safe treatment. No pain q,
ger; positive relief assured in al! case,
cept cancer) no matter how many \,
salves, ointments or doctors have ~
Particulars free in plain, sealed envsI.
Just clip this out and mail 70 DR. y
Riley, 429 NJ. & M. Bank Bldg, I'M,
kee Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
crowdinq out.

Overcoming evil with good is the
only way 10 overcome it at all. In
our own hearts and lives. and in the
world around US. the only way TO
get rid of what is faulty, is to sup
plant It with something better. The
rad habit. the bad custom. the bad
Influence must be crowded out by one
that is good.