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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
Postum Dick

Or. again. take Possum Dick, the an
Gent and mysterious negro hunter,
who lives in the neighborho0d of Clin-
ton. S. c. OF Possum Dicks achieve
ments in other lines I know nothing,
but that he is wise in the lore of men
and animals I know, for have hunt
ed with him.
How old he Is cannot say, but he
Is bent and leathery and scanned, and
as he shuffles along, with his old staff
In one hand. the other-a vast, strange,
horny hand it is-hangs almost to his
knee. His ragged, faded coat is pinned
with safety pins, and his trousers are
mended with twigs; his little beard is
gray and woody, his eyes are
large, sad, thoughtful, and sometimes
there comes into them, when he is
amused, the flicker of q smile-but
that is all.
GLOW do you find your way when
It's dark like this?" you ask as you
plod behind Dicks swinging lantern.
ION night lax dis" he answers. "Ah
hunts by de stahs. All jes' tax me
an objic' fob a stab, an set me dat
stab TO- t. guide me on ma GOOSE.
When de stahs amt out, den All hunts
by de wind. All has too'ch, an All
holds 1t up-sO-an' de smoke, dat
tell me wheh Ah'm agoin'. De to0'ch,
da's good too, TO- t. shine de possum's
eye"
"Shine his eye? How do you
mean?"
"Ah hol's ma light down benin me-
so-an' All looks up In de tree, an
possum, up in de tree, he see de light,
an he study it, an his eyes dey shines
1t back. So den, if All dom 'tickally
want t. ketch him live, All shoots him
VIII dat OIL gun O. mine. If it's possum
up de tree, he give you bofe eyes, but
II It's coon he mos gen'ally shet one
eye an put his paw oyeh it, like he
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15


10 go begging at the homes Of the
well-tordo and the rich. This custom
was called "going a gooding" or Ego.
Ing corning" and was usually &C.
companied by general merrymakine
and the singing of songs suited to the
occasion. In some remote parts of
England poor families are still permit.
ted to make the rounds in quest of
aims on st. Thomas Day, but it has
now become deadly serious business,
and not the gay affair Of former times
when youngsters went about singing
Wassail. wassail, through the town, II
you've got any apples throw them
down:
Up with the stocking, down with the shoe
II you've got no apples money will
The Jug is white and the ale is brown
this is the best house in town.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
chartina the ARMY. Feet.

To layman, the records Of the in.
spections Of the feet of the various
militia regiments stationed on the
border last summer are astonishing
For example, take the specific case OF
the Sixteenth Pennsylvania infantry.
Out of 1,0S7 men inspected only 29c
with sound feet were found. Four hun.
dred and seventy-six men were wearing
shoes from one to two complete sizes
too small. The Sixteenth Pennsylva.
mia sported $50 corns, 762 ingrowine
nails, 613 bunions, to say nothing OF
such esoteric maladies as "exostoses,'
'.pronation" and "hallux valgus," OF
which latter misery there were SOC
well-developed cases. One wonders
how the Sixteenth Pennsylvania got
over the ground at all.-"The Feet OF
the Fighting Men," in the Worlds
Work.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
Silver Cleaned by Boiling It.

An easy and effective method q.
cleaning furnished silverware. by boil.
ing in q soda and salt solution in con.
tact with clean piece Of aluminium
or zinc, Is recommended to housewives
by the United States department of ag.
riculture. The necessary materials are
graniteware cooking uteEsil deep
enough to allow the silverware to be
covered by the solution; a clean piece
OF aluminium or zinc, preferably the
former; and baking or washing soda.
The solution, consisting of q teaspoon.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15

full of baking or washing soda and q
like amount Of table salt to each quart
of water, Is brought to a boil In a
graniteware or enameled utensil. A
sheet of aluminium or clean zinc is
dropped in. The furnished silverware
is then immersed in the solution so
that 1t Is in contact with the sheet of
aluminium or zinc. The tarnish should
disappear in a few seconds. The sill
yer object should then be removed
from the solution, rinsed, and dried
with q soft cloth.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
Contributed From All Countries.

From the southwestern United
States every year now there are sent
to market tons of dates. If it had moi
been for the bureau of plant industry
and its explorers, the date today would
not be an American product. Out OF
China have come cherries which took
gratefully to our soil and climate; from
the Altai mountains have come red
currants; from the Orient somewhere
has come the puckerless and seedless
persimmon, and from other places OF
the far-off have come fruits and vege.
tables of good garden and table serv.
ice, and shade trees for the comfort
Of men in sections of this country
where no shade tree of American origin
would take root.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15

the first nine months Of 1915 having
been $92.O77,OOO. Us compared with
$4S,S32.OO0, an increase of $43,245, 600
for the period. The increase is due In
part to increased quantities Of the raw
material. but also to much higher
prices paid by the people of the United
States and France, the latter country
still being heavy buyer, despite wal
conditions.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
N.Y. ss1f ;i;iN'iIi fe5aAt %!
ONE DOSE WILL CONVINCE

Gall Stones. Cancer ana Ulcers Of
the Stomach and Intestines. Auto
1ntoxiction, Yellow Jaundice, An
pendicitis and other fatal all
ments result from Stomach Trou-
BILE. Thousands of Stomach Sutf-
erers owe their complete recovery
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. I'm
like any other for Stomach ALL
ments. For sale by H. Miller &
Co., Druggists.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
why eIotters Are Scarce.

Did you get that stack of blotters
with the "ads" on the backs this year,
OF course you didn't. It's the "high
cost of blotters" now. Owing to the
decreased production and the in.
creased cost of paper stock, a Brook.
lyn paper and blotter concern predict.
ed that blotters this year were going
to be about as scarce as eggs.-Brook.
Ign Eagle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
A SUGGESTION,

"Sal, there ought to be some way
to make the game laws apply to WON.
ems shopping1"
"How do you mean1'
"There ought to be some closed 90,
con for this bargain huntins."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
QUAINT OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM
On st. Thomas Day Custom Allowed
Poor Children to Solicit Aims
From tho Rich.

In former times there were many
quaint customs connected with st
Thomas day, the twenty-first Of De.
cember, but most Of these have now
died out. In "Merrie England" the
children and young people Of the hum.
bier classes were licensed BY custom
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-15
The Logic Of Il.

The Logic Of Il.
"What class of the population dc
you suppose would make the best sub.
marine crews?"
well, the logical conclusion points
- the submerged tenth"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
PARTY LINES SHOULD BE ELIMINATED SAYS
 BRIDGEPORT'S MAYOR

At the banquet of the Bridgeport Fire Underwriters association last night, Mayor Clifford B. Wilson out lined some of the policies he intend ed to write for Bridgeport citizens. When the changes are accom- plished. in the health department" he said, which I believe will soon be inaugurated, Bridgeport will have one of the most up-to-date depart ments seen in any city in this coun- try
 Confirming the statement that the Bridgeport fire department is now 60 per cent. motorized, the mayor said that next year the department will be entirely motorized"
 Experience has shown that the mo- tor-drawn vehicle is more highly eff ficient and has proved it's worth in speed and in economy of up-keep, the mayor told the fire-underwriters present. He said that the matter was. now upsto the board of appor- tionment and that he had assurance the requests of the fire department would be granted.
 Party lines should be eliminated in city government" said the mayor, because all the people are interest ed in their city-to make it the fore- most city,
 Tn state and natiorAel matters he thought that party policies might be retained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

Andre Radovitch, Premier of Mon tenegro, resigned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
No Black on Nature's Palette,

Nature uses no black in my part of her work. will not except the Hack berry and the 90 called black pansy. On . bright, clear day shadows on the snow are pale ultramarine blue; under . blue sky in midsummer the color of the placid lake h cobalt blue and the shadows on the grass srs lflac; on . weathered gray board walk they arc nearly n hlue as the sky. itself. The pa1pitating atmosphere of . warm July day lifts the color1ng of the landscape to . higher but softer key instead of reducing it with gray, and in the au- tumn. when the sugar naples leaves are turned to gold> the shadows on tho trunk and every gray rock in the vicinity are tinged with strong lilac
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
Pills to Prevent Earthquakes.

"I remember" says Addison in the two hundred and fortieth Tatler. when our whole island was shaken with an earthquake some years ago there was an impudent mountebank who sold pills which, as he told the country people, were very good against an earthquake.' "-London Sat urday Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
DISCUSS DISTRIBUTION
 OF FOOD IN RUMANIA

London, Jan. 19-Premier Clam Martinic of Austria and Gen. Hofer, head of the Austrian war feeding department, have had a conference on the food problem with German Imperial Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg, Foreign Secretary Zimmer- man and Adolf Batocki, German food controller, according to a Hague dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Go. The conference was mainly con- cerned with economic questions, in- cluding the distribution of the food captured in Rumania. It is under stood, however, that peace and Ga lician questions were discussed eX- haustive1y. The German press, ac- cording to the dispatch, treated the conference with marked coolness.
 Andre Radovitch, Premier of Mon tenegrO resigned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
WOULD MOBILIZE ALL
 SWITZERLAND FORCES

Paris, Jan. 19-Gen. UIlrich Wille commander of the Swiss army, wants to mobilize all SwitZerlands military forces, according to a Berne dispatch to the Petit Parisiene. The federal council is said to regard such a measure as excessive and to have de cided to mobilize only the Second and Fifth divisions, but it is thought not impossible that further units will be called to the cOlors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
Head Work.

Maria, you'll never be able to drive that nail with a fatiron. For heav- en's sake, use your head!" admonished MT. Stubbins.
 And then he wondered why she would. not speak to him the rest of the day Puck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
Useful Attachment.

"1 wonder how that rough looking fellow with his terrible language keeps his place in a ladies' hairdressing par lorY'
 T think it is because the patrons of the place heard his talk made ones hair cur1."-Baltimore American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

Hone of our Tycos barome~ ters would have told him 1t was going to rain fThen he could have kept out of 1t
 Tour home barometers are absolutely accurate and dependable fMade by the Taylor Instru- lnent company, world famous manufacturers of scientific measuring in struments 1.-The cost is small and the value is great Thermometers of all kinds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

In fine. when the sun shines every thing, even the shadow, which we are prone to believe is gray, is replete with color.-F. Schuyler Mathews.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
Not Tender,

No, Maude, dear; we very much doubt that you could hurt cana1boat by treading on It's tows.-Phi1adelphia Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
Nitro Blast Kills Two;
Two Others May Die

Warren, Pa, Aug. 16.-A trickle Of
nitroglycerin left in an emptied can
killed two and injured others, two Of
them probably fatally, and broke win
dows in different parts of the city
when 1t exploded yesterday. The can
was kicked over by driller just
before an oil we'll was to be shot.
The dead are John Allen, seventy
years old. Bartlesville. Okla, and
Daniel Dilliker. thirty -eight years
old. a driller of this city.
The two who probably will die are
John Peterson, hotel proprietor. and
Samuel Stroud, a shooter of Claren-
don, while Edward Branch and Lew
Branch. of this city, are badly injured.
Charles Ehrhardt, a driller who es-
capped, told the story OF the accident.
He was twenty feet away when the
empty can let go.
Two gallons of nitroglycerin had
just been placed in a shell and care
fully lowered into the oilwell, which
is on the southern outskirts of the
city. Sam Stroud, an oilwell shooter
of forty years experience. was in
charge of the job and he placed the
empty can to one side while he low
cred the first eight quarts of the
100 that were to go into the hole. Dan
Dilliker, another driller. was watch
ing the operation.
Standing on a board, he lost his
balance and. n regaining 1t, kicked
over the can.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
BUSY DAYS AT
MT. OLIVET CAMP
Harrisburgers Take Promi-
nent Part in Services at
Religious Gathering &

Mt. Olivet Camp. Dillsburg. Pa,
Aug. 16.-Prayer and praise meeting
yesterday morning at Mt. Olivet
campmeeting was in charge of Miss
Ida Kast, of Mechanicsburg. After
the Scripture reading a number OF
voluntary testimonials were given by
those in attendance. At 1890 the Rev.
j. NJ. Worden, of Harrisburg, gave q
Bible reading which was much ap-
preciated. The Rev. and Mrs. ]. E.
Brenneman, of Camp Hill. sang a duet.
At 1.30 o'clock junior meeting was
in charge of Ross Devine, of Harris
burg, who had arranged a fine pro-
gram of music and addresses. A spe-
cial duet was sung by the Misses Jen-
ME Kaufman and Margaret McCurdy,
entitled II Want to See Jesus; Don't
Your" Miss Emily Edwards, Junior
superintendent of Dauphin county, de-
livered an interesting address to the
children. The Rev. Garlnan. of Har-
risburg, preached the afternoon SER
mon. The c. Z. services were con-
Quoted by Miss Ida Kinsley. with the
subject. Spreading Good News" A
song service preceded the reading of
the Scripture, solo by the Rev. S. A.
Farven, of Brisbin, and duet enti-
tied Lord. 1 Am Wiling" by r. L.
Bender and Martha NJ. Bender. At
7.30 the Rev. DR.. Bell, Methodist Epis-
copal pastor of Mechanicsburg, deliv-
cred a sermon
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
FIGHT ABOUT PIGS
AT GETTYSBURG
State Board of Health and
Borough Council Hitch on
Sanitary Questions

Gettysburg, Pa, Aug. 16. - The
poor pigs being raised in the borough
to help the families tighten their ex-
penses in the time of the present
high prices are now holding the GEN.
ter of the stage. The authorities of
the State Department of Health have
been trying to force the borough
council to legislate against the pigs
and pig pens, but this the council
has refused to do up to date. Upon
the failure of the council to act, the
local board of health issued an or
der that all pigs would have to be re-
moved from the borough limits and
the pens cleaned and put in q prop
er state of sanitation. A time limit
jim which the order must be COM
piled with was given.
About $50 citizens of the town who
are pig raisers then had their inning
and an Indignation meeting was held
in the courthouse to protest against
the action of the board of health
and to prevent, if possible, the re-
moval of the animals. Many of the
owners have removed their pigs to
places outside the borough limits, but
some have not. At the meeting or
the owners a fund was raised and
attorneys retained to represent their
side of the case. 1t is likely the mat
ter will be carried into the courts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
ENGINEERS TO
LEAVE GRETNA
Will Prepare Southern Camp
For Coming of State
Guardsmen

Mount Gretna, Pa, Aug. 16. - Two
companies of the engineer regiment
in camp here leave this evening un-
der order to report at Camp Han
cock, Augusta, Ca, where they will
prepare camp for the coming of the
Pennsylvania military division. Lieu
tenant Colonel Frederick A. Snyder
commanding the engineers unit, on
receipt of orders from Major General
Charles NJ. Clement, division com
mander at Sunbury, has ordered Com
pany A, Scranton. Captain Harry A.
Collie, and Company C. Pottsville,
Captain e. Edward Gangloff, to pre-
and designated Major ]. H. NJ. An
drews, of Philadelphia, as commander
of the battalion.
Company B, Philadelphia which has
been at Admiral, Md, for some weeks
employed in getting the camp there
in shape for Pennsylvania draft
army, is to complete the battalion
unless the War Department finally
decides to continue the Philadelphia
require the assignment of one of the
three other engineers companies in
camp here.
Present plans call for the depart
ure or two companies of engineers
from this camp this evening, the
trip south being made by special
train of Pullman cars. On receipt of
orders and with the permission of
his regimental commander, Captain
Gangloff. of the Pottsville Company
granted to his men leave of absence
until this morning, in order to pay a
Tying visit home for final farewell
10 their Families and friends.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
Suburban Notes
WILLIAMSTOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brown and
children, of philadelphia, are guests
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Brown.
Miss Edna Kessler, of Harrisburg,
is spending a short vacation with her
mother, Mrs. Hannah Kessler.
Albert Becker, of Philadelphia,
spent a short time at the home of
James Bottomley.
Mrs. Edward Hartman, of Steel
ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Annie
Zimmerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Peiffer spent
several days as guests of relatives at
Harrisburg.
Mrs. Harry Miller spent wednes-
day with her mother at Tower City.
Mrs. Charles Neidlinger has re-
Pottsville.
Miss Eleanore Weidell left for
Camden, N. j., wehere she will spend
some time.
Misses Margaret and Eleanore
Walkinshaw and Guiden and Mark
Walkinshaw autoed to Harrisburg on
Wednesday.
Miss Mabel Mace is spending sew
eral days at Pottsville.
Mrs. Roy Blaming and daughters,
Ruth and Ellen, were Wednesday
guests of her mother at Lykens.
Mrs. Roy Long and Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward McCurty left for Philadel-
phia Monday.
Mrs. Harrison Watkins, Mrs.
Charles Nash and Mrs. Henry Stin-
ner and children attended a picnic
at Maple Grove, Millersburg, on
Thursday.
]. Ralph Harner has returned
from Atlantic City.
To q q MI n
his son at Millersburg.
Miss Katie Bordner is visiting rela-
tives at Berrysburg.
Miss Marie Kennedy, of town, and
Leo Shmick, of Lykens, were married
Tuesday morning in the Sacred
Heart church by the pastor, the Rev.
Father Clark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
IN THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY
II MEN ADDED
IN CUMBERLAND
Two Boards Work Rapidly
and Dispose of Many Men
Called For Examination

Carlisle, Pa, Aug. ia few more
men were added to the total of this
county for the new National Army
as the result of the tests yesterday.
Further examinations were held to-
day. Before any more men are
summoned for examination, decision
will be taken by the board on the
exemption claims filed in the hope
that from the number of these which
are not allowed enough men can be
secured to make UP the needed
quotas.
In District No. 2, six men were
secured yesterday and five in Dis
trict No. l passed and did not claim
exemption. Two of these set an ex-
ample for those who are trying to
evade service by claiming depen-
dency. Both are married with one
child, but neither put in a claim on
this ground, but stated their willing
ness to serve. One was Arthur N.
Young, of Mechanicsburg, and the
other Joseph M. e. Seitz, of Le-
moyne.
The following dispositions were
made:
Passed-Arthur N. Young. Mech
anicsburg; Joseph M. E. Seitz, Le-
moyne; Reno Simmons. Allen; Ar
thur u. Wright, EnOldI auWdiu -.
Smyser, Mechanicsburg, r. d. g..
Rejected-William c. Carl, New
Cumberland; Niles F. Weary, Car
Isle, R. d. 2; Edward S. Hoyer, New
Cumberland; Charles s. Wenger,
Grantham; Andrew H. Sibert, Mech
anicsburg, R. D. A; Earl e. Davis,
Camp Hill; George Bollinger, Le-
moyne.
Seek Exemption-Daniel Meyer.
Camp Hill. r. D. 2; Rufus I. Sher-
man, New Cumberland; Daniel P.
Ritter, Mechanicsburg, r. d. 6; AL
vim S. Meredith, Mechanicsburg;
Clarence E. Schriver, Wormleysburg;
Claude M. Williams, Mechanicsburg;
Arthur C. Zimmerman, New Cum
berland; Urin +. C. Bowman, Le-
moyne; Charles w. Witter, Lemoyne;
Paul Layton, Enola; Frank E. Lich-
tenberger, Lemoyne; John M. Bru-
baker, Mechanicsburg; Harry w.
Hair. Boiling Springs. r. D.; Clinton
F. Stone, Mechanicsburg; Harry f.
Seltzer. Enola; Sylvan II. Neidig,
West Fairview; William H. Ilgen-
fritz, Mechanicsburg; Percy w.
Flicker, Mechanicsburg, r. ID. q;
Clarence T. Shughart, Enola; Earl
F. Robinson, Mechanicsburg Harold
C. Bishop, Carlisle, R. d. 4; Charles
H. Weaver. Mechanicsburg, r. d. l;
Harry c. Wheeler, Enola.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
Hoffman Family Reunion
at Halifax on Saturday

Halifax, Pa, Aug. 16.-On Satur-
day the annual reunion of the Hoff-
man family will be held at Buffalo
Park here. Miss Wanna Wreiter, of
Shabbona, ILL.,, will make the prin-
cipal address.
The officers of the association are:
President, w. H. G. Hoffman, of
Harrisburg; presidents f. p.
Litzel, of Elizabethville; Emanuel
Hoffman, of Gratz; j. C. Hoffman,
Lykens; P. A. Hoffman. Muir; ia
cob Hoffman, Herndon; n. S. Manley
and c. ]. Hoffman, Harrisburg; A
II. Hoffman, Enterline; H. l.. Hotf-
man, Enola; ]. P. Hoffman, Oberlin /;
q. L. Hoffman, Carlisle; G. M. Hoff-
man, Shamokin; James M. Woland,
Halifax, r. d. No. 1; T. ]. Hoffman,
Enders; secretary, s.. B. Hoffman,
Halifax. r. d. No. 1; treasurer, Jas.
M. Hoffman, Halifax; organist, Miss
Jessie Lebo, Allentown; assistant,
Frank Manley, Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-16
COLUMBIA NEEDS
200 NEW HOMES
Merchants and Manufacture
ers' Association Appoints
Committee on Problem

Columbia, Pa, Aug. 16.-The hous-
ing problem is again engaging the
attention of the large manufacture
Ing concerns in Columbia and there
is a pressing need for more homes
A prominent iron manufacturer and
members of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association addressed a
meeting of the body Tuesday even
ing and urged action toward q solu-
ton of the problem. Acting on his
suggestion. President William II
Lucas and the executive committee
to confer on the matter and If pos
sible submit a plan to relieve the sit
uation. At least 200 new houses are
needed and If erected could be filled
within six months.