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The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

use the soap. This sewerage. will finally enter Bayou Meto which flows through Lonoke and Arkansas coun- ties before getting into a river.
 Mr H. Lea requests me to announce that he will not allow bird hunting on his land. He wishes to preserve the birds to eat boil weevil.
 Little Alfred Beall of R. 3 Jackson
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

Many of the big plantations have good herds of cattle. While I was on Slaughter's place they were rounding up bunch of 100 to ship. Nearly all have fine punches of hogs, too. Yet they could all easily raise twice as many hogs and cattle as they have been raising.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

Everybody is invited to and most people in America will celebrate my birthday this year. If you do not re- member the day, it is November the 29th, Thanksgiving day.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

vile had nineteen pennies in his pock- etbook. I told him that if he kept them it would result in the stores raising the prices on everything thai sold for less than five cents to a nickel, and then his brother added in that case pennies would not be good. so Alfred insisted that I give him sil- yer dimes for his pennies and take them to Little Rock and put them in circulation, which I did.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

I never Knew until this trip that rice was being raised ill Pulaski coun- ty. Jos. Schaer has 160 acres in rice and has already shipped five cars this season from Kerr. It brought over two dollars per bushel.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

s. A. Mathews, R. F. D. 1, Jackson vile, has agreed to kill enough ducks for his wife to make a featherbed One day recently he killed eighteen He is now in Arkansas county on a deer hunt.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

4
COLLECTED by Mrs. Charles L. Wood. J
To take the shine off of mems trou-
sers rub lightly with sand paper, Their
take dark bluing water, very hot and
rub up and down. Press and they look
just like new.
When window shades become soil.
ed and mussed lay the shade on the
floor and clean with gasoline. When
dry, iron with hot iron, and the
shade will look like new.
To rip seams sewed on the sewing
machine, rip about half an inch, then
pin one side of seam to rule and hold
the other side in left hand, and with
a razor blade or sharp knife finish
the ripping.
Ground cloves will drive ants away.
They leave as soon as they smell the
cloves.
A stove first wiped off with vinegar
and then polished will be brighter
and keep clean longer than if black
ing is applied directly to the dirty
iron.
To prevent irons from sticking rub
a little ivory soap over the iron. This
will make it smooth and prevent it
from sticking.
The rugs and carpets in the kitch-
en- may be made much cleaner by TAX
ing out the grease spots with a piece
of flannel and hot iron. Lay the
piece of flannel over the grease spots
and iron over it for few minutes.
When house dresses become too
small in arnlholes, rip out the sleeve,
cut armhole larger and rip front seam
of sleeve four or five inches. Cut a
wedge-shape piece of goods Ito
match the dress) and sew into the
ripped sleeves. Then put them back
into the dress. Often the piece cut
cut to enlarge the armhole can be
used to make the wedge for sleeve.
When shirring for frocks and blous-
es use wrapping cord instead of tape.
1t wears better, and is much neater
for this material.
An easy way to make casing to
run ribbon through is to make
wide cat-stitch on the edge of the
garment that is to be drawn up. An
other way is to crochet row of open
mesh like filet and sew it on. Both
hold well, and are inexpensive.
A warm knife should be used to
cut thin bread from a fresh loaf.
Place jug of boiling water and a
cloth by your side, and before cut
ting, dip the knife into the water,
wipe on the cloth, and, while it is
still hot, cut the bread. When the
knife is cool dip again into the hot
water. In this way fresh bread can
be cut as thinly and as easily as stale
bread.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
SOME TROUBLES OF THE
DOCTORS AND DENTISTS

Doctors and dentists are like the
poor in one respect at least: we have
them always with us.
Occasionally their pocket books re-
semble those of the poor also and we,
many ways besides not paying our
bills up to date. If the reader is at
all skeptical as to the truth of these
statements let him sit down for a
few minutes in a doctors or dentists
waiting room and listen to what is
to be heard.
In the doctors office: Phone rings.
Doctor answers "Wait thirty minutes
and I'll be there" Listens awhile.
No; Pm sorry the case is so urgent,
but l can't come for half an hour; /
have an appointment to be filled here
at the Office" Hangs up the receiver.
The patient doesn't come, and the one
at the other end of the phone is likely
dead or beyond help by the time the
doctor gets there.
Sometimes the patient comes late
and then the half hour the doctor
promised grows into an hour and then
he likely finds another doctor in charge
and himself dismissed.
In the dental parlor: "Yes," one
says, ~ should have been here at l
O'Clock Wednesday but | was invited
out to lunch and so put my dentists
appointment off and neglected to
notify him, l guess he's good and
mad" "That's nothin'," says Farm
err Jones, 81 wuz to have bin here at
2 o'clock same day you wuz, but l
got into boss trade and didn't show
up, guess he won't say nothin',
though" Another: "He put treat
ment in my tooth about six months
ago and the tooth quit hurting and
I've never been back until now, just
dreaded to have my teeth worked on,
you know"
Then these people get high when
they do happen to keep an appoint
ment and find another patient in the
chair. Sometimes there are no chance
patients to fill the vacant time left by
these delinquents and other patients
may have been put off last week just
because their names were on the list.
Then | suppose the doctors and the
dentists improve their time by tear
ing their hair and that's the reason
so many of them are bald-headed.
F. E. B.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
SHIP FISH 5000 MILES

Few of the Fasteners who help to
consume the vast supply of halibut
and salmon that is sold in the market
of the Atlantic coast cities are aware
that most of it has crossed the CONT
nent, says he youths Companion"
According to the Year Book of the
Department of Agriculture, it is not
the Atlantic, but the Pacific, that now
furnishes most of the salmon and the
halibut consumed in the United
States. For various reasons the At
lantic catches have diminished in re-
cent years to such an extent that the
supply from it would not be large
enough to meet the demand even of
the large coast cities alone.
The fisheries of Alaska now yield
annually products that are worth two
or three times the 100000 paid to
Russia in 1867 for the territory, and
the annual output of the Pacific sal
mon canneries is valued at 100000
900. Sixty million pounds of fresh
halibut alone were shipped East last
year. Refrigerator cars and artif-
cial freeZinug have made possible an
industry that now regularly supplies
even New England, the traditional
home of American fisheries. Fast
trains carry some times $4,000 pound
carloads of fresh salmon and halibut
from the Pacific to the Atlantic in
from five to seven days. Packed care
fully in ice, the fish are virtually as
fresh when they reach the table as
as those caught in Eastern waters.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
WHOLE TOWN ENLISTs

The very existence Of Marine, H.,
is threatened.
The town has been rocked by earth
cuakes, menaced by storms and i'm
periled by fire, but now comes a shock
that has made the women of the town
agree with Sherman
rs all because practically every
rlale, whether able-bodied Or not, plans
to enlist.
The "power of the press" is dead.
The only newspaper has lost it's en-
ployes, three brothers, by enlist
ment.
Answering the call for army sur
geons, Marine has contributed 100
per cent of its physicians. Fifty per
cent was thought to be fair enough,
but both doctors, being equally pa
triotic, have joined the colors.
The police force, he, also has joined,
with the fireman. Everyone from the
dog catcher to the tax collector ysarns
for the musket.
Final reports have it that woman
suffrage finally has become ascend
ant -Ranuhlic
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
MILK is PERFECT
FOOD. DOCTOR SAYS

! "All through our lives we are more
or less dependent on milk as food,
DR.. M. P. Ravenel of the department
of preventive medicine of the Univer-
sity of Missouri declares. "For chill
dren and invalids milk is indispens-
able, being perfect food in itself
and containing all the necessary ele-
ments of nutrition in addition to hav-
ing large amount of those vital
principles which we have come to rec
ognize under the name of vitamines.
when taken into the stomach, milk
coagulates within few minutes. The
curds increase in size for about two
hours in the stomach by fusion of a
number of curds. They then begin to
decrease by digestion, but are still
present after FIVE hours. Raw milk
forms a firm, large curd, whereas
boiled milk forms a soft, small curd.
Pasteurized milk, as might be expect
ed, comes between the two. AS far
as digestion goes, we may, therefore,
consider raw milk as solid food, and
boiled milk as semi-liquid food. Di-
luton of the milk with water lessons
the size of the curd, and makes it
flakier and more porous.
Butter milk and other similar pro-
ducts which have been coagulated be-
fore swallowing show little tendency
to form small curds. The formation
of the large curds can also be modi-
fled by diluting the milk by addition
of barley water or other starchy So
lutions, or by the addition of an al
kali We see, then, that the old idea
of mixing milk with lime water, bar
ley water, and other such product has
a sound reason at the bottom of it
lessening the size of the curd and max
ing it more digestible.
There is widespread belief that
adults should take milk slowly, drink
ing it in small sips in order to pre-
vent the formation of large curds in
the stomach. This has been shown
to be a fallacy. Milk taken slowly
forms larger curd than is formed
when swallowed rapidly. Some of
these ideas which have been in vogue
for many years have recently been
scientifically demonstrated by DR..
Brenneman of Chicago, who has been
able to carry out a long series of ex-
periments with raw milk, cooked milk
and milk made up in various dilutions
with other substances. Milk is such
an important part of the food of chill
dren and invalids that the facts
brought forward have a very high
practical value.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
BABY'S FIRST BATH
HAS A RIGHT WAY

"Most young mothers dread the
first baby's BATH" Miss Louise STAN
ley of the department of home eco
Monies of the University of Missouri
declares. "They are not used to hand
ling the youngsters and in some cases,
are fraid he will break if not handled
with care. The baby being handled
by unaccustomed hands usually sets
up howl and the result is much dis
comfort on both sides.
"This can be avoided if the mother
sets about the task in the right way
In the first place she must get every
thing at hand before starting. This
means a small tub of water at the
right temperature, and if the baby is
very young piece of Turkish towel
ing in the bottom of the tub; a mild
soap, a soft wash cloth, some soft
towels; oil and talcum for the cracks,
saturated boric acid to wash out the
eyes, and cotton and tooth picks to
cleanse the nose.
"If the tub is placed upon the table
of the right height the mother has a
very much firmer basis on which to
work than if she tried to hold the
squirming child in her lap. The baby
can be undressed lying on the table,
soapcd there, laid in the tub, washed
off, dried, the cracks creased, little
powder added and then special atten-
ton given to the eyes and nose. He
can be dressed while still on the ia
BILE, and the whole operation is COM
pleted before either mother or baby
realize it."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
DECREASING BIRTH
RATE IN ENGLAND

Apropos of the wide spread alarm
caused by the revelation that Eng
lands birth rate is the lowest in its
history, Father Bernard Vaughan, a
noted Jesuit, and pastor of one of the
most fashionable parishes in London,
delivered recently a stirring sermon.
81 see everywhere" he said, "on
the arteries of our mammoth metrop-
oils women befurred and bejeweled,
in the daintiest of footwear, which
you can see as far as ever it reach
es-and the most perfect hats. In fact
you would think that there was GER
tainly money to throw away, and if
you look little longer you will find
that there is pet dog which could
easily be replaced by two men in kha-
XII as far as money goes.
81 do not complain about these
things, but my country comes before
the dainty wants of frivolous class.
"The cradle is empty and the
church bench is empty, The church
bench is empty because the cradle is
empty. When / was lad the birth
rate was 37.40; today we have drop
ped to- 1875 per thousand. We are a
nation travelling to the cemetery"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
HOW FIRST 547,l97
IN AMERICAN ARMY
WILL BE DIVIDED

Washington, May 5.--House and
Senate developed signs today that
they might clean up the question of
raising Americas armies within a
day or two. The Roosevelt division is
sue, the age limits question and the
exemptions problem were big differ
ences to be smoothed out.
Americas first "half million" army
consisting of 528,659 men and 1888
officers will be divided:
Sixteen infantry divisions of 913
officers and 27,245 men each.
Sixteen divisional hospitals of "a
officers and 222 men each to care for
the infantry divisions.
Sixty-four infantry camp infirmar-
les, two men each.
Two cavalry divisions, GOT officers
and 1921 men each.
Two divisional hospitals of "a of
ficers and $4,000 men each, to care
for the cavalry divisions.
Six cavalry camp infrmaries, men
each
Coast artillery corps with a total of
666 officers and 10000 men.
Medical core with a total of 1885,
officers and 1000 men.
Sixteen brigades heavy field artil-
lery, 48 officers and 1919 men each.
Eight aero squadrons, 10 officers
and 154 men each
Eight balloon companies, 10 off
GERS and 154 men each.
Ten field hospitals, 6 officers and
70 men each.
Ten ambulance companies, Off
GERS and $50 men each.
Twenty-Five field bakeries, one Of
ficer and $50 men each.
Six telephone battalions, 10 officers
and 215 men each.
Sixteen pack companies, Ia men
each.
Six ammunition trains, A officers
and 1852 men each.
Six supply trains.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
BONNIE TERRE TEACHERS

The Register gives the following
list of teachers, reelected and new,
elected by the school board on April
25th:
B. F. Melcher, superintendent; w.
p Whitledge, principal of high school
mathematics and science; Louise
Pearce, history and English; Mary
McLoon, English and science; Zoe
Booth, music and drawing; Eugene
Vaeth, Latin and German; Homer
Bricker, manual training. C. R. Nc
Pherson was reelected principal of
Central School; Sadie Wilson, 9Th
grade; Cynthia Andis, room Ii; Til
mon Porterfield, 10; Clara Richardson,
3; Amy Crutcher, 6; Louise Murrill,
s.; Gertrude Wolf, a; Nankie Wood
side, 3; Maude Underwood, 2; Julia
Mcfarland, /; League room, Mamie
Eaton. East Bonnie Terre: Katherine
Main, grades 8 and a; Bertha Soden,
l and 2.
New teachers elected are Misses
Margaret Sigh, Susie Andrews, Phil
lis Ayers and Alma Watts. Of these
Miss Sigh comes from st. LOUIS but
is now teaching at Maiden; she will
have domestic science. Miss Andrews,
whose home is in this city, is now
teaching in Desloge. Miss Watts
comes from Pennington; Miss Ayers
is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A..
W. Ayers and is teaching in Cameron,
Mo-, where she has been employed for
the past three years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
MISSOURI MEN ENLIST

More than $50 students in the Uni
versity of Missouri have been ex-
cused to do work on the farms of
Missouri and other States and to en-
list for service in the National Guards
and other branches of the nations
military organizations. More than
rs will soon leave for the United
States training camps at Fort Riley,
Kansas.
Several of the professors have en-
listed for the service, and some of the
University women are leaving school
to do farm and other productive work.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

souri, visited that office expecting to
get several recruits but to his aston
ishment found that the editor of the
publication was near-sighted, the as
sociate editor was minus leg and that
the circulation manager was far be-
ycnd war age. And this is a fair
sample of what is transporting all over
the country today.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

Mrs. Sarah A. Murphy (nee Feiser)
died at her home in Lutesville recently,
in the 92nd year of her age. She was
born in Pennsylvania December IA,
1921. She was married in 1916 to
George w. Murphy, a local preacher,
who died at Des Arc in 1872. Mrs.
Murphy removed to Lutesville in
1878, where she made her home until
the last She leaves one daughter,
Mrs. Tillie Frank.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

Don't be afraid to try out new
idea. Westinghouse was called fool
for trying to stop railroad train
with wind. When Cyrus Field started
to lay the Atlantic Cable, people said,
"a fool and his money are soon part
ed" Then Congress considered
Morse nuisance. Howe's first sew
ing machine was smashed by Bos-
ton mob; and fellow townsmen of the
Wright brothers spoke of them as
"the crazy Wright boys"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
PAY IF YOU CAN

We all owe a duty to each other
the duty of paying our bills as prompt
ly as possible. Every bill paid helps
pay another. Collections are a ba-
rometer of trade: Prompt settlements
have wonderful effect in maintain
ing prosperity. If you can't pay it
all, pay as much as possible and
make satisfactory arrangements re-
garding the balance.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
State CT Ohio. City Of Toledo. ! IS.

Frank ]. Cheneyemakes oath that he Is
senior partner Of the firm of +. J. Cheney
& Coz doing business in the City Of To-
ledo County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum OF ONE
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December.
a. D.. 1885.
ISeaD A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous' surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials. free.
#. i. CHENEY g. CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold ny all Druggists TSc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
FOREST NOTES

Balsa wood, found in Central Amer
lea, is said to be the lightest known
wood. 1t is lighter than cork and
has an average specific gravity of on
ly .104.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

A wood specimen found in glacial
drift and estimated by the Wisconsin
State geologist to be approximately
half a million years old, has been iden-
titled by the Forest Products Labora-
tory of the Forest Service as spruce.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

Charles Koeppel, prominent farm
er of Cape Girardeau county, shot
himself on April goth with suicidal
intent. He didn't quite succeed, and
was sent to the st. Francois Hospital
at Cape Girardeau, where the doc
tors have hopes of saving his life. He
shot himself in the left side just be-
low the heart, the bullet passing
through his body.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
SOUTHEAST NEWS

The Convention of the Southeast
Missouri District of the Christian
Church is in session at Piedmont this
week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

The law cannot furnish brains, or
skill, nor has it any claim to recog-
nize how or when an Individual OBJ
tains his knowledge or ability, so long
as this knowledge proves useful and
not injurious.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

State forests with a total of over
100000 acres have been established
in 10 States. OF these New York has
the largest forests, which comprises
1,826,000 acres; Pennsylvania is sec
ond with 1,008,000 acres, and Wiscon-
sin third with 100000 acres.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

AS an instance of how many peo-
pie who know themselves not subject
to call for army duty lead the way
in demanding that eve" go to war, it
is said that a recruiting officer after
reading the hot war editorials in a
certain newspaper in Southeast Mis-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

The largest number of sheep grazed
on any single national forest is 315,-
TAO, finding pasturage on the Hum
boldt in Nevada, while the largest
number of cattle-75,818 heads
found on the Tonic in Arizona. The
value of the average annual meat pro-
duct of these two national forests is
estimated at $2,000,000
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

On parts OF the Angeles National
Forest in California the packrats are
so abundant that many of the young
pines planted by the Forest Service
have been killed or injured by the ro-
dents. The damage seems to take
place chiefly in the late summer and
fall and is more extensive in dry than
in wet seasons. 1t is thought that the
rates tear off the tender bark of the
trees to obtain moisture at times when
water is scarce.
Mountain advocate., 1917-07-13
Rose is Not Running in
The Interest of Lay.

Some of w. R. Lays friends
are scattering the false news far
and near that Mr.. Rose does not
really hope to win for Circuit
Judge but is merely running
in order to devide the vote of
Whitley and McCreary Counties
with Mr.. Bird to the end that
Mr.. Lay might be elected.
Many of Mr.. Lays friends in
Knox County are active in spread
ing these Icing reports abroad
in the hope of deceiving especi-
ally the voters of Knox County.
1t is a damnably unfair ad-
they are trying q take
Of Mr.. eapd his|1<is1II<
The reports they are cIealI1.