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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

Employment clerk lat phone)-Your
gardner is here, Mrs. Newton, seeking
employment. May / ask why you dis
charged him? N
Mrs. Newton-Why-er-I'm sorry to
saw the unfortunate man was contin-
ually in a condition of alcoholic obfus-
cation. 49,
Clerk turning to gardner)-She
saws Won were "stewed" all the time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Her First Journey.

Margaret, five years old, was travel
ing for the first time. She sat as If
entranced by the view from the caS
window. *.
Her father, noticing the rapt expires.
sion on her face an the train sped along.
said:
"What do you think of it, Margaret?'
She replied: ooh, father, it is just
like picture book, only you don't have
to turn the pages."-Chicago News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
First Use of Magazine"

Magazine" properly storehouse
(Arabian), has been annexed by Itera-
ture, but it is interesting to recall the
birth Of It's now common literary use
In that venerable periodical, the Gen.
tleman's Magazine. In the introduce
ton to its number q73D we read. '.This
consideration has induced several gen.
tlemen to treasure up, as In a maya.
zine, the most remarkable pieces on
the subjects above mentioned. Lon.
don Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
The Engineer Corps.

The duty Of the corps Of engineers In
the United States army In the time OF
war consists Of planning and con-
structing Notifications. procuring infor-
nation concerning the topography OF
the country, supplying maps. selecting
position for camps, constructing or de-
stroying bridges and often work re-
curing technical skin; In time OF
peace, to plan and construct permanent
Notifications and coast defense. build
lighthouses, superintend river and mar
Dor improvements, survey and estab-
lish boundaries, etc.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Freak Of Death Valley.

Saratoga springs is one OF the freaks
Of Death valley and has probably
caused more profanity than anything
else in the region. The waters are as
clear as crystal, and they bubble up
from a deep, sand basin like we'll
spring of JOY. But they are strongly
impregnated with sulphur and other
minerals, are tepid in temperature and
act instantly like an emetic upon any
one who drinks them.-Exchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
A Disadvantage.

"Do you think The Star Spangled
Banner is good song?
81 don't see why it isn't a perfectly
good old anthem. You don't always get
a favorable impression Of 1t owing to
the fact that anybody feels free to
tackle it, regardless Of whether he can
sing or not."-Washington Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Dehydratinq.

Dehydrating is simply what was for
merly known as drying fruits and veg
etables. The old. method Of pairing
and slicing apples, stringing the slices
and hanging them up to dry, although
called drying, was really dehydrating.
New York Sun.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

Jenkins claimed that I insult.a
him"
"Did you give him any satisf.,-
tom"
81 guess so. He pounded me pr,;,
he was tired."-BOston TRANSCRIPT
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Tho Difference.

"Apropos Of this aviation business,
you know
"Well, what of it?"
formerly the public here used to
take f1iers in stock; now they are TAX
ing stock In fiers. baltimore Amer
ican
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Work.

There is no better ballast for keep
ing the mind steady on its keel and
saving 1t from all risk of crankiness
than business.-James Russell Lowell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
History Repeats Itself.

Cant say that the world is getting
a bit smarter" asserted grandpa. MY
grandson asks me the same silly ques-
lions that his father asked at his age.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
hut He Did.

Teacher-Bobby. give an example OF
the double negative.
Bobby-I don't know none.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Took IL to Herself.

"She's vain girl. There is no mir
Tor handy. so now she is looking at
the barometer"
"How will the barometer cater to her
vanity?"
ut says, Fair Courier
Journal. rs
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

He is a brave man who refuses to be
disheartened by the fact that he was
beaten yesterday. "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

A comedian, when asked how /,
came out in the governments ARM,
lottery, replied: 81 won a gun"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

Misfortune is the bosom friend Of
the man who didn't think"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02

The love of country is more powerful
than reason itse1f.-Ovid.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-21
STATE AND PENINSULA

Frank B. Carey has been elected as
SCISSOR for school taxes in Milton.
In the New Castle Workhouse there
are now $50 men and 80 women prison
ers.
Brandywine Summit Camp near
Wilmington, will begin on Wednesday,
August lst.
Company E. First Regiment, of Elk
ton, has recruited up to within two men
of war strength.
Huckleberries are coming to the Sea-
ford market in larger quantities than
ever before known.
During the past year more than
$1,000, 900 was paid on life insurance
claims in Delaware.
By State law autoists are limited
to a speed of six miles an hour in going
over county bridges.
Delaware's new fortifcation will
probably be named Fort Haslett. Its
location is not yet mentioned.
Basket and box shock factories IN
lower Delaware are busy at the present
time making packages for produce.
Sufficient donations have been receiv-
ed by the managers of the Ferris In
dustrial School to purchase an auto
tractor for use on the farm.
The fy-swatting contest conducted
bv the Wilmington Board of Health
among the school children, resulted in
AZ. 929 of the insects being killed.
The work of removing the bodies OF
former Governors Rogers and Haslett
from isolated burial places to the ceme-
terry at Milford has been completed.
A teaching centre Of the Red Cross
instruction Committee was opened In
Wilmington Tuesday with Miss Blanche
E. Lockwood, nurse, as director.
Delaware subscribed for the Red
Cross war fund 81, 067, 2SO, according to
reports just made, showing the funds
donated up to and including July 9.
Because it's funds are exhausted,
Wilmington Council has allowed the
Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society Its
appropriation of $4,000 month In ad-
vance.
The recent rains have badly damaged
the wheat crop in the vicinity OF Oak
Grove, and it is estimated that from 10
to 20 per cent. of the wheat will be
ruined.
Soft shell crabs are unusually scarce
this season. 1t is claimed that the hard
weather of February killed the young
crabs and that the catch will be the
smallest in years.
Engineers from the new State High
way Department are making a survey
in the vicinity Of Newark for the
Lincoln Highway from ths Pennsylvania
to the Maryland line.
Following the Governments decision
to build two shipyards, Mayor Lawson
working with Senators Salisbury and
Wolcott to have Wilmington selected as
the site for one of them.
Work will shortly be started by New
York parties on 500 new houses in
South Wilmington, and this is expected
to result in number of additional
workmen coming to Wilmington.
AS a result Of Investigations by the
State Board of Health in Kent county,
one doctor has been arrested for not re-
porting case of typhoid fever and four
midwives for not reporting births.
Twenty one merchants have appeared
at the office of Clerk of the Peace
Wright, in Wilmington, and corrected
mistakes they made in financial state
ments when applying for State mercan-
tile licenses.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-21

Burglars entered the Millboro post
office, but fled when discovered by neigh
bors.
Twenty-four marriages took place in
Elkton one day this week, mostly from
Pennsylvania.
DR.. John H. Mullin, Of Wilmington,
has been appointed chief resident physi-
clan at the Delaware hospital.
More than 125 men have joined the
lodge of the Order of Owls, being or
gained in Elkton, by c. L. Cook.
Captain Joseph C. Lawson, of the
Quartermaster Corps, of Wilmington,
has been promoted to the rank of major
Pennsylvania early potato crop is
estimated at thirty millions Of bushels.
Her crop last year was nineteen millions
Of bushels.
New Castles new water supply, it
has been discovered, is the cause of
leaks in automobile radiators, produc-
ing corrosion.
City tax collections in Wilmington
for the last two weeks aggregate $685.
600, which is $4,000 in excess of the
corresponding period last year.
Alfred I. dupont has sent check to
the Levy Court for $5715.39, the first
installment of his share of the cost of
reconstructing the Concord turnpike.
Eight hundred Boy Scouts of America
are assisting in gathering the potato
crop of four million bushels grown in
Accomac and Northampton counties,
Va.
Rev. G. Emory Parks, of Newport,
Del, who recently extended call to
Trinity P E. Church, Elkton, has mott
fed the vestry that it will be impossible
to accept it.
Shipments of potatoes over the Della
ware Division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road so far amount to Sc, 979 barrels, as
compared with 54,060 barrels for the
same period last year.
Under a new law the Camp-meeting
Commission of Sussex county, with w.
Elwood Wright, as its secretary, is is
suing licenses for all open-air camp
meetings to be held this summer.
An extensive survey of the condition
of Delaware chidren's institutions has
been made by C. Spencer Richardson,
associate director of the Russell Sage
Foundation, at the request of the Child
Welfare Bureau.
>The American Jewish Relief Com
mittee which is raising $40, DOC, 600 to
aid the starving Jews in Europe, has
already received over S4,OpO, 600 and
acknowledges the receipt of $3.50 from
citizens Of Dover, Del.
The quarter-master-generafs depart
ment has awarded contracts for 2,175,-
GOO pairs of shoes for the army at an
average price of 81 73 pair. Deliver
les will begin Immediately. The con-
tracts must be completed by Dec. 81.
Bids were received from 81 manufac
turers and awards made to 20.
Recently the National Society OF the
Colonial Danes of America requested
from the Secretary Of War permission
to present flag to the first American
troops sent abroad to serve in the
present war. The request was granted.
and on June 81 the quarter-master-gen-
eral sent the flag direct to Gen. Per-
shing.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Newark Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, held last Monday,
S. j. Wright, for twelve years presi-
dent of the company, owing to physl-
cal disability, rendered his resignation
as a member of the Board of Directors.
His son, N N. Wright, was elected his
successor.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16
War Service Work For Women.

MT. Editor: As there seems to be some uncertainty and some danger of confusion in regard to the war service work for which women are so patri- otica!ly and readily volunteering, may I ask you to find space for the follow ing information which I am giving with the endorsement of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw chairman of the Wo mans committee.
 The Woman's committee Is a commit tee appointed by the gove<<ment at Washington. It forms a subordinate part of the Council of National De- fense, which is composed of six mem bers of President Wilson's cab inet-Secretaries Baker. Houston, Lane, Daniels Wilson and Redf1eld. and MT. Gorpers. representing labor. The members of the Womans committee are Dr. Shaw. chairman. Mrs. Philip Moore. secretary: Mrs. Stanley Me- Cormiclk. Miss Maude Wetmore, Mrs. Joseph Lamar, Mrs. Johiah Cowles, Mrs. Catt. Mrs. Funk. Miss Agnes Nes- tor and Miss Ida-Tarbel1.
 The purpose of the committee is to coordinate the activities of women in war service work. At the time of it's appointment it had become evident that volunteer service and volunteer management were neither sufficient nor efficient TheIs was much overlapping and waste of effort. Eos example there were SIX different systems of registl 4tion of women being pursued DN dlIGTSnC CONSIDERATIONS, anu DOI OII0 of these systems would be of service to the government in case of need. for none conformed to the system adopted by the government for men.
 The offer of services by women found the men in authority unprepared to maI,a any use of them. and it was quickly seen that if the work Of wo- men was to be of real national use. 1t would have to be managed by women hence tiIe appointment of the Women'S committee.
 The pians Of the work of the com rnittee are not yet matured; but the general lines Of work, as outlined by Miss Tarbell for the committee are: t1) Registration of women. (2) Food production and conservation: (3) Care (4) Training for special services as needed. CD Preservation of the inner defences of our national life. both ma terial and spiritual Every line of work undertaken will receive the en- dorsement of the department at Wash iugton in whose province 1t belongs before being laid before the women of the nation
 Organizations which are now doing or planning patriotic work are urged to communicate at once with the com mfttee-Address, WOman's Committee, 1874 N. St. Washington, D. c. It is a1- so urged that work be allowed to lapses but that no organization start new work without a we'll considered plan. as 1t is easier to start in a clear field start afrcsh- The production and con- servation of food is recommended as essentially necessary at once.
 The chairman for Connecticut is Mrs Edward H. Smiley, of Hartford president of the State Federation of Womens clubs.
 Hartford, May 14, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16

sub biect of earlier bulletin:
 Neither Havelberg nor Dulmen is a town of any considerable size or com mercial importance. The former is the more picturesque and interesting ina asmuch as half of its 5000 inhabi- tants reside on an island in the Hayel River, tributary of/the Eibe, and the other half on the hills which rise from the right bank of the stream.
 Browning one of the hills is a beau tifHl old Romanesque cathedral which stored during the last decade of the 18th century The Haveiberg bishop rice was established long before the cathedral was built, however. It was created by Otto I during the first half of the tenth century.
 "Havelberg was once strongly forti- fled and suffered from siege, lombard nent and capture on five occasions during the Thirty Years War. It now has no military significance. It Is situated on a short branchline which connects with the Hamburg Berlin railway, and is GO miles north west of the capital, and 115 miles southeast of the great city at the mouth of the Eibe. The inhabitants are engaged in tobacco manufacturing sugar refining. and boat building. "Dulmen is slightly larger than ing it 7.500 inhabitants It is situated some IS miles southwest of Munster in Westpha1ia, between the Ems and the Rhine and is 196 miles by rail southwest of Hamburg.
 The on.y point of interest in the town is a chateau and estate owned by the Duke of Croy-Dulmen-"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16

of American soil, it is now claiming a D ace in the American diet, says to- Gays bulletin from the national enleT- ger'cy food garden commission which is helping this newspaper to urge the citizens of Norwich and vicinity to grow their war bread in their own gardens.
 The Chicago meat packers are warning us that we may soon have to adopt mee.tless days. Of all the gar den substitutes for meat, beans come nearest to filing the measure because they are the richest of vegetables in protein, the chief food element in meat. For this reason some of the scientists of the department of agri- culture are urging the soy bean as q garden crop this year. It grows abun- dantly, and has the advantage Of leaving the garden soil richer than it found it.
 Soy beans will not grow we'll in soil where 1t has never grown before url- less that soil is irnpregnated with cer- tain dicroscopical germs which the roots must have. that is, for soy bean culture the soil must be inocuiated
 While this sounds difficult 1t is really quite simple. All that ks neces- sary is to procure a little "soy bean culture" or some of the soil which has already produced soy beans.
 Thfs culture is sold bv numerous chased cheapry. 4 handful of culture or of soy bean soil is sufficient to tnoculate the whole bean patch Mix this soil with a half pint of seed. plant the seed two to three inches apart and one inch deep in rows 15 inches apart For successive crops, you can SOW 1t up to the middle of August.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16
RUSSIAN UNCERTAINTY

Russian affairs continue to hold the center Of the stage for the nations en- xased in the var T. is well under stood that Germany is anxious to con riEde 9 separate peace with the new government. the same as it was en- deavOrinE to do with the old. This is being done of course for the purpose of weakening the entente group. Ger mary has no love for Russia, it has nothing tc offer t in the way of sup port for the new government, it is in fact hoping for the downfall Of the new reeiine that bv such it would ba in position 10 point cut 10 the Ger man peogle the faliacy Of undertaking any such change
 Germany's motive ir7 regard to Rus sia is of course selfish. Through out the war it's ambition has been to break mp the ent-nte, to conquer enc at a time IT, possible but to cause at least d-ssension among it's enenli s that, through such state of affairs, 1t may gain an advanta-e which would aid it in winning the war.
 Whether. as the result of the unset tied state of affairs in Russia al the present time. that government will be able to hold together and resist the subtle influences of the T~ut1ns is the all important question. Germany has high hopes for t would mean the withdrawal of 9 big and resourcefu! nation and the opportunity Of swing ing the armies which have been fight ing Russia into other fields of opera tion- German influence is at work on all sides in Russia to this end There Is resistance encountered of course These a. the head Of the government are decidedly opposed 10 any such ac- ton but + remains to be seen what ef- feet the soldiers and worlzmcn's dele gates are going to have upon the sit uation- If they hold out firmly against a separate peace according to their last declaration. which maintains that such a thing is impossible, Germany will fail, but with the resignation of department heads and the chaotic con- dition which is prevailing there as the result of the mighty and sudden over throw, the situation is decidedly un- certain and until it is definitely clear ed up anxiety is bound to prevail among the nations which are fighting on the side of the entente Russia ought not to fall to appreciate that when 1t enters into any deal with Ger many 1t puts it's head into a moose
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16
Like A Boy af 50 BubbIi1g Over
 With Vitality Taking Iron Did 1T Doctor Nuxated Iron greatest of all strength builders Often the strength and endurance of delicate,
 nervous folks 100 per cent: in two weeks time

New York. N. Y.-Not long ago 6 man came to me who was nearly half a century old and asked me to give him preliminary examination for life in with the blood pressure of a boy of 20 and as full of vigor vim and vitality a young man; In fact, a young man he really was notwit tn standing his age. nuxated iron had filled him with re- newed life. At 30 he was in bad health !; at 46 he was carew orn and nearly all in. Now at 50 after taking Nuxated beaming with the buoyancy of youth
 As I have said a hundred times over. builders If people would only take rundown instead of dosing themselves with habit forming drugs, stimu1ants and alcoholic beverages, am con vincsd that in this way they could ing organic in thousands of cases. and thereby the lives of thousands mi ght be saved who now de every year from pneumonia. grippe, kidney. liver. heart The real and true cause which started their diseases was nothing more nor less than weakened condition brought on by lack of iron in the blood Iron blood to change food into living tissue. Without It. no matter how much or what you eat, your food merely passes through you without doing you any of it and a consequence you become weak, pale and sickiy looking just like a plant trying to grow in a soil def cient in iron. If you are not strong or following test: See how long you can work or how far you can walk without becoming tired Next take two five grain tablets of ordinary nuxated iron
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16
FAvoRfNc rHE EMBARGO.

According to one of the provisions Of the espionage bill which has been
 passed by the senate. the president Is given authority to place an embargo on exports, when he finds that the public safety and welfare so require This is in accord with the desires ot the administration. Such ciause oi course does not order the president to do anything. It gives him the author ity to take such action when in his opinion conditions exist which call for 1t, and there are no reasons to believe that he will not exercise good judg- rnent in the use of that authority.
 An embargo upon exports can of course be looked upon as detrimental to the business of this country. Such a thing is not contemplated. This government can have no desire to cripple any line Of activity where pro- ducts are being sent abroad. Such would be against the welfare of the country, but it is nevertheless deeply concerned fin seeing that the products of the industrial plants and of the ag- ricultural endeavors are not drawn upon for the benefit of the enemy when they are so greatly needed at home and for the allies of this coun- try.
 Such a situation as would call for the placing of an embargo of the char acter of that which the bill author izes can be brought about only by the action Of the neutral nations. If 1t is found that they are drawing food stuffs or other supplies from this country and are allowing them to be later transferred to any of the enemy countries, or if they are using such as they receive from this for their own use and turning their own supplies over to the enemy. which of course amounts to the same thing, there can be no question but what the noods which are going to them from this country should be shut off and 1t is the authority to take such g. step which is given to the pres ident
 There will be no attempt to put such an embargo into effect under any other circumstances, hut it must be realized that the United Sta tes can not continue to send aid to the enc my and it cannot permit the neutrals to take advantage of it.