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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
SHALL WASTE CONTINUED

"The fermented rather than the dis
titled liquors call for the greatest con-
sumption Of grain in the liquor bust
ness" asserts the dean Of the college
of agriculture, Illinois university,
writing in the Atlantic Monthly. ''That
is to say, about 12O,OOO,OOO bushels-or
approximately the world shortage
are used for fermented liquors, against
some 35,0O0,OOO bushels, practically
none Of which is wheat, used for dis
tillation.
ITO transport the grain now used for
fermented liquor in the United States
alone would require the entire fleet Of
a thousand wooden ships, such as are
now contemplated for the war trade.
This 120OOO,OO0 bushels of grain Is
the equivalent Of over half the wheat
crop of France or Of Canada, and it is
twice that of England. 1t represents
the entire grain food of over 100000
people, and that Is no negligible
amount. 1t represents in the form Of
meat no less than 75O,OOO,OOO pounds,
or the carcasses of more than million.
of the heaviest beeves.
with people starving abroad, with
large sections Of Europe desolate, and
with food riots beginning in this
country as a result of high prices,
there can be but one answer to the
question whether this wastage shall
continue"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

business foster the notion. COnSe-
quently, distressingly large number
of men from twenty-five to thirty ex-
pect to be the bosses of big businesses
or corresponding professions or tech
meal vocations by the time they are
thirty-fve.
MANY will, If they work hard and
prove to possess capacity, occupy posi-
lions of responsibility. But scarcely
at thirty-fve. The golden age of
achievement really comes I'm most
cases Is years later. In fact the pres
ent age is the age of the mature man.
In literature the success today is not
the man of thirty. Irwin Cobb would
almost universally be considered a
success in literature, but Cobb is forty
one and has not reached the fullness
of his power. George AIDE Is fifty-One,
Harrington forty-eight, Frank Cobb, a
chief writer of editorial, forty-eight.
The success achieved through develop
ment of talent, hard work and sacri-
fee Is reserved for the mature"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
IS THIS "YOUNG MANS AGE?"
Golden Period of Achievement Comes
When Man Is Well Past Forty
Years of Age, It Is Claimed.

"Our times are frequently called the
age of the young men. But when one
looks back to the revolutionary era Of
our country, from 1915 to 1925. and
considers the striking youthfulness of
the leaders of America the appellation
does not appear exactly to fit" said a
New York man in recent interview.
"Nor do the men now in their TWEEN
ties and thirties push the men of the
forties and fifties hard enough 70 prove
that this is pre-eminently the young
mans age. Unless men of forty are
considered young, this scarcely is a
young mans age.
"The youngsters under thirty receive
an undue degree of attention from the
professions and business. "A notion
prevails that the latest graduate from
college, technical ,sclInol or university
is more desirable than me imam who
has had graduate courses in life's
college of experience. Best sellers,
movies and magazine articles about
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
: Temperance
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
BILLY SUNDAY ON AMERICA.

would like to do this: l would
like to see every booze-fghter get on
the water wagon. 1 would like to
summon all the drunkards in America
and say: Boys, let's cut her out and
spend the money for flour, meat and
calico; what do you say?"
Come on; I'm going to line up the
drunkards. We will line up in front
of the butcher shop. The butcher says
what do you want, a piece of neck?'
"No; how much do l owe your
1.-TWO dollars" Here's your dough.
Now give me porterhouse steak and
sirlOin roast"
"Where did you get all that
money!"
"Went to hear Bill, and climbed on
the water wagon"
Hello! What do you want?"
"Beefsteak."
We empty the shop and the butcher
runs to the telephone. "Hey, central,
give me the slaughter-house. Have
you got any beef, any pork, any NUT
tOnV
They strip the slaughter-house and
then telephone for trainloads of beef
steaks.
"What's the matter?"
'The whole bunch has got on the
water wagon"
And the big packers say to their
statesmen: 'Buy beef, pork and NUT
ton," and the farmers see the price Of
cattle and sheep jump up to three
times their value.
Let me take the money you dump
into the whisky hole and buy beef
steaks with it. will tell you what is
the matter with America: Your chill
dren are going naked and the whisky
gang has your money.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
Clue to Mans Nationality.

One can generally tell mans ma
tionality from the manner in which
he carries his pocket money, for the
various methods employed frequently
betray the name of the country of
which they are typical. The majority
Of Englishmen carry all their money
be it gold, silver or copper-all mixed
up in the right-hand trousers pocket.
Frenchmen, more often than not, are
satisfied with an ordinary leather
purse in carrying money. The poorer
classes of the Italians tie up their
small fortune in gaudily-colored
handkerchief. Many Russians prefer
to hide their savings in their boots
or the lining of their clothes.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
NINETY PER CENT ACCEPTED.

Wartime conditions have brought to
light a new and unanswerable argu'
ment in favor Of prohibition. 1t has
been a source Of no small concern that
no larger a per cent Of the young men
of the country were able to meet the
physical requirements Of the army and
navy. A Y. M. G. A. secretary has
made a significant discovery. He has
ascertained that while but 25 per cent
of the young men from a certain H.
cense state were accepted for army
and navy service, 80 per cent Of those
who enlisted from Kansas, the veteran
prohibition state, were up to grade.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

wait. Now, don't strike any matches
Get me that big pan you use for the
starch"
In the bathroom Helen emptied the
whole half gallon of gasoline into the
starch pan and dipped into 1t her chif
fOn waist.
The filmy material wilted down as
1t soaked up the fluid. Her hands in
rubber gloves, she swished 1t around
held it up to drain, and pinned 1t to
the shade before the open window.
After dipping lace collar and the
net yoke and sleeves Of her gray taf.
feta, the gasoline was still clear
enough for something else. While she
was at 1t, she would clean those pink
satin slippers.
Even with the open window, the
stupefying fumes were now sickening-
ly strong. Hastily, with held breath,
she immersed the slippers, brushing
them with soft nailbrush.
The sOiled gasoline she always
saved to use again after it had cleared
by standing, but now, too dizzy to
pour 1t back into the small-mouthed
bottle, she emptied it out into the
washbasin. Then, escaping from the
bathroom, she closed the door on the
sitting fumes.
Here, Dora," as she took the starch
pan out to the kitchen, "wash this out
well. This gasoline bottles empty
I'll put it here on the lower shelf. Be
careful not to use it for anything else."
When, little later, she went back
to the bathroom, the waist, except for
the thicker parts around the neck and
sleeves, was almost dry. 1t was beau
tifully white. Had she sent it to the
cleaners, they would have charged So
and done 1t no better.
1t was now after three, and she was
anxious for the things. to dry quickly
so there would be no traces of Odor
when Warren came home.
He had repeatedly forbidden her to
use gasoline, insisting that he would
pay any amount of cleaners bills rath-
er than have her take chances with
this inflammable fluid.
The dress on the towel rack she re-
arranged so the air could get to the
yoke and sleeves, but the slippers on
the stone ledge outside the window
were still quite wet.
She had just examined one and set
1t back when lighted cigar butt,
tossed from window above, fell
straight into the pink satin toe.
A sizzling flash and the gasoline
soaked slipper was aflame. For Sec
ond Helen stood petrified. Then, jerk
ing up long-handled bath brush, she
thrust 1t off the. ledge. But 1t was too
late! The blaze had leaped to the
thin lace waist.
Screaming for Dora, she hurled the
waist into the bath tub and turned on
the water. But now the dress had
caught and the flames were leaping up
the tiled wall.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
JAB FROM THE LANCET.

"The enormous expenditure on
drink-even If drink were innocuous
implies corresponding abstraction
of wealth from useful and beneficial
uses. But drink is not innocuous. It
is the most powerful and fascinating
Of all means Of degradation and dis
ease which unfortunate human nature
can find to debase itself. Every med
zeal practitioner sees illustrations of
this almost every day of his life. i.
The bishops have set 'us an example,
and we Of the medical profession have
also our religious duties."-London
Lancet.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

165 pounds and am as strong as man.
/ think money is well spent which pur-
chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, 1865
Newport Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, irregularities, peri
odic pains, backache, bearing down feel
ing, fatulency, indigestion. dizziness,
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the STAN
dard remedy for female ills.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
Gasoline - groaned Warren.


Eyes, they will use IT. Your wife
ran out into the hall-worst thing she
could have done. If Mrs. Reed hadn't
thrown a rug about her it might have
been serious. Everybody else seemed
paralyzed."
Mrs. Reed So she owed her rescue
to Mrs. Reed! The words throbbed In
the blurred blackness before Helen's
closed eyes.
With awkward, unsteady fingers
Warren was smoothing back the singed
| hair.
"She's suffering a little from shock.
I'll leave some quieting powders In
case she can't sleep. You can give
her one at nine and repeat in an hour
If necessary. I'll call In the morning
to dress the arm"
The doctor gone, Helen for the first
time looked up at Warren. He was
strangely white and haggard.
"Oh," family, ''they frightened you
when they 'phoned."
''That's all right-don't think of me.
bOcS YOUR arm SILL
the crisp, roughened hair.
Her head moved in denial, not want
ing to admit the pain.
Mrs. Reed, who had been waiting in
the other room, came to the door. You
don't need me now, Mr.. Curtis, but If
you should later-just phone down."
81 won't attempt to thank you, Mrs.
Reed" Warren rose from the side of
the bed. "There are some things you
can"
"Oh, please don't speak of it. I'm
very glad 1 was able to do something.
We had almost the same accident in
our family-I suppose that's why
thought of the rug"
He was following her to the door.
Their low murmured voices came from
the hall.
Helen's turmoiled thoughts were re-
hearsing the tragedy. The bathroom!
What damage had been done? She had
visions of heavy repair bill-of the
tiled walls and porcelain tub cracked
by the flames.
Warren was again by the bed, but
she did not look up. Just then 1t
seemed easier to lie there with
closed eyes. Now that they were alone.
she was struggling against hysterical
desire to burst into tears. She
yearned yet dreaded for him to COM
fort her.
Gil
holding her hand, stroking slowly the
unbandaged arm. From the street
came the rhythmic clatter of hoOfs
and the recedlng rumbling of wheels.
"Well, Kitten, how about the gaso-
liner Is one lesson going to be
enoughw
Helen nodded, biting her lips to
steadiness. Another silence. Then she
asked. quiveringly:
"Dear, the bathroom Did-did it
iniure the walls or ceiling?" %
Haven't looked" briefly. you're
all right-that's all that counts. Any
damage is dirt cheap if it'll make you
leave that internal stuff alone"
"Oh, I'll never use it again." choking
back a sob. "Ill never even have 1t
in the house."
+ "All right, Kitten, won't rub 1t in.
A jolt like this is pretty tough on both
of u.s." Then, with relieving humor
"Well you won't have to frizz your
hair for a while. You've made a pref
ty good job of that"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
Obviously,

"Come on" said the first flea, as ne
hoped from the brown bears left fore
leg; "come over and join me at .
short game of golf"
Golf" exclaimed the second flea,
hastily taking a bite of hyena; where
IN the realm of Barnum are we going
to play golf?"
"Why," said the first flea, lover on
the lynx, Of cOurse."-Jack o. Lam
tern,
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
Copyright 1917. by Newspaper syndicate1

Dora, bursting open the door, stared
palic-Stricken, then rushed back
shrieking: Fire! Fire!"
The water, now filling the tub, ex.
tinguished the waist; but the dress
which hung on the towel rack, was
still ablaze. Frantically Helen tried to
poke 1t down into the tub with the
long-handled brush. Then, reaching
over to turn on the shower, the flames
caught the lace of her kimono sleeve
saturated with the gasoline fumes.
She might easily have smothered IL
with the heavy bath mat, but now,
paralyzed with terror, she ran wildly
out, too frightened even to scream,
Blindly she dashed through the hall
door that Dora had left open.
After that everything was a dazed
blur. The draughty elevator shaft
famed the flaming sleeve as she flew
stumblingly down the encircling stair
way. Excited voices, rushing feet and
Dora's still piercing shrieks of Fire !"
Someone caught her. Something
heavy was thrown about her. The
rest blurred into oblivion.
s-,"
"I've sent for her husband" 1t was
a woman's voice, lowered to discreet
whisper.
"She'll soon be all right" mans
voice, deep and restful.
For several moments after the con-
seriousness of the voices, Helen. still
clinging to the sheltering darkness,
kept her eyes closed.
A sharp pain in her shoulder. Some
one was bandaging her arm. Then she
realized that the man bending over her
was Doctor Marden, whose office was
on the first floor.
you're all right now" reassuringly,
as he met her bewildered gaze. 'Drink
a little of this" raising her head to
the glass.
Dropping back on the pillow, she
saw Dora and Mr.. Thompson, their
at the foot Of the bed.
Standing just back Of the doctor was
Mrs Reed, who had an apartment on
the floor below.
Still dazed, Helen again sought
refuge in the protective darkness of
closed eyelids. The heavy odor of
iodoform added to her sense of strange
ness. Her mind was struggling to
bring order and clearness from her
chaotic thoughts.
She heard Mr.. Thompson murmur
to the doctor and tiptoe
heavily from the room. Then the tele-
phone rang and Mrs. Reed whispered,
''Ill answer it."
Does your head ache?' asked the
doctor.
AS though to locate the confused
pain, Helen raised her hand
to her head. There was a blood-chill-
ing feel of crisp singed hair. Then
eaping terror as her fear-stiffened fin
gers CROPPED over her face.
"No, your face isn't touched" COM
forted the doctor, divining her fears.
You got off very easy-gasOine is
dangerous stuff. Does that bandage
EEL too tightY
A slam of the outer door. Though
Ter face was to the wall, she knew it
vas Warren who burst into the room.
The next second he was kneeling
~ the bed. The vague dread of his
stern apprehension fell from her as she
elt> his encircling arms.
"It's all right, Mr.. Curtis" the doc
or's voice was quietly reassuring.
Only q slight burn under the ARM"
"How did it happen?" huskily.
Cleaning something in gasoline"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
CUTICURA HEALS ECZEMA
And Rashes That Itch and Burn-TrlaE
Free to Anyone Anywhere.

In the treatment of skin and scalp
troubles battle freely with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, dry and apply
Cuticura Ointment. If there is nat
ural tendency to rashes, pimples, etc.
prevent their recurrence by making
Cuticura your daily toilet preparation.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
An Irish Superstition.

Peasants in the west of Ireland. II
is said, will never leave an egg shell
open at one end only. The spoon is
always thrust through the lower end.
Otherwise some wicked goblin Will
seize upon the shell and make q boat
of 1t in which to sail the soul of the
careless person to destruction.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
A DELUSION.

Sending blood to the head, where 1t
surges through the brain with in
creased velocity, is not increased vigor,
but increased irritation, which comes
Just before anaesthesia and diminu-
ton of power. The drinker deludes
himself, for he only thinks he is think
Ing. His very first drink has produced
a definite, measurable degree of intOxi-
cation.-Dr. Edwin F. Bowers, in the
American Magazine.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

"Dora, l am 60
ing to clean some
things In gaso-
line. Don't light
the stove until
I'm through eau
toned Helen.
II was just 60
In to put on an
iron for them
doilies," CRU m =
bled Dora, who
never took an or
der without some
objection.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

was urldDle 10 VAIN
or do any of my own
work. / read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v eg e ia b g Com
pound in the news
papers and deter
mined to try it. 1t
brought almost i'm
mediate relief. My
weakness has en-
tirely disappeared
and 1 never had bet
ter health. ] weigh
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
As Mitey Wise Understood It.

They were talking about aviation.
"As understood it," said Mr.. Mitey
Wise, "the monoplane Is a flying ma
chine from which one falls, the BIZ
plane Is one from which two fall
and"
II get you" chirped the quick think
err. ''The hy-drop-plane is one from
which they all fall out."-Indianapolis
News.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

There is but one straight road to
success and that is merit.-BOurke
Cochran.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24
WOMAN SICK
TWO YEARS
Could Do No Work.
Now Strong as a
Man.

Chicago, Ill.-"For about two years
I suffered from a female trouble so i
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

One method Of lodging popularity
Is to give your neighbOrs advice.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-24

The offender never pardons.-Her-
bert.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23
FORMER BEAVER BOY HoNoasO

The many old time friends OF Mr..
and Mrs Dyke Ballinger, formerly OF
Beaver but now OF Ansdarko, will read
with pride of the success Of their son
Harry, who recently passed the Off
GERS reserve examination successfully
and received a I'd lieutenant cavalry
commission. Harry was born in Bea-
yer, is q young man Of much ability
his appointment is one Of which we all
feel proud. The Herald extends con.
CALCULATIONS and feels assured that
Lieut.. Ballinger will make a meritori
Gus record.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23
ATTENTION, BOYS AND GIRLS!

All Beaver county girls and boys
who are joining the Wheat Club
should get their enrolment cards to
me at the earliest possible time.
All boys or girls who are arrang-
ing to borrow money to secure seed
wheat must have their notes and con-
tracts made out and in my hands at
once, as / am preparing to send them
all in to State Headquarters at an
early date. No boy or girl will get
any of this pure seed unless their
notes and contracts r sent in to
this office and a proper record made
of them.
/ Get busy now and send in those
notes and contracts.
]. F. Newsom, County Agent,
Beaver, Oklahoma
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

+ G. Tracy and A. s. and Line Dick
son. the latter If Gate, returned Sun
day from a trip to Trinidad, Colorado,
and vicinity. Iu the early days the
Dickson brothers used to prospect lin
that section and discovered an alum
bed. At that time alum vas not worth
much commercially and they gave
their find no attention. Recently the
price Of alum has advanced greatly and
Mr.. Tracy and the Dicksops made the
trip in the hope of relocating the bed.
They were not successful.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23
BROOMcORN IS LOOKING FINE

The broomcorn fields are making a
fine showing since the recent rains and
Beaver county will produce a big crop
in spite OF the drouth. 1t is worth
good money, too. After all old Bea-
yer county CONT to the front Like a
good man, you can't keep her down.
We venture no other country under
the sun can endure so much drouth
and yet come out Of it with a big har.
vest. There's whole lot worse places
than old Beaver county, and don't you
forget il.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

There 10 more Catarrh In this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together. n Tor years II was sup
posed to be lncurablc. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment. pronounced
II incurable. Catarrh Ia a local disease.
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Cetarsh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio. Is a constitutional
remedy. Is aiken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23
PUPILS RECITAL By 1917 MUSIC GLASS

A public recital will be given by the
music pupils Of Miss Clara Smith,
Ciaes of 1917, at the NJ. Z Church Fri
day evening. August "A, to which the
parents aud friends and all who enjoy
q program are invited to attend. No
AL mission.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

County Attorney Twyford and wife
returned Tuesday from Colorado
Springs at which place they have been
spending the past two weeks recuper-
ating. While there Mr.. Twyford at
tended the annual convention Of the
II. T. u, of which he has been q menu
Der for years
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

s. J.. Sears, who did brick work here,
his latest job being the Long & Law
son garage, is now located at Wichita
Kansas, where he will probably remain
the coming winter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

DIN Reed, produce dealer, lie in
Kansas City this week making arrange
ments t o ship in, a csrlosd NJ potatoes.
He may also ship a car of peaches, we
are sd yised.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

County Assessor Frank ~Shockley is
in Enid this week on business. During
his absence Mrs. Shockley and the chill
dren are visiting. with relatives at
Balko.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

Every man and woman in Beaver
should be at the Court House Friday
night to h~elpsplsn for the banquet to
he soldiers. Will YOU be there?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-08-23

AT Beegle, wife and bsb,, OF Alva,
arrived here last night on a visit to DR..
l. l. Long and family. Mr.. Beegle is
Mrs Longs brother