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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24
FEEDING FRANCE.

Abnormal drought last summer seriously In
jured the French harvest. A warning has been
issued that further sacrifices, more stringent
food restrictions, may have to be imposed
| France, facing the winter, is looking to Am
erica to feed it's people. Approximately 1O0oOo,-
900 bushels of wheat alone are needed for daily
bread rations.
'1The economic situation is alarming" said M.
Comet, French senator from the Puy de Dome
region. "An the harvests have been brought in
and we are in position to measure our needs.
Production this year has been sadyl deficient.
Despite our expectations last spring Of bumper
crops, the depaorable dry weather has ruined
many rich agricultural districts of France.
'aThere has been almost no fruit. Vegetables
are few. Celerals are poor. Potato crops, on
which we based our hopes last year, are SO per
cent less than in 1917.
"Only the wheat crops have given any satisfac-
ton at all. There has been some Improvement
in them thanks to the awakening Of the agricul-
tural movement in the abandoned regions.
"But if our daily bread rations are to continue
throughout the winter must obtain-some-
how, somewhere-an additional thirty or forty
million hectoltres (between $4,000, 900 and no.
OOO, 900 bushels) of wheat
'The outlook is not bright. Something must
be done. Something viii be done. The people of
France must take the initiative. They must be
willing to make more sacrifices. They must not
be afraid of further and stricken restrictions"
Paris papers, in commenting on the situation,
say large quantities of food products were re-
gained by the allies recapture of regions invaded
by the Germans after crops were planted last
spring. But these apparently have not suficed
to equalize the loss from lack of rain
Senator Comet was reluctant to discuss Amer
ica's share in the supplying of food of France
during the approaching winter intimating that
America had already done and was doing SO
much that it was not proper to ask more. But
French papers and the public generally frankly
look to the great nation cover there"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24

The aluminium industry of all countries has
been considerably developed during the war;
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24

The perfume of the violet has been found to
be particularly injurious to the voice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24

Silk is so cheap in Madagascar that the poor
est people can afford to wear it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24
Dpn': stay stuffed-ur!

Dom: stay stuffedur!
Cult blowing and snuff1fngi A ds>se
Ct 'Pape's C<h Compound" taken
every two hours until three doses are
taken will end grippe misery and
break ZIP a severe cold either In the
head. chest, body or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages; stops nasty dis
charge o. nose running; relieves sick
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24

headache, dunEess, feverishness, sore
throat, sneezing, soreness and Stiff
ness
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest, strest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance, tastes nice.
and causes no Inconvenience. Don't
accept a substitute. Insist on
"Pape's"-nothing else-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24

The costliest soap in the world is that manu-
featured specially in the Levant for use in the
harams of wealthy Mohammedans in the Near
East, and in India.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-24

There are but three kisses mentioned in the
Gospels-the one of betrayal, by Judas; the one
of alteration, by the Magdalen; the one of recon-
Citation by the father of the Prodigal Son.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05

lfeu have offered up their usss b.
he thousands upon the 6eld OF battle
but in the struggle for existence woman
is continually offering up her life for
man. If there Is mission OF mercy to
perform she undertakes 1t. Il there "
suffering or distress 10 succor her VIII.
ting hand is always ready Ii wretch
edness and misery need comforter
che is present. rhe faiDtest whisper OF
pain brings her as a pilgrim TO its
couch, and in the chamber Of death
she takes hel place. assuaging the
hopeless sufferer with the comforting
assurance that there is home beyond
the grave free from the agony of pain.
She suffers herself without murmur
Or complaint and the man that would
in the slightest degree add to it and In
crease the anguish that 1t Is her lot to
bear is beneath the level Of the brute
Ii she should happen to possess de
tects and faults, which every human
being has In a greater or less degree.
let him compare them with her virtues,
and especially with his vices, and ev-
cry impulse Of his better being VIII
PROMPT him TO overlook them and make
due allowance therefor.-IsidOr Ray
nor
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Rsloittn's Postmen,

A Belgian VINO has money owing to
aim often hands the account to his
oostman, who passes 1t through the Of
dee, to be presented tC the debtor In
whatever locality the latter may re
side. and If payment be made the
creditor receives 1t from rs postmat
On the following day, wKs but tn
ding deduction for commission.
As to newspapers, almost all regular
subscribers to journal pay theft
money to a postman. and two or three
days before the subscription expires
that official presents the notice for the
renewal of the subscription during
fresh term.
All this makes Of the Belgian post
man kind of amtulating general
agency and bank of deposit, and the
man Is obliged to have desk sluns
In front of him and to carry locked
and chained portfolio under his arm
for valuables, but he gets through bis
work satisfactorily, because bis rounds
,re short--Pearson's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
The Eskimo Skin Canoe.

The kayak, or skin canoe, of the Es-
kimo was in use on the coast of north
en Russia two or three centuries ago,
according to DR.. MacRitchie, f. 5. A
(ScoD. Evidence of this is obtained
from statements made by Burrough IN
1856 and from the chronicles of Dan
ish- expedition to Vaigatz in 1868. 1t
was further shown that three kayaks
were captured off the northern shores
Of Scotland about the end of the sew
enteenth century. One Of these is still
preserved in the museum of Marischal
college, Aberdeen. An important fact
is the occasional presence of a kayay-
using race of Firms or Finnmen in
the Orkney islands during the last
twenty years of the seventeenth CEN
fury. as testified to by three writers
of that period. Toronto Mail and EN-
pire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
SUBMARINES AND SOIL FERTILITY
How the War Affects The Farmers Ability to- Produce
Bumper Crops. g ,'... 80 +

The grip of the scourge of the seas
is now, after months of warfare. felt
by the American farmer. When the
Lusitania went down the whole world
shivered with horror-horror at the
very savagery Of the deed, yet few Of
us realized at the time that within q
comparatively short time the entire
world would, In one way or another, be
at the mercy of these newest and most
savage Of all implements Of war. Least
of all did the American farmer realize
that the submarine menace would have
any effect whatever on his ability to
raise crops and do his bit in the line
of food production.
But 1t has! The war itself In it,
earliest day cut off supplies Of potash.
Now the submarine warfare has re-
duced the supply of Spanish pyrites
from which sulphuric acid Is made.
This sulphuric acid Is used In the
manufacture Of acid phosphate, and
also in the making of complete fer
tilizers. Without it raw rock phos-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
1arnalnlna IN Arabia.

1 missionary was bargaining one
lay with an Arab stonecutter.
Give me 81 a boatload," said the
Arab.
THAT is too much" replied the mis-
sionary. You only charge So to your
fellow Arabs, and they make you wait
for your money. pay spot cash."
Yes, but you ought to be glad to get
1t for seven," said the stonecutter,
you do not know how much my fel-
low Arabs despise me for dealing with
you at all, because you are an infidel,
you know"
The Arabs are all Mohammedans
The stronger Christian a man Is the
more of an infidel they think him to
be. Missionaries were unwelcome In
that country. Only by their medical
work did they get any foothold at all.
There have perhaps been fewer con-
verts there than on any other mission
field. But missions have been estab-
lished there less than thirty years.
Sometimes several generations Of mis-
sionaries live and work and die 80 that
their successors may see the fruit of
the labors of them au.-World Outlook.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Children.

CAtlA1ea are Gods own creation. And
kwould be wise to follow, his own di
rection about the growth of our chill
eren's mind toward freedom and light.
The highest education is that which
does not merely give US information.
but makes our hfe in harmony with all
existence.
Childrea are in love with life. and it
Is their first love. They are not born
ascetics. fit to enter at once into the
monastic discipline Of acquiring knowl-
edge. II first they must gather knowl-
edge through their love of life. and
then they will renounce their lives to
gain knowledge, and then again they
will come back to their fuller lives with
ripened Observation-Disclosures Tagore
In Hearst's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05

phate has but little agricultural value.
and many materials now used In fer
tilizers could not be included. 3.
Pyrites Carried at Low Rates.
These Spanish pyrites are usually
shipped from the port Of Huelva on
the southwest coast Of Spain, this side
of the Gibraltar Gateway. Mediter-
ranean freighters returning from Eu-
rope take on these pyrites at very low
freight rates, even almost as ballast
From Huelva the pyrites are carried
to Charleston, to Savannah, to Nor
folk, to Baltimore, and points north
At these places the pyrites are burned
the sulphur separated and turned into
sulphuric acid. Later on, ton for ton
this acid is mixed with rock phosphate
and IN this way the acid phosphate Of
commerce is produced. In other fac
with the blood, bone and tankage Of
great slaughter houses and with other
materials carrying nitrogen, for the
production of the complete fertilizers
on which depends the production OF a
sufficient supply of food crops.
Some of these Mediterranean
freighters have been Communicated
by the government, others have been
sent down by the dreaded submarine,
and still others are tied up in neutral
ports all over the world.
Conditions Are Serious.
Few farmers realize the serious ma
ture of the case. Perhaps the aver
age boat in this trade will carry four
thousand tons of pyrites. Every ton
of pyrites will make in the neighbor-
hood of four tons of acid phosphate,
or up TO eight tons of complete fer
tilizer. Every four thousand ton boat
taken from the pyrites carrying trade
means a loss Of the acid for the fer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05

tilixer which would usually serve APP
proximately 10000 acres Of cern.t Of
wheat, or Of any other cereal crop,
1t diminishes By this much the ability
OF the farmer to utilize e. advantages
his short supply Of farm labef. t.
grow sufficient crops. end Ct the same
time giye up to military service the
boys of the farm. ff43
Domestic Pyrltss hsin 3
But this doesn't mean that W shall
have no fertilizer. AL over the ico,,n-
try thers, are small domestic deposits
Of ,pyrites. These can, be and, are be,
Ing manufactured Into sulphurie acid
for fertilizer use and It locks a.
though there viii be enough. But the
freight trade on these domestic pyrites
Is higher than that Of Spanish pyrites.
and the quality often lower. The cost
Of labor in mining 10 always higher.
and the cost OF handling greater.
These facts mean Inevitably an In
crease in the cost Of acid phosphate
and complete fertilizer. Fortunately.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
usrulbu gxsreleee.

6ajlathsnics taken In the early morn
tns DE- much to keep up the general
health. Standing, warmly but loosely
clad. at an open window and inhalin"
deep breaths of fresh air will stimulat
the blood quickly. This might be fol
lowed with two or three easy exercises
One might consist of doubling the fists,
placing them at the shoulders, and
then thrusting them out at arms length
swiftly. After that it would be well
to bend, trying to touch the floor with
the finger tips without bending the
knees. These calisthenics might be
concluded with a final one Of kneeling
and bending forward the floor from
the waist. The whole performance
need not take more than five minutes,
and will do more to make circulation
lively and muscles In good condition
than any amount of medicine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
WHY FERTilizER PRICES
b., kAv1 AovANcko.

Cannon and crops use tho same
food. SIX hundred thousand tons
Of nitratss went 70 make explosives
last year. In the United States
alone. a hr .ts .os sl
0ulphuEc acid necessary for the
maaufaetprs II sdd phosphate Is
normally made. from Spanish sui
phsr oses. Submarines have now
almost satireiy tut Oh this supply.
Birthstone. useA q . substitute
Aoofcs Of sulphur. must ~ Trans
ported b. rail- ct great expense
frou louisiana and Texas, since
the sovssnmeat has found It nsess-
aary - co4meA6ees salpAuf-eaFTy-
Ing bo0tA x ~f.
LArss Quantities q phosphate
reak from Florida and Tennessee
must now g BY rail at high freight
rates. Uncle eam needs the bsats.
Higher labor. machinery. eeAl
and supply costs have caused . gen.
eral advance In al raw materials,
varying IRON rs to 100 PEI esnt.
BvrIap bags which sormally cost
10 cents each. now esst - eeats and
are scarce at that t.y-4.-..--
Labor which was plentiful In
1914 at GOO Per day 10 1ew alnsst
unebtainabls at $50 ~ day.
There caA - but 90 answer to
conditions such - these: namely.
kish-psosd fertilizers. nrv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
" - = ~;
10 day
.t'. =. %

a busssi u essn Will buy msrs ssr.
tlllzer new Man Il would In 1874.
Every purchase must - eonddered On
tie basis Of relative. values rather
than dollar values. Ia,
The high auotations for spring fer
tilissss have CAUSED many farmers To
ask yh<tAex It viii b. possible to use
fertilizers ak Q proAt next season. The
aAswsr b tAis question may b found
~ . sompezison 81 the relative pur.
chasing power a crops before the war
and ct the present una ioa
In 1914 the usual corn fest1iissr cost
a pr ten 9TsAay the same fertilizer
essts arounA 81 pAr ton-an inersass
- 20 per cent. In 101k corn WA
worth about 20 csd3s per bushsl. TAX
Ing the country over. Today II sells 1t
not less than $50 per bushel. a the
farm-mors than no per cent increasa
The same calculation could be made
for wheat, potatoes, Or almost any
other crop Excepting in tAsi case Of
those fertilizers containing potash). :
Each individual farmer has merely
to consider whethsr fertilixers paid
before the war: II 70 they win pay
even better now. - e ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Crocodile Learn.

The expression Crocodile tears can
be found in almost every Europear
language, but 1t is doubtful If one IL
a thousand of those who use 1t has
an idea Of its origin. We are told In
The Bestiary Of Guillaume le Clerc that
when the crocodile finds an unwary
traveller it devours him, but afterward
weeps over him all the rest Of its life
This is very evidently the allusion in
'Othello," Each drop she falls would
prove a crocodile"
There is another version of the fable,
however, which is more often referred
to In literature and according to which
the crocodile sheds tears In order to
allure the traveller to destruction.
Shakespeare alludes to this In the pas.
sage where he tells how
The mouTnful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers
q Henry VI, l. 228
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Maqnetic Matala.

Magnetic properties are not confined
to iron. Alloys made from various
combinations of metals-copper, man.
ganese. tin, aluminium, bismuth and
some others-show more or less marx
ed magnetism. Recent work has shown
that the highest amount of magnetic
power among ironless alloys is obtain
ed by mixtures of copper and manga
nese plus either aluminium or tin. II
is difficult TO explain why such alloys
should be mapnnfin
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Conflicting Duties.

The most difficult thing in life Seems
70 me TO recognize which is the higher
of two conflicting duties, and those to
whom it is easiest must have, l think,
not only the most happiness, but genius
If goodness were always quite simple
what could be more delightful than to
be good always: 1t is, however, a sad
thing, when the understanding and the
affections are at variance. when one
has to stop and consider which Of two
courses is morally incumbent on one,
and without always finding a solution
1t is sad, because 1t shakes ones faith
In that which ought to be the surest
of guides-namely, In ones own con,
science. And. let one choose what be
will, 1t leaves In his mind sting, some.
thing to regret.-Paul Heyse.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
WHAT cAusEp FOOD shoR1AoE,

Herbert Hoover. y. 8. ysod Admin.
ist1atof. says there have been two
pstnidpai reasons to aecoupt for the
present feoA shertaOa. First, tie '4un.
hndasas of nature" Including Ne late
spring. drousAta husTtcanea. psos con.
diuons Of rainfall, unexpsctAa 1rosta
and periods Il intense heat IL sest1ens
throughout the world. ,4 4 -..f,-,
Second, hs ovss ~rsdaesd pesAus'
dvity Of ne soil n Europa" Concern.
Ing this, Hoover says: '-TAia cendi.
don has been brought about BY bad
management, uAakillsd work. and lack
OF fertiliseFs; and these In turn can
b. explained BY the withdrawal Of men
from farm and field to army, aud fac.
tory. and the employment on the soil
Df ovssworksd women. unskilled olA
men and ustlsss prisonssA Further.
more the vicious submarine has sunk
boat aftss boat oiled with nitratss
sal feftdlissss, couspiring to augment
DE lpaupss1sstion o. the earth, 20 that
seduction IN soai productivity was In
svttabas."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Tokyo.

1t is remarkable how many persons,
some Of whom may lay claim to edu-
cation and familiarity with Japan, per-
sist in misspelling the name of Japan's
capital. OF course If government OH
Gals and western diplomats in Japan
insist on spelling it Toxic, western
people. ignorant of the japanese Ian
guage. cannot be blamed for pronounc-
ing 1t In three syllables CTo-kee-yol,
much to the amused disgust Of the Jap
anese. The japanese ideographs are
only two and are best represented by
the two RONALD syllables Tokyo, pro
nounced with a very slight emphasis
on the first syllable-Japan Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
THE ovERsEAs ACRE FUND.

The farmers q france are N M
worse condition than perhaps yes
know. They have literally lost evsey-
thing except their souls. After the
last retreat Of the German army. The
entire countrywide was Devastated.
No living thing remained. No birds. -
animals, NO trees. NO crops-Aothing.
Wells were poisoned, all vsstigs q
their former homes aud buildings vss
demolished"
Help 10 needed and needed quietly.
Our funds viii Be used to bay teoA-
clothing. farming implsmsats. fsrt1l
iIer,l seeds. live stock. building Hs-
terials, and other necessities - ~
ported to ~ BY the War Aslisf CsG%
ance House. Every gift win b marAaA
Given with gratitude and GoOd WIN
from the farmers Of Ameriea-thseush
their Overseas Acre Fund" TAs
above statement y from q DanpAlet
issued by the Overseas Acre FsDA
which Is carrying on q campaign -
help the farmers Of France.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05

Now, If this proposition appeals to
you sign here" said the brisk agent al
the end of half hour harangue
Il didn't say it appealed to me-" an
swered the man at the desk.
"No, but l saw an expression OF
pleased interest in your face"
"Oh. that wasn't due to anything
you said. l Just happened to remem-
Der that Mike, our head porter, is due
here In about three minutes. The last
time he put an agent out the fellow
was carried to a hospital. Oh, must
you go? Well, good morning" Dir.
mingham Age Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
New York Stock EXCHANGE.

The record high price for a seat on
the New York Stock Exchange was
$4,000 in 1905 and again in 1906 In
1916 the highest price paid was $4,000,
the lowest $4,000. In 1915 the high
est price was $4,000 and the lowest
$4,000. In 1914 the highest price was
$4,000; in 1913, $4,000; in 1912, STA
600; in 1911. ST3, 600; in 1910, $4,000
and the same price in 1863 The low
est price in the last twenty-five years
was $4,000, paid in 1896.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Use hIeh.ofads FertlllSosA

With fertilizers high Priced ~
scarce this year, 1t IL more impsrtaat
than ever to use high-grads rather tAan
low-grade goods. Plant food alwayy
costs the consumer more in lew-grl6e
formulate. and now there u IN ADDED
argument for high Qualiy-lsas freight
space is required TO move . ovsa
amount Of actual plant fseA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05

u has frequently happened tnat VA.
liable trade secrets have been lost be-
yond recovery. For instance. the best
watch oil, it appears. cannot be OBJ
tanned today because Tie secret proc
ess of mixing it persisted with the In
ventor. 1t is said that the last quart
of this famous fluid was sod for 5000,
and that was thirty-ive years ago.
Since then every effort has been made
to analyze the product Ia au attempt
to reproduce the oil, but without sue
cess. The man who made it and who
alone knew its composition died, and,
1t further appears, not even his name
or the place of his burial IS known. lie
never revealed to any one the details
Of his process, and it was not until
after his death that the real value OF
the oil was approximations Angeles
Times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
Soil of the Farm.

Cato recommended that the soil Of
farm be good and fertile; also that
near 1t there be plenty Of laborers and
that 1t be not far from a large town;
moreover, that it have sufficient means
Of Transporting its produce either by
water or land. This advice although
1900 years old. still holds good
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
What IL Was.

The small boy was the first to an
swer the telephone. The person on
the other end of the wire was friend
Of his mother. and the following con-
versation ensued: is this Mrs. Blanks
residence" mo, ma'am; it's Mrs.
Blanks little boy"-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-05
ARMIES ARr hEEpEp AZ HOME

II this war Il to Be Won, ws shau
hsvs to put several armies IN the Geld.
u army Of soldiers In the Trenches.
The army Of fool producers In the fur.
rows, the women's- army Of food con-
servers. beating back the attacks Of
that worM-old camp follower Of war.
famiAe, and Q patriotic army Of civili-
ans In the bsEness and Political
world - The 1AnkeriFarmse. Oct,
1911. et r.