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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
Accounts.

Accounts.
allow do you account for the con
tinued high cost Of living'"
Haven't tried to account for it," re-
piled the anxious-looking man. 81 have
been too busy keeping books on ali
kinds of things to take up any add
tional question of accounts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
For Either Riding or
Hikinp

When days are cold there are
spiral spats of all-wool khaki, really
a spat and leggin combined, for they
wind around the leg as we'll as cover
the foot. Price, $3.50.
Third floor, Tenth street.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
BIBLE CLASS DISCONTINUED BE-
CAUSE OF PROHIBITION.

In a fOur-mile trip through the South
and the far West, Miss Anna A. Cor
don, president of the National w. 9.
T. o., found the people in dry terri
tory well satisfied with prohibition, and
In the large cities like Portland, Ore,
and Seattle, Wash, no industrial dis
turbance had followed its adoption.
"The only criticism, heard" she
said, twas in Portland, where they said
1t had put out of business the largest
Bible class In the country. OF course
I. was shocked to hear that, but when
the president Of the local Woman's
Christian Temperance union told me
that she had been for number OF
years teaching that Bible class every
Sunday morning In the county jail, and
that prohibition had taken her class
away for her, I went on my way re-
joicing."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS
AT ONCE If BILIOUS OR
~CONSTIPATED.

Look at the tongue, mother! II
coated, 1t is sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peeyish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrh@a, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of california Syrup of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out Of the
little bowels without gripping, and you
have well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless 'fruit laxative ;"
they love it's delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
California Syrup Of Figs" which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that it is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
SPANISH INFLUENZA WHAT IT is
AND HOW IT SHOULD BE TREATED
Nothing New Simply the Old Grip or La Grippe That
Was Epidemic in 1ss9-e0 Only Then 1t Came
From Russia by Way of France and
This Time by Way Of Spain
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS

In order to stimulate the lining Of
the air passages to throw off the grippe
germs, to aid in loosening the phlegm
and keeping the air passages open, thus
making the breathing easier, Vick's
VapoRub will be found effective. Hot,
wet towels should be applied over the
throat, chest and back between the
shoulder blades 20 open the pores.
Then VapoRub should be rubbed in
over the parts until the skin Is red,
spread on thickly and cover with two
thicknesses of hot flannel cloths. Leave
the clothing loose around the neck, as
The heat of the body liberates the in
gradients in the form of vapors.
These vapors, inhaled with each breath,
carry the medication directly to the
parts affected. At the same time
VapoRub is absorbed through and
stimulates the skin, attracting the
blood to the surface, and thus aids
in relieving the congestion within.
HOW TO AVOID THE DISEASE
Evidence seems to prove that this is
a germ disease, spread principally
by human contact, chiefly through
coughing, sneezing or splitting. So
avoid persons having colds-which
means avoiding crowds--common
drinking cups, roller towels, etc. Keep
UP your bodily strength by plenty OF
exercise in the open air, and good food.
Above all, avoid colds, as colds irri-
tate the lining of the air passages and
render them much better breeding
places for the germs.
KEEP FREE FROM COLDS
Use Vick's VapoI.ub at the very first
sign of a cold. For a head cold, melt
little VapoRub in q spoon and inhale
the vapors, or better still, use Vapo-
Rub in a benzoin steam kettle. If this
is not available, use an ordinary tea
kettle. Fill half-full of boiling wa
ter, put in half teaspoon Of VapoRub
from time to time-keep the kettle
just slowly boiling and inhale the
steam arising.
Note-Vick's vapoRub is the dis
covery of a North Carolina druggist,
who found how to combine, in salve
form, Menthol and Camphor with such
volatile oils as Eucalyptus, Thyme, Gu
bebs, ETC., so that when tn salve IS ap-
piled to the body heat, these ingredi-
ents are liberated in the form of va
pors. ..
VapoRub is comparatively new in
New York State and New England and
a few Western states where it is just
now being introduced, but in other sec
tons of the country it is the standard
home remedy in more than a million
homes for all forms of cold troubles.
Over six million jars were sold last
year. vapoRub can be had in three
sizes at all druggists. 1t Is particular
1y recommended for children's Group
and colds, since it is externally applied
and therefore can be used as freely as
desired without the slightest harmful
effects. ,u...
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

/, Get rid of the excess acid. That's
the secret Of good health and is the only
way TO obtain good digestion and assin-
ilation. 1t is the right way to be well and
keep strong Ordinary tonics won't do
any lasting good. The best they can do
Is 10 spur up your appetite. When the
stimulating effects wear of. Won are
worse OF than ever.
modern remedy makes 1t uossible
70 remove excess acid without the slight
est discomfort. 1t IL called EATONIC.
ID the form Of pleasant tasting tablets.
Inelr action In the stomach is a good
deal like piece of blotting paper taking
up drop Of ink-they literally absorb
the injurious excess acid and carry Il
away through the intestines.
Begin using EAToNIC right now--to-
day--and get on the road to bounding,
vigorous, vibrant health. Thousands upon
thousands Of people who have used
EArONlC are enthusiastic in its praise.
They say they never dreamed that any
thing could bring them such quick relief.
EATONlC is absolutely guaranteed SO
get big soc box from your druggist. If
II does not help you your money will be
reIunded. If Your druggist does not keep
EATONIC, send your name and address to
the Eatonic Remedy Company, 1918 s.
wabash Ave-. Chicago ILL.,, and they wilt
at once mail you o Soc box and you can
send them the money for 1t after you re-
ceive it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Temperance
lassNdfesn
SUBSTITUTE MILK FOR BOOZE
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)

SUBSTITUTE MILK FOR BOOZE
Milk contains all the elements need
ed to build up and sustain the body.
That is why workers feel satisfied af-
ter drinking it. The shipbuilders Of
Seattle are using 10000 pint bottles
Of milk every lunch hour, and the only
reason they do not use 10000 is that
there is a limit to the supply. And as
for ice cream cones, great piles of
them go like hot cakes every noon.
The heaviest consumers Of milk and
ice cream in Seattle shipyards are
said to be the steel construction men
--riveters, plate hangers and the forge
men. This work exacts heavy toll on
physical strength and these workers
find milk an element that puts "pep"
and vigor into them.
"The change from beer to milk has
been mighty good thing for every
body concerned" said W.. r. Bailey,
who has worked in the shipyard pat
tern shops off and on nearly thirty
years. "In the old days a foreman
could never tell how many men he
would have on the job the next day
after pay day. 1t was the rule for the
men to break for the nearest saloon
as soon as they received their checks
and most of them anchored there I'M
til they were turned out-broke. I've
known fellows in those days that
couldn't buy a pair of socks because
they never had anything left after the
first visit to the saloon. When some
Of the men did come back to work
they were sodden and dull and in
capable of doing a good days work.
"Things are different now. These
men who are drinking milk instead Of
beer have clear skins, clear vision and
clear minds. They are able to do a
fair days work every day and can
make extra effort when it's necessary"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Go to Bed and Stay Quiet -
Take a Laxative Eat Plenty
of Nourishing Food-Keep
Up your Strength - Ma
ture Ia the Only "Cure"
ALWAYS CALL A DOCTOR
NO OCCASION FOR PANIC

Spanish influenza, which appeared in
Spain in May, has all the appearances
of grip, or la grippe, which has swept
over the world in numerous epidemics
as far back as history runs. Hippo.
rates refers to an epidemic in 412
B. c., which is regarded by many to
have been influenza. Every century
has had it's attacks. Beginning with
1881 this country has had five epidem-
les, the last in 1989-90.
There is no occasion for panic-influ-
enza itself has very low percentage
Of fatalities-not over one death out
of every 400 cases, according to the
N. G. board of health. The chief danger
lies in complications arising, attack
ing principally patients in a rundown
condition-those who don't go to bed
soon enough or those who get up too
early.
THE SYMPTOMS
Grip, or influenza, as it is now called,
usually begins with a chill, followed by
aching, feverishness, and sometimes
nausea and dizziness, and a general
feeling of weakness and depression.
The temperature is from 100 to 104,
and the fever usually lasts from three
to five days. The germs attack the
mucous membrane or lining Of the air
passages, nose, throat and bronchial
tubes; there is usually hard cough,
especially bad at night; oftentimes a
sore throat or tonsillitis, and frequently
all the appearances of a severe head
cold.
THE TREATMENT
Go to bed at the first symptoms, not
only for your own sake, but to avoid
spreading the disease to others-take
purgative, eat plenty of nourishing
food, remain perfectly quiet and don't
worry. Quinine, aspirin or Dover's
Powder etc, may be administered by
the physicians directions to relieve the
aching. But there is no cure or spe-
cific for inf1uenza--the disease must
run it's course. Nature herself will
throw off the attack If only you keep
up your strength. The chief danger
lies in the complications which may
arise. Influenza so weakens the bodily
resistance that there is danger of pneu-
nionia or bronchitis developing, and
sometimes Inflammation OF the middle
ear, or heart affections. For these rea-
sons it Is very important that the
patient remain in BED until his strength
returns-stay in bed at least two days
or more after the fever has left you, OF
if you are over so or not strong stay
| in bed four days or more, according to
the severity Of the attack.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
It's Acid-Stonlach
That Makes Millions
Sick and Suffer

Life Is dark-not worth much lto the
man or woman with an acid-stomach.
Acid-stomach kills Hope, Ambition.
energy, Courage. 1t saps the strength az
the strongest body--impoyerishes the
hlood--causes untold sufferjnp--makea
millions weak, unfit and brings on pre
mature old age.
You know what acid-mouth does TO
teeth and glms-how the acid literally
eats through the hard enamel, causing
the teeth to decay. Just imagine. then.
what havoc an acid stomach must do to
the delicate organization Of the stomach.
Millions of people are weak and unfit.
suffering all the time, In one way or an
other. from superacidity or acid-stomach.
They don't seem dangerously sick.
Just ailing. Going through life weak.
listless, dragging one foot after another.
They're nervous and irritable; lack power
and. punch, frequently have severe at
lacks of binding, splitting headaches:
subject to fits Of melancholia and mental
depression. And nearly always their
stomachs are out of order, even though
many experience no actual stomach pains
digestion poor--never getting anywhere
near the full strength from their food.
SO, you see, it's just this-acid-stom
ach--that Is holding so many people back
sapping up the strength they should
get from their food-taking away their
vigor and Misunderstanding them weak
and inefficient. Ae WI,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
ABSTINENCE AND EFFICIENCY.

AS regards straight Sno0tlng IL Is
eyeryone's experience that abstinence
ls necessary for efficiency. BY care
full and prolonged tests, the shooting
efficiency of the men was proved to
be 80 per cent worse after the rum
ration than before. What Is true OF
the soldier is true of the man who
MAKES the supplies for the soldiers
and sailors. Neither civilian nor sol
der can be at his best for work in
the trenches or in the factory when
he uses Intoxicating liquor. 1t takes
three or four men at home to support
one soldier in the trenches. If the
civilians at home destroy their eff
cheney through drink they destroy the
support of the army just as effective
ly as If the evil result came in direct
contact with the army itself.-Admiral
Jellicoe.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Gold In the Head"

10 an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per-
sons who are subject to frequent colds
In the head" will find that the use of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
and render them less liable to colds
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is TAX
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on The Mucous Surfaces of the System.
b All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
$4,000 for any case of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will not
cure.
r. j. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

This represents $40 "drunks'' saved
in one month in these eight cities. 1t
Is safe to assume that an equal nuns
Der Of real "drunks," not arrested,
were unable to work after pay day and
out Of job because drunk. Allowing
a conservative estimate Of only five
days loss of time for each drunk
(many were 80 days) we have $3.50
days. work saved to New Hampshire
by eight cities alone in one month Of
prohibition. At So a day this is near
ly $4,000 in money.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
soothe Baby Rashes

That itch and burn with hot baths Of
Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anolntings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better. For free samples adj
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. x, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
rs, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
A SOLDIERS PLEA

In the department, Letters from the
People," Of the Chicago Herald and
Examiner we find this:
Sir--As the son Of a father brutal
lied through drink, I urge you to do
everything in your power to help the
prohibition measure. am leaving for
camp realizing the agonies that my
mother is suffering without the aid
Of her three boys, all Of whom have
gone to the front.
THE VICTIM OF A DRUNKEN
FATHER.
(Name withheld>
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
SAVING MAN POWER.

New Hampshire, like other COM
monwealths made dry by state enact
ment, has proved that prohibition re-
suits in marked conservation of man
power and money power. Here is the
record of "drunks" of eight cities for
the first month after the law went into
effect contrasted with the correspond
ing month under license:
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
New Record.

In an exhibition recently in Fort
Worth, Tex, Lieut.. M. ]. Plumb, Chi
cago flyer, set new world record. He
'looped the loop" IA successive times
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
London,s Wires.

London's telephone and telegraph
wires extend to 1880 miles overhead
and 921 900 miles underground.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Glorious Tips.

Snger-The hills are tipped with
gold.
Weary Waiter-I wish was a
blooming hill.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

Constipation generally indicates disordered
stomach, liver and bowels. Wrights Indian
Vegetable Pills restores regularity without
gripping. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Ho Him .l,Isfjce

Nero wasn't much as an example Of
domesticity, but he kept the Rome fires
burning.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Gable Messages.

About 30,000,000 words a year pass
over cables linking British and North
American ports.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Blind People in EnaIand.

BIND People IN England. =
There are estimated to be in Great
Britain 1850 blind males and 1860
blind females.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

Keep clean inside as well as outside by taking
gentle laxative at least once week. such as
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

The japanese language is now in
cluded in the course Of study in the
high schools of Australia.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

The white poplar has been used as a
natural lightning rod.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16
Reindeer a Good Fuller.

The reindeer has been known to pull
200 pounds at ten miles an hour for
II hours.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-16

blooming hill
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-09
KAISER CLAIMS HE'S
GOTT'S STEWARD YET

Berne, Oct. 9.-The German en-
peror addressing the German SOL
diers at Rufach, Alsace, late in Sep
tember, said:
Neither the French nor the Am
orleans will break through our front
in Alsace-Lorraine. We shall de-
fend with the last drop OF our blood
these provinces which belong to us
and which the Almighty has entrust-
ed to us to administer as his stew
ards, and we shall keep them for the
benefit of their inhabitants and the
glory OF God.
"our faithful allies are with us In
this. The last drop Of blood of every
Austrian and Hungarian soldier, the
last drop OF every Bulgarian and
Turkish soldier, will be shed before
our enemies wrest from us land
which belongs to Germany.
"0ur enemies cannot and will not
succeed. We are under divine pro-
lection"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-09

while the armies OF the central pow
ers remain on invaded soil, the pres
ident called on the German chancel-
lor to state. as an absolutely neces-
sary preliminary to reply from the
allies and the United States,
whether Germany accepts the prin-
ciples of peace as repeatedly laid
down, or merely proposes to accept
them "as the basis OF negotiations, -
and whether the chancellor merely
speaks for the German military mas
ters conducting the war or the whole
German people.
AS the full significance OF the
presidents diplomacy Is disclosed, II
becomes evident that he has left open
the way TO peace and at the same
time left the militarist leaders OF
the central powers with a question
they must necessarily answer in a
way that will lead to peace or con-
front them with an embarrassing sit
uation in their own countries.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-09
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MAY Be FORBIDDEN
Dr. J. G. Smith, Public Health Offi-
Ger, Receives Instructions From
Surgeon General

In Line with the orders now being
issued from the United States pub
lie health service office at Portland,
all public meetings in this city may
be closed, should Spanish influenza
appear here. The following letter
received today by DR.. j. C. Smith,
county health officer, explains the
matter fully:
by order Of the surgeon general
OF the United States public health
service, you are directed in case OF
the appearance of an outbreak OF
influenza in your community to dis
continue all public meetings and
close all schools and places of pub
lie amusement. Report Immediately
any cases occurring.
For your information. the follow
ing telegram has been received from
the surgeon general:
Public health service will mobi-
lie with the aid OF volunteer medi-
cal service corps all outside medical
aid required in combating the pres
ent influenza epidemic. The Ameri.
can Red Cross upon specific request
from this service will mobilize nurs.
ing personnel and furnish necessary
emergency hospital supplies which
cannot be obtained otherwise. In.
form all city and county health Off.
GERS in your state that all appeals
for aid must be made to the state
board OF health which will make re.
quest Of the surgeon general of the
public health service whenever loca
needs require. Whenever neces
sary public health service will es
tablish district officers to cooperat,
with state officials and distribute OF
medical and nursing service.
RUPERT BLUE
=" Surgeon General,
"'U. S. Public Health Service
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-09
LADIES ARE
WORKING FOR NORMAL

committee OF ladies from Ash
land are in the city today in the in
terest Of the Ashland normal school.
The ladies' are here to interest and
solicit the aid OF Grants Pass voters
In support OF the bill providing for
normal schools both at Ashland and
In eastern Oregon, and which ques-
tion the people will decide at the
election on November 8. The COM
mittee was composed OF Mrs. Frank
Dickey, Mrs. +. G. Swedenburg, Mrs.
d, Perozzl and Mrs. Theodore J.
Malmgren. The ladies will return
to Ashland this evening, where they
will hold meeting.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-09
COOS BAY ROAD LANDS
IN PRIVILEGED STATUS

Washington, Oct. 9.-The house
public lands committee today au-
thorlzed Congressman tSinnott, of
Oregon. to invoke the privileged
status for the Coos Bay Wagon Road
Land Grant settlement, in order to
force Its early consideration by con-
gress. This matter has been held up,
pending a decision by the U. S. Su-
preme Court, placing these lands In
the same status as the o. & C. r. r.
grant lands.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-09
FRED B. CURREY VISITS
OLD FRIENDS HERE

Fred B. Currey, a former resi-
dent of Grants Pass, but now locat-
ed at LaGrande, Ore, Is in the city
today. Mr.. Currey has for many
years been engaged in the newspaper
business, but says he began in the
art proservative in the Courier Of
flee when he had the important po-
sition as office devil when the
Courier was printed on a Washing
ton hand press. That was along In
the early nineties. Today he inspec-
ted the new and modern plant from
which the Courier is issued and ex-
pressed himself as greatly pleased to
see that the Office where he first
dobbed in printers ink was able to
Withstand his early influence and de-
velop into such a flourishing insti-
tuition. Mr.. Currey is now general
manager OF the city of LaGrande
and has been given a 30-day leave
OF absence by the city commission
ers in order that he might assist
Walter M. Pierce, the democratic
candidate for governor. through the
last few days Of his campaign.