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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

testing voices with cries of "fanat-
ics!' personal libtery!'' and the
like.
And John Barleycorn lived on,
rearing a frightful progeny. Of
the evil brood, disease, pauperism,
insanity, prostitution, poverty, de-
generacy, bossism, were spread
over the land like blight.
But there came a day when the
keeper of the tap-house trembled,
for the people rose up like a strong
man after sleep.
Legitimate business bade John.
Barleycorn be gone industry de-
nounced him as an Old Man of the
Sea on it's shoulders; the army and
navy of the United States
drummed him out of camp with
"traitor" branded upon his fore
head. =,
1t was really merciful-more
merciful than he ever was to his
millions of victims-to sentence
John Barleycorn to death. The
world was getting to be a mighty
lonesome place for him.
Friendly faces were few; and
their sincerity questionable. As
he walked alone, grim specters Of
his miserable past confronted him.
So it behooved John Barleycorn
to wall, "I'm only in the way"
and to 60 off and die, leaving the
sunshine of better day to disin-
feet the place where his fostering
carcass lay.
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BIBUL0US BARLEYCORN
SADLY SHOCKS SUPERIOR
Duluthians Help Old Stacker TO Make Rome Howl
Before Finally Leaving Lowland City For
Moist Village of Oliver.

sheepish bunch that quietly slip
ped out Of his office and away.
Duluth has been gaing unen-
viable notoriety by the actions
of men, women, boys and girls
who come over here to wrestle
with Old John Barleycorn and
even do worse. Taxi-cab drivers
seem to be reaping harvest
and private automobiles cross the
Interstate bridge by the score,
hell bent for the booze parlors
along Tower avenue.
An alarming feature has been
the large number Of young girls
who come over here and then
get stimulated. A man who
knows many people states that
girls who stand on the top rung
of respectability in Duluth are
seen over here exceedingly we'll
"lit up" -. ......-'
The West Superior hotel has
been something Of a storm CEN
ter Last month the club rooms
cut out dancing but visitors can
eat and consume booze, beer and
wine that. they may procure be-
fore entering the rooms.
Mayor Baxter's very strict or
ders to hotels have reduced the
hiring of hotel rooms for tran
sient immortality to a minimum.
But some =. wild actions recently
have characterized the lobby of
! thes West Superior hotel. Kissing
and hugging, publicly and os-
tentatiously by boozy Duluthians,
has not been confined to one in
stance;by any means: A favorite
pastime is for one young buck
/ to grab a well stimulated girl
away from another young blade.
Billy Sunday certainly could
have secured plenty of local color
and have seen some horrible ex-
amples during his visit to Duluth
had he stuck around Superior
between the hours of II p. m.
and l a. m.
| Of course all eyes are turned
OH Oliver. One retail and SIX
wholesale liquor licenses have
been granted by the village faith
ers. The opening next Monday is
expected to be as wet as an
equinoctial rain and as noisy as
ia June thunder. shower.
| But it is believed that the
Oliver oasis will be quickly dried
tup. It is limited that states at
torney Mckay has a card up
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
FAT BOYS ARE SCARED.

The Fat Boys must be pretty
well scared of the Nonpartisan
league when they hire old '"col-
larless" Lawler to 60 out and
stump for the collar-wearers. This
shows plainly that the News was
right some time ago when it said
the only issue in state politics this
year is Big Business VS.. democ-
racy. The "disloyalty' howl is
only a blind to hide the real is
sues. The profteers are anxious
to retain their opportunity to
gouge the public. So far as they
are concerned the world should
only be made safe for democracy
in Germany-not in Minnesota
Steel Plant News.
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THE BARLEYC0RN BREED
IS DYING OUT RAPIDLY
Old John Was Conceived i'm Sin and Born an Inc
briate-Whole Damn Family Soon Will
Be Permanently Planted.

John Barleycorn has had the de-
cency to croak in twenty eight
states, and there is a deepseated
desire to see the thing become cpl
demic, in keeping with the old re-
frain-
There was a dog and his name was
Rover,
And when he died he died all over
We hope the states will con-
tinue to gather in the Barleycorn
kin until we get the "whole damn
family" planted.
The earthly record Of the de-
ceased was such that we do not
envy the funeral orator his task.
He will have to emulate the wis
dom of the officiating pastor who
was asked what in the world he
could say at the obsequies about
defunct reprobate who beat his
wife and side-stepped his debts.
He answered, "Dead easy. I'll
speak of the glorious age in which
he lived"
All we can indite about the now
pulseless John Barleycorn is that
he lived in a glorious age-which
he betrayed, shamed and defiled
! says James Schermerhorn in the
Detroit Times. ,
He was full of years as well
as of other things. He began with
Superior's beginning, >alack!
A historian deposes and says
that when the United States and
Canada kissed the result was Wis,
consin.
Both parents must have beer
drinking, for John Barleycorn
the first-born. was an inebriate
from. birth-a sad instance Of
transmitted iniquity, cursed by the
serpent OF the StllL
He was not uncomely in youth
and he made himself useful IN oc
casions. He claimed to be good
for sickness and low spirits
Being a pioneer and money
maker, he gathered politicians ani
newspaper supporters about him
He entered homes, banquets an6
armies as a friend. He claimed
protection and permanence as
vital business institution.
| When bold, outspoken men ant
women denounced him for filchins
plenty from firesides, the GLOW
from women's cheeks, strength
from manhood, integrity from leg
lislators and mayors, he and hi
lhirelings drowned their brave pro
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no. both Of them 60 to me.
Is that agreeable?''
Mr.. Easymark 1eplied that it
was and smiled a. trifle at the
thought Of how easy it was going
to be to get the strangers dollar.
"Oh shucks!" exclaimed the
stranger. "You've seen this done
before, haven't you?'
"No,' replied Mr.. Easymark.
Without further word or ado,
the stranger picked up both dol
lars and left the office. Under
the agreed conditions, he had won
the money.
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pockets.
81 am going to ask you for
some information" said a strang-
er, as he entered a Brainerd busi-
ness mans office. "But, to make
the matter more interesting, let
some money be involved in it. -
The stranger laid a dollar on
one end Of a blotter and asked
Mr.. Easymark to put one on the
other end, which he did.
"I'm going to ask you a ques-
tion, as l stated" said the strang-
er. eff you answer yes, both the
dollars go to you. If you answer
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his sleeve. 1t also is expected that
the steel plant and shipyards
across the river will force a
closing of saloons in Oliver by
use of a federal regulation max
ing illegal the sale Of intoxi-
cants within certain distance of
plants engaged on government
war contracts.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
POETS OBSERVE THE PASSING OF JOHN BARLEYCORN

If music has power to soothe
the savage breast, then verse may
have power to ease the suffering
of regions rendered arid by the
banishment of Old John Barley
corn and Old Gambrinus, his first
lieutenant. Over in Superior, the
poetic sentiment Of the day is
something as follows:
Goodbye, beer and whiskey.
Goodbye, rock and rye.
Well meet you in Oliver,
Now that Superior's gone dry.
The chances are that Old John
Barleycorn and old chum Gam
brinus have been permanently
banished from Superior. Such
, an epochal event can be. best Gel
ebratedr in song and verse. Re-
Gently, when all Michigan kicked
out the king of slackers, A. L.
Weeks of the Detroit News served
; as medium through which
Greater Poets, in flesh and in
spirit, poured out appropriate ex-
pressions concerning the fallen
monarch. With apologies to Mr..
Weeks, his services have been COM
mandeered to do justice to the
passing Of Old John Barleycorn
and his side-kickers from stricken
Superior, viz:
| BY Our Own Thomas Moore.
'Tis the last stein of summer,
! Left bubbling alone;
i All her high-proof companions
Are gargled and gone.
! No cup of her kindred,
No seidel is near,
To reflect back her amber,
! Or give beer for beer.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Edgar Allan Poe.

Once as in q drug store dreary, as l
wished that I were beery,
Over chocolate ice cream soda I had
never tried before
While to like it I was trying, softly
then there. came signing
As of some one gently crying, cry
ing up above the door.
Then l saw a crimson raven, weep
ing up above the door;
Quoth Red Raven: "Nevermore!
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Alfred Tennyson.

You. must wake and call me bevo,
call me bevo, mother dear;
Tomorrow will be the driest time of
all the sad New Year;
OF all the sad New Year, mother, the
bonest, driest day;
For I'm to be queen o. the May,
mother, I'm to be queen O. the
May.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Thomas Gray.

BY Our Own Thomas Gray.
The ballot tolls the knell of parting
booze,
The thirsty herd walks slowly up
the ave..
The clubman homeward plods; he
cannot choose;
There is no. one to say: What
will you have?"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
A NEW sKINGAME.

There's one of those measly
street carnivals under way at
Brainerd and unsophisticated cit
izens need padlocks on their purse
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

BY Our Own william Cullen Bryant.
To him who in the love of liquor
holds
Communion with her vinous forms,
she speaks
A various language; for his gayest:
nights
She has a voice of gladness, and
smile
And disregard of duty, and she drips
Into his morning after with jolt,
A potent pick-me-up that steals away
Its headache ere he is aware.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Rudyard Kipling.

what are the voters votin' for, said
Nose-a-Ruby Red.
"To turn you out, to turn you out,
the Colored Porter said.
What makes you look so sad, so
sad?" said Nose-a-Ruby Red.
"Ah'm dreadin' what Alive got to
watch" the Colored. Porter
said.
For they're hangin' Scotch-and-selt-
zer, hear the soda fountains
play,
The regulars in every square are
mournin' him today;
They've taken of his chaser off an
cut green stripes away,
An they're hangin' Scotch-and-selt-
ger in the mornin'.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The lonely bartender looked out
From the bar of mahogany;
His thoughts were blacker than the
depth
OF the justly famed Black Sea;
A quart of brandy in his hand,
And the stars on the bottle were
three. --,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Robert Burns.

John Barleycorn, my 10, John,
When we were first acquaint,
My locks were like the raven,
I wasn't even bent.
But now that l am broken, John,
My bean is white as snow,
And you have left me in the lurch,
John Barleycorn, my jo.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
By Our Own William Blake.

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In my bedroom when I'm tight,
What immoral rock and rye
Framed thee for my staring eye?
By Our Own Robert LOnis Stevenson.
divers 90 near with q number Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

Some of the Woodlanders are
wondering if the new addition to-
their school is another kernel on
the Cobb.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
By Our Own Lewis Carroll.

Twas Bourbon and the pol roget
Did pabst and goebel in the StrOh.
All absinthe was the dubonnet,
And the cliQuot curacao.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
By Our Own John Howard Payne.

Mid serveselfs and restaurants tho
we may roam,
Whenever we're thirsty, there's no
place like home.
A cellar of stuff we've hidden out
there,
Which, seek through Superior, is
ne'er met with elsewhere.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

drinks,
I'm sure we should all be as happy
as kinks.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
By Our Own Robert Browning.

The beers the thing;
And dark is the morn;
Bedtime's at seven;
The stein is dew-pearled;
The gins on the wing;
And so is the corn;
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
Is there a heaven?
All's wrong with the world.
TO A BRONX

TO "A BRONX
BY Our Own Robert Herrick.
dare not ask a sip,
I dare not beg a snort,
Lest having that, or this,
I might consume quart.
No, no, the utmost share
Of my desire shall be
Only to kiss the girl
That lately swallowed thee.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the red Ticker think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the crooked ways
When voters vote and vote again.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

BY Our Own Ben Jonson.
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And 1 will likewise drink;
Or slip a buck across the slab
And give the clerk a wink.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

Next Monday morning Superior
will be Bone Dry and Oliver ex-
poets to be Sopping Wet. What's
one mans meat IL another mans
poison.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

II you can celebrate the Fourth
of July in no other way, carefully
read the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. After that, subscribe for
the Rip-saw.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
BY Our Own John Greenleaf
Whittier.

Blessings on thee little man,.
For you used to rush the can.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11
BASKET-NET FOR FISHERMAN
How Angler Can Catch MInnows and
Small Fish for Bait.

Perhaps the greatest difficulty that
the amateur fisherman encounters on
his expeditions Is the securing Of live
bait. But If he has included In his
equipment basket net he can catch
minnOws and small fish in any stream,
The frame Of the net Is made from
six tempered spring steel rods. To
this the netting is attached with rust
proof ring clips. In the center of the
netting Is the bait pocket, In which
bread meat or other bait Is placed
to attract the minnows. When the
net Is lifted, the weight of the con-
tents causes 1t to bag" so that the
minnows will not escape over the
sides.
When the net snags or when, for
some other reason, 1t Is subjected to
extraordinary strain, the six tenn
pered steel rods bend inward and
downward until all but one Of the
rings by which the net Is attached to
the frame slip out Of the hooks. This
collapsing Of the frame frees the net
from the snag and releases the strain.
The inventor claims, however, that
the net will not collapse except under
extraordinary strain, which If resisted
would damage the net. 1t folds up
into a compact little bundle which Is
scarcely noticeable among the fisher
mans traps"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11
When Gas Pressure Was Low.

Mr.. J. returned home recently to
find his wife smiling helplessly, while
roomful Of persons, who announced
themselves as Cousin SO-and-So, and
her children, took possession Of the
house. The children's search Of the
kitchen had disclosed untold goodies,
and with their hands and mouths full,
their smiles proclaimed their capacity
as unlimited. Their mother, blissfully
ignoring their behavior, was dwelling
on the great cost Of living in the coun-
try rs compared to the city.
ITO think" she exclaimed breath
lessly, that you only pay 60 cents for
thousand feet for gas. Why"
AS Mr.. ]. took her husband aside to
consult him on whether to order an
elephant or a whale, he announced
heartily:
"That's a good idea. It's cheap and
1t is filling. Wen be sports and give
them all they want"
"Give them what, John?" she asked.
"Why, gas" he replied promptly.
-"They haven't had any lately. and it
will be a real treat."-lndianapolis
News.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11
WHY-==
The Soldier Must Have
An EMERGENCY Ration

A MEXICAN MEDICINE com.
~ ments on the soldiers ration,
~ and more particularly on the
emergency ration Of hardtack
and sweet chocolate suggested by Doc.
tor Vedder. 1t weighs only one pound,
but gives the soldier the proper amount
Of food on which to carry on the work
required Of him. The writer says:
"The problem of rationing the SOL
der Is Of the utmost Importance, not
merely for the purpose Of preserving
his physical health, but of conserving
his military effectiveness. Regardless
Of what the civil population subsists
apon, the rationing of the soldier must
not be reduced so as to curtail the food
requirements.
ut Oftentimes becomes necessary to
send In advance scouting parties for
whom adequate food supplies cannot
be prepared to be carried by them. To
meet such military exigencies an emer.
gency ration is essential.
"As Vedder has pointed out in the
must be balanced and possess a rea-
sonable energy value and tissue-build.
Ing power. Palatability must not be
sacrificed. Its bulk must be minimal
In order to prevent the ration from
serving as drag upon the soldier, al
ready weighed down by his essential
military appurtenances. The food must
be Of such character that 1t will not
readily deteriOrate, while at the same
time 1t must be cheap and readily pur-
chasable.
"Vedder has suggested as an emer-
gency ration ten ounces Of hardtack
and six ounces of sweet chocolate. The
total weight Of the ration Is one pound,
while 1t supplies approximately 2,1OO
calories, Of which $50 calories arise
from protein sources.
"A man resting in bed requires 1900
calories per day to satisfy the normal
heat and energy requirements of bod
lily function. According to Chittenden,
on a low protein diet, 250 calories from
protein are provided with total of
1854 calories for the "a hours. The
haversack ration as at present consti-
tuted supplies approximately $500 cal
ories per day, with 400 calories arising
from protein elements. This ration
naturally provides the due and proper
amount indicated for soldiers engaged
In hard work.
"The emergency ration suggested is
not liberal in character, and, in fact,
materially reduces the total food re.
quired for the soldier, but this is mere
ly for emergency purposes, and should
not actually interfere to a great extent
with the physical health of the con-
sumer, provided that 1t is utilized
merely In emergencies. 1t Is patent
that the bulk Is not excessive, and
that the foods suggested are cheap,
generally available, palatable and re-
sistant to deterioration"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11
Another Use for Cement.

Through the shortage of structural
steel, roof trusses Of timber incased In
cement have been used for buildings of
a Texas oil refinery. After putting In
place, the trusses were wrapped with
a layer Of light waterproof building
paper, and sheets of expanded metal,
with half-inch diamond mesh, were
fitted around the paper, and held five
eighths inch from the surface by chairs
and nails. A coating Of one and half
inches Of cement mortar was then ap-
piled with cement guns. The roof was
covered with one and half-inch
monolithic slab, built in place by the
use Of wire-mesh reinforcing, and ce-
ment mortar applied by cement guns
from below against wood panels which
were removed after "a hours. The ce-
ment surface was given final coating
Of hot asphalt paint.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11
A LITTLE BEDTIME STORY.

When Johnny Chuck ended his win.
ter's Information and appeared in the
doorway of his house, he found Peter
Rabbit waiting for him. a-quiver with
curiosity.
$50 you are awake at last, Johnny?"
exclaimed Peter. 81 was in your house
several weeks ago, and there you lay
with your eyes closed and your hands
embracing your stomach, sOunder
asleep than l ever saw anybody be-
fore"
"Oh, l wasn't asleep" replied John
ny. Il was in u brown study. Late
last fall Sammy Jay, who thinks he's
smart, told me conundrum. He
asked: What is the difference be-
tween an American soldier and a BUTCH
er in a packing plant? He answered
it himself. One is defender and the
other a beef ender.' And then he
laughed. have been studying over
that all winter, trying to figure out
whether he Is fool or he thinks
im."-Kansas City Star.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11
OREGON BOYS STAGE DUEL
Ono Shot to Death In Effort to Re-
Iieve Monotony Of Hunt.
Ing Trip.

Oregon City, Ore.-Leslie Ledoux.
aged sixteen, is dead at Park Place,
near here, because he and his boy COM
panions staged duel In the woods to
break the ennui of an unsuccessful
hunting trip.
Unable to find any game, the boys
decided to stage a battle, and Ledoux
armed with magazine % caliber rifle,
agreed "to stand off" Cecil Green,
thirteen, and Lake Smith, fifteen, each
armed with single shot 22s.
Crouching behind stump and only
rising to fire, Ledoux stood his COM
panions off for Is minutes, and then
dropped dead with bullet hole in his
forehead. His companions went home
and told their parents Lexoux was
sick, but later confessed to the sheriff
what had happened.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-04-11

CoTdl polyp,
know that. But somehow would much
rather be called an insect than a
polyp. A polyp doesn't seem to mean
much"
ut means what you are" said his
mother. "But perhaps that doesn't
mean much. We aren't big enough to
think of what we are called. We just
belong to big group and you and ]
have grown friendly. That Is why you
call me mother polyp. But maybe I am
your mother polyp after all. 1t really
Is too much trouble to think about"
II suppose So" said the polyp, but
I like to call you mother pOlyp."
"Go ahead and call me it then" said
mother polyp.
what do you think about all the
tlme?' asked the small coral polyp.
II think of our home," mother polyp
answered. II feel so sorry for crea-
lures who haven't their own homes.
And ! feel almost as sorry for those
who haven't beautiful homes. In fact,
very, very few have beautiful homes"
'Who have beautiful homes?" asked
the young polyp.
1--WE have" said mother polyp, "and
all the members of our family. Just
think, we have an island named after
our homes. 1t Is called Coral island.
"Oh, l do feel so sorry for those who
live in wooden houses and in brick
houses. How ugly their homes are.
Think of wood and brick compared to
coral.
"And I feel so badly for the crea-
lures who build rough nests Of straw
and grass and sticks. There are others
who live in holes. Horrid holes made
out of dirt Gracious, how some peO-
pie and animals can live! 1t gives me
the shiyers.
"Now we live and get all our support
from our coral homes. And think how
wonderful they are? Some are Of red
coral and some Of pink, but all are
beautiful.
"Yes, the more l think of 1t, the more
Tn sorry for the creatures who live In
houses of wood or brick, ground holes
or rough nests.
Besides, it Is so much finer to have
n home on the wntcr-a coast home Is
far nicer than an inland home"
"Well, I suppose" said the young
polyp, that 1t all depends how one
looks at it,"
II look at it from the standpoint Of
a polyp," said mother polyp proudly.
"To be sure we are wonderful to
have such homes" said the young
polyp. And still finer than that Is the
fact that we have shoemaker In the
family"
"What" asked mother polyp.
"To be sure" said the young polyp.
"There is the coral shoemaker, and he
Is relation"
THAT'S so, that's so," said mother
polyp. "But Of course we don't wear
shoes, and so he isn't of much use.'
That's true" said the young polyp,
'but 1t Is always useful to have one
in the family. And it sounds so busi-
nesslke to speak Of Cousin Coral Shoe
maker"
For there is little creature with
lust that name and he is cousin OF
our friends who live in the coral reefs.
The polyp and all his friends and
relatives live in the wonderful coral
that we have for jewelry and for orna-
ments. And they get their support