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One Exception.

"While the farmers are deploring the
shortage of help we have a vast army
of able bodied men performing useless
tasks" stated Professor Pate. stake
the solicitors who come to our doors
with labor.saving utensils that abso-
lutely must be In every household in
the land, who take our cherished tin.
types and return enlarged crayon
copies of the same that look like no
body on earth or in the waters under
the earth, and so forth. If such futile
trades were abolished these industrial
slackers might be persuaded to help
feed the nation in this crisis. have
purposely refrained from including in
the list the suave gent who offers or
nate literary works to the few people
In each community who are, of suf-
ficient culture to appreciate them. in
order to remain normal and keep well
we are obliged to have somebody to
hate, and for that purpose the book
agent is ideal."-Kansas City Star.
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NEED BIC HERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warning Nations Have Depleted Live
Stock at Enormous Rate, Fve1
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food.

American stock breeders are being
asked to conserve their fncks and
herds in order to meet Europe's tre-
mendOus demands for meats during
the war and probably for many years
afterward.
The United States food admins
tratlon reports that American stock
raisers have shown disposition to
cooperate with the government in In.
creasing the nations supply Of live
stock.
Germany today is probably better
supplied with live stock than any 9TH
er European nation. When the Gep-
man armies made their big advance
into France and then retreated vir-
tually an the cattle in the invaded
territory - approximately 100000
head-were driven behind the German
lines.
But in England-where 100000
acres OF pasture lands have been turn
ed into grain fields-the cattle herds
are decreasing rapidly. One Of the
reasons apparently is the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
English as follows: For September,
$17.76 per 100 pounds October $17.2S;
November and December, $10OS; jan
larry, $l440. The effect Of these prices
was to drive beef animals on the mar
ket as soon rs possible.
In France the number of cattle as
we'll as the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war.
Where France had l4,SO7 900 head OF
cattle in 1913, she now has only r.
341 800, decrease Of 1866 per cent.
And France is today producing only
one gallon OF milk compared to two
and One-half gallons before the war.
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because of the lack Of necessary feed.
Close study Of the European meat
situation has convinced the Food Adj
ministration that the future problem
OF America lies largely in the produc.
tion of meat producing animals and
dairy products rather than in the pro-
duction of cereals for export when
the war will have ceased.
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Cats as Hunters,

DR.. A. A. Allen, professor of birds
at Cornell, suggests that anyone who
Is skeptical about the hunting ability
of the cat should 60 out in the early
fall morning after light snow fall
and track the wild animals of the
nearby woods. Perhaps you will find
the tracks of red squirrel; squirrels
are very clever and usually manage
to exist even In cities. Perhaps you
will find the tracks Of cottontail or
two; rabbits are very prolific and
stand great deal of persecution.
Probably you will find the tracks of q
few rats and mice but be assured you
will find Puss-in-Boots In force, her
tracks crossing and recrossing. Doc.
tor Allen does not believe there Is
place in the eastern United States
within FIVE miles of human habita-
ton where you will not find the tracks
of the domestic cat more frequently
than those of any wild animals, squir-
rels, rabbits, mice excepted. Trappers
catch them in their traps set IN the
wilds far from houses.-Grit.
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WATER NECESSARY TO LIFE
Astronomer Can Prove That Other
Planets Are Uninhablted u He
Finds They Have No Moisture.

All life Is lived in water. Where
no water is, no life can be. The nee.
essary machinery may have been al
ready made, as In a completely dried
seed, but that seed cannot actually live
until water reaches 1t again. To live
Is to be wet; or, in the phrase Of
French student, Life is an aquatic
phenomenon"
When the supply Of water is with
held from living things they may sur.
vive, but their life Is slowed down,
as it were. In the completely dried
seed life is arrested altogether. yet the
creature Is not dead. The French call
that a case of vie suspendue-or, In
our language. suspended animation.
After astonishingly long periods, such
seeds will germinate II they are wa.
tered.
The astronomer tells US that our
planet Is only one Of many belong
ing to innumerable suns, and he Won
dered whether this little "lukewarm
bullet" of ours, as Robert Louis Ste.
venson called 1t, Is really unique In
bearing burden Of life. There Is one
path that leads to the answer OF his
query. II he finds no evidence of wa
ter on other worlds he cannot expect to
find life there.-Dr. c. w. Saleeby, In
The Youths Companion.
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TESTED THE DENTISTS WORK
khedivs Of Egypt Had Followers
Teeth Pulled So He Could See
Whether It Would Hurt

TO illustrate Oriental habits Of
thought, Lord Cromer tells, in the
Quarterly Review, this story Of Ismail
Pasha, the khedive of Egypt. 1t once
happened that Ismail was suffering
from toothache, He sent for EurQ1G
pean dentist, who told him that h
ought to have the tooth out. Ismai
said that he was afraid 1t would =
very painful. He was Informed
reply that. If he would allow the
tist to administer laughing gas to, lihl,
he would feel nothing. He still doubt
ed, but told the dentist to bring his
apparatus to the palace and he would
then discuss the question.
The dentist complied, and explained
the process to the khedive. Ismail then
summoned an attendant aud told him
to send up the sentry who was at his
door.
When the man arrived the khedive
ordered him to sit down in chair,
and requested the dentist to take out
a tooth on either side of his jaw.
1smail then asked the man whether
he had felt anything, and the man
told him that he had not. But Ismail
was not yet satisfied. He said that
the sentry was young, strong man,
and that he would Ike to see the ex-
pertinent tried on someone of weaker
physique.
Accordingly he summoned a slave
girl from the harem and had the dem
tist extract two Of her teeth. Find
ing that she did not show evidence Of
extreme suffering, he then consented
to have his own tooth out. 1t is re-
lated, although possibly that part Of
the story is apocryphal, that the dem
tist then received an order on the
Egyptian treasury for one thousand
pounds.
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FOOD ORDERS ARE OBSERVED
Meatless and WheatIess Menu In Con-
neetIon With Lord Mayors Annual
Banquet at Mansion House.

At last the gaunt figure of famine
has stalked into the Mansion House
and edited the menu of the lord may
or's banquet. There, everybody who
knows anything about English history
or about good eating, knows that the
center, the very palate, Of gourmand-
ise is situated, according to London
correspondent.
The British empire Is ransacked for
edibles and potables to furnish forth
this aldermanic holiday, And when
the OCCASIONS star guest, the premier,
rises to shake the pillars of the world
with his address, the guests are often
in such state Of torpor that they
have to scan the morning papers to
find out what he really said. But war
has changed all that. When the time
for this years banquet approached,
London's sensational press began TO
shout for a war menu SO loudly that
his lordship had to come out and as
sure the reporters of the meatlessness
and wheatlessness Of the coming feast.
Another Of Epglsnds glor!as vanishsdl
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6.o2o VOLUMES IN ONE WORK
Encyclop opedia Of the Literature Of
China, Covering 2s Centuries, is
+ Remarkable Production.

The Chinese department of the Brit.
ish museum library contains single
work which occupies no fewer than
5000 volumes. This wonderful pro.
duction of the Chinese press was pur.
chased some years ago for $500, and
Is one of only very small number Of
copies now in existence.
1t is an encyclopedia of the litera-
ture of China, covering period of %
centuries. 1t owes its origin to the
literary proclivities Of the Emperor
Kang-he, who reigned from 1862 till
1922. In the course of his studies Of
the ancient literature Of his country
Kang-he discovered that extensive cor
ruptions had been allowed to creep In.
to the modern editions, and conceived
tie idea Of having the text Of the Or
iginals reproduced and preserved in
an authorized form.
This was mighty conception, truly,
and in the execution 1t remains unique
down to the present time. For the
purpose of carrying out the work,
Kang-he appointed commission Of
learned men to select and collate the
writings to be reproduced. and EN-.
ployed the Jesuit missionaries to cast
copper types with which to execute
the printing. The commission was oc.
cupied for 40 years in Its great task.
Before the work was completed
Kang.he died, but he had provided that
his successor should see the book COM
pleted, and he faithfully carried out
his trust. The book Is arranged In
six divisions, each dealing with a par
ticular branch Of knowledge.
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Worry Often Selfish.

To expect sorrow Is to suffer from 1t
before 1t arrives, and when 1t may not
arrive at all; it Is like throwing our
gold into the sea because we fancy
that the ship Is going down. Perhaps
there may be'a great trouble awaiting
us next year: shall we destroy the en-
tire happiness and comfort Of this year
by anticipating it? The dread will not
help US to bear it when 1t comes. Wor-
ry Is q wrong that we do to ourselves,
and 1t usually makes others suffer
with US. Very often 1t is absolutely
selfish. Let US resist 1t by all the
means In our power, and give our
selves to the things that cheer and
strengthen us basing ourselves on the
hope that when trial comes we shall
be able to endure 1t bravely. There
are reserves Of strength which we too
often ignore, whose help comes In the
hour of need.-Exchange.
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Insure Future In Youth.

In youth Is the time to insure the
future. This Is true of every kind
Of insurance. And success follows the
same law. IT'S true that In youth you
have less to 60 on, but II you don't
make the start now you will never be
more than "hand-tO-mouth" per-
former. You must be convinced OF the
worth Of your ideal and then stake all
on making 1t Indispensable to the
world. You will have to show the
world you believe in it. The world
may even demand proof in sacrifice.
Hesitate and you are lost. Pay the
price of your belief promptly and con-
stantly and the future will be more
welcome in consequence. 1t isn't the
noise you make that counts-it's the
good you do, Even that may be ques-
toned by some folks, but you know
when it's genuine. So begin now.
Keep your ideals high and back them
up with the service that commands
respect and the world will return the
purchase price of your ideal with In.
terest.-Grit.
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BRITISH GOVERNMENT
HELPS PAY FOR Bread

There has been much misunder
standing about the bread program in
England. 1t is true that the English
man buys Il loaf of bread for less than
an American can, but 1t Is poorer
bread, and the British government is
paying $2OO0O0,OOO "a year toward tho
cost Of it.
All the grain grown in Great Brit
ain is taken over by the government.
at an arbitrary price and the imported
wheat purchased on the markets AT
the prevailing market price. This Il,
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at price tl,at allows the adul
terated war bread loaf of four pounds
to sell at lS cents the two pound loa'
at 8 cents and the one pound loaf at 6
cents.
In France, under conditions some
what similar, but with larger eX
traction, the four pound loaf sells for
IL cents.
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DISLIKE THE 15HM "HANos'
British WrltersN "" G, se Of "Work.
ers" to Desfsn"9SIte the Toilers
of Both Sexes.

In England some object to "hands,"
meaning 'workmen" and wish the lat
ter term to be used. But what of wom-
en- now doing mems work for the same
pay? A London journal suggests
workers" as single term for both
sexes.
What is the objection to "hands?"
asks Philip Hale in the Boston Herald.
Hand" and "hands" were used In ref
erence to an artist, musician, writer,
actor, as well as workman or work.
woman. Thus Evelyn in 1914 spoke
of pictures In miniature painted by
rare hands, Later we read Of "a
band of music consisting Of the best
hands from the opera and both the
theaters."
"Hands" for "workmen" goes back
as far as 1866. In Olmstead's "Slave
States" we read: "The children be-
gin as quarter hands, advancing to
'half-hands' and then to 'three-Quar-
ter hands, and finally to full hands,
The late Mr.. Mundella objected to
"hands" because the word indicated to
him the disappearance Of the old rela-
tionship between master and man.
"We employ thousands. We do not
know their faces. They are hands
they are not men," Arnold Toynbee,
social economist, delighted in the term
because an employer now can buy only
the workman's "hands;" "his life Is
now his own, to be cherished as no
BILE independence"
The London Daily Chronicle speaks
of hands. as a "Yankeeism." The
term has been used by Englishmen
from the middle of the seventeenth
century.
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Dutch First to Improve PIow.

The Dutch were probably the frst
to introduce improvements worth
while In the plow. They devised the
arst plow that turned furrow, all
piows before that time being merely
used to break the surface Of the
ground. The first patent for a plow
went to Joseph Folpamb In 1870. Jo-
seph Newbold patented one In this
country not long afterward, but Jeth-
70 Wood really invented the plow in use
today. His instrument was the first
to have q mold-board, a share and
land side In three pieces, SO that they
could be replaced or sharpened singly
when worn.
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Real Beast Of Burden.

The burr0 can generally get away
with anything that can be strapped to
him, Sometimes he is called upon to
move the entire possessions Of family
and he does it. He is the only ami
nal in captivity that can climb cliff
with a cookstove, a mattress, trunk,
a washtub, two frying pans, the fam
lily Bible and a couple of lengths of
stovepipe tied to his back. At times
he seems almost buried beneath his
burden and 1t Is rather startling for
the stranger to see load ambling
cozily up a hill without any visible
means Of support.-Los Angeles Times.
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Ill z II OEt
speech, and after that the Prince and
Princess spoke. The Prince told Of
many things he would do in the sum-
mer-many new things he would teach
them and he hoped other ants would
come to school to help him. And
this the ants promised, for many Of
them had planned to be school teach
ers. Others would still help with the
building, and still more would see
about bringing in the food as before.
$50 when the King gave twelve
blows with his scepter upon the
ground Of Ant Big City, all the ants
thought of the work they would do the
following summer, and at last they all
went to their separate homes for q
weii-dessryed rest"
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MAKING MEATLESS
DAYS PERMANENT

In the meatleSs menu there Is fer.
tile field for developing new and nour'
ishing dishes, according to e. ii. Niles,
writing in the Hotel Gazette, who be
lieyes that the present shortage OF
meat and fats will not end with the
coming of peace, hut may grow moro
acute and continue for five or sin
years, thus making II worth while to
develop menus Of grain, vegetables
and fish on a more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served in very small portions as fla
voring for other food. In making up
meatlesS menus this author finds our
American Creole and southern CUISINE
broad field for investigati0n.
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Bohemia Favored by Mature.

Nature has favored Bohemia per-
haps more than any other part OF Eu-
rope. Its soil Is 80 fertile and climate
SO favorable that more than half Of
the country is cultivated and produces
richly. In its mountains almost ev-
cry useful metal and mineral, except
salt, Is to be found. 1t is the geo.
graphical center Of the European con-
tinent, equally distant from the Bal
tic, Adriatic and North seas, and though
inclosed by mountains is so easily ao-
cessible because of the valleys of the
Danube and Elbe +! 7ers, that 1t served
as the avenue of mt ny armies.
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Had Something to Say.

Dorothy, aged four. was present at
dinner the other evening when Il num-
Der of guests were being entertained
by her parents and curing lull In
the conversation she began to talk
very earnestly. "Why do you talk so
much, DorQthyT asked her father.
"Tause is dot suE!l' 10 say" was the
reply.
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Boohe Had Sense Of Humor.

Rain had fallen steadily for three
days and nights and the trenches were
in frightful condition. The German
trenches. few yards distant, were ~
an even worse state. Suddenly a plain
tive voice cried out:
"Are you dere, Jock2 HAT you
whisky We haf plenty waterw
Not bad for boche, the platoon de-
cided.-Trom "All In It," by Ian Hay.
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Why Not Wear q SIan7

Pat, being on his holidays, was one
day strolling through the streets Of
New York. when he saw the figure Of
p man standing before q shop. There
was a card pinned to the mans coat
bn which was written, Reduced to
s5."
Pat somewhat carelessly approached
the figure and exclaimed: "Begorra.
pir, you're safe enough I'm reduced to
DO CENTS"
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WOulO nave CdHcu
1t an anthill, but
the ants called 1t
ANT Big City:
That meant that
it. was a very big
city indeed where
lived a great many
ants.
"Now King Ant
was the ruler of
the city instead Of
the ruler Of q
kingdom. He was
a very kind ruler
,oA oil hfc cYYh.
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Now you deserve
your whit err 8
sleep. You have
not been idle, but
you have worked
hard.
"'And creatures
or insects who
work hard de-
serve rest. / am
proud indeed Of
Ant Big City, and
l am glad to be
the King
"Then the Queen
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jects loved him. He worked very hard
himself and did not just sit on a
throne and have the other ants wait
upon him.
"Queen Ant was just the same way.
She worked hard too. AS for the Royal
Family-Prince and Princess Ant
they were the most Industrious ants In
the city. Prince Ant was a good deal
older than his sister and he helped
teach the lessons In the Ant Public
School and Ant High School.
zone day King Ant asked all his
subjects to appear before the throne.
They arrived at the hour they were
told to be on hand and they Won
dered very much what King Ant had
to say to them. There were certain
days when their king called them to
appear before the throne and he usu-
ally told them to take holiday or
have special feast.
"They could not understand why he
had called them on this day. 1t was
ate in the year and they were just a
little bit too sleepy for day Of merri-
mept.
"When they reached the palace,
which was In the center Of the ant city
and on a street called Court street,
they saw the King on his throne, with
the Queen beside him.
ION two smaller thrones were the
Prince and Princess. The Prince was
carrying all the books he had used to
teach school with. and the Princesss
had some fancywork In her lap. But
she was not working. Neither was the
King, nor the Queen. nor the Prince.
"'My subjects said the King, and
all the ants bowed low. Thereupon
the King bowed, as did the Queen, the
Prince and Princess. for the Royal
Family never put on any airs in Ant
Big City.
"'My subjects repeated the King
again. You are doubtless surprised to
hear from me at this time Of the year.
Usually ! work right along with you
and only call you to the palace when
there is big event about to happen,
such as q holiday or feast. This you
all know.
"'But this day ] have something
else to tell you
"All the ants looked more and more
puzzled.
"'Bring the royal scepter,' said the
King. And many OF the little ants
pulled large stick In front Of the
Kings throne.
"'When l strike this upon the
ground, said the King each ant must
think of the work to be done next year.
The Prince, know, has many things
he wishes to mark in the schoolboOk,
lessons to be learned more thoroughly,
and new lessons he has just thought
Of.
"'Each time I strike with my scep-
ter every ant must think Of new work
and fine ideas for improving Ant Big
City next summer.
"'After ] have made twelve blows
upon the ground with my scepter, ev-
cry ant will Immediately rush to see
that his part Of Ant Big City Is ready
to be closed for the winter. Then we
will all go to sleep.
"'And I am grateful, o ants, that
you have worked so hard all summer.
=
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Another Burbank.

Florist-This rubber plant is cheap
ut the price. !
Lady-Why so? :.
Florist-If Your husband Is smart he,
can grow his own automobile tires.--i
Boston Transcript. |;
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Exactly.

Learned TheOrst-What do you
think of this study of the language Of
the simians?
Plain Citizen-I think 1t is all mon
key business.
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[y[N|NQ |
A|RY TALL |
| s. kAQN @AYA1!.Rl!!yR ]
THE ANTS.

"The ants" said Daddy, had very
dne little city of their own. People
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16
HEMPEL IS
BARRED BY
GOVERNOR

DES MONIES, Ia, April 16. -
Gov. Harding issued an order to-
day forbidding Frieda Hempel
German operate sin ger, from
singing at the Coliseum tonight.
The singer has been here for
several days trying to establish
her loyalty to the United States
despite her nationality.
Newspapers and local organiza-
lions fought her local appearance
from the start.
Harding ordered the concert
called off after Miss Hempel had
refused to cancel her engagement.
While he would not make a
statement, he said he had power
to prevent big gathering of
citizens that might result in dis
order.
With more than 20 Iowans
killed in action in France, of
which nearly half were Des
Moines boys, Harding said the
adverse newspaper publicity had
caused much hard feeling against
the German singer and was
likely to create disturbance
when she attempted to sing to-
morrow night.
Miss Hempel refused to come
out fatty for the United States
in a QUESTIONABLE interview to
the News, saying cart knew no
nationality" and characterizing
all war as "too brutal to comment
on"
Her claim to loyalty was the
fact that she had purchased
$4,000 worth of Liberty bonds,
had supported the Red Cross and
had given concerts to members of
the national army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16

to MessineS ridge and the
Ypres salient on the north
and to Hazebroucy on the
west.
Bailleul is located midway be-
tween Armentieres and Haze
brouck, on a sharp bend in the
railway between those two cities.
He is seven miles and half east
of Hazebrouck and shout eight
miles southwest of Ypres.
The Messines ridge, which Is
the strongest defensive position in
all Flanders, runs westward from
the village of Messines past Wul-
verghem to KENNEL, distance
of about three miles.
1t is about a mile and a half
wide and on its eastern face runs
northward to Wytschaete.
Ridge Hard Nut
This ridge is practically impreg-
nable from the east and only
slightly less difficult from the
south and north.
One of Hindenburg's main OBJ
jectives in Flanders has been to
work around to the west of this
ridge and assault the British po-
sitions there from the rear.
The abandonment of Wulverg-
hem, which is four miles and a
half east and slightly north Of
Bailleul on the Lowe river, gives
Hindenburg hold in the south
ern foothills of the ridge. The
tenability of this position itself Is
questionable.
But from Wulverghem and
Wytcshaete he can keep the
British occupied on the southern
and eastern edges of the ridge
while he strives to swing back
northeastward from Bailleul
against the western edge of the
ridge.
Would Menace Ypres
In the event that Messines
ridge should fall, only a miracle
of British grit would save Ypres,