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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

For Rent-Four-room fat, second
floor, 37S Jay street, modern except
heat, rent $500. Tel. Dale 1857. CD
Corp. David J. Payne Of Camp
Dodge, Iowa, was in the city five days
last week visiting with relatives.
Prof W. A. Weir was called to
Portland, Ore, on account of the death
of his sister, Mrs. Maria Waterford
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MEMORIAL MENTIoNINGS

The services at Memorial Baptist
church last Sunday were well attended
and enjoyed. .s
The accessions to the church for
the new year are: Mr. H. Watkins of
st. Louis, Mo-, and Mrs. Gertrude
Reeves Of Birmingham, Ala.
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finale, chorus, "Swing Low" by the
entire company.
Now, you can see "there'll be
suthin' dom ev'y mint" so don't fail
to be on hand early to get it all. It
will only cost 10 cents. You can't beat
it. Come, we'll let you!
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SAVINGS DEPOSlTORS,

Deposits made in this bank are not
subject to commercial risks; we make
no commercial loans. The laws of the
State of Minnesota protect your de-
posits by the most careful provisions
as to investments we can make. THE
STATE SAVINGS BANK, SO Fast
Fourth St-Advertisement
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DALE STREET TAILOR
4 GOLDBERG, Prop.
Ladies' and Gents Suits and Overcoats
Made to Order; Cleaning, Repair
ing, Pressing Neatly Done

329 Dale Cor. Rondo ST. PAUL
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The church clubs are doing splendid

The church clubs are doing splendid
work
Mrs. Jordan has organized a choir of
young people that will furnish music
for the morning service. Mrs. r. j.
Solomon has charge of the evening
choir.
Take notice that Box Social will
be given by the Memorial Literary
Club Thursday evening, Jan. II. Ad-
mission free and everybody is invited.
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* III II ~ =E S9i sE * * TX

Mrs. Clarence Jackson of 'Anoka,
was in the city Tuesday to attend the
Patriotic entertainment.
Mrs. Abbie Jackson, who has been
ill at Mrs. Samuel Hatcher's Nome, 421
Jay street, is convalescent.
Roots, Herbs, Bones, Lucky Stones,
etc. Particulars 10c. R. Wester, Box
l31, Montgomery, Ala.-AGv.
Mrs. Lizzie Battles, who has been
in the hospital with an attack of
p.eurisy, is again able to be out
Call Mrs. Ella Few for Poro Scalp
Treatment and Hair Culture, 314 N.
Grotto street. Phone Dale 2978.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
History of the Stamp.

FROM the Kansas City star.
Brazil was the first country to take up
the new invention, which Sir Roland KIN,
Kinderminster, England, induced the Eng
lish government to adopt. I'm its present
form, in 1SiG Russia adopted the postage
stamp next in 1876; then switzerland, in
1916, and on March 3. 1877, the congress of
the United States authorized the issue Of
postage stamps in the form we now know
them.
Stamped envelopes were the form of
postage used first, and they were used first
by M. de Valayer. who owned a private
post line in thec city Of Paris. Over a CEN
fury later, i'm 175S. M. de Chamouset, also
the owner of n private post, issued printed
postage slips to be attached TO letters.
In Spain, in 1716, and in Italy also,
stamped covers for mail matter were
tried: but it was not until 1910 that
stamps, as we know them now, were put
in use. The denominations in the United
States were at first a scent and a 10-cent
stamp, but a reduction Of rates in 1851 on
postage gave n new set of stamps, which
were valued at l, 8, 5, 10 and IL cents,
respectively.
Other stamps of different values were
added from time to time to meet the de-
mands which continually were being met
by the postal department. A reduction
both foreign and domestic was constantly
taking place.
POSTAGE III the united states was based
first on the zone system. Before 1916 the
postal rate on letters varied from 6 cents
for carrying a letter a distance of 80 miles
to % cents for carrying a letter over 400
miles. In 1876 a reduction in the postage
was made TO 5 cents for 300 miles or less.
and 10 cents for any distance above that.
In 1851 the rate was fixed at 3 cents for
each half ounce and fraction thereof for
every 5000 miles and 6 cents for any
greater distance within the United States.
In 1883 the postage was reduced to 2 cents
for a letter weighing a half ounce and
less and provided it's destination was not
over 1900 miles. In 1886 congress decided
that 2 cents was sufficient to carry a let
ter weighing an ounce and less to all
parts Of the United States and Canada.
In the past 20 years, which is the length
of time we have had the present form OF
postage, there has been eight changes.
The last was Il raise from 2 cents to .
cents November 2, 1917.
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Wooden Orchestra.

There exists In Brianza. In LON
hardy, a unique orchestra, or, more
properly speaking, a band. the instru.
ments of which are all made of wood
The pipes are made of reeds, and are
fastened together side by side after the
fashion of those seen In the pictures
Of the god Pan. Each man plays pipes
Of a different size and length. the bass
pipes often being several feetlong. BE
sides the pipes are other instruments
such as drums, flutes, French horn,
and V e q rude attempt at a from
bone, but all are made Of wood.
The members of this odd band are
all quite ignorant Of written scores
but they have quick and sensitive ears
since their harmony is purely instinc
tive. Curiously enough they most Oft
IN learn their selections from tha,
most modern of inventions, the phono
graph. The music produced by this
curious band is said to have a curious
weird harmony that is decidedly agree
able.-Edwin Tarrisse.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
Cruelty a Human Attribute.

Harry Campbell. in the Lancet, London.
a cruel person Is one who eXults in the
pain, mental or bodily, suffered by an
other. Cruelty has its bass in anger (and
thus Is related to the cumbative instinct,
though there Is a cold blooded form Of
cruelty which m be enjoyed without
any obtrusive feeling of anger.
Cruelty, implying a. it does self con-
sciousncsS-the ability to realize the feel
ings of others -- as essentially a human
attribute. Children who impale frogs and
eviscerate flies canno be said TO be cruel.
for they know not what they do. Nor ar"
the lower animals cruel. seeing that they
are wholly unconscious of the sufferings
Of others. Thus the charge Of cruelty
against the carniNora is unjust. These
animals generally destroy their victims
outright and IN the rare cases (e. g.. cat
and mouSe). where they prolong the suf-
fering they have no knowledge of the
pain they are causing. When. therefore,
we stigmatizC the conduct OF the cruel
man as "brutaI" we wrong the brutcs.
The animal which attacks another. and
in so doing causes pain, merely responds
to a blind, unthinking instinct: but man.
proud man who looks before and after.
is able to realize and take pleasure in
the pain he deliberately, and by subtle
means maybe sets out to cause. IT is
clearly absurd to speak Of his conduct as
brutal" Rather should we call II devil
ish, the devil usually being credited with
Il soodly share Of intelligence. We must
cease to libel the brutes by designating
the basest acts of man as brutal. As "A
matter of fact. they cannot be charged
with nonmoral conduct, seeing that they
are devoid of self consciousness.
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Forests Under Glass.

Most boys will remember the charac-
ter in the Arabian Nights" who held in
the palm of his hand a magical group
of tiny tents which grew until il sh.l-
tered n great army,
The work of the forestry commission
is scarcely less remarkable. In rows of
narrow beds sheltered by glass. hand
fuls of SEED are Sown which will som
day grow into great forests, spreading
over thousands of square miles of
mountain. plain and valley. says Boys
Life. The tiny sprouts spring up from
the seeds like fine grass. A single pane
of glass will cover thousands OF them.
In the long beds beneath the for
ester's watchful eye millions of trees
are growing. After 81 few months they
are transplantcd and soon are strong
enough tn live in the open air.
Later the little stripping trees are
planted in favorable localities in all
parts Of the country. A supply OF
sprouts or baby trees sufficient to cover
hundreds of square miles can be sem
nv mail
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SUGAR LONG GROWN IN JAVA
Production Has Been Pushed Rapidly
and There Is Room for Fur
Their Development.

The cultivation of sugar cane Is an
bid industry in Java. The production
Eaas increased rapidly and the end is
not yet. Between 1850 and 1860 Java
produced less than 100000 tons Il year.
Sugar tonnage increased rapidly and
steadily, until in 1904 the m~illion-ton
,utput was reached, and it is thought
chat the two-million-ton mark will be
Qassed within two or three years. a
writer in the Americas, issued by the
National City bank of New York, says
that while the cultivation OF sugar is
a very old industry in Java, It has
passed through many vicissltudes. Fiji
ty years ago, he says, the sugar was
raised almost entirely by native farm
ers, who paid a part Of their crop to
the government as rent. The rise Of
beet sugar growing in Europe made 1t
necessary In order to compete TO In
troiuce Il more efficient system. To-
day the cultivation is done by the
manufacturers themselves. They lease
the land from the natives, who in
many cases are the owners, or from
the native communities. Many small
properties are thus united under the
management Of n manufacturer dur
ting the period of one planting-that is,
about three years. After each planting
the land is turned back to the native
Sproprietors for growing rice OF corL
until it's fertility for sugar production
is restored.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
Smoking in Church.

Smoking in church is q Dutch GUS
tom, London Tit-Bits states. Dutch
men are such inveterate smokers that
rarely is one of them seen without a
pipe. He finds himself unable to de-
Drive himself of the Indulgence even
for the short period Of a church's serv-
zee. A similar practice exists In sew
eral churches in South America.
The practice is said to have been
PREVALENT In Great Britain at the be-
thinning Of the seventeenth century. At
one time smoking was carried to such
IN excess in Seville cathedral that the
hapter applied to the pope for power
10 repress the abuse.
In Wales smoking in church was in
rdulged In as late as 1850. In one
church the communion table stood In
the aisle and the farmers We're in the
habit Of putting their hats upon It.
and when the service began they light.
I'd their pipes and smoked, without
any thoughts Of irreverence in the act.
DIR. J. II. Jowett, New York, will
eturn TO clerical work in England.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
WESTERN CANADAS
CEREAL CROP
One of the Best Ever Harvested

The cereal crop Of Western Canada
for 1917 was the most valuable n
eve harvested; the returns from all
classes Of live stock have been equally
satisfactory. The wool clip was no,
only greater than in any previous year,
but the price obtained vas double that
Of 1916, which in turn was almost
double that of the year before.
AS was the case in 1915 and 1915,
many farmers were able to pay for
their land outright with the proceeds
Of their first years crop. Further evil
dence Of the prosperity Of Western
Canada Is shown by the fact that one
In every twenty Of the population is
now the owner Of an automobile. If
the farming community alone is taken.
1t will be found that the proportion of
automobile wner is still greater. The
bank clearings Of the leading cities OF
Western Canada were consistently
higher than they were in the CORE
| spending periods of 1916, and then they
were higher than the year preceding.
In Winnipeg $500,000,0O0 more was
cleared in the IL months ending No
vember 30 than in the same months a
year ago.
The entry Of the United States into
the war has strengthened the bonds
between that country and Canada. We
are 10Y working together for the
same ends. Those who are not fighting
IRE promoting n greater production Of
foodct,ffc Tn tbfc connection Nuoc+arr
Canada offers a wonderful opportu-
nifty. Not only can larger quantities
Of staple foodstuffs be produced. bur
the cost of production is lower and the
remuneration greater than where land
Is more expensive. Notwithstanding
the fact that the price of farm prod.
ucts has doubled during the past three
years, there are millions Of acres OF
arabic land in Western Canada which
can still be bought at q low price.
Western Canada has an enormous,
acreage prepared for seeding to whea'
In 1918. 1t is larger than in 1917, ant
will probably surpass the record ares
put into crop in the year 1916, when
the largest crop eve known in the
West was harvested. The year 1915
should also see a further increase In
live stock activity,
Farmers have been investing conSid
cradle sums in cattle; the high pricea
secured for wool and mutton have
opened the eyes Of Western farmers &c
the possibilities of sheep, and such was
the demand for breeding animals last
fall that it was impossible to meet II
adequately; the campaign for greater
hog production Is expected to yield an
increase Of between 25 and 80 per cenG
In 1918.
Those who are contemplating coming
to Western Canada cannot do better
than come early In the spring when
they can put in a crop and harvest II
in the fall. In this way they will be
able to achieve something that will
not only be of great benefit to them
selves, but also to the great cause for
which the Allies, including the United
States, are now fighting.-Advertise
ment. "
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Camn SYSfem."

camp system"
In every instance. Mr.. Baker said,
the boards, including medical officers,
had recommended the selected site and
that the surgeon general had been noti-
fled when the final selection was made.
In only II case-Camp Zachary Tay-
Tor. at Louisville-was there q ques-
ton, and Surgeon General Gorgas sent
an expert sa~nitarian. who approved it.
II am not raising any question with
the surgeon general" Mr.. Baker said,
after pointing out that II had beer
suggested that the sites had not been
referred to that officer, but | want
it perfectly understood that his de-
partment was consulted and it's advics
followed"
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RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add / OF. Ba,
Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound
and Il OF. of glycerine. Any druggist ca,
put this up or you can mix it at home a
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbs
Compound. 1t will gradually darker
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it sof,
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is nos
sticky or greasy, and does not rub of. Adv.
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A Billy Sunday Appeal.
From the Kansas City Star

Perhaps, after all, Americans don't real.
~ know how the English talk. Which Is
only the converse of the discovery tina
English have a weirdly false idea OF
the speech of Americans. With so many
soldiers from the United States passing
through. the English advertisers are bid.
ding for their favor hy COUGHING their ap.
peals in what they conceive to be AmeTi
can slang. Consider the following cffor,
of a dealer In tobacco:
T.. S. OFFICER.
Say, boys, we've got some stunt on
now but ] guess wei help YOU to
hand out the lemon to Kaiser Bill
when we all get going for his Nibs.
You British and French soldier lads
are the goods all right, and Wen be
proud to get in line with you in this
worlds championship flight. Wen
make Old Hindcnburg, I~udcndorf and
the rest of the crowd sec more khaki
and blue THANH he good for their eye
sight before very long. Meantime,
were training hard on bully beef, plum
and apple, 'shun! and-best of alton Ia
real JOY smoke. It's ~"Cayander's
Army Club Cigarets-For Mine Every
Time and All the Time"
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A Job lot.

"The ticket man seems 10 have q los
Of old railroad tickets there"
Must be for places that are seldom
called for
"Yes, I'll bet he'd sell some Of thnS.>
tickets cheap TO close EN- out"
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Poor. Tired Woman.
From the sydney Bulletin

From the Sydney Bulletin.
T~ailor-Sh&ll / put the usual number Of
pockets in the trousers, sir?
Customer-No! Only one. My wife is a
busy woman with her wal work now and
I don't want to a X up too much of her
time.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

Study the faithful plow-hOrse thar
walks in the furrow. Study him Nil
day, it won't hurt you.
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Force of Habit.

From the Baltimore American.
'They sent the marine reporter in the
absence of the society editor to write up
the wedding of the heiress To a foreign
nobleman, and how do you suppose ~
headed IT."
''How?"
TIED III TO Her Peer" -
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

A mans mouth may be like 81 ships
hatchysafeSt when closed.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31

Druggists refund money II PAIo OINTMENT rait
20 cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or protroGiIk r!Grs
sirst application gives relief. boc.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-31
MAN HAS
GUN, SAYS BAKER
France and England Furnishing
Heavy Artillery Because
They Have a Surplus
Secretary States.
BAKER ANSWERS CRITICS
Explains Change in Models and
Fact Pershing Does Not
Want Lewis Guns Ex-
cept for Airplanes.
BAKER ANSWERS CRITICS

Washington. Jan. 2S.-'We will
have in France, 100000 men carly
this year. Secretary Baker today
told the Senate military committee.
Germany has no idea of the num-
Der of men the United States has
in France. Secretary Baker told the
committec
Secretary Baker said the United
States would have 1900, 900 men
available for duty in France in 1918.
Turning from the delays in the
a Secretary Baker spoke of what
he said was Il plan for the q
He said there was a plan. but that
1t was so extraordinary that. it had
TO be studied abroad.
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DIR. J.. II. Jowett, New York, will
,eturn to clerical work in England.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-28
INFLUENZA REACHES HIGH
STAGE AT VEGA, TEXAS

According TO a dispatch in the
daily papers of Friday last the influ-
enza epidemic had just reached it's
most critical stage in that commun-
ity. Last week and continuing
through this week. there have been
more cases there than at any time
since the scourpe commenced to
sweep over the country. Last week
there were hardly enough well people
to care for those who were sick The
addition OF three nurses from Anna.
rillo improved the conditions ma
terially.
Two deaths occurred last week,
where Flu" was followed by pncu-
monia. There is scarcely family
m ,he whole country that has not had
one or more eases Of the disease.
Three cowboys from the ranches are
being cared for in the court house.
having been moved there from the
hotel
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-28
NEWS sQUIBBS FROM
TERRY COUNTY HERALD

Terry county went over in due
time in It's drive for the United War
Work fund. and the dollars are still
rolling in. II is reported that the
Needmore community in the north
part Of this county, says they are 90
ing to double their quota, and they
want IT so stated, and want US to give
them something hard next time
This and Yoakum county had
$4,000 to raise. Terry taking $1,000
and leaving $500 for Yoakum to
raise. Every blessed one Of the
Plains committee was sick with in
fluenza or pneumonia last week, and
they were given another week, and
We bet Yoakum viii show up alright
in the end.
r H. Green OF the Gomez com
munity has ginned ten bales Of cot
ton and is not over the first time, the
field Of 100 acres being apparently
3s white behind as in front. He will
realize close TO $1,000 Ion his cotton.
cot 20 say anything about o lc0 acre
field Of splendid grain. lie said he
did not want $4,000 for his crop be
tore be- started gathering. and 10 nos
blame him
Chas Acker Informed US his week
that he got all his feed cut. shocked
or ricked before the wind storm last
Saturday The cotton farmers re
port that but little cotton was blown
out the biggest damage BEING dus.
and trash blown into the staple The
storm reached as far east as Gle
burne. with cyclones in portions Of
Oklahoma.
Yesterday morning was the coolest
morning this year The minimum
temperature at the Government,
weather station registered p
The news came into BroVnfield
Monday that Clyde Lewis and Miss
Ora Sawyer were married az Camp
Travis last Sunday afternoon 6.30 %
M. thus terminating several years Of
youthful sweethearts into that bliss
ful state Of permanent swecthearts
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-28
CASUALTIES
NOW ESTIMATED AT 235,I17

Washington Nov z3-The tota
casualties in the American expedi
tionary forces up to the signing OF
the armistice were 285.ll7. divided
as follows.
Killed in action and died OF
wounds. 36,l54
( Died of disease l3.Sl1
Died from other causes. 2,204
Wounded 1925
Prisoners, 2.163
MissingNl $50
Chief Of Staff General Pcy'on c
March made this announcement TO
day The American forces in France
have taken $4,000 German prisoner
and I 400 guns The casualties ~
the American forces in Northern
Russia are not severe The move.
ment Of troops from France will be
expedited in every way. he added
and they will not sneak into the
country. either"
Rehabilitation OF the American
eXpeditiona.y forces already IN pro
gress with the movement homeward
Of the sick and wounded will be has
tened by the return at an early date
cf eight divisions Of national guards
AVID national army corps. eigh.
mentS Of coast artillery and two bri.
gades of field artillery This an
nouncement was made today BY Gen.
eral March on receipt of dispatches
from General Pershing The diyis
ions which General March said had
been designated by General Pershine
to return as soon as the sick and
wounded have been removed to The
United States are
National Guards 3lst Georgia
Alabama and Florida 34th Nebraska
Iowa. South Dakota and Minnesota
3Sth Indiana, Kentucky and West
Virginia; 39th Arkansas, Mississippi
and louisiana
National Army: 10Th New Eng.
land; saith Kentucky. Indiana and
Southern Illinois; seth Northern hi
nois. including Chicago; S7th Arkan
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi and South
I'm Alabama.
The coast artillery regiments to be
returned as soon AS possible were an.
as the 18th. l7th. 49th. 50th
lSrd, 74th, and 18th. The two field
artillery brigades to be brought HON,
IRE the d5th and the l63rd.
Fifty-two aerial squadrons, ! con
Itruction companies and special units
n England will be brought home as
Don nv possible.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-28
IS AMERICAN VESSELS
LOST BY ACTS or ENEMY

Loss Of l45 American passenge-
ul merchant vessels Of 354,4f9
tons and 775 lives through acts Of
the enemy during the period from
the beginning Of the world war toi,he
cessation Of hostiities November ~
shown by figures made public by
he department Of commences hu
rcau Of navigation The report does
not include several vessels the loss Of
which has not been established. as
due TO acts Of the enemy
Nineteen vessels and g. lives We're
los. through use u torpedoes. mines
and gun fire prior 20 tiee entrance Of
the United States into the war.