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The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
Dog Adopts Marine.

Sergt. j. G. Murphy of the st. Paul
marine recruiting station has been
adopted. No. it wasn't millionaire
widow, and it wasn't young lady who
wanted a brother. It's dog, and a
good dog too. r1
Chow. as 1t is called, is an Irish ter
rier. and 1t passed up an army major
and several captains and lleutenants
to pick on Murphy.
Chow has taken fancy to the ma
rine uniform ever since the day If
wandered into the recruiting Office and
nosed ont a master. Several days ago
Chow was missing and the recruiting
officers thought it had deserted.
1t was mistake, however. as the
marine dog was found last night pa-
tiently waiting for Murphy. Sergeant
Murphy says he will take the dog TO
France when he goes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
HERE'S. PRIZE ESCAPE STORY
United States Flyer in Germany Sent
Out With an Incubus,
but Loses 1t.

New York.-Thls story is told of an
American aviator. whose machine had
been forced to land within the Ger
man lines and who was taken prisoner.
but returned II few days afterward to
American headquarters, safe and
sound, in his own machine:
After his capture he was taxeh be
fore the commanding officer, who in
formed him that they We're desirous
of obtaining certain Information re-
garding the allies forces and had de-
cided to send him up in his own ma
chine accompanied by II German Off
Ger, who would shoot him instantly II
he deviated from orders. Accordingly
he took his mnchine up, his German
companion sitting beside him with II
drawn revolver at his ribs.
While In the air he began to rumi-
nate on tile much-overrated German
efficiency" for. as he said. 81 had. of
course. determined that the German
observer should never return to his
lines, even II it cost me my own life.
was thinking just how l could do 1t.
when all at once l realized that the
man beside me was not strapped in. l
couldn't help chuckling us looped the
loop"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
Height Indicators.

The height Indicator Is a very deli
cate instrument. 1t is set Mt 20" M
the airdrome from which the machine
starts. Consequently at night the pi-
lot has to beware in landing on anv
other part of the earth. If the ground
Turing the course of his flight he
higher than that from which he start.
ed he may bump into 1t. although his
height Indicator may be registering
200 feet or more. "This," said RrIt.
ish aviator recently. sis rather awk-
ward If you meet mountain at sew
eral thousand feet"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
BIG SPHAGNUM MOSS ORDER
Seattle Red Cross to Make About
Twelve Carloads of Surgical
Dressings.

Seattle, Wash.-Two hundred and
fifty thousand sphagnum-moss surgical
dressings, or about twelve carloads.
Will be turned out by the Seattle Red
Gross before September l. Seattle has
been asked to make half of the half
million allotment for the Northwest.
Sphagnum moss Is gathered In the
swamps on the north bank of the Co
lumbia river near its mouth. The moss
Is assorted, thoroughly dried. and then
prepared for dressings. '
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09

Lieut.. Robert Il. Lee. U. $. A., grand
son of Gen. Robert Il. Lee. the COM
mander in chief of the armies of the
Confederate states during the Civil
war, Is fighting for the United States.
Lieutenant Lee has the mark MS II
military leader set by his famous
grandfather as the goal of his efforts,
though he Will be doing his utmost for
that Union which his grandfather
strove to destroy. General Lees fame
as soldier Is secure, for he is rated
by military experts as one of the
greatest commanders the world has
known. If Lieutenant Leo ,inherits
his military skill there will be no ques-
tion about his chances of being rated
a military genius.
Maj. William Fftzhugh Lee Simpson,
q grand-nephew of Gen. Robert Z.
Les. recently died while on duty In
France. according to confirmed re-
port received here. Major Simpson
was In charge Of the American school
Of machine gunfire In France. No par.
tIculars of his death, except that 1t
was due to appendicitis hnve been re-
esived. The Lees are in the flght
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
HUSBAND, BROTHERS IN WAR
Pennsylvania Woman Has in All Thir.
teen Relatives in Service of
the United. States.

Scranton. Pa.-Although her hus.
band is in the army. her nine brothers
are in the service and the husbands of
three sisters are also wearing khaki.
Mrs. Mary Il. Cottrell of the North
Scranton section doesn't want n serv-
ice flag displayed from her home.
Ample satisfaction will come her
way. she says, when she knows her
husband and relatives have given ef-
fective aid to Uncle Sam in the
trenches. hs 90 n.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
Britain Plans Suitable Instruc-
ton to Suit Men for
Work.
TRAINING IS UNDER WAY
London Exhibition Shows She Skill OF
WoIndcd-Re-educst of Blind
ed Soldiers-Wsge Question
is Solved

London.-The soldier broken In the
war Will have his chance OF future EN-
.piOyment at work suitable to his
maimed condition and at n wage that
VIII ennble him 10 live without seeking
charity. The only reason for any pos
sIbIe failure of the plan will be due TO
refusal on his part to take part in the
training which has been provided for
him.
The ministry of pensions and the
ministry of labor are making every ef-
fort to provide suitable instruction and
10 obtain posts for the men as they
are trained.
Already courses of trimming are es-
tablished in the engineering and build
ing trades. the manufacture Of mir
craft, wholesale and retail tailoring
the making OF leather goods. furniture
milking. diamond cutting, wood cnrv-
Ing. toy making and many other trades.
An exhibition Is now open In Lon
don In which are displayed the meth
DDS of training and the resulting va
rlety OF work turned out by the dis
nbIed soldiers or sailors.
During the early days of the exhl-
billion a conference OF delegates from
allied countries was held in which de-
tnis OF the after care. work and the
treatments for the restoration of the
wounded were given.
Plan for Aiding Blind.
Sir Arthur Pearson described the
methods In use at st, Dunstnn's for
the treatment. training and re-educa-
tlon of blinded soldiers. He said that
the actual re-education and training
was divided into two sections. the
classroom and the workshop, the mems
working day being divided between the
two.
Typewriting was taught In the class
room. while In the workshops the
largest number of men were learning
cobbIing. Some men learned mat max
Ing only Basket making, the oldest of
the staple industries for the blind. was
taught In many varieties. The other
Industry taught in the workshops was
joinery. The men of st. Dunstan's nc-
uuired these industries in a quarter of
the time usually supposed to be neces-
sary to teach blinded man trade.
Shorthand writing. by the aid of a ma
chine which enabled the Braille char
acters to be taken down, was also
taught. as was telephone operating.
Dealing with the provision of sur
gical supplies, Sir William MacEwen
said That when n hospital for the limb
less was established In Scotland they
were told that. in view OF the thou
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09

Here is n man VINO would rather be
Il brakeman In the United States than
n ruler in Europe. Peter Sobieski. a
descendant of King John III of Po-
lnnd says the wild beast of Berlin Of
fered him kingdom. Sobieski re-
Gently arrived In Oakland. Cal. from
Arizona. where he has been working
as n brakeman on n railroad. He has
made application for enlistment with
the United States army as an interpre-
ter. Sobieski's uncle. who lives in
Los Angeles, two years ago wns of
fered the throne Of Poland under Ger
mnny's dominion. He declined, pre-
ferring TO remain citizen of the
United States. The job was then of
fered to Peter, who also declined.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
LISTED AS STACKER,
BOY DIES AS HERO

Dayton, O.-Although govern
ment officials searched through
out the United States for John
Rong of Montgomery county.
whom they believed to be
Stacker. Rong died a hero on
the battlefields of France.
While reading the list of cas-
ualties of the American over
seas forces n few days ngo. rel
atives and friends found Rohg's
name with his Montgomery
county address and his home
address, Rome, Italy.
Rong had enlisted without no.
tifying his board.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
Indians Prove Patriotism.

Denver. Colo.-Denied right TO
serve In the United States hrmy. 10C
Colorado Indians are doing their bit
by working on the highways of this
state. They are building modern roads
over the trails blnzed by their fore
fathers through forests of the Rocky
mountain region.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
PLANT LOOKS LIKE SHEEP
Singular Growth Resembles Animal
So Greatly as to Deceive Even
Experienced Sheperd.

Some Of the most singular plants
in the world" says a writer in the
April Wide World, ARE the vegetable
sheep of New Zealand. These are
known 10 science as RaOulia eximia,
and although they are of such a
strange habit of growth they are men,
bers of the daisy tribe The vegetable
sheep grow at high attitudes, usually
on some bleak mountain slope. which
may be 5000 feet above sea level. The
whole plant is n compact mass Of
stems densely covered with small
woOlly leaves. So closely do the Raou-
las resemble sheep that experienced
shepherds will often climb a long way
up the mountain thinking that they
see some missing member of their flock
huddled against a rock. only TO dis
cover that they have been deceived by
plant! During a recent exhibition
at Christchurch, in New Zealand,
some specimens of the vegetable sheep
were collected for the show. The
plants are often large and heavy, and
il required the efforts of half q dozen
strong men TO secure some fine exam
piles of the Raoulias.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
Old Age Cannot Wear Out
Its Shoes as ReckIessIy
As Does the Gay Youth

Preparing for easy old age is one of
the spurs that has transformed a
wholesome ambition into q "vaulting
ambition that o'erleaps itself" Many
a man has shortened his life overwork-
ing TO take care OF the old age that he
thus snuffed out observes a writer in
the Minneapolis Journal. Any man is
remiss who does not prepare against
old age, but nature has also taken q
hand in this preparation.
Old age cannot wear out its shoes as
recklessly as does youth The normal
old man finds better entertainment in
meditation than he could In expensive
amusement. Memory is his movie"
Society does not ask old people to burn
expensive midnight oil nor to appear
on dress parade. Thus normal and
gratifying reduction of outgo is equiva-
lent to an addition to the income.
Feverish preparation for old age i'm
plies the belief not only that the appe-
tite will not decrease with old age, but
that old age will be wholly helpless to
sustain itself. AS a matter of fact,
but small proportion of the old are
totally disabled for gainful labor. And
few, If any, old people are as happy
when idle as when occupied with such
work as they are fitted to do.
The wise old man has learned what
as a foolish young man he failed to
see. that enough is as good as a
feast" and that after oil simon u,op+S
but little here below" Sensible COM
fort in old age does not come very
high.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
Government Appeals to
Patriotism of Sportsmen.

The United States department Of
agriculture appeals TO the patriotism
and true craftsmanship of all persons
10 cooperate with Ii in the enforce
ment of the federal law for the pro-
lection of migratory birds, especially
at this time when the problem of con-
serving the food supply is taxing the
ingenuity of the world. 1t is crafty
ing TO know that the majority of
spOrtsmen have observed the federal
regulations and this fact has con-
tributed largely 10 the successful re-
suits accomplished. A sense of pa
triotic duty should impel every one TO
conserve this natural food asset. thus
perpetuating the species and increasing
the supply for the benefit of all the
people.
The department has planned to in
crease greatly its force of wardens,
who will be actively engaged during
the spring migration in securing evil
dence upon which to base prosecutions
against those who may violate the law.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
Consumption of Sugar Goes
Up to 81 Pounds Per Capita
Since Revolutionary Period

The American who during the
worlds greatest war must get along
with one lump of sugar instead of two
in his coffee will be interested in the
fact that the Revolutionary patriots
had much less or none at all of the
sweetening food material.
A century ago, says the United States
department of agriculture, the people
of this country consumed less than
One-tenth as much sugar as they do
now. In 1791-1795, just after the Revo-
luton, the estimated annual cOnSump-
ton was rs pounds per capita. In
1S21-1S25 the average per capita con-
sumption was S.3 pounds and was prac-
tically the same 20 years earlier. But
in the five years ending with 1915 the
total consumption in the United States
was approximately S,000,000000
pounds, yearly average of about 81
pounds for each person, or 37S pounds
for an average family as persons).
Reasons for the increase can be
found not only in many new and ex-
tended uses for sugar but also in nu,
merous sources of the product. Do
nestle cane and beet fields supplied %
per cent of the sugar we used in 1911
1915; the planters of Hawaii Porto
Rico and the Philippines furnished 90
per cent; while Cuba, supplemented by
small amounts from other foreign
countries, furnished 81 per cent Dur
ing these five years the sugar consump-
ton of the United States averaged al
most 100000 pounds per week. The
supply for q weeks came from foreign
countries, our island possessions fur
nished supplies for Is weeks consump-
ton, while the product of the United
States proper was equivalent to II
weeks average consumption.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
Mushroom Growth of Some
German Cities Formerly of
Very Little Importance

The predOminance of war industries
in the German empire has given a
mushroom growth to a large number
of German cities which formerly
bOasted of little commercial impor-
lance, according to London CORE
spOndent.
Munich, instead of occupying third
position in population and Importance,
now ranks seventh. One of the most
remarkable examples of war-boom
towns is BOchum, situated In the rich
iron ore district of Westphalia. Be
fore the war 1t had q population of
$4,000; now the official census gives
it 764,774.
The newest list of important Ger
man cities and their population fol-
lows:
Berlin, 3,3S6,624; Hamburg, 1,O14,-
654; Bochum, 764,774; Leipzig, $685.
$50; Cologne, 81. 200; Luisburg, &c.
500; Munich, COS, 1874; Dortmund, $685.
055; Essen. 562,5O7; Dresden, 531,-
697; Breslau, 519,947; Dusseldorf,
449,643; Recklinghausen, 444,160;
Frankfort, 414,57S; Konigshutte, 49,
7S6; Hanover, 4O7, 800; Kiel, 37O,353 !;
Chemnitz, 35S,7S6; Unremburg, $751;
al; Stuttgart, 34O.354; Slberfeld,
339, 400; Bremen, 299,526.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
TIE BEST POLICY


Would you win eternal fame
And immortalize your name?
Do you covet praise and pelf and self
esteem?
Then give your utmost best
And do it with a zest-
To the job that's yours, however small
IL seem.
And when you've set your mark on high.
pursue IL;
For it's not the thing you do, but how
you do IL.
Would you find the pot Of gold
With its blessings manifold,
But with ii have your conscience free
from blight?
Then cut your wants In half,
Make thrift your daily staff,
And keep your credit and your honor
bright
And when the tempter offers graft, for
sake it:
For it's not how much you make, but
how you make it.
Would you b lid your monument
Ere your busy life be spent;
Or would you the applause of men COM
mand?
Then purge your soul of greed.
Hear every call of need
And scatter blessings with an open
hand.
If money easy comes, do not abuse it,
For it's not how much you save, but how
you use it.
William Davenport In Forbes Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
Get New Kidneys /!

The kidneys are the most overvxorked
organs of the human body, and when
they fail in their work of filtering out and
throwing of the poisons developed IN the
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or stiff
ness in the lower part of the back: highly
colored urine: loss of appetite: indiges-
ton: irritation. or even stone IN the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate a condition
that may lead TO that dreaded and fatal
malady. Bright's disease. for which there
Is said TO be no cure.
Do not delay a minute At the FIRST in
dicatiOn Of trouble in the kidney. liver.
bladder or urinary organs start taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules. and
save Yourself before il Is too late Instant
treatment Is necessary IN kidney and bad
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal Harlem Oil Capsules
For more than 200 years this famous prep
aratlon has been an unfailing remedv for
all kidney. bladder and urinary troubles.
1t is the pure. original HARLEM Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap
sules each day will keep YOU toned up and
feeling fine. Get il at any drug store. and
II 1t does not give you almost immediate
relief. your money will be refunded BE
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes, three
eiZes.-Adv
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
EatMoreRice
Nutritious Food That is a
Good Substitute for Wheat
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

Vrepareo Dy the united states Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Here In the United States 1t is diff
cult to realize that there is no other
edible product. except perhaps meat,
upon which more people In the world
are dependent for food than rice, and
that we might advantageously con-
sumo much greater quantities of this
nutritious food and grow the increase
In our own rice fields. An increased
production and consumption not only
would expand profitable industry,
but the eating of more rice in the
place of wheat would release a great
er quantity of the bread grain for
shipment to the allies.
The average per capita consumption
of rice for food in this country is
scarcely g pounds a year, and most
of this is consumed in the Southern
states. The high esteem in which rice
is held in other countries is indicated
by their per capita consumption. Nor
way and Sweden consume over 8
pounds per capita; Russia over IL
pounds; England, q pounds; France,
"a pounds; Italy, over 101 pounds, and
Germany more than SO pounds. But
even these European countries do not
begin TO eat as much rice as Japan
and China. There, rice is the most
important article OF diet. Each man,
woman and child In Japan, on the
average, consumes 147 pounds of rice
each year, and those in China, 1853
pounds.
The placing of such dependence
upon rice as q staple food certainly
proves beyond doubt that it is high
ly nutritious; analysis of rice supports
this proof. Pound for pound rice is
about as nutritious as wheat Every
100 pounds of cleaned rice contains
81 pounds Of nutriment, of which 8
pounds are protein, O.3 pound fat, 20
pounds carbohydrates, and GA pound
ash. The analysis of wheat flour
shows that IL contains 81 pounds of
nutriment In each 100 pounds, Of
which 1913 pounds are protein, IL
pounds fat, 74.S pounds carbohydrates,
and GA pound ash. Thus the total
nutriment I'm rice is trifle greater
than In wheat. Wheat has the advan-
tage In protein and rice in carbo-
hydrates.
Although rice is the great foodstuff
OF the Orient. Ii is not used there in
making a raised bread. In this coun-
try dieticians have made excellent
bread nv substituting &c hiph nc Ok
per cent of rice for wheat flour, and
have obtained white yeast bread of
excellent flavor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07

hepu with
but peppermint
Why little miss those will be waiting
road Just can't bear to think of it"
Little miss interrupted him with
ppeemmy
and
hafdozen
u
after them word little
All the it
of honor like on must admi it
are Othe
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07

table,
in
waiter
two NEW were nd said
You gentlemen have cost oservng that
order
They called for the head waiter the
waiter a
I'VE this establishment
the
Q pledge made the administration"
But this
The head didn't deny ii.
Eve be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07

Wash the green's through many wa
tiers to be sure they are well-cleansed.
add boiling water to cover and cook
until tender. 1t will take about three
hours. Drain and press out all the
water possible, remove a few of the
beets that are as large as walnuts and
slip off the skins in cold water. Slice
the beets and press against the side
of an earthen mold. Chop the green's
fine. season with salt and pepper and
butter and fill the prepared mold. Set
plate with a weight above the vege-
tables and let them become chilled.
Serve sliced with mayonnaise dress
ing.
Any stalks of asparagus left over
from previous meal may be used for
a most delectable salad using the fol-
lowing dressing:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
Educate Blind Soldiers.

The ablest educators of the blind in
the country are cooperating with the
government in its plans for the most
complete system of re-education for
blinded soldiers that has ever been
undertaken. When their education has
been perfected the committee will find
employment for soldiers and aid them
in filling their old places in the COM
munity. Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett has
offered her Baltimore estate of 90
acres TO serve as a hospital school
for the blinded officers and men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07
The Concrete Ship.

Faith, the new concrete ship, has the
appearance OF a concrete cellar founda-
ton. This may be the very thing some
unseen and unknown barnacle has been
waiting 10 cling 10. Our bold expert
ment VIII bring out some surprising
discoveries, no doubt. If II shows a
new way to use cement there will be a
boom in cement stocks. We have no
end OF raw material for cement max
Ing and no conservationist can tell us
when we shall be shy OF the stuff that
makes ships If the Faith is a winner
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07


be- After long, the inexperienced from
daughter
The child with
adened This
to De
the diced apsodic relief "
II thought
woman who used to be the tiny girl recently Father
Time his memor glass "
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-07

LULU" replied Davis quickly past
city, is ALL
amt there The good azzer
atoms typical jazz band
making
a
utensils and conest who
the conyoutons evOuon and variations
do a
What effect jazz music have
like a of xteen," he replied
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Heals Running Sores
and Conquers Piles.
Also Stops itching of Eczema rs Soon
as Applied.

II feel it my duty to write YOU letter
of thanks for your wonderful Peterson's
Ointment. l had a running sore on my
left leg for one year. / began to use Peter
sons Ointment three weeks ago and row
1t is healed. "A. c. Gilbrath, 700 Reed
ST., Erie, Pa.
I'd rather get letter like that, SAYS
Peterson, than have John ID. Rockefeller
give me thousand dollars. 1t does me a
lot of good to be able to be of use to my
fellow men.
For years L have been selling through
druggists \ large box OF PETERSON'S
OINTMENT for trif1e. The healing pow
er Of this ointment is marvellous. Eczema
goes In a few days. Old sores heal up like
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Mail orders filled, charges prepaid by
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