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china's Income Tax.

China has an income tax fashioned.
in many particulars, after that OF the
United States. 1t has but recently
gone into effect and promises to add
much to Chinas income, the people
responding Loyalty as they did awhile
ago to the patriotic defense fund. The
law requires that the tax must be paid
by merchants, government officials,
bankers and professional men and
specifies, "Pawnbrokers, shroffs, salt
merchants and firms given special priv
ileges by the government shall pay at
every year end incomes under $1,000
excepted), 8 per cent over $1,000;
per cent over 100000, 2 per cent over
$1,OOOOOO. Clerks are required to pay
monthly" 1t is proposed later to e1-
tend nominal tax to those having
smaller incomes.
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British Army Boot.

The British array boot is made from
very stout chrOmetanned leather. 1t
Is interesting to note that what Is
called the "front' Of the boot is un-
like the average civilian boot, cut all
in one piece, right from the toe to the
heel, and scanned up at the back. The
toe contains among other things
plate of hard iron, which Is nailed on
underneath. On the whole, the British
Tommy has a small foot, the average
sizes being seven and eight. Compare
Mr.. Atkins' foot with that of his Rus-
sian brother. Here We have an aver
age Of nine and ten. The upper por"
ton Of the Cossack boot reaches to
within an inch or two of the knee
and has buckle at the top. Its con-
struction is very similar to the British
boot. the essential difference being the
boot is not stitched round the "welts'
as Is the British.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
FROM PRIVATE TO GENERAL
Enlisted Man In v. s. Army Has nine
Steps to Climb Before 10
Arrives At the Top.

The private soldier, standing ut the
bottom of the army stairs, mas nine
steps to climb before he arrives at
the top, a general. His first promo
ton is to corporal and the next to
sergeant. He Is elevated to these
grades by his regimental commander.
The next step to a commission pear
ing the presidents name was former
ly the most difficult to negotiate, but
thanks to the army's pressing need
of officers it Is now fairly easy to
take for men who honestly possess
the qualities necessary to make the
right kind of officers, says Richard
Smith in Leslie's.
After he becomes second Heuten'
ant time and opportunity Will give
the soldier his first lieutenancy and
later a captaincy. Next he becomes
major. Directly above the major
stands the lieutenant colonel, who Is
one grade below a colonel. At the
top, for final reward, is a generals
star.
Easy as the ascent seems 70 We
laymen, a superficial examination OF
the facts will prove 1t difficult
climb, but by no means forlorn hope.
Witness the fact that one OF the most
caste-controlled armies In the world,
the British. has at Its head general
In chief who began as ranker. Even
on peace footing enlisted men OF
ability in our army have been able to
secure commissions through study
and application to duty. On q war
basis this opportunity is much greater.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
caIory Is Measure Of Heat.

Calory Is word SO much used Dy
physicians and writer's upon diet that
there Is no excuse for anyone not un-
derstanding what 1t means. The defni-
ton of the word calory in the
dictionary Is: zone or two recog-
nized units of heat, Of which the great
er calory' or 'kilogram calory' Is the
amount of heat necessary to raise one
kilogram of water l degree c.; the
lesser calory' or small calory' being
the amount of heat necessary to raise
one gram Of water degree c.
Cal0ry, then, Is a measure of heat.
The human body may be likened to
furnace, and the food that goes into 1t
to the fuel, for this, in fact, is exactly
what 1t is. as 1t supplies the body
with what enables 1t to keep up its
heat. SO the heat-giving qualities OF
our food are measured in calories.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
PERSIA HAS NATIONAL DRINK
Sherbet, Plentiful and of Many Varie>
ties, Is Most Popular Beverage
of That Country.

The great beverage in Persia is sher>
bet, which is plentlfully supplied and
of which there are many varieties,
from the bowl Of water with squeeze
of lemon to the clear, concentrated
juice of any sort of fruit to which wa
ter Is added to dilute it.
The preparation of Sherbet. observes
the Boston Transcript which is done
with the greatest care is a very inn
portant point in so thirsty country
as Persia, and one to which much time
IS devoted. 1t may be either ex>
pressed from the juice of fruit freshly
gathered or from the preserved extract
of pomegranates. cherries or lemons.
mixed with sugar and submitted to
certain degree of heat to preserve it
for winter consumption.
Another sherbet much drunk is
called guZangebben. 1t is made from
the honey of the tamariSk tree. This
money Is not tne Nork vi tle Dee, pul
the product of small insect or worm
living in vast numbers under the leaves
of the shrub During the months Of
August and September the insects are
collected and the honey is preserved.
When used for sherbet it is mixed with
vinegar, and, although not so delicious
as that made from fruit, it makes an
excellent temperance beverage.
Only among the rich and fashionable
are glasses used. In all other cases
sherbet Is served in china bowls and
drunk from deep wooden spoons
carved in pear wood.
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WIsdom Of the Ancients.

Three thousand five hundred years
before Christ a great teacher Of morals
lived in Egypt, and under the title OF
"The Instructions Of Ptah-Hotep"
there Is preserved wise counsel as to
our duty one to another.
Let thy face be bright what time
thou livest, he said, according to an
exchange. He that causeth strife
cometh himself to sorrow. It Is a
mans kindly acts that are remem-
bered Of him In the years after his
life. Quarreling In place Of friendship
Is a foolish thing. Exalt not thy heart
that it be not brought low. He that
is just fourisheth truth goeth In his
footsteps, and he maketh habitations
not in the dwellings of cOvetousness.
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Measure for Hides.

A method for measuring the area OF
hides by means Of air pressure has
been recently patented. The measur-
Ing instrument consists Of table top
with many small holes in 1t, spaced at
regular intervals, mounted on fun
mel base, through which, and through
the holes In the top, suction fan
draws air. The hide, when placed on
the table, reduces the cross-seftion OF
the air current and so produces q rare
faction of the air. which In turn Gre
ates subpressure that can be meas
ured from the combined readings OF
a vacuum gauge and tachometer-
an instrument that registers the We
iOcjty Of air currents.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
DoIno Without Copper,

In Germany, where almost all the
copper is needed by the army, some In
genious substitutes have been found
for it in the peaceful arts. In house
wiring, for instance, iron wire has
taken the place Of copper. Iron can
not, however, be used as a conductor
Of electricity for long distances, nor
where exposed to the air, because 1t
would cost too much and because it
rusts too quickly. Nor can it be used
tor telephone wires.
Locomotives are now built with
scarcely any copper, Siemens steel TAX
ing its place.
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Pay Her to Wait.

Shoe Salesman-But, my dear
Madam, you had better purchase
pair while they are only twelve dol
lars. The price will soon 60 to twenty
FIVE dollars.
Complacent Customer-Oh, then l
wont take any just now. If they go
that high III just wait for my Sec
end childhood and then 7 can 60 bare
fuOt
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Oatmeal Nut CrispS.

One egg, one-half tablespoonful but
ter, one-half cupful sugar, one-quarter
teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful va
nlla, one and one-half cupfuls rolled
oats, one teaspoonful baking powder.
Beat together until light the egg, but
ter, sugar, salt and vanilla. Then stir
in the oatmeal and baking powder
mixed together. Drop half teaspoon
full portions of this mixture couple
OF inches apart in shallow, we'll
creased baking pan and bake in mod
crate oven until light brown. Remove
to plates at once to become cool and
crisp.
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Unltes by Dividing.
What Is that which divides by unit
lng and unites by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
imperfect FIapJack.

The Toledo Blade thinks that 1t re-
quires physical exercise after eating
to make the fiapjack success. There
must be something wrong with the To
ledo flapJack II that is true. Here In
Houston, after the fourth fiapjack one
beholds the sky as bouquet Of rain.
bows and then begins to dream
Houston Post.
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"Now We'd Better Have Some Sup.
per-" Said Mrs. Muskrat.


winter is certainly the time of the year
we enjoy the most" continued Mrs.
Muskrat.
~ never can understand" said Mr..
Muskrat "why 1t Is so many creatures
90 to sleep for the whole winter
through"
"Do they? asked Mrs. Muskrat.
"A great many do," answered Mr..
Muskrat.
"Do tell me their names, for would
like to know what creatures are fool
fish enough for that"
"Well," sad Mr.. Muskrat, clearing
his throat, there are the snakes, toads,
frogs, turtles, woodchucks, prairie
dogs, ants and number Of others"
"Gracious exclaimed Mrs. Musk
rat. "They waste the best time Of the
year."
1.-THE bears 60 to sleep most of the
winter" said Mr.. Muskrat. "Some-
times when 1t Is little bit warm In
the winter months they come out for
q time and look at the world, but for
the most part they are asleep. They
eat very large meals before 1t Is time
to 60 to sleep, so they will not be hun
cry all the winter"
'They show a little more sense by
coming out once in awhile" said Mrs
Muskrat.
"The racoons do the same" contin.
ued Mr.. Muskrat. "They come out In
the winter If the nights are little
warmer"
Il simply cannot understand It," said
Mrs. Muskrat. "When l see how the
winter improves our fur and how much
better we feel, cannot but think that
the whole world must love the winter"
"The whole world hasn't fur like
ours" said Mr.. Muskrat. Fur Is ex
pensive to buy-that Is beautiful fur
like we have, 90 we are very fortu.
nate"
Then Mr.. Muskrat began to build
new home with long sticks, closing up
his hole after he had finished. Mrs.
Muskrat helped him, burrowing under
the snow in the bank. They worked
until their home was quite finished,
squealing all the time to each other.
They were very happy and devoted
to one another and they kept praising
each other.
"Now we'd better have some sup
per-" said Mrs. Muskrat, as she put on
her apron she had saved from the fall.
made out of leaves which had just
turned golden. It was decorated with
fakes of snow. and Mr.. Muskrat ad.
mired 1t.
They had sweet grass which they
had saved and apples. After they had
been eating for awhile the children
came around. They were almost half
year old and they felt very big and
important.
They remembered the time when
their mother took their food to them
In their little beds in their hole, but
this time they had brought her a bas-
ket made out Of birch bark filed with
goodies, and how grateful were tho
happy mother and fatherl
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
Remove Smoke Stains.

The suggestion will be beneficial to
housewives who have not the conye-
nience of electricity or the modern
gas fixtures. Frequently the ceiling
above an old-fashioned gas jet becomes
discolored from smoke and heat. The
discoloration may be removed If
layer Of starch and water Is applied
with piece Of flannel. After the
mixture has dried 1t should be brushed
slightly with brush. No stain or mark
will remsin-
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DADDlSEV[NDN(
/. IARY1ALE EH1
% MARY RAHAMRQG@kR
THE MUSKRATS.

"I'm glad to see that It's almost win-
ter" said Mrs. Muskrat.
II wouldn't say that you could see
It was almost winter. You don't see H.
you feel it. You know it's winter be-
cause it's cold. And you feel the cold'
don't your" asked Mr.. Muskrat.
II don't feel It," said Mrs. Muskrat
"When folks say they feel the cold
they mean that they do not ike ths
cold, and love it."
"Of course you dO," said Mr.. MUSK
rat. $50 do I. But I don't think you
are right when you say you see II 's
almost winter"
Cant one see q storm approach
ing?" asked Mrs. Muskrat. 1--WE can
see dark clouds, and we can see the
sun disappear. Why cannot we see
the winter? We see the ice cover up
the ponds and lakes and rivers. we
see the snow falling over the earth
and landing on the trees, making them
white and heavy. I think we can see
winter
"You do seem to be right" said MIR.
Muskrat. "Still we should say too
that we feel it. for it's with our feel
ipgs we know it's cold or warm
II think we're both quite correct"
said Mrs. Muskrat.
$50 do l, my love-" said Mr.. Muskrat.
And they both gave each other nice
hug and said together,
whether we feel or see the winter
coming, we are glad 1t will soon be
with u.s."
"How beautiful your fur is becom-
ing" said Mr.. Muskrat to his wife.
sand so is yours, my dear. Our fur
is really horrid in the summer. The
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Try Parsnips This Way.

U,d you ever fren' Narsnips as Jou
sometimes 10 sweet .Htaroes? This
Moy, for instance; Choose medium
c'sad ones, also SON" hat nre uniform
In size, as they lool so much better on
the table, and scrub them well. Then
bake them in the oven and, at the ta-
BILE, just split them open and eat with
butter and salt, ns though they were
sweet potatoes. SLme people like them
very much this way.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
Natural Gas.

Natural gas Is probably formed in
the earth by process of natural dis
tillation from the animal and vegetable
remains Of past geological epochs, and
is nearly the same product as Is dis
titled from the coal In the retorts of
gas factories only, instead of the heat
Of fires, the internal heat of the earth
aided perhaps by chemical recomposi-
tion, has caused Its formation on a
huge scale.
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immune.

"Br'er Wade. said an old Georgia
iarkly, I'm nightly feared dis yer
wars gwineter ruin me-"
"Well," said Brother Wade, "hit
ain't gwineter ruin me-"
"Iiow come, Br'er Wade"
"Kazc / come heah ruint !"-Atlanta
Constitution.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07

Mrs Collier Down lat a. M
You're sight. II you could see your
self as others see you!
Mr.. Collier Down UntoxicateH-
Shay, II you could--hic-see yourself
as ! see you-hic--you'd think you
were-hic-the twoheaded woman
hic-in the museum
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Sir Robert Walpoie.

Flowery oratory he despised. He
ascribed to the interested views of
themselves or their relatives the dec
larations Of pretended patriots, of
whom he said: "Al these men have
their price. e."--Memoirs Of Walpolc.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07
Thouuht Ownership Chanued.

seated across the aisle from me In the
car and asked the mother to let the
boy ride with me. After sitting beside
me a few minutes, he asked: DO |
belong to you now?'-Exchange. :" :
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07

Daisy-Listen to Erma reciting the
"Wreck of the Hesperus." How terri
BILE 1t must have beenl
Mabel-Yes, and sone people can
make it more terrible than 1t was.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-02-07

Managing Editor---Hereafter we will
accept every manuscript offered to US.
Assistant-What?
Managing Editor-And pay only on
publication. In the meantime the re.
turn postage will make quite sub.
stantial fund.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-20
REGAFDIN' GIUSEPPE
By MEIGs 0. FROST in New orleans Item.

.
Then there came day when Wilhelm heard his Aus
trian brethren yep
From the poundin' Giuseppe had been slammn' to EN-
hard,
So he modified his private Gott and started out to
help
Cousin Charles clean up Alpin breakn into his back
yard
Then It was we worried over Giuseppe,
When the horrors of that Great Retreat began
But-outnumbered slaughtered. shattered
He closed up his rear-guard, battered,
And he took one holy licking lbe man!
Took that brutal awful 1ickingformed another line
and heidi
KNOWN that his time omin'--ready Tor IT When
it came!
Met shel-bullets- propaganda Every last attack re-
peled
And at last when somethn started, drove once more
into the game!
Msa,t quit worryin', these days, about Giuseppe!
se1apa scrapper any time anywhere!
Mountain crest the level zz
He's ring tailed fghtn' devil,
And-you bet the Central Powers know he's there!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-20
WAR PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED
Pictorial Record of Patriotic A.
tivities Being Compiled.

John Marshall, secretary Of the
State Council of Defense, has again
been called upon by the Council OF
National Defense and the y. S. War
Department, Washington, asking that
every effort be made to secure war
photographs in Louisiana which Will
be used to complete the official files
showing the part this state took IN
the great war now being waged. The
War Department asks that Mr.. Mar
shall give this request the widest
publicity, and persons having Kodak
or camera pictures showing the de-
parture of troops, patriotic meetings,
celebrations, OF anything in connec--
tion with war-work which would
prove Of interest in future years, are
asked to send them Immediately to
the office Of the State Council OF De-
fense. Baton Rouge.
Several parishes are already COM
diving with this request and are see
ing to it that their respective commu-
mites will be well represented when
the history of Louisiana in War-Work
is finally told. !.
very va anxious tS comply with this re,
quest of the War Department ana
urges everyone to assist as. FAR as
possible.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-20
a DONALDSONVILLE MANS
EXPERIENCE.

Can you doubt the evidence Of
this Donaldsonville citizen?
You can verify Donaldsonville en-
.dorsement.
s Read this:
William Hebert, locomotive engl-
.neer, 61o Lessard street, says: =
few wears ago ! began to be lame
across my kidneys. It was just about
impossible for me to do any heavy sy y
lifting and I was never free from
that ache through my hips. My kid
news new acted irregularly and the Sc
cretions were scanty and highly
eolored. / began to use Doan's Kid. q
Eney Pills and they brought me reiiei
from the first. / had only taken
about two boxes, when | was enelre; =
i, t. c,,red Of this trouble. / have had
no return of it since. T"
Price so cents, at all dealers: Eos
ter-MilbHrn Co., Mfrs, Buffalo. Y
Vt. Ady.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-20
SANDERS SHOWS THE WAY.
Sixth District Congressman Again
Demonstrates His Ability.

When the interstate and foreign
commerce committee of the national
house of representatives had before
it the resolution introduced by Mr..
AsweH Of Louisiana, authorizing the
Dresident to take over the telegraph
and telephone lines of the country,
lit was found impossible for the com
mittee to agree on the resolution.
After discussion for two or three
days, Congressman Sanders OF Lou
isiana drew up a substitute resolu-
ton which he offered and which the
committee unanimously accepted and
reported to the house. This resolu-
ton was passed by the house practi-
cally unanimously on July. 5, only
four votes being cast in the negative,
all of which were Republican.
The bill was then sent to the SEN
ate. On. Thursday, July Il, at page
9732 of the Congressional Record,
Senator Underwood of Alabama,
former Democratic leader OF the
house, and now one Of the foremost
leaders Of the senate, in speaking
Iof this resolution said: s. ant to
say, frs, that Of all the joint reso-i
lllutior1s which have come before the
lIaaa 95i|1 u fss,,Ills IL
ton chat has been presented and sent
here by the house IS the best 8eraf tea M
| that has been presented to the senate.
IIt is simple and to the point ana
!covers the ground. !" /.
/ Senator Underwood made one OF
the best speeches in the senate IN IA
vor Of this resolution, which finally
passed the senate July 13, with only
Il6 votes against it, all of the negative
votes being Republican.
Thus the Sanders substitute, un-
der which the president has the
power to take over all telephone and
telegraph lines, as has already been
done with the railroads, received all
| lthet. Democratic votes of both houses.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-20
WILL WE ANSWER THE CALL?
All Real Americans Should Hearken
20 This Urgent Plea.

-. q
Suppose runner came into Dom
aldsonville, with the news that the
Germans were near the state line.
You would know what that meant
to your family--the probability of
losing your own life and prop
erty would be least of the perils
you would see. And suppose the
runner cried, "The general sends
word to Donaldsonville that our SOL
diers can hold the line and keep the
Germans out of Louisiana, and final
ly whip them, if you can send US
food! Go to the fields. The general
calls on the town people to go to the
farms that need labor and cultivate
and harvest the crops without which
the army cannot hold out and win y
What would you do? Why Don
jacksonville would shut up shop so
quickly your head would swim The
people would go to the farms! Food
would be produced!
The peril is not quite so close to
you in actual distance, but it is just
as real! We can't win the war with
out food; we can't produce food with
out labor. The farm labor problem
can only be solved by town people
going to farms in their parishes to
supply the emergency help for culti-
vation and harvest.
The Hun can only be halted by
.Force! Force! Forcep That force
cannot be continued without food.
That food cannot be produced with
out work-without the work of Don
aldsonvillians.
1t will be hard work. It will not
be romantic or adventurous. 1t will
not be especially profitable financial
ly. But without it we can't win the
war! And will it be any harder than
going over the top or holding line
of trenches in an inferno of flying
steel? Men are doing that, not be-
cause it is easy, not because they get
thirty dollars month-but just be-
cause they are Americans! The peo-
pie of Donaldsonville are asked to
work on farms when needed, not be-
cause it is easy, not because OF the
money wages, but just because you're
Americans and your country sends
this CALI
| u. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-20


Oh, we kidded Giuseppe in his patent-leather hat,
With his bunch of roosterfeathers iappin' gaily out
behind
But he grinned at good-naured-like each time he
to bat
And the joshin that we showed him didn't make no
never-mnd.
He busy haulin cannon up mountain.
He busy shein' Austrians from its top.
He had fifteen styles of fghtn' a=E
That he took damfool delight in,
And he never seemed to know the time to stop.
Oh he ate his cold spaghetti and his canned tomato
paste 8
While he bunked out on glacier-snow and slush to
keep him COOL
In destroyers and Capronis-sea and alr-hs Toe ne
faced,
And we had to hand it to hin-he sure one
fightn' fool. 3.
He was hustl;n bridgin riversZor he drf - EN-.
He was blastin' hard-rock mountains off thses
While from crest to crest a-leapin'-
Over ice-crevasses creepin-
He was start:n' varieties of scrap. 8@