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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-12-28
The Strong Withstand the Winter
Cold Better Than the Weak

You must have Health, Strength and En-
durance to fight Colds. Grip and Influenza
When your blood is not in healthy
condition and does not circulate properly
your system is unable TO withstand the
Winter cold
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
Lucky Meeting.

She-Tee, hee 1t seems strange that
we never met before.
He-Yes, accidents will happen.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
Win the War by Preparing the Land
Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops

Work in Joint Effort the Soil Of the United States and Canada
COOPERATIVE FARMING IN NAN POWER NECESSARY
TO WIN TE BATTLE FOR LIBERTY
The Food Controllers Of the United States and Canada arc asking for
greater food production. Scarcely 100, O00, 900 bushels Of wheat arr avail
able to be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest Upon the
efforts of the United States and Canada rests the burden Of supply.
Every Available TIIabIs Acre Must Contributor Every Available
Farmer and Farm Aand Must Assist
Western Canada has a enormous acreage to be seeded, but man power
is short, and an appeal to the United States allies is for more men for seed
ing operation.
.Canada's Wheat Production Last Year was 226, O0O, 900 BushsIsI the
Demand From Canada Alone for 1913 IS 400, 100000 Bushels
To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs
the men. The Government Of the United States wants every man who can
effectively help, to do farm work this year. 1t wants the land in the United
States developed first Of courses but il also wants to help Canada. When
ever we find a man we an spare to Canadas fields after Ours are supplied,
we want to direct him there.
Apply to our Employment Service, and we will tell you where you can
best serve the combined interests.
Western Canadas help will be required not later than April Sh. Wages
to competent help, $50. 90 a month and up, board and lodging.
Those who respond to this appeal will get warm welcome, good wages.
good board and find comfortable homes They will get a rate of one cent
q mile from Canadian boundary points to destination and return.
= For particulars al to routes and places where employment may be had
apply to: o.. s. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

Il d derstand, MIR. Rasp," began the
suave Granger, "that you nee voted
for thd Hon.A"
"Yes. admitted old Rupus Rasp. y
voted him a good many years ago.
Also d &c applied my youthful tongue
to al e-cold sledge hammer. Like
wise, / pnce paid tuition to a CORE
spOndeI e school Of growing tall by
mail an thereby becoming Irresistible
to the | lies. But It won't do you any
good to roduce that fiat package which
l observe outlined through your coat
and whtch l suspect Is a simple vol
ume Of Great Flights OF OratOry by
American Blatherskites, for while
own IN TO having been a fool in my
time It lnfurlates me to be called, even
by Implication, a hopeless durn fool
Kansas City Star.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
Peru11a Relieved
My Cough Feel

Mrs. Gertie .Ebhardt. 21s East First
ST., Kewanee, Illinois. writes:
Il have taken six bottles OF your
Peruna for a cough, and am all
we'll. / went over 10 see a neigh
Dor n day and / had a terrible
cough and my eyes were sore. She
gave me half q bottle Of Peruna last
November, and It did me so much
good that I bought a bottle, and then
when ! had finished that ! got an
other, and so on until I have taken
almost six bottles and I feel like a
new woman. / am ffty-nino years
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

"After ALL" said Attorney General
Gregory at a dinner in Washington,
"was there ever a great talker who
wasn't a great bore? Look at Cole
ridge.
II said to a man the other day:
""The Judge is a splendid talker,
isn't hep
"'The finest said the man, I ever
escaped from Case and Comment.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

If there is anything in the pot when
a gambling place is raided 1t may be
applied on the costs and fines of the
owners Of the money, Attorney General
McGhee of Ohio rules In effect.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

Burn and dishgure quickly sOothed
and healed by hot baths with Cutl-
cura Soap and gentle ~anointings of Gu
ticura Ointment. For free samples,
address, "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
%, Ointment % and 6O.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
| Feel as
Ibid
Twenty
Years

old, and since I have taken the Pc
runa, 1 feel as I did twenty years
ago. ! will always keep Peruna IN
my house."
Those who object TO liquid medl-
elnes q secure Peruna tablets.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

Nobody eve got anything by nur
ing a crouch, but the crouch always
gets bigger. Be cheerful
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
AIways RefOre HIm.

HE is a great stickler for proce-
dure, isn't he7"
II should say sol Why, even the
furniture covers In his house arc all
bound with red tape"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

He-Rach hour l spend with you Is
like a pearl to me.
She-Aw, quit strlnglng me.-Jester.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

II you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

It is estimated that 100000 horse
power will be obtained from Scot
lands waterfalls.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08

SlOth wears out the body and con,
sumes the mind.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
With corks In Them.

Passengers on water wagons this
year are advised to keep a sharp look
out for hostile periscOpes.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
Getting Even With orump.

"Thls certainly is a hard winter"
Huh. Any fool knows that
"Then / needn't have told you"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Brown Sugar, Among Other
Old Time Necessities, Now
Found Best For Many Uses

1--WE must get out our old cook books
and revive some of the things our
grandmothers used to make" says
Prof. Mary Rausch of the department
Of home economics, University of Wash.
ington, in commenting in that univer-
sity's newsletter on the necessity that
faces housekeepers of learning how to
do without granulated sugar for cook
ing.
When the cook books that were
printed in our grandmothers' day
speak of sugar they do not mean the
granulated sugar to which we are &C.
customed, but the heavier, dark, moist
sugar that has q flavor resembling mo-
lasses or rum. For many purposes
this is really better than the granu-
lated white sugar. One of the largest
bakers in Seattle uses nothing else,
and he says the flavor of all sweetened
breads is much improved by it.
Brown sugar or sirup should be used
in oil biscuits, mullins, cakes, buildings
and pies. For years the best ginger
breads and spice cakes have been made
with nothing else. And there are many
candies for which it is better than
white. A delicious cake icing Is made
by boiling brown sugar to a strip and
pouring 1t over the stiffly beaten
whites of eggs.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Value of Farm Products
Nearly Doubled in the Past. Two Years

In the at low price, and
likely waste and
the cotton usually by wheat
of value BY 1893
had taken
wheat
climbed the great hay crop
second only to corn
the valuable agrlcu
jamestown and Plymouth were
Indians this In
hasbe o possibly 100000 bushels
Whites
according the estimate OF the
of
bushels largest and most valuable
next below in value with
weight
Mt the farm
gate 1917 becomes
that the funny writer's would have It, Indispensable
in the or
settled third below and cotton
but resumed it's third place with emphasis
in $1567OOOOO 95OoOO
while wheat
value was$ 100000 G51 600 600 bushels
drug
especially the form of rolled OATS has be-
with
bushels have farm value OF
fifth of value
estimate the value of
production of the farm This is
parts the the a stable
Of
value follow barley s2s
100000 kaAr edible BEANS $
100000; peanuts $1o7OoO,Ooo and rye, $1ooOoo0oo
peaces $OOOOOO
cbbages
the sorghum slrup $24O
$16O00o and
douons IN
two years.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Farming on Paper Is Not
Like the Farmer Finds Il

Farming on paper is really rare
sport, writes Robert NJ. Gary in the
Atlantic. / have planned entire farms,
drawing them neatly on paper, with
dotted lines to show the rows of ber-
ries and crosses to indicate trees. I
have planted my crops, and cultivated
them, harvested them, marketed them
always at surprising profit, and
without a moments worry about
weather, caterpillars, birds or beetles.
My hens have all laid two hundred
eggs a year; my berries have all sold
for Is cents a box. Not a COW ever
had hoof-and-mouth disease; not pig
had cholera. My farm was always
situated on a. New Hampshire noun
tain-side, overlooking lakes and rivers
and sunsets. A soil which in reality
produces blueberries and sweet fern.
where it does not extrude rocks, on
my farm is foot in depth, as soft and
moist as brown sugar, and fertile as
al English meadow. 100
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
How to Detect Glucose in
Preserves, Jam, MarmaIade

Glucose in fruit preserves may be
discovered as follows: In the case Of
jelly a teaspoonful should be dissolved
in two tablespoonfuls Of alcohol con-
tanned in a glass vessel. In the case
of jam or marmalade the same process
is carried out, but 1t Is necessary to
filter of the solid matter by running
the mixture through piece of muslin.
Allow the solution to become perfectly
cool, and then add an equal volume, Or
little more, Of strong alcohol Il
glucose is present a dense white pre-
cipitate slowly settles down. Where
no glucose has been employed there
is no precipitate, save, in some cases.
a very trifling sediment of proteid mat.
ter which, however, is 50 small that II
could not possibly be mistaken for the
sediment which glucose produces TIE
East-named is not particularly harmf1i
in itself, but it Is very frequently used
as an adufterant in supposedly pure
preserves for extra profit.-Populsr
Science Monthly.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
POULTRY POINTERS ;

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~VSVS~~~~~~S
Keep the hens confined to your own
land.
Don't keep a male bird. Hens lay
just as well without male.
Don't overstock your land.
Purchase well-matured pullets rath-
er than hens.
Don't expect great success in hatch
ing and raising chicks unless you have
had some experience and have grass
plot separate from the yard for the
hens. -
Build a cheap house or shelter.
Make the house dry and free from
draughts, but allow for ventilation.
Fowls stand cold better than damp
ness.
Keep house and yard clean.
Provide roosts and dropping boards.
Provide d nest for each four or five
hens.
Grow some green crop in the yard.
Spade up the yard frequently.
Feed table scraps and kitchen
waste.
Also feed grain once day.
Feed a dry mash.
Keep hens free from lice and the
house free from mites.
Kill and eat the hens in the fall as
they begin to mott and cease to lay.
Preserve the surplus eggs produced
during the spring and summer for use
during the fall and winter when eggs
are scarce and high in price.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Prevent oodLosses
Pershables Can Be Saved by
Careful Handing
(By the United States Department Of Az
!. riculture.)

(By the United States Department OF Az
+ riculture.)
Important amounts Of perishable
foods are made dangerous or inedlble
in households because they are ex-
posed unnecessarily to heat, moisture,
germs, dust, dirt, or to flies and other
insects.
Much milk spoils quickly because 1t
is kept uncovered in warm kitchens.
Close observance of the doctrine.
s'Keep perishable food, especially
milk, cool, clean and covered contin-
uously," may make n striking differ
ence in the food bills Of many fam
lilies.
Fresh vegetables not needed imme-
diately for other purposes should not
be thrown out or allowed to spoil, but
should be used in making soups, sal
ads, or combination dishes. Fruits are
sometimes allowed to go to waste
which might be stewed and kept day
or two until needed.
Vegetables and fruits should not be
stored in quantities in hot, damp, and
poorly ventilated bins. Such condi-
lions hasten whiting, fermentation and
decay.
Surplus fruits, beans, tomatoes and
other vegetables produced In home
gardens should not be allowed to spoil
on the vines or rot on the ground. A
mornings work would can and pre-
serve such surplusage for use when
fruits and vegetables are scarce and
high In price. ...-.
Much food, ruined by being stored
where flies or other insects. or rats
and mice can get ut it, can be saved
if it is given proper care. Much &C.
real food is ruined because it Is not
kept in cans or other suitable con-
timers and protected against weevils
or other insects. Prevent such losses
by careful handling. &aT Grz.E g
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Deer Do Not Interfere With
Eradication Of Cattle Tick

By the United States Department q
- ... Agriculture)
In regions where campaigns to erndi-
cate the cattle fever tick are being car
ried on, the presence Of deer does not
interfere in the success of permanently
banishing the parasite. This has been
proved in California, where deer are
numerous in formerly tick-infested re-
gions which are now free from the
parasite. 4. , #.-.a.
'Deer were kn1wn to be plentiful on
many of the large California ranches
that were tck-infested," said one Of
the federal inspectors now working. In
Southern states, "and deer killed On
these ranches were often found infest-
ed. ...e.. ..lE &
at was our experience in California
that as soon as the cattle tick was
eradicated from cattle the deer In that
section were no longer found tick-in-
tested. This seems to justify the the
DRY that, as the deer is not the natural
host Of the fever tick, deer which do
become infested with cattle ticks are
infested by seed ticks which are the
progeny Of ticks developed on cattle"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Fuel Value of Potatoes
Higher Than of Any Other
of Fresh Vegetables Used

Potatoes contain all the different
substances needed for the body. Pro-
tein and minerals for growth and re-
pair; starch and fat for energy; and
minerals and roughage for body regp-
lation. A diet of whole milk and po-
tatoes is perfect; the fat and protein
of the milk supplement the small
quantity Of these in the vegetable.
The fuel value Of potatoes is higher
than that of any other fresh vegetable
used, according to Lucy Cordiner of
the University of Minnesota.
Common methods used in the prep
aration and cooking of potatoes are
wasteful. When potatoes are peeled
and allowed to stand for an hour or
two in cold water they lose over half
the protein and one-third their min.
erals. The peeling also takes food
with it. When cooking is begun In
cold water the loss is nearly as great.
Potatoes can be prepared with no loss
of food value if they be first blanched
by cooking in boiling water for ten
minutes, then plunged into cold wa.
ter, and the skin rubbed or peeled off,
Cooking can be completed in any way
desired, baking, steaming or boiling.
A quick oven is essential for baking
and produces potatoes that are dry,
mealy and easily digested.
If the skin is pricked with fork
toward the end Of baking they are
further improved by escape Of steam,
Soggy, watery potatoes do not digest
easily and may cause gas. j..
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Shooting Stars Date Back
Into the Prehistoric Times

Our knowledge of shooting stars ex-
tends into the oldest history Of human
ity, back into prehistoric times. Yet to-
day no one knows exactly what a
shooting star is, or from where it
comes, says the Popular Science
Monthly. A hypothesis proposed in
1875 and generally accepted today Is
that meteorites are fragments broken
from small planetary masses by vol
canic explosions, brought about by Il
sudden expansion Of gases, steam and
probably hydrogen. The broken bits.
after their separation, are believed to
arrange themselves in swarms which
cross the orbit of the earth in accord
ance with a definite law. Shooting
stars, then, undoubtedly come from
within our solar system and are brok-
en- bits Of world body destroyed by
volcanic events. Many meteorftes have
been found in Arizona.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Moons Influence on Plant
Growth Wholly Negligible,
Is Belief of Scientists

The old belief that the moon has
some sort of influence on plant growth
still persists in some farming sec
lions. Some farmers, it is said, re-
fuse to plant crops or to kill hogs
unless the moon is in some particular
position.
The influence of the moon on the
growth of crops, or on other agricul-
tural operations, has always been de-
MED by scientific men. The following
brief statement by G. F. Marvin, chief
Of the United States weather bureau,
printed in the Rural New Yorker,
shows what they think of the matter:
1T is the general belief of scien-.
lists that the moon has no appreciable
influence on temperature, rainfall, or
any other weather element, or on
plant growth.
"Plant growth depends upon tenn
perature, light, humidity and plant
food (both in the soil and in the airy,
and it's availability. Obviously the
moon neither mellows the ground nor
fertillzes it. neither does it alter the
composition of the atmosphere; hence
it affects neither the mechanical con-
dition of tho soil nor the kind or
quantity of available plant food.
IF the moon has any influence on
plant growth, it would seem that it
must exert this influence through its
light. Experiment, however, shows
that when plant is so Swallowed that
it gets only one one-hundredth of nor
NAL daylight, 1t grows but little bet
ter than it does in absolute darkness.
Full daylight is about 100000 times
brighter than full moonlight; hence
one one-hundredth of daylight, already
too feeble to stimulate apprecfably
plant activity, is still 5000 times
brighter than full moonlight. The con-
clusion is that, even in respect to
light stimulus, the moons influence
on plant growth. is wholly negligible"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
No Hope in Fried Whale d
With High Cost of Food

We are not greatly elated over the
prospect of eating fried whale, al
though the dish has been pronounced
excellent by Boston connoisseurs.
When corn and oats were suggested
as a substitute for wheat all patriotic
ally fell in line, for it was thought that
horse feed would be cheaper than man
food, which would mean a financial
saving as we'll as conservation for the
good of the country. But we reckOned
without our restaurateur. Immediate
~ substitute sandwiches began to per-
form the feat Of diminishing in size
and increasing in price at the same
time. The great abundance Of the
whale would seem to justify the hope
for a large meal at nominal cost,
but there is fear that the restaura-
teur will soon learn to slice him up
with safety razor with the same dex-
terity that he can now make a raisin
pie with one Observation-Disclosures
Telegraph.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
How Dust Causes Fires.

Spontaneous combustion Is caused,
80 the chemists tell us, by floating par
ticles Of coal dust or other infiammable
material jostling and clashing against
one another until the friction they set
up raises their temperature to the fg-
milton point, says Popular Science
Monthly. II this explanation Is correct.
1t would appear as II such fires could
be prevented by perfect ventilation:
Such. however, is not the case, for ven
tilatlon may actually help to bring
about fire by spontaneous combustion.
Air facilitates oxidation, really fam
ming the wan dust into blaze. Keep
air lamp and quiet to avoid fire.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Can't Spend Their Money.

Two Of the wealthiest persons in OF
tawa county, Oklahoma, are Joe Car
war.yee-tee and his sQuaw. They are
Quapaw Indians and live well, accord
Ing to their notions I'm a rude log cabin
on about $3.50 a year. They scarcely
touch the immense pile of gold that
is theirs which comes to them as royal
ties from land on which mineral de-
posits were discovered several years
ago. Twice a year this Quapaw pair
visit town for the purpose Of laying
in q supply Of gaudy- colored calico for
the wife and three or four pairs of
overalls for the husband, and appear
to feel even this is great extrava-
sance.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Nua hte<s.l3
Where Prices Are Really High.

Berne reports that Constantinople IS
reduced to economic ruin. The Ger.
mans, with the consent of prominent
young Turks, have requisitioned the
food, while uncontrolled speculation
makes the city the most expensive In
the world to live In. Atwo-pound loaf
Of bread costs 50; meat 81 pound.
flour s., potatoes 81. butter SIG, aud
sugar $40. Eggs are rare Mt 80 cents
apiece; chickens are 50 each, and
shoes from SO to 500 pair. A
mans suit costs from 800 to $4,000
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Wise and Otherwise.

Wise is the man who can re-
call a previous engagement when
he receives a disagreeable invi-
tatiOn.
Her strenuous effort to live up
to her neighbors' expectations is
what chases the roses from a
wOman's face.
1t is easier for some butchers
to get six hams out of a hog
than it is to get one truthful
word out Of some men.
a man who has something to
say always knows when he has
said it-then he shuts up.
'sTime is money" said the man
who paid a jeweler $3.50 for re-
pairing a 9S-cent watch.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
With the inventors.

A French system of rapid te-
legraphy by which 10000 words
an hour can be transmitted has
worked successfully for distances
ND to 900 miles in that country.
Cantilever supports under a
new motorcycle saddle elimi-
nate ali movements other than
those In a perpendicular direc-
ton and thus absorb the more
serious shocks. =
Experiments are under way In
England with q new fuel for au-
tomObiles that IS made from
sugar refinery refuse and is said
to have greater power than gaso-
line. ~ -.-.
Automobile oil Is now convent
emily put up in cone-shaped con-
tainers, and to empty one the
point is cut off with a pocket
knife and the end thrust into the
engine port, into which it drains.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
- "a "a:
HIS MOTHER
"a IA E:

II might only think-he bears
A shining armor of my prayers
To ward the shadow Of a shell
From his beloved breast,
And like the wings of angels keep
Away the nameless things that creep
Pleasure-masked videttes of hell,
To prey on his rare hours Of rest!
But all my prayers and tears are vain
To shield him from a single pain.
One gift is mine to give, and one alone.
To my own flesh which is no more my
own.
His parting look into his mothers eyes
Shall find so calm and absolute trust
In the high cause that claims the sacri-
fee
That when the moment comes-as come
it must
When he asks himself: els it worth
while 10
This dream I fight for?" then he can
His mothers faith, who gave that dream
her all
And gave it with a smile.
Amelia Josephine Burr of the Vigi-
lanteS.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13

take me to the pictures tonight"
''But don't make such q noise," said
the dame, admonishing. do they ever
take you when you cry like that?''
sometimes they do, an sometimes
they d-d-don't," beloved the boy. But
it amt no trouble to yell!"