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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-31

half of syrup and about onehalf of corn sugar
Oneourth of cup of sugar is equal to about onehaf
cup of syrup one-hird cup of sugar. One table
spoon of equal to tablespoon OF honey about
one and one-ha tablespoons of syrup and and
third tablespoons of corn sugar.
Sugar may be saved by the of raisins dates figs,
dried and fruit pastes used the breakfast cereals
Fruit marmaades, buffers and jelles should be used
take the place of the ordinary sweetenng at meal and
not to it. Fruits may be preserved without
sugar 1t may be added when sugar is plentiful
Preserving demands this year thin syrup instead of
heavy syrup.
If sugar used one-haf of the may be replaced
by another sweetener.
Drying is means of preserving without sugar. ap-
pies cherries, Strawberries and black caps.
When ready to they may have added the needed
sugar the form of syrup. When sugar plentiful
fruit Juices may be made into eles may be used
fruit juices with without sugar. beverages fruit
gelatns and frozen desserts
Fresh fruits supply the place of sugar in the diet They
should be used freely Desserts where sugar is
may be made of geatns junkets custards puddngs and
aLnq
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-31

w. S. S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-15
VETERANS TELL
c. Of c. HOW WAR
GAME IS PLAYED

Many notions Of tho war were up
Get by the three Of "1ershinE's nifty"
who spoke last night at the regular
May meeting Of the Chamber OF Com
mercc
Corporal Guy Z. Smith. Of Maine.
told Of the lack OF fear OF wounds.
"One reason We arc not afraid OF be
ing wounded he said, lis because VIC
know we will get such good care
from the Red Cross" Private John
Fedcruck demonstrated the gas mask.
They would assign us 10 a quiet
sector" said Corporal Smith. in tell
ing OF the training Of the first con
tingent OF the American expedition
AIRY forces in France. FOR our final
training. Invariably, before VIC left
that would become a very lively sec
tor. Germany was trying US out
She lpund- out You know, Ger
many has been insisting all along
that our part in this war was just
American bluff She's such a buffer
herself that she thought we were,
too. But she certainly found out
when she tried .rsiding those trenches.
/ think the men from the other divi-
SONS VIII bear me out. The admiS-
sion that she is making now that
America has become a dangerous fac
tor in the war ] attribute to the way
the raids She attempted on US were
received
The average day in. the trenches
varies. But in the front line trenches
u begins at 4 o'clock in the morning.
You know. they say the morale OF
the soldiers is at its lowest ebb just
before dawn. Whatever the reason.
raids are invariably pulled Off just
at that time.
Just at daybreak you can see
their big sausage balloons. sometimes
twelve or fifteen Of them at one time,
six or eight miles behind the lines
And IL you can see them. it's a safe
bet they can see you. so you'd better
duck for cover. They use them for
observation. and pretty soon the high
explosive shells will begin dropping
at the places. where they think a
divisional commander may be, or
some valuable point 10 us.
But you ought to see the French
Girplanes go after them. ! remember
one time ] saw a plane go through
a very hail OF shells right up TO a
balloon and shoot il down with in
cendiary bullets. Il flUttered down.
burning, like a piece OF paper. The
observers jumped with their para
chutes when the plane came up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-15
$50 BOHEMIAN WOMEN
JAILED FOR PROTEST

LONDON. Nav Is. Two weeks in
prison was the sentence imposed with
out trial on 80 " omen or SmichOw, a
suburb Of Prague. Bohemia. for
marching in body 10 Prague and
demanding the release Of nineteen
other women who had been arrested.
The affair was the outcome OF a
demonstration in which several hun
drod women attacked the house Of
the burEOmaster. The unrest Of which
the rJoIiug san Lldisaiig ion Is extend
ing thrUuE hOut Sf3Uireni4a--As re-
suit or the excitement. SmichOw has
been declared in = state OF siege, and
The buTgomasteF has resigned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-15
BRAZIL GETTING READY
TO THROW FORCE IN WAR

AN ATLANTIC FORT, May b
Brazil is getting ready TO throw her
force into the war. Already hundreds
OF thousands n men are in training
to take their places in the democratic
national army which Brazil plans to
raise 10 represent her on the battle
front IN Europe. More arc preparing
20 enter naval service. and Rails
navy Is expected to play no small part
IN the final victory OF the allies. Sir
John Arid. head or tho Canadian Bank
or Commerce. arriving here on a ship
from South America. after detailing
IraziTs war preparation. stated that
before fall that country will be tax
ing an active part in the war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-15
OFFICES OF WAR
FINANCE BOARD
TO OPEN TODAY

The War Finance Corporation,
which is to be officially installed in
the Treasury today. will find applica-
tions awaiting which aggregate more
than S5O.OOO,OOO. Since the announce.
ment was made that the Government
would extend credit TO bankers and
TO Industrial projects essential to the
war program. more than fifty formal
requests have been made by various
corporations and individuals seeking
financial assistance. Few Of the ap
plicants are from the sO-CaIlcd non.
essential industries, though IL was
learned that many are sent from
public utility corporations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-15
} DIR. WILBUR SPEAKS
ON SAVING OF FOOD
We mu.t d a. ~.

by DIT. Ray Lyman Wilbur before mem
beTs OF Congress and their wives AT the
Capital last night. The issues Of the
war was the speaker topic.
Three times a day. at the table yoI
can fight the submarines" the Lecture
explained. Upon what We do now and
hereafter in relation 10 the food problem
depends the duration OF the war. We
must realize We can no longer send OK
plantations 10 Frame and England
VIC must send food and men and
guns"
The Introduction Of rationinE was
urged by the doctor. The only safe
procedure for US and the allies" he con
tinUed, is to provide enormous reserve
stocks Of staple foods both in Europe
and here 10 meet any emergency"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
U. S. Cabinet System Praised.
From the Toronto Saturday Night.

In one respect President Wilson and the members of his cabinet
are much more happily situated than the men intrusted with power in
any OF the other entente powers. The New York Evening Post put
the case in a nutshell the other day when it said when Bryce comes
to write again on the comparative advantages Of the American system
and parliamentary government he will surely note the benefit of
steadiness in wartime which goes with the secure tenure of cabinet
officers in the United States
Undoubtedly the British system, which also prevails in Canada
and the other overseas dominions, gives a great deal more fleXibilty
in the matter OF registering popular sentiment. 1t has, in fact, been
described by an eminent American pubGcst, ex-senator, Beveridge,
Of Indiana, as 1.-THE recall in action but undoubtedly the American
system is working well at the present time; and no doubt Mr.. Lloyd
George and his predecessor in the office Of prime minister, Mr..
Asquith, envy President Wilson the security which places him above
the storms of popular agitation and malicious factional movement.
President Wilson, by virtue of his office, will stand firm as
Plymouth rock, free to devote all his energies to the conduct of the
war for the next three years. If one of his cabinet ministers fails in
efficiency he can remove him. Congress can disport itself as it pleases.
1t cannot touch him SO long as he does his duty. The business of
carrying on the government is not menaced by every self appointed
adviser in o r out of parliament, with cunning enough to organize
popular camor. 1t is an ideal system for war, and perhaps that was
the reason why George Washington, who was no democrat, but q
republican of the Roman mold, favored it. But it all depends on the
personal equation. Without a real man in the White House, the
position of the United States would be a sorry one at the present
time, but with Woodrow Wilson as president, the man and the system
form admirable combination that may well be envied by other
nations at the present juncture.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
Nebraska and the Flight of Time.
From the New York World.

Although 1t was admitted into the union
In 1867, Nebraska Is considered In this
part OF the country a new state. True,
time does not stagnate there; things
move; the wind blows; the corn grows and
the farmer steps on the gas and whlrls
out on the road to town. 1t seems but
the other day that William Jennings
Bryan with flashing eye was the Boy
Orator Of the Platte. Yet Nebraska's
claim to antiquity Is more valid than some
Of the places where crumbling ruins In
the ante-bellum days were stared at by
trippers from Omaha under the kindly
guidance Of Mr.. Cook, or where. across
blowing sands. the pyramids and the
sphinx rear themselves.
The Nebraska h~usbandman of today
driving his tractor plough at s.nup across
his endless prairles folloTr2 the prairie
schooner as the prairie schooner followed
the indian. A new" country truly.
Well, the American Museum of Natural
History has Just exposed to the public
the skeleton of one of Nebraska's earliest
settlers. the moropus. This pioneer was
a relative of the horse, the tapir, the gi-
raffe. the camel and the rhinoceros, favor
ing the latter in size and gracefUlnesS. His
lineage Is further complicated by the pres.
ence OF prodigious claws. He is in fact. a
sort Of gigantic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
So ii is hoped that any careless think
ing person who is disposed to dismiss
Nebraska as new" will pause and con-
slider the moropus. Tall Troy fell uS3 B.
c., but in an age before. so dim that nc
man can know it's beginning, that strange,
amorphous Nebraskan gave his final
grun, below or whatever farewell a dying
moropus made and sank back dead ir his
fossil bed. while needless Time began to
count off more ages.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
Left Han edrecs,

From the Scientific American.
AT least one human being in so Is
left handed. THIS is the minimum cSti-
mate. Some authorities aGy four u,
80. w. Franklin Jones declares tEa.
4 per cent Of the race are born l,i
handed, but about thlee-folrths Of tlCra
&:c converted by tga.nil% mo molt 81
.ess imperfect night 10. ieis. ON tie
other hand, about l per teIC Of the race,
though born right hand l.. is tIWinel
% use the left hand hCuause Of acct
cntS 10 the right.
Miss l.. q. Smith, frurn satisfies us
more than 2,Vg0 s'Noul ch,! ,reu, folud
mat Az per cent al tn" GiliS ana ~,
or cent OF thc boys. Wcle i,.. banded.
Among the blind. ',"i le .l;Ed2l anG &C.
!lnQCenl tie percentage ~ lSft ulHVI-
ness Is considerably Figher. This a!urJ;.
less explains lie lact tiIt left haii1r,i.
ness itself has col2e "a be looked Upon
pOpularly as a defect. Notwithstanding
the number Of left handel persons who
have attained the highest distinction IN
al lines of achievement.
y cOnGenial left handler can eas!ly
acquire enough skiI wish his light lauJ
- prevent him from being SERIOUSLY
handicapped by the .ucl that the world
has adopted & right handed mode OF do
tnG most ot lis tasks, that many tools
"nd implements are designed for righ.
landed people, that custom require
him to shake hands with his right
hand, that servants bring foo to his
lcft side so that lie may help himself
with his right hand, etc.
In other words, a moderate degree q
ambideXterity is an advantage ana al
most a necessity to the naturally sin.
lister individual. To attempt. however,
to convert n born left handler into q
perfect right handler is not only an I'M
possible task, but one which generally
renders the subject inefficient and otter
makes HIM a victim Of serious nervous
disorders. DeXterity M sinisterality
axe much more than a question Of hand
edness. " They are intimately connected
with the location OF the speech centers
in the brain, the superiority Of the right
or left eye, and various other physiolog
ical and psychological details. DR.. CT NJ
Gould writes:
The attempt to reverse the law Is
both useless, expensive Of life and. in
reality impossible. No attempt can be
wholly successful; none should, and the
partial successes produce cripples and
awkWards. II not disease and tragedy
Let the left handed child alone. Nature
is quite as wise as the ignorant med
dlar"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
Herr BALM Letter q Hoax,

iSAA Nh'yN - %NS"'g IN
We have news Of one Of the best Jour
nalistic 'spoofs" since the "Great Moon
Hoax" of so years ago.
When Carlyle published his "Sartor
Resartus,'' several critics pointed out Its
absurdities and fallacies. Nc gazetteer
they said) showed any such places as
"Weissnichtwo" n '~Entepfuhl:" and no
German directory contained any such
names as 'Blum!ne'' and ''Teufelsdrockh,"
which was true.
When-this also In pre-war times-the
London Times printed an ironical letter
from a mythical German general, who
signed his name Won Dunner n
Bitten" an afternoon paper reprinted Il
with a few solemn biographical remarks
about the personality Of that widely
known German military expert"
Since those days. there has happened
nothing better than the fall Of the Berlin
press into q trap set by q writer In the
London Chronicle.
The London Chronicle printed. In the
vein OF the Dialogues of the Dead an
Intercepted Enemy Letter." purporting
TO be from the kaiser's friend. Herr BALM,
Germany's shipping king. 70 Doctor
Rathenau. the great German Industrial
magnate.
Kultured Berlin took It seriously. and
our Amsterdam correspondent tells US the
sequel.
The humorless representative of the
Wolff bureau at Hamburg carried q copy
of the paper to Herr Balm.
AS the latter gentleman also was, appar-
entity. unable to see the point Of the thing,
a ponderous denial that the letter was
genuine has been issued
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
SCARCITY OF TEACHERS
BECOMES MOST SERIOUS

chicago. (By maiD-F'aced by pros
poets OF an increasing demand for and
diminishing supply Of school teachers
Tor l9lS-l9. the employment service Of
the federal department OF labor is
sendlng to every state superintendent
OF education in the country a question
nalre seeking accurate information as
to the number Of teachers available
Tor next year and possible sources Of
supply for vacancies.
The Chicago branch OF the service
mas let It be known that the greatest
difficulty thus far has been in obtain
ing Instructors for high schools, the
greater part Of whose teaching forces
have hitherto been composed OF young
men. Numbers Of these instructors
have been called to the national army
or nave enlisted. The many special
services which the government has
e organizing have also drawn heav-
lily on this class of teachers and on
senior college students from among
whom are usually recruited the annual
additions to the school staffs.
Educational authorities have viewed
with some concern to growing inroads
on their profession which the war Is
making. They have, in many instances.
started organized efforts to fill the
gaps in their ranks n have empha-
sized he importance OF maintaining
iiiSH stdiiudTuS Oh IN inc
public schools. In this connection Mary
c. G.. Bradford Of Denver, president Of
the, National Education Association,
has addressed an appeal to the teachers
OF h country, in which she said, in
part:
THE school teachers Of tho United
States are hereby called 10 the colOrS
OF he American republic. The schools
are the laboratory OF Sood CITIZENSHIP.
The children are little citizens and
must be guided in such present expert
ences as will make certain their future
dedication to the welfare Of the Re
public. The junior membership Of the
Red Cross, through the school auXili-
airy. offers an unsurpasSablc medium
through which tho patriotic activitics
OF the children can mako themselves
felt. beginning with LiucOln's birth
day and lasting until WashinGton's
birthday a nation wide effort is TO be
made in behalf OF increasing the junior
membership.
The National Education association
offers every teacher in the and me high
privilege OF participation IN this great
campaign. The school organization Of
each state needs your help in this
form of character education.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
PRIVILEGES of the Poor.

VIII you show me any other people
outside of the fairy books who can put
me most fearful calamity ON like a
.loak and doff 1t at will, who can
augment their families to seven or
sight children overnight, and reduce
hem as readily to five or six the fol-
owing day if it but eem to them ad,
Sisabie? Where outside their ranks Is
here any n capable Of persuading
YOU that it Is a privilege to sleep cold
So that some Darius you never say or
are to see shall, he and his allegor
tcal mule, go better warmed? Who
Else, being neither Of your kith nor
Kin. has such power over you that, with
, mere bloodshot eye and shiver of the
shoulders, they can turn your auto.
mobile. your furs, your warmth, and
al your pleasant pleasures into Dead
Sea apples of observation-disclosures
spencer Porter, In Atlantic.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
A Parliamentary Bear Garden.
From the Petrograd Dyen.

The hall during a recent meeting Of
the central government resounds with
profane explosives. The chairman, q
trusted lieutenant of Trotzky, replies tc
an attack by a critical member, who
makes an u~nsavory insinuation vita re.
ward to bolshevist policy. Somebody calls
TrotZky a "~blackguard." The b~olshevists
jump from their seats. cut to the quick
by such an act of lese majesty; they make
for the offender and threaten to lynch
him. The offender ducks under the chairs,
trying to escape. Som take his part,
others pounce upon his defenders. The
noise Of moving chairs and falling articles
OF furniture Is merged in the general hub
bub. The air is heavy win angry shouts,
piercing whistles and market place exple-
tives. Trotzky leaps to the tribune and
urges his followers to further violence.
The chairman. after vainly struggling to
be heard. at last leaves the chair. aban-
doning the meeting to general pandemon-
ium.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21

Our boys are defending this country
on the high seas and on the land. Our
own defense against q common enemy
Is to keep the system clean by Kidding
the body Of the toxins, or poisons, which
are bred in the intestines. When you
feel tired, sleepy, headachy, when your
breath is offensive, or pimples appear
on the face and neck, it Is time to recog-
nize the danger ard protect your bodily
health by taking something for the liver
such as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The machinery of the body needs to
be oiled, kept in good condition, Just as
the guns or machinery of q ship. Why
should a human person neglect his own
machinery more than that Of his auto
mobile or his guns? Yet most people
do neglect themselves. Their tongue
has q dark brown color, skin sallow,
breath bad, yet they fail to see that
their machinery needs attention.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have
been known for nearly half q century.
They are made Of May-apple, leaves Of
aloe and jalap, made into a tiny pellet
and coated with sugar. They are stand
ard and eficacious. You can obtain
them at any drug store in Walls for
twenty-five cents. Ask for DR.. Pterce's
Pleasant P~ellets-and get no othsrl
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
An Apparent Aiibi.

You have been summoned to court
for speeding In your car" said the
stern Judge.
There must be some mistake, your
honor" replied the gray-haired man.
"I think not. The officer who report
I'd your case says your a was going
at the rate of % miles an hour"
Well, to tell the truth, judge, I
didn't notice the speed Of the car, but
10 prove to you that We couldn't have
been going very fast, I will say that o
friend and myself were playing a game
u chess, and we had almost finished
when we reached my office"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
Treating the Halifax Blind.
From the Milwaukee Journal.

Hopeful reports were made by DIR. Ed.
ward M. Van Cleve. managing director Of
the national committee for the prevention
Of blindness, on the situation among the
blind in Halifax. The blizzard Of glass
that came with the explosion. he said, had
for its victims nearly 100 persons who are
totally blind, as we'll as about 400 patients
whose final recovery OF sight Is doubtful,
many Of whom are certain to be blind In
one eye. Mr.. Van Cleve gave great credit
to the eye specialists who hurried to Hail.
fax. declaring that their promptness re-
suited In saving the sight Of many VIC
Tins. One surgeon removed Al eyeballs In
one day. The work has now been sys-
tematized and with the approval OF the
Canadian government q clinic Is to be es-
tablished for the care OF patients who
have q chance to fully OF partially re-
cover cheir sight.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the In
fammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes.
insuring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy ex%pectoration
in the morning. Made and sold In
America for ffty-two years. A won.
derful prescription, assisting Nature In
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful In lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
ICED countries.-Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21

sion at any point Of tho Nne, he win BE-
In a better position to draw conclusions.
Similarly, though not quite of the same
Importance, knowledge that a certain Eng
lish regiment was In a certain place on a
certain day would be vaknable to the
enemy.
So the conspiracy Of circumstance
makes 1t necessary hat the harmless
necessary English should be ignored to q
great degree in the current account Of
the war.
The English soldier Is not "sore" about
his lack Of paragraph value. Probably
the local paper OF his town keeps an eye
: on his battalion. and occasionally let's his
fellow "towneys" know that the Blank
shires or the Nutlands are doing their
bit; and he Is content will that. But the
outside observer Is apt to be awkwardiy.
perhaps dangerously. misled. So. as q
matter Of patriotism. IL not OF news, tho
British press SHOULD occasionally go out
OF it's way to record the existence at the
front OF the English.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21

women.'-Mrs. JOHN KoPPELMANN, r.
No. /, Mclean, Nebraska.
This famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound, has been restoring women Of
America to health for more than forty
years and it will well pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, in
6ammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
1.-THE blues" to give this successful
remedy q trial.
For special suggestions in regard 70
your siiment write Lydia l.. Pinkham
Medicine Co., lynn, Mass. The result
Of its long experience IL at your service.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-21
Bread and Stones.

From the st. Louis Star.
JUST the other day
I SAW a big fat,
OVERFED person talking
TO A slim. bony individual
AND LECTURIN4 him about
FOOD conservation.
THE little man listened
PATIENTLY until he was
FINISHED, then he said:
who have bay windows
SHOULDN'T throw stones!"