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The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
USED STRING TO STIR ANGER
Irvine Swung in Air, London Busman
Explained Indicated Other Cab
by's Brother Was Hanged.

The conversation turned on the
wonderful pungency and power Of in
vective of the old-time London cabby
as narrated by Charles Dickens in
"Pickwick Papers" and by other au-
thors of that and a subsequent time.
"a few years ago." said DIR. john Il.
Oliver, in the Indianapolis News, Il
paid my second visit to London. The
cabby and his horse had passed away.
The horSe-drawn omnibus was no
more, the. petrol-driven bus having
taken it's place. l told q Briton whom
I met over there that l liked to sit on
the outside next the driver, that l
found him a most interesting charac-
ter.
$50 do T. said my British a%cquaint-
ance, but he is not at all as interesting
as his predecessor Of the old fashion.
l was seated beside one of these DID
time drivers going through a street
crowded with vehicles when a bus
coming from the opposite direction
was in collision with our bus. The
WneClS OF lle TWO lOChSu anu tucli INV
highly ornate invective between the
two drivers began. 1t was the perfect
flower, yes, the full fruitage l thought
of profanity and abuse.
"'But / was mistaken. There was
more and worse to come. When the
wheels had become unlocked and we
were slowly moving away, my friend,
the driver, drew from his pocket a bit
of string and holding it above his
head swung it slowly to and fro.
1.-the other driver at once jumped
down from his bus and, whip in hand,
struck at the string-shaEer. The wealth
OF epithet he then used showed that all
that had preceded it was as mild n
kindly lis the softest baby chatter. Our
driver answered not a word, but as he
drove slowly on continued the string
shaking.
az wondered what there could be in
this simple bit of dumb-show to make
the other busman SO frantically angry.
Then my driver gave the explanation:
"'E didn't like it, did e? 1t was honly
a bit of joke, don't y see. is brother
was 'anged last Friday."'"
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
NEW TROUGH WATERS STOCK
Animal, Stepping or Platform, Opens
Valves Which Allow a Fresh, Cold
Stream to Pour In.

A trough has been invented which
can gauge the amount Of water an ami
NAL drinks. There is a platform which
works in conjunction with valves OF
the supply and drain pipes of the
trough. When an animal steps on the
platform the valves are opened and n
stream of water pours in. AS he slakes
his thirst and steps off the platform
the inlet is closed and the surplus wa
ter is drained off.
The valve mechanism of this device
is mounted in a concrete well in the
ground. The valve of the supply pipe
and the valve of the drain pipe are
mounted side by side, and the stems of
both valves fit into a single operating
lever. Hinged above this mechanism
at the level of the ground is the plat
form. The front end of the platform
is raised slightly by a pair of springs
and is connected with the lever of the
valves. The water trough lies just in
front of the platform.
AS soon as an animal walks on the
platform he presses the front end down
and opens the valves of the trough
pipes. The water gushes in at just the
ate that he will drink. His thirst
quenched, he leaves the platform, the
springs raise it up and close the valves.
Very little water is wasted, and the
drink furnished the thirsty animal is
as cool and fresh as that which is sup
piled to the farmer and his men.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
Pioneers Lived on Corn.

We ought to be proud Of corn. The
corn-fed c%ritter, human and otherwise,
always has been strong, vigorous and
of high vitality.
In serving corn dishes III its dining
car the Southern Pacific railway dis
tributes a small card giving recipes
and other interesting information, as
follows:
"The government desires that wheat
be used as sparingly as possible and
that corn be substituted.
America was pioneered on corn ;
the Pilgrim Fathers almost lived on
it. Corn was the first crop planted in
all the virgin soil as 1t was settled,
from the Atlantic out across the Allie
ghenies; upon the broad prairies, and
beyond.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
A Robert Browning Story.

Tennyson wore the same hat year
after year, a big Wide-aWake, almost
green with age. How long exactly he
had had this hat nobody seems to
know. His Inverness cloak was not
quite SO ancient, but had long since
seen its best days. The great poet
was scrupulously clean in his person,
but he would not part with his old
clothes.
He Gems to have clung as tena-
ciously to his boots as to MS hat.
William Allingham records in his
diary: Robert Browning dlned at
Tennyson's last night. Tennys0n III
great force. He said, This pair OF
dress boots is forty years DID, Brown.
ing said it was good evidence OF ths
Immortality Of the sole!'
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
Davis SC, 10c & Csc Store
Make Our Store Your Headquarters
tied From instruction and Moral
UpheavaI-Would Not Charge.

Gen. Fred Grant once invited Mark
Twain to deliver a lecture for the
benefit of the Robert Fulton Monu-
ment association for q fee of $1,000.
Twain agreed to lecture, comments a
writer, but declined the fee. Grant
thanked him in the name of the asso-
citation, but urged him to take part OF
the sum, asking why he should work
wholly without compensation. Twain
wrote in reply:
"Dear General-Because l stopped
talking for pay a good many years
AGO. could not resume the habit now
without a great deal of personal dis
comfort. l love to hear myself talk,
because I get so much instruction and
moral upheaval out of it, but | lose the
bulk of this joy when l charge for it.
Let the terms stand"
Later he wrote to Grant:
"What shall I talk about? My idea
Is this: To instruct the audience about
Robert Fulton, and Tell me-Was
that his real name, or was it his nom
de plume? However, never. mind; 1t
is not Important can skip it, and
the house will think l knew all about
it, but forgot. Gould you find u Tor
me if he was one of the Signers OF the
Declaration, and which one? But II
it is any trouble, let it alone; | can
skip it. Was he out with Paul Jones?
Will you ask Horace Porter? And ask
him If he brought both of them home.
These will be very interesting facts, II
they can be established. But icy
mind don't trouble Porter; | a es-
tablish them anyway. The way | look
at it, they are historical gems-gems
very first
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
Smart Bows.

The schoolmaster was giving the
boys a lecture on thrift and pointed
out how squirrels stored up nuts for
the winter. Then he asked for an
other illustration of thrift in animals,
and one boy cried out:
"a dog"
"a dog! In what way does a dog
practice economy"
! please, sir, when he u after his
tail he makes both ends meet"
The master laughed, and another
boy said:
"a bear"
"Vvell, what does the bear dot"
HE makes n coat last him q life
time"
$500
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
Crop and Drug Plants.

One Of the projects outlined by the
i. committee on botany of the national
research council is the search for wild
plants which may be used as wartime
substitutes for the more costly crop
plants. During the Civil war DR.. John
Porcher, a Southerner, published a
book giving a list of plants Of the
South which could be substituted for
much-needed food and drug plants. It
is suggested that information might be
obtained from hunters, trappers,
woodsmen, farmers, Indians and the
foreigners, who pick up considerable
food from the countryside. Similar in
formation is desired concerning plants
that can be used in medicine.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
Cutlery.

Knives and forks, per set, :
S1.OO $1.5O
Teaspoons, per set ........ 15c
Tablespoons per set ..... Soc
Kitchen knives ........:.. 1Oc
Egg Beaters, SC to ........ 15c
Best grade machine oil -. 1Oc
Furniture polish, Toe to 49,. Csc
Prepared paint, all colors -. 15c
Furniture varnish ........ 15c
White and gilt enamel ..... 15c
Paint brushes, Toe to ...... 25c
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
Would Take Glass Eve Back.

Paul Gary of Anderson, Ind, is all
American, with the exception of a
glass eye. The substitute optic is
alien.
Gary tried to enlist in the United
States marine corps at their recruiting
station in Louisville, KY, but was re-
jected when his infrmity a discov-
cred by Sergt. G. G. Wright.
Didn't you know that the loss of
an eye would prevent your enlisting?"
asked the sergeant.
II thought it might" explained Gary,
but this glass blfnker is the only part
Of me that was made in Germany, and
I want to take it back"
He was advised to mail it.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
old BLOCK PRINTS
Invention Is Credited to the Chi
1ese in Year 592.
Books Not in Competition With Manu-.
scripts Until the Middle Of the
Tenth Century.

Printing from blocks is said to have
been invented in China in 592 A. D.,
during the enlightened reign of Yank
Chen, the founder of the progressive
but short-lived Sui dynasty. Printed
books, however, asserts a writer in the
Oriental News and Comment, did not
compete with manuscripts until the
middle of the tenth century. From that
time block printing developed very rap
Idly, resulting in Il great ch~eapening
and wide diffusion of books and the
consequent rapid decline of the copy
lists trade. No doubt the rapid dis
i%semination of learning this entailed
had much to do with the great intel
lectual progress made in Ghina during
the Sung dynasty, from 900 to : = A.
D.. which has been called the pro
tracted Augustan age of Chinese Htera-
ture."
Disregarding the manuscript works
of the great Tang dynasty (61S-907 A.
ID, which were doubtless tenfold more
numerous and more important tina the
cOntemperaneouS literary works OF the
whole western world, the printed books
of the Sung Yuan and the early part
of the Ming dynasties up to the mlddle
of the fifteenth century have no coun-
terpart at all in Europe. Thy existed
In countless thousands of volumes. In
14O6 the Imperial Ming library con-
tained printed works to the extent OF
more than 100000 chuan (bOOks) and
more than twice as many manuscripts,
and already many printed works of the
Sung dynaSty had been lost during the
disorders incident to the ~protracted
wars with the Mongols. Undoubtedly
more books were printed in hin than
in all the rest of the world up to the
middle of the seventeenth or the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century.
The great bulk Of Chinese works,
aside from the Confucian classics, is
historical or literary, the latter being
mostly essays. short poems, or cr1-
tiuues. There exists also a vast Bud
'dhistic literature and very many Tao
ist works.
Novels are not even classed as lit
erature, although famous ones exist
and some of them have been translated
into European languages. There are
also many famous dramas, some dating
from the Yuan dynasty, but these, too,
are excluded from literature proper by
Chinese photographers. The historical
records of the Chinese are of vast bulk
and represent a conscientious and
lpainstaking record of the political and
sociological experiences of the oldest
iciyilized nation on earth. In close con-
nectiOn with these )rds proper we
should consider the vast number of
geographic treatises and especially the
isO-called gazetteers. These latter are
official publications issued by the en-
ipire, province, district, or even town.
ship, and treat not only geography and
topography proper, but also the an
Equities, natural and manufactured
products, and even the biographies Of
famous men, population, taxes, astro].
tOgy, marvellous happenings, etc.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22

Large Huck Towels, per pair 35c
Large Bath Towels, per pair SOC
Medium size bath towels,
per pair ...I 1Oc
Bath Cloths, Sc and ....... 1Oc
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
BELOW WE

A few Of our many bargains.
These goods were bought early
and paid for, thereby getting the
lowest possible prices. This
means a saving to you.
Child's facny socks, 10c to PC
Misses best grade white hose,
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-06
MEETING Of MELON
AND TRAFFIC MEN

Southern Pacific traffic officials
will attend the meeting of cantaloupe
distributors in the Barbara Worth
hotel, Ell Centre, Friday, May 10, at
10 a. M, to tell them that the line
will furnish sufficient cars and pow
er to get the immense crop to mar
ket.
l. T. Sparks, commercial agent of
the Southern Pacific in the Valley,
told Horticultural Commissioner Waite
this morning that E. A. Clapp, gen
eral freight agent; w. H. Whalen,
superintendent, and C.. F. Jonathan
would be here to talk traffic arrange
ments at the meeting.
f. w. Waite has made a careful
survey of the cantaloupe acreage and
states that there are 10000 acres in
the fruit this year. The big problem
is transportation. Next in Importance
come inspection and distribution, and
these will be fully gone over at the
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-06
CALAIS A PISTOL
AIMED At ENGLAND

You read in the papers the other
day that the Germans took KENNEL
hill. DID you stop to think what that
means? 1t means that the Germans
are right now in possession of vir-
tually the last high ground separ-
ating them from the channel ports.
Napoleon said Calais is a pistol
pointing at the heart of England. Ca
lais is one of the channel ports. Eng
land has moved most of her army
through Calais.
That's how serious the situation is
right now on the western front.
Major General Leonard Wood says
we must raise an arr4y of 100000
men. British authorities concur in
this opinion.
At this moment the Kaiser is
threatening victory menacingly. Don't
dope your common sense. KENNEL hill.
means we've got to fight to the last
ditch-to the last man, the last dol
lar. Don't drug your brain with
sweet dreams of early victory. We've
got several years of war ahead of US.
Death is going to cast its shadow
across every threshold.
Start now on war basis. Start
with Third Liberty Bonds. Beware
Abe 4th Of May, Saturday. Let it not
i. pass unheeded. 1t is the last day
on which you can purchase Third
Liberty Bonds.
Then start Immediately laying
aside so much each week, so much
each month for the next issue of Lib
erty Bonds. Remember, they are COM
ing as sure as taxes, and they will
really be taxes unless we buy.
Remember KENNEL hill. It's the
last high ground.
| Liberty bonds! For our homes, our
country and our God.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-06
LINDSAY WOMEN
CUT DOWN GARBAGE
(By Associated PreSs)

Lindsay, CAL, May Lindsay
housewives have eliminated 81 per
cent of their food wastage. In obe-
dience to the Food Administration
appeal, they are endeavoring by all
possible means to eliminate the re-
naming 10 per cent and do away al
together with the garbage can. The
garbage man of Lindsay, which boasts
a population of about 5000, declares
his business has fallen off so tremen-
dously that he can now feed only SO
hogs from the refuse gathered, where
as d few months ago he fed 200 hogs
and was planning to get others.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-06
CONCRETE SHIPS
TO Be pacific
COAST TUESDAY

San Francisco, May 1.-The Paci-
fic coast stands ready literally to pour
out concrete ships as fast as they are
needed, according to the engineers
who constructed the big concrete ship
Faith" here recently.
The design for the next BOAT, big
ger than the Faith by $500 tons dead
weoght cargo, is completed. 1t will
be followed by three more of the same
design, according to the engineers.
All of the boats will be built on the
big flat in Redwood City, near here,
where the Faith was given to the
waves, but other plants are likely to
spring up anywhere, it is agreed, since
no elaborate shipyard is needed.
AS soon as the Faith has been Civ
en- her trial spin on San Francisco
Bay, moulds will be set for the next
boat, and if the stel is rushed and 9TH
er materials are available, she will be
turned out in less than three months
fully equipped and ready for sea, the
Faiths builders said.
The Faith has a carrying capacity
of 5000 tons, is expected to make ten
knots, and will be used in the coast
wise and trans-Pacific trade, accord
ing to present plans. The new vessels
will have $500 tons cargo capacity
will each be 100 feet longer than the
Faith, and 13 feet wider, and should
make ten knots or better.
There will be other departures in
the new vessels. They will not have
the flat bottom of the Faith or the
same squat lines. They will carry a
gun fore and aft for use against the
submarines if used in the Atlantic
war zones. Their engines will be set
amidships, instead of in the stern, as
is the case with the Faith.
The ways down which the Faith
slid will be abandoned, according to
the engineers, and new set of ways
will be constructed for the new ves-
sells.
All designs for the new vessels are
being submitted to the United States
Shopping board, according to the en-
gineers. The board will have experts
con the job" and naval construction
expert is on hand already to advise
with and receive advice from the
builders. -. 1.
"To show how fast we can build"
one of the Faiths engineers said, "the
workers who were building the Faith
consistently ran ahead of the plans
we were making for that vessel. In
stead Of having the vessel follow the
plans, we were forced to some extent
to have the plans follew the vessel
The plan for the new vessel is al
ready to go ahead and build as soon as
the Faith has tested herself on tria
trip"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-06

Los Angeles, May 3.-Twenty thou
sand five hundred and sixteen Boy
Scouts have struck their full stride
in the Third Liberty Loan throughout
the Pacific Coast states. Thew are
the CLEANERS after the ,reapers." 1t
is their task to search out the men
and women of the West whom Liberty
Loan workers overlooked and to sell
them Third Liberty Loan bonds.
In the first loan the Boy Scouts of
the Pacific Coast CLEANED $780,
in Bond subscriptions, and $6,632,750
in the Second Loan.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-06

oTtals ......$38,457, 500 100000
Honor List.
Los Angeles county
Long Beach City
Riverside county
Ventura county
Imperial county
San Diego county
Liberty Loan headquarters today
COMMITTEES throughout the coun-
try are dissatisfied with the national
showing thus far and have settled
down to hard grind of the last seven
day of the campaign. They have ex-
pressed the hope that as many sub
scriptions will be taken in the last
seven days as were obtained in the
first twenty-one. If such a result
is not achieved little more than the
three billion sought will have been
subscribed and the result of the cam
paign will be Disappointment"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-20
AMERICANS BEST CATCHERS


Maybe French poilus can give the
Americans pointers on throwing hand
grena des but it.takes the boys from
the good Old L S. \ to teach the,r
allies the grand old game uf catch.
recently distributed "uvcr there"
demonstrated
This was revealed Interestingly N
a letter received from an army and
navy "l' secretary at the front. ITO
catch, the French poilu reaches out
both his hands. with desperate ef-
fort to protect his face, but the
American torgets his features. ana
with generations VI baseball. from
the sandlot to professional major
league training Just picks en- out OF
the air with either hand, writes he.
The fielding abll.;fs Of the two
natlonalities were demonstrated
when the Red Triangle 'istributet a
blg motor truck load of TIE southern
saffron spheroids direct from Flori-
da'S fruit trees TO the men up ne8t
the front line trenches in France. As
the 'A" workers motorcd by detach-
Tcnts ot soldiers along the road they
pitched the oranges 10 them.
The first recipients were French
soldiers, dh ammunition tHFQ. Most
of tho men missed catching tho
oranges tossed two to a man. but
lost no time picking them Lp The
motor truck whirled throlsh a VII
hgp filled with American troops ana
tho fun began
"Ilrrc the difference between tho
French and American methods was
shown" a writes the "Y' secretary
The French had a high catching
average II each poilu nabbed one out
OF ten Of the saffron globes, but the
Americans caught nine out Of ten
one Yankee standing on top OF a lii.
Tie locomotive drawing an ammuni.
ton train to the front caught six In
succession.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-20
TO REDUCE LIGHTS
TO CONSERVE FUEL
Public to Bc Asked to Make Further
Sacrifices 10 Speed up War
Industries.

WASHINGTON, June 70 Tho
public will be asked soon by the gov
crnmcnt to broaden lts lit OF war
sacrifices to Include aclcctris lights
and gas as means Of saving fuel
Conferences between representa-
uvEs ~ the fuel administration. the
war Industries hoard and tho ship
ping bourt have developed that
every phase Of Americas war max
Ing is dependent ON coal In the final
analysis The fuel Administration
frankly has warned the nation Shat
the visible supply OF coal viii not
cover the needs OF war Industries.
houscholders and private Industries,
and a beginning has been made in
Curtai'.ng the use OF fuel for nom
war manufacturing.
An effort wal be made 20 effect
such reduction in the private con
sumption Of coal that many fac
tories win he enabled to operate
part time at least
Details Of the plans under discus
sion became known today. 1t Is
probable It's application viii bc moro
general IN the east whore the coal
shortage was most acute last win
ter '
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-20
.RUMANIA FORCED TO
SIGN PEACE TREATY
Destruction Threatened Country,
Says King Ferdinand, In Open
ing Parliament.

AMSTERDAM, June l9.--Ru-
mania concluded peace because to
resist further would have exhausted
the country TO the point Of destruc-
ton. said. King Ferdinand in his
speech from the throne at the re-
opening OF the Rumanian parlia-
ment at Iassy Monday The peace
treaty was then submitted to the
legislature for approval
The ki0r said That $umania had
accepted the peace forced upon her
qs a necessary condition to her Eek
isteuCe The treaty manifestly inn
poS,'s painful sacrifices. but the W
luaniau people would examine it
with tho manlIness which an exact
comprehension OF the interests of
the state demands, lie alluded with
satisfaction to the fact that the war
had brought hack the Moldavisu
land. thrown the Bessara bian people
into the arms Of Eumania and re
stored friendship with the central
powers Good relations with other
countries were still maintained and
plans wero on foot to resume nor
NAL diplomatic Intercourse.
Queen Marie. WHO has opposed the
peace treaty, did not appear at the
opening Of parliament and the diplo-
matte corps was not invited.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-20
STRAND.

The new World. Picture. The In
terlopor.' will be shown today AT the
strand theater. and In this produc-
uon the star kitty Gordsn. has one
or the most dramatically effective
roles ever seen on the screen.
The story told in this picture ls a
modern one, and It Ia jam packed
with stirring and interesting Incl.
dents. 1t has u surprise at the Last
which will make every movie pa
tron sit up and take notice.
Drama Of the most interesting. In
tense sort fills every scene qf this
picture, There isn't "A single drag
einE moment from start to finish
throughout the length OF the euire
picture II is curking good enter
tainment with punch and pep.
Toward the close OF the picture a
stunt Is pulled which has never be.
fore been seen in motion pictures
This stunt is so unusual and SO In
tcrcsting that It will surprise you
and grip your attention at once
e. Kitty Gordon takes the role Of
Jane Cameron in this picture. while
Irving Cummings PLAYS opposite her
In the role OF Paul whitney Frank
Mayo and George MacQuarrlc also
have prominent parts In the cast l.
Quong, the only Ghlnaman In pic
lures. is In the picture In the role
OF kamoto, a butler.
The lnterloper" is picture that
will make you glad that you have
seen IT,