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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

FOR SALE-Eight good mules.
Nathan Mayo, Summerfeld, Fla. LIT
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23
WANTED, LOST, FOUND, For
SALE. FOR RENT AND SIM
LIAR LOCAL NEEDS
GIRL WANTED-At Music Store. If

gallon gasoline can. coin tray. BENZ.
f. Condor, Ocala, Fla. 23-6t*
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
10 Anyone Old In New York?

In Bruce Barton's novel, ''The Max
ing of George Groton," the author
says: mo one IS old In New York.
They drain in every year from all
parts Of the country-miliions of men.
young and vibrant. They stay and
work, and grow into middle age; and
then suddenly they vanish. One may
walk for blocks on Fifth avenue or
Broadway and hardly see anyone yer
fifty. Where do they go to? No one
seems ever to die; no funerals clog
the traffic. There are plenty Of fu-
%nerals, Of course, but you don't notice
them as you do in a little town. ]
have wandered for hours In the big
woods, wondering where the birds so
when they die; and never yet have
] run across the body Uf a dead bird.
What becomes of old birds? What be-
comes Of old New Workers.? These are
twin mysteries to me. I cannot unrava
them"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
Runs Her Own canteen.

Mrs. Scott Lee, an aged negro wom-
an, is happy because she has found q
way at last to cheer the soldiers on
their way as they pass through here en-
route from camp to coast for overseas
service, according to an Ashtabula dis
patch to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Lee, who lives near a railroad
track, looked wistfully at the troop
trains as they sped through, wondering
If there was any way in which she
could make a long trip more pleasant
Cor the men. But the trains went
through SO fast she almost despaired
antil she finally hit upon a scheme that
works to perfection. She got a long
pole, and to it she fastens bundles of
magazines and lunches, and as the
trains whiz past she stands on the
station platform and reaches her gifts
to the mel as they lean from the car
windows.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
CHAPTER XVI.

All Quiet (?) on the Western Front.
At brigade headquarters / happened
to overhear a conversation between our
G. o. c. general officer c~Ommandlng)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation / learned that we
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and on the first OF July the
'big push" was to commence.
In a few days orders were issued to
that effect, and 1t was common prop
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon Of the eighth day OF
our "strafcing," Atwell and / were sit
ting In the front-line trench smoking
Tags and making out our reports OF the
previous nights tour Of the trenches,
which we had to turn in to headquar-
tiers the following day, when an order
was passed down the trench that Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers to
30 over on q trench raid that night to
try End get a few German prisoners for
Information purposes l immediately
solunteere| for this Job, and shook
hands with Atwe'l. vent To the
ssar to give nv name &C. tta oa'cors Ia
NSS,r ~ - tlie n t.iW r"'
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able to tape. These guns command the
ton trenches join the front line. and
as the brigade Is to so over the top to-
morrow morning I want to capture two
or three men from these guns crews,
and from them I may be able to obtain
valuable information as to the exact
location Of the guns, and our artillery
will therefore be able to demolish them
before the attack, and thus prevent
our losing q lot Of men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re-enforcements."
These were the instructions he gave
us:
take off your Identification disks,
strip your uniforms Of all numerals,
insignia, etc., leave your papers with
,our captains, because / don't want the
9oches to know what regiments are
against them as this would be valuable
Information to them in our attack to-
morrow and l don't want any of you
20 be taken alive. What 1 want Is two
prisoners and If / get them l have a
way which will make them divulge
all necessary information as to their
guns. You have your choice Of two
weapons-yOu may carry your per
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with four
Mills bombs, these to be used only in
case of emergency"
A 'persuader is Tommy's nickname
for q club carried by the bombers. It
is about two feet long, thin at one end
and very thick at the other. The thick
end Is studded with sharp steel spikes,
while through the center of the club
there is a nine-inch lead bar. to give
1t weight and balance. When you get
q prisoner all you have to do is Just
stick this club up In front of him, and
believe me. the prisoners patriotism
for Deutschland ueber Allies" fades
away and he very willingly obeys the
orders of his captor. If, however, the
prisoner gets heightened and refuses to
follow you. simply persuade" him by
first removing his tin hat. and then
well, the use Of the lead weight In the
.persuader is demonstrated. and Tom
my looks for another prisoner.
The knuckle knife Is a dagger affair,
the blade OF which IL about cchf
.svh g lHnE VIC. a afaey sla.u
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
| was accepted, worse luck.

AT 9:45 that night we reported to the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up In q Semicircle around him, and he
addressed us as follows:
"All 1 want you boys to do is to go
over to the German lines tonight, sur
prise them, secur q couple Of prison
ers, and return Immediately. Our ar
tillery has bombarded that section Of
the line for two days and personally l
believe that hat part of the German
trench is ~unoccupied, so just get a cou-
pie Of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right, in an un-
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say, Yank, how are we going to get
a couple Of prisoners Ii the old fool
thinks personally that that part Of the
trench is unoccupied,'-sounds kind Of
fshy, doesn't it mate"
l had a funny sinking sensation In
my stomach, and my tin hat felt as If
it weighed about a ton and my enthusi-
asm was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned in his direction and
in a laundering voice asked:
what did you say?"
The sergeant with a scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing, sir"
Old Pepper said:
well, don't say 1t SO loudly the next
time"
Then Old Pepper continued:
"In this section of the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery, in the
last two or three days, has been I'M
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
LONG HOLY PLACES
Shrines That Are Held in Vener.
alton by MosIems.
All True Followers Of Mahomet Eager
That Their Last Resting Place
Shall Be Near Those Of
Their Great Apostles.

Near to the resting place Of the
first great apostles of their faith it is
the dearest wish of all pious Moham-
medans to lie after death.
The shrines of Najaf, Kerbela and
KaZimain, the resting places of All,
Hussein, and the seventh and ninth
Imams, lie on the edge Of the desert
in the country British troops now &C.
cupy in Mesopotamia.
One often meets a corpse on the
road packed In a long crate or bundle
Of palm leaves and slung across the
back Of an ass, says Edmund Chand-
Ter, the press representative in the
Mesopotamian forces. The pilgrim be-
hind is taking his relative to swell the
population OF the cities of the dead
by which these sanctuaries are sur
rounded.
OF the three shrines, Najaf is the
richest, and to some minds the most
sacred. Like KaZimain, it Is ap-
preached by q horse car line. The cars
are not of the pattern Of those that
ply in European cities. l believe the
few British soldiers who have seen
them rank them with the Clock tower
In the mosque as first among the lions
of MesopOtamia.
In peace time the dead come from
a wide radius. The donkey with the
bundle like "a big carpet bag on Its
back, draped in waffle or rich silk.
according to the'means of the pilgrim,
may have come all the way from Box
hara. A few years ago a corpse ar
rived from the Persian embassy at
Paris.
The rich as a rule are buried in
the shrine itself. The fee for inter-
ment in the mosque is $3.50. For
burial outside the walls of the city
the pilgrim pays anything from four
to ten rupee 1.-TWO to five dollars), ac-
cording to the distance he has come.
Many pilgrims buy houses in Ma
jaf, and thus the place is gradually
becoming a city Of the dead. Nine
houses out of ten have graves in them.
| Sometimes the building is nothing else
than a tomb.
Najaf has proved i~mpregnable to
Wahhabi and Bedouin. 1t Is believed
to be fabulously rich. There are two
stores Of treasure. The old treasury
has not been opened since the visit Of
Shar Nasir- ud-Din, so years ago. 1t Is
buried in q vault and built over with
brick and lime, with no door or key or
window by way Of entrance. The new
treasure is in the keeping Of the kilid-
~dar-gold and silver, and jewels, and
precious stones, silks, and shawls, and
pearled curtains.
One Of the first gifts for the shrines
to reach Bagdad after our troops en-
tered the city were four curved
swords of gold, with diamonds on the
sheath and hilt. They had been dis
patched from Constantinopie to Bag
dad when the British menace was re-
garded as q madman's dream, and bore
the inscription, From the servant Of
all pious Moslems, Enver Bey."
No doubt they were intended to
symbolic the might whereby the
Turks would defend the city against
their hated foes, the Christians.
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Got Along Without Metals.

The cliff jewellers knew nothing Of
the use of metals. Their knives were
made from the bones Of the deer.
highly polished and very sharp. Their
household utensils consisted If pot
terry jars and casks made Of fiber and
covered with a substance resembling
modern varnish. Although the earliest
cliff jewellers were prehistoric. cave
Iivcrs have existed in almost svery
ace Of ,h- World
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
The Indiana idea

John RAFT, q full blood Cherokee In
dian of Cherokee county, Okla, being
drawn In tho draft Of selected men,
was sent to Camp Travis, Tex, for
training. After he had been in camp
for several days, he was hailed before
the adjutant for failing to salute IN Of
iicer, and gave the following explana-
ton for his default. ME live at
yelling. When me meet man there
maybeso speak to him one time. No
speak any more to same man NIL day.
Down here me salute II every time me,
pass II naan. Gverybody's Magazine,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
Carrier Pigeon Mystery.

The authorities OF Albany, Ore, and
everywhere else are trying to decipher
this message:
"P-n-7-3-a-r-llw."
1t was written on a piece Of note
paper brought here by a strange car
rier pigeon, which died very soon after
1t was found on the street.
The bird was identified as a species
Of California desert quail, not found in
any part Of Oregon save possibly in
the southeastern portion. The bird
refused food and water and was ex-
hausted.
A piece Of string which bound the
message to the birds leg was olive
drat In color and might have been un-
raveled from an army uniform.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

N1uI they nave DttH to1u. lley III
seem to fear that they are getting
what they ask for only in statesmen's
terms-only in the terms Of territorial
arrangements and the divisions Of
power and not in terms Of broad vision,
justice and mercy and peace and the
satisfaction Of those deep-seated long
ings Of oppressed and distracted men
and women and enslaved peoples that
seem to them the only things worth
fighting a war for that engulfs the
world.
But I, for one, am glad to attempt
the answer again and again In the
hope that ] may make 1t clearer that
my one thought is to satisfy those who
struggle in the ranks and are, perhaps
above all others entitled to a reply
whose meaning no one can have any
excuse for misunderstanding, If he un.
d. rstands the language In which 1t Is
spoken or can get some one to trans
late 1t correctly into his own.
"'Peace drives can be effectively
utilized and sllenced only by showing
that every victory of the nations asso-
ciated against Germany brings the ma.
tons nearer the sort Of peace which
will bring security and r~eassurance to
oil peoples and make the recurrence Of
another struggle of pitiless force and
bloodshed forever impossible and that
nothing else can.
Germany is constantly int!mating
the terms she will accept; and al
ways finds that the world does not
want terms, 1t wishes the final r.
umph OF iuStiCo and fair d~eeJir~~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10
TEASPOONFUL OF
SUGAR TO MEAL

One teaspoonful of sugar to the
meal is the newest regulation Of the
food administration and one that viii
remain in force until January l,
Two pounds OF sugar month for
each person in the family is the allow
ance which went into effect August
/. This is about one ounce a person
for each day. A teaspoonful Of sugar
weighs about an ounce, so that per-
son using teaspoonful OF sugar eacl
meal from the table leaves one tea,
spoonful day for household use,
wich is scant margin
The man who uses two tesspoonfuls
of sugar in his breakfast coffee and
spreads two tesspoonsful on his cereal
has used his entire days allowance
at one sitting aud has not saved any
sugar for household use.
In public eating houses and on din
ing cars the allowance OF one tea
spoonful of sugar a meal is being
enforced strictly and in some hotels
and eating houses, even a smaller su-
gar ration is in force, on account OF
the use OF corn sugar, syrups and
other substitutes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10
LIBRARY BULLETIN


New books recently received at
the Library:
Atherton-White Morning.
Bosher-Kitty Canary.
Bindless-Girl from KeIlers.
Bower-Cabin Fever,
Cooke-The Threshold.
Endicott-Carolyn OF the Corners.
Gray-The U p Trail.
Huard My Home in the Field Of
Mercy.
Kerr-GoIden Block.
Martin-Fanatic or Christian.
Notwithstanding Deggars.
Porter-oh, Money! Money!
Scott-Mary Regan.
Stanley-Miss Pima Camouflage.
Sawyer-Herself, Himself and My
self.
Wells-Vicky Van.
Weston-Apple Trce Girl.
White-Simba.
Juvenile
Ames-Under Scout Colors.
Altsheler-Great Siuox Trail
Barbour-Keeping His Course.
Hitting the Line,
Brown-Surprise House.
Collins-Book Of Wireless.
How to Fly.
Crump-Boys Book of Mounted Po-
lice.
Dyer-Daytlme Story Book.
That's Why Stories.
Deckinson-Child's Boo kof Patri-
otic SiSlies.
Observation-Disclosures.
,se-Little Lost ,9dy.
Lange-Lure of the Mississippi.
Paine-Mr Turtles Flying Adven.
ture.
Mr. Rabbits Wedding.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10

"It IS never too late to mend"
is an old adage. II you failed to
sign the War Savings pledge, do so
now. .I r. -
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Peattie-The Newcomers.
Lotta Embury's Career.
Pier-The Plattsburgers.
Seaman-Girl Next Door.
Boarded Up House.
Jasqueline of the Carrier Pig
ecns.
Thesis In Camp at Fort Brady
Wireless Patrol at Fort Brady.
WinonL OF he Camp
Fires.
Winona of Camp Karonyo.
War Books
Barbour-Holding the Line.
Curtin-Land of the Deepening
Shadow.
Peat-Private Pea.
Dayis-With the Allies.
Huard-My Home in the Field G;
Mercy.
Worlds Almanac, War Edition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10
FAIR PRICES PUBLISHED

The work OF the county food price
committees now is being placed on
firm foundation throughout the
state. r.. d. Stone, deputy food ad-
m.nistrator and secretary OF the state
fair price committee is attempting to
get all county food administrators in
terested in the organization OF the
fair price committees and the pub
fishing OF fair price lists
As an example OK oklahoma prices
the list announced by the Oklahoma
county fair price committee is given
here:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10
= = 4 4 = +++4@@%@
NATIONAL LEAGUE .
: = = = %+ +%% $50 ~
Standing OF the Teams.

Results Yesterday.
AT Brooklyn 2, Chicago s.
At Pittsburg 4, Cincinnati ,.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10
Games Today.

Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Boston at New York e. games.)
Chicago at Pittsburg.
St Louis at Cincinnati.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-10

Results Yesterday.
No games played.
Games Today,
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at st. Louis.
I Washington at Philadelphia.
New York at Boston.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-01
SoUTH

/ a station at Goldendale. Wash The
Mount Wilson, Allegheny and Cham
1erlain observatories at Denver, Colo.
and the Drake university observatory
at MathesOn, Colo. The Sproul OBJ
servatOry viii probably locate at
Eads. Colo, and the Smithsonian As
trophysical observatory at Lakin or
Hartland, kan
Dr. S. A Mitchell. director OF the
Leander Mccormick observatory. and
DR.. Mary Murray Hopkins, Of smith
college, VIII be in the party from the
United states naval observatory at
Baker. ore.
The war conditions viii prevent
many Of the observarories from taking
part in the work OF observing the
eclipse
The Most Favored Localities.
The most favorable locations viii
be found in the western part OF the
country-in Washington, Oregon. Ida
no. Wyoming Colorado. Kansas and
Oklah oIua- Positions in Arkansas.
Mississippi. Alabama and Florida are
less desirable. inasmuch as the dura-
ton is shorter and the sun is nearer
the horizon The eclipse will occur in
Florida very near the time Of sunset
Vulcan, the Ghost Planet.
There is certain PECULIARLY in the
movement Of Mercury which is not
explained by the gravitational iuflu-
ence OF the known sources Of such at
traction. IT. however there existed
another planet. with an orbit lying
between Mercury and the sun, this
disturbance or perturbation" could
thus be explained OF course. such a
planet would lie so close to the sun
that observation at ordinary times
would be impossible because Of the
overwhelming light OF the sun. and.
therefore. failure TO have observed
such a body did not prove its nonex-
istence. They even went so far as to
assign the name Vulcan TO this hoped
for planet The only occasion when a
search for such an -Iercuriau
planet is possible is when the moon
entirely cut off the direct rays Of
the sun at the time Of a total eclipse.
A most careful search was thus made
but 10 failed to reveal a body OF OBJ
servable size. much less one large
eonugh to explain the difficulty with
Mercury's orbit A similar search for
a lunar satellite at the time Of a total
eclipse of the moon has resulted in
failure to find any companions for
the moon.
Eclipse Winds
Tt IS a matter OF considerable inter
est. though perhaps OF not great inn
portance, that at the time Of an
eclipse Of the sun. a special wind Is
caused by the cooling Of a part OF the
earth's surface due to the shutting
off Of the heat energy Of the sun
light This creates a higher pressure
along the belt Of totality which re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-01
HOROSCOPE


THIS is a day to be circumspect and
1 careful. according to astrology. Tht
sun. Venus. Neptune. Jupiter and Nars
are all adverse Mercury alone being
friendly.
During this rule 10 would seem thai
on land and sea great events are prob
able. These VIII mean much 70 his
tory. the seers declare, and publishers
VIII profit by them
It is a most fortunate sway for al
who write Newspapers come under e
direction making for larger demands
more advertising and increased prof
it's
The wise VIII avoid visiting reIa
tiFes or friends who nay be in a po-
sitlon 70 extend favors- The rule is
held as unluclzy since 30 IS likely o.
inspire clstrust and criticism on the
part OF those who have influence o.
authority.
Love affairs are not wen governed
for Venus is in evil place Engage
uration are likely 70 end In disap
pointmeuE
Again Neptune and Mars give warn
Ing OF fighting on lind and sea. AL
the signs seem 20 promise victory, bu-
it may come slowly
ance Of self-sacrifics and thrift 70 ali
classes Of Americans. The need o.
the spiritual effect OF unseldsh pa
triotism is apparent. they declare. Or
Americas part in the redemption O.
the world
While the readers OF the stars fore
see for the United States G final su-
preme success in the war they repear
their warnings against the natioul.
Impotence and tendency to eXpecr
speedy results in every undertaking
Business plans should be held ir
allegiance during this confiEuration
which tends to reversals. obstruction
and delays.
Congress continues subject 20 iu-
Euences that VIII prolonE dslibera-
tions and bring surprises 10 members
Persons whose birthdate Il is VIII
have a profitable year, il they are
careful not 10 make any ventures b.
investments Those VINO are en-
ployed should be careful
Children born on this Gay pro1lblT
viii be clever and gifted but these
subjects OF Gemini are often rash and
videut-CopyriEh 1918 BIZ the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-01

suits I'm slight movement OF air to-
ward the region Of lesser pressure.
The entire phenomenon is scarcely no.
ticeable and does not perceptibly ar-
feet the general wind and weather OF
the day The very few observations
which have been made upon eclipse
winds, however. leave little doubt as
20 their existence
The Life Of an Eclipse.
We have previously in tbs column
called the readers attention 20 the
existence Of the "Saros" or repetition
period OF eclipses. tt was stated that
If an eclipse occurred on a given date,
another and similar eclipse would ,r-
cur is years later. Though the track
Of visibility lies somewhat TO the west
Of the previous location, the relauve
positions OF the earth. sun and moon
are the same. Therefore. we can say
that DO is really the temperance Of
the same eclipse. a solar eclipse may
be said TO be born when the Irsi o..
the series makes its appearance as a
partial eclipse visible only near one
Of the poles. After IS years the eclipse
returns as a similar eclipse whose
track lies TO the westward and fur
Their from the pole II thus travels
over the surface OF the earth from
pole 20 pole. disappearing at the pole
opposite TO the one near which DC en-
tered There are usually first about
u partial eclipses. then 40 10 50 CEN
trail (totaI or annular) and finally
about 10 partial ones again in the
history Of a given eclipse The life
Of an eclipse IS, therefore, more than
1900 years
Two Eelipses in June.
There will be a small partial eclipse
Of the moon June 1924, partially Vis-
ible at Washington. the moon se--ine
eclipsed. visible generally in South
America and throughout the Pacific
ocean and Australia
AS already noted, a total eclipse OF
the sun viii occur on June 8, visible
as a partial eclipse in southeastern
Asia, in the Arctic and North Pacific
oceans and throughout North America.
The path OF central or total eclipse
begins 10 the Pacific ocean to the
south OF Japan. passes northWard al
most 20 the Aleutiau islands and then.
curving southwark. reaches the Amer
lean coast near Aberdeen, wash, al
3.55 p. m. After travelling diagonal
ly across the United States, 10 ends
at sunset In the Bahama islands.
The Planets for June.
Mercury continues in the eastern
morning sky until the middle OF June,
rising about an hour before the sun
at that time and should be visible o.
the weather conditions are favorable.
It VIII be at superior conf Junction
with the sun on June %
Venus is also IN the morning sky,
rising about two hours before nd"
sun. Il passes from Pisces into