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The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Save the Paper Bags-Carry
Your Trusty Market Basket

Little as 1t may seem-the market
basket can play an important role in
the war program.
Every woman should proudly carry
her war basket and help spread the
gospel of paper economy. To the indi-
vidual this seems but trifle-and it
is-but when million shoppers decide
to carry unwrapped packages-when a
million housewives point with pride to
their way of helping Uncle Sam send
ammunition and gases to our boys
'Over there" then it is that millions of
paper bags will be saved, literally
made into the material used to bring
the Hun to his knees.
That is the reason why we say
carry your baskets to market and don't
blame your grocer or the clerk if he
doesn't wrap it up, because he has
been ordered by the war industries
board to discontinue the wrapping of
packages and must have your cooper
alton to comply with it. If your mer-
chant continues to use paper unneces-
sarily just ask him about it.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
"Gobs,' Not "jackies,' and
"Yanks," Not "Sammees,' Are
Names Our Fighters Prefer

A COB is sailor, a man Of the Amer
ican navy. bluejacket, and the term
is self applied writes Samuel G. Blythe
In Saturday Evening Post. 1t Is the
generic term for all men In the serv-
ice, up to those who wear the gold on
their sleeves; and even so. the sail
ors often speak Of the austere COM
manding officer as the main COB. The
use Of 1t primarily is to show the sail
ors' detestation for the usual desig-
nation of them-jaCkies. Nothing
rouses the ire Of a sailor so quickly
as to call him a jackte. He doesn't
like IT, and will not have it. No di-
ninutive, as expressed by the fe," for
him. 1t doesn't fit either his own as
sumption of his manliness or with the
fact Of that manliness.
He Is a big, broad-chesrGd, Drowned,
hairy, two-f1sted person. and TINS
speaking of him as jackie with Its
implication Of small boyishness is
anathema to him. He is rough, tough
stuff in a rough, tough game; Tight
Ing Lldu, u Lltn WIZ SoSo ~ SSeA - ~---S
thing that comes along, from dread
naught to q motor launch no bigger
than q whale boat, withstands the
perils of 1T, does the incalculable la
Dor of it, has the clear-eyed courage OF
1t, is ready to fight over, on top or un'
der water and does so fight, and ne
feels insulted to be called jackie as
If he were fair-haired, red-cheeked
little fellow sailing toy boat in q
pond.
Jackie? Forget that jackie stuff
Where do you get it, anyhow? GOD
dod CAST you-g-o-b! 1t is the same
with the soldiers. Their resentment
Of the attempt to tack the Sammees
on them is acrid and universal. They
won't have it. And l don't blame
them, having, as it happens, an acute
personal interest in the matter NO"
| Samuel is q good sonorOus Biblical
name, and Sam is the virile contrac
| ton thereof, but this Sammee business
gets on ones nerves. Hence oul
soldiers, scorning the Sammee appel
| lation, call themselves Yanks, which
IL good, masculine, sOldierly term
| thus the men in our navy call them
selves gobs.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
SPANISH INFLUENZA
Do Not Fear When Fighting
q German or a Germ!
By DIR. M. COOK.

The cool fighter always wins and so
there is no need to become panic
stricken. Avoid fear and crowds. Ex-
ercise in the fresh air and practice the
three c's: A Clean Mouth, a Clean
Skin and Clean Bowels. To carry OF
the poisons that accumulate within the
body and to ward off an attack of the
Influenza bacillAs, take a good liver
regulator to move the bowels. Such a
one is made up Of May-apple, leaves Of
aloe. root of jalap, and is to be had
at any drug store, and called pleasant
Purgative Pellets"
If bad cold develops, go to bed, wrap
up well, drink freely of hot lemonade
and take a hot mustard foot-bath.
Have the bedroom warm but well ven
tilated. Obtain at the nearest drug
store "Anuric Tablets" to flush the
kidneys and control the pains and
aches. Take an "Anuric" tablet every
two hours, together with copious drinks
Of lemonade. If true case of inf1u-
enza, the food should be simple, such as
broths, milk, buttermilk and ice-cream;
but 1t is important that food be given
regularly in order to keep I'D patients
strength and vitality. After the acute
attack has passed, which is generally
from three to seven days, the system
should be built'up by the use of good
iron tonic, such as '1rontic" tablets, to
be obtained at some drug stores, or
that well known blood-maker and
herbal tonic made from roots and barks
Of forest trees-sold everywhere as DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Sneezing Superstitions Had
No Connection With the "Flu."

In Scotland 1t has been maintained
that idiots are incapable of sneezing
and the power to do so has been deem
ed evidence of the possession of GER
tain degree of intelligence. 1t was a
Flemish belief that sneeze during
a conversation for a bargain proved
that what you said was the truth. The
Chinese believe that snezee on New
Years eve means bad luck through
the coming year. The Japanese hold
that one sneeze means that some one
is praising you, two show blame,
whereas, if you sneeze three times you
are merely ill.-Exchange.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
USE OF CORN
United States Consumes More
Than Any Other Country

Consumption of corn in the United
States is 29.40 bushels per capita, the
largest of any country in the world. 1t
is also the largest corn producer In the
world, raising over so per cent of the
entire crop. ustria-Hungary is the
second largest consumer, using BIT
bushels. The Netherlands uses 300
bushels, Italy 2.99 bushels, as 1t Is a
large manufacturer of macaroni, and
Belgium uses PIG bushels. Japan Is
the smallest corn consumer, using only
on bushels. Crops in most countries
this year are below average. The av-
erage production and consumption of
corn, including cOrnmea1, as given by
the department of agriculture, is tabu-
lated below in bushels:
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Plant Strength Will Force
Stones Out of Their Place

One would scarcely associate great
strength with so delicate and fragile
q thing as maiden hair fern, yet II Its
roots have not sufficient room they will
break the pot In which the plant
grows. Blades Of grass will force the
curbstones between which they spring
ND out of their place. Indeed, plants
are on record as having broken hard
rocks. The island of Aldabra, to the
northwest of Madagascar, is becoming
smaller through the action OF the
mangroves that grow along the foot
of the cliffs.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
One Striking Definition
of the Popular Name PoiIu

A humble man who, one July after
noon in 1914, left at two hours notice
his Partisan shop or workshop, or his
ripe wheat fields or his ripening vines,
for military depot he had never
liked, and had managed to tolerate
only because soldering and all things
soldierly are livable to the Frenchman
and take on halo in his imagination,
was packed 10 the Belgian frontier /;
made the acquaintance Of danger un-
der all its forms; fought, hungered-
hungered and thirsted-for days /;
knew the trenches when they were In
their crudest novelty and worse than
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29

teresting. The atmosphere near the
earth's surface, when hot and dusty,
acts as magnifying glass. Looking
upward, we see through more rarefied
air, which does not possess the magni-
flying power. The oval appearance is
due to the fact that the sun is seen
through the edge Of an aerial lens,
which may be clearly illustrated by
drawing small circle on a piece of
white paper and placing a reading
glass over 1t. Under the center of the
lens the circle appears round, but IL
the glass is moved until the circle is
near its edge its shape changes to an
oval.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
CIDER VINEGAR CAN BE
MADE ON FARM
Unmarketable Apples Converted Into Table Condiment


bureau
fermentation by which the alcohol changed acet acid The acetc acid
o
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
U. S. Sets New High Mark
For Its Foreign Commerce.

New high records for September for
eign trade in both imports and exports
were announced by the department of
commerce. Imports were $262, ,O00, 900,
an increase of nearly $26,OO00OO over
September, 1917, and exports $780,
100000, an increase Of about $780,
100000. For the nine months ending
September, 1918, impoi is were $2,322,-
100000, an increase Of $40,0000O0,
while exports for the nine months, val
ued at $4,561 100000, represented a
slight decrease.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Cream Soup.

Cut thin slices of bread as thin as
shavings, put them with a small
amount of butter in a saucepan and
stir until well Drowned; add salt to
taste and add boiling water enough to
make the amount of soup needed, then
add cupful of boiling cream, and be
sure that the soup is well salted. More
cream may be added If richer soup
is desired.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
U. S. Flag Standards.

The president of the United States
has no official flag, but as commander
in chief of the army and navy his
presence is notified by distinct stand.
ards. The army flag is red, and bears
In the center the official coat of arms
of the United States. Bearing the
same coat of arms and somewhat sim.
liar, except. In color-blue-is the
navy flag.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Stirrups.

Stirrups were unknown to the an
clients. Along the public roads there
were placed stones to enable horse
men to mount. Stirrups were used to
some extent in the fifth century, but
were not common even so late as the
twelfth. Horseshoeing Is very an
cient art. 1t is represented on a coin
Of Tarentum of about $50 B. G.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
The Ruby Ranks First.

1t is popular error'to suppose that
the diamond is the most valuable OF
the precious stones. The relative value
of the finer gems places the ruby at
the head of the list; the diamond Sec
ond. and, following this, the sapphire.
It is a very common occurrence to find
a perfect diamond, but perfect ruby
Is rare.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Catches Thirty-Five Bushels
of Grasshoppers in One Day

Joseph L. Tober, supervisor Of Ruyle
township, Jersey county, Illinois, Is
the inventor Of a device which he
claims copes with the hordes of grass
hoppers that infest farms. Tober
caught 35 bushels Of grasshoppers in
one day in his alfalfa field near Kem-
per. The device consists of a large
box containing shallow watts of kero-
sene. The box is dragged across the
field by team and the grasshoppers,
disturbed at their pastime Of devour-
ing the alfalfa, jump up and light In
the kerosene. They die where they
fall.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
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Draft Dodqer.

"TEe rrima donna is on the war
path again." said the stage manager.
whats the matter now" asked the
lmpresario.
"She says she feels draft in her
dressing ROOM"
"Ump! She'd better consult that
young husband Of hers. He's the most
successful draft dodger l know"
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Family Interests.
"And what di

"And what did
the doctor tell
your"
"Why, he look
ed me ever and
asked me If I had
made a will"
"Ah, is your
condition so bad?"
II don't know /;
but his brother
Is a lawyer"
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
EAT A TABLET!
DYSPEPSIA GONE
PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN INSTANTLY
RELIEVES SOUR, Classy OR
ACID lSTOMACHS.
When meals hit back and your stom-
ach is sour, acid, gassy, or you feel full
and bloated. When you have heavy
Jumps of pain or headache from indi'
gestion. Here is instant relief!


Just as soon as you eat tablet or
two of Pape's Diapepsin all the dys-
pepsia, indigestion and stomach dis
tress ends. These pleasant, harmless
tablets of Pape's Diapepsin never fail
to make upset stomachs feel fine at
once, and they cost very little at drug
stores. Adv.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Economical Dishes.

A delicious Scotch broth may be
made from the liquor In which boiled
mutton was cooked. Remove the fat,
add finely cut turnip, carrot, onion
and stalk of celery. Cook until the
vegetables are tender.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Pithy Paragraphs
A polite man never meets q

A polite man never meets a
I stranger.
Self-possession is nine points
with the lawyer.
One week in the country
I should make one strong In the
| city.
When a man is looking for diff
ficulties he will find two where
: he expects one.
I Every time a girl gets small
|. dent in her heart she imagines
1T is broken.
At some period in his career
( every man carries something In
/ his pocket for luck.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Up to the Fish,

Game Warden-Hey, kid, don't you
know this amt the season for trout
Small Boy (fishing)-S but when
and when it amt, there's always lot
of thsm. If the fish ain't goin'fto obey
the rules, I amt either Boys Life.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Food for Thought

You never can tell. The un-
der dog sometimes deserves all
he gets.
Paradoxical as it may seem,
many a fellow has weakness
for strong language.
Foresight may be all right, but
it won't keep a man from being
stabbed in the back.
The German army has evident
ly discovered that 1T is cheaper
to move than to pay rent.
The pessimist is always look
ing for the worst, and complains
when he gets 1t.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Why the Setting Sun Seems
Larger and of Oval Shape.

We all know an optical illusion
makes the setting sun seem larger and
often of an oval shape. says Popular
Astronomy, but recent explanation
by w. F. Badgley of some Of the
causes which bring this about is ins
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Green Pea Custard.

Rinse a can Of green peas In cold
water; save for broth. Add the peas
to a pint of milk, teaspoonful of salt,
a dash of pepper and two well-beaten
eggs. Cook In individual cups in pan
of hot water until the custard is firm.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Cheese Crouuettes.

Cut into small dice one pount OF
American cheese. Have ready cup
full Of hot white sauce; add 1t to the
cheese, the yolks Of two well-beaten
eggs. diluted with little cream. Stir
until well blended; season with salt,
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Baked Bread and Cheese,

Spread slices of stale bread with
butter, lay in baking dish and cover
with pint of milk to which two eggs
have been added. Season well with
pepper and salt, add a cupful of good
favored cheese, grated, and bake un
til the custard Is thick.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Sending Them Away With Smile

Senoln9 inem away WITH smile.
"We must do something to keep the
soldiers from feeling distressed when
they start for France" said the enthu-
siastic camp worker.
"Why not get Miss Yowler to sing
for them?"
"Do you think that would have the
desired effect?"
"Unquestionably. Every man who
heard her would be glad to leave"
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Mothers
Cook
Book
~

Finish every day and be done with it..
You have done what you could, some
blunders have crept in; forget them as
son as you can Tomorrow is a new day;
Won shall begin It well and serenely and
with a too high spirit to be numbered
with your old nonsense.-Emerson.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Professional Reason.

what are people advised to tell
their troubles to policeman"
Because he is the most likely per-
son to help them in arresting atten-
tiOnS."
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Wanted a Square Deal.

"Just thought Of that V you loaned
me three years ago, old man. Here
it Is, and thousand thanks"
"Hold on $3.50 more, if you please.
A dollar is worth only fifty-four cents
compared with what 1t was when you
got the loan."
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Visibility.

"Children should be seen and not
heard"
'aThat's what the dears all think"
exclaimed the fond mother. Every
one of them looks forward to being a
moving picture star"
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29

red pepper and grating of nutmeg.
Set on ice until cold, then form into
croquettes. Roll in fine crumbs, dip
in egg and brown in little fat.
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29


in
Dirt and foreign substance allowed
a
loosely soppered
res or receptacles Il
There two wlknown for converting
slowbare
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
At Last.

"Dey say soap
is goin' to be more
expensive" said
Meandering Mike.
II hope it is"
replied Plodding
Pete. 'I've wait
ed years fur some
halfway excuse
fur not usin' It."
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
What He Didn't Like About Helen.

Kenneth's little playmate, Helen
was to have party. Only girls were
to be invited, but Kenneth was un-
aware Of this fact. He longed for an
invitation and expected one up to the
day of the party. But alas the invita-
ton didn't come. Downhearted, he said
to his mother: "You know, mother, l
like Helen awfully well, but I Ger
tainly don't like her ways
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Dissenting Views.

Didn't you think the new play rath
er fatuous?"
WELL no; 1 thought it rather thin y
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
N.n:s hl4f~,se
Somewhat Annoying.

'It makes me mad for my husband
to talk in his Sleep"
"The poor man can't help it."
! Maybe not, but it looks like an inti-
nation that I don't give him chance
at any other time"
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29
Evidently a Novice.

"You told me you were an expert
enced waiter" said the restaurant
manager.
How do you know I'm not?"
'You said thank you for 25 cent
tip"
The Ely miner., 1918-11-29

the badgers hole; got wounded and
lay for hours, sometimes days, where
he had fallen, or crawled miles to a
hurried surgeon and to the torturing
goods trucks pompously labeled sani-
tary trains; got well and went back
to the depot, and then back to the
front and to fighting or being shelled I;
and so on during four years, with the
everdisappointed certainty that next
winter must be the last" or that the
imminent coming in of this or that ma
tion must bring the end.-Atlantic
Monthly.
Evening journal., 1918-11-25
MONDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1918.
A worNDED DEIAw,RE Rows POSTAL.

~. HERE may be those who feel that because the World
War has come 10 end there is no further need
for making contributions to The Evening Journals Our
Boys in France Tobacco Fund.
The truth is that such contributions are needed now
as mperaRely as they before hostilitles ceased
The soldiers did not quit smoking when they quit
lighting In fact they have had greater opportunity for
such indulgence since the war ended than they had while
the lighting s was in progress That is because there
are restrcss upon The Of the weed now than
there were then.
substantially all American fighters who went over
st overseas Thousands and perhaps hundreds
Of thousands will be there fer many weeks 20
is important that they be caad for properly by the
Americans at home and made 90 feel that, in the hury
bury OF reconstruction, they have not been forgotten
The Evening Journals our Boys In France Tobacco
Fund amounts to s5,29s75. That means that mem
Of The Evening Journal Family have sent over 20
Europe 80 i95 cartons Of tobacco.
That the cartons reach the American fighters through
the Cross proved by the thousands Of cards Of
acknowledgment that have been received this side
Those cards show that in many instances this tobacco
Delaware reaches Delaware fighters over There
and gives to them pronounced pleasure. For instance,
only day two ago. Louis Topkis Of No. 1908 Boue-
ward this city contributor to the fund.- received the
following postal from Joseph f. Faers:
American Red Cross Hospital, No. 2i,
Paignton Lawn. England.
Dear Sir-As am a Wilmington hoy in one Of our
hospitals wounded at the Front and sent here want TO
tnank lhe cigarettes you sent OUR BOYS
Franco Tobacco Fund. AS matter OF fact received
package Of your smokes which came in handy. All Of
out Of smokes when you box opened up and
was ticked 60 know that they came from Wilmington
Ny home address is No. IA East Seventh street.
WILMINGTON feel that you will be surprised to know
hat Wilmington boy was the first to get pack Of your
smokes. Thanking YOU remain. conyaescent soldier
JOSEPH Il. FALLERS.
Now, shouldn't that postal from wounded VIII
mington boy inspire wimingtonians and Deawareans
generally to contribute generously 20 the fund.-
All Of them should be animated by the same spirit
which animated the officers and employees Of the Con-
tinental Fibre Company at Newark Almost from the
very opening the fund they have been contributing
rom time to time until the aggregate Of their conrbu-
tons amounts to several hundred dollars Their most
recent contribution $50 reported November 10.
Interested employees in the dupont main Office have been
sending $50 month for many months Generous action
also taken by many corporations and individuals
In our city state however there thousands
OF men and who should have given and who have
not yet done so. We hope they will be moved by that
postal from the wounded Delaware soldier and send
In their contributions at once.
Evening journal., 1918-11-25

ing scparast system which mado possible, according
to Senator Ponti Gradually and oonfiscdly through an
almost automatic process Of reaction, there is taking
shape In the human mind the vision of nterna-
tona system. This new system tends towards the fol-
lowing characteristics would be based the spplco-
ton OF a representative system. which would ind ex-
preston in society league OF nations and arbltra-
tlon trbunals rs attitude towards dissenting parties
would concatory It would be opposed to excessive
armamenis it would exert itself towards rendering
permanent the benefits Of peace.
The point OF departure In the establishment Of a
solidarist system is the creation Of Society League
Of Nations outlined by President Wilson, whose func-
tion would be to maintain world peace. This, TO be
effective would have to have military backing to which
all nations in the league would contribute. 10 be used to
compel obedience from any member who violates faith
Opposition raised against this plan before the out
break Of the present the ground that not many
nations could be induced TO join such system. After the
terrible connagraon which has spread Europe SEN
ator Pont believes that nations who remained
trail throughout the struggle Will eagerly Join league
OF nations II such league will insure them against the
possibility Of their being embroiled in disastrous
an affair.
The next step is the institution OF international
Arbitration Tribunal with jurisdiction every
troversy which may mpcate between peoples
Complete disarmament TO be effected gradually. VIII be
required Of all nations parties 10 the league
>Thls League OF Nations would have to be established
on confederate basis. according to Senator Pont
plan Of just representation for all the nations involved
would have to worked out This confederate regime
would result automatically in the elimination Of terri
torla maritime questions through the International
zaton Of territories roads, ports straits etc The con-
federation would leave the Individual States autonomous
in certain things would have the power Of directing
them in others. confederation by having its own sin
gle military forces would afford protection 10 all the
federate States although disarmed. and would relieve
them Of the burden and expense OF armament.
Evening journal., 1918-11-25
on. PATTON AND HIS WORK.

n oRMER Judge George Gray is to introduce Dr.
Francis L. Patton at the opening Of his course OF
lectures this evening in Westminster Church.
Or. Patton arrived in city Saturday evening,
having come from Baltimore He delivered his lectures
there last week and the report that he was greeted
by large audiences each night The week before he
was in Washington There the big New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church 1ed each night to hear him.
IL evident that everywhere persons are eager to
listen TO this leader OF thought timely theme as
that which he has for the general subject Of hs
lectures Not for long time have men and women
everywhere been so anxious for serious thought about
the great truths Of religion as they are today.
As soon as the secretary OF the Wilmington Chamber
OF Commerce learned that Dr. Patton to be in VIII
mngton at the Of the next meeting of the Chamber
he lost no time in wiring invitation TO the doctor to
address the noon-day meeting Dr. Patton answered by
wiring his acceptance of the invitation The people Of
Wilmington will be glad to avail themselves Of the op-
portunty Of hearing this distinguished lecturer who
occupies such a conspicuous place in the educational
religious and civic fields in this country that his
is a household word.