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he would like to see the women in
Duluth organized for services during
and after the war. He was interested
personally in the young men from Du-
luth, who are in the service. He was
very glad to know that Duluth was
doing so much for the Red Cross So
ciety. Needless to say, that Mrs.
Coonan did not realize that her inter
view with the bishop was to be fol-
lowed so soon by his demise. She
was deeply grieved to learn Of the
close of his arduous and brilliant
career.
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Mongoose as Cat Understudy.

Islands in the tropical or semi-trop
zeal seas furnish ideal conditions fol
rats, and in many instances they have
Increased until they have become in
tolerable pests, threatening the total
ruin Of the Inhabitants. On one sugar
cane plantation in Puerto Rico 25,OO(
rats were killed in less than si1
months.
In Jamaica an effort was made tt
suppress them by introducing the mon
goose, which resulted in the establish
ment Of second pest. In the Ha.
waiian islands the introduction Of the
mongoose caused the rats to take ref
uge In the tree-tops, where many Of
them have nests and have arboreal
habits, like squirrels. Wherever pres
ent on these islands the mongoose has
rendered it exceedingly difficult to
raise domestic fowls Of any kind
National Geographic Magazine.
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MAKING .MEATLEsS
DAYS PERMANENT,

In the meatless menu. there is a fer
die field for developing new and nour-
fishing dishes, according to e. 81. Niles,
writing in the Hotel Gazette, who be-
lieves that the present shortage Of
meat and fats win not end with the
coming Of peace, but may grow more
acute and continue for five or nix
years, thus making 1t worth while to
develop menus of grain. vegetables
and fish on a more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced BY cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served in very small portions as a IA
voring for other food. In making up
meatless menus this author finds our
American Creole and southern cuisine
. broad field for Investigation.
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when the wrong word is more an.
propriate than the right one. We are
any of us liable to make such sslapis
lazuli' at times in speaking or-if we
are ear minded-in writing. 1t is
sometimes symptom of mental dis.
ease; the Freudians would give it a
sinister significance, but we all know
of persons addicted to such mistakes,
who are certainly not defective either
mentally or morally. The trait is so
marked that it is used as distin.
gushing characteristic of comic per.
sonage, such as Shakespeare's Dogber.
ry in Much Ado About Nothing
Sheridan's Mrs. Malaprop in "The Ri.
vals," and Shillaber's Mrs. Parting
ton.
In most Of the cases under consid.
Grafton the mistakes result from defec-
tive hearing on the part of the pupil
or defective enunciation on the part
of the teacher, perhaps the latter as
often as the former. Can you catch
a strange name or a foreign word the
first time you hear it casually uttered?
Then remember that the technical
terms you are using are strange names
and foreign words to your pupils and
pronounce them as such distinctly.
blizzard" is just as sensible word
for crop as gizzard, if people only
thought so, and Cicero might have
been called prefix" as we'll as a pre-
feet Such mistakes then are no in.
dication or irrationality. (And, in
deed, many millions of people believe
the government of England to be moth
ing short of mockery.) The last two
are probably mere misspellings. Poor
Achilles has a bad time in the ex-
aminations. A British schoolboy wrote
that "his mother dipped him in the
River Stinks and he become intoler-
able"
The blunders of the next class are
more serious, for they show confusion
of ideas or mismatched definitions:
"a vacuum is a large empty space
where the pope lives"
''The alimentary canal is located in
the northern part of Indiana"
"The Rosetta stone was a mission
airy to Turkey"
"A mountain range is large cook
stove.'
1.-THE qualifications of voter at q
school meeting are that he must be
the father of child for eight weeks.
1.-THE first governor of Nassachus-
etts was Mr.. Salem Witchcraft."
"The stomach is just south Of the
ribs"
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vELDT MARKS ITS JEWELLERS
Loneliness and silence Affect Those
Doomed to Live. In Plain Of
British South Africa.

Before the Boer war there was q
saying current among the Beers of
South Africa that you could always
recognize man who had spent five
years on the veldt This was saying
no less true then than now, for the
veldt is a place Of great silence and
loneliness and It leaves its mark on
those who dwell in It.
The veldt is the great plain Of what
Is now British South Africa. the limit
less, featureless stretch Of prairie dot
ted with knobs of hills that the Beers
call kopjes, pierced and gashed by
rain-washed gullies that run their
twisting course from horizon to hori.
zon. The word "veldt' is closely al.
lied to the German word for world
or universe" and the relationship is
something more than mere coinci.
dence. To the man standing in the
midst Of this plain it seems to extend
in every direction to the outermost
limits of space.
The veldt is without sound or color
without striking features to catch the
eye. A days trek among low hills
covered with gray grass, plods wear.
lily through mile after mile of the same
hills, and ends in a dry valley as like
the valley of the morning as one pea
is like another. After few days OF
this the traveller wonders if his prog.
ress is not mere Illusion, if he is not
returning day after day to the same
spot.
Now and again the monotony is
broken by some veldt farm, a place of
exceeding loneliness for the exiles who
till it. There will be a farmhouse, O
barn, kraal, a well and a few huts
for the kaffirs. To the railroad may
be distance Of anywhere from 20 to
20 miles. Half the year the roads are
impossible. The little community
must be sufficient unto itself. Life on
veldt farm is a severe test Of the
inner resources Of man or woman.
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Division No. s-Sister Cook, presi.
dent and officers.
Division No. 6-Sister Lynch, presi.
dent and officers.
Division No. 4-Sister Morriety,
president and officers.
Division No. Sister E. Conroy,
president and officers.
Division No. 11-Sister McCue,
president and officers.
Division No. 12-Sister Moynagh,
president and officers.
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need BIC HERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warning Nations Have Depleted Live
Stock at Enormous Rate, Eve,
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food.

American stock breeders are being
asked to conserve their flocks and
herds in order to meet Europe's re-
mendous demands for meats during
the war and probably for many years
afteYward.
The United States food admins.
tration reports that American stock
raissrs have shown disposition to
co-onsrats with the government in In
crsasing the nat1sas supply sf live
stock.
Germany to-day y probably better
supplied With live stock than any 9th.
er European natisn. When the Ger.
man armies made their big advance
into France and then rstreated vir-
tually all the cattle In the invaded
territory - approximately 10000
head-we1e driven behind tho German
NneA
But In England-where 100000
acres Of pasture lands have been turn
ed into grain lields-the cattle herds
are decreasing rapidly. One Of the
reasons apparently IL the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
English as follows: For September,
$17.76 per 100 pounds; October, $1E28;
November and December, $18O8; Jam
larry, $14.4O. The effect Of these prices
was to drive beef animals on the mar.
ket as soon as possible.
In France the number of cattle as
well as the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war.
Where France had 14,8O7 900 head of
cattle in 1913, she now has only H.
341, 900, decrease Of 1866 per cent.
And France is today producing only
one gallon of milk compared to two
and one-half gallons before the war.
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because of the lack of necessary feed.
Close study of the European meat
situation has convinced the Food Ad-
ministration that the future problem
Of America lies largely in the produc-
ton of meat producing animals and
dairy products rather than in the pro-
duction Of cereals for export when
the war will have ceased.
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THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS,

There 10 no royal road to food
conservation. We can only ae-
Oompllsh this by the voluntary
action Of our whole people, each
element In proportion to lts means.
Il 10 q matter OF equality Of bur.
den; q matter Of minute sav1no
and substitution at every point b
the 10000, 900 kitchens, on the 90
600, 200 dinner tables, and In the
100000 manufacturing, whole.
sale and retail establishments q
1hs country.
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CORN WILL WIN
DEM0CRACY'SWAR
Americas Greatest Cereal Crop
Is Now Moving to
Market.
MAINsTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS.
Surplus Wheat Of the United States
Has Been Sent to Famine Threat
ened Europe.

Americas great corn crop, exceed
Ing 5000 600 bushels, will save the
worlds food situation, officials of the
United States food administration be-
lieve.
Corn is the nations best food cereal.
housewives are beginning to realize.
1t contains all the elements needed to
keep the body in state Of health and
when used according to the scores of
tried recipes, especially when COM
bined with an added portion Of oil or
fat, will sustain life indefinitely. In
dian warriors in colonial days lived on
parched corn alone for many days at a
time, and at Valley Forge parched
corn was at times the sole ration of
the Continental soldiers.
Owing to transportation difficulties
caused by the war the corn crop moved
more slowly to market this year than
ever before. Now, however, the cereal
is reaching the millers and consumers.
In the meantime the nations surplus
wheat has been sent to Europe
Today there are approximately 80
bushels Of corn for every American.
This quantity is greater BY I've BUSH
els than in former ysarA
Corn has become the latie1's main.
stay IN the crisis IL va.
Just as this ee1sal saved the Arst
American eelsnfsts hsn famine q
many occasions, Just 40 It ssrvsd 40 q
staple fesd durins the VA Of the Rev
olut1en and during the Civil War, King
Corn has again ssne - the frsnt In
the nations battle With autes1aey.
Csrn meal is finding greatly inereas-
cd use in the making Of ordinary white
bread. Hundreds Of As1sswivsu and
many Of the larger bakers are mixing
20 psr cent corn meal With wheat
flour to make lsavsnsd bread This
kind Of . mixture 10 worked ana baked
in the same recipes and with the same
methods that apply 10 straight wheat
bread.
Corn bread-using corn meal entire
ly-is gaining a greater popularity
than ever before. Housewives are
coming to realize that every pound Of
wheat saved in America means q pound
Of wheat released for shipment to the
nations with which America is associ-
ated in the war.
There are score Of corn products
that today possess unusual Importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
ening corn cakes and buckwheat cakes
and for use in the kitchen instead of
granulated sugar Is one Of the leading
products made from corn.
Corn oil, excellent for frying and for
every other purpose filled by salad oils,
is appearing on the market in large
quantities. 1t comes from the germ of
the corn.
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RAMSEY COUNTY A. O. II. NOTES
Proposed AmaIgamatIon Of All Divi.
slons Into Two Large Ones.

The amalgamation of the several
divisions Of the Hibernians Of Ram.
sey county into two large divisions
seems about to be realized in the very
near future.
Already Division No. has amalga-
mated with Division No. and two
other smaller divisions have an
nounced their intention of joining
No. 9.
A special committee has been ap-
pointed by Division No. 4 to reorgan-
ize their degree team and to revise
the ritual with the purpose of max
ing it more impressive and distinct.
A large initiation class will be ready
for the ceremony scheduled for St.
Patriclk's day and at the same time
the Ladies' Auxiliary will keep "open
house." at which refreshments will
be served and an appropriate program
of entertainment furnished.
The ladies of Division No. at their
last meeting passed a resolution OF
regret and coincidence on the death
of beloved and highly esteemed sis,
ter, Mrs. w. A. Murray. The deceased
was daughter of Thos. W.. Mccoy,
a prominent and very active member
Of Division No. L., A. o. H. Resolu-
lions of coincidence were also passed
by this division as the deceased was
great favorite in Hibernian circles
and the husband, w. A. Murray, and
father, Thos. w. Mccoy, having by
their earnestness and zeal in the
cause of Hibernianism endeared them
selves to all their associates.
The deceased had all the attributes
of mind and heart characteristic of
Erin's Intelligent and devout daugh-
tiers and her early demise has been
deplored by all who claimed her &C
quaintance and friendship and the
near and dear relatives have the symp-
athy Of all.
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A., A. o. H., Ramsey county, installed
their new officers, no changes having
been made. Sister McDonough, the pres
ident, has been reelected for the ninth
term. This division started the new
year with 10 applications. They put
on splendid program, which included
luncheon and dancing at the install.
lation ceremonials.
Division No. 10 held installation Of
its new officers, Wednesday, January
9. No changes were made. Sister
Heating has been six years in Office.
The members of her division presented
her with substantial check. Sister
Heating gave Sister Conroy, the in
stalling officer, a beautiful silver bon
bon dish in appreciation Of her kind
ness to the division.
On January II Divisions No. 2 and
9 of A. o. H., installed officers Jointly.
The county president Of Ladies' Aux
Hilary and the county president of the
A. o. H. were the installing officers
Sister Conroy was also presented with
a beautiful vase.
On January 16 Divisions and q,
A. o. H., held a joint installation. The
divisions presented the retiring pres
ident with a cameo breach; also Sis
ter Conroy was remembered with a
beautiful gift. Seven applications were
presented.
On Wednesday evening, January %.
at A. o. H. hall the following divi
sions will hold installations. Sister
Heating, state secretary, assisted by
Sister NJ. Scott, county secretary, will
be the installing officers:
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A blizzard is the inside of a hen.
When Cicero delivered his Grafton

A blizzard is the inside Of hen.
When Cicero delivered his Grafton
he was a prefix.
Sixty gallons make one hedgehog.
When the British got up in the
morning and saw the Americans on
the opposite hill they threw up their
breakfast (breastworks).
A permanent set of teeth consist of
eight CANNES, eight cuspids, two
molars and eight cuspidors.
Climate is caused by the emotion OF
the earth around the sun.
Pompeii was destroyed by an erup-
ton of saliva from the Vatican.
The government of England is a
limited mockery.
Georgia was founded by people who
had been executed.
Geometry teaches us how to bisect
angels.
Achilles was dipped in the river
Styx to make him immoral.
These are simply malapropisms
They are always funny, especially
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THE BIG DRIVE FOR K. OF c.
CAMP WELFARE FUND
The Great Objective In Si0ht-Minne
apolis Quota Of $4,000 viii
Be Raised.
The Response of the Catholic Laity to
This Worthy Appeal Is Generous.
Many Non-cathoIics Also Subscribe to
the Fund.

IL WOu1u Uc, peIudpS, premature W
make any definite announcement of
the results of the great campaign
among the Catholic parishes of this
city that was conducted last Sunday
afternoon and evening, for the ball
is still rolling with the momentum
of its initial force. Checks, cash and
pledges have been coming in daily
to the headquarters of the committee
in cheering volume, so that it was
deemed inadvisable to make more
than a general statement as yet re.
garding the success of the drive. Suf-
fee it to say for the present that
the members of the committee are op-
timistic, but do not wish to interrupt
the flow of offerings by any state
ment that might be interpreted as the
closing of the campaign. A large per-
centage of prospects" could not be
found at the time of the call of the
canvassers, and return calls were,
therefore, made necessary to complete
the work.
The volunteer solicitors rallied in
splendid force and fettle for the great
drive on Sunday. Many ladies we're
among the number, and their work
compares we'll with that Of their CO.
workers of the other sex. Indeed, it
was . matter Of general regret that a
more special appeal was not made to
engage the services Of the women folks
more largely in the work, as it became
apparent that those who did enlist in
the drive had achieved such good re.
suits.
The effect of the Comprehensive ad-
vertising of the move was noted in
the fact that nearly all who were ap.
preached for contributions seemed to
be familiar with the project instituted
by the Knights as representative of
the whole Catholic body. All con-
coded the worthiness and desirability
of the movement, and regarded it as
in the same category with the Y NJ.
C. A. and Red Cross work. All mis-
apprehension had been dissipated by
the publicity given to the movement
in the press and from the parish pull
pits. The contributors were given,
whether large or small, with hearty
good will and spontaneity that speak
volumes for the patriotism and spirit
of sacrifice prevailing among the
Catholic clergy and laity.
Catholics, too, were generous
patrons of the fund, and lent their
encouragement and cooperation. Many
of the contributions that have come in
during the week are from those af-
fliated with other churches.
Full reports have not yet been re-
ceived from some of the outlying par
ishes, and after these have been re-
ceived and compiled a complete state
ment will be made.
: Again, as in the case of the Red
Cross, the Y. M. G. A. and the Liberty
bond campaigns, Minneapolis has
demonstrated her practical patriotism
in dollars. The result will hearten
both those at home and more espe-
cially the boys in the camps and
trenches. Another 42-centimetre gun
has been loaded for the destruction of
autocracy.
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UNlNTENTIoNAL CRITICISMS
FROM THE SCHOOL ROOM
Some Excellent MaIaprops Made
Without Effort,

Some Excellent MaIaprops Made
Without Effort.
The correct statements found in an
examination paper are Of no value to
the teacher, but he can learn some
thing from the mistakes. For that
reason the schoolboy "howlers"-to
use a Briticism-should be taken Sc
riously. In looking over a list of hui
moristic answers recently given in the
regents examination of the state of
New York, says Edwin E. Slosson in
the New York Independent, find that
they can be readily referred to few
simple forms of misunderstanding.
The majority came from the use of
a wrong word similar in sound, such,
for instance, as the following:
The diamond drill., 1918-03-23

charter commissioners hereinbefore
mentioned, does hereby determine that
said special charter election resulted
in the adoption OF said proposed char
ter.
And II Is hereby ordered that the
city clerk make certificates forthwith,
according TO law. and in accordance
with the foregoing determination, and
that he file with the secretary of state
and with the county clerk OF the coun-
~ of Iron. copies OF said charter, "a
provided by law
Ayes: Shells. Nelson. Axelson and
Klesges Resolution adopted
The following resolution was Offer
ed by Shells. who moved its adoption
seconded by Nelson.
BE IT RESOLVED. that in accord
ance with tho charter OF the city OF
Crystal Falls. Michigan, as adopted
by the electors OF said city on the ll:a
uaN OF mdftnt ~ ~ 1910 "A pIlNhhAf
election for the nomination Of the first
officers TO be elected under said char
ter shall be held in and for said city
OF Crystal Falls on Monday, the 1rst
day OF April, A. d., 1918. at the fol-
lowing places in said city, to-wit:
In the First Ward. at the Captain
Office al the Great Western mine,
In the Second Ward. az the base
ment cf the Lockwood House,
IT, the Third Ward. at the basement
of the city hall,
az which election there will be noml-
mated candidates for the following
elective municipal offices, to be elect-
cd at large bv the qualified electors
oi the whole city voting in their re-
spcctIve wards. viz:
y One Mayor. for the term Of three
years: one commissioner for the tern
of two years; one commissioner for
the term OF one year; three supervis-
ors for the term of two years. and
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two constables for the term OF two
years.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, that
for said primary election the city
clerk forthwith give notice in accord
ance with law.
BE it Further Resolved. that the
city clerk shall give public notice
forthwith that his office will be open
daily between the hours OF ten o'clock
in the morning and four o'clock in the
afternoon, up 10 and including Satur-
day March %, 1918. during which
time application may be made by
those who possess the constitutional
qualifications OF an elector or, who
al said primary election will possess
such qualifications. to have their
names entered upon the registration
book OF the ward in which they re-
side
BE IL Resolved Further, that the
election for the purpose OF electing
the first officers under the new char
ter OF the city Of Crystal Falls, adopt
ed March l1th, 1918, shall be held. Ia
accordance with the provisions OF said
charter. on the 18th day OF April. 1918,
az the following places In said city:
In the First Ward (precincD at the
captains office at the Great western
mine.
In the Second ward (precinct) AZ
the basement OF the Lockwood House.
In the Third Ward tprecincD at the
basement Of the city ball.
~ which said election there will be
elected the following officers. who
viii be the frset elective officers un-
dor said charter to-wit.
one Mayor for the term OF three
years; one Commississioner for the
term OF two years; one Commission
er for the term OF one year; three
supervisors for the term Of two years