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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
SWEET CORN

Successful home canning Of sweet
corn depends upon careful selection Of
tender, juicy corn in the milk stage.
Corn for canning should never stand
longer than few minutes after being
taken from the stalk. Corn which is
past the milky stage or is stale is very
difficult to can.
Remove husk and silk. Blanch on
the cob by dipping into boiling water
from one to three minutes or until
milk is set. Have clean hands, and all
utensils scalded. Cut corn off the cob.
Pack Immediately into previously boil
ed jars to within one inch Of the top,
but do not pack too lightly. Add sea-
soning (one-third level teaspoonful salt
and two-thirds teaspoonful sugar) to
each pint of corn, and fill jars with
clear hot water. Paddle to allow
liquor to penetrate to the bottom of
the jar and to remove all air bubbles.
Partially seal jars.
Processing with steam under pres
sure is recommended. Process pint
Jars IL hours at Is pounds pressure.
Seal Immediately, cool as rapidly as
possible, but do so In place free from
drafts. Do not put into cold water, as
the jars will crack. When cold test
for leaks and store In a cool, dark, dry
place.
If the intermittent process is used,
boil pint Jars 11s hours the first day
and one hour on the second and third
days. Loosen covers before each sub
sequent boiling, and seal completely
after boiling. Cool, test for leaks, and
store.
If the single-period continuous boil
ing process is employed, boil for at
least three hours. Seal, cool, test for
leaks, and store.
Take every precaution to have good
rubber and absolutely tight jars. Test
for leaks each time jars become cold
and again "a hours after processing.
All Jars showing slightest sign Of leaks
must be reiitted with rubber .asRada re-
processed.
Usually q better-fiavored finished
corn product can be obtained by drying
the corn instead of canning it.-United
States Department of Agriculture.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
BERRIES

For dewberries, blackberries, logan
berries, huckleberries, raspberries and
currants practically the same methods
OF canning may be used. The condi-
fion of the fruit will have much to do
with the quality Of the product. Ber-
ries should be gathered in shallow
trays or baskets and not In deep YES
sells which allow them to be bruised
and crushed. They should be uniform
sy ripe, sound, and as large as posi-
BILE.
After the berries have been sorted
carefully and washed lightly by plac-
Ing In colander and pouring water
over them, instead of immersing them
In water, pack as closely as possible
without crushing. This can be done
better by putting few berries into
the jar, pressing them gently into
place, and proceeding layer by layer,
than by nearly filling the jar loosely
and then trying to press them down.
Fill jars full Of fruit and cover
with hot strip. Boiling berry juice or
other sirups can be used instead of
sugar sirup. Partially seal Jars. Boil
(process) pints ten minutes and
quarts twelve minutes. Seal. When
cold test for leaks and store in cool,
dark, dry place.
The use of sugar strip, made by
boiling three pounds and nine ounces
OF sugar to one gallon of water and
straining, adds to the flavor of the
canned berries. The use of berry
Juice expressed from extra berries in
stead Of water in making the strip
will give a richer color and flavor
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
serbians Great Walkers.

All Serbian peasants are great walk
ers. A servant, given short leave.
will think nothing of footing it to his
home, five and twenty miles off, and
walking back after short day spent
with his family.
It is quite in the ordinary way OF
their business for both men and women
to be two days on the road to market.
Owing to their remarkable march
ing powers Serbian troops are mobil-
lied and moved with surprising rapid
ity, in spite of the great lack of rail-
way communication. And then they
march light.
With little in the bread-bag that
hangs at his belt the Serbian soldier
is quite content If only he can roll
himself cigarette now and then and
look forward perhaps to tot Of plum
cognac.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
PLEASANT WAY ALWAYS BEST
Nothing Ever Lost by Effort TO Take
Sting Out of Request That Must
Be Refused.

Do you know how to take the sting
out of anything unpleasant you have
to do? It is good plan to learn how
to do this.
"She said she couldn't do 1t, but you
know how Effie would say such. "a thing.
She tries so hard to make everybody
feel pleasant. Now, when say no,
people understand that l mean no"
Marcia looked as well pleased with
herself as If she had announced more
amiable characteristic. She was girl
with peculiarly blunt and unconl.
promising manner. If she refused re-
quest, her refusal was as downright as
a blow. 1t was never softened by any
little phrase suggesting regret And
Marcia was so well satisfied with her
self that she felt something like cons
tempt for the way Fife took the sting
out of saying no, and made the people
to whom she refused a favor as crate
full as If she had granted it.
The girl who starts to 60 through
life with her elbows out is going to
find the road hard to travel. IL she
prides herself on being blunt and OUT
spoken, she may need to use that as
consolation for her sore heart many a
time. 1t pays to make even a refusal
pleasant. 1t pays to take out the sting
whenever possible, and drop In the
honey. One who starts out as Marcia
did, prfding herself on being blunt, and
contemptuous of the little courtesies,
is likely to come to old age friendless
and embittered. Learn to be pleasant
and take out the sting.-Exchange.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
TOMATOES IN GLASS

Select firm, uniformly red, ripe to-
matoes of medium size. Put into
trays and lower into boiling water for
one minute, then plunge into cold wa
ter for few seconds until skins slip
easily. Remove and cut out the core
with slender-pointed knife without
cutting into the seed cells. Peel
promptly and pack into previously
boiled quart Jars. Add one teaspoon
full sugar and half a teaspoonful salt
seasoning and fill the jars with hot
thick tomato sauce. This procedure
is economical, because each quart jar
viii give whole tomatoes for salads
or baking and tomato auree for
soups Or sauces.} This PURGE, CT sauce,
which is poured over the whole toma-
toes, is mad BIZ cooking the small or
broken tomatoes until tender. The
seeds and skins are then removed ana
the pulp is concentrated by boiling it
to about the consistency of iketchup.
Place cleansed rubber rings and lids
on the jars, but do not seal tightly.
Put filed Jars on false bottom in a
water bath and boil (process) for 30
minutes, counting from the time the
hot-water bath begins to boil around
the jars again. This one boiling is
sufficient. AS each jar is taken from
the boiler, seal 1t tightly and when
cold test for leaks. Store in cpol, dark,
dry place. Test again the next day
for leaks and if any are found add
cleansed new rubber ring or top If
necessary and reboil. If steam.pres-
sure Gamer Is used process quarts for
ten minutes under eight pounds steam
pressure.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

CAN FOOD AND pREsER = TIE NATION
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS
ADVICE ON HOW TO CAN

pounds and nine ounces OF sugar to
one gallon of water. Pack in previous
ly boiled Jars. Honey or other sirups
can be used instead of sugar strip.
Partially seal jars. Boil (process)
qlart-size jars in water bath for 25
minutes. Seal alright, and when cold
test for leaks. Store in cool, dark,
dry place.-United States Department
of Agriculture.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
Unfit of Coyote.

The despised coyote has lived to see
the day when his pelt is sought in the
fur markets of the world as one CT
the prizes Of the trapper's pack. The
skin of the prairie wolf today brings
price up to $15, according to the
quotations in the fur buyers list. Up
till last year this fur was drug on
the market. Dawson News.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
MAKE GARDEN LAST ALL
WINTER.

Glass jars, rubber rings. and
hot water, and those berries,
fruits, and juicy vegetables will
furnish dishes and desserts all
winter.
Moist heat, absolute cleanli-
ness in handling the product to
be canned, willingness to work
for yourself and your country
are some of the necessary re-
quirements If you wish to keep
fruits and vegetables in good
condition for winter use.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
He Knew.

The Fat Customer want half @
dozen collars, please.
The Clerk-What size?
The f. C.-Thirteen and half.
The ClerkSurely you must take a
larger collar than that. What size
shirt do you wear?
The F. C.-Sixteen.
The Clerk-Then why do ven wish
such small collar?
The #. C.--Why, confound ye, I'm
buying them for my boyl
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
I Giving Wholly to Christ.

AS ] give myself wholly to Christ, I
find the power to take him wholly for
myself; and as lose myself and all l
have for him, he takes me wholly for
himself and gives himself wholly to
me. The Cleaner.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
CHERRIES

Cherries when canned whole should
be blanehed by dipping into boiling
water for 10 seconds. which prevents
splitting. For sour cherries, use
sirup made by boiling and strainlng
FIVE pounds and eight ounces of sugar
TO one gallon of water. For sweet
cherries. use a strip made Of three
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

erS or the mouse
may tremble, the
strong men bow
themselves, TIL e
grinders cease be-
cause they are
few, and those
that look out of
the windows be
darkened. But in
spite of all this,
"Paul the Aged"
III u s t rates the
blessedness which
may accompany a
Christian old age.
Doctor cuyler at
Fourscore.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
Gold brick purchasers are born Of
ten enough to keep the manufacturers
from going out of business.

New York is peeved over the use of
Grants tomb as q billboard.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
THE cANNER's MOTHER GOOSE

Sing a song Of canning
Wash boilers saving food.
Every loyal household
Doing all it could.
When the jars arc pr9cessed,
The food they will keep
VIII help to feed the nation
When tho snow Is deep.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
Growing
Old
BY REV. L. w. GOSNELL
Assistant Dean. Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago

TEXT-Paul the aged.-Philemon g.
Old age is dreaded by some. True,
the physical man may decay; the keep
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
AMERICAN WOMAN OFFERS
HAIR OF SELF AND HER
DAUGHTER TO THE u. S.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Out of the
many offers OF personal sacrifice
which reach the government, one
made known today attracted more
than usual attention.
1t was an offer to the war de-
partment by Mrs. Bridget Quinn of
Confer, Pa, to give her hair and
her little daughters hair for use in
the munition factories if the gov
ernment needed them.
Secretary Baker wrote Mrs.
Quinn a personal letter acknowledge
ing her patriotism, but saying such
sacrifice was not at all necessary.
Evidently, the woman had heard
of the use of women's hair for belt
ing on munitions machines in Ger
many,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
TERRY NJ GOVERN
PASSES IN DEATH
NOTED LITTLE PUGILIST
DIES IN HOSPITAL IN
NEW YORK.

New York, Feb. 22.-Tcrry Nc
Govern, former worlds feather
weight champion, died at the Kings
County Hospital this morning. He
had been i'll only two days.
Pneumonia and kidney trouble
trouble complicated with other all
ments brought on the boxers end
within 48 hours from the time he
was removed from his Brooklyn
home to the hospital. His wife was
with him when he died. They have
one son, Joseph, aged 10.
McGovern was reputed 10 have
earned several hundred thousand
dollars during his fighting career.
After his retirements from the ring
he conducted saloons at various
times and was frequently in i'll
health. lie was free Spender and
his fortune had so diminished a few
years ago that Samuel Harris, who
was his manager at the height Of
his boxing success, raised a fund on
McGovern's behalf. From this
money Mrs. McGovcrn has received
an income OF SIS a week.
McGoyern was born at Johns
town, Pa, March 9, 1880. His par
entS moved to Brooklyn a year la
ter and "Tery' was brought up in
the Gowanus district OF Brooklyn,
where he resided until his death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
Alabama Miners Still Out

birmingham, Ala, Feb. 22.-De-
spite pleas OF organizers and other
officials OF the district organization
OF the United Mine Workers of
America Tor resumption of work.
pending investigation by the fuel
administration into their claims that
the terms Of the Garfield agreement
are not being lived up to by ope9-
ators, miners on strike in the Birm-
ingham distrit have refused t. re-
turn to work until their complaints
have been considered by govern
ment officials. Government agents
are en- route to Birmingham TO ad-
just the differences. Three thousand
metal workers also are on strike in
the Birmingham district demanding
an eight-houl day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that
really stands out pre-eminent as
medicine for durable ailments of
the kidneys, liver and bladder.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands
the highest for the reason that it
has proven to be just the remedy
needed in thousands upon thou
sands upon thousands Of distress
ing cases. Swamp-Root, a physic-
ian's prescription for special dis
eases, makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect
is soon realized in most cases. 1t
is gentle, healing vegetable com
pound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at
all drug stores in bottles OF two
sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten
cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y, for a sample bottle.
When writing be sure and mention
The Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22

bill, but nothing was done in or
ganization work, because a state OF
war was declared April /. 1t is
greatly to be regretted that any part
OF the time or energy OF women
must be diverted from war work,
but the measure must not be al
lowed to go by default. President
Wilson himself has said that the
time has come to entrLnchise the
women OF this country. If we are
to keep pace with Great Britain,
Canada, France and Italy, we can
no longer delay this measure of
justice to one-half the people. Pres
ident Wilson has defined democ-
racy in very fine phrasing. He said
we shall fight for the things which
we hold nearest our hearts, for the
right of those who submit to au-
thority to have a voice in our own
government. That our soldiers have
recognized the fact that they are
fighting on the other side for this
democracy and that we have no
such a democracy at home, has been
shown by the returns from the sol
dier vote in New York, the returns
being three to one in favor of sui
frage at the November election"
Mrs. Shuler has a charming per
sonality, and is a worthy champion
OF a worthy cause. She is domes-
tic in her taste, and as she talked
so enthusiastically OF her work, a,
she sat in her room at the Whiting
ton Hotel, 4 note OF homesicknes,
crept into her voice. She lives il
New York City in a lovely apart
ment on Riverside Drive, with her
charming daughter, Marjorie, who
is a gifted writer, and whose clevel
little book, "For Rent-One Pedes
tai" dedicated to her mother, ha.
received much favorable comment
Mrs. Shuler is accompanied by Mrs
Frank Lucas. of Oklahoma City
chairman OF the state finance com
mittee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
GO NO FARTHER
The Evidence Is At Your Door.

The Evidence Is At Your Door.
Ardmore proof is what you want
and the statement OF this highly
respected resident will Danish all
doubt;
J. c. Lively, retired merchant, III
+ street, northwest, says: 81 was
troubled for several years with grav-
el. had constant pains through
my loins. ! passed large guam
tity OF stones, but them seemed to
accumulate Just as fast. The kidney
secretions deposited sediment. The
poins | suffered were so severe at
times to almost blind me. got
Doan's Kidney Pills from the Frame
Drug Co., and they gave me relief"
Statement given March y, 1900.
Always Reliable.
On March II, 1917, Mr.. Lively
said: "Doan's Kidney Pills are my
old standby. Whenever l have had
occasion to take kidney medicine,
| have used Doan's and they have
never failed to do me good"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Lively has twice publicly
recommended. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. (Adv.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22

should honor men like William
Howard Taft, and that no man
should ever have, or will receive,
the support of the Democratic par
ty who does not now put forth every
effort to strengthen the hands of
Woodrow Wilson.
At the conclusion of Attorney
General Freeling's address, Lieut..
Hector MacQuarrie, of the Royal
British Artillery, who will speak in
Convention Hall tonight at 8 o'clock
was presented TO the convention.
The delegations by congressional
districts met this morning and or
ganized. Each elected 4 chairman
and secretary, as follows:
First district-William Brewster
Pryor Creek, chairman; c. +. Gra-
ham, Bartlesville, secretary.
Second district-l. 8. Lucas, Che
cotah, chairman.
Third district-George D. Short
Idabel, chairman; d. Z. Welch
Antlers, secretary.
Fourth district. P. Henderson
Tecumseh, chairman; X. NJ. Whit
tlesy, Sapulpa, secretary.
Fifth district-Ed Butterheld, Ok.
lahoma City, chairman; w. l.
Farmer ,Pauls Valley, secretary.
Sixth district. B. Mcclellan
Duncan, chairman; c. ". Van Ea.
ton, Caddo, secretary.
Judge c. B. Stuart OF Oklahom;
City, delivered the principal address
this afternoon. William Durant o
Durant, and William S. Alexander
are in attendance. kilograms were
read from Judge J. B. A. Robert
son and William Murray. Address
es in behalf of the thrift stamI
campaign were made by G.. NJ
Barnes OF Muskogee, state director
and Chester X. Westfall, secretar,
of the state council Of defense.
The election of officers and tn
selection of the next place Of meet
ing will take up the afternoon an,
at the close of the convention tn
delegates and visitors will be takcr
for a drive over the city and the
to the barbecue at WhittingtoI
Park. This, with the address 0
Lieutenant MacQuarrie. at Con
vention Hall tonight, will conclud
the program.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
MARIETTA NEWS NOTES
{ (Ardmoreite Correspondence.)

(Ardmoreite Correspondence.)
Marietta, Okla, Feb. 22-L. B..
Cook OF Ardmore is in Marietta.
Mrs, Irma Goley of Dallas, Texas,
has accepted a position as milliner
with the Freeman Bros. Mercantile
Company.
Mrs, A. Paul Bailey is recovering
IRON an attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Aneta Jordan is visiting
friends in Ardmore.
Leonard d. Davenport is i'll Of the
grip.
Mrs. J. S. Reimann and daughter
are visiting in Ardmore.
Miss James, third grade teacher
at the Longfellow school, is i'll.
Mrs. f.. L. Nolen is ill.
Clint, son OF ]. NJ. Hughes, is i'll
of pneumonia.
Mrs Wylie Lynn and daughter
returned TO Ardmorc yesterday after
a weeks visit with her sister, Mrs
w. /. Frensley.
Miss Pauline Bailey is i'll of pneu-
monia.
While two OF the members of the
Red Cross were soliciting the sale,
OF The war savings and thrift stamp,
W cdnesday man by the name o.
Hair was approached. He told tn,
solicitors that this war stamp, Rec
Cross and government business wa,
nothing but a graft. That night on,
of the solicitors told her son abou
the affair. Yesterday Corp. Charlie
Liddell from Camp Bowie huntet
up Hair and, after administering
good whipping to him, the crow,
which collected hurried him to
store and told him obuy a IS wa
stamp. An American flag wa
pinned on his coat and he was in
structed that it would not be goo,
for him il he took it off. In tn
afternoon the citizens of Mariett,
showed their appreciation OF Lid
delIS action by presenting him witt
a wrist watch.
II. f. Woods and Ed Wilkersor
OF Durant are in Marietta inspect
ing the Southwestern Telephon
Company's toll lines from Over
brook to the Red River and fror
Marietta to Leon.
George Smart reports the sale q
a six-cyindcr Overland to Tom Bal
throp.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
FALLS
TO BRITISH ARMY
HISTORIC OLD TOWN IN
PALESTINE CAPTURED
BY AUSTRALIANS.
ONLY MISERABLE VILLAGE
Population Barely 800 and Place of
No Historic Value, but Gives the
English Guns Command of Val
ley of the Jordan.
BULLETIN.

London, Feb. p. - The British
have captured Jericho, in Palestine,
the war office reports.
The city was entered by Austria
iians troops yesterday.
Little opposition was encoun-
tered.
Subsequently, the Australians es-
tablished themselves on the line OF
the Jordan and the Wadi Auja.
Since the capture of Jerusalem,
the British have been pushing
ahead steadily, striking out to the
north and east. Official statements
from London in the last few days
have reported rapid progress, and
apparently the Turks have offered
no determined resistance.
Aside from lis historical impor-
tance in connection with the British
plan to free the holy land from
domination OF the Turks, the cap
ture OF Jericho is OF little signii-
cance. 1t consists merely of
group of squalid novels and few
shops with about 300 inhabitants.
Its chief strategic value lies in
the fact that it gives the British
domination of the valley OF the Jor-
dan and also control of a network
OF highways radiat.ug from the
town. A further advance eastward
Of Is miles, however, would take
IT, British to the railway from Da-
mascus to Mecca, which would cut
off the Turks line OF communica-
tion with Arabia and greatly assist
the revolving Arab tribes, which are
cooperating with the British.
Jericho is near the northern eX-
tremity OF the Doal Sea, IA miles
northeast of Jerusalem.
The ancient Jericho, which was
situated to the west OF the modern
Jericho, was town OF considerable
size. 1t was the first Canaanite city
to be reduced by the Israelites who,
the Biblical story relates, encom-
passed its destruction by the blow
ing Of trumpets. The details may
be read in the Bible in Joshua VI;
First Kings XVI:54. II appears
afterward to have been the seat OF
a group of prophets, as recorded in
Second Kings ll:4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
APPEAL FOR AID FOR
WORTHY FAMILY

Mrs. Julius Kahn, president OF the
Benevolent Association, is appeal
ing to the people of Ardmore to as
siet her in the care Of worthy fam
ily which is in unusually distress
ing circumstances. The father and
mother are tubcrcular and it is
thought have only a short time to
live. They have baby boy, 2 IL
years old, who is in the Sunshine
war at the Hardy Sanitarium. He
has had measles and other compli-
cations, but is now improving. He
is beautiful child and one that
would touch the hearts of all par
entS.
This is case that should bring
ready response in proportion to the
worthiness OF the case, and one
who will help is asked to communi-
cate at once with Mrs. Kahn.
Read it in The Daily Ardmoreite first.