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The Wahpeton times., 1918-07-11
Air Raids Cause Tickling.

Two men in garden who had
watched the air raid unmOved, heard,
when danger was over, window
sharply banged behind them. The eld-
er leaped four feet into the air, the
other sneezed for ten minutes, and
nearly frightened three people out of
an upper window.
A lady who had the sweetest of
voices marshaled her maids, and bade
them keep perfectly cool. and talk
quietly-all this in piercing shrieks.
But an original man, who skipped
for safety, explained: II. knew the
moment had come to leave, for l felt
a queer internal tickl!ng-like a nest
of skylarks beneath the Diaphragm
London Chronicle.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-07-11
PUBLICITY AND CRITICISM.

! Congress shall make no law .
abridging the freedom Of speech or Of
the PRESS" so reads q clause in our
Constitution.
This is wise provision. The citi-
Gems of democracy should at all
times know Of and be able to criticise
the management of their affairs. In
vestigation and criticism in the pres
ent war have been of great benefit
in Fastening our preparation by point
ing out errors that have been made.
There is no doubt whatever thot the
great safeguards in the conduct Of the
war are almost unlimited publicity and
the right Of criticism.
We are told that constructive crit
1cism is always welcome, but who is
to decide what is constructive? Why
not criticism without the adjective?
Most citizens believe that Universal
Military Training as a corrective of
our unpreparedness would have been
constructive, and yet 1t was not adopt
"a. Who can tell, If it had been ac-
copied when first proposed, what the
result would have been on this war!,
Il we had had more publicity upon
the production of aeroplanes, shipping
and ordnance, the suggestions of think
ing men would unquestionably have
stimulated the rapidity with which
these articles were being produced,
and the delays that have occurred
might have been avoided.
There are things the Government
cannot make public, and these the peo-
pie do not ask to know. But in the
main full information concerning the
progress of preparation can safely be
given to the people. 1t is he peoples
war; it is war supported by the peo-
pie, financially and physically, and
suggestions by them should be sought
and considered.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-07-11
FOOLISH FEARS OF BACILLI
Quite Possible to Have Too Lively N
Imagination, and Thus Shorten
Ones Lite.

1t Is impossible for a person of imag.
tnative Temperament, to read without
Q trelnor the pfOnOuncement of the
medicine men that door knobs and the
like are teeming with bacterial life
and dripping with microbes.
AS the mind fills in the details Of
the picture, the horrors multiply. To
board a street car becomes an opera.
don fraught with extreme peril, for
the hand that grasps the handle clasps
handful of germs Consequently
Mr.. Imagination walks to work, and,
arriving late, seizes the knob of his
ONCE door only to let 60 appalled, with
the thought that the bacilli upon its
shining surface are more numerous
than the inhabitants of the globe.
Braving the dangers that lurk in
the lunch hour, he approaches the pol
.tshed brass handle Of the restaurant
door with shudder as he pictures II
swarming with enemies. like q hive
with bees. In the spies Of the invis.
ible empire Of disease that dog his
steps. poison his peace Of mind. and
scare him stiff.
Pretty soon he takes to his bed, and
after while he finds in a nice, anti.
septic cemetery an opening for which
hs is fitted. But Mr.. Night Hawk, the
policeman, who tries the door knob Of
every store on his beat at least once
Night, and who doesn't know q mi.
cr0be from a bathrobe, lives to ripe
old age.
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DRAWING WEALTH FROM SEA
Waters Around Australia and Ameri.
ca Abound In Material Always In
Commercial Demand.

The natural resources Of Queens.
land (Australia) exist in the sea a.
well as upon the land. The great reef
which skirts its northern seaboard 10
the home Of the commercial sponge,
The trocus, shellfish, beche de mer and
other things which more systematic
sr scientific search might reveal. So
far the growth of sponge has not
been exploited, but trocus shell to the
value Of $4,000 (roughly, $150,000)
has been exported to Japan from
North Queensland.
The luggers fish constantly and
e6ectually. What is required is ny
greater drst-hand knowledge Of the
resources Of the Barrier and its en-
virons; (2) more stringent enforce
uent Of the licensing laws; (3) the
necessity for close season in vari-
ous sectors Of the waters. and, last
ly, the Introduction Of scientific meth.
ods for development and control.
1t is interesting to note in connec-
ion with this last proposal that In
Florida . sponge farm has been sue
cessfully inaugurated and sponges to
the value Of 10000 approximately
Qeo.0o0) are about to bs put On the
market an exchange observes. The
Nv was made clear for this achieve
nant b the American bureau e dGh-
efaee, a. Institution WhisA - doing, II
eo0o10et1oa with the Ansfiean bureau
e( standards. monumental reseaseA
~ American indnstry. The spooses
aro ooDay9ted into tenths anl ooeuFod
10 Dlel1u0D wire 10 small s3ahs q G.
ssenk wAA ass 'pasnted" Ia . yaa1
- elleelals ~ - sellple1e s5ls
- n ~
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Birds' Shower Bath.

Nature first provided shower baths
for the birds. and man unintentionally
later added another variety Of shower
for "the little brothers Of the air." Ma
ture's gift is the dew. Early In the
morning. when twigs. leaves and grass
are dripping with the rainbow-drops,
the birds dart back and forth, under
and above and all around them, caus-
ing the dew to drop on their feathers.
Then they poise in secure limb and
fluff and preen their feathers, all the
time singing or chirping in content
ment. Mans gift is the hose. When
the water is playing over the garden.
the birds delight to hop around where
the spray will fall upon them, or
among the drenched plants which drip
cool refreshment upon the songsters.
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Little do people know about our ~
i've mice and their allies, as they are
mainly nocturnal In their habits, aDA
were Il not for the discovery Of their
ruins In the leaf mold, their nests IN
the fields and the annoyance that they
sometimes cause their existence woull
hardly be suspected. says ". L Dss-
croft in the Boy ts"ldaIa1ine. The
owl and the fox could tell us much
about the prevalence and the ways oe
these little folk. As I have lived for .
number Of years in close proximity to
the woods. have had my share Of
mice about the premises. have
caught the white footed or deer mouse
the jumping mouse, the red-backed
mouse and that measly little foreigner,
the common house mouse, and, as IL
that were not enough, there are two or
three species of shrew-mice and moles.
Once / had occasion to clean away
rubbish that had collected in a corner
near bags Of grain. AS picked up an
old shoe something in 1t ratified.
turned it upside down and a handful
OF grain fell out. A pickle bottle was
half full of corn. From roll of roof
ing paper quantity Of grain rolled
out, and here and there I found little
heaps of corn and wheat. White-footed
mice had supplied themselves we'll at
my expense, but only the mice them
selves could tell what they had carried
of to parts unknown. I hastened to
the store and purchased two small
mouse traps. Mice are innocent and
unsuspici0us little creatures. In q
short time peace and quiet reigned
over my grain bags.
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Stand While rxpewritlna.

Officials in the French army do not
believe that the most efficient service
is obtained from members of the mill
tary clerical force when the latter sit
at their desks practically all day with
out interruption, according to the Pop
ular Mechanics magazine. Thus the
French government has installed, for
the use Of army clerks. typewriter
stands so made that each machine is
alternately raised and lowered each
half hour. The innovation is reported
to have proved very beneficial.
No Desire For Conquest.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-07-11
Miners Support Garfield.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 81. - The
United Mine Workers Of America, in
biennial convention. here, pledged to
pr. II. 4. Garfield, federal fuel admin.
sstrator. unqualified support and CO
operation in his great task" The un.
ion miners also pledged to hin the
epxip1n pres.etiea q eesl Dsesibls
= u 1sst - aader 49, yhrieSissisn.
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lIlC 1cEluduS WIN
[ shall become an
immediate convert
to their Kultur,
arguing that since
t h ey had won
against such fear
full odds. and
with practically
the whole world
lined up against
them, their theory
OF life and con-
d uct must be
right and ours
wrong"
The in cident {
~ n n0A Ank ~
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8 KILLED IN RIOT IN SPAIN
Disorders Occur at Chief Seaport 81
Valencia.

Madrid, Jan. -. Disorders have
occurred at Alicante, the chief sea
port of Valencia. They are reported
in an Official telegram from Alicante,
which says . mob forced the facto.
ries to cease work and attacked shops
and private houses. Women of the
middle class were compelled by tie
demonstrators to join them.
The civil guard fired on the rioters
killing three persons and seriously
wounding four others.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-07-11

Utpo0e1or tNeoPVotA
TIE Dispenssry Intssn-TAaFe. 3ano
teespeenful Of tAls dAveesly aloQ
sseA lll snd yss'N elsp fsa ~ loel
- Nsss-De - - ~ - 49,
0oD1o Q vooh V01o G6oGbt
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Unconscious Backing W.
'The author yea seem 70 b 20 1eod
Of. Maria, murders tie hnGs DAe.
ljsh."
How can you say -. p? tAink
his style 10 perfectly ktllinG."-&
change.
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|RREC0NCILABLE!
BY GERTRUDE ArHERToN.
Author Of 1.-THE californians," "The
Conqueror," 1.-THE Bell in
<ha Ear E$e

A few days ago an American whose
loyalty has been undertaking from the
beginning of the war said to me: IF
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-11-28
RUBBING 1T IN ON UMPIRE
How Fiendish Fan Led Autocrat Of the
Diamond to Assist at His
Own Discontinue.

Gus Axelson, veteran Chicago base
ball scribe, tells this one:
I'm the National league there was
an umpire named Harrison. He was
having a rotten day of it at the Cubs
park and, while standing back of third
base, heard fan cry, Hey, jumps, re-
member Youngstown
Harrison, who comes from Youngs-
town, was tickled to hear at least one
friendly voice, and waved to the fan,
nodding that he did remember the dear
old town.
Remember the old Todd houser
cried the fan.
"With a grin on his face, Harrison
shouted, Sure do
"'Wasn't it rotten?' cried the fan.
at sure was rejoined Harrison,
who was dumfounded when the fan
fairly rOared:
"'Well, you're worse?"
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trimmed
building
smiled
offered daha
would
ha the wife and feel about poses We cut them give
flower had to
change
The Divine Father
thoughtful needs when he declared that the Sabbath made for
mans and not Sabbath"
passerby
who
saying:
The was for
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-11-28

The story of the veIl-If II is con-
fined to the fashionable veil--is rather
brief at present, because only small
face wells occupy the attention of the
big majority of women. OF this par
ticular kind of veil there are, however,
many varieties which are worth the
attention of women who appreciate
how much a veil can do for the com
plexion-and the face. Besides, there
are the small, floating wells which are
worn with so much grace and prove
so alluring on women who know how
to "carry them Off" and the wells for
motoring. In addition to these one
must not overlook some pleasing nov
elites that are occasionally seen. on
younger women and girls who like odd
and striking things.
Nearly all the small, close-fitting
face wells are made of flne-very fine
threads in large mesh ground with
embroidered floral sprays straying
over them. Or they may be splashed
with widely detached motifs or fin
lshed with dots All these decorative
touches appear in borders as well as in
patterns that trail over the mesh or
dot Il. There are also wells of heavier
threads and I'm both the fine and heavy
threads there are small-mesh varieties.
It would be impossible and unnecessary
to describe all of them. The thing
10 remember Is that one should expert
ment before buying and try on differ
ent wells as we do hats, in order to
select the becoming pattern. Black
and taupe are the most popular colors,
but there are others.
Among wells that have found favor
there is a novelty that combines the
mesh veil with plain chiffon so that
one vel answers two purposes. In a
moderately long veil Of chiffon a
square of silk mesh is set, so that the
| face may be covered with either and
the chiffon ends left floating. 1t Is
very attractive. A very soft veil'with
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-11-28

a coarse mesh, having Dorder woven
with figures in a finer mesh, is shown,
with n plain chiffon veil, in the Illus
tration. An extreme and novel veil
has had following among young
people. 1t consists of an oblong of a
large, square-meshed veil bordered
with chiffon and hangs straight from
the front of the turban to the waist
line while a longer veil of plain chif-
fon hangs from the back. There is q
border of chenille dots in graduated
sizes set across the lower edge of the
mesh veil. Long scarfs of malines at
tached to small hats and turbans, to
be wrapped about the face and neck,
were among the alluring things that
came in with late summer and are
pretty enough to survive the passing
Of season. They were In any Of
the colors used for hats and ought at
least to reappear on the between
seasons hats that will soon be with us.
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HOW TO FIGHT
SPANISH INFLUENZA
BY DIR. L. w. BOWERS.

Avoid crowds, coughs and towards,
but fear neither germs nor Germans
Keep the system In good order, take
plenty of exercise In the fresh air and
practice cleanliness. Remember clean
mouth, clean skin. and clean bowels
To keep the liver and bowels regular
and to carry away the poisons within,
II is best to take a vegetable pill every
other day, made up of May-apple, aloes,
jalap, and sugar-coated, to be had az
most drug stores, known as DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. If there Is a sudden
onset OF what appears like a hard cold,
one should go to bed, wrap warm, take
hot mustard foot-bath and drink copl-
ously of hot lemonade. If pain develops
In head or back, ask the druggist for
Anuric (anti-uric) tablets. These will
flush the bladder and kidneys and carry
off poisonous germs. To control the
pains and aches take one Anuric tablet
every two hours, with frequent drinks
of lemonade. The pneumonia appears
in most treacherous way, when the
Influenza victim is apparently recover
ing and anxious to leave his bed. In re-
covering from bad attack of influenza
or pneumonia the system should be
built up with good herbal tonic, such
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical DlscOv-
cry, made without alcohol from the
roots and banks Of American forest
trees, or his Irontic (iron tonic) tablets,
which can be obtained at most drug
stores, or send 10c. to DR.. Pierce's Inva-
lids Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial
package.
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combInatlon sweater Blouse.

An extremely serviceable and jaunty
garment is the new combination
sweater blouse, devised by some one
who wanted to conserve wool without
giving up the good points of the sweat
er. A blouse of some gay striped silk
is first made according to a pattern
that opens down the front with fronts
that fold back and join In wide
sailor collar. But the sailor collar Is
not made of the silk. Instead ii Is
made of some color wool that goes
well with the stripes In the silk, as
are also wide cuffs for the sleeves and
a foOtwlde hip section that forms a
tight-fittlng peplum for the blouse. To
put 1t on 1t is simply pulled on over
the head. 1t is charming little thing
TO wear with the walking suit skirt
and the wool is placed just where the
additional warmth under the suit coat
might be most welcome on frosty
mornings.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-11-28

Under the stress of war even moth
ers of nursing babies have had to go
to work in munltlon plants and other
places in France, and probably the
same thing less true In England, and
even In our own country. 1t Is said
that during the first months OF the
war In France babies died at an alarm
ing rate. This tended to destroy the
morale of the civil population, which
Is so essential as an inspiration to the
lighting men, and it also robbed
France of needed future citizens.
The French government had already
before the war taken steps to conserve
its infants, but did not take up the
matter of infant welfare extensively
until the war came and the infant
death rate suddenly and rapidly In
creased. To make up for the lack of
home care, nurseries were established
where scientific treatment could be
given to babies and where the mothers
could go at intervals during the day
to nurse their babies, thus eliminating
the risk Of artificial feeding. The
babies are cared for day and night,
kept warm and clean, provided with
fresh air and made generally COM
Portable. Mothers can nurse them
during the night If the child's welfare
requires ii. This has worked out to
the advantage of babies and mothers
in wartime, and will be continued
doubtless In one community. where
the mayor of a town was also a doc
tor, the death rate for babies was re-
duced to zero for ten years-there is
no equally good record anywhere.
1t is natural that the welfare OF
children should be the care of women
everywhere, and every community
ought to make an effort-as COM
munity-tO establish a place where
mothers who must leave their chill
dren during working hours can be
helped out, and young and inexperi-
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enced mothers directed and advised
as to the feeding and care required by
their infants. When the time comes
for a discontinuance of work for sol
diers and their families, women who
have given so much time and attention
to this war work might use their or
CARNATIONS to help along the human
welfare movement, and more especial
ly the infant welfare work.
The war has left many orphans and
half-orphans in France and Belgium.
A contribution Of about three dollars
month will support one of these chill
dren, and this is another charity that
merits the consideration of women
womens clubs and business organiza-
tons. The amount Is so small that ii
will not be felt at all when divided up
among the members of even a small
club
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Panels Are Looped.

The panel has never been more EVIL
dent. 1t appears in a thousand effects.
In gray satin 1t is developed in n
looped parel at the back, made Of the
satin and falling in frozt in an apron
panel made of fine net banded across
the bottom with gray fur half foot
deep. OF course the foundation skirt
OF this particular dress is as narrow IS
II can be, and because one must be
able to take steps while wearing 1t the
two pieces Mt the bottom of the skirt
are crossed In the back, separating as
one moves. Paris sends over a num-
Der Of these cross-draped skirts, de-
signed evidently to give the extreme
narrow lines on which approval has
been placed.
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kind of food, no matter how good, loses
its charm II 1t appears too often.
Here Is true demonstration of "fa-
miliarity breeds contempt"
When beans are baked 1t seems a
better economy TO bake with the bean
pot well filed than a small dish, as
both will bake In about the same time.
Beans may be set away in cool wealth
er or near ice and kept for week in
good condition, then their geappeaEing
will be welcome.
A good-siZed cabbage may be dlvid-
ed, shredded. and served as coldslaw
one day, then the third or fourth day
another portion may be cooked and
seasoned with salt, sweet fat and
milk; then II there is any left it may
be chopped and added to potato or to-
mato or other vegetable as salad.
In these days, when 1t is a crime
to waste any food that may be eaten,
one may substitute corn oil for olive
oil, thus saving quite an amount II
oil Is used freely.
Instead Of using the bread for toast
when ii is slightly stale. try steaming
Ii and serve IL well buttered and a
nicely seasoned dish of stewed toma-
toes poured over it. A few slices Of
bread buttered and placed In a baking
dish and custard, using an egg to
a cupful of milk, salt and cayenne
pepper to taste, poured over 1t, half
cupful Of grated cheese, sprinkled over
and baked until the custard is set,
make good hot supper dish and Is
wholesome as well as economical.
When a cupful of leftover meat of
any kind Is at hand, add it to two cup
fuls of cooked macaroni, a white or
brown sauce and seasoning of onion,
salt and pepper. Baked until thorough
ly hot, 1t is a dish that will be sus-
tanning enough for main dish.
Small bits of leftover pastry may be
rolled into tart or turnover pies, thus
having n variety of filling If small por-
tons Of jelly. jam or fruit are wait
ing to be saved.
When making spice cake or molasses
cookies use the cupful of cold coffee
left from breakfast. for the liquid, saw
ing milk for other foods.
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surely proved to be. feel better and
stronger in every way since taking il,
and the annoying symptoms have disap-
peared. - Mrs. M. Golden, 925 Ma
poleon St., Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms as heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
ache, irritability and "the blues" may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by tEis
famous root and herb remedy Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how to
overcome them. The result of forty
years experience is at your service and
your letter held in strict confidence.
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ID. q. Advice and books free.
Rates reasonable. Highest references Bestservlces.
Relieved the Tension.

A little boy at school saw his teacher
faint and fall. In the confusion 1t was
impossible to keep SO many heads cool,
and the little ones flocked round the
PROSTATE lady and her sympathetic col
leagues. But this small boy kept both
his color and his GOODNESS.
Standing on bench and raising his
hand, he exclaimed: "Please, teach
er, can / run and fetch father? He
makes collins. The peal of laughter
which greeted this unconscious humor
reused the teacher from her short
trance, and nobody enjoyed the young
ster's saying more than she did when
the circumstances were explained to
her afterward.
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a thOusanddolar
kindness you In
hundeddoar bond don't
contradiction the aged coored opened hand that held
o. a thouanddOlar bond.
lOused his hands
pride fell like
Liberty
patriotism.
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would be given ashore the academy the third being spent at doing
all other enlisted mid
hpm then the naval academy for two prior to grad
which suggestion best
should be
the officer, but enlisted
believed would practical knowledge which
would the officer the viewpoint the enlisted which he could
beginning
They should position by
officials mind
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thing
ITO think that should
outl Life
curious had travel continent the life
Of he prune
"when
hppopoamus
thngs--and "a
"Prune-the OF the Plum
a before youT