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The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Fitness for Amy Flying
Sen.e Of qullbnm One Of the Most Important 1e's'
Applicant Must Pass

The physical candidates for the aviation branch Oh
important tests has that his equilibrium How
described by Cha Small of Chicago the Journa
of the American Medical Association.
Barany called after the DIS
ooversr organs equbraon. This swing with footres
long be whied around and catch by which
can stopped with the examiners foot The mans eyes are
closed and his about thirty degrees The chair is then
the right revolutions twenty seconds and suddenly
stopped The applicant told to open his and look front
object If he be normal his will make jery move
ments the left for about twenty-five seconds.
The test repeated the chair whring to the lef which will
produce eye-jerks to the right
The examiner stands the still bndfoded candidate tells
right directly in front of him and with his lore
the Then he told to raise his arm
exactly the spot This repeated
The chair around ten times In ten seconds
the touches the candidates torehnger
as before and repeat raising and lowering the hand
he will touch the finger but will past point several
inches to the right test repeated the left and the normal
"past points" to the left ~
Those experiments the normay the horizontal canals That
for the perpendicular follows The candidate bends forward at an
angle of 30 degrees still nddd his head resting his fists
held on his rotated the right ten times in ten
ond The stopped the told to sit upright normal
he will fall toward right The test then made by the
left, when he will fall to the left.
This method testing the of equilibrium has superseded all
others because it is the most exact.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Ne..< Mexj~,t4Q
Farmers Would Save Quail
to War on the Boil Weevil

When a Georgia farmer found the
crop Of quail that he had killed on
his farm loaded with boil weeyils he
Immediately conferred with county au-
thorities to ascertain If he could keep
hunters. off his land, which Is not
fenced. He was very much disappofnt-
ed when informed that he could not do
80. ~ ~
1t Is stated on good authority that
in farms in this part Of the county
where the quail and other insect-de-
stroying birds have been protected the
boil weevil Is but seldom seen, while
on adjoining farms, where the public is
permitted to hunt, cotton crops have
been practically devastated by them.
A concerted movement is now on
foot among the farmers to conserve the
quail in an effort to combat the boil
weevil. The matter will In all prob
ability be brought to the attention of
the legislature when Il meets this sum
mer. with the idea Of having more
stringent .xws passed for the pzotec-
ticn of insect-destroying birds.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Says Hunting Dogs and
Common Ours Possess War
Service Qualifications

'French war dogs are not the only
ones that could be taught to do great
service in the world struggle" re-
marked III. r. Turner, a Kentuckian,
discussing the marvellous feats per.
formed by some of the dogs on the
battlefelds of France.
'The dog of America commonly
called a cur has instinct for such SER
vice. Some patriotic women in the
West have undertaken to train dogs
for Red Cross work, and they have
found that the cur dog is possessed
of all the natural qualifications for
war service. But, in my judgment,
the Kentucky hunting dog is better
adapted for this work than any other
because of his wonderful instincts. A
few years ago sportsman of Iowa
had a hunting dog bred in Kentucky.
1t was an unusually fine dog and dur
ing the racing season in Kentucky he
sent his dog back to Kentucky to take
part in the fox chasing. After the
sport was over the friends to whom
the animal had been sent lost him.
They were much perturbed, because
they had promised they would see
that the dog was sent safe back home
to Iowa. After many days Of search.
ing, however, they sent word to the
owner that the animal had disap.
peared. Sixty days afterward they
were Informed that the dog had re-
turned to his home in Iowa."
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Talking Photop|ays Next; q
Eliminates the Phonogfaph !
and UtiIizes Film Recoro

Numerous attempts have Seen faade
to link the phonograph with the tfo-
jector and give speech to the silent
drama. Inability to obtain perfect
synchronism of sound and motion has
been only one of the bugaboos en-
countered. The limited capacity Of
talking-machine jrecords, the difficulty
Of simplifying the sound sufficiently
for theater purposes without increas-
ing the foreign noises to an objection
able degree, and the impossibflity Of
cutting or mentling a film without de:
stroying the usefulness Of the sound
record have been other Of the bewild-
ering enigmas. Their solution has
finally been undertaken In q new way
and highly promising results attained.
The newest system Of talking cine
matography eliminates the phonogr.ph
and utilizes film record that Is pro-
duced by Photographic and rendered
by magnetic, instead of mechanical.
means. This enables the so9nd and
the picture records to be Of correspond
ing lengths and synchronoaA The
method is described I'm the 0kxA ~
ulAr Nechani1 AaRaxin4
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Girls Needed on the French
Farms, Asserts War Worker

One of the objects of Miss Anne Nor
gan's recent return to America from
France, where she has been aiding in
restoring communities devastated by
German invaders, is to obtain for
France a large number Of girls I'd work
on farms.
II would like it to be known to
American girls on farms that we need
them in France more than all other
girls" Miss Morgan said.
"We don't want theorists but would
like to get women from the West
women who have worked on the farm
and don't mind doing field work."
Miss Morgan, sister of J. p. Morgan
and treasurer Of the American Fund
for French Wounded, said she and her
associates In France. American women,
had placed $500 acres under cultiva.
ton and had established dairy with
soldiers to milk the cows.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms OF
taking opium. Some people, for ex.
ample, the Turks, eat it; others, like
the Chinese, smoke 1t, while the inhab-
itants Of more civilized countries usual
ly drink 1t as laudanum. The drug is
obtained from the unripe fruit Of the
common white poppy. Incisions are
made In the heads Of this plant, from
which a creamy juice exudes, harden
ing on Its exposure to the air. This
is scraped of and made up into small
cakes, in which form it is sold. The
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
duces himself to an indescribably
wretched state of mind and body, and
very seldom lives to be forty If the
practice hat. been acquired ut an early
ccriod in EsA
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Vast Amount of CordWood
Is Burned in Cook Stoves
and Friendly Fireplaces

Whenever a man builds suburban
nome these days-and, happily
enough, the number is relatively vast
"a fairly large proportion OF the
plans contain q provision for an open
hearth In which wood may be burned.
These represent. observes a writer IN
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the pleasant
memories of many of the builders OF
their boyho0d days when a cracking,
aromatic wood fire lighted and warmed
the living rooms Of their homes.
More often, though, it stands for the
fascination of such a fire. CHILDREN
of the city dearly delight in making
and watching bonfires, and when they
are afforded the joys Of camping fairly
revel in the blazing twigs and branch
es beneath the kettle. When they
leave the citys heart for Its fringes
the thought of an open hearth as
concomitant to the freer life they ex-
pect to lead always presents itself.
Hence the surprisingly large de-
mand for cordwood. It Is of interest
to state that in the United States last
year, despite the increased production
of coal, there we're consumed $780,
600 cords of wood, the value Of which
exceeded 1925, 100000. 1t was the sew
enth crop In monetary value in 1917.
Ahead Of it were corn, wheat, oats,
potatoes, hay and cotton. Much of
this, indeed the greatest part of 1t,
was burned on farms. the average
consumption on each Ohio rural hold
ing being 13 cords, valued at So a
cord. Texas leads in wood consump-
tion; Michigan is next, then Ohio, and
fourth Is New York. In each of these
four leaders the value Of the wood Is
over $1OO0O,OOO.
Experts in these matters say that
there is no better way Of ventilating
an apartment than through the
means of a hearth or crate, SO that
there is double blessing conferred
as one sits in his easy chair and
watches the ever-changing pictures
that. attend a reverie before blaz'
ing log fire.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
The Presidents Cabinet.

President Wilson's cabinet consists
Of Robert Lansing Of New York, Sec
retary of state; William G. McAdoo OF
New York, secretary Of the treasury
Newton D. Baker of Ohio, secretary of
war; Thomas w. Gregory Of Texas,
attorney general; Albert 8. Burleson of
Texas, postmaster general; Josephus
Daniels of North Carolina, secretary of
the navy; Franklin K. Lane Of CALI
fornia. secretary of the interior; David
f. Houston of Missouri, secretary Of
agriculture; william c. Redfield of
New York, secretary of comperce
william b. Wilson Of Pennsylvania,
secretary of labor.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Special Nicotine Tobacco
Grown for Other Purposes
Than Chewing and Smoking

While half the trades seem to be
busy, to judge by advertisements.
producing coffeeless coffee, tanninless
tea, and tobacco without nicotine, it
does seem a bit incredulous to learn
of seedsmen offering seeds guaranteed
TO produce tobacco with from thee to
ten times as much nicotine centent as
is found in ordinary smoking and
chewing grades, observes writer In
the New York Times. OF course.
that is no evidence that the time-hon-
ored belief that nicotine harms hui
mans has been discarded, for in the
same seed catalogues one finds tobacco
seeds commended to the planter be-
cause they will produce leaf with the
minimum of the supposed poison. Doc
tors still tell US to smoke mid to-
baccos, and the cigarette with It's claim
that it's makeup carries little nicotine
continues to grow in popularity.
But there are not few uses for
tobacco other than smoking, chewing.
and snuffing, and nearly oil OF these
demand q weed that has lots Of poison
IN T.. Uuy "SAOS.~~ ~
pounds every year to burn in smolder-
ing piles in their greenhouses to kill
insects and eradicate the tiny moths
that lay eggs that produce plant de-
stroyers. And it is the nicotine in the
smoke that kills the pests. .
Nicotine is about the most efacacious
remedy when garden plants are at
tackled by sucking insects. 1hese de-
stroyers cannot be harmed BY eating
foliage and stems with paris green and
arsenic of lead, for they have long.
sharp beaks; some carry probos-
cises proportionately as long as
an elephants, and these they drive
into leaf and blossom stems and suck
out the vital juices. Only contact
poison will kill them, and nicotine does
it most surely. A green or pink or
white plant louse, busily sucking the
life out of a plant, turns brown. the
instant nicotine touches his body
stiffens> his legs, draws out his beak'
and drops dead.
Tobacco solutions that carry 80 per
cent of nicotine sell for $1.5e a pint
hence the ambition to grow tobacco
rich In the deadly essence.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Declares United States
Can Independently Produce
Own Chemicals After War

That the United States can inde-
pendently pr ,duce it's own chemical
necessities after the war Is predicted
by Prof. D. D. Jackson of the Colum-
bia university department of chemical
engineering. He says that ut present
the country is manufacturing dyes
equal in amount to normal consump-
ton, and that the number of colors
produced is constantly increasing.
"With proper legislation" states
Professor Jackson, 1--WE can manufac.
ture on q competitive basis practical
ly every chemical product which we
now import. Cheap labor Is not a fac
tor of Importance. The tremendous
advantage which Germany had ut the
beginning of the war has taken more
than three years to counteract, and the
result has been an awakening in other
countries to the necessity Of further
ing the chemical and metallurgical In
dustries in every possible way. The
Germans have for many years realized
the grave necessity Of furthering the
work of the chemist and the chemi'
cal engineer for warfare as well as
for the necessities of industry In
times of peace. They knew that by
developing their enormous color estab'
lishments they were producing fac.
tories which could readily be changed
over to explosive works in times OF
war. They realized that the indus
tries for the fixation Of nitrogen used
in fertilizers In time of peace also
could be used for production Of enor'
nous quantities Of picric acid and tri'
| nitrotOluOl in wartime"
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

Egg production is largely a question
of. breeding, according to Harold n.
Amos, superintendent of the Kansas
State Agricultural college poultry
farm. Eggs from winter layers should
be selected for Matching purposes.
Under natural conditions no eggs
were laid in the winter months. -Arti-
fetal methods have been resorted to
until by proper selection and manage
ment a large number of eggs can be
had during the coldest months of the
year.
Feeding and care have a great deal
to do with winter egg production. OF
greater Importance, however, is selec-
ton and breeding. 1t has been deter
mined by careful observation that, gen.
orally speaking. the hens that make
the best records. during the fall and
winter months are the best all year
layers.
All hens will lay fairly we'll in
March, April and May. The poor lay
ers seldom, if ever, lay in those months
when prices are the highest. They are
not economical producers and should
not be kept as breeding stock.
Where possible breeding pens should
be maintained during the patching
season. All poor layers, undeveloped
pullets, and otherwise imperfect birds
should be discarded prior to the breed
ing season If satisfactory results are
to be expected.
Early hatched chicks are the most
profitable both for meat and for egg
production. They are the most easily
raised because while they are young
they are not subjected to the cloudy,
rainy weather which comes later in
the spring. They are usually more
vigorous. Later chicks have higher
rate of mortality due to the extremely
hot weather and the presence Of a
greater number of parasites.
General purpose breeds should be
hatched not late- than the last of April
If the pullets are to be developed for
egg production the following fall and
winter. The young cOckerels can be
disposed Of as broilers ut much better
prices than those of later matches.
With strictly egg breeds, it Is not
advisable to hatch before the middle Of
March. as they will often begin to lay
early and go into molt about the first
Of January.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
internal Revenue Collected.

During the fiscal year ending June
50, 1917, the total amount Of internal
revenue collected was $40, ,712,412
The smallest amount collected in any
state was $4,000 in Nevada, and the
largest was $61, ,SS1. 1886 in New York
OF the states that paid over SO. .O00, ,O0O
each were; California, $13, ,75S,375
Delaware, $11, 1,781, ,3OS; Illinois, $62,-
113711; Indiana, $50, ,1OS, ,519; Ken
tucky, $45,471,967: Louisiana, $11,-
81, 7,445; Maryland. SIC, Mis-
souri, $15,2OO,577: New Jersey, $13,-
01O,549; New York, $81, ,SS1, 1886; North
Carolina, a., 9,1142S3; Ohio, $3O,4 ,4O2,-
-735; Pennsylvania, $41, ,304, ,249;; Wis
.eonsn, $1x3z500l -
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
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HER HEAVEN.

Is shall 30 young again-and pretty
%f anoaHeh /
70 make the saints smile at mo as pass
With aspift white feet across the heaven
" grass.
( shall be gay and careless. and my heart
Forever nike some hidden bird, shall sing
Of some approaching and most lovely
@.I thing.
Surely, a thought absurd, unorthodox.
, TO enter through an office door. or come
Grotesuueay as the subway crowds rusn
,. home.
There is a mirror in my lodging house
Stained here and there with lines ike
sfanting rain,
That shows a woman neat and tired and
!, plain.
But IN that mirror that no other sees
I watch sometimes the girl in PARADISE
Pretty-and young-with laughter In her
r. eyes.
-Theodosia Garrison in Everybody's.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Girl Is Deputy U. S. Marshal.

Colorado, the banner suffrage state.
which has hopored its mothers, wives
and daughters for years past with po-
sitions Of trust and responsibility In
addition to giving them the ballot, now
claims the distinction of having the
first woman deputy United States mar
shall. She IL Miss Lola Anderson, TWEEN
ty-flve years old, who took the oath oe
ofYice and catered upon the duties -
her position q week befneo ChrlstmaA
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Statistical Notes.

There are O,S93 saloons in
Illinois.
The United States has $4,000
Indians.
There are $50 war charities
registered in London.
The United States government
will expend 1000, 100000 during
the coming year in military
buildings.
The Rockefeller Foundation
has contributed 100000 to the
fund for welfare work among
Jewish soldiers.
/, An ordinary airplane, exclu-
slve of the engine, has over 200
separate pieces. besides over
4,OOO nails, 5000 screws, 1000
steel stampings and 500 forg-
ings.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Brief Facts.

There are nearly 500 sulphur
: mines on the Island of Sicily.
. Chairs are being made Of pa
. per, twisted and REINFORCED
; with steel rods.
A mustache guard that can be
. attached to any cup is an Eng
lish invention.
. For portable electric lamps a
screen to check their glare has
. been invented.
. FireproOf barrels made from
: sugar mill refuse have been In
vented In Hawaii.
A company in Japan has be-
. gun the production Of soda by
. an electrical process.
Baking for few minutes in
a hot oven will add to the life
: of sachet powders.
= -
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Mothers Cook Book.

If have faltered more or less
In my great task Of happiness
If have moved among my race
And shown no happy morning face
II beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not, If morning skies
Books. and my food, and summer RAIN
Knocked on my sullen heart In vain.
Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake.
-R, l.. Stevenson.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Food for the Family.

f0o0 Tor IOe VAShy'
Corn meal dishes are very good when
good meal and careful preparation is
thou ght worthy of attention. Even the
member of the family who doesn't like
corn meal, may be won over II appetlz-
ing dishes, we'll prepared, are served
AS mush with good top milk there is
nothing better for the youngsters sup
per, and even grandfather longs for 1t,
If he has had New England training.
Then what was left may be nodded and
fried for breakfast, dish fit for the
king.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
The Reason

The Reason.
"The fortune-telling business is
paying one, isn't it,"
1T ought to be when it starts of
with a prophet"
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
A SMILE FOR you
Accounts for It

II was told
that your neigh
bors, the Spatss
were breaking up
housekeeping"
"Oh, that &C.
counts for the
racket we heard
in their fiat this
morning"
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Tamale Pie.


Make q mush by stirring two cupfuls
If corn meal into six cupfuls of boiling
water. add one and one half teaspoon
fuls of salt and. cook As minutes.
Brown one onion sliced in hot fat, add
a pound of hamburger steak and stir
until we'll scared, then add salt and
pepper and two cupfuls of tomato. A
sweet red pepper or a green one as an
addition. Grease baking dish and
put a layer of the mush then layer
of the meat and cover with mush. Bake
One-half hour.
English sparrows make fine eating.
In many places they are caught with a
trap and a dozen or fifteen make a
good meal for a large family. They
may be baked in pie like the Motner
Goose rhyme of four and twenty black
birds baked in a pie. N
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28

Agricultural school, Long island alive with the pre-
diligently
the out an
patriotic
Th picture show. a sections
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Good Pressed Meat.

Boil two pounds Of pigs hooks In
.alted water until the meat drops from
the bones. In a separate pot, cook a
pound of lean beef until tender. MIX
the meat adding such seasonings as
desired and mold in q loaf. The liquor
I'm which the meat was cooked may be
used for soup or to cook corn meal
mush, giving 1t a most appettzing
favor
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Safe Enouuh.

Bon Vivant-Haven't seen Jack at
the club for a week.
Mrs. Jack-No, Jacks been out OF
town.
Bon onvivant-Oh, we were Beginning
to worry about him. We feared he
was staying at home. :
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Not to be Disputed.

"Have you any
definite theory as
to why the cost
of living has in
creased?"
"Certainly; I
think it is be-
cause prices have
gone up"
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-28
Social Ambitions.

Social Ambitions.
"Mrs. Comeup is not stopping at
any expense to break into society.
Her prizes at her charitable card par
ties are really princely."
"What are they? Jeweled orna-
ments?"
mo, nothing so common as that.
At her last party the first prize was
a ton of hard cOal.'
>Retribution.
II understand it was gasoline car
which struck Henry"
Exactly, and that is one reason he
is smelling out suit"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-20
Value of Farm Products
Nearly Doubled in the Past Two Years

the and
likely nuisance
usually by wheat
BY 1899 cotton
had taken precedence crop situation
higher
climbed
second only to
of valuable
product and Plymouth were saved
provided In
production at that time
to possibly 100000 bushels
at agriculture of the whites
according the estimate OF the
extraordinary
below in value with
at the farm
prices
years below cotton and
resumed its third with emphasis
$567OOOOOO 95OOOOO
and value making the highest record while the wheat crop
value was$1 651,OO0OOO bushels
sold by
the of rolled has be-
of bushels
fifth order of value
of
of estimate
s2eSoOoOoo to log production This
"lot' often stable forest
$29000 the farmers Below this in order Of
value of apples $23
$131 OOOO00 edible BEANS SILL
100000; peanuts, s1o7,OOOOoo and rye, ,S1oOOOo0oO
estimated
$39OO0OOO
forage
$6OO0oo and $5Oo0oo
1917 is $6lOOOOOOO
se9o 100000 1915 nearly doubling
two
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-20
FINDS HER PLAN WORKS WELL
lucinda Has Saved Money Since Aban-
doning Her System OF Buying
Things on Impulse.

"There are so many things want to
buvn said Lucinda, 'sand ! am SO i'm
pulsiye. I see something that pleases
NV fancy and straightway | buy 1T;
only TO find a little later that really l
didn't want it and that now l don't
care for it at all.
"At least that is the way | did DO;
hut now I do differently. Now when I
see something that once / would have
bought on sight I say to myself: DO
really want that?' and then say to
myself. Il will wait a week and see.'
"At first it was very hard for me to
do this: but then got myself under
control and came to manage very well.
.Often on the second or third day,
when / have seen that thing still on
sale. / have found that no longer fam
cied It and then, of course, was glad
hadn't bought it; but then sometimes
when found the thing gone, why, then
naturally imagined did want it; but
on the whole / find this plan to work
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-20

What miserable feelings are caused
by an upset stomach! That dull,
heavy, ''bloated" sensation that follows
a full meal, robs good living OF half
its pleasures. Is there any way out
for you sufferers with stomach weak
ness?
Yes; H. L. Kramer, the man who
originated Cascarets, has found sure,
quick, relief for indigestion, dyspepsia,
'.sour stomach" heartburn, formation
Of painful gases, "bloating," ETC., etc.
He calls his stomach relief EA-
TONIC, and it certainly is making a
wonderful record. Countless thous-
ands of people who formerly ap-
preached their meals with dread, now
eat their fill of their favorite foods
without fear of the after-effects.
Mr.. Kramer says: my EATONIC
tablets are the solution of the age-old
problem of indigestion and all forms
of stomach misery. +.