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I perintendents, foremen and employees
of the many public service corpora
tions of the country. Here we fnd
the railroads, telephone and telegraph
companies and many like occupations.
They represent 80 per cent of the
population and own but 60 per cent
of the automobiles The reason for
this small percentage of car owners
1t at once apparent, rs the bulk OF
the business of these men Is over
various carriers of the country ana
here the automobile is not so much
an essential to the conduct OF their
duties.
Mining Minutes With Motor Car.
The next census occupational d.
vision covers the mining, quarry ana
oil-well industries; including owners.
superintendents, foremen and opcr-
atives. Here we found that while
this classification represented 20 per
cent of the population of the country.
1t owns 81 per cent of the nutomo-
biles This occupation is not one
which must necessarily cover II wide
area. Yet every hour and minute
must count, for all of the products are
utCtHSuig III lilt NtiA ba'H''''-
The next two classlficntions are
composed of hotel proprietors. restau-
rant owners, boardng-house keepers,
clerks md employees. Here. If any
where, we might expect to find the
passenger cars used almost wholly for
recreation. But while these two COM
bined classifications represent 115 per
cent Of the population, they own only
80 per cent of the automobiles.
This survey of the automobile and
its many and diversified uses only
serves to strengthen the conclusion
that 1t constitutes the greatest trans
portntion force in the world.
Compare the motor cars with the
railroads and we find the automobiles
of this country travelling 6O.OOO,OO0,OOO
miles year as compared with the 3d.
900. 10000 passenger miles of ehe rail-
roads. These multipliers Of energy
are travelling 40,OOO,OOO miles n day,
the equivalent of 1,G0O times AROUND
| the world. Many a nation has heen
conquered, not for lack of bravery or
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Saved Ship From Destruction.

Capturing runaway bomb on the
deck of a ship during a terrific gale,
a United States navy man heroically
held on to several hundred pounds of
high explosive until 1t was got to safe
ty. This man of iron nerve is John
Mackenzie of the naval reserve, who
is serving as a chief boatswain's mate
on the U. S. S. Remlits, a converted
yacht now on patrol service in Euro
pean waters. For this extraordinary
herolsm Mackenzie has been awarded
a medal of honor and given n gratuity
of 500. In the midst of a storm a
depth charge such as have proved so
disastrous to German submarines,
broke loose and went rolling about the
decks. Realizing the danger, Macken-
zle shouted out, "I'll get her!" and
flung himself upon the charging cylin-
der. Three times he was thrown from
the bomb. The fourth time he got 1t
and. heaving the charge upright, sat
on 1t and held 1t down. Here he re-
mained until lines were placed around
the bomb. Had the charge exploded
1t would have blown the ship to pieces.
Mackenzie Is native of Massachu-
sets and his mother. Mrs. Mackenzie.
resides at South Hadley Falls, Mass.
After serving four years in the regu-
lar navy he returned to service in the
fleet naval reserve.
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Burglary Among NonessentiaIs.

Among the nonessential industries
which are almost in state of collapse
Is the ancient and sinister one of bur-
glary. According to data furnished by
n burglary insurance company there
has been decided and favorable
change in the attitude of chronic
recalcitrants since the executive proc
lamation of few weeks ago, direct
ing all ablebodied men between eight
cen and fifty years old to turn their
hands to industrial pursuits. The
draft, high wages and federal and
state surveillance promises to reduce
crime almost to the vanishing point.
Many sociologists and criminologists
of the modern school will point to this
as proof of their theories that poverty
is the principal cause of crime. 1t will
no doubt be n potential argument in
favor of revision Of criminal laws
after the war.
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More Sheep Needed.

That mutton and wool production In
this country can be increased greatly
admits of no doubt. This can be ac-
complished by developing sheep hus-
bandry on farms, especially In the
Eastern and Southern states. Steps
should be taken in the East and South
to do away with the sheep-killing dog
menace by state or local action. Large
results can be secured by improving
methods of breeding and management
on the range; by securing the restock-
ing of improved farm lands with
sheep; by the larger use Of forage
crops and pastures; by encouraging
sheep and lamb clubs; by the elimina-
tion of parasites; by protection
against losses from predatory AMI
mails; and by having lambs ready for
market at from 10 to so pounds
weight, thereby requiring a minimum
of grain to finish them and making
possible the maintenance Of larger
breeding f1ocks.
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VICTIMS OF HUN BRUTALITY
How Allied Soldiers Suffered When
They First Experienced the Hor-
rors Of Kalser's Poison Gas.

Suddenly a great cry rang out:
1.-THE gas"
1t was true. Over there from the
euemy's lines, came great greenish
balls, rolling close to the earth. rolling
deliberately yet swiftly. rolling
straight toward us, Emmanuel Bour.
cier writes In Scribners. Gasl That
horrible thing, still almost unknown,
which had been used for the first time
only recently on the User. 1t was
coming with deadly surety amidst a
tornado of artillery. Orders were
shouted back and forth:
1.-THE gas! Put on the masks!'
Each man spread over his face the
protecting cloth. The shelters were
closed. The telephone, whose wires
ran the length Of the communication
trenches, gave the warning: Look
out! The gas!"
We did not yet know what manner
of horror 1t was. None of us had ex-
perienced an attack of the sort. We
ran to and fro like ants whose hill
has been molested. Some fired their
guns at random, others awaited or
ders. The frightful vivid thing came
on, expanded to cloud, crept upon
us, glided into the trenches. The air
was quickly obscure. We were SWIM
ming in an atmosphere stained a
venomous color, uncanny, indescrlb-
able. The sky appeared greenish, the
earth disappeared. The men staggered
about and rolled on the ground, stifled.
There were some knots of soldiers
who had been asleep in their beds
when Overtaken by the gas. They
-writhed in convulsions. with vitals
burning, with froth on the lips, call
ing for their mothers or cursing the
Germans. We gathered them up as
best we could; we took them to the
doctors, who, thus confronted by an
unknown condition, found themselves
powerless. They tried the appllca-
ton of oxygen and ether in an effort
to save the lives of the victims, only
to see them die, already decomposed,
in their hands.
The masks had not yet been perfect
ed and were a poor protection. Some
ran about like madmen, shrieking in
terror, the throat choked with saliva,
and fell in heaps, In cOntortions of
agony. Some filed the mouth with
handfuls of grass and struggled
against asphyxiation.
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FISH FOR YOUR SECTION.

Probably every kind Of fish
has some peculiarly attractive
qualities. The following spe-
cies of fish are native to the Sec
tions indicated:
New England-Alewife, cod,
cusk, founder. goosefish, gray.
fish, haddock, hake, halibut.
herring, mackerel. mullet, poll
lock, salmon, soup, sea trout,
shad, smelt, squeteague, sword
fish, tilefish, whiting.
Middle Atlantic - Alewife,
bass, bluefish, butterfish, carp.
catfish. cod, founder. goosefish,
halibut, mackerel. perch. rock.
salmon. shad, smelt. spot, tile
fish, weakfish, whiting.
South Atlantic - Alewife.
bass, bluefish, carp, catfish,
drumfish, mullet, perch, shad,
Spanish mackerel, spot, sque-
league.
Pacific Coast - Barracuda,
bass, founder. grayfish, hallbut.
lerring, pike. rockfish. sable
fish, salmon, smelt, trout.
Mississippi Valley = Black
bass, bowfin, buffalo, burbot.
carp, catfish, crappie, drum
fish. pike, red snapper, rock
bass, sturgeon, sucker.
Great Lakes-Bass, bowfin,
burbot, carp, catfish. drumfish,
lake herring, lake trout, perch,
pike, sturgeon.
Gulf = Barracuda, buffalo,
carp, catfish, croaker, drumfish,
mullet, Spanish mackerel, sque-
league, sturgeon.
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SA(lMllk)IAlll||)flAhltsA
America This
ia is one o

The first short course of agronomy
and animal husbandry at the Univer-
sity of British Columbia is now in full
progress.
After controversy that lasted ten
years French scientists have decided
that the use of old corks in wine bot
ties Is not detrimental to health.
Two shoes have been patented to
support the arches Of their wearer's
feet one with bracket extending for
ward from the heel and the other hav-
ground.
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BY replacing horses the motor cars
on the farms Of this country represent
a potential saving Of sufficient food
stuffs to supply the wants of three
and one-third millions of people an
nuaIIy.
perscent of the automobiles last year.
The farmer is buying automobiles be-
cause they have done more to tighten
labor and change his entire plane of
living and doing business than any
other invention since the harvesting
machine.
The isolation of the country is gone
and In Its place have come the educa-
tional and market advantage of the
city, more contentment on the part
of the farmers families.
Again, the trade" classification of
the chart shows large percentage of
cars owned and again the cause. For
this division is comprised largely Of
statesmen. This classification, embrac-
ing 90 per cent of the population. owns
1879 per cent of the automobiles. These
men have found that with the nid of
the motor car they can make them
selves much more effective in their
work. Obviously, statesmen In these
days must make themselves more eff
ficient. Many a salesman is adding to
his territory that of someone In the
service.
asked one of the greatest and
most important food concerns in Amer
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EAT FRESH FISH
and SAvEMEA
Sport of Fishing May Be Made to
Serve Nations Food Needs
and Give Exercise.
MUCH GRAIN IS CONSERVED
Seas, Lakes, Rivers and Ponds offtc
Practically Unlimited Quantities
Of Fish Living on Food Of No
Use to Man.

Every pound of beef, veal, mutton
or pork that goes on the table repre-
sents consumption of many pounds
of corn or other valuable grain fed to
the cattle, sheep or hogs from which
the meat was taken. The more Of
these red meats you eat the more
cereals you are taking out of the sup
ply that is so greatly needed for the
nations war needs at this time. To
large extent, too, these statements
apply to all kinds of poultry. The one
kind of meat, the production of which
does not require the consumption of
other human foods, is fish. The seas,
lakes, rivers and ponds of this coun-
try offer practically unlimited quanti-
ties of fish that live on food which Is
of no use to man. When you eat fish
you save meat and save grain, both
of which your government asks you
to conserve.
Ordinarily it Is possible to secure
good, fresh fish at the meat market,
but whether justly or not fresh fish
is always more or less under suspicion
in the meat markets of cities and
towns that are distant from the sea
coast or the lakes. The suspicion in
most cases is not justified, but even
If it were it would not follow that peo-
pie of inland towns and cities must
necessarily refrain from eating fresh
fish.
Fish for Family Use.
There are n large number of streams
and ponds from which one may take
the fish needed for family consump-
tlon, and there should be very many
more such ponds. A fish pond does
not necessarily take up much space
and need not be confined to large
places. Practically all country fami-
lies, and very many suburban fami-
lies, could have, without any great
difficulty. fish pond or pool in which
enough fish could be grown at mini
mum expense to supply the table and
to save large quantities Of other meats
and cereals.
There Is a great deal Of pleasure
and recreation, too, in catching the
fish. And there Is decided satisfac-
ton In knowing that the fish you eat
have been taken from your own pond
or stream within a very short time
before being prepared for the table.
The United States department of ag-
riculture has long urged a more gen
eral adoption of the family fish pond,
and 1t points out the exceptional need
for such practice at this time. 1t
would be genuine national service
II several times more people than now
indulge In fishing for sport or other
wise would, by devoting Q little OF
their spare time to 1t. take enough
fish from stream or pond to place this
excellent food on the table several
times oftener than is now the general
practice.
The hour or two that every man
should devote to some form of recrea-
ton. If intelligently applied to fishing,
would afford the same rest and re-
juvenation that is to be had from nom
productive sports and would. at the
same time, be not only domestic but
4 public economy.
There is another source of meat
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Had Her Hands Full.

An amateur mission worker fiuttered
into one of the West side offices of the
Associated Charities.
"Oh," she exclaimed, II have the
saddest case for you. Really, 1t Is
quite pathetic. A woman, who has
been deserted by her husband, has
five little children to support. She Is
too frail to work. and Pm sure there
isn't enough in the house for their next
meal"
"But what is to prevent you from
taking charge of this case yourselff"
asked the official.
"Oh," said the visitor, drawing her
self up haughtlly, IL couldn't think
of it, you know. Why, I'm doing the
Lords work i"-Chicago American.
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supply native to ponds and streams Of
which much fewer people avail them
selves than of fish. That is frogs.
There Is no more delicious meat than
frog legs. Yet with the exception of
a few hotels widely scattered along
the lakes and a few of the streams,
frog legs are rarely served. Around
practically every pond of any consid-
cradle size there are enough frogs IL
properly utilized TO furnish an occa-
sional meal and to furnish very fine
sport in shooting or otherwise taking.
More attention to fish and frogs
would result In the saving of much
food and would be of personal benefit
to those who might become interested
in 1t.
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pleasant odor. Skin and clean 1t and
split down the back. Disjoint and cut
into convenient-sized pieces for serv-
ing; wipe each with damp cloth and
parboil 1t In little vinegar water If
the gamey taste is at all Objectionable.
Season with salt and pepper, roll In
barley or corn flour and brown in n
little salt pork fat. In the fat left In
the pan put one sliced onion and cook
until slightly colored. Mix two tea
spoonfuls of curry powder with one
teaspoonful of sugar, two tablespoon
fuls of flour, and brown this mixture
in the fat. Add slowly one pint of
water and cupful of strained tomato,
six chopped raisins, one cupful Of
chopped sour apple, few dashes Of
cayenne and salt to taste. Turn this
sauce over the rabbit and let 1t sim
mer until the flesh is tender. When
ready to serve, add cupful of hot
milk and quarter of cupful of
chopped olives. Have ready cupful
of cooked rice, turn the rabbit into
platter and pile the rice around the
edge.
Maiabar Rice.-Cook together one
tablespoonful of finely chopped onion
and two tablespoonfuls of sweet fat;
when well cooked, add one cupful of
well-washed and drained rice. Stir 1t
often until light brown. Mix quart
of strong beef stock and one pint of
strained tomato. Season highly with
salt and cayenne. Add these to the
rice and let 1t cook very slowly on the
back part of the stove or in the fire.
less cooker. Just before serving, add
more seasoning. If needed, and pour
over 1t two tablespoonfuls Of melted
butter; add two large cardamon seeds
split, and turn into hot dish.
A cupful of grated cheese stirred Into
hot mush makes nourishing and
uhnlesoma dish
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SCRAPS

Arbitration awards give new con-
cessions to London (England) county
council tramway employees totaling
$4,000 year
All the school boards of Caitkness.
Scotland, have adopted minimum sal
ary for assistant teachers. commencing
at S40O.
Oyster shells are being used extern
siyely In the manufacture of portland
cement along the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico.
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ventilate Coal Piles.

Unless coal piles are well ven
tilated spontaneous combustion Will
follow. To prevent spontaneous COM
bustion, the bureau of mines gives
these suggestions: u Build a coal
bin on dry ground. (2) Store only
one size of coal IN each pile. t3) Re-
move fine coal for immediate use II
possible. az Don't wet and dry the
coal alternately while piling. (o)
Store, the conl In small piles near the
place where 1t is TO be used. (6) Use
small bins in storage yards.
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ing dish Is deserv-
ing of much credit
in these days of
substitutions n n d
economies.
Curry Of Rabbit.
S elect n fat
ung ra b b ! t
which. II fresh,
will haua M I'M.
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OF the population, could be
transported 100 miles or more in n
single day. Only the first filling of
gasoline would be needed for the jour
ney.
Before the war produced unhenrd-
of conditions, 1t Is not astonishing that
people had paid little attention to these
matters md had not analysed the use
fulness of the automobile. The manu-
facturers themselves believed their
splendid sales organizations to have
been responsible for their marked sales
Increases, when as matter of fact,
the motor car had come to fill de-
mand which had existed for centuries.
But now we have stopped to analyze
the food we eat, the clothes we wear
and the time we can save.
How then does the automobile fit
into this big plan? Who uses it2
There was only one way to find out
definitely and that was to ask the peo-
pie who owned and operated cars.
This was accomplished by getting nm
expression from every man who pur-
chased one particular make of car In
1917, showing the occupation in which
he was engaged. This information has
been tabulated In classifications by
trade to conform with the census fig
ures
Investigation Proves Usefulness.
The result of this investigation when
charted, showed some surprising facts.
The first one Is that this survey proved
that 80 per cent of automobile use Is
for business purposes.
The next great fact. gained Mt n
glance. was that the men whose busi-
ness depended upon covering great
deal of ground in short space of time
were its largest purchasers. While
these figures apply only to the 1917
production Of one manufacturer OF
cars, we may safely assume that ap-
proximately the same divisions by
trades are applicable to automobile
ownership in general. We have there
fore assumed that to be the case In
our conclusions.
Shall we expect to find automobiles
in the city alone?
Look at the occupational division of
the chart. The great American farm
er, representing S3.2 per cent of the
population of the country, bought 53.1
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N.. h44~s.o
New PIeurI.Y rreatment.

Doctor Aud tells in the British
Medical Journal of chill and fever
resembling malaria which he brought
on by administering n platinum COM
pound, and which upon subsiding left
the patient in n markedly improved
condition. He tried the treatment in
cases Of pleurisy with good result. 1t
is especially adapted to sluggish cases
Of localized Infection with low fever.
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He is Really Peaceful.

"They call me hard guy" whanged
the would-be tough individual.
"They do. do they?' Missed the sher-
if' of Lone Wolf county, shaking him
by the coat collar.
"Y-yes, they just call me a hard guy
back home" was the reply. but really
/ got n soft disnositinr
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Essd for Next Winter.

Far-seelng farmers may advantage
ously plan to secure their winter sup
ply of feed in September and October
when danger of spoilage is past and
avoid the uncertainty of deliveries
during the winter when the demand
for feed usually exceeds the output of
the mills.
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II E!dS{HHE4 K2$Si#EE44 =

He only will please long. who by
tempering the acidity of Satire with
the sugar of Civility and allaying the
heat of Wit with the frigidity of Hum
BILE Chat can make the true Punch of
Conversation.-Johnso
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ed food 1t should be served with foods
that supply roughage or bulk. Cheese
rs the finish to dinner is always
served with crackers because the hard
cracker must be well masticated and
thus the cheese is finely divided and
made more digestible.
Cheese Pudding.-Take one cupful
of stale bread crumbs, one cupful of
grated cheese, two cupfuls of milk, two
eggs well beaten. two tablespoonfuls
of melted fat, one-fourth of teaspoon
full of mustard. salt and paprika to
taste. Mix the ingredients as for GUS
tard, turn the mixture into n creased
baking dish and set In pan of hot
water to bake in slow oven. Bake
until firm.
scaIloped Cabbage With Cheese
Cook the cabbage with leaves sepa-
rated. uncovered In as little salted wa
ter as possible. AS soon as the cabbage
is tender, drain and add cheese sauce;
bake 25 minutes in moderate oven.
Cheese Sauce.-Make n white sauce
using one cupful of milk. two table
spoonfuls of flour, tablespoonful of
butter or fat, half teaspoonful of
salt, few dashes of paprika and four
tablespoonfuls to cupful of grated
cheese.
Cottage Cheese Loaf.-Take cup
full each of cooked kidney beans, cot
tage cheese, ground peanuts, bread
crumbs and boiled rice, one tablespoon
full of chopped onion, one tablespoon
full of fat, cupful of tomato juice.
Mix all the ingredients and form the
mixture into a roll. Brush it with
melted fat and bake in moderate
oven % minutes. Serve with a thick
white sauce in which two tablespoon
fuls of chopped red peppers have been
added
A cupful of cottage cheese added to
potato salad makes n much more
nourishing and savory salad.
Let us be content to work
To do the thing we can. and not pre-
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men, but for the lack of transporta-
ton. We are farther from our bases
of supply than any warning nation.
This nation must devote every ounce
of energy to produce more food, more
munitions, but with the enormous In
creases must come more transporta-
ton; more done in less time. We
cannot go back TO the days of the army
mule and pack saddle, the prairie
schooner and the zone hoss shay"
Speed. speed and more speed is the
cry. And America answers with her
100000 automoblles-the greatest
transportation tool. the greatest aid to
personal efficiency in the world.
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Value of Primlna Cups.

If the motor has no priming cups 1t
will be hard to start on cold mornings.
Get set of spark plugs with primlns
cups attached. Remember that ether
Is the best substance for pruning.
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the heat S h o u ! d
never be very high.
as intense heat
toughens the pro-
tein and makes 1t
stringy and diff
cult of digestion.
Since it Is such a
highly cOncentrnt-
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The velvet bean may be utilized by
grazing In the field with various kinds
of live stock, especially cattle.
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lea what the motor car means to them
In their business.
Time Saver for Big Concerns
Their answer was typical of the saw
ing in time, railroad facilities and man
power that the automobile Is making.
These people told me that the sales
man with an automobile could cover
from 10 to 20 per cent more ground.
In the city the salesman can call on
the trade more frequently. In other
words. the automobile is the equiva-
lent of 10 to 20 per cent extra man
power.
The motor car has been an invalu-
able aid to men In professional serv-
Ice as Is shown by the fact that In
this classification representing "A per
cent of the population, 7.3 per cent
OF the automobiles are owned. Here
In this highly important occupational