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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
DEL INA AND NORTH
EXCELSIOR

Mrs. Jessie Shultis is visiting her
brother John Lindsay at Poynette.
Miss Vera Cole of Sparta is guest
at the George Butterfeld home,
Misses Minnie, Ida, and Carrie Law
REM called on Mrs. Bradley and Helen
Dryer Sunday afternoon.
All of our teachers are at home
this week on account of the influenza
epidemic.
Mrs. Sig. Wanda visited her broth
err at Madison one day this week.
Ed. Donahue August Mundth and
Grant Dryer made a business trip to
Baraboo Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Bass of Reeds
burg spent last week with their sons,
Percy and Ernest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Burton and
children and John Bass and family of
Webster's Prairie visited at Percy
BasS's Sunday.
Dellona went lover the top" in the
fourth liberty loan drive.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
BARABOO BLUFFS

Mrs. b. A. Clarke IS visiting at the
home of her nephew, A. K. Bassett.
The neighborhood was saddened by
the death of Private Forrest C. Bow
last Friday. The remains were laid
to rest in the Zantow Hill cemetery.
Mrs. A. Martin has returned from
Fremont, Iowa where she visited at
the home of her daughter, Dina,
While there she also saw her son,
Lewis, who is in the U. s. Naval Ser
vice.
School has been closed for the pres
ent. There are few light cases Of
grippe in the community.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
LAIN

Joseph Bemmerl and son and Mr..
and Mrs. Christ Hutter motored to
Sank City Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Luther spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Wilhelm.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Lie
gel, October 6, a daughter.
All places of public gatherings are
closed, due to the epidemic of inf1uen-
"a, although no cases are reported in
our immediate midst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avis Rutland took
their son Edwin to Madison Monday
to consult specialist. The baby re-
Gently had an attack of infantile pa
ralysis
Herb Scheimer and George Meister
returned last Thursday from Dakota,
after spending two months there
working in the harvest field.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
eGs!-ys FAIRFIELD

A dozen neighbors helped Albert
Barstow Thursday in rebuilding his
barn, which was blown down last
spring in a cyclone.
Miss Elizabeth Attridge left Tues
day, October 8, for Washington, where
she has employment under the fed
eral trade commission.
Miss Bertha Sells is very i'll at her
home.
Ed Mcintyre has resumed work fol
James Brennan in Terrytown after
having blood poison. ..-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
FAIRFIELD

Guy Spaulding and two daughters,
Hazel and Esther and Mrs: E. Get.
chell went to Camp Douglas by auto
last Friday afternoon to visit re1a
tives returning Monday.
w. Crop and family made short
stay Wednesday at the home of W
V. Luce.
Eugene Cushmans and family were
recent visitors at the home Of Ralph
Powell.
Guy Plummer has been some what
indispOsed of late.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17

The funeral services of Mrs. Mary
Haines were held at the home Satur-
day afternoon. Rev. E. C, Henke'
conducted the services. The palI-
bearers were George Hanson, G. L.
Hackett, Franklin Johnson. Charles
Brewster, Homer Jefffies, and t.
Adams. Those from out of town who1
attended were Mrs. Nell Dunnings
Reedsburg; Mr. and Mrs. e. E.
Haines, Chicago; and MFand Mrs
Robert Timms, Chicago.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
FAIRFIELD

A Puttkammer received a card OR
Thursday last from the government
saying the ship on which his son Carl
sailed had arrived safely overseas.
Paul Puttkammer of Arlington came
Saturday to visit his father, A. Putt
hammer, and family, returning Mon
day morning.
Mrs. Hazel Babcock of Madison is
at the George Waddell home for a
few days.
Bert Waddell Of Greenfield came
Monday to sow rye on the farm he
purchased from Mueller Bros.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
Married
WinkleT--Good

Mrs. B. Doerschlag received let
ter from her friend Mrs. F. Winkler,
of Winona, Mimi, stating that her
son, Otto Winkler, was married Oct,
8, in San Francisco, Cal, to Miss
Ruth Good of Houston, Texas. The
Winkler family formerly lived in
Baraboo.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
SOUTH DELTOf

Mr.. and Mrs. George Douglas en-
tertained their son Verge Douglas
and family of Baraboo, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Nietzel and fam
lily visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Hanch of Webster Prairie.
Visitors at the Pearl Waddeif
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17

forbidden.
Miss Grace Veregeront is spending
the week at her home in Madison.
Birthday Party
Mrs, Elizabeth Hill entertained a
party Of elderly ladies at tea Friday
afternoon in honor of the birthday of
her aunt, Mrs. Janet Petteys. A very
pleasant time was enjoyed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
ARLEMAN

Charles Weller of ST. Charles, Mimi,
is visiting friends here. He has been
IN the west for twenty years and had
not been hack for visit for five
years. He reports fne crops in Min
Hesota.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
Obifuorg
Dies IN Milwaukee

Miss Martha Walser, Of Prairie du
Sac, died In Milwaukee Saturday Of
pneumonia. The remaina werg
brought to the above village. for burial
Monday. -
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17
APPLICATIONS TO MARRY

Henry Herman Gumpricht, Green
6ald.
IfsAa Hnth kangdon, GresrRefd>
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
LETTER FROM A LONE
SOME SOLDIER BOY

July 1, 1918.
Base Hospital Dept, Camp Travis,
San Antonio, Tex.
F. ON a Grenada Boy to The Grenada
Sentinel:
Would like to put a few lines in the
paper. l am feeling fine and hope
the fellow at home are we'll. Do wish
/ could come home to see my dear
mother, but a boy in the army can't
get off every time he wants to. l am
in the Base Hospital Department at
San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio is
a big town. l went to town Sunday
afternoon and also to a big dance at
the park.
Listen, tell my mother / am coming
to see her as soon as | can, and give
my love to them all. / get so lone
some some times l don't know what to
do, but l am going to do my bit and
then come back to the loved ones at
home.
We work every day, for a soldier
boy has got to go all the time. ] have
a good job. / am in the Medical
Corps at the Base Hospital at Camp
Travis.
Well, / will close for this time, so
give my love to all, and God bless my
dear mother and the loved ones at
home.
From q lonesome soldier boy,
sOrman Curry.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
NIGHTS OF
No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace With a
Lame or Aching Back.

Weary the lot of many a kidney
sufferer.
Pain and distress from morn to
night.
Get up with a lame back.
Twinges of backache bother you all
day.
Dull aching breaks your rest at
night.
Urinary disorders add to your mis-
erv.
If you have kidney trouble.
Reach the cause.-the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the
kidneys only
Have made an enviable reputation
in Grenada.
Mrs. w. A. Thompson, 632 Kershaw
ST., Grenada, says: "My kidneys
were in bad shape. They were ach-
ing all the time and l was greatly an
noyed. My back hurt me all the
time and l couldn't rest at night. I
was advised the trouble was caused
by my kidneys. l got a sample box
of Doan's Kidney Pills and began
taking them. They proved,to be just
as represented and two boxes of
Doan's entirely cured me-"
Price 60c at all druggists. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Thompson had. Foster-M nburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
&1S1MLWS9MEE
! HEAITH5FMGIENE%
No Need of Penagra

ter part Of the year, Is limited almos
wholly to biscuit. corn bread, grit
gravy and syrup. It 10 u~nreasonabl
TO assume that perfect health can b
maintained On . diet q cereals
starches and fat, without fresh pre-
tein or heterogeneous food, such a. mea!
eggA miIk. -
Far be + from "a to intimate tia
there - anything tho matter with on
old corn pone and eucn. On the con
rary, these foods are wholesom07a AM
sustaining. But man - an omniver
Gus beast. and he just must have hi'
animal food. II game were more plen
hful the year round We would neve'
have to worry about pellagra. II bee
and milk were more plentiful tn tn
South We would probably have lfttl'
pellagra.
Cheese is a good substitute for meal
when meat can't be had.
The soya bean Is another excellen'
preventive Of pellagra. So are strins
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
@e%J[SaML kIsGM
fX& HEAIT11$FMGIENE &TsA
&sHl& cAM STAT BOARD e(HEA1H AS~1
To be Young at Seventy
} STATE A D@HEALIH

Old age is now considered durable
IL taken in time. The treatment mus
begin about as soon as you know
enough to vote. A great many of u
know enough to vote, yet do not know
enough to live we'll long.
The decade from 40 to so is popu
larly called middle age" Accordins
to that, 80 years would be a reasor
able expectation of life for everybody
If As is middle age, 70 ought to be ma
turity> Alas, how many of us are al
ready old at so!
Although hardening of the arteries
or arterial degeneration, is now th'
most fatal disease in America, in mum
bers, we Americans are growing
younger all the time. The various re
suits of arterial degeneration bright
disease, heart muscle failure, ~apoplexy
or stroke of paralysis) destroy more
lives than tuberculosis, more lives
than pneumonia, in the United States
And if the figures do not lie, the deatl.
rate from these results Of wearing out
Of the arteries Is constantly increas
Ing and has been increasing for the
past 80 years. Yet as a race we are
growing younger. The youth today
stands a much better chance Of attain.
ing ripe old age than did the youth
Of a generation ago. This is because
the death rate among babies is stea l.
lily declining. owing to the enlighten-
ment of mothers in the proper care Of
babies. The death rate in youth and
are gradually gaining control Of the
great destroyer Of youth, tuberculosis.
The death rate in early adult life is de-
Ginning because we have found the
way to prevent typhoid fever, a dis
Ease of young adults chiefly. Typhoid
fever. formerly the scourge of the
army, is now an unknown disease in
Dur asst army, because every man
has been given the prophylactic or
preventive typhoid bacteria, the ETY.
phoid vaccine" In short, the chance
sf survival is increasing year after
year for all ages except middle age,
md for middle age it is steadily de-
sreasing.
Why Is middle age dangerous?
Because middle age Is the age Of
breakdown, the time when the degen.
sration of the arteries, brought on by
faulty habits of living, reaches the
stage of Bright's disease, heart mus
lie failure or apoplexy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Pe1agFa caused $40 deaths In the
state Of Mississippi in the year 1919,
Since the mortality from pellaera N
about S per cent, that means that
there were at least 10000 persons If
Mcted with Dsllagra In this state in
1915.
The most characteristic signs Of pei.
lagra are q peculiar sim rash, resem.
bling sunburn or weather chap most
frequently observed on the backs Of
the hands. and in ehildHsn en- the
backs OF he feet; q general loss OF
strength or vitality. with special ten.
dency toward nervous depression soy
melancholy, Dr. sometimes gradually
developing mental deterioration; and
scalded D. sor mouth, with q red.
dened tongue. dyspepsia. diarrhea and
other disturbances of the digestive or.
gans. All the symptoms are likely to
be worse in spring and summer
weather, and better in the fall and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Middle age, too, is the time when
cancer most commonly develops. But
the. peril of middle age is arterial de-
generation.
What causes arterial degeneration
Eating too much. II o are above
the normal average weight for one Of
your age and height, of ourse you are
eating more than your system requires,
and the excess 10 a burden to your
circulation.
Alcohol in moderation. Alcohol
wears out the arteries.
Syphilis, the poisons of various
other infectious diseases, lead poison.
ing in various occupations, the excess
i've use Of tobacco. These are common
contributing aus of arterial 6egen-
Grafton, Of shortened life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
Notice to Road Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Supervisors of Grensd.
County will at their next regular
meeting in August, 1918, receive bids
for working the public roads in Dis
trict No. 1, according to plans and
specifications now on file in the
Chancery Clerks Office. Contract will
be awarded to the most responsible
bidder or bidders. The Board reserv-
es the right to reject any and all bids
Done by an order of the Board, TINS
the LIST day Of July, 1918. Is
NJ. E. POWELL,
Clerk Board of, Supervisors.
7-12-4t
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
The Cause of PeIIagra.
(Suggested.)

winter, which leads some sufferers tn
attribute their trouble to the warm eli.
mate.
The cause of pellagra is probably an
inadequate diet. There Is a good de-.
of evidence to support the belief that
the use of a reasonable variety of fresh
animal food in the diet will prevent
pellagra. By fresh animal food )
meant fresh milk, fresh eggs, fresh
lean meat, fowl, fish and game, and
fresh vegetables and fruits. The dis
ease seems to be most prevalent
among people whose diet, for the bet
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
The Prevention.
(~Suggested.)

beans, dried beans, dried peas. Soy
bean meal may be mixed with the corr
meal in the proportion OF one part tt
four or five of corn meal. Greens Of
all kinds are good to keep Off pella
gra. Lean hog is as good as any Other
meat to prevent pellagra. Buttermill
is also good.
In the North they suffer all sorts o.
ailments, according to physicians, from
the excessive eating of meat. In the
South we may ascribe peilagra to the
want Of sufficient meat or proteid
food in. Our diet.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Board of Supervisors of Grenada
County, Miss, an order was adopted
and entered on its minutes directing
the Clerk of the Board to give notice
that said Board of Supervisors of said
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Grenada county will issue and execute
Loan Warrants of said County to the
amount Of SIS, 100000 for the purpose,
of obtaining money to defray the cur
rent expenses of said County for the
current year, unless a petition pro-
testing against the issuance thereof
shall be filed with said Clerk on or.
before the LIST Monday in August,
1918, by ten per ceEs of the tax-pay-
ers of said County. Done by order Of
the Board of Supervisors, June 5th,
1918.
n. E. POWELL,
Clerk Board of Supervisors.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

II you would prevent typhoid fever
In your home. have the same thor
oughly screened and install a SAM.
tary closet.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Call on your County Health Officer,
or write the State Board of Health
for information on how to prevent ty.
phoid fever.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Remember the house fly is the most
dangerous pest with which we must
contend.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

Public health is a business asset; II
you will be prosperous YOU must be
healthy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12

See the grade Of the hotel, restau-
RAM or lunch room before eating.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-12
Notice to Tax-Payers Of
Grenada County, Miss.

Notice is, hereby given that at the
regular June, 1918, meeting of the
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AFICHT FOR LIFE

1t has been fight or die for many of us
in the past and the lucky people are
those who have suffered. but who are now
well because they needed natures warn
Ing signal in time to correct their trou-
BILE with that wonderful new discovery
of DR.. Pierces called "An-u-ric." You
should promptly heed these warnings.
some of which are dizzy spells. backache.
rregularity of the urine or the painful
twinges OF rheumatism. sciatica or lum-
bago. To delay may make possible tho
dangerous forms of kidney disease. such
as Bright's disease. diabetes or stone In
the bladder.
To overcome these distressing condi-
tions take plenty of exercise in the open
air, avoid heavy meat diet. drink freely
of water and at each meal take DIT.
Pierce's Anuric Tablets double strength.
You will. in a short time. find that you
are one of the firm indorsers of Anuric.
as are thousands of neighbors.
Step into the drug store and ask for
Anuric. (60c n package) or send DR.. V. M.
Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. 10c for trial pkg.
Anuric is many times more potent than
lithia.
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PROVEN SWAMP ROOT
AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS

The symptoms of kidney and bladder
troubles are often very distressing and
leave the system in n rundown condition.
The kidneys seem to suffer most, al
most every victim complains of lame back
and urinary troubles which should not be
neglected, as these danger signals often
lead to more dangerous kidney troubles.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which, SO
many people say. soon heals and strength
ems the kidneys. is a splendid kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, and. being
an herbal compound, has a gentle heal
ing effect on the kidneys. which is al
most Immediately noticed in most cases
by those who use it.
A trial will convince anyone who may
be in need of it. Better get bottle from
your nearest drug store, and start treat
ment at once.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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Merely Lazy.

The town clerk, sitting at his desk
at the city hall, muses. London Tit
Bits, was asked by lady If she might
use the telephone. Upon leaving she
put threepenny-bit on the desk.
There is no charge, madam" said
the clerk.
"Oh, but you must take IT," said the
lady.
"rd rather not" said the clerk. very
seriously. You see. If / accept this
money IL becomes the property Of the
city. l must then make "A report of IL
TO the auditor; he must report It to
the treasurer, who Will take the money.
Then there will be other lengthy re-
ports about It; and In all the accept
ance of this threepenny-bit will entail
about two pounds worth of work. Do
me n favor and take 1t back"
You are very kind" said the lady.
mot at ALL" said the clerk. I'm
only lazy"
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BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschees German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-one
years in all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature chance to soothe the
inflamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
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Filters End Strike.

During the recent strike of mechan-
les in the airplane engine factories at
Coventry, England, fleet of army air
planes flew from their aerodrome In the
west of England and circled over the
town, scattering through the streets
thousands of leaflets appealing to the
strikers to return to work. Later in
the day chaplain attached TO the
naval air service in France flew from
the front of Coventry in n seaplane, ar
riving with an appeal from the men of
his air squadron to the strikers to go
back. The strike was settled the fol
lowing day.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the system. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inhamed you have a
rumbiing sound or imperfect hearing, and
when II is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
SsrnS9TSr be egTsd by HALLS cATAFFH
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
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also to distribute the burdens of the
war. There are plenty of young men
for the first fighting, Crowder has
shown. but he also points out there is
a danger of "injuring the coming gen
eration' by taking away too many Of
the "aggressively patriotic young
men"
Out of the 1O,6S3,2i9 men between
the ages of 81 and 45, Crowier esti
mates 3.525.472 are unmarried, and
that 80 per cent. of the latter figure
or 1,3S9.3SS. would be accepted for
service under the present regulations.
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medicine for woman's ailments I ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, R. No. l,
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, a trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience is at your service.
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II you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
Cause for GIcc.

"Sing no! Sing hey!" chortied the
merry schoolboys as they came wend-
Ing their way through the snow.
"Ah ~ said we with bland smile.
at is indeed pleasure to observe
that the knowledge that your tasks
have been well and faithfully done
and"
"Aw, pickles :" they flcered in one
voice. "The heating plant has broken
down and our nbsent-minded prlnct-
pal Is freezing to death ut his desk
Hence we carol. Hi-rickety, hoppity,
whoop, tee-doo i'-Kansas City Star.
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moAdoo Cuts Passenger Service.

Washington.-To free locomotives
and crews for the more important
freight transportation, 20 per cent OF
the through passenger trains on the
Eastern railroads, We're discontinued
by approval of Director General Nc
Adoo The running schedule of 9th
ers will be reduced to lower speed
to facilitate the movement of freight
trains. This policy. announced by the
director general, will be gradually ex-
tended TO affect train service through
out the country.
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knittlna Not Permitted.

Knitting, while permissible in the
gallery of the house of representatives
in Washington, is forbidden in the SEN
ate. A lady wearying of the discussion
in the house the other day. went over
to the senate. While listening to the
debate, she took out her knitting. Moth
ing had been said about 1t in the house,
but when she began to knit in the sem
ate she was Immediately stopped. Sen
atorial dignity must be preserved.
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Arsenic Industry Controlled.

With the idea of further conserving
tie nations food supply by protect
Ing 1t from insect ravages, President
Wilson, In proclamation, has placed
the arsenic industry of the United
States under direction of the food ad-
ministration. The presidents action
comes In answer to a threatened short
age in the supply of arsenical insecti-
cides, which are the farmers chief pro-
lection for his crops against the on
slaught of ''biting insects"