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The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
NED FURNITURE IN GERMANY
Problem Of lie Supply Has Added one
More 20 the Troubles. Of the Gov. ...
ornmonE

The German government has 20 far
been unable to find any substitute for
furniture. and has not yet had the
temerity to ask its subjects to follow
the example Of their Turkish allies
and sit on the floor. The result is q
scarcity that has caused secondhand
dealers to reap enormous profits.
A secondhand kitchen chair that
formerly cost about so cents now sells
for S.. An old bedstead that used to
sell for IS now brings $50. Second
hand dealers have secured the country
and old tables and chairs have been
brought from cellars and garrets, but
the demand still outruns the supply
and prices already 1900 per cent above
normal, threaten to go higher.
The problem is likely to become
more acute as soon as the war ends.
Thousands Of couples that married
when the men were called into the
army will wish to establish homes of
their own. The government has pro-
vided many houses in advance, but
these will be Of little use without
furniture.
Some urge that the government
make the same rule regarding second
hand furniture as Is now in force In
the old clothes trade; put the private
dealers out Of. business, fix lower prices
and make 1t a crime for anyone to sell
the secondhand articles except to the
state.
A number Of capitalists and furni-
ture manufacturers have formed an
association to make new furniture and
sell 1t at four per cent above cost on
the installment plan, requiring one
third Of the purchase price as first pay
ment. The cost Of new furniture, even
under this arrangement, is almost pro-
hfbftive. because of the scarcity Of ma
terials and the high wages of labor.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
surpasses Words,

*Does your grocer attempt to ex-
plain high prices?"
"He did at first. Now he merely
shudders as he accepts the money, and
[ groan. n."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Coffee Substitutes In Denmark.
For months coffee has been almost
unobtainable in Denmark. When any
is to be had it sells for as much as
$5 pound. This naturally has stimu-
lated the production Of coffee substi-
tutes. 1t is now reported that about
$4,000 tons Of various kinds Of raw
materials have lately been used for
making these substitutes. One report
says that 6.OOO tons of acorns, 1900
tons Of dandelion, 1000 tons Of chicory
and 2,3OO tons Of sugar beets have
been roasted. ground up. and sold for
coffee substitutes. Acorns sell ior
about II cents a pound. J
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
PACKAGE Goods Extensive.

That package goods are more expen.
sive than goods bought in bulk is
shown in chart Of comparative food
values recently published. The chart
shows that canned peaches cost three
times as much as dried peaches. and
the food value in calories is three
times greater in the dried than in the
canned variety. Canned pork and
beans cost about twice as much per
unit Of food value as dried beans. The
canned goods are ready for immediate
use end the dried require preparation,
but to persons interested in reducing
the cost of living these facts are worth
taking into consideration.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
Prediction Somewhat "om..

'sThe last great war has been fought
and the nations may now look forward
to uninterrupted peace" w
This was the hope and belief pro
claimed from many pulpits in England
when Great Britain. BY royal procla.
nation. celebrated a general thanks
giving day following the end Of the Ma
poleonic wars. After the smoke Of
Waterloo rolled back It revealed con.
tinent given over to desolation.
Although England had suffered less
than the other nations involved in the
long struggle, she had by no means es.
capped unhurt. For twenty years Great
Britain had supplied the financial
sinews of war for her allies in add.
ton to active participation in battles
on land and sea.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
Not Dangerous.

while you were out west did you
meet with any typical bad men?
Il should say so! spent week in
camp full Of the toughest customers
you ever saw-real cowboys who spent
most of their time firing pistols and
careering on their bronchos at break
neck speed"
didn't You tremble for your life?"
Il was trifle uneasy at first, but
when I saw how motion picture d.
rector buliied those fellows plucked
up considerable courage"
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
FOR RENT, have several
houses or rent, good locations, fea-
sonable rents. Y. j. Kachelhofez.

law OVyA a
houses or rent, good locations, fea-
sonable rents. Y. j. kachelhofer.
38tf.
"''vratlon OF MosquI.oes.
Some surprising facts regarding the
migration of mosquitoes and other in
sects have been discovered by Prof.
s. c. Ball, who spent q month at Re-
becca Shoal lighthouse last summer.
This lighthouse stands out in the ocean
IL nautical miles from the nearest
land, which is Key West, Tortugas,
while the nearest region on which
any considerable number Of mos
quitoes can breed is Marquesas Atol.
"a miles distant to the eastward.
Breezes from the north and east
brought mosquitoes to the lighthouse
and in one case a strohg southern wind
brought them from Cuba. 95 r41es
away. Indeed. in some instances
there was evidence that they were
brought by favorable winds from even
more distant points; perhaps from
Tampa bay, 180 miles distant! House
flies and various other insects were
also captured at the ighthouse.-Sci-
entific American. !.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
Real Compliment.

Billy Sunday has had many compli.
ments. but the one he prizes most
dearly came to him, oddly enough,
from criminals lips.
1t was in Philadelphia. Sunday had
visited Moyamensing prison. There
he had talked with housebreaker so
convincingly that the man had prom
ised to lead, on his discharge, Chris.
tian life.
This housebreaker, discussing Sum
day with a guardian afterward, said i:
"Re came in here, Sunday did, and
he fairly turned me inside out-made
me sick o. meself, that's what he done.
Oh, he's winner. I think he's one
of us-one o. the gang-reforlned, you
know"
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
Write Letters That Smile.
In His Spare Moments.

There WAS a hideous noise issuing
from the waiting room of the lonely
country station, and the stranded pas
senger feared foul play.
"Who's that bowling in there?" he
asked the small boy who played porter.
"That's the station MASTER" said the
lad. "'E's got so little to do now
there amt many trains stop 'ere-so
'e's scttin' the timetable to music for
the porters to learn when they come
back from the war."-London Tit. Bits.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
REFINED GOOD TASTE

is apparent in the new wall pa
2ers shown here exclusively.
There IL an entire absence Of
gandiness or glaring color Tho
papers produce 6n atmosphere
Of rich luxuriousnes. without
overstepping the bounds Of
good taste. We know you'll Ap-
preciate these papers whet. you
see them. ,g,fg5.) ..tiga..,. .,a1
TnE wat STOVE q saia@,s.''
Il. MILLER 4 Co.. prusa ists
Wahpeton. H. o.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-15
RadIate Happlness

RadIate Happiness.
He who does his best to make ev.
eryboly around him happy is the man
who surrounds himself with happiness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
THE Willy KUEHLMANN.

Pittsburgh Post: Before taking up
the statement of DR.. Won Kuehlmann,
the German foreign secretary, who es-
says to speak not only for the German
people, but for these of all other coun-
tries, in the matter of peace sentiment,
let us turn to what former Ambassador
Gerard, who spent your years in Berlin.
has to say about Kuehlmann. Here
it is:
Far more willy than zimmerman, he
will continue to strive to embroil us
with Japan and Mexico, but he will not
be caught. Second in command i'm Lon.
don he reported then that England
would not enter the war. The rumors
scattered broadcast as he took office, to
the effect that he was opposed to ruth
less U.boat warfare, were but evidences
of a more skillful hand in a campaign
to predispose the world in his favor,
and, therefore, to assist him in any me-
gotiations he might have on the carpet.
Beware of the willy Kuehlmann.
So, then, the man who presumes to
eXemplify the noble" heart of Germany
is the same who took office ostensibly
opposed to ruthless submarine warfare
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
Pity the Poor Rich.

Christian Herald: "Millionaires vi
augh are rare says Andrew Carmel
Let us pause and shed tear for d
poor rich.
They have been shamefully neglecd
and lett to suffer alone and without sy|
pathy.
Possibly if we could evolve a soc|
system that would teach the rich nd
o find happiness in using their monI
properly, the poverty problem wou
speedily solve itself.
Few have not felt that if they wd
only wealthy they would have mu
more time for enjoyment and that tho
ives would be immeasurably mo
happy.
But is this a fair conclusion? Coz
mon as it is, all evidence is against
We know that 1t is the resolves, Il
iforts, the triumphs in the accumul
ton of wealth, not the mere possessi,
If it, which give the keener gratifcatio
DO we not see the brighter, happi
aces among the humber folks?
Does not the laugh ring out more mt
lily and more true from the cottag
han from the mansions?
We CANT all be rich, and it is far b,
er that we can't. If we could it wou
be dull, sad world.
If there We're none poor, none stru
Cling, none aspiring after essenti
things, there would be no genuine ha
piness for the rich to try to initiate.
The world would soon forget how
augh.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05

after il had been resumed and knowing
that he would have to act as a party to
its continuance. The man who presumes
to discuss affairs in England has been
shown TO know SO little about the senti.
ment there that he did not think the
Britons would fight. His address. di.
rected chiefly to the Russians, shows
his contempt for their mentality as we'll
as giving an idea of his unscrupulous
ness. Expecting them to ignore the
German intrigue with which their coun-
try has been infested for years, he pre-
tends to shed tears at the thought of
how the Russians We're imposed upon
by their bureaucrats. Then he pro
ceeds blandly to faSten on those bureau
crats-most of whom we're acting with
Germany and some of whom have since
been prosecuted for treason -responsi.
bility for bringing on the war He
speaks patroni2ingly of the car as
probably well meaning although of "A
weakness that enabled the hureaucrats
easily to override his judgment 1t
would not be surprising if Germany,
F7li''iN IL w dll' W llOlll lllf upper lld nj
in Russia would restore Nicholas to the
throne under the wise supervision" of
the kaiser
In short Kuehlmam's peace talk
proves the correctness of Mr.. Gerard's
Judgment ON him 1t shows that he
has no regard for the truth and is using
his wiles to the utmost to deceive the
Russians and aid the treacherous paci-
fists in other countries opposed to Ger.
many He offers nothing substantial
toward peace. showing that the spirit
of intrigue is still uppermost in German
diplomacy. Ills talk only adds to the
justification of President Wilson'S posi-.
tiou that we can not trust those in
authority in Germany
Beware of Kuehlmann.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
HOPE FOR RUSSIA.

Tulsa World: The World has stead
fastly maintained that Russia would in
time come out of the kinks and redeem
itself before the world. We have not
changed our opinion. There is no reason
to be discouraged about the apparent
detection of this great nation, nor to be
worried about the armistice with Ger
many as far as all these things relate
to ultimate results of the war.
True, the turn of events has pro.
voked a critical situation on the west
ern front, by enabling the Germans to
mass greater forces against the allies.
But the allies are not going to yield
much. Before many months now the
Stars and Stripes will step to the front
I'm Flanders and when America strikes,
she will strike with irresistible force
The change of affairs has only made II
all the more necessary that America
hasten her preparations to deliver the
blow and that every energy of this
great democracy should be bent TO the
one task, that Of effacing kaiserism
from the world. II makes our duty
pldIHtl anu lllOIt imperative, lnere can
be no doubt of results.
The bolshevik uprising has made
trouble for the world at critical time.
but the Russian people must not be
blamed too much for their lack of per.
spicacity. They are new hands at gov
erning themselves. They are venturing
on untried seas. They were compelled
in self-defense to get rid of the Ro-
manoffs and their pro-German hangers.
on. The new government has shown
its evil character by entering into par.
ley with the enemy of Russia, for Ger
many is only a friend of those whom
it can absorb and control. This is not
the end of Russia's struggle for free
dom The bolsheviki are not the last
word. Kerensky is still in the ring,
and the real loyal element of the Rus.
sian people is to be reckoned with
sooner or later. When they do awake
the bolsheviki conspirators will get
shorter shrift than poor discarded
Nicholas.
The right will yet triumph and Russia
will yet emerge from her trials To shine
as "A bright light in the armament of
republics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
THE SERPENTINE..

Had an enterprising sea.gull, i'm the
early days of George II whilst flying
up the Thames wheeled north at Chel.
sea, say, and visited Hyde park as so
many of his brethren do today. in win
ter time, he would have found nothing
of that famous stretch of water known
as the Serpentine. I'm those days, the
little West burn trickled aimessly un.
der the UXbridge road a mile or so west
of Tyburn, and meandered through
Hyde park, making for the Thames by
easy stages. In those days too, the
park was dotted about with sundry
pools and marshes, sedgy and reedy, no
doubt, and wild as some parts of Rich.
mond park are today Altogether it
presented many possibilities in the way
of laying out" and so when Queen
Caroline the wife of George II, had sue.
ceeded in enlisting the support of Sir
Robert Walpole for her project with
out word said TO the king" the task
Of making the Serpentine was begun.
The queen had her own ideas about
parks, and one of her strongest ideas
was that they should be. first at any
rate, if not exclusively. for the diver.
sion of the royal family" Thus she
annexed 300 acres from Hyde park, and
added them to Kensington gardens
which at that time were entirely re.
served for the royal family, whilst she
was restrained only by significant re.
mark of Sir Robert Walpole's from en-.
tirely alternating st. James park from
the public, and converting it into a
garden for the palace of that name. She
asked Sir Robert, one day. how much
he thought such scheme would cost
and received the unexpected answer
only three crowns"
But to return to the Serpentine. The
London, Journal made an announce.
ment on the project in its issue of Sept
26, 1880 Next Monday" it said. they
begin the Serpentine river and royal
mansion i'm Hyde park Mr.. Ripley is to
build the house and Mr.. Jepherson to
make the river under the direction OF
Charles Withers, Esq" The royal
mansion never was built, but the task
of damming the Westbourne and drain
ing the variouse ponds into the new
river was begun at once. Two hundred
men We're employed on the work, and
by the May of the following year, il
had so far advanced that the river was
deep enough to admit of two yachts be
ing placed on it. BY the end of Septem
ber, 1888, the work was finished
The name of the new river had evi
IDENTIFY been decided on before sod was
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
RED GROSS SUCCESS.

The recent drive of the Red Cross
for new members has placed more than
2OO0O,OO0 names on the total roll. Every
one of the thirteen national divisions
exceeded the quota set for it by the
Washington headquarters.
OF course some of the new names
were duplicates-new dollars paid in by
people already members But it is said
that the actual number of members
not before enrolled was 14S53,535. OF
this number the southwestern division,
Including Oklahoma), turned in the
highest number, 3,25O,OoO The lake
division came next with more than g..
900 900.
People are waking up to the great
need of the services of the Red Cross
in the war. Families whose sons are
likely soon to need hospital attention
want to see that the resources are
equal to the demand.
The Red Cross is supplied with
money for the immediate present.
What it needs between money drives is
workers. But there will be other drives,
as long as the war lasts. 1t comes
hard on the earners of this generation.
But the next generation will be free.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
FISH AND VICTORY

1t is queer, isn't il, how closely inter.
woven are all human affairs? Take
your eating fish instead of meat for in.
stance. How can the widest imagina-
tion connect this with the winning Of
battles in France and Flanders?
Yet. these two apparently irrelevant
things are very closely connected. for
neither our soldiers nor the allies can
win those battles across the water, un.
less they are well fed. And one of the
things especially needed for our armies
is meat
How can we help the government pro.
vide this needed food? Simply by eat.
ing other foods. cheaper and more plen.
tiful and just as nourishing and health.
full
One excellent substitute for meat is
fish.
Have you given all kinds of fish a
chance to win your favor? Fish are as
varied in flavor as meat If you don't
like salmon or mackerel you may like
haddock or cod. or even some of the
new kinds of fish,
well hsh doesn't agree with me-"
you fence
1t is true that occasionally person
is poisoned by fish. but for the average
individual, fish is as readily digested as
meat
But need the nourishment in meat"
You settle back with the complacent
air of one who has installed himself
behind an argument that cannot be
felled
But fish has practically the same body.
building value as meat If eaten with
potatoes and with corn bread and but
ter fish furnishes an adequate meal
You resort to the last argument
We'll, get so tired of fish. One
fish day is all | can stand in the week q"
II this is your complaint, it is a
needless one, for the ways to vary the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05

of real interest to the men. There are
periodicals, of course, that are going
to be of value to men hungry for such
reading matter weeks or even months
after publication. But most of them
ought to be sent just as soon as the
first reader can get through with them.
Another protest concerned the type
of magazines sent There are too many
women's fashions periodicals. catalogs,
trade publications, stock market and
congressional reports and statistical re.
views. There are too few of the good,
live weeklies and monthlies that are
of general interest.
Try TO put yourself in the fighting
mans place and then send forward
something that is up-to-date and inter.
esting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
SAVING A BILLION DOLLARS.

y New York financial expert says
that it is reasonable to expect a saving
of "A billion dollars q year in railroad
management as a result Of centralized
operation under the government.
This sounds incredible. II would
mean saving of about per cent on
the total value of the railroads. 1t
would thus mean that our whole vast
transportation system could be car.
ried' financially paying practically all
legitimate interest and dividends en-.
tirely out of the economies effected.
such result would make the re-fnanc.
ing and rehabilitation of the railroads
an easy matter. 1t would soon put
them ON their feet and make them gen
timely prosperous, progressive and serv.
iceable.
How can this miracle be worked?
There is no mystery about it, Just con.
slider, the experts say. the enormous
waste that will be eliminated by merely
getting rid OF the factor of competition
Railroads are no longer obliged to
maintain expensive stats and Offices
aud equipment devoted to the purpose
Of getting business away from each
other. Hundreds of passenger and
freight offices may be abolished Thou.
SAINTS of agents, clerks. publicity men.
etc. employed in the elaborate system
of competitive struggle will no longer
be needed Much expensive advertising
will be stopped. Fast and expensive
passenger trains operated primarily for
advertising purposes will be cut off.
Lawyers fees will be greatly reduced,
because of the lessened litigation.
Hundreds of millions will be saved by
the cooperative use of rolling stock
and trackage and shops which under
the old system were half wasted in
competitive struggle. Direct routing
of trains, the pooling of cars and loco.
motives and labor, the utilization of
any property or any special facility pos.
sessed by any railroad, for the benefit
of the general transportation scheme
instead of for the advantage of the
possessor or the disadvantage of a ri.
val, all these will have powerful eff.
feet on the efficiency and economy of
the new plan.
In theory, at least, it ought to work
admirably Whether it win do so de.
pends on the skill, intelligence and good
faith of the management
The outlook thus far is extremely en-
couraging. The public, from big finan-
ciers down to day laborers seems to have
confidence in the outcome. Thus the
psychological atmosphere" a big fac
tor in any public undertaking, is right
to begin with.
This confidence has been increased by
the first acts of the director-general.
Secretary McAdoo has taken hold of
the big principles involved in a way
suggesting real knowledge and mastery
of the situation. He has wisely left the
actual operation of the lines in the
hands of practical railroad men. There
is much evidence of sound business
sense, and very little of politics. As
long as this situation continues, we
need have no fear of missing the an.
ticipated benefits
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
STOP BOOSTING THE KAISER

Are the American women going to
continue to help the kaiser. or will
they help his opponents?
This is question thoughtful people
are anxiously asking. And we'll they
may for on the side that the Ameri-
can women throw their energies on that
side will the scales in all probability
tip toward victory.
But you eXclaim, of course the
American women will help the allies.
1t is preposterous to think that they
would send husbands. sons and broth
ers to fight against the Germans and
then they, themselves, turn around and
help the enemy"
Yes, we admit, this does sound pre-.
postorous. Nevertheless, it is the grim
truth. The American women are helm.
ing the Germans very materially. Last
August for instance, about twenty-one
million Of our supposedly good Ameri.
can women-the very women who are
sending their loved ones bravely to face
the German guns, submarined and sank
four cmgoes Of food needed by France.
What YOU don't believe us?
Listen, then. to the facts.
The approximate total garbage col.
lection last August from twentv.one
milNon psople living in our largest
cities was l95,357 tons. Now. Of course
part of this garbage was legitimate
waste But say one-teuth and food
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
MAGAZINES FOR SOLDIERS

Whats your favorite magazine? What
do you do with it when you and your
family have finished reading it? DO
you add it to the pile in attic or base.
ment to await re-reading or the arrival
of the junk man? Or do you place a
one'cent stamp on particularly inter.
esting number and give it to a postal
,mploye to be forwarded to some soluipr
or sailor?
When the postal provision permitting
this remailing of magazines was an.
nounced it looked like a mighty fine
thing. Here was one simple and in.
expensive way to keep good reading
matter in the hands of the men in the
service who are eager for those very
magazines.
1t is reported that large proportion
of the reading matter sent to one camp
and this is probably typical of many
of the camps-is sent too late to be