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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30

One of the curious reactions Of mat
rimony seems to be that, in the great
majority Of cases, it dulls the brightness
and withers the charm Of these who
enter into 1t. Some fine and Elusive
quality Of mind and spirit, some airy,
fairy grace of soul appears to be
crushed out by domesticity, so that you
rarely find a mar and a woman who
are as attractive after marriage as they
were before.
This is true even Of those who are
happily married, and who have no
black disappointment to warp their out
look on life, or kill theit aspirations,
Except in the solid, plodding, work-a-
day virtues, after marriage the great
majority of people stand still, Or II
they progress, they progress backward,
as an Irishman might say.
erous reader and nothing was more
interesting than to get him talking
about new books and authors. Meet
him five years after marriage, n he
will tell you that he doesn't keep up
with current literature, that he only
has time for the newspapers and the
stock market. Or perhaps John was a
marvellous r%aconteur who could tell a
story, or do a bit Of pantomime as well
as any headline vaudevillian, but a few
years of matrimony e~Xtinguishes Johns
sense Of humor and puts his little talent
entirely out of commission.
Before marriage Mary played and
sang almost like a professional. Thou
sands OF dollars and years Of time had
been spent on her musical education,
Ten years after marriage Mary can't
play the ''Maiden's Prayer" and when
you ask for a little music she says,
why, l haven't touched the piano In
years, and l don't believe l have sung
anything but lullabies since my first
baby was born"
When you exclaim in horror at her
having let her talent rust out she says
alphabetically that John doesn't care
for music. When you ask John why he
doesn't read, as he used to, he says
that Mary isn't interested in books and
likes to play cards of An evening, OF
that he has given up telling stories be-
cause Mary thought he made a buffoor
of himself.
Neither husband nor wife intended tc
block the others development, but they
did 1t just as effectually by their indif.
ference as they could have done by
malicious plan. For the finer flowers
of life must have the warm sun of APP
probation shine upon them II they are
to grow and flourish, and this congen'
ial temperature they seldom find a
home.
Of course II we brought any intelli'
gence to bear-which We do not-upor
the great problem Of how to be happy
though married, husbands and wive!
would not be guilty of the crime Of hin
dering each others development in any
line. They would perceive the i'm
p%ortance Of introducing new interests
new enthusiasms, new ~sympathies int
their lives to take the place Of the oil
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
WHAT SOLDIERS z A

The American Library association Is
asking for gifts OF good recent works
of fiction to supply the reading needs OF
u men IN hospitals and rehabilitation
camps, Every public library In the
United States has been designated as a
receiving station for such gifts.
The classes Of books most in demand
by the soldiers are fiction Of the ad-
vcnturous-romantic school Recent re-
quests from hospital and camp librari.
II emphasize the call for books OF this
sort, Zane Grey Is perhaps the most
popular of all writer's with the enlisted
men, and OF his books, from Heritage
Of the Desert" TO The U. =. Trail"
there is never a sufficient supply. The
"rarzan' stories by Edgar Rice Bur
rouehs are fairly devoured. and Rex
Beach, John Fox, Jr,, and b. NJ. Bower
are prime favorites,
o, ,Henry's books are In constant de-
mand, with scant supply, There are
never enough copies OF TON SAWYER"
to meet the calls for Mark ~rwain's
great classic OF boyhood. though hun
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. ouInlus, the
Sunshine Man,
The Ever. Living Lord.


Revelation, | 9-1S.-Let me take the
simple words and depths OF their faith
omless simplicity. An old villager used
to tell me it would strengthen my eyes
If l looked long into deep wells. And
it will assuredly strengthen the ayes
of my soul to gaze into wells like these.
Il am He that liveth." What a mar
velous transformation it worked upon
DR.. Dale, when one day, In his study,
it flashed Upon him, as never before,
that Jesus Christ Is alive! Christ Is
alive" he repeated again II agarn
until the clarion music filled all the
rooms in his soul. Christ Is alive!'
And was dead" Yes, the Lord has
gone right through that dark place.
There are footprints, and they are the
footprints of the Conqueror, all along
the road. Christ leads me through no
darker room than He went through
before"
And, behold, l am alive for ever
more" Jesus has conquered death and
all its powers" Never more will 1t sit
on a transient throne. Its power is
broken, it's sting has lost its poison,
there isn't a boast left in its apparently
o]mnlyorous mouth Where's thy vic
tory, o grave?" And here is the gospel
for me-"Because l live ye shall live
also -. II. Jowett.
Dayton, Ohio,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30

Mr.. Hoover used rough language to the Germans, but he is
excusable. Hit 'em again.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
DECEMBER 30, 1893.

A fierce battle was In progress to-
day off the harbor OF Rio de Janeiro
between rebel ships and government
forts.
A small army viii be sent by Great
Britain to Africa to subduc the upris-
ing among the Mataheles tribes, which
recently slew 10 British soldiers,
Queen Lilioukalani Of Hawaii. recent
y deposed, Is awaiting with her armed
force, the action OF the United States
investigating committee.
The approaching election for mayor
Of Memphis, Jan, 4, will be between
Lucas Clapp and Mr.. MADDEN, on in
dependent boilers tickets, and Joe j.
Williams, the Democratic nominee.
Col Miller G.. Henderson, for 30 years
a resident OF the city and a famous
Confederate soldier, died at his home
at 80 Goslee street last night.
Cards are out announcing the engage
ment Of Karl +, Scheligstein and Miss
Myrtle Rolf, the marriage to take place
Feb. %.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
iNp oPo0TS

LISTENING 10 me pOGLEp
Up pc PORTER TELL HIS
GtRG JUST HOW lr WAY MAT
nE MlSSEO CON- 6 ~ NE
PEACE CoAEeHeNc6
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
e." r .. "' ~""' Twice Told Tales
News OF Memphis
10 Years Ago.
DECEMBER 30, 1908.


An earthquake shock and tidal wave
IN the islands of Calibria and Sicily, Oft
the Italian coast, killed 10000 persons
yesterday according to the newspaper
Tribuna, at Rome,
Twenty men were killed and 40
wounded in a battle between insurgents
and federal troops near Macuro, Vene-
zuela, yesterday,
Secretary OF War and Mrs. Luke e.
Wright viii return to Washington to-
night after spending the Christmas hol-
| idays with their son, H. Il, Wright.
A committee from the r, NJ, c. today
called upon Gen. Wright and petttioned
him to station a regular army post near
Memphis.
Count Won Bernstortf, new German
ambassador, has arrived In New York
to replace the late Baron Spec Won
Stcrnberg.
A professor OF Stanford university
claims to have discovered a method Of
reading inscriptions on Etruscan tombs,
which changes materially the history Of
ancient Italy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
QUICK TEACHING.

DO YOU think you could learn to
love me?' asked the young man,
WELL don't-know." replied the
sweet young thing, thoughtfuliy,
II have $4,000 In Liberty bonds, $40
GOO Invested In good paying stock->
Go on I'm learning"
And $4,000 in well paying real es-
tate"
AN right, dear; I've learned. Be
lioNe me. you're some ~teacher!"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
dreds OF copies have been bought In ad

dreds OF copies have been bought In ad-
dition to those given by the public.
Anna Katherine Green's detective sto-
ries vie with the adventurous tales OF
George Barr MoCutcheon. Soldiers like
the detective stories OF Mary Roberts
Rlnehart, too, such as The Man In
Lower Ten" and THE Circular Stair
case" as well as her later works.
Gene Stratton- Porter's stories Of the
Limberlost are very popular, So are the
novels Of Harold Bell Wright. Indeed,
II may almost be said that any book
that is popular with the general read
ing public Is popular with the soldiers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30

Shall we have a social revolution in this country? asks
Wilbur c. Abbott in the Yale Review. The answer is: Go TO
work, you lout, and earn a living.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06
SUGAR 1EsTp
MORAL fiber
0oubters Declared Saving Sta
piles Would BE Easy Compared
With Sacrificing Luxuries.
FIGURES SHOW RESULTS.
Americans Demonstrated Sturdy Sup
port Of War by Conserving for
the Benefit Of the
Allies. -

When figures began to show def
initely that the people of the United
States were actually reducing their
consumption of foods needed abroad,
the United States Food Admins
tration was told that ii was COM
paratively easy to bring about conser-
walton Of staple necessities, but that It
would be far more difficult to accom-
plish an actual decrease in the use of
luxuries. The doubters TOOK sugar as
an example, and declared that Ii would
be practically impossible TO bring our
consumption OF sugar down TO point
that would meet only the food needs
of the people
Now that demands upon ocean tom
mage will be lightened, European ma
lions will be able TO 60 farther afield
for foOdstuffs, and will no longer be
entirely dependent for sugar upon
North American supplies. With the
stocks now in prospect, we will have
sufficient sugar TO place this country
back upon normal consumption if the
present short rat .ons I'm Europe are
not materially Increased. IT the Eu-
rOpean ration is TO be materially in
creased over the present low amount
1t can be only through the American
peoples making it possible by con-
tinued restriction TO u greater or less
extent here.
The fact that the Food Administra-
ton has been able to relax the volun-
tary sugar ration is In itself proof that
the ration Of two pounds per person
per month was generally observed
throughout the country. This conSer-
walton allowed the Food Administra-
ton 10 build up reserve. and to tide
over the period of scarcity, until the
the new crops of Louisiana cane anf
beet sugar were ready for distribution
The records OF the Food Admins
tratiOn show that in July, August, Sep
TENDER and October $4,000 tons were
distributed. Normal consumption for
that period ls 100000 tons. This
shows definite. concrete saving OF
over 100000 tons These figures ap
ply TO sugar consumed on the table, In
the kitchen and in the various indus
tries, and show conclusively that in
the homes and public eating places of
America, where 20 per cent. of all our
sugar is consumed. the sugar consump
ton has been reduced by more than
Onethlrd.
In the fOur-mOnth period begin
ming with July this country normally
uses 100000 tons of sugar per month.
Last July 100000 tons entered ID into nto
distribution I'm August only 223OOO
tons were distributed. In September
The figures showed 219 600 tons, and
then fell 10 100000 tons in October.
There could be no more definite
proof that the American people have
given their loyal cooperation and sup
port of the war. ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06

VIM Bockelman ct al Insane Inq SO so
Underwood Typewriter Go Reg exp ,
S. not allowet
WoodburnPtCo OFF ex Supt cl $7O.45 co,
Philip kastner Sup poorfartn u o
b l. Gree Co Poor cambridge 25 Do
Frank ] Seng Deputy Aud bond 10000
Approved
Jos A Sonderman Treas bond $50. 900
Approved
Cbus Fl Barley Clerk bond $40, 900 App
Robt ~ rdhoff Sheriff bond $1,000 Apr
L L Blessinger Recorder bond $4,000 Al D
Geo x Wieop Petition Grintau
JACOB Ii. SRNG
Auditor Dubois Co.
FRANK SENG, Deputy
Dec. 6, 19lS-1 wk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06
War hJ!herS Report

The War Mothers Club has this
report to make up to Nov 20,
1918 Of their work as an auxiliary
to me Red Cross. Since organic
ing way "a 1918 the Club has
knitted 70 pair socks, % sw eat.
ers. mad. 5 bed shirts, 100 com
fcrt kits and 500 housew ives.
These were all accounted for in
the Re-, Cross annua report
Th Club still has out quite a
bit Of Unfinished work. There
is no reason that this club should
dlsband because of the armistice
and plans for peace There are
many things this Club can take
up should war work cease.
Civic or relief work would ap
peal to US Helping to beautify
the town. sanitary conditions.
planting flowers in waste places.
what would be more appropriate
than to plaat a Vic, DRY Flower
or Fruit Tree along our county
wayside-a living symb6 in mem
Org of our soldier boys. We are
over a hundred strong in mem
bership and could certainly be of
some use in helping to make JAS
per and DuDoi; Co worth living
in. The Club met Nov %. After
hearing reports of our DO, IN
service the Proclamation of Oct.
3, 1889 by G Washington was
read, also the PROCLAIM a ion of
ttis NJ. % bv our war Presi
c mt " uodrov Wilson. A beauti.
p en- ~ Ro Cave Gould
Cisrk anu tn-n prayer lead by
one Of the m mbers.
We W TT 70 take this oppor-
tunity To thank all persons who
I'VE % II s kind to US in dona.
ons and especia ly we thank our
t,iilor Tor m ny favors, We dc
not forge ID thank a so the
telephone girls who have been SO
kid when we did n have time
Il and the number wanted.
Commit &c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06

Ent. rel a. .sc nd-elass matter at the
ooaoilice at Jssper, Ind. under the act
cf March 3, 1897
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06

With the solemn obligation of pro-
vidlng that margin" OF food that
would safeguard against starvation
our friends Ia Europe the housewife
and the consumer have learned hither-
to ignored and unsupported things
about food, have absorbed q whole
college education" in food values,
food handling. buying and substituting
that they will not want to forget.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06

Our voluntary food-saving not only
saved the Allies and made vital contri-
button TO the winning Of the war, but
saved TO ourselves In administration
expenses the outlay out of our own
pockets that any effective system OF
rationing would have extracted. II
would have cost US about $4,000, 900
to have policed ourselves as against
the 2 cents per capita for cooperating.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06
Save &W
that we may share
Save food
METHODS OF DEMOCRACY.

!. The extent TO which the United
= States Food Administrators has
+ relied on the voluntary support
+ of the American people is shown
= by statement made by the
+ United States Food Administra-
= tor speaking before the Senate
+ Agricultural Committee less
+ than three months after this
!. country entered the war. That
1. he was justified in his implicit
+ confidence In the strength Of de-
= mocracy has been clearly reflect
!. ed by the measure OF support we
= have lent the Allfs.
= IF democracy is worth any
I. thing" Mr.. Hoover declared. I'VE
+ can do these things by co-opera-
+ ton, by stimulation. by self-Sac-
= rifice, by the patriotic mobiliza-
= ton Of the brains OF this coun-
= try. IL IL cannot be done in this
= manner Ii is better that we ac-
= cept German domination and
= confess 10 failure OF our political
r ideals. acQulesce In the superior.
= ity OF the German conception
+ and send for the Germans 10 in.
r struet u in Its ase.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06
THE TEST NOW FULFILLED.

This government Is nothing more
than the expression Of the people, and
if we are TO win the war Ii will be only
because every man, woman and child
charges himself daily AMI hourly with
the test, Does this or that contribute
to win the war?-Herbert Hoover,
April Is, 1913.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06
AN AMERICAN HABIT
THAT WAS EXPANDED

Coming to the relief of the dis
tressed is not a new sensation 70 US
Having sent shiploads OF faQd TO the
famine sufferers of India AZ offhand
eddy a. the housewife hands opt q Gu
of the loaf 10 the wayfarer. " seemed
the most natural thing In the, world Il
succor Belgium. TO take on the, feeding
of a nation quite informally,A,.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06

BY saving and sharing America kept
the world together during the war cri.
sis BY saving and sharing America
will help 10 bring the healing Of IN.
tons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06

The test Of peace is TO siimmoc fol
the healing OF nations devotion .xua
10 that given he tasks of war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-06
-npsor,o, ION 81. so Per Year.

lhis pape, he mailed regularly to I
sdo-cribers nntil definite order to die
continue Q received and all arrears paid
full: IN less in the discretion OF the
publisher different course should De
oeemed advisable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-30
GROUND FROZEN AGES AGO
Scientific Explanations Of Fact Which
Has Puzzled Miners Who Have
Worked in Alaska.

Miners and biologists familiar with
conditions in Alaska are aware that
in many places the ground in that
country is permanently frozen, ex-
.cept on the surface, to a depth of
200 and even 300 feet. While this has
been popularity attributed to long
continued low temperature in winter,
the interesting theory has recently
been advanced by a scientist that the
condition is due to far colder
heather that obtained In sone pre-
yious age, and that protective vegeta.
ton Oh the surface has Kept the Frost
in the ground permanently since then.
It has been found that when moss
has been cleared away for open-cut
mining or farming, the upper level
of the grounds frost seemed gradually
to descend. If such is the case, it may
show that present temperatures are
not low enough to freeze the ground
to the great depths cited aboye.-Pop-
ular Mechanics Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-30
HOW TO PRODUCE
KEALTHFUL MILK
Low Bacterial Count Is Essential
Factor in Obtaining Superior
Article.
NO EXCUSE FOR DIRTY BARN
Steam SteriIizer for Utensils, Clean
Udders, SmaiI-Top Milking Pals
and Removal of Manure of
Much Importance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of ~Agriculture.)
Milk with a low bacterial count can
be. produced IN practically any COW
barn. Any dairy farmer with a healthy
herd can produce such milk with an in
vestment of only $40 or $50 and a little
extra care. a...4
The United States department Of
agriculture in an experiment produced
low bacterial count milk in a poor
dairy barn. .aoa.
The only changes made were:
Simple steam sterilizer for utensils.
Clean cows, especially clean udders,
Small-top milking pals.
Proper manure removal and good
bedding.
The bacterial count fell from as high
as 100000 to an average Of 2,154.
Produce Clean MIX.
Low bacterial count Is the beginning
Of good milk, but milk must also be
safeguarded from other contamination
likely in a dairy barn. There Is no
| legitimate excuse for the production of
milk from dirty cattle Or in a filthy
| stable. In addition milk must be prop
erly cooled to prevent the multiplied
ton of bacteria. y
Reduction of bacteria in milk does
not depend on the kind of barn or ex'
| pensive equipment SO much as on sim,
pie inexpensive precautions. Milk with
low bacteria count can be produced In
barns of ordinary type with less than
500 worth of extra equipment. The
dairy specialists of the United States
department of agriculture have proved
this il a practical experiment.
What SmaIl.Top Pail Did.
Without any changes in barn man.
agement the specialists had two COWS
MIXED into small-top pals and the
two others were MIXED into ordinary
open-top pals. The milk from the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-30
Bush Fruit Growing Between Rows of
Trees In Newly Set Orchard.

that he is, I'm effect, following a system
OF double cropping and that because of
the crop between the trees he may
need to give more attention to main
tanning the fertility of the soil than he
would for the peaches alone.
After the trees reach bearing age
they should not be made to compete
with another crop. Even If the plant
food in the soil is sufficient to produce
successfully two crops at the same
time. the peach trees usually will need
all the available soil moisture, except,
of course, in sections where irrigation
is ~practiced and the supply of water Is
adequate for all purposes. Besides, a
crop between the trees would be like
ly to interfere with the spraying of the
trees, If that operation should be nee
essary, with the harvesting Of the
fruit, and In other ways.
Muskmelons, beans, peas, cabbages,
tomatoes and other truck crops are ex-
tensively grown between peach trees
In different sections. Potatoes are
sometimes used, but they are suitable
only when the crop can be SO managed
that the digging of the potatoes viii
not amount to a late cultivation, which
may be attended with undesirable re-
suits. Corn, also, is frequently used,
but as very often managed 1t is objec-
tionable, because it shades the trees
excessively. Whenever corn Is used,
an open strip of considerable width
should be left along the rows, so that
the trees will be fully exposed to the
sunlight throughout the season. If q
very tall, strong-growing variety OF
corn is used, a wider strip should be
left implanted than where a dwarf
variety is selected.
Peach trees are sometimes used for
planting between trees, especially
where apples comprise the permanent
crop. This practice is highly recon.
mended by some and emphatically con
demned by other fruit growers of wide
experience. 1t is probably objection
able In that for q period Of years both
bearing and ~nonbearing trees occupy
the same area, and it Is sometimes de-
sirabie to treat Il fruiting tree very diff.
ferently from one that is not fruiting,
for the best results with each. On the
other hand, where a site Is particular,
~ favorable FER beth fruits, G ccfapro-
mise treatment can often be effected
which yields fairly satisfactory results
with both kinds of trees.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-30
How to Win a Seat.

Here Is a tip for Pittsburgh strap
hangers on how to win a seat. 1t was
tried with success recently on a Broad
way car by a woman who looked tired
but couldn't induce any of the men
sitters to give her a seat She looked
around pleadlngly, but all those who
had seats were absorbed in their news
papers. The car had gone a block or
two when suddenly a voice vas heard
singing. The Star Spangled Banner"
1t was the woman who had Just en-
tered the car Everyone arose. Then
the oma edged into a seat that had
been occupied by one of the men.
When the woman was seated the song
suddenly ended.-New York Sun.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-30
Remarkable eleaninna

Maj. Frederick Palmer, the war cor
respondent, a talking In New York
about his profession.
Strange as 1t may SEEM" he said,
smiling, my work, like other work, re-
quires experience. You wouldn't think
so from the war correspondents you
meet in the battle zone.
"These green correspondents CLEAN
many remarkable items of information.
/ saw a beardless correspondent of 10
go up eagerly to a bandaged American
soldier one day and ray. ~unsheathing
his fountain pen:
"'How did you get hurtT
@sNyell, you see, mister the soldier
answered, ] was leaning up against
the barrnge, and when 1t lifted all OK
a sudden. ! fell into a shell hole and
broke my leg"