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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-10
TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL
DEAFNESS AND HEAD
NOISES

II you have Catarrhal Deafness or head
noises go TO your druggist and get l ounce
Of Parmint double strength), and add to it
. "a pint of hot water and little graduated
sugar. Take one tablespoonful four times
a day.
This will often bring quick relief from the
distressing head noises. ClOgged nostrlls
should open. breathing become easy and the
mucous stop dropping into the throat. 1t is
easy to prepare, costs little and Is pleasant
to take Any one who has Catarrhal Deaf
ness or head noises should give this pre-
scription II observation-disclosures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-10

1t is estimated that the Daylight Saving
Plan in the United States will save the
country 1000, 600 tons of coal and enough
gas and electric energy to aggregate total
saving of $40. 600 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-10

Bishop Talbot of Pennsylvania says:
What use is world made safe for democ-
racy if the children of our world do not
know the fundamental truth on which alone
democracy can be built 2"
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28
RULES RESCINDED FOR
PUBLIC EATING PLACES

The United States food admins
tratiOn has removed all restrictions
for public eating places. With this
announcement the Food Administra-
tion, however, urges the Importance
of continued conservation of all
food stuffs.
Partial rehabilitation of the food
administration and the withdrawal
of many of its rules and regulations
have given the impression in some
quarters that all its activities have
ceased or are shortly to cease. This
is not the case.
The act imposes on the admins
tration certain obligations which con-
tinue until presidential proclamation
releases us from the food control act
and particularly the obligation to
curb profiteering and speculating
in licensed food products. This
function must continue to be per-
formed and there is no intention of
relaxing in this direction.
1t has been possible, now that
peace is assured, to cancel many re-
quirements for reports and many de-
tails of the regulations, but the pro-
fit margins and rules have been for
the most part retained and will be
enforced by revocation of licenses
and other appropriate penalties. 1t
is expected that it will be possible
from time to time to remove certain
commodities from the license list,
but this will be limited to commodi
ties which do not seem likely to be
subject to possibility of speculation
and profiteering.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28
BOYS AND GIRLS
HELPED Win war
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE
PUPILS EARNED AND SAVED
TO AID WAR
Examination Answers Make Interest
ing Statistics About
War Work

That the boys and girls of Stevens
county We're active in war work ac-
tivities during the past year, is evil
denced by the last examination in
the seventh and eighth grades. One
of the general questions was in re-
gard to saving and earning to help
finance the war. 1863 of 1873 pupils
questioned were earning and saving
to do their share in winning the con-
flict.
Of the 1873 boys and girls, 109
stated that they were owners of
War savings stamps and "a that
they had purchased Liberty bonds.
Those who practiced self-denial in
order to help, numbered 167. The
average age of the seventh and
eighth graders was found to be
14.4 years.
The response of the children in
the above grades to the call for
war gardens and increased food pro-
duction, was shown by the compara-
tive number Of gardens grown by
these boys and girls in the years
1917 and 1918. In 1917 there were
81 gardens as compared to 141 in
1918.
The questions concerning the fu-
ture vocations Of the boys and girls
brought forth some interesting an
swers. 1t would appear that Stevens
county will furnish its share of ste
nographers, nurses, teachers and
farmers to the world if their ambi-
tions remain the same as at present.
Thirty-eight of the pupils had de-
cided that to take dictation and
pound the keys Of a typewriter was
the height of their future dreams.
Twenty-Five would be nurses and 25
would teach the future generation
their a-b-c's, while II chose farm
ing as their vocation.
Alphabetically arranged, the vo-
cations chosen were as follows:
Artists, 4; barber, L; bookkeepers, 6;
business, s; carpenter, /; dentist, /;
doctors, Z; dressmaker, 1; electric
engineers, 2; engineers, q; farmers,
II; housekeepers, 7; inventors, 2;
lawyers, 8; librarian, 1; mechanical
engineers, 2; mechanics, a; miners,
Q; musicians, a; nurses, 25; secret
service, 1; soldiers, 2; stenographers,
38; teachers, 25; telephone operators,
2; telegraphy, 2; undecided, 81; U.
S. civil service, /.
Washington was claimed by 95 as
their native state, other places be-
ing representive birthplaces as fol-
lows Alabama, l.; Arkansas, /;
Canada, 6; Colorado, S; Germany, 1;
Idaho, 10; Illinois, /; Indiana, A;
Iowa, 8; Kansas, a; Kentucky, /;
Michigan, B.; Minnesota, 6; Missouri,
G.; Montana, a; Nebraska, 8; New
York, 8; North Dakota, 5; Ohio, 2;
Oklahoma, 2; Oregon, 2; Pennsyl-
vania, s.; South Dakota, 2; Tennes-
see, /; Washington, 95 and Wiscon-
sin, 4.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28
COLVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NOW OWNS 1900 VOLUMES

There are some people and some
institutions that go quietly about
their work, accomplishing great
deal without much publicity The
Colville public library is that sort of
an institution. The ladies of the
COlvlle improvement club have given
generously of their time to take
charge of the town library and make
it worth while institution, but their
work is done so quietly that few
people know of the time they spend
acting as Librarians.
The library now has about 1900
volumes, states Mrs. F. B. Goetter,
president of the club. An average
of fifty books are exchanged in an
afternoon. The book fund has been
kept up by the city council, the Col
vile Commercial club and desk fines
The library, which is in the brick
grammar school building, is open
Monday, Thursday and Saturday af-
ternoons.
The ladies of the Improvement
club scheduled to act as librarians
during this last year included Mrs.
Thomas Aspend, Mrs. f. B. Goetter,
Mrs. +. X. Arnold, Mrs. C. H. Car
roll, Mrs. A. B. Sansburn, Mrs. l..
G. Keller, Mrs. George Thomas, Mrs
d. H. Carey, Mrs. r. S. Wells, Mrs
NJ. r. Strong, Mrs. l.. Dannheiser,
Mrs. w. F. Diffenbacher, Mrs. Bert
Nicol, Mrs. G.. W. Peddycord, Mrs. J.
ID. Casey, Mrs. l.. f. Jesseph, Mrs.
George W. Seal, Mrs. f. Y. Wilson,
Mrs. r. f. Lee and Mrs. d. W.
Williams.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28
DEPLORES SCAREHEADS
ABOUT INFLUENZA CASES

at is obvious that every scare
head announcing The terrible NOR
tality' from the prevailing malady
will be indirectly responsible for
many deaths" states the Bulletin,
of San Francisco, California. "The
worst of the influenza epidemic is
probably over, and one reason that
it is nearing it's end is because the
majority of people are taking re-
asonable precautions against its
spread. But the most important
factor of all is the preservation of
a brave front, thus rendering ones
self immune from mental sugges-
tions of evil. If you contract a bad
cold don't scare yourself into pneu-
monia. While not attempting to
minimize the gravity of the situa-
tion, the Bulletin does not propose
to frighten people in the manner it's
contemporaries have adopted"
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28
THAT FLU STUFF

If you have a tummy-ache,
It's the Flu!
If you're weary when you wake,
It's the FLU
Is your memory off the track?
Is your liver out of whack?
Are there pimples on your back?
It's the Flu
Are there spots before your eyes?
It's the Flu
Are you fatter than some guys?
It's the Flu!
Do your teeth hurt when you bite ?
Do you ever have a fright?
Do you want to sleep at night?
It's the FLU
Are you thirsty when you eat?
It's the Flu!
Are you shaky on your feet?
= It's the Flu!
If you feel little i'll,
Send right off for DR.. Pill,
He will say, despite his skill:
! ats the Fluw
He won't wait to diagnose,
It's the Flu!
Hasn't time to change his clothes,
It's the Flu!
For two weeks he's had no rest,
Has no time to make a test,
So he'll class you with the rest
It's the Flu!
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28
CHRISTMAS FUND
GIVES HAPPINESS
MONEY RAISED FOR GIETS FOR
CHILDREN MAKES MANY
HOMES HAPPY
Young People in Rural Districts
Need Story Books, States
Probation Officer


were made happy this Christmas by
receiving gifts which were made
possible by those who responded
to the call sent out by the county
probation officer. Each year Mr..
Petty starts fund for the purpose
of helping provide Christmas for
children in whose homes he knows
there will not be one. This years
fund doubled that of last year, the
people of Colville and vicinity do
mating $40 in cash, besides books
and other articles.
As no other man in the county,
the probation officer knows what a
pathetic time Christmas is in some
of the children's homes The time
of the year to which all children
look forward is mockery to the
unfortunate boys or girls who are
orphans or who have widowed moth
ers finding it hard enough to pro-
vide the necessities of life without
It's luxuries.
Jimmie" couldn't bear to have
these homes go without Christmas,
so he started a fund His list of
| children grew to almost 70, but the
fund grew quite well and he was
able to send a package to each one
on the list. Everyone seemed glad
to help, the stores to wrap the par
cells and give discounts, and the
people around town to contribute.
Williams & Hard started list Of
donations in their billiard rooms
which helped great deal towards
raising sufficient funds. The Col
vile bakery donated some Christ
mas cookies and loaves of bread to
be sent to families in Colville.
One warm-hearted lady requested
the privilege Of providing for fam
lily of children on the list and quietly
went about planning a Christmas
tree for them. That her Christmas
day was a joyful one is absolutely
undoubted, for she must have seen
enough JOY in the faces of her little
guests to give her sunshine for the
next year.
Starved for Stories
Enough books for the boys and
girls in half dozen families were
sent to Mr.. Petty. In speaking of
the books, he made the statement
that the children in the rural dis
tricts are starved for stories. Fairy
stories, Mother Goose rhymes, the
well-known stories that are popular
with the young people.many people
have piles of them stored away. In
some homes the children are grown
and have discarded their old books,
which stay unused on the shelves.
How much better it would be to
send them to the story-starved
children away from library facilities.
What nearly broke "Jimmie's"
heart was there wasn't enough mon-
ey to send more toys and pretty
things to the children this year. You
see, he knew some of them didn't
own pair of stockings and that
they must have those first, so he
couldn't very well help it that the
things sent were mostly necessities.
He says that he knows it will be
different next year. People will be
awake to the need and will see that
in no home in Stevens county will
there be children not visited by the
jolly old fellow with the white
whiskers and the twinkling eye.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-12-28

Mrs. F. S. Oaks has been called
to Hillyard by the illness of her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Lee. 1t is reported that Mr..
and Mrs. Lee are much better, but
that Mrs. Oaks is suffering from
nervous prostration.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
Kaiiserisn
Seen at Close Quarters and Por-
trayed Just as 1t Is

FACE TO FACE WITH KAlsERIsM BY james
w Gerard Illustrated. Svo. PIP. $50 Tho
George II. poran Company.
Mr.. Gerard's second volume is more
interesting and valuable than his first.
That is not to depreciate the worth of
his "Four Years in Germany" but
rather to indicate the exceptional
merits of "Facc to Face With Kaiser
ISM" In his former work the former
ambassador told us chiefly what had
already been related, rendering the
great service of giving his personal and
official authority to statements which
previously had been merely anonymous
press reports. In the present work he
goes much further and gives us much
new information in veritable moving
and living picture of Kaiserism and
kultur at home and at short range.
Much of the volume is filled with lit
cral transcripts from his diaries, Civ
ing ais observations, impressions and
items of information precisely as they
to feel that we are back in Berlin with
him before our participation in the
war.
The most significant feature of the
book, which runs through it in an un-
broken vein, is its revelation of Ger
man plottings against America, Begin
ming long before the war and develop
ing into hostility and finally into utter
hatred Germany last year proposed
joint intervention in Mexico to Eng
land" "The Kaiser will not see me be-
cause of the delivery of arms by Amer
leans to the Allies, and has SO stated"
Such passages abound, followed lit
tic later by "The hate of Americans
grows daily, if, indeed, it is possible to
be greater" Another interesting item,
news to most Americans: Germany
does not recognize the American citi-
zenship or naturalization of person
horn in Russia" We had long been
familiar with Germany's treacherous
double allegiance" system, but it re-
mained for Mr.. Gerard to remind US
that that country thus impertinently
assumed to pass upon the status Of
naturalized Americans of non-German
origin.
An interesting chapter is devoted to
Kaiserism in America, and particularly
to the German propaganda in our pub
lie schools, against which The Tribune
has been waging campaign. Mr..
Gerard found Chicago schools using
German textbooks stamped with the
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20

more interesting than the half dozen
small republics Of Central America.
Perhaps we must say that there are
none whose history has been more tur-
bulent or whose condition has been
more demoralized. Certainly there are
none of which it is more desirable for
us to have knowledge, the knowledge
which this attractive book conveys. Mr.
Koebel, who has written also the vol
umes on Uruguay and Paraguay in this
series, knows Latin America thorough
ly, and writes with both authority and
charm. He is not censorious, but SYM
pathetic and optimistic in his treatment
of Central American politics and the
turbulence that too often prevails
Over such controversial topics as the
former British claims to the Mosquito
Coast, British Honduras, and tie Pan
anna Revolution, he passes with ju.
dicious lightness Of touch. To suf
ficiently complete history of the coun-
tries from the earliest times, and q
readable description of their condition
end resources, he adds several appen.
dices, containing statistics and tran.
scripts Of noteworthy utterances con-
cerning the lands. 1t is in all respects
a work of sterling value.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
"Atlantic" and Living Age"


The Atlantic Monthly Company an
nounces that it has assumed control
of "Littcll's Living Age" To those IA
volumes of this venerable American
journal to be found on the shelves of
all the older libraries of the country,
this announcement is Of uncommon in
tercst. No current American periodi-
cal, with the exception Of "The North
American Review" can trace longer
uninterrupted lineage than "The Liv-
ing Age" and to those who have fol-
lowed the history and amazing recent
growth of "The Atlantic Monthly" the
announcement calls up not only host
of literary recollections, but the in
terestlng speculation as we'll as to
what The Atlantic" periodical
founded in 1857 and now issued close
to 100000 copies &, month, can be
planning to do with this periodical
thirteen years it senior with a crcula-
tion but a tithc as great.
When p. Littcll founded "The Liv-
ing Age,' in 1874. neither "rhe At
"Harper's" had yet appeared. lit
tells venture was one of the shoal of
reprint periodicals, which, owing to the
obvious superiority of the English
periodical press of the time, sprang
up in the second quarter of the last
century, and it alone of the lot has
continued it's appearance ever since
perhaps their names alone were
enough to smother such of its rivals
or predecessors as the "Balhshed Brit
on or Ncptunian" and the "Atheneum
or Spirit of the English Magazine"
The new publishers announce that
the scope of "The Living Age" be
broadened soon to include again not
only contributions to British iour.
nails, but those of France and other
| countries as WELL
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
Trench Comedy and Tragedy

ton. Illustrated. l2mo. PIP. 254 The Century
Company
Besides causing us to relive with him
his months Of training and fighting, the
author has given remarkably fine de-
scription of the Battle of Lille, details
which were still fresh in his mind and
which make us realize that this is war.
1t is book which will show Americans
with great clarity Of vision just what
we may expect our boys to meet with
in their encounters with the Boches.
Mr.. Pinkerton not only gives us a
minute description of trench life, it's
terrors and also it's compensations, but
he gives the whimsical side that will
make us smile even through our tears.
One of the little comedies of trench life,
as told by Mr.. Pinkerton, involved the
capturing. of a bothersome rodent A
comrade in the act of locating the an
noyance happened to be bending over
his waistline as she'll screamed it's
approach, and the shrapnel bullets sped
harmlessly over his head. Had he been
IN his normal position. it would have
caught him squarely. AS he addressed
himself to the rodent:
'Feller,' said he, you're the chap
that saved my life, and Pm just going
to put you back home and let you have
a square meal and back into the luxu-
rious folds of his kit he deposited the
seam squirrel who had innocently
been his preserving angel"
The Ladies From He'll" is the name
given by the Germans to the Scotsmen
in kits who tore through their lines,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
Book News and Miscellany
About Authors and Publishers

the sorrows of commuters and the
President of the United States. You
know the worst"
Ernest Thompson Seton's new. book,
"Sign Talk" will shortly be issued by
comprises universal signal code
without apparatus. for use in the army,
navy, boy scouts, and camping, hunting
and daily life.
Louise Beebe Wilder's "Color in Ny
first distinctly American book on the
flower garden viewed from the artistic
point, and will be published by Double
day, Page e. Co. on April 29.
The George H. Doran Company is
publishing a series of Fifty Cent War
Books, including some important titles
formerly issued at higher prices. 1t is
a most commendable enterprise, cal
culated to promote a wider diffusion of
patriotic literature of an intensely
practical kind.
Boni and Liveright will publish on
April 80 Nora Connolly's "The I'm
broken Tradition" dramatic account
of her experiences in the recent Irish
rebellion, and "The Path of the Rain
bow" compilation made by George
Cronyn of North American Indian
lyrics, with an introduction by Mary
Austin.
The English publishing house of Sir
Isaac Pitman & Sons, Limited, has re-
Gently purchased ali the existing copy
rights of the numerous scientific and
technical books previously issued by
Messrs. Whitaker & Co., of London,
and in future the American agency for
these works will be controlled by Isaac
Pitman g. Sons, New York.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
The Force of Mind

HOW TO BUILD MENTAL POWER BY Grenville
Ileser Svo PIP. xii. 595. Funk & Wagnals
Company
While many of the professions and
pretensions of psychologists are doubt
less exaggerated, it is certain that the
human mind is indeed capable of cult
vation ard development, not merely
through academic instruction, but nc
less in education of such innate
faculties as concentration, reflection
memory, imagination, judgment, will
observation, intuition and what we may
'call constructive thinking 1t is te
promote such mental education that
Mr.. Kleiser's book is designed, and it
should admirably fulfil that purpose
Its style is sufficiently scholarly to
command respect, yet easy and popular
and direct in it's personal appeal to the
reader; and it is we'll calculated tc
serve with profit either him who stud
les 1T systematically or him who has
opportunity merely to dip into it al
odd moments.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
]. w. Gerard, Haywood Broun
And Other Writers on the War
By Willis Fletcher Johnson

royal arms of Prussia, in one of which
was "The Watch on the Rhine" "What
howl" pertinently remarks Mr.. Ger
ard, there would have been if some
public school superintendent had Sc
lected for the schools textbook of
English literature with the royal arms
Of England stamped on the cover and
Rule Britannica prominently displayed
inside!" These books, moreover, are
crammed with the most fragrant lies,
calculated to give entirely false ideas
of Germany, the German government
and the Kaiser, the most villanous
pcrversions of American history.
Mr.. Gerard has performed fine
public service in writing and publish
ing this book. He has made no preten-
sion to literary style, but tells plain,
straightforward story, just as he would
book is perhaps all the more convinc-
ing
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
Fighting in the Sky

GLORIOUS EXPLOITS OF THE AIR. Ry
Edgar Middleton. illustrated. 12mo, pp
256. D. Appleton & Co.
Beyond doubt aerial combats are the
most striking feature of this war, from
the spectacular and romantic points of
view, and not the least important from
the military. In the fascinating vol
ume before us we have accounts, writ
ten by an expert, of great variety of
adventures, which are equally interest
ing as narratives and instructive as ex
positions of the methods of air fight
ing. doubtless every incident relate d
IS quite true; certainly no invention
could have made them more thrilling,
We have seen no book on the subject
which produced more vivid and life
I IKE impression Of the glad soaring, the
fierce rush, the desperate fighting of
those who go up into the sky in little
ships freighted with thunderbolts of
wrath.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
1uthors: News: Comnrnen

observations and experiences, and a
nightly entertaining and informing
volume it is.
In his chapters on the war, as in his
dramatic criticisms and other writings,
Mr.. Broun has the too rare and always
precious faculty of seeing at once the
surface of things and that which lies
beneath. He sees the superficial gilt
ter, the humor, the bubbles on the
surface of the stream, and he writes
of them in their own gay spirit. But
he sees the heart of things, too, and
feels the strength Of the current of the
deeps, and of them he also writes with
befitting power and gravity. The re-
suit is that in this book he gives US
one of the truest and most like
pictures OF the life and work of our
soldiers in France, in the time before
New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
Humanity in Business

THE HUMAN SIDE OF BUSINESS. By Frederick
Peirce; Syo. pp 21i Frederick Peirce & Co..
Philadelphia.
Among the numerous books on busi-
ness topics which are now being put
forth none are more welcome, because
of their promise of profit, than those
which treat of the purely human factor.
There is far too great an inclination
among some to regard the man or
woman in business as mere machine,
and thus to demand a suppression of
individuality, and uniformity of dis
position and temperament. There could
be few greater mistakes. The highest
efficiency is to be attained through cul-
tivating individuality and gaining its
advantages.
In this volume the author discusses
the human element, which is necessa-
rily the individual element, and the
;methods of adapting it to the varied
demands of business life. 1t is work
rich in the fruits Of practical expert
ence and in suggestion and instruction