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The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

COFFEE IN LAP[AND
Beverage Made in Peculiar Way
Pronounced Excellent.
SWeetened in Primitive Manner, the
Refreshment Is Passed Around
Among Guests After Host Has
Partaken of 1t.

An American consular officer IN
Scandinavia gives the recipe for max
ing coffee among the Laps, when
they are so fortunate as to have 1t
at all.
Dinner was eaten out Of doors, and
the one dish Of the meal consisted OF
roast Jennings, little creatures some
thing between a guinea pig and
rat, and as the officer admits lex
quisitely peculiar" as to their flavor.
The party squatted in ring about
the fire, watching the roasts, all ex-
cept a wrinkIed old woman, who as
an expert, was intent upon more te-
dious ceremony. Out Of skin KNAPP
sack she had taken a small skin bag.
From this she extracted some II green
coffee beans, which she proceeded to
roast one by one in small iron
spoon.
When they were cooked to her taste
she bruised them to coarse fragments
between stones and put the result
with water into copper kettle, which
had one lid in the usual place and
another on the end Of the spout to
keep out smoke and feathery wood
ash.
Then the whole mixture was boiled
up together into a bubbling froth of
coffee fragments and coffee extract.
She cleaned it by an old trick which
Is known to campers all the world
over. This was to throw into the
kettle small splash of cold water,
when the coffee grounds were prompt
ly precipitated to the bottom.
Then she poured the clear, brown,
steaming liquor into blackened
bowl of birch root and handed it to
the good man, her husband.
After he had taken the bowl in his
fingers the woman hunted in a leathern
knapsack and produced lump Of beet
sugar. The host bit fragment from
it and lodged it in his teeth, then
he lifted the bowl to his lips and
drank.
In a more civilized man this would
of course have been rudeness; in a
savage it was a simple act of courtesy.
1t was plain assurance that the bowl
contained no poison. Then he hand
ed it on for his guests to drink in
turn, and the American says that he
does not know that he ever tasted
better coffee.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Enormous Meat CONSUMPTION.

The Millennium Guild takes the
daily average of half pound of meat
eaten by each individual of the United
States and finds that in so years the
average meat eater consumes four
tons and half, or, to put it in anoth-
err way, this average person, at the
end of so years, has eaten enough
tons of meat to be the equivalent of
six beef cattle, Is calves, % sheep,
40 lambs. 10 hogs, 100 turkeys, 200
chickens and ducks, l deer, besides
pigeons and small birds goodly num-
ber What slaughter house we have
made out of the world Yet two
thirds of the population of the globe,
it is estimated, never eat meat Among
these latter are millions of sturdy,
healthy tolers. We also know. that
the horse, the OK, the elephant
strongest of all animal workers.
build their strength on grasses and
cereals.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
SAVE YOURSELF
FROM INFLUENZA

If you are run down" or out of con-
dition, if sluggish bowels have allowed
poisonous impurities to accumulate in
your system you are certain to suffer Sc
verely with the grip. DR.. True's Elixir,
the famous household remedy of 81 years
reputation, will ward off the grip entirely
or make an attack light and easily thrown
off. Why? Because DR.. True's Elixir is
a vegetable tonic that puts the system in
good condition, prevents and relieves con-
stpation, stimulates the appetite and
strengthens the digestive powers. 1t can
do no harm because it contains no min
eral drugs All purely vegetable. A tonic
not a stimulant No reaction. Ask
your druggist for it, or write DR.. j. F
True & Co., Auburn, Me.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
RIGHTEOUS Causes.

Mr.. Blank, prominent and wealthy
man, once took foolish notion that
he wanted to be rid of his wife. After
a long, hard-fought legal battle, single.
handed, except for the slight help that
money and battery of lawyers can
give, he finally succeeded in obtaining
q divorce. He wouldn't even need to
pay alimony so great was his victory.
AS reprisal the ex-wife brought
suit against the man for S1,OOO,O0O.
Before her case came up one of her
lawyers remarked that because of the
wealth of her former husband another
legal war would result.
"Well," said the former Mrs. Blank,
''you will have to admit that my cause,
according to the tradition of our cOun.
try, is as just as his. He fought for lib
erty and I am fighting for independ.
ence"
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Lots to Say.

Three of them had been in one lit
tie room for three days, an American,
a Frenchman and an Italian. Came
a Red Cross man on the afternoon of
the third day.
els there anything I can do for
yOu?" he asked.
eyes," replied the American, ''you
might get an Interpreter. Tony and
Castor and l have been trading to-
bacco and showing each other our
girls pictures and saying .oui' and
'si' and yes for three days now, and
we've got a lot to tell each other if
you can get somebody to help us
out"
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
How a Hero Died.

He was smiling but pale, when they
wheeled him ina black haired youth OF
twenty-and he was still smiling when
they tenderly transferred him to cot
after the doctors had counted seven ma
chine gun bullet wounds, one in his ankle,
three in his side and three in his chest.
When a Y. M. C. A man brought writ
ing paper through the ward ne took a
piece and asked for pencil. An attend
ant found him dead half an hour later
with this beginning of letter IN MS
hand:
"Dear Mother: We made an attack
on the Germans today and drove them
five miles. l am in a hospital tonlght.
am slightly wounded in the leg.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Pneumonia Is Infectious.

The Board of Health department of the
State of Maine asserts that I'm view OF
the fact that so many of the persons
come down with pneumonia soon after
the onset of an attack of influenza, the
state department wishes to make it clear
to the general reading public that, while
pneumonia at different times and IN dlf-
ferent places does not always manifest
the same degree of infectivity, the only
ga fe general rule for that disease IS TO
class it as infectious and to treat 1t as
such; and just now that is particularly
advisable since the many reports OF pneu-
monia as a sequel to influenza indicate a
virulent type of infection and hlen
death rate among the cases."
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
If Wife Knew!

A story of the recent attempt at q
strike in Great Britain: Coming out of
his engineering works, the head of a
firm saw one of his men sitting by the
gate eating dinner.
"Hello, George, what are you doing
here? I thought you were on strike"
$50 I am, sir" replied George, "but
have to bring my dinner down here
to eat it, just as if 1 was at work, and
mouch about all day, so as the missus
won't know I'm on strike. My word, If
she knew !"-Christian Science Mont
| tor.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Revolutionary Calendar.

, The convention Of the French revo-
luton abolished the ordinary calendar
and established new one, beginning
about the autumnal equinox, with de-
scriptive names for the months. The
present time of year was under that
arrangement the last month OF the
wear. 1t extended from August 10 to
September IS and was called Fructldor
(fruit).
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
FALSE teeth ,| pay ~ 10 s SIS
Z Send Parcel Post or write for particulars.
Domestic Supply Co., Dept. 81, BinghamioU, N.Y."
Real Riches.

Do you know what real riches are?
Some people never know, but others do.
Real riches consist not in having, but
In giving. Some of the people who
are envied as wealthy, are In reality
poor starved souls to whom the joy Of
sacrifice is an unknown luxury. Not
until you master Inc art of giving up
for others are yoE really rich.-Ey-
change.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

Herbert Hugh Muldoon, is, and George
Henry Hartrey, II, were found sutfocated
in a cave in the outskirts of Brewer.
They had gone to play in the cave, which
had been excavated by boys in imitation
of the trench fighters, and used oil to
kindle fire. The smokeh0le had been
stopped up and before the boys could
escape the flames strangled them.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

in the hum is due to intermittent
experimentation of the engine beats,
and the drone is also. as a rule, deep
er than that of any engines nf the
British or their allies. 1t Is inferred
from this that the German machines
have a slower rate of propeller or
crank shaft revolution than the others
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Know German Plane by Its Hum.

Though the hun Of airplane en-
zines differs widely In the various ma
chimes, 1t is claimed that German
n,ane away frocn the roar of the
guns, can be recognized by the SOUND
when too high up fos the black crosses
to be distinguish A rise ana Ian
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Charge!

Smith: I've discovered way to stop
these dastardly German gas attacks.
Smithkins: HOWE
Smith: Why, simply install meter
and charge them the regular rates.-Car-
toons Magazine.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
A Timely Family.

Hodge: My great grandfather was a
minute man.
Podge: And you2
Hodge:T Pm second lieutenant
Cartoons Magazine.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

.''Sa' status Of the ice industry
,., = practically nil. 1t has, like
saa'Dg and weaving, made way
,'liTlliS and today artificially
l eheapeI and considered better
A. ad,aiai product. Of the SO
H. h, s'ood on the Kennebec river
\ NJ remain. Fifteen have been
s,. W lire, nine have been-taken
h, Gdl nave fallen down and been
/ .' Uy WIND Unless there should
.fo,t,p eSeen and extraordinary
igs;s s1lle S wheel, and natural ice
II. ps q demand, it seems prob
4fo IA, harvesting of Kennebec ice
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
> ITS YOUR
''F HAT ATTRACTS
r. !P'N Ion much heed to their
'''ead of their corns.

c,s, T @gp' A brisk, lively step
p MAJ GluFe than a lovely skin,
In',' ateIS have caused corns
lIpoa little That's bad girls,
h 1e,;5 IT, Corns destroy beauty
'S corns are very easy to
dag5' s e. Of every corn by asking
4 ireA,o,ul Tor a quarter of an
RNejenat0 This will cost little
Nq e sl 10 remove every hard or
J tran,' mus from oness feet.
.l@cbT applied directly upon a
4 NJ corn relieves the soreness
I oUt o Gallre corn, root and all,
|hten,oss without pain.
sas os,,is a gummy substance
Itaa W, 'tntly and simply shrivels
S&e s "rnout inflamine or even
y nO,, founding skin.
I eresfs' Keep in mind that corn
ssttTsea.;y Youthful step which en-
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

banish catarrh,
agrsa'ee- W. run. coughs and
so 'lN'' ir cleans out a
noaey l'' MINUTES.
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u a A
sreaeit ...ao inhaler and
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N Il. l''.' f..rward needed,
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f. ,5oJ b uM nf "een ~, INC . ese0
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b
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E,bs lH spite of weather
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rs and a gil KING and handling,
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The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
failures IN Maine

ksn months ending Sept. list
In ia failures in Maine were
En less than for the same
and u less than in the
bGaag. The Liabilities this
lGNs 7 .77}.
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

|AGG ase at Bucksport has
FL Auter. 1t is the first
Frrt uHs old hostelry was
that its doors have
b. rlir
The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

m me sheep owned in
EA 54rm of William B.
IA bEu.:U-m and on another
"- bannebunk, Judgin g
l,'.a lc' IS being created in
1taD As VD rot be the condi-
8af .7llslt q ear hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
AN IMPORTANT POINT

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 The conversation in the lobby of a Washington hotel turned to the subject of summer boarders when the following incident was related by Congressman Ernest w. Roberts of Massachusetts,:
 "One June day q city man went to the country to see about securing summer board with Uncle Josh, and arriving about dinner time. he was invited to take a place at the table. This he did, and afterward sauntered out on the veranda and lighted a cigar.
 Let's get down to business. MT. Jones' said he to the farmer. "I want to say enjoyed that meal very much"
 "Ye did eh?' returned Uncle Josh, gag ing far over the green fields.
 "Yes,' responded the city man, and if that is a fair sample of the meals you serve I think We can easily come to terms.''
 "Jes' a minute.'' interposed Josh. with a thoughtful expression First of all would like to know if that was fair sample of your appetite"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
SAMUEL F. B. MOISE

 chanic catls piay durns the sum- ner of lS.3 @hve ne devised a sculptur++ ing machine ln Nrw Haven. He devoted close attention to ais art for the next four years. ,.l1 then in lS-f he decidsA to attenn a New York lecture course b Prof. James t'ieeits.h Dana, of CoiumbtE college. No@ cafp- warmth and lignA to the seeds lons ss,s t,Ianted in his miad at Yale. Two yea's tarrr he again went abroad, where .s reaiinei for three years, mostly in Italy.
 Shortly after hls return home, Morse again became interested in electricitys and then for the first time he turned hiss attention to the project for electrical tel egraphy. This was brought about through a conversation en route homo from Europe that he held with pr. Jack son of Boston Within three months be- was at work on recording telegraph He demonstrated the practical utility of his machine in the New York university in 1886 and in 1888 he applied for patent After persistent efforts Morse procured from Congress an appropriation of $30,Jo4 to enable him to construct an experiment. tai line between Washington and Baltik more. It was successful, and the first public message transmitted between the two cities was the announcement of the nomination, by the democratic cont vention sitting in Baltimore in the sprinA of 1S44. Of James K Polk for the pres-s idency.
 In ls43 Morse suggested, in letter t1 the Unite1 States Secretary of the Treasl ury the project of telegraphic cont munication between America and Eu-s rope, which he lived to assist in estao- fishing in 1858. He also lived to see nis' invention used and appreciated nearly all over the civilized world. Morse died at his home in New York on April Z. 1872.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
German Propaganda In 8 New Form

M first the German people were GA led to believe that there were only handful of American troops in France, who were of no military inn portance. But General Pershing's army has grown to such proportions and is becoming so active in assaults on the Hun that a new policy has ap- parently been adopted.
 American losses are being featured in German official reports, as well as in semi-official communications, with the evident purpose of furthering Ger man propaganda in America by try ing to dishearten the American peo- pie. At first glance this seems absurd but we are becoming fairly we'll ac- quainted with the workings of the Teutonic mind The childish idea that fear of Germany can be inspired in neutral countries by publishing lists of booty captured and churches wrecked is in keeping with the belief that the people of America can be ter rorized by reports of heavy losses along the battle front.
 We need have no fear that such propaganda will make any headway, for there is no attempt to conceal the number of men killed or wounded among General Pershing's troops, or those brigaded with French and Brit ish units.
 Being no longer able to fool the German people regarding the presence of large numbers of American troops on the western front and the gallant part they are playing, the German government has merely tried to make the best of the situation by circulating false statements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
GERMANY IS BANKRUPT

From the New Republic.
 Without decisive victory Germany cannot even be put in the way of restor- ing her internal economic affairs to the status quo ante. She has been playing financial game of character that would land any of her citizens in prison, and she is now insolvent. She is now paying interest on her loans out of further borrowings, and she cannot avoid following the same policy in peaca ln- terest on her war debts, if honestly paid in full would consume the entire sur plus production of her people. The az gregate taxable incomes of persons re- cciving in 1913 $75o a year and over would be eaten up by interest on a debt less than Germany bears today. But this is not the only factor in Germany's fsnan- cial disgrace By exercise of arbitrary power the German government has man aged to merge with it's shaky structure of public credit the whole structure of private credit as well. Peace without
 ndemnities or equivalent commercial concessions would almost inevitably mean universal financial collapse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
 LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

This is a queer world. If we could afford to buy lot of the things we want we wouldn't want them
 We don't care what big town he comes from man is always willing to brag that his town has the best fire depart ment in the country
 And a man from a railroad town ,s always willing to brag that his town has more switch engines in the yards than any other town.
 Married life in furnished apartment often turns out to be a flat failure.
 What has become of the old-iashioned man who always took second drink because he could get two for quarter?
 young thing believes that a girl should ,e engaged at least a year before she marries. But an hour is a long enough engagement for her after she gets up around S0
 Talk isn't so cheap when you let your fool mouth talk some girl into marrying you.
 The more we think it over the more we are puzzled why great people that can whip crowd of some COCO anti-every- thing fanatics who are willing to let the Kaiser win just so John Barleycorn IS defcate l. We are the bravest people op earth in some ways and the biggest towards on earth in other ways
 Even when the fact that they are un founded saves woman from the divorce court and lot of unhappiness, she is disappointed when her suspicious fail to come true.
 It doesn't take a May straw hat or a June bride long to acquire that second- hand Inpearance-
 So many men turn out to be failures that She man who turns out to be sue cess is bound to have an army of critics.
 When friend wife wants to go to the country for the vacation and friend husband wants to go to the seashore. any married man can tell you where they will go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
Revisits Birmingham

T spent d week in Birmingham in 1901 but had not been here since until I came for a short sojourn a few days ago. said $. J. Pendeton of Toledo, O., registered at the Morris.
 The growth of the city has not only been marvellous, but there is g metropoli- tan air here that is sure to impress any stranger Seventeen years ago Birming- ham still had about it many traces traces now, for more elegant city of 200 GOO population is not often to be seen. Birmingham is talked about as the most beautiful city in the south, and the larg- est after New Orleans''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
Third Liberty Loan
 Most Heartening'

07T1HE treasury departments final
 0 report on the third Liberty Loan shows that the three billion-dol- lar minimum sought was oversub- scribed 39 per cent, bringing the total up to S4,17O,O19,6 $50.
 The details are full of interest. Every federal reserve district over subscribed. The Minneapolis district, which was week late in starting its campaign, came out ahead.
 The Atlanta district, which includes Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, made a splendid record. It dragged until to- ward the end of the campaign, but at the wind-up of the drive it stood fourth in per cent of quota sub scribed. Its quota was $90,000,000, but it raised $136, ,659, 1850, or 151 per cent.
 Secretary McAdoo was greatly elated over the results of the third Liberty Loan. The wonderful achieve ment furnishes ''irrefutable evidence" as he puts it, "of the strength, patriot ism and determination of the Amer ican people"
 War is an expensive business, but no matter how many billions of dollars may be needed to continue the con- flict until victory is won for humanity, the governments appeals for future loans will meet with ready response. This country's resources are prac- tically limitless, and every loyal American will contribute ungrudging- Fly to every fund that is called for. People are keyed up to the highest pitch of patriotic fervor. They are prepared to make any sacrifices in this crisis, and that is as it should be and must be to the end of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
Conmon-Sen View
 of Law Enforcement

COLLECTOR JOSEPH R. TATE " and Judge H. B. Abernethy are to be commended for their common sense attitude toward the enforcement of Sunday blue laws in Birmingham.
 The solicitor advises those who have been selling drugs, soft drinks, cigars and tobacco, chewing gum, news papers and periodicals, ice cream, gasoline and fruits to continue to do so and that they will not be arrested and convicted of law violation if it is in his power to prevent it. He says that custom makes laws and that those who sell such articles are living within the spirit of the law of the state. Groceries, dry goods, green meats, hardware and such articles are, of course, still prohibited, as they have always been by law and custom.
 If sellers of articles customarily permitted are arrested for making sales they are advised to demand jury trials, for the solicitor has the great est confidence in the juries and grand juries of Jefferson county not to bring real laws into disrcpute.
 The unfortunate feature in connec- tion with the whole affair is that the arrests yield revenue for the fee grabbers. Every arrest made brings a fee to the officer making such ar rest. The recent sudden outburst of law enforcement is the last gasp of the old fee system in Alabama, which is now almost gone.
 The people decided that the fee sys- tenn must go and the solicitors action in nipping this latest fee raid in the bud is simply carrying out the wishes of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-18
MIGHTY BANFIELD AT THE BAT

From the Cincinnati Times-Star. G7T1 HE world is changing in more ways
 than one. We remember that in
 our youth we had supreme con- tempt for the ability of girls to play baseball They would throw with the grace of q walrus hurling hand gren- ade. Their batting proved that ther eyes were made for inaccurate ogling. They would run with abandon, but with a maximum Of effort and minimum or speed. And we came
 Ito know that she never knew why (Seeng at last she could never know
 why)
 And never could understand as you and r of the sterner sex. About the only baseball intelligence ever dis played by the girls we knew was a ten- dency to spike with French heels.
 Therefore, imagine the shock with which we read of the Amazonians of Vassar college defeating the nine repre-