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The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
MONK FIRST TO USE CORK
Discovery That Is Universally Made Use Of Was the Result of
 Chance.

The discovery of cork for shoppers is ascribed to the monk Don Perignon, who managed the cellars of the abbey of Haut Villiers in 1875. One day he ran short of the usual stoppering, which was pads of hemp or cloth steeped in oil, and being something of a botanist, he had noticed that the out CT layer of the bark of certain species of the oak tree was of comparatively soft wood. He procured some of this porous material and shaped it so that it would fit into some partially fer mented bottles of wine.
 Later on opening the bottles he found that the effect of the confined carbonic acid gas which this new stop per did not allow to escape acted on the wine so as to make it efferveSce. From then on for a long time it was supposed that this phenomena was due to the action of the cork on the wine, and effervescing or hissing wine be- came the rage. Enterprising mer- chants saw the possibilities of this wood, and they introduced it for gen. eral purposes as stoppers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
RAINS HELP INDIAN VILLAGE
Good Rice Crops Grown in Abundant Moisture and Region Is Noted
 for Good Cattle.

Sylhet is a city in the most curious part of India-the great, low lying, jungly, flooded, tea and rice districts of the far Southeast. Sylhet tea is known all over the peninsula.
 So low do these regions lie that the heavy rains of the rainy season result in their being flooded for many months of the year. Though far inland, after the rains this is literally a sea, where all travel is by boat and even ships of some size can navigate. The torren- tial downpours flood the lower parts of the country to depth of many feet. There is one little village at the base of the Khasia hills which had meas ured rainfall of 60 feet in one year, an exchange says.
 The villages of this curious district about Sylhet are set on the crest of hills. After the rains fall they are is- lands. The people are very expert boatmen and the children can swim almost as soon as they can walk. This is probably the only part of h. dia where the canoe is in use. A craft not unlike the American is manufac- tured by hollowing out tree trunk very thin. Larger canoes, propelled by 20 paddles, are made in the same way, and canoe racing is one of the principal sports.
 The villagers of these island villages keep diminutive cattle which they feed largely on marsh grasses cut from boats. As a result of abundant feed and lack of exercise, the cows grow fat and sleek to a degree unusual among the lean Indian cattle. Their milk butter and cheese are known as delicacies in the nearby cities. These same villages raise unusually fine rice, by planting before the rains begin. As the country is flooded, the stalks of the rice grow with the rising sur face of the waters, so that rice stalks ten feet long may be seen when the floods recede.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
CARDUl A
 SPLENDID TONIC
For Women, Says Hixson Lady, Who Took This Medicine On
 Her Doctors Advice.

Hixson, Tenn.-Mrs. J. B. Gadd, of this place, makes the following state ment regarding her experience with Cardui: "I was suffered with 6 pain in my left side; could not sleep at night for this pain-always in the left side. My feet and legs were ter ribly swollen. was almost in bed.
 My doctor told me to use Cardui. I took one bottle, which helped me, and after my baby came was stronger and better, but the pain was still there. I at first let it go, but began to get weak and in a rundown condition, so I decided to try some more Cardui, which I did. The last Cardui took made me much better, and, in fact, cured me. It has been a number of years, still I have no return of this trouble. feel it was Cardui that cured me, and I recommend it as a splendid female tonic."
 If you feel weak, tired, worn-out, or suffer from any of the ailments pecul- far to women, try Cardui, the woman's tonic. It must be a good medicine for women, for many thousands have vol untarily told, just as Mrs. Gadd did, of the good it has done them. Ask some lady friend who has tried Cardui. She will tell you how it helped her. Then get a bottle from your nearest drug gist.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
HIS PRESENT WAS SPURNED
Jack Thought 1t Pretty Fine, but the Girl of His Heart Had Another
 Viewpoint.

Fresna Spines put q little powder on her nose, rubbed it off, put little more on, rubbed it off, and put little more on and considered that she WAS dressed for the evening.
 Downstairs, waiting, pacing nervous ly the length, breadth and thickness eff the parlor, was handsome Jack Pan try, looking even more than ordinarily distinguished in his white soN and vel low shoes, according to the Detroit Free Press.
 ''Fresna," he said, nervously dusting a piano leg with his red silk handl1er- chief, I've brought you a little some thing"
 And he took a small jewellers box from his back hip pocket dropped it on the floor, and upset $200 twoozer vase picking it up.
 'sNever mind, Jack, we were going to break it anyway" said Fresna, with charming diplomacy. Meanwhile, hel eyes glued to the little box, her heart beat like a sewing machine.
 1T don't know whether it will fit your finger" stammered Jack, as he placed his right foot firmly on his left.
 70. Jackr' breathed Fresna. This is so-"
 She stopped. For Jack had opened the box and the darned thing was only q thimble
 'TIl thank you to pay for that vasen she said icily, and swept from the room in a cloud of dust.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
OPEN SHED IS SATISFACTORY
Experiments Conducted by Depart ment of Agriculture on Govern
 ment Farm at BeltsviIIe.

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture0
 In experiments at BeltSville, Md, by the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture, tial for large milk production during the winter months, proved to be some what less satisfactory than an open shed. Experiments extending over three years showed that cows housed in the open shed consumed little more feed, required more bedding and slightly increased labor cost, but be- cause more milk was produced and on account of the lower cost of housing, the open shed was found to be some- what more economical.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
His Wish About the War.

He Is an old-fashioned man who is getting well along in years and he finds it rather difficult to keep pace with the rapidly changing phases of the war situation. He is loyal, how ever, and does his best to keep up, though at times he finds himself a stride or two behind.
 The other day the news was broken to him that because of his income from a farm and certain other real es- tate, he probably would have to pay q small income tax. under the law relat- ing to that subject. It was the wife who first discovered this interesting bit of news and after she had read it to him out of the paper the old man remarked: "Maw. sometimes I almost wish this war had never happened."- Indianapolis News.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms of taking opium. Some people, for exam pie the Turks, eat it; others, like the Chinese, smoke it, while the inhabi- tants of more civilized countries usual ly drink it as laudanum. The drug is obtained from the unripe fruit of the common white poppy. Incisions are made in the heads of the plant, from which a creamy juice exudes, harden ing on it's exposure to the air. This is scraped off and made up into small cakes, in which form it is sold. The confirmed opium eater or smoker re- duces himself to an indescribably wretched state of mind and body, and very seldom lives to be forty if the practice has been acquired at an early period in life.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
] am Sincere! Stop Ca|ome|!
 Guarantee Dodson'S Liver Tone Listen to me! Calomel sickens and you may lose a days work. If bilious constpated OF
 headachy read my guarantee

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel fine and cheerful; make your work a pleasure; be vigorous and full of 4 bition. But take no nasty, dangerous calomel, because it makes you sick and you may lose a days work.
 Calomel is mercury or quicksilver, which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and cramp- ing.
 Listen to me! If you want to enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced, just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight. Your druggist or dealer sells you a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents under my
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

personal money-back guarantee that each spoonful will clean your sluggish liver better than dose of nasty calo- mel and that it won't make you sick.
 Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morn- ing, because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be working; head ache and dizziness gone; stomach will be sweet and bowels regular.
 Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless and can not salivate. Give it to your children. Millions of people are using Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dangerous calo- mel now. Your druggist will tell yc :. that the sale of calomel is almost stopped entirely here.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

He that will not reason is a bigot.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Yiddish,

Yiddish is term used to designate a language which is spoken at the pres ent moment by some millions of peo- pie. Strictly speaking, Yiddish is not a language, nor dialect, but a jargon -the jargon used by Judeo-German communities dwelling chiefly in Ger many and Russia, and by the immi- grants coming from those countries to the United States. Yiddish owes its existence to the persecution to which the Jews were subjected in Germany at the time of the Reformation. Its es- sential basis is high German, with an admixture of Hebraic and Slavic ele- ments.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Gloomy Anticipation.

"Af,er all, it requires the votes of men to make woman suffrage possi- ble"
 "That's the only thing about it that worries me-" confided Mir. Meekton. 'If it doesn't work out comfortably and satisfactorily, Henrietta is almost sure to say we men ought to have had better sense than to vote for it in the first place."
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
CoId Yn fI1e Headn

Is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per- sons who are subject to frequent "colds in the head" will find that the use of HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE .wilI build up the System, cleanse the Blood and render them less liable to colds. Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may lead to Chronic Catarrh.
 HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is talk. en internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
 All Druggists 75c Testimonials free.
 $10oO0 for any case of catarrh that HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will not cure.
 F. J. Cheney & co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Nervous Headaches
 Four Bottles of Peruna ITrTTTz7 rI1TI M a de Me w ell l

Mrs Fife Hill, Manchester. Ohio, writes as follows:
 "I cannot tell how much 1, suf- fered in the past twelve years. l have been treated by physicians and no relief only for 8 short time. was in such condition from ner- vous headaches, such heavy feeling as if my brain was pressing down, and so nervous ] could not get my rest at night. Would have sinking spells and then so weak that I could rot do my work. began to take Peruna. Have taken four bottles of Fortuna and have gained in strength and flesh, and can say ] am a well
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Soldiers, Needles.

If women who have been looking for some way to send needles to the sol diers without having them rust, will try this method, told by a tailor, they will have no trouble: Dry thorough ly fine coffee grounds and stuff q lit tie woolen bag with them. emery fash ion. very hard After threading the needles run them into the bag, eye and alI
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
REAL SUCCESS IN DAIRYING
End Can Be Brought About By Part nership Between Good Cow and
 Intelligent Feeder.

Real success in dairying comes from partnership between the good cow and the good feeder. Many a good COW fails because never given a chance to prove her ability. If one would be a successful dairyman he must study the business, learn how to know cows and how to feed them.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add l OF. Bay
 Rum, small box of Barbo Compound, and A oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Full directions for mak- ing and use come in each box of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and does not rub of. Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
DEVICE ON BUTTER SCALES
Resilient Support Absorbs Most of Shock When Tub Is Thrown Has,
 tiIy on Platform.

The Scientific American in illustrat- ing and describing an attachment for scales, invented by F. D. Shea, 164 Chambers street New York, says:
 This device is adapted particularly for the weighing of butter. It con- sists of a resilient support secured to the platform of the scales, which will absorb most of the shock when a tub of butter is thrown hastily thereon,
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Movie Problems.

What's puzzling the director nowW Here's the problem-we got a scene at the Pyramids"
 "Well?"
 'Now, would 1t be cheaper to take 5000 people to Egypt or build bunch of pyramids outside Los AngelesT- Film Fun.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
BEST GRASSES FOR PASTURE
When Sowing Make Up Mixture So That Some of Plants Will Be
 Growing at All Times.

It is possible for pasture to be so scant that the COW uses up all her energy in securing enough nutrients from it to maintain her body. When sowing for pasture make up a mix ture of grasses such that some one of the grasses will be green and palata- ble at all times of the growing sea- son,
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
How She Told,

A visitor to a certain Brooklyn household was duly amazed by the wonderful likeness, between the twinse
 Why" she gasped, q never saw does your mother tell you apart?"
 "Well," explained Tommy, "she finds out by spanking us. Clarence hollerS louder than I do."-Oakland Enquirer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Buildino Up Dairy Herd.

A good dairy herd is built up only after years of constructive breeding and selection. To sell these herds for beef would be to undo much of the effective work which has been done.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Cultivate SeIf-Reliance.

The basis of good manners is self reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed. Those who are not self-possessed obtrude, and pain us.-EmerSon.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Cheer Up! Twill Be Warmer.

Flatbush-Terribe weather, isn't it? Bensonhurst-Yes but every cloud has a silver lining, you know.
 "What's the big idea?'
 We're told we are to have an un- usually hot summer this year."
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Qualified.

"What reason have they to hope that they can gain admission to the smart set?'
 Before they were married each of them denied in at least a dozen inter views that they were engaged"
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
RED CROSS BALI ELLIE.

That's the idea. A pure blue, true blue, no dope. Gives to clothes a clear white winter than snow. Be careful, use the best. Large package, sold by good grocers only, 5 cents. Ask for 1t todaY-AdY.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

IMITATION IS SINcEREST FLATTERY but like counterfeit money the imita- tion has not the worth of the original Insist on La Creole" Hair Dressing it's the original. Darkens your hair iD the natural way, but contains no dye. Price S1.00.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Study Your Cows.

When a dairyman begins to study each COW in his herd with the idea of keeping only those which will produce economically and abundantly he is on the right road to success.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
On Good Ground,

There is no place where a Irritation takes quicker root or natures more rapidly than in ecclesiastical soil.- Calvary Alley" by the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
A Long Chance.

Patience-She was married at high noon, you know.
 Patrice-Looks as if she was taking a 12 to 1 chance, doesn't 1t?
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Stranqe Conduct of Tethered Horses.

Punch reports an order that it de- clares was recently issued at the front:
 Great care must always be exercised by soldiers in tethering horses to treess as they are likely to bark, and there by destroy the trees.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
ON FIRST SYMPTOMS

use "Renovine" and be cured. Do not wait until the heart organ is beyond repair. "Reuovine" is the heart and nerve tonic. Price soc and S10O.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

One nice thing about Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription, it contains no alcohol or narcotic nor any harmful ingredient.
 Any medicine dealer can supply it in either liquid or tablet form.f Tablets 60c. The restorative benefits are truly remarkable. Write Dr. Pierce, Inva- lids Hotel, Buffalo, N. r., for free book on woman's diseases. Send 10 cents if you want to try the Favorite Prescription Tablets.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Rule in Findino Milk Cost.

One good rule in finding milk cost is to allow half for feed and one quarter for labor.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
DON'T SNIEEIE

You can rid yourself of that cold in the head by taking Laxative Quinidine Tablets. Price 25c. Also used in cases of La Grippe and for severe headaches. Remember that.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

Bad Colds, Pneumonia, and Group may be prevented by using Vacher- Balm in time. Everyone should keep it in the house.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Keen All Milk Cows.

Don't dry up the milk cows. They are going to be scarce and high priced next year.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

Human things must be known to be loved, but divine things must be loved 10 be known.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.

Don't suffer torture when all female troubles will vanish in thin air after using "Femenina." Price SOC and SI.oo-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
His Defect.

Your friend struck me as a sort of man of iron will"
 He is, but well tempered"
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
love.

Jack-"NIy sweetheart is the best looking girl in the town" Tom Quite likely. Mine lives in the coun- try."
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Heat Under the Collar.

''Pa, what causes heat and cold?" 'The ianitor. my son. Boston Transcript.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

The fool and his money are the sal vation of the shrewd promoter.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

A true man would as soon be knock. ed down as pitied.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

The treasure chest of Success is not unlocked by the nose of Impu- deGce.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Sure Thinq.

This sugar shortage is terrible" "Yes; it's getting the country into q sweet mess"
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

Some persons boast that they pay as they go, but it seems mighty hard to get them started.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

Maybe the dove ''mourns" because man is mean enough to shoot him.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Depressing Fact.

DNPI dOI' Among the other depressing features of the food situation is the amount of parsnip you can still get for nickel Ohio State Journal.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
A True Statement.

q hear your brother-in-law failed for $50,000 Is that true"
 No; he failed for the lack of it."
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
The Remedy.
American,

Critic-This is raw piece.
 Friend-Then roast it.-Baltimore American.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
Attachment for Scales.

thus relieving the scales of jar and
 making it possible to ascertain the weight of a tub of butter more quickly.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08

Save Farm Machinery. Save your farm machinery; there is likely to be scarcity.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-08
ADVICE TO WOMEN

Okla.-"This is to certify that I have used Dr. Pierce'S Favorite Prescrip- tiOn. It has done mS lots of good and I can freely recom- mend it to any woman suffering. I think it is a great medicine" - MRS. J. A. Cline, Route 6. Box 23.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-15
CHAPTER xxvl.

All Outlet (f) on the Western Front
At brigade headquarters I happened
to cverhsar q conversation between our
q. o. G. general oficsr ccmmandins)
And the divisional commander. From
this conversation I learned that w
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and on the Arst Of July the
~bis push" was to commence.
In q few days orders were issued to
that effect, and II was common prop.
srty oil along the line.
On the afternoon Of the eighth day Of
our "strafeing," Atwell and I we're ut.
0ng In tho front.lIne trench smoking
fsss and making out our ,repofts Of the
orevlnus nights tour q the trenches,
which We had to turn II To- headQuar.
teri the following day. when an order
was passed down the trench that Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers "a
- ever on . trench raid that night "a
&fy and get q few 0ermaA prisoners FOL
Information purposes. Immediately
v~ssussesfsd Tor this ~. and sAooh
MAIDS With Atwsli, and went to thu
nsas y give my name 70 tho o6scsrs ID
~%stsa = ~ saae'ps east1s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-15

not Cliff Sparks, an innocent bystand.
n. In q fight In q gambling house.
They didn't hang q man 10 those days
for mistakes and Jordan came clear.
ssperts' Of Border Day..
In the early border days Jordan's
name was known throughout the West.
With his partner, Canada BILL" head.
quarters were established At the IA.
nous Marble han, the rendezvous Of
Sports" They posed a. farmers and
didn't need any makeup. During the
Leadvllls excitement Jordan and ~.
eral Of bis c~onfreres organised Z gang
that worked tho cattle ranch game
near Denver. Colo. They secured q
lmall ranch Of about forty acres that
had q wide range extending into the
Foothills. In those days there were
many Enslishmen going to tho IVES,
looking for ranch Investment and
some Of these visitors knew very little
about Western ways.
Jordan would get In touch with onl
Of these ~tenderfoots and take him out
70 his ranch where he would round ur
Q number Of cowboys who would
peach headquarters" just for the fur
Of trimming their guest. They would
have q fake ranch superintendent and
. fake ct Of books. showing how man,
calves they had branded that season
They would point to the Wide expans,
around their miniature ranch and cal
= their range. Jordan and his gan,
probably sold tho ranch Z dozen dime
eos big figures.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-15

EXHIBITS IN ONE COUNTY,

An interesting county fair
made up Of u community exhi' !
bits, was recently held In q .
county In the Middle West.
There were no races or side
shows. The 10000 people In At
tendance spent their time for
two days In visiting and ~
speeding the exhibits and In
wholesome recreation under the
supervision Of an expert recrea'
tional director from o %neighbor'
ing city. The exhibits, occupy
Ing IN oil about $4,000 square ,
feet Of floor space, and S0,oW
square feet Of wan space, were
housed In vacant buildings on
the business street and In tents
Each community had Its booths.
and the several committees vied
with each other In making a.
tractiys exhibits Of the products
Of the farm, homo and school.