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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
IG3VNCE WIGGILX 3
tBEDIINE STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE ICE CREAM.

AN right, then, three hard bricks
of ice cream" ordered Uncle Wiggily,
and soon he and the monkey boys
started back with them to the hollow
stump bungalow to have the parry.
But, all of a sudden, when they were
almost home, out of the darkest part of
the woods jumped a bad old Mandy
Pamby, who grabbed Uncle Wiggily.
Now I have you!' snOrted the Nam
by Pamby, who is a bad animal with
strong claws, but a very soft head.
Eyes, SO it seems, sadly said, the
bunny. "Oh, dear! What shall l. do?"
Hit hin on the head with a brick,
Uncle Wiggily!" cried Jacko in a
hoarsef whisper.
Hit him on his soft head with two
bricks!" cried JUMBO. Here, wei! help
you, Uncle Wiggily! Hit him with the
bricks!"
Now, of course, I'm not saying it is
nice to hit anyone on the head with
a brick, but in case of a Mandy Pamby
you have to do something different.
Here, Uncle Wiggily. Let me take
shouted JACKIE.
'Oh, no! Please don't hit me! Oh, my
head is so soft ] never could stand beE
ing hit on 1t with a brlck!" begged the
Mandy. Pamby, "Tn be good I'll ~
So he let Uncle Wiggily go, and
away the Mandy Pamby ram, and Jacko
and Jumpo hurried on home with the
treat for the party, and the monkey
boys said:
I'VE fooled the Mandy Pamby. He
thought we meant to hit him with
hard, red bricks, but we only had ice
cream ones. Ha! Hal"
well, I'm glad we didn't have to
hit him." said the bunny, as he ate
his cream. And If the sunshine on the
wall doesn't tickle the picture Of the
the baby and make hun laugh in his
sleep, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and the cTanberries.
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AND TEUTON
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story of Great War Plots
BY HENRY MORGENTHAU.
Ccontlnued from PREVIOUS Issuo)

CONTINUED from Previous Issue.)
one final picture l nave of these ex-
citing days. ON the evening Of the
goth ! called at the British embassy.
British residents were already stream
ing in large numbers 10 my office for
protection, and fears Of i'll treatment,
even the massacre Of foreigners, filled
everybody's mind. Amid all this ten
sion ! found n imperturbable figure.
Sir Louis was sitting in the chancery,
before a huge fireplace. with large piles
Of documents heaped about him in a
semicircle, Secretaries and clerks were
constantly entering, their arms full Of
papers, which they added 10 the ac-
Cumlations already surrounding the
ambassador. Sir Louis would take up
document after document, glance
through 1t and almost invariably drop
IL into tho fire. These papers con-
a hundred years. In them were writ
ten the great achievements of a long
line Of distinguished ambassadors. They
contained the story Of all the diplo-
matte triumphs in Turkey OF Strattord
de Redcliffe, the Great ElChi," as
the Turks called him. who for the
greater part Of almost 30 years, from
1870 to 1858, practically ruled the Turk
ish empire in the interest OF England.
The records Of other great British am
b%assadors at the sublime porte now
went, one by one. into Sir Louis NAL
let's fire. The long story Of British
~ascendency ir@ Turkey had reached it's
close. The 20 years campaign Of the
kaiser TO destroy England's influence
and TO become England's successor had
tinahy triumphed, and the blaze In Sir
Louis chancery was really the funeral
pyro Of England's vanished power In
Turkey, As | looked upon this digni-
lleq and yet somewhat pensive diplo-
mat sitting there amid all the SPLEEN
doris of the British embassy, ! nat
urally, thought Of how once the sui
tans had bowed with fear and W
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
BY HOWARD r. eARIs.
1918, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

'N FNAh~
One evening, as Uncle wiggily Long
ears, the bunny rabbit gentleman, was
sitting In his hollow stump bungalow,
reading the paper, while Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat lady house,
keeper, was darning a hole in the new
dishpan, there came a rat-a-tat-tat
knock at the front door.
~ wonder who that Isl" said Uncle
Wiggily.
pered Nurse Jane.
II think so myself" went on the
bunny. "PIl go look"
And when Mr.. Longears opened the
door there was Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail, the squirrel boys.
1--WE came over to see you, Uncle
WiRgily," said Johnnie. Being as
it's Friday night we don't have to do
any home school work. SO we came
'SSGlad to see your said Uncle Wig
gily, twinkling his pink nose most In
wiling like and cordial. Come right
in Company has come to see us!' he
called to Nurse Jane,
Good" answered the muskrat lady.
Bring them right in" ,
So Johnnie and Billie, the squirrel
boys, scampered in. Then the bsal
TALK dkdlllt All NV u SNAAAAAAAN NaA-
Susie Iittletail, the rabbits, and after
them came Lulu, Alice and Jimmie
Wibblewobble, the ducks, and Jackie
and Poetic Bow Wow, the puppy dogs.
well, my goodness me sakes alive
and some pepper hash!' laughed Nurse
Jane. This is quite a party"
"But I hope you aren't going to give
us that to eat!' spoke Sammie Little
T"What to eat?" asked Nurse Jane,
Pepper hash" answered sammie.
Mother told me If l came over here,
to be sure and not ask for anything to
eat. But II you want to give US
something l can't stop you, cause
you're bigger than ! am; areA't you,
Nurse Jane? Only l don't like pepper
hash"
"Bless your apple pie!' said the
muskrat lady. II wouldn't give you
that to eat. Wiggie," she went on to
the bunny rabbit gentleman, Il think
This is an unexpected party, and Just
| some cookies and cake, which l have
In the house, won't be enough of q
treat. Go for some ice cream down
to the corner"
~ will" said the bunny.
"And Wen come with you help
carry it," chartered Jacko and Jumpo
Kinkytail, the monkey boys.
So, off started Uncle Wiggily with
them, and soon all three were at the
ice cream store.
"The only kind of cream l have Is in
bricks" said the COW lady, who kept
the store. II haven't any of the loose
kind"
81 cream bricks will be all right"
said Jacko in a whisper.
Sure added his brother JUMBO.
'"They won't melt so fast"
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MORE
r.. THAN SHE CAN TELL
Had Almost Given Up Hope
After Eighteen Years of
TroubIe-GainS Twenty
two Pounds Taking TanIaC.

IT only weighed ninety POUNDS and
had suffered for eighteen years when
l began using Tanlac, and now l am
well again and weigh ore hundred and
twelve pounds" said Mrs. ]. W. Blink
ley. 51O4 Illinois avenue, Nashville,
Tennessee.
my Sufferings were more than [
could possibly describe, and had last
ed for eighteen long years. l had to
live on the very lightest of foods and
even milk would sour on my stomach
and form gas that would keep me in
misery for hours. l had no strength
left hardly, and although l tried the
best treatments 1 could find, I kept
going down hill and suffering agonies
until I was finally told l would have
to be operated on and that there
wasn't much hope.
my husband got a bottle Of sTanlac
for me and l started taking It and
began to improve. l have taken eight
bottles, have gained twenty-five pounds
and can just eat anything l want.
country ham, onions, just anything
and am just feeling fine. I just want
everybody to know what Tanlac has
done for me-"
Tanlac is sold in Memphis exclusively
by Weiss Pharmacy Successors to ia
cobis Pharmacy, corner Main street
and Union avenue, and Warnock's drug
store in Gayoso Hotel block. adv
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Cranberry Dumplings.

One quart of cranberries, one and
one-half cup water, one cup of maple
syrup, One-half cup of white corn syrup,
one-quarter cup of brown sugar, one
teaspoon Of salt, four teaspoons Of bak-
ing powder, one-half cup RICE flour, one
half cup barley flour, one-half cup Of
corn flour, one-half cup liberty flour,
two tablespoons of shortening, three
quarter cup milk, one tablespoon of
white sugar.
Prepare a cranberry sauce of the first
three ingredients. Make a biscuit
dough of the remaining materials, shape
1t into rounds and steam them u min
utes.
Serve with cranberry sauce accom-
panied by a hard sauce made of brown
sugar and butter. Or a mock whipped
cream made as follows: One rounded
tablespoon plain gelatin, dissolved in
cold water; then fill cup with hot water.
One cup of sugar, whites of three eggs,
juice Of ~one-Quarter lemon, one tea
spoon vanilla. Beat all with silver fork
rs minutes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
CHAPTER NO. IA.
MAN TO MAN.

The experience helped Freddie in two
Ways, First, TO understand himself
hetteri which is Of great importance.
Second, it helped him to make up his
mind, further aid Of no mean proper
tion, He began TO see his DOGGY more
clearly. 1t would no longer do him
any good TO pretend il was not there
Might as we'll give II its true title. he
decided. Here was q real danger. Face
it. He didn't want to, but il seemed
the only way, For, now he know that.
had 1t not been for acCident-the nance
use Of a sacred name the mere thought
OF which was enough to lead him out
Of temptation-he might have gone
through with his twardy adventure.
She memory Of II made him a little sick.
Accordingly next morning before he
started for college, he kissed his mother
very l%ingeringly. Quick to feel his every
mood she looked up at him with special
tenderness.
"Dol baby" he whispered huskily TO
her. "a fellows awful lucky to have
"A woman's awful lucky to have
your she whispered back to him,
He cuddled his nose into her neck.
You wouldn't ever let go Of me-
he suggested, as though 1t were a
Joke.
But, Because she loved him ever 20
much, she knew i~nstinctively what she
knew. And so very steadily
Never" she said.
However, IT was to his father that
he went a few days later, with his
trouble. Man turns to man, sometimes.
Also there are things one does not tell
ones mother. Because he was very
young, and because he loved her SO, he
had to believe her purity was based on
ignorance. He could not talk to her
OF such things; not even To save his
own life, To take her into the curious
dark when all her life was light,-it
would haNe been unmanly. Accord
ingly:-
Dad he said Invent home with
a girl the other night, a strange girl
] just talked to the evening DiukiG
Arden aud ! went out together"
1t was like Freddie TO get the worst
Of II out In one gulp. His mother
would have known this. His father
was not so wise; he thought there was
more TO ONE And since It hurt so
much he grew stern as fathers win,
well" he said slowly, that seems
rather strange payment for the years
OF love and trust your mother and |
have given you, | gather our best adj
vice did not seem TO you worth fol-
lowing
Freddie grew white. This was max
ing II hard. lie walked the length of
the room and back. They we're In the
library together after dinner. Then
II didn't do anything, Father he
said, shat would have seemed wrong
10 you"
A long breath, very like a sigh OF re-
lief, escaped Mr.. Mason.
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[MG4zHE FIXTURES THE NEWS SCLMITAR 414z HOWL HELPS
DAILY HOME HELPS
HOROSCOPE
sAruRnAY. NoYEMeER q, tgis.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %. 1918,
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syudicate.l
Luck is hiding on this day, accord
ing to ~astFology. . Uranus Is in evil
place and Saturn is strongly adverse.
Caution should rule while this con-
figuration prevails, for human judg-
ment is clouded and mistakes are likely
10 multiply.
Uranus is in a place that is threaten
ing for aviators and for travel of any
sort. Railway accidents are indicated.
There is a sign e Us sinister for
the safety Of persons in poslltons OF
great authority and they should safe
guard the persori during the next few
weeks.
Agricultists and all WHO depend on
the earth for their incomes should be
especially careful today. They have the
forecast of large benefits in the future,
but they should expect anxiety.
There Is danger of Misrepresentation
and misunderstanding while this con
figuration prevails. It makes for labor
troubles and evil reports that cause
discomfort.
Under this sway the aged should con:
serve their powers for 1t is supposed
to be especially threatening to their
Negroes are now subject TO a govern
ment of the stars that promises them
industrial opportunities and great pros
perlty. They should be caretul IN chooS-
ing their leaders as there Is a sign read
as warning against persons of Interior
purposes.
Grave disturbances in Russia will
take place after the eclipse of the sun,
December 8. it is predicted. .
The death Of a noted playwright will
be a serious loss to English letters.
This will take place before the new
year, it is predicted.
Theaters will prosper greatly during
the next few weeks, if the stars are
read Alright.
Reforms in many social customs are
prophesied and the establishment Of a
now order of things will begin with the
days of readiustment after the war.
Persons whose birthdate it is should
take great care OF business affairs in
the coming year. They may be too
much inclined to pleasure and com =
pany. Deception on the part of friends
is to be expected.
. Children born on this day are likely
to be kind and affectionate but rather
vain. These subjects Of Sagittarius are
usually inclined to be e~xtravagant, but
they are generally successful.
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Work Over Night. One ApplIea.
ton Proves II.

Work over Night. One Appllea.
ton Proves Il.
New York. at is my own discovery,
and II takes just one night to get such
marvelous results says Mae Edna
friends ask her about her wonderful
complexion and the improved appear
ance Of her hands and arms, You can
do the same thing II you follow my ad-
vice" she says. - feel II my, duty to
wonderful prescription did for me. Just
think OF It. never tire OF telling
others Just what brought about such
remarkable results. Here is the
identical prescription that removed
every defect from my face, neck, hands
and arms, Until you try 1t you can
form no idea or the marvellous change
II will make In just one application,
The prescription which You can prepare
at your own home Ia as fellows, Go to
any grocery and get ten cents worth
OF ordinary oatmeal, and from any drug
store a bottle Of derwillo. Prepare the
oatmeal as directed In every package
Of derwillo and apply night and morn
ing. The first application will astonish
you, II makes the skin appear trans
parent, smooth and velve1y. | especial
~ recommend It for sallow skin,
freckles, tan, sun spots. coarse pores,
rough skin. ruddpess, wrinkles aud, In
fact, every blemish the face, hands and
arms are heir to, II your neck or chest
ts discolored from exposure, apply this
combination. there and the objection
able defect win disappear, II is abso-
lutaly harmless and viii not produce or
stimulate a growth OF hair. No matter
how rough and ungainly the hands and
arms, or what abuses they have had
through hard work and exposure to sun
and wind, this oatmeal-derwillo Combi"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
1T is TIME TO MAKE
MERTH0-LAxENE SYRUP
Anyone Can Mako a Full Pint of
Laxative, Curative Cold and
Cough Medicine Cheaply at
Home.

Everybody is subject TO colds and
coughs at this season, BE prepared!
Have on hand a full pint OF Mentho-
LaXene syrup that checks and aborls
colds, relieves coughing and gradually
brings permanent relief, The fun and
best benefits are derived II you begin
taking II at the very outset of a cold
or cough-because YOU can check or
abort the cold-and save many hours
Of distress and perhaps ward off pneu-
monia and other serious results Of a
neglected cold.
Mentho-Laxene is pure, contains No
opiates or narcotics, II is pleasant
penetrating, healing and curative b..
yond any preparation YOU can INV
ready made. Full directions and guar,
autee are with every bottle of Mentho.
LaNene. II viii moro than please vnu
or The Blackburn Products 90, Dav'
ten, Ohio, will refund Your money
Hundreds of thousands Of bottles Of
Mentho- EaNere have been sold and
not over so people have wanted tltSi,
money back. That tens how good
u IA adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
Daily Recipes
Liberty Soup Meat"

Meat that has been boiled for making
soup some people do not a to eat, as
it doesn't taste very appetizing. Try
this:
Have a frying pan good and hot; put
in some bacon fat or whatever fat YOU
have on hand, with a little dash of on
ion (onion can be omitted), salt and
pepper. Then put in YOU boiled meat.
Sliced, and fry to a nice brown. You
cannot tell it from other fried or baked
meat that you pay a big price for.
Luncheon Dish.
Take one package of snappy cheese
(any soft cheese will do), break one
egg into a mixing bowl and stir IN
cheese until a smooth paste is formed.
Season with pepper and salt. Cut six
thick slices OF bread and spread with
the paste. Place under broiler and boil
slowly until Drowned. II all paste is
not used at once. will keep severaI Gays.
Surprise Pie.
Make a good crust, line shallow pan.
On this slice fresh raw pumpkin
enough to make it one-half inch deep.
Over this put three tablespoons flour,
seven tablespoons water, one-half cup
sugar, one teaspoon lemon extract,
Cover with top crust or log cabin top.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
Peach Bavarian Cream.

Three tablespoons gelatin, one-quar-
ter cup cold water, ~one-quarter cup
boiling water, one cup light syrup or
honey, one tablespoon lemon Juice, one
cup peaches cut in small pieces, one
cup whipped cream. Soak the gelatin
in the cold water and dissolve ii in
the boiling water. Add the sweetenlng,
the fruit and the lemon juice, Chill
the mixture and when 1t begins 10
thicken fold In the whipped cream and
turn it into q mold. Serve with or with
out soft custard.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22

SllLIlid III IoOS anu
was appointed pro-
fessor to the naval
academy in 1883.
He rose steadily to
be chief OF staff of
a standing squad
ron and served in
such capacity in
the 1904 1905 a
He became vice.
admiral in 1908;
was commander of
the Kure Admiral
ty, I909-1914. He
was named COM
mander- -chief of
First fleet on dec
~laration of war
against Germany
in 1914.
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Pineapple Sherbet.

Boil two cups Of water with ono OF
sugar: dissolve a tablespoonful of CELIA
tine in cold water and stir in the hot
syrup; beat TIL cold; then add four
we'll henton egg whites and the con
tents Of n can OF grated pineapple, with
the juice Of II lemon, freeze and serve
In glasses,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
A Line On Men
You Read About

Admiral Kato, minister of the navy in
the Japanese cabinet, was born in. Hiro-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
est" Will Serve You in the Future

Just as THE LITERARY DIGEST has provided
during the long years of war that have just ended the
most authoritative and dependable of news articles
from week to week, so now, in the wonderful period
OF reconstruction that lies before us, it will furnish
the vital news upon all the great questions of the day
in a similarly interesting and comprehensive way.
II will cover fully the movements Of our troops in
Europe. the return of our armies to their native
land, the arrangements for disbandmg the various
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22

units and restoring their members to civil life, the
great readjustmnents that will become necessary in
the worlds of finance, m and industry,
the rehabilitation of the wounded and crippled,
the means by which they may be made self-sup-
porting. etc. All these and many more allied
topics in the social. political, and economic fields,
will be treated without bias and with the simple
and judgment. Study them each week in The Digest.
Meade County news., 1918-01-31
CHAPTER II.

A Book, q Bannock, and q Bed.
DLUB led the way straight to the
ID low, dirt rooted stable Of logs and
stopped with his nose against the
closed door. Billy Louise herself was
deceived by the whlrl of snow and
would have missed the stable entirely
If the leadership had been hers. She
patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder
when she unsaddled him. She groped
with her fingers for the wooden peg In
the wall where the saddle should hang,
failed to find it and 80 laid the saddle
down against the logs and covered 1t
with the blanket.
"Just turn your horse in loose" she
directed the man shortly. "Blue won't
fight, and think the rest of the horses
are in the other part. And come on to
the house."
1t pleased her q little to see that he
Obeyed her without protest, but she
was.not so pleased at his silence, and
she led the way rather Indignantly to-
ward the winking eye which was the
caDlnB WlnOOW.
At the sound Of their feet on the
wide doorstep her mother pulled open
the door and stood fair in the light,
looking out with an anxious look.
"Is that you, Billy Louise? Oh, amt
Peter Howling Dog with you? What
makes you so terrible late, Billy
Louise2 Come right in, stranger.
don't know your name, but l don't
need to know it. A storm like this Is
all the Introduction q fellow needs,
guess"
"What about Peterr" Billy Louise
asked. isn't he here?"
"No, and he amt been since an hour
or so after you left He saddled up
and rode Off down the river, to the res
ervation, ! reckon"
Meade County news., 1918-01-31

mie all the time about debts. Mommie
wants me to go to Boise to school next
winter, to Aunt Sarah's. And daddy
says there's debts to pay. l didn't
know you had any, Marthy."
"Well, 1 have got. We bought some
cattle, too, and they amt done IS wells
they might. If had a man that was
any good on earth could put up more
hay. But I can't git nothing outa Jase
but whines. Your paw oughta send
you to school, Billy Louise, even if he
has got debts"
"He says he wishes he could, but he
don't know where the moneys coming
| FROM"
"How much IS it goin' to take" asked
Marthy heavily.
"Oh, piles" Billy Louise spoke airily
to hide her pride in the Importance Of
the subject. "Fifty dollars, guess.
I've got to have some new clothes,
mommie says. I'd like blue dress"
"And your paw can't raise fifty dol
lars" Marthy's tone was plainly bel
ligerent.
"Got to pay interest" said Billy Lou
ise Importantly.
Marthy said not another word about
debts or the duties Of parents. What
she did was more to the point, how
ever, for she hitched the mules to a
rattly old blackboard next day and
drove over to the Macdonald ranch on
the Wolverine. She carried $50 in her
pocket, and that was practically all
the money Marthy possessed and had
been saved for the debts that harassed
her. She gave the money to Billy Lou
ise's mother and said that 1t was a
present for Billy Louise and meant for
"school money" She said that she
hadn't any girl of her own to spend
the money on and that Billy Louise
was a good girl and smart girl, and
she wanted to do little something to-
ward her schooling.
A woman will sacrifice more pride
than you would believe if she sees a
way toward helping her children to an
education. Mrs. Macdonald took the
money, and she promised secrecy-with
feeling of relief that Marthy wished
it. She was astonished to find that
Marthy had any feelings not directly
connected with work or the shortcom-
ings of Jase, but she never suspected
that Marthy had made any sacrifice fol
Billy Louise.
So Billy Louise went away to school
and never knew whose money had
made it possible to go, and Marthy
worked harder and drove Jase more
relentlessly to make up that $50. She
never mentioned the matter to any one
The next year it was the same. When
in August she questioned Billy Louise
clumsily upon the subject Of finances
Meade County news., 1918-01-31
In the Bio CITY.

He had come to New York from a
remote village in the hlnterland to run
over to Europe and straighten matters
out over there in short order, so spring
plowed back home might not be Inter-
fered with.
The Hudson looked wide and deep
from the Jersey side. "How do you
ford herr" he asked n more Travelled
companion.
The latter pointed to an approach
ing ferryboat. "YOu ford her on the
ferryboat" he elucldated.
"Gosh," said the hlnterlander. "Is
that ferryboat? thought she was
battleship. New York Times.