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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
FOOR WAY TO WOO SLEEP
Man Who Experimental Pronounces
Insomnia Cure" to Be at Least
Of Doubtful Value.

A new cure Cor insomnia, we read, is
to list the first names of all your
friends and acquaintance, taking each
letter of the alphabet in order"
OF course this is only a variant OF
the old device of counting imaginary
sheep jumping over a wall. Personally
we never found that TO work at all.
We counted between 1000 and $1,000
of these alleged sOpOritic sheep one
night, and then the alarm clock went
off and it was time to get up, which
we did with a grOan, a headache and
pair of astigmatic eyes.
Making an alphabetical catalogue Of
your friends first names is an even
more stimulating and nerve-eXciting
process. We would be willing to wager
that no normal persons could get fur
Their than the Ms before being inter-
rupted by the first call for breakfast.
1t is doubtful, at least, If the night con-
tains enough time to go through with
the whole list from Alfred to Gorilla.
We should say that this might be the
surest way to Danish sleep altogether.
The best way to WOO slumber, we
have been told, Is to go into the ST.
lence, relax all muscles and nerves, and
then in mental way, pull all the edges
of the mind into dead mental center
and fold them in. 1t is hard to say
just how this is done, but it sounds
plausible. Frequently, of course, there
are some difficulties merely in going
into a silence. Somewhere on the prem
ises, perhaps in an adjacent apartment,
there may be someone who has gone
to sleep without going into the silence.
This interferes materially with the
working of all anti-insomnia devices.
If there is no neighboring obstacle OF
this sort it Is much easier matter.
And vet, even after the silence is ar
ranged, the mind is apt to go on pro-
viding it's own disturbance. Arithmet-
ical and alphabetical diversions only
accentuate the tumult. The only thing
to do is to regard the very center OF
the mind as hypothetical hole, or vac
uum, contract the mind until 1t is all
pulled into this hole, and then pull the
hole in after it. And there you are
OF course if there is certain degree
of reality in this imagined condition,
one does not have to exercise the n.y.
pOthesis, and that makes it so much
easier.-F. III. Young in Providence
Journal. II
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

Du Barry's Forgotten Jewels.

IF the measure becomes operative by
which banks will have to give particu-
lars of valuables in their possession,
we may expect to solve some myster-
les and also to hear of new discoveries
of hidden treasure.
For instance, it is popularity believed
that in the vaults at Coutts' bank re-
pose the wonderful Jewels of the I'M
fortunate Madame du Barry. She is
supposed to have left them there in
safe custody when she went back to
France for, as it proved, the last time.
and as the bulk of her jewels were
never forthcoming there may be truth
in the story. With her jewels also rest
the valuables of many emlgres who.
returning to France at the time OF the
Terror in a hope Of saving some of
their possessions and estates, fell VIC
tins to the guillotine, leaving no heirs
and possibly also no information as to
the treasures England guarded for
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

Nature in her own way is looking
after the solitary war graves scat
tered throughout the shell-shattered
Picardy countryside, according to a
writer In the London Daily Chronicle.
Those that lie in the thrice-fOught-Over
ground between Albert and Combles
are covered with early spring grim
roses. In Lieramont the daffodils are
blooming, and the brambles on the
graves in Bernafay wood are green
with new leaves. The lonely war
riors are to be gathered together in
the central cemeteries under the care
of the imperial war graves commits
sion. The French government, in com.
pliment to the British soldier, has pur.
chased the necessary land, and has
presented 1t for all time to England.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
Brutal Materialism.

"Too many husbands" said Senator
Kendrick in a discussion Of divorce,
take brutally materialistic view Of
marriage.
"T don't want my wife to 60 away
a banker said in my hearing the other
day.
Moved, l patted him on the arm.
"'Ah, you dread the separation, chr
I said.
"'Yeh,' he answered curtly-the
separation from the COIN"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
Manv Tyrants,

He was high school pupil, and was
imbibing many bits Of philosophy. At
home he watched the women folk and
the ways they devised for doing as they
pleased and for getting every other
person to do as they wished them
to do. And from these he drew con-
illusions which he later voiced.
"Times have changed since my his
tory was written" he told his father
one night. "Then the tyrants were
the men who used to stamp around
and kill and frlghten people into sub
mission. Today the tyrants have drop
ned those weapons and use much more
subtle ones-tears. | think a woman
who cries in order to get her own way
Is bigger tyrant than ever those old
fellows of long ago were"
Anyway, it set father to work think
ing.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

thing may be combined to make a
salad. vet we would avoid the Ioous
that do not harmonic as we aVoiu
inviting to our tables those we kho"
are not congenial to our FRIENDS.
Carrots, potatoes, turnips and such
vegetables are usually cooked De1ofe
using in a salad yet most appetlz-
ing dish is one with fresh grated car
rots mixed in an ordinary vegetable
salad and served with French dress
ing. If our stOmachs are able to dis
pose of the cellulOse in vegetables
which is uncooked, we need not Wor-
nv about uncOoked starch, for that is
taken care of without trouble, our
dietitians tell us.
Where a salad Is to provide the
main dish, food value should be the
first consideration.
The arrangement of a salad Is
most important feature as well as
garniture Who has not refused q
good and wholesome salad because OF
its unattractive appearance? The per-
lection of combination and flavor
amount to little If the salad has been
carelessly prepared.
When such firm vegetables as po-
tatoes are used in a salad the dish is
much better seasoned when marinated
for an hour or two with some simple
salad dressing which will penetrate
the food.
Green plants such as lettuce, cress
and parsley whose charm lies in its
crispness should be kept well chilled
and served at once after the dress
ing has been added.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

Nuts hold high place as food and
may take the place Of meat in many
dishes. Nut stuffing for baked onions
is especially appetizing.
A fine shield from the hot sun when
reading, working in the garden or rest
ing is a large umbrella tied to the
handle OF a pitchfOrk. The fork Is
stuck into the ground anywhere you
wish and you are left in the shade.
When you have agreeable neighbOrs
why not do as two enterprising house
keepers do, who have small family
and like fresh cake? Each bakes a
cake in turn. dividing with the other.
In this way they always have fresh
cake and the work Is divided.
Pour corn mush while hot into
creased baking powder cans and when
the mush is cool 1t will slice in nice,
uniform slices.
When food scOrches, remove at once
from the dish and set the pan into
cold water the steam rising from the
food will dissipate much of the
scorched flavor. When a dish is badly
burned, to clean it fill with cold water
and little soda, let simmer until the
food can be easily removed.
When baking tomatoes, or peppers,
put them in muffin pans and they will
not lose their shape.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

flour, when smooth add cup Of sweet
cream, let boil stirring all the while.
After cooking five minutes, remove
from the fire, add half cup of sour
cream the juice of half a lemon,
salt and sugar to taste. Serve this
on fruit of various kinds; apples and
bananas are good with this dressing.
When serving it with vegetables or
with fish or meat add a bit of mus
tard onion juice and any seasoning
Mayonnaise Dressing-Mix together
half teaspoonful of salt, and tea
spoonful of sugar, dash of cayenne
and add to beaten egg yolk beating
all well. Then add few drops of
olive Oil. keeping the bowl standing
In ice; add tablespoonful of each
of lemon juice and vinegar alternat-
ing with the Oil until half a cup of
oil has been used, then add the oil
faster until a cupful has been beaten
in. Just before using the mayonnaise
a generous amount Of whipped cream
NAV be added and more seasoning
Tartare sauce-This is mayonnaise
dressing with the addition of chop
ped pickles, olives, parsley, capers and
onion. Use fourth of a cup to one
cup of the dressing. Never mix may
nnnaise with meat or fish until ready
to serve. All salads that need mar
mating before serving should be mar
mated with French dressing and the
thicker mayonnaise used just as 1t is
served Mayonnaise may be colored
with pounded spinach or lobster coral.
Garnishes.-Edible garnishes are
the only ones which should be used
except perhaps at weddings. The Gus
tom of tying up food with ribbons is
most undesirable. Millinery is not In
place as a rule on the dining table.
Brains and ingenuity are the best
recipes for attractive garnishes.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
GOING DOWN FOR THIRD TIME
oldtime Idea About Drowning Said by
One Who Should Know to Be
All Wrong.

observations cleaned from 20 years
Of teaching people to swim" are re-
lated by Gearge III. COrsan in the AS
ISOLATION Men in "In the Water,
There's the Life. He points out that
1t is the only exercise which will make
fat people thin and thin people fat /;
that a woman can endure more cold
water exposure than man; that peo-
pie become "drownproof" as they learn
to breathe in rhythm. He also ex-
plodes the venerable, time-hOnored the
ory that going down the third time
means death.
ut won't hold water, so to speak"
he says. "What brings strangulation
Is trying to inhale under water. A
Missourian who could not swim, was
reading in Kansas paper first les
SON. in swimming which pointed out
that if a person suddenly immersed
would gulp in air as he came to the
top, and exhale by horsepower be-
meath, he stood fine chance Of res
cue. That afternoon this man was
plunged into a river when his boat cap
sized. He recalled the lesson In flash
and followed directions. There Is no
knowing how many times he went I'M
der, but after bobbing some hundred
yards down stream, he was finally
fished out. His companion was
drowned"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

Six hours a day the woman spends on
food
Six mortal hours a day,
With fire and water tOiling, heat and
cold
Struggling with laws she does not I'M
derstand
OF chemistry and physics. and the
weight
OF poverty and ignorance besides.
Toiling for those she loves, the adde's
strain
OF tense emotion on her humble skill
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

tive delicacies for the table, and con
fine oneself to the urgent needs o:
the family; even shopping and mar
keting develop self control.
The marketing problem is frequent
ly left to haphaZard buying or the
last minute order and often means
in many homes either feast or famine
Experience is indeed a dear teacher
and she is the thrifty housewife who
learns early how to use the household
money wisely.
When we learn that marketing is 8
household science which needs study
and observation and that extravagan
and wasteful buying, however full the
purse, is never to be INDUCED, We
are in a fair way to improve in Out
household management. We have
passed the time when 1t is considered
parsimonious and misery to be called
economical and TO take pride in be
ing impractical.
Most housewives have certain
amount to spend for food. If 1t is
small, all the more need that she
know how to buy, that her family
gets to the limit every cent invested
for the most satisfying food.
In the average home with mill
from ten to fifteen cents a quart, the
housewife, even where there are
children, will cut down on the milk
supply, when it is by far the most
important food for growing children
MILK at fifteen cents quart Is
cheaper food than meat and eggs al
the market price, while milk at ten
cents a quart, the price in most small
towns, is very cheap food.
For a welI-fed family, we are told
"before pound of meat is bought
buv quart of milk daily for each
child" This may be used as drink
as buildings with eggs or In various
sauces with vegetables as well as on
cereals for breakfast or supper.
~ " =.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

A little toll, and a little rest
And a little more earned than spent,
Is sure to bring to an honest breast
A blessing of glad content
And so. though skies may frown or
smile,
Be diligent day by day;
Rewards will greet you after awhile,
If you just keep working away.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

ana Otner 1OOuS
one may express
artistic effects. We
all have a natural
longing to nnd
same new and
fetching way to
serve the ordinary
foods. Almost any
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

II we are commonplace and indiffer-
ent, we will find other people so. Mind
finds its level, just as water does.
really original and sympathetic person
will find others interesting and agree
able. To complain of those we meet is
really to admit ourselves dull
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
Rhetorical Spendthrifts.

"Hows politics coming out your
way?"
1T isn't what II used to be. Every
time anybody would think up good
husky epithet he'd use it on the Hohen-
zollerns instead of saving it up for the
local campaign"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

tied with fat.
A fresh fish will be
bright eyed, flesh firm
and odor sweet.
When buying such
fruits as oranges and
grapefruit. the weight is
a good test, the heavier
the better.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

OLHerS WHICH Will
prove satisfactor
Cream Dressing
Put two table
spoonfuls Of but
ter into a sauce
pan, and when
melted add three
Anhlacnnnp fu1c nf
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

do is to regulate
her purchases t.
the size of hel
purse, for "oul
wants are many
and muster many
a score" 1t takes
real self denial tt
pass by the attrac
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

The pity of 1t Is that so far as we
are concerned, most of the beauty OF
this world goes to waste. We have no
time to look at it and enjoy it.
I'VE measure success by accumula-
ton The measure is false. The true
measure is appreciation. He who loves
most has most "-Vandyke.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.

When buying meats, see that they
have good color and are we'll mot
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
MARKETING FOR THE HOME.

One of the first and hardest things
perhaps for the average woman tt
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
ART OF SALAD MAKING.

Salad making is an art and through
the combination of vegetables, fruits
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
SALAD DRESSINGS AND GAR
NISHES.

For those who will not learn to like
4he delicious oil dressings there are
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

A clear idea of what should be done
md a strong incentive for doing 1t are
necessary for satisfactory work.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
Nioht Work.

The man in the moon explained.
1.-THE law wouldn't allow woman
on my job" he chortled.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

of
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-18

hiliiics To understand the cx.
PLANTATION, you must go 20 college
(of years
The popularity of the law Of
chance IS IFS certainty II has
solved the problems OF astronomy
u has given us the odds system
behind insurance Whom you take
or insurance. you merely bet the
company that you WON'T live as
long as it thinks you will.
How much of so.callod courage
IS more thm % gamblers belief IL,
the law of ohaucef
Couple this gambling instinct
with iho desperation of Empower
ishment and thc reaction from war
excitement and ihe prem lnttor,
loans 90 De staged IN Europe arc
easily understood.
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now BAD WAS sHEq

"lf you could not ten a
mau oveything iu you past lite.
would you marrN hiw
This Is q question thatS being
warmly iehated hy women folts
% One Of The ureal periodicals
Of course, every woman mpst
settle for herself just how much
of her record She should risk tell
ina There ara women with per-
ectly good records who certainly
wouldn't marry him should they
ta' everything I'm their lives, for
ihe rcason that he'd be too aged
and deerepit ga rarry before they
got through
bui She question renliy implies
ihai thcrc IS O decidedly veal, spot
ID The vomank life. that might
cause her 90 couscieutiously pass
ip the chance of ronmhial bliss.
and tle question IS unfair and
hardly worth discussion without
Information as 10 what tho sim was.
Both women and men commit acts
tha should bar marriage, hu, NE
Woman guilty only ei the ordinary
weaknesses needn't let her con
science beat her ont OF yokiue and
leading up % The altar her chosen
nun She will uaf mick amt "a mann.
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| [1eecA II.


They are very rough "a thc "ani-
mais' lon Is. Co.
KANSAS city Mo Polite, mided
The irnping Hound. Back CAT AND
Bulldog cafes, n prohibition ENFORCING
crusade here
London theatrical promoter wants
the urlicst woman o. star iu "a play.
is where anyone u this town who
can go. the bin?
SOP Won we Thought thoro waantt
The sGuwman advertised 300 London
papers Tor tho uglicst woman n Lon
don.
rhcn boz sat down and waited fof
her 10 como 60 the office Told tho
doorkccper To- have a few guards a.
preserve order in the crowd and 20
prevent 'cm from getting out of line.
Noi an applicant fov tft position
appeared
or course anybody ourht 20 know
thet you couldn't find womau iu
London or elsewhere. who'd claim the
uEhcst prize.
Many % little boy has COME home
from winning tnc class football cham-
Wonship only 90 be- aCoidcd fot tearing
bis clothes.
Yes inc war Be- ovc tho German
Club of Che University of Chicago hpe
nccn revived.
81 Louis authorities have learned
that ~ takes 81 quarts of haas pcF cont
o. give one good old,ime uck
An Eaat Weymouth Aass concern
adyertlscs for
VAMPIRES Glra TO Learn TO
Namp
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GAMBLING RETURNS.

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Ita BRITISH parliament receives
p,llm signed by 100 members.
ehi1 pri1c bonds They would
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ttNl ~ lowing into continental
le'ieries
lhe Hermm lottery plan will
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THf cALLrR FunLIsHiNo 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-11
STEAMER J. S. TO
ARRIVE ON. AUG.%

The new excursion steamer J. S.,
the flagship of the StPeckfus feet,
will make a tour Of the upper Mis-
sissippi before the close Of the sea-
son. Stops will be made at all Of
the principal cities between St.
Louis and st. Paul and the resi-
dents will have the opportunity OF
riding on the big excursion palace.
Sunday, Aug. II, will be the last
day of the st. Louis season for the
j. S, and then the boat will start
it's up-river tour and will arrive
here on Aug. "a and 25 for three
excursions, afternoon and evening
on Sunday and moonlight on Mon
day.
Commodore John Streckfus, who
is president and general manager
of the Streckfus line, is very proud
of the new J. s., which was named
after him. 1t is his latest achieve
ment, and nothing was spared to
make it finer. safer and far super
Tor to any other excursion boat in
the vicinity.
There are many new and distinc
tive features about the new J. S.,
which are not found on the average
steamers-water tight compart-
ments in the hull making the boat
unsuitable. unique cabin decors-
tions and lighting effects. sprinkler
system, paramount ventilating and
cooling systems, and many other
features too numerous to mention.
A tour of inspection over the new
boat is well worth any ones time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-11

bell. chairman OF the rules commit
tee, a Republican who has been
most bitter in his attacks on the
president.
What does this mean? Simply
that congress is alive. not asleep,
in these critical moments and that
the voice of the country has been
heard in the legislative halls at
Washington.
NOn-Partisanshlp to Return.
1t is not too much to expect an
era of non-partisanship such as
prevailed during the war when
committee after committee brought
in unanimous reports. Perhaps
the era may be said to have begun
when the senate committee on in
terstate commerce brought in a
unanimous recommendation to the
effect that Mr. Wilson had the
power to raise the wages of rail :
road men. The president did not
stop to bubble He took this rec
emancipation literally and set to
work at once to adjust the railroad
dispute by executive action. But
his ultimatum to the railroad men
that they must obey their leaders
and go back to work before con-
sideration could be given to their