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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
PUREST FLOODED
JEWS ARE EXILES

synagogues and no liturgy. They hay,
a scroll Of the law. but il is used onl,
for reference They observe the Sab
bath In the strictest Mosaic fashion
doing no work and cooking no food. al
food requiring 1t being cooked on the
preceding day. They keep the Pass
over, not by eating unleavened bread
because all their bread Is always I'm,
leavened. but by eating an evening
meal IN common in the open air. The
Feast OF Tabernacles is similarly oh.
served, and they have special cere-
mony Of their own Mt each new moon.
Girls must always be betrothed for
six months before marriage, and the
bridegroom, instead of receiving a
dowry with his bride, must pay her
father price for her. This is usually
paid for in sheep. cattle or horses, but
always in eigAteens or some multiple
thereof The price may be Is sheep
or 81 head of cattle, or if the bride
groom is rich 1t may be u horses. but
for some reason, the origin of which
is lost in antiquity, the number must
always be eighteen or ii multiple OF
eighteen. There is no religions mar
riage ceremony, but a civil contract is
written and signed.
When a child is born it is laid upon
a platter, sprinkled with salt and eX-
hibited to guests. Women go unveiled
and speak to men as freely as in west
ern lands. A man is permitted TO have
as many as three wives at once,
though by no means all of them avail
themselves of the privilege. Divorce
is seldom if ever practiced. At death
the body is not encoffined but is mere
~ wrapped in a STROUD and buried,
while the women wall a dirge.
One Of the most curious of all their
customs is that of having the women
Of the household occupy rooms which
are accessible froId the rest of the
house only through semicircular holes
at the bottom of the wall, not mere
than two feet high, for all the world
ike the entrances to dog kennels.
When guest calls at a house he is |
welcomed In spacious reception
Dom, and then the host gets down on |
hands and knees and Crawls through a |
lOle in the wall in search of his wife,
'r wives. as the case may be, and pres
entity comes crawling back, followed
~ the ladies of the household in the
;ame undignified attitude. The women
iress in jackets and loose trousers
lfter the oriental fashion.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
CHAMBERLAIN AND COURTS-MARTIAL

Senator Chamberlain of Oregon is
a consistent friend of the Yankee fight.
ing man. He says of his courts-martial
bill:
81 am advised that the total of the
sentences imposed by courts-martial
during the world war passed upon
American soldiers was about 2S,OOO
years. A clemency board has recon-
mended a reduction of sentences which
brings the total down TO about 6,7OO
years that American soldiers must
serve in prison.
"The stigma of conviction Is not
removed by action of the clemency
board, and there is practically no re-
visory power over these sentences
where the court-martial had jurisdic-
ton and the proceedings have been
regular. l have introduced bin be-
fore the senate the purposes Of which
are:
at restores soldiers, sailors and
marines, who have been sentenced by
loo and discharges them automatically
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
HOME =
TOWN -
HELPSpJ
ERROR HOME BUILDERS MAKE
Too Many Seem TO Forget That IndL
viduality Is Requisite for
AttractiVeness.

The house which is the real home,
beautiful and yet intimate. whether its
posSesSOr be rich or poor, is hard to
find.
Go among the dwellings of the rich,
and you will find thousands of hand
some places, INTELLECTUALLY correct.
supplied with every convenience. and
YET lacking something. Something
which you are puzzled to put your fin
ger on-the home note withal.
Cities of the country have numbers
of handsome residences of the more
expensive type. Some of them are adj
mired academicaIly for their correct
ness and their magni1cence; they ap-
peal to ones sense Of the beautiful and
to ones civic pride, but Of the thou
sands of these houses there are only
Il few that bear the aspect Of real
homes to the average man.
Wander among the houses of the
poor and you will find row on row Of
dingy habitatiOns, crowded one on top
OF the other, perhaps painted a gray
bue-and sadly in need of another
coat. Not tree, shrub nor a flower
near by. Houses and grounds so much
alike that man might go into any one
Of dozen of them for his own, In a
lit of absent mindednesS. ...
Yet the owner could be no more pos
SesSed of money than he is and still
own much more attractive place. His
initial mistake was in picking house
Of the same pattern as all the others
in the street. He could have picked
one, not more expensive but less com
mon, if he had tried harder One, too,
that had an inviting coat of paint on
it, Then he should have proceeded to
develop front lawn and garden, to
plant some trees, If needful, as well
as some vines to decorate the house
and redeem it from the commonplace
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
FIND BONES OF DWARF RACE
yon Burial Place OF An
cient Tribe.

Il Prescott, Ariz.-That the Squaw
creek mesa, Is miles east of Grand
canyon, was the burial ground of an
Iancient tribe of dwarfs, is the opinion
of HI. L. LOOMS, prospector. who says
he recently uncovered portions of 10
skeletons there.
In the old graves the prospector
found cupful of tuquoise and small
pieces Of ancient pottery, some of
which have been sent to the University
of Arizona and the remainder to the
Smithsonian Institution.
All the bones found were those of a
diminutive race, LOOmis said.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
Gardens in Cities.

II Is the city dweller who needs the
garden most. Anyone who has a back
yard and refuses to turn II into n gar
den has burden on his soul Be
sides yourself many people look down
Into city back yard-they can't be
shut off like country estate--it must
speak of uglness and neglect and dis
enlargement to many-or 1t may sing
at morning, noon and night a fresh
hymn of hope and beauty Of freshness
and new beginnings. Exchange.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
Storm Cures a ParaIYtlc

Observation-Disclosures by a crash of
thunder and bolt of lightning dur
ing a storm at North Adams, Mrs. viii
liam Paddock of jacksonville, Vt, who
had been u paralytic for over year,
jumped from her chair in the kitchen
and walked across the floor.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
Lazy Husband Roundup
Due at Yakima, Wash.

Yakima, Wash.--A roundup
of lazy husbands" is threat
ened here by local officials.
Washington state has n law
which puts lazy husbands at
work and gives the family OF
such men their earnings. Off
Gals say the county is so
plagued with men liable for
prosecution under the law that
a roundup will soon start. One
case cited here Sas of a huS-
band who rode around the res.
ervation in an automobile while
his wife drove n hay rick for
laborer's wage.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
WKBBNWHR
NOW
NITTI is MAKING GOOD IN ITALY

The whole Of Italy Is gasping at
the new methods introduced by her
young and new leader, Premier Nitti.
THE truth. above all the TRUTH" Is
Nltti's motto, and he delivers it to the
senate, to the deputies and to the peO-
pie with emphatic Openness.
Only short time ago it was said
everywhere that his cabinet would not
last more than few days. DAN
nunziO and his followers were shout
ing themselves hoarse in denunciation.
The Hotel Bristol, where the premier
is living, had to be surrounded by
armed police and riots against the
government were the order of the day.
Nitti has revealed himself as one
of the ablest men in Italy and by no
means an unequal successor to former
Premier Giovanni GIoltti, the veteran
statesman who IS said to be the power
behind the scenes of the present gov
ment.
"The people of Italy have been
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
SERVICE THAT is BEYOND PRAISE

Senator Thomas of Colorado wrote
letter the other day in answer to one
inquiring why he does not favor a bill
for the payment of a bonus Of $3.50
each to the United States soldiers in
the great war. This letter says, among
other things:
"The bill commentaries patriotism,
impairs the sentiment of loyalty, and
reduces to terms of money the service
and sacrifice of the citizen for the
public veal.
every man in the United States
is the possessor of certain rights which
are reciprocal with certain duties or
responsibilities. His enjoyment of the
one is lnseparable from his recognition
Of the other. The ultimate sanction Of
society, whatever the form of its gov
eminent, is force, whose final analysis
is the soldier in the ranks. The OBJ
legation to serve when the occasion
arises is insistent and ineXOrable. Be
cause of it you possess individual free
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
Attempt TO Be Cave
Man Leads to Arrest

Portland, Ore.-JOhn Law IS
always spelling romance.
just when Ernest Fix tried TO
pull a Cave-man stunt aud tix
it up for him and Miss Polly En-
gle TO wed the bride-tO-be went
and had him arrested.
"He used to sit on my porch
with a gun and threaten to kill
me unless l married him." she
told the court. Then Ernest.
who Is seventeen years old, was
held under 5000 for investiga-
ton by the grand jury.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25

family and friends the
the lawful accumulation
when ased the government summons the cze 10 us
recognizes an oDhgah
society"
be measured In money
1t beyond
world The attempt to apply them not
its impulses and it's
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25
Band Weiuhs 3l Tons.

Los Angeles. Cal.-LoS Angeles
claims the worlds heaviest band. 1t
is the police band of 30 members, the
lightest weighing 200 pounds. Total
weight. three and half tons.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25

told that the advantage
diplomatic
Italy has the We solid
which Of economical political
eve york.
This than gold 1t power
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-09-25

northwestern
by the few
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

Attention Turned to tractor
Lord Lee it was who suggested the tractor
scheme for breaking up the SOL Oh larHs 'heh
suffering from the shortage in horses (0o per
cent of farm horses were in the army and Tor
blowing I'D the grass lands Of the big estates.
1t was In the minds Of all those men connected
with the food production department to make
1913 the banner crop year in Englands history.
Originally ii was planned to adopt Il smaii
tractor as a standard, and turn them out by the
thousand in British factories standardized. Some
5000 would be needed to do the job thoroughly,
IL was thought. Sudden urgent demands on the
factories for increased supplies or munitions
caused the abandonment Of the first plan, and
the next step was to order the first shipment OF
small tractors from America.
Weeks and months were lost testing out the
initial lot Of machines and then, after a desirable
model had been developed, came the terrible win
ter OF 1918 in America tying up railroad trans
portation and preventing the shipment OF ma
chimes that should have been at that very moment
engaged in turning over the soil of some ducal
estate perhaps.
Actual shipment Of 1900 tractors was made in
America. No more reached England in time TO
be of service in preparing for the 1913 crop. So
every possible kind of mechanical power was
modified to haul plows. Some giant machines
built for hauling heavy artillery In Russia were
trundled out to the English fields and performed
excellent service.
Ancient sets or steam tackle were inspected,
ou,ckly repaired and put 10 work. Sometimes
two engines are used on Il field, one at each END
OF the furrow. The idea Is to keep the heavy
weight Of the engine Off the ground that Is to
he nut under cultivation for the reason that, past
oyncriencA had shown, the engines weight acted
MS n press on certain kinds Of chalky, sticky
EngIish soil, causing the pillow to turn up large
solid square chunks Of earth that were absolute
fixtures in the field Wees on end. These chunks,
when struck by a slttsn hammer, gave forth a
DIM kind of tlud ct,! lie hammer left a small
indentati0n.
Sometimes. In the dry days of May usually,
one month after the planting season is over, the
chunks automatically crumble overnight, leaving
q perfectly level field that has apparently been
cultivated into dust.
The steam tackles worked all fall and winter
making ready for the 1913 crop, and, all told,
plowed up a million and q quarter acres of soil.
The tractors, that Is the gasoline rigs, small and
large. plowed up something like a million acres
last year.
Approximately two-thirds of the land In Eng.
land is held In the big parks and estates. 1t Is
in the remaining third that the war marvels OF
food production were accomplished.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

Look at the tongue, motherl II
coated, 1t Is a sur sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs q gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, ~listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or Is feveriSh, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhea, full OF cold, give a
~teaspoonful OF California Syrup Of
Figs" and in q few hours all the foul,
co~nstipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out OF the
little bowels without gripping, and YOU
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative;"
they love It's delicious taste, and il
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for q bottle OF
California Syrup OF Figs" which has
directions for babies, children Of all
ages and for grown.ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware Of counterfeits sold
here. TO be sure you get the genuine.
ask TO see that it is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

home land with the aid of the older men, the BOYS,
thousands Of women educated and brought up to
city life, and above all other things, with tractors.
The situation was saved. But the lesson Of un-
productive farm lands has been learned. Hence
forth there will be a department Of food production
in the British government charged with the duty
of maintaining and without q doubt lettering the
wartime crop record, a record Of which England Is
Justly proud because, in the midst OF q period
where the services of every hand was needed In
munition making, the country went from a IL
weeks food production era to q point where the
land of England was producing enough food to
last 40 weeks. Sir Charles Fielding, the director
Of food production, believes that eventually,
possibly sooner than the world expects, England
will be harvesting enough food to last through
every one of the 80 weeks in the year, barring,
perhaps, some additional cattle food that will be
needed when the British herds are increased to
COCOON O head, the number that will be required 10
properly supply the population with milk.
Back in 1914 the English were importing four
ffths of all cereals consumed and one-half Of the
meat supply. The new program will certainly put
1914 into the place it deserves-the low-water
mark in English farming.
VIII Guarantee Prices to Farmers.
Success with the national after The war farm
scheme depends largely on what Kind OF Il price
guarantee the government Will be willing 10 give
The farmer for his principal crops. The depart
mont OF fOOu pTOQuctiOn niS III III inthu ~ dSh VI
certain fixed prices that will run through q term
Of OF least ten years. 1t is believed that at LEAST
a decade will be required to firmly establish the
row era, and in the meantime give the farmer q
fair deal.
.sThe farmer is not greedy" Sir Charles Fielding,
himself q farmer, declared the other day. w
must remember the farmer has his living to make
and he has a right to reasonable security. and to
The assurance that he will get q fair return for his
work and his expenditure. l believe that the inn
portancc of agriculture is being realized in this
country at last. If it had been realized in the first
year of the war we should never have known such
~perilous times as those through which we have
passed. But we got through somehow and the
prospects are better now"
Sir Charles Is constantly pointing out that big
crop production here in England is going TO be
one of the factors I'm settling the nations war debt.
He has warned that England must not go
back to her old ways and spend three hundred
millions q year for imported food. Our exports
would have to pay for that food before they paid
for ANYTHING else, and it would be an utterly I'M
necessary expenditure. The food Is here In our
avn country, only waiting to be taken out OF the
coil"
:, was IN March. 1917, just before America
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21
Weekly Health Talks
What Is the Cause Of
Backeche?
Backeche ?
BY DOCTOR

Backache Is perhaps the most COM
mon ailment from which women suf-
fer. Rarely do you find anybody free
from II. Sometimes the cause Is OBJ
scure, but DR.. Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. Y,
a high medical authority, says the
cause is very often a form Of catarrh
that settles In the delicate membranes
Of the feminine organs. When these
organs are inflamed, the first symp-
tom is backache, accompanied by bear
ing down sensations, weakness, I'M
healthy discharges, irregularlty, pain
full periods, irritation, headache and
q general rundown condition. Any
woman In this condition is to be pit
led, but pity does not cure. The
trouble calls for DR.. Pierce's Favarite
Prescription, which Is q separate and
distinct medicine for women.
1t is made of roots and herbs put up
without alcohol or opiate of any kind. for
DR.. Pierce uses nothing else in his pre-
scription. Favorite Prescription is a nat
ural remedy for women, for the vegetable
growths of which it is made seem to have
been intended by Nature for that very
purpose. Thousands of girls and women,
young and old, have taken it, and thousands
have written grateful letters to DR.. Pierce
saying it made them well. In taking
Favorite Prescription, it is reassuring to
know that it goes straight to the cause OF
the trouble. There is but one way to
overcome sickness, and that is to overcome
the cause. That is precisely what FAVOR
tie Prescription is intended to do.
Send lOc for trial pkg. of Tablets.
Address Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Constipated women, as well as men,, are
| advised by DIR. Pierce to take his Pleasant
Pellets. They are just splendid for cos
~tiveness.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKEMS GRAY HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to Restore
Color, Gloss and At
Effectiveness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed. brings back the natural color and
Iustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make 1t at
home, which is mussy and trouble.
some. Nowadays, by asking at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui.
phur Compound" you will get a large
bottle of this famous old recipe, i'm
proved by the addition of other in
gradients. at q small cost.
Don't stay gray! Try It! No one
ran possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as It does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at
a time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application
OF two your hair becomes beautifully
dark, glossy and attractive.-Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21
To Tease the Teut.

The other day at an exposition a
woman stood viewing a big %warplane.
upon which were painted the custo-
mary red, blue and white circles when
she was heard to remark to her hus-
band: isn't it strange that the allies
should all paint targets on their air.
n%ianeS?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

declared war on Ger
many, that the British
government foresaw
grave difficulties with
the food situation
should the war last
much longer. And Ii
was quite evident that
the war would last
"luite some time" as
the British phrase 1t.
American strength on
the battle front, and in
ship building, could
not be expected for
many months.
About that time the
war-food program III
started in real earnest.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21
ENCOURAGING Daddy.

Walton was much afraid Of the
dark. One evening, wishing for some
toy that was In IN adjoining unlighted
room, and being afraid to GO after 1t
alone, he said to his father, Come on,
daddy, I'll go with you; there isn't a
thing in there that will hurt you"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21
Heard In a Store.

Boy-Gimme n pound OF coffee.
Grocer starts weighing the coffee.)
No, / mean tea.
Grocer-Look here! What IS IL you
want, tea or coffee?
Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21
PTofiting Blu War Lesson,
S~hePToDosesN eVerAgain
10 Be Confronted Blu the
Danger Of Famine~
BY LLOYD ALLEN,
Special Staff Correspondent.
Copyright by Western Newspaper Union.l

)NDON.-England had SUCH q nar-
row escape from famine while
German submarines were sinking
food ships right at her very doors
that a national movement is well
under way TO prevent the recur-
renee of any such danger. Not
that the English people expect
another war. It's simply a case
where war called the attention
Of everyone here to the fact that
the nation was producing only q
u weeks supply Of foodstuffs;
the country had moved to town,
and the nation was depending on
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

farm boy and girl migra-
ton from city to the soil
and correct, almost over
night, a food shortage
that threatened to engult
the British empire. While
the flower of British
manhood was fighting in
France the agricultural
balance was turned i'm tha
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

When some men begin to talk, 9TH
ars wonder why the age limit OF the
kindergarten should be restricted.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

He who lives TO himself alone has
misery for company.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

ships to bring in food that might well enough have
been raised in the British isles.
Right in the middle of the worlds greatest war
Il was necessary TO suddenly turn back the great
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

The man who forgels a favor seldom
forgivcs an injury.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

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