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Don't offer an ex-service man
Mate Of beans-or, II he Ia not hungry.
DOM try to tempt his appetite with
~corned Willy or camouaaged hash.
Don't offer an ex-service man IN
search Of amusement the chance to
dig in your garden-he's had his oil
Of that In the pick-and-shovel brigade.
II Won have an ex-service man as >
veek-ehd guest In your country house.
DON'T ak him 70 stoke your furnace
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PLAY TWENTY-THREE INNINGS


ChattAnooga and Atlanta went = IN
nanRs to ! lie In the Southern. It
took I Nerlkle play to make the game
. the long distance. - the needed wal
lor arrived In the nineteenth with two
down. The sacks were full and Grit
lth Of Chattanooga singled, but Mar
shan. Who was on 1rst. repeated Mer-
hes famous play and omitted to
tnuch SECOND. making the third out.
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Lake That Disappears.

In. Georgia, near vladosta, there =
a lake which disappears every thres
or four years and then comes back
again, no matter what the wehther =
like. The lake ID three miles long
and three-quarters Of mile wide.
with an average depth Of IL feet Of
water. There are natural subterta-
mean passages beneath II, through
which the water passes of. It takes
two or three weeks to disappear, when
mammoth basin Is left in its place.
which furnishes beautiful sandy
beach. After month or SO tho water
begins to return, and then in couple
of weeks 1t Is the same magnificent
stretch Of water as 1t was before.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-30
MEYERS QUITS AS MANAGER
Former New York Giant Catcher Re-
signs as Leader Of Few Haven
Club in Eastern League.

John "Chief" Meyers, former New
York and Boston National catcher, has
resigned as manager OF the New Ha'
ven club Of the Eastern league, which
post he has held since the opening
Of the present season. 1t was an
uounced last night that Danny Muir
phy, formerly Of the Philadelphia
Americans, and more recently manager
az the New Haven and the Hartford
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CONSISTENCY A JEWEL

The New York Sun pertinent
" remarks: "When Chris
Mathewson and Branch Hickey
played bali each had clauses put
IN their contracts that they
would be exempted from Sunday
bah games. Matty coached on
Sunday, but Hickey does not 60
that far. He won't even manage
q team on Sunday. But suppose
all his players took the same at
titudef What then? Seems to
be a conscientious objector' on
the question Of Sunday ball and
vet not averse to profiting there
from. To be entirely consistent
Mr.. Hickey should have no con-
nection whatever with any or
sanitation that aids and abefs
Sunday baseball for profit"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-30

Chicago giving lot Of the credit for tne
Of Schalk Naturally useo
Ray doesn't hear SO much
George
in catching at the top OF his career anu
indicate it.
grandy one KNOWS the
handling the receiving
his hitting wen
and seems to Ia of his speed and DASH
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Advance Information,

snow. my DEAR" said Mr.. CrosslotA
I'VE must avoid contradicting the nev
cook, or hurting her feelings In an9
way" 1T
'Of course" replied the patient
woman. "Tll phone the employment
agency right away and ilnd out Whit
her views are On the League q Nh
uonaI"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-30
Ww1M az zHy 611tAM1O

kkOH. the English and the Irish and
the 'owlfn' Scotties. too.
" The Canucks and Austrilee'una,
apd the fairy French poilu
The only thing that bothered US don't
bother us no more,
lt's only wy in ell we didn't know the
Yanks before"
''Well, Joe, asked them guys what the
globe and anchor stood for on their caps
and one guy speaks up and says 1t means
that the marines fight all over the world"
TITS a cute little thing, the marines
insignia. Looks something like boiled
huckleberry pudding with couple Of fish
hooks run through 1t, or like a lady hen
hawk trying to hatch out a fractured door
knob. I'm sure you get me. Gladys. Also,
the marines may be identified by their
motto. Just where they wear that I've
forgotten for the moment, but you're sure
to find It somewhere about them II you
look close. 1t is 'Semper Fidelis.' No. 1t
has nothing to do with fiddles. One d.
Gladys. 1t Is a phrase taken from the
Sioux dialect. I think, meaning literally.
Where do we 60 from here?"
The story Of "Bluebeard" and his
seven wives, which many will recall
having read long ago, is still going the
rounds. The fable appears to have
originated in France, but it has turned
up almost everywhere in the wide
World.
Now 1t appears that the Virgin is
lands have "Bluebeard" Of their own,
whom they claim as the original dyed
!n.the-woOl villain Of child-lore.
| Corporal Lester F. Scott Of the
Thirty-fifth company, United States
marines, who is stationed at Charlotte
Amalie In the little island recently
acquired by the United States. writes
as follows Of the people and their be-
Nefs:
ION the west shore Of the bay lies
q settlement Of French people called
Cha-Chaa These people came orig
inaIly from the Dutch and French
Leeward islands. They have mol
married with the, negroes, and they
i've to themselves, resenting any out
side interference with their affairs.
They are q hard drinking race, yei
they are the most Industrious people
on the island. and are especially goot
canoemen. Their boats are long. mar
row affairs made out Of scraps o.
wood. They supply the town with fisl
and the women make straw hats tina
and a ready sale among the negroes
'They will never rise any highel
; than the true beach-comber, becaus'
the race has degenerated, due to In
termarrfage In SO small colony. witt
their rudy faces, stifiy starched blu
shirts, tight white trousers and broad
] brimmed hats, they present curiou
and unusual appearance.
ION the crest of two Of the tire
6 hills Of Charlotte-Amalie nestles tn
I famous old castles Of 'Bluebeard' an
) Blackbeard.' These are the two place
of interest on the island. The Of
buccaneers were alike as two peas Il
their habits, but the castles are
{ no way similar. Bluebeard's castle
& the more massive and is separate
from Blackbeari's by q distance OF
half-mile. After the death OF tn
= two pirates, secret tunnel was foun
Z connecting the two castles.
"It is reported that it was throug
this secret tunnel the two exchange
the women they had captured
= ships"
ii,
L How Germany Looks to Them.
How Germany looks to a marin
who was one Of the first to cross Il
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on Duty In Guam.

Something Of the life OF a marine
IN duty In the Island Of Guam Is told
IN a letter from Corp. Fred g. Taylor.
who is stationed on this American In
sular possession in the South sea.
"When the last transport was here
I had a very interesting excursion out
to It on official business" Corporal
TAYLOR writes. "A corporal and went
aboard to check the baggage OF the
.homeward-bounders,' and then wait
ed several hours for the captain guar
termaster Of the vessel to return from
social affair on shore to sign the
manifest. He failed to appear. 80 we
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-30

Just plain sQuareheads, dumb looking.
stolld, and unusually stupid. But two
days ago we penetrated into the won
derful Rhineland and 1t Is glorious
here. We saw for the first time what
we had not thought to find-pretty
girls and mothers. There Is nothing
so restful to tired feet as the sight OF
a pretty girl. No, sir! -
"The country we are In Is more like
America than anything I've seen since
Paris. They have fine stone houses
and many beautiful mansions and ho-
tells here. This Is the country Of those
famous German baden, or baths. where
the sick come to drink Of that magic
elixir Of life that Ponce De Leon
failed to find in Florida"
Lieut.. Single journeyed to Neuenahr
and then visited the "Wienbergen" or
wine mountains and FINELY reached
Brohl, which he describes as follows
II am now In Brohl. small town
The Rhine flows two hundred yards
from my window. In front Of Us are
mountains and In back are mountains
terraced for grapes and on the river
at the foot Of the mountains huddle
the small towns. The river here II
about 600 yards across and flows rest
fully along into the distance. All II
lin true German order and big dredg
ers are working to make a harbor.
Last night I met Captain Stone, ont
Of the best friends have known II
the service. He would have naugh'
but that should dine with him. W.
climbed to a big castle on hill baci
here overlooking the Rhine. stepped
in the door and started (like the NOV
lies have it) from realistic armoret
man on my left only to find a wors'
scoundrel on my right. In the grea
masters den were many stuffed foxe
and birds, also deer horns. Captain
Stone had roast chicken, and 1t was
real meal, right in the castle OF som
former German baron"
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keen on. ex-service men happy and
to absorb them speedily into the
structure Of peace-time America.
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How Germany Looks to Them.

How Germany looks to marine
who was one Of the first to cross the
Rhine is told in a letter from Lieut..
Carol ]. Single Of the Sixth regiment
Of marines, to his parents who live In
Stockton, Cal. From somewhere In
Germany he wrote the following: :
The people near the border were
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-30

)H, the English and the irish and
the 'owlfn' Scotties. too.
" The Canucks and Austrilee'uns.
and the fairy French poilu;
Tho only thing that bothered us don't
bother us no more,
It's only wy in ell we didn't know the
Yanks BEFORE"
The sun., 1919-07-10
pERSHING TO HEAD
ALLIES OF FRANCE
Americans to Come Directly
After Foch in Bastile
Day Parade.
10000 HEROES IN LINE
Flags Captured From Germans
in Bitterest Battles to
BE Carried.
10000 HEROES IN LINE
By the Associated Press.

PARIS. July 9.-Twenty thousand
picked men representing all the allied
armies will parade from Porte Maillot
to the Place do la Republique on Vic
tory Day. July II. The parade will be
formed at rte-Malllot. and will begin
to move at s 80 o'clock down the Ave-
nue. de la Grande Armee under the Arc
de Triomphe to the Avenue des Champs
Elysees, the Place de la Concorde and
along the Rue Royale. then down the
boulevards Capucines. 1taliens, Mont
inartre, Poissonniere. Lions. st. Denis
and st. Martin to the Place de la Re-
publiaue.
Gen. Pershing and his staff will have
a place Of honor in the parade. riding
Immediately behind Marshal Foch. A
squadron of Republican Guards will lead
the procession, then come Marshal Foch
and his stan, then Gen. Pershing and the
American Generals. then Field Marshal
Haig at the head of the Highlanders,
Irish Fusiliers and English troops.
Gallant little Belgium will be repre-
scented next by Gems. Guillain and
Leman. the hero of Liege. Gen. Diaz,
the Italian commander-in-chief. will be
next in line. Contingents from japan,
Greece. Poland and Portugal, Serbia.
Rumania, Siam and Czecho-Slovakia,
consisting of one company and flag, will
march in the order named.
Marshal Petain, with Gems. De Castel-
nau. Debeney and Berdoulat, military
governor of Paris. will Immediately pre-
cede the French detachments from
twenty-one army corps. bearing the flags
of all the French regiments which have
seen service during the war.
The Polytechnic schools from St Cyr.
The sun., 1919-07-10

Versailles, Fontainebleu and SC. Maixent
will then file past. After the Republican
Guards. firemen and French lumbermen
and woodsmen will march detachments
of colonial troops from Morocco, West
Africa and Asia.
Admiral Renarch will lead his heroic
marine fusiliers, with User and Dix
nude" inscribed on their banners.
Tho guns OF France viii be a feature
of the parade--one battery each OF
.75s, THE terror OF the Boche"; loss
and 1855 and a long distance gun.
The cavalry. which since 1914 has
suffered somewhat OF an eclipse, will be
represented by companies OF Hussars,
Dragons and Cuirassiers. The tanks.
which were greatly instrumental In
bringing the war to a successful con-
clusion, will bring up the rear OF the
procession, the baby Renaults preceding
the medium type tank of 1917 and the
| monstrous engines Of 1915.
The number OF troops taking part In
the parade will be less than In the cele-
brations of July II last year. Previous
to the war 1t was q common Occurrences
on Frances national holiday to have
$4,000 soldiers marching on the boule-
wards. But these 10000 men this year
will represent the glory and valor OF
France. Great Britain, America and all
the Allies. Not one whose tunic Is I'M
adorned with the war cross will be per-
mitted to walk among the French
| troops.
The American detachment is now as
sembling in Pershing Stadium. Every
member of II has a citation, and the
regiment will worthily uphold the
American tradition.
Even Germany will have a place in the
Victory parade. German flags captured
in the bitterest battles of 1918, in the
memorable days OF the User. the Marne
the Somme and Verdun will be carried
by the units which emerged victorious
from these engagements. There is one
| flag. at present at the Ministry Of the
Interior. in Pams's private Office. The
| staff Is broken and the banner is in
| shreds. 1t Is tho flag OF Fort Vaun
! which Major. now Lieut.. Col. Raynal
defender OF Vaux, will bear down thu
boulevards NJ. Pamss eyes filled with
tears as ne told the correspondent to-day
how he regretted TO part with the fiae
even for few hours. The flag will bt
returned to the Pantheon after the pa.
rade.
| Under the Arc de Triomphe there 1.
being constructed huge catafalQue
with an empty CONN embodying the
souls of the million and a half men who
died for France. At this point the troop.
will come to attention, Marshals Foct
and Petain. Gems Pershing,. Guillair
and Diaz. Field Marshal Haig and other
| high officials will salute, the soldiers will
| present arms while the bugler trumpets
| Long Live the Dead"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-10
GERMANS LEAVE JAPAN.
(By United. Press. )

Toxic, Feb. H6. (By,s Mail. Ger
man merchants have been driven out
Of business in Japan, according to
officials of the department of agricul-
ture and commerce, although some
still retain their offices and few are
allowed to put deals through under
rigid supervision by the Japanese
government. Some of these offices
which remain are to be given up, and
the companies will withdraw COM
pletely from the country, according
to report. They have apparently de-
SPARED of all chances Of trade after
the war. -,.,-.,s -, 7s4.,.zfs..$
According to the latest official
census, there are GA German firms In
Japan. .. There are "a in Kobe and
.22, I'm <Yokohanla. but as many Of
them have IL branches, which Z are
gcourteds separately this number may
be reduced If i lie distinct firms be
carefully. enumerated. Toxic has
seven German firms and Osaka three,
with few others In smaller towns.
Another census shows that there are
still ,764 German residents in this
country, although not all of these
are interested In the firms. Many Of
the Germans who were Interested in
business here were deperted during
the war. Such was the case with
the German Asiatic bank, the Ger
man financial institution In this
country, which now is entirely in
active. -G-.-
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TEACH USE OF LIMBS.

London, FEB. 20. (By Mail. y
Schools to teach use of artificial arms
and legs to thousands OF mutilated
war heroes are springing up all over
England
The pensions ministry pioneered in
this work when it established a
school at Charterhouse military hos
pital. ~ II
The government also Is encourag-
ing private experimentation 10 de-
velop new types Of arms of still great
er usefulness. ,s..
More types are being developed
daily" says Sir, Crarlex Henderdine,
director Of the artificial limb depart-
ment of the pensions ministry.
p "Our biggest difficulty is persuad-
ing men to perservere in learning
how to use artificial legs and arms.
They are at first uncomfortable and
cumbersome. This soon discouraSes
the ordinary man, who begins to feel
he Lad better get along without the
appliance" ,s.s-.t til
A months training, however,
usually conyinees the experimenting
soldier the appliance enables him to
do many things he couldn't without
it, Sir Charles says. 49,, 5s-e3 ..s.slg.3
Very many men find the sH1an-made
legs and arms enable them to per.
form their prewar tasks which ait
first seemed impossible without the
natural number of sound members 3
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-10
MISSION or OYSTER SHELL
Not Given to Supply Grit, but 10
Mako Bone, Muse!s and Feathers
~ --HeIp Out Ration.

Many poultry, growers, especially
beginners, have the impression that
oyster shells make good grit for
fowls. but such Is not the case. Oyster
shells, In some respects do help to
grind the fowls food, but the chief
mission is to make bone. muscle and
feathers. They form the shell Of the
egs, or assist in this matter and at the
same time aid in making a complete
ration when fowls are fed charcoal
and grit together with. their grain ra-
tions. II you keep them before the
hens and do not feed fat-producing
feeds. they will prevent soft-shelled
eggs and keep them from acquiring
the egg-eating habit, which is one Of
the greatest losses ever experienced
by any poultryman. In almost every
feed given to fowls we find a shortage
Of ash. The oyster shells supply this
7want of ash and the hens lay their
full quota Of eggs
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BUT THE PEOPLE WANT IT.
CIV United Press. J


Berlin, Feb. 6. (By Mail. IA lib
,erai government of the people is not
always so liberal after all. The pro-
visional government has made some
laws very contrary to its policy IN
Germany. aiss.. So.
p One of the most notable new laws
is in force in Berlin. 1t prohibits
women from working as walters IN
Berlin restaurants. There is no
other reason for the law other than
the wish of the male walters. who
demonstrated in the interest of ruling
out women walters and got the law
passed. Wemen can do any other
work, no matter how: hard. but not
wait on table.
In Munich one of the first laws
prohibits sending kilograms In any
language other than German. This
law came from the radical socialists
who replied to the protest Of intel
l,gent Bavarians that it prohibited
correspondents from giving Bavaria
publicity with, well, they'll have
to write in German-otherwise how
will we know what they are writ
ing? 49,. b,.1,
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Two Good Points.

A Greencastle woman who has q
sister working in one Of the war de-
partment bureaus In Washington re.
ceived the following letter from the
sister, written to the department,
which she says is a fair sample Of
many they receive:
"Dear United States--My husband
asst me to write you recommend that
he supports his family. He can not
read, so don't tell him, just take him.
He amt 10 good to me. He ain't done
nothing but drink lemon essence and
play q fiddle since married him eight
years ago, and ! gotta feed seven kids
Of hisn. Maybe you can get him to
carry d gun. d He is good on. squirrels
and eating. Take him and welcome,
Il need the grub and his bed for the
lids Don't tell him, but take him."
Indianapolis News
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-10
GVEN-M'CEE CLOSE i.
DEAL FOR LAUNDRY /
". =. OWNED BY ]. ]. TRASK

L., A business transaction, which will
be of unusual interest to the general
pu bile, was eonsummRted Saturday
afternoon, when J.. *. Given and
r. D. MCGEE purchased the BemtdU
Steam Laundry from ]. J. Trask.
The two boys are favorably and
wcll known in Bemidji and have just
returned from two: years service in
the navy for Uncle Sam. They are
botl of an energetic type and indt-
cations are that they will receive Tie
support Of all in this community.
1 The new owners took possession
tfaismornMgs and have already added,
an auto delivery truck In connection
with the business. NJ They will call
for and deliver laundry TO all parts
OF the city and have plans which
when put into effect. that will make
this institution foremost of its kind
in this section Of the state. Service
and quality of work will be their
Watchword, and as soon as condi-
tions shape themselves, they will
establish agencies throughout this
part Of thesstate, from which points
laundry will be sent to this central
point. .ts59 ...
y. J., Trask, who recently opened
the laundry after a short vacation,
will remain with the new owners for
a brief period, then the boys expect
to employ new, first class superiu-
tendent. "... x
Home washing will be given spe-
cial attention, and those. who desire
their household washing done will
be able to soon make arrangements
at small cost, which promises TO
compare favorably with the cost of
doing it at home. If any changes
are needed to make the plant more
modern, it will be done, as will also
the establishing Of a system to
handle capacity work, when the sur
rounding community begins to get
Cleaned up" in Bemidji. ~
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INFAMOUS AMERICANS.
(By United Press. }

Berlin, Feb. 6: (By Mail. "A few
persons claiming to be Americans re-
NAMED in Berlin during the. entire
war. When the first Americans ar.
rived after the armistice,, mostly
newspaper men and prisoner COM
missioners, these. claiming-to-be-
Americans focked around.
Their stories usually begin with
narration of how their hearts beat
for America, how they long to re-
turn, and end with, offers to do any
thing to take mail to America, or
send telegram.
Investigation usually reveals that
these Observation-Disclosures
have allowed their naturalization ar
rangements to drop, and that they
have some Interior motive in getting
connections with America. Some Of
til en- have been working for the Ger
mans against America.
The Anglo-American propaganda
lists continue to publish two anti
American and anti-British papers in
Berlin, which are dirtier and meaner
than ever in their efforts. English
American dances are held and adver-
tised In newspapers, to indicate that
a foreign colony exists. ,8.t, =, @.
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!. etl
MISS CARLSON. HONORED
!. ~: :...; AT HAMLINE SCHOOL


z. From the publicity director Of
Hamiine university, comes a notice
to the effect that Miss Corrine Carl
son Of Belnidji has been chosen ath-
ietic editor of the Liner, an ali-uli-
versity period dical, pull blished every
two years by the members OF The
Junior class, and, the notice con-
tinues, Her work on the girls var
sity basket ball team, as well aH her
literary. efforts and activity I'M aother
branches Of coed althl letics fully
warrant; her receiving this honor"
Speaking Of Miss Carisofl's 8 athletic
ability 1t Ii noted in "a st. Paul
paper Saturday where In a basket
ball game between FIanni line toeeRa
and St GATHERINGS college girls
quint' Har1line's fair team shut out
its opponents by IS to- o.. Miss Carl
son played guard aud made four field
goals. r.. sss.s 42ss: T.