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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17

orator for reducing the Juice to sIrup.
The mill contains three iron rollers
between which the sorghum stalks are
passed to press out the Juice. II may
be operated by gasoline engine or
by sweep drawn by horses.
The usual type Of evaporator con-
sists Of rectangular, fiat-bottomed
pan Of galvanized Iron or copper.
Evaporation may be produced BY d.
rect contact with IRE or with steam.
In the former case the pan lie mount
ed on q specially constructed flrebox.
II steam evaporation Is employed the
pan is provided with steam coils
which lie on the bottom Of the pan.
In some cases double-bottomed pan
IL used, the space so provided being
employed to carry the steam.
Other Equipment Needed.
Other articles needed are barrels OF
tubs for catching the Juice, pipes for
conducting It to the pan, swimmers for
removing the scum, apparatus for test
Ing the strip consistency and barrels
or cans for holding the finished prod
uct.
In making strip the blades of the
plants are stripped Off, the sorghum
cut at about six inches from the
ground, the seed heads removed. The
sorghum is passed through the mill
with as little delay as possible. When
the weather is cool or there Is danger
Of frost. the sorghum may be cut con-
sfderably In advance Of pressing for
when properly piled, It will keep for
several days. The juice extracted by
the mill is strained and then run into
the eyaporating pan. As It passes
through the pan 1t quickly comes to
boiling point and scum rises to tbs
surface. This should be constantly
and carefully removed.
Strip should be evaporated to n
point where It contains not less than
20 per cent solids; that is. has q
weight of not less than 11N pounds
to the gallon. II placed In containers
while boiling hot and properly sealed.
II will keep indefinitely.
The departments publication de-
scrlbes In detail the methods OF manu-
facture. including the Qualification Of
the Juice II such is desired. and the
utilization Of by-products. The latter
include the blades of the plants which
make excellent feed for cattle. tho
Dagasse (the stalk from which the
Juice has been removed). the scum
which may be fed to hogs In small
quantities, and seed heads which also
have feeding value.
The average yield Of strip an acre
is from rs to 200 gallons, although 10
some cases 1t has been as high as 400
gallons. The estimates on the yield Of
seed an acre vary from 600 to 1000
pounds.
The United States department Of
agriculture has prepared brief sum-
mary Of information regarding the
growing Of sorghum, and the equip
ment necessary TO make strip. A copy
OF this circular may be had by adj
dressing the department Of agricul-
ture, Washington. d. @. Those de-
string more detailed information in re-
| gard to the subject should ask the de-
partment for Farmers Bulletin ATT,
Sorghum Strip Manufacture"
i
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17
A Little Lesson,

II went into a shop tn have my
shoes mended and sat on the same seat
with a millionaire"
"Rich and poor are patrOnlzlng the
cobbler nowadays"
But he was more particular about
having the work done right than
was"
THAT trait of his is probably what
made him millionaire. Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17
History Of Petroleum Industry.

The story of the petroleum industry
in the United States dates back to
1859. when, on August %, oil was
struck in the Drake well. near Titus
Vile, I'm northwestern Pennsylvania.
When the pumping began the oil
flowed In a tiny stream Of 40, and later
only 10, barrels a day; 100000 bar
rels were produced In 1870, 26.000.OO0
In 1880, 100000 in 1890, $4,000, 900
IN 1900. 20o.0O0,OOo In 1910 and $780,
100000 barrels in 1913 The output
last year Is perhaps 30,O0O.0O0 barrels
In excess Of the 1918 record.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17

TO mature. In growing sorghum for
strip care should be taken to secure
seeds of a sweet sorghum variety. and
for planting In the North. one which
natures quickly.
Sweet sorghum is grown from seed
and Is planted In rows about three aud
one-half feet apart. The plants should
stand from four to six inches apart 10
the row. Approximately from Ave to
eight pounds of seed Is needed 10 the
acre. Ordinarily planting time falls
soon after corn planting. when the
soil has become thoroughly warm.
The stalks Of the plants are ready for
strip making when the seeds which
form heads at the top Of the stalk
are In the late dough stage; that Is,
Just before they become dry and HARD.
Necessary Machinery.
The machinery necessary for making
strip consists Of a mill for extracting
the juice from the cane and an evan
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17
Imnortant 10 Naothara
True 10 Form.

The demobilized army doctor closed
the bedroom door reverently, and faced
his colleague with sober nod Of the
head.
Hes gone" he said. Nothing more
to be done except paint him with en-
baImlng fluid and mark him heaven"
Home Sector.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17
ASPIRIN
Name 'fBayer" on Genuine

'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" is genu-
Inc Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an unbroken
"Bayer package" which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth
ache, Earache, Neuralgia. Rheumatism,
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes Of II
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer packages" Aspirin
is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon
oaceticacidester Of Salicylicacid.--Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-06-17

Usually the NEGLECTED cold" Is the
one thai gets wen.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
Found Sponaes dicestibIe.

Boswell. Lake Merritt's popcorn
pelican, died this morning when he
mistoOk a sponge for mis- favorite diet
and choked TO death. reports an Oak
land CCal.) correspondent.
Boswell has been an attraction at
the lake for seyera' months, He had
the freedom OF tkA lawns and wan
dered about the lake AT will. Visitors
discovered that he liked candied pop
corn and bought II for him by the
bagful. Gradually Boswell became a
popcorn addict and eschewed nearly
every other form OF food.
This morning Boswell crossed Grand
avenue to gasoline service station.
4 sponge lay invitingly on the ground
where some autOm0bilist had dropped
II after washing his machine. The
sponge looked to Boswell like mo.
lasses popcorn. With grin Of an.
ficipation he GUIDED IT. down. Ten
minutes later he was dead bird.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
HANDLE READY MADE HOUS IS
Norwegian Company Antici pates Good
Business in Selling Them for
Erect on in England.

Many houses ave for sale In Norway,
ful OF selling them to EngliSh,nen Not
that they expect the English to emf
crate for Norwegian homes. bhl 4 at
they mop" To persuade them To inn, 'rt
hoiLes from Norway. The ready 10
ihhnhii house. like the readyto-W"ar
suit ~ clntl rs. is a modern invention,
which has developed with marked sue
cess In Norway since the first ready
tC-inhHfit houses were made some %
Odd years ago. The read y-io-inhIhit
house, To he sure is less immediate ly
disable than the ready-to-wear suit. for
il must he put up and fastened TO-
2ether The chief factory for the man.
ufacture and export of Norwegian
ready made houses is near Christiania.
and the l.onseS are usually of six
rooms with variations that include
considerable ranges of styles and
prices. and they have all the modern
cnnvcniences. Naturally the factory
is just now hoping to comribule a
good many houses to the solution of
the housing problem in other conn-
;ries. "As regards durability" says
II NOrw egian correspondent. 'wom'"n
houses can he fairly said after a
rentury's experience in Norway. TO
last as long as brick, If kept prop
erly In repair. The wooden house n
dustry IN Norway after 81 years ex-
perence has now developed to great
perfection. and the wooden dwelling
offers satisfactory solution of the
housing problem" The factory will
deliver house in six weeks after it
has been ordered but one of the
recognized clemens In the British
housing situation is that your pral
Rrit"n wants at least part OF his house
made with bricks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
FOUND MILLIONS FOR OTHERS
Men Who Discovered the Famous Com
stock Lode Profited Little by
Their Great Luck.

The famous Comstock lode, greatest
Of silver deposits, was discovered in
1859 by three prospectors, Pete o.
Riley, Pat Mclaughlin, and "Old Pan
cake" COmstock, while washing gravel
for gold. They were in hard luck.
Needing water for their rockers. they
dug hole four feet deep and came
upon bed of sulphde of silver. Not
knowing what 1t was they tried 1t for
gold, with highly satisfactory results,
though cursing the internal blue
sand" that clogged their primitive APP
.paratus.
The blue sand was an outcropping of
the wonderful lode, one vein of which.
800 feet wide, came afterward to be
known as the big Bonanza" yielding
ore that was nearly half silver. From
this source were derived the multimil-
lions of Mackay Flood, O'Brien and
Fair-the last-named being young
mining engineer while the other three
were everyday miners. The discoveries
sold out for small sums. 'Oltl Pancake"
blew out his brains; ORiley went in-
sane and Mclaughlin died poor man.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
Hope to Reclaim Burning Mine.

The fire which for more than twenty
years has burned in the upper levels
of the United Verde copper mine. near
Jerome, Ariz., is about to be elm
mated by a drastic process of lowering
the entire surface of the property to a
4OO-foot level. All attempts to extin-
guish the fire have failed.
1t is the general opinion that the.
fire was started by slip in the rock
producing sufficient friction heat T."
ignite the ores rich I'm sulphur. Ii has
burned Its way through veins of cop
per, gold and sulphur.
The process of suppressing the fire
involves the removal of l4,OOOOO0 Gu
bic yards Of material. The area to be
evacuated Is roughly estimated at 400
by $40 feet. Monster steam shoyeis
are to he employed in the work.
II is expected that the task of re-
moving the entire ton of the mine and
to extinsllish the fire will occupy sew
eral years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
UTILIZING THAT HALF HOUR
Average Person viii Be Surprised at
the Amount of Reading Which
It Can Contain.

What I do venture to press upon
you Is. that 1t requires no preterhu-
man force Of will in any young man
or wOman-unless household circum-
stances are more than usually veXa-
tiOus and unfavorable-to get ut least
half an hour out Of n solid busy day
for good and disinterested reading.
Some will say that this is too much
to expect. and the first persons to
say 1t, | venture to predict. will be
those who waste their time most. At
any rate. If cannot get half an hour,
| will he content with a quarter. Now.
in half an hour I fancy you can read
Il or 20 pages of Burke: or you can
read one of Wordsworths master
pieces-say the lines on Tintern: or
say. One-third-if n scholar, In the orig
inal. and II not. In translatiOn-Of
book of the Had or the Aeneid.
do not think that am filling the half
hour too full. But try for yourselves
what you can read In half an hour.
Then multiply the half hour by 365,
and consider what treasures you
might have laid by at the end Of the
year.--Lord Morley.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
IGLOO HOME SUITS ESKIMO
Stefansson Declares Substitution Of
Concrete Huts Would Bring
Death to the Natives.

The movements to mOderniZe the
Eskimo by providing him with con-
crete huts in place Of his picturesque
snow iglo0S, as suggested by an off
cial of the United States bureau Of
fisheries. would he the death of the
denizens of the icy North, In the opin-
ion of Nilhinmur StefansSon. the arc
tic explorer. Not only Is the Eskimo
devoted to his age long habltation. as
the South sen islanders are to their
traditional garb of flower garands and
fresh smiles. hut he Is far healthier,
warmer and more comfortable in his
dOmed mansion Of snow blocks than
he could be In any modern house Of
concrete.
The statement that the natives Of
the Pribilof islands were about to dis
card their SNOW huts for modern con-
crete huts, finding the gales of the
Boring sea too strong for the former.
upon which the story of the intended
change of Eskimo habits was based,
Mr.. Stefansson characterized as too
silly for discussion. The explorer. talk
ing at his headquarters at the National
Geographical society building at New
York. said that the Prihilof islanders
had never lived in snow huts, but In
wooden hutS. and that farther north,
where the natives do live in snow
houses, it would be next to impossible
to convert them to any other dwell
ing.
"Their igloo serves as home for
two or three weeks" he said. "Then
they build new one. Because it ia
new IL is clean and sanitary. 1t is as
warm and comfortable as your library.
A candle gives as much illumination
as three electric lights, because of the
intense Wilderness of the snow. The
snowhouse will stand under any cOndi-
lions. In all. the igloO is as comfort
able home as a man could wish"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
PAPER MONEY PUZZLES SLkvS
Currency In Such Scrambled condi'
ton That It Hurts Business
Of Country.

Belgrade.-Not the least OF the I'M
that beset Jugo-Slavia is the scram'
bled condition Of its paper currency.
The paper money of half dozen
countries is in circulation In various
parts Of the kingdom OF the Serbs
Croats and SlOvenes. In Belgrade It.
self the "krone" of Austrian ances'
try is still the unit by which all com
modities are priced.
The situation is further complicated
by the fact that the ratio Of exchange
between the different moneys varies
from day to day.
Indirectly, the chaotic currency
situation has aggravated the problem
Of provisioning the country by i'm
peding the movement of surplus food
stuffs from one section to another
Farmers who possess surplus which
they would willingly sell under stable
money conditions decline to barter
them for paper whose value Is one
thing todGy and another thing tomor'
row.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
Would Probably Admit That.

William G. McAdOO. former secre-
tary OF the treasury. dashed out Of
his New York office the other day and
into subway. only to he stopped by
q guard. who said to him:
"Say, you look II lot like McAdoo.'
"Well. maybe do hui I'm glad |
am not he" McAdoo replied. ~ don't
think much of that fellow. and ! don't
like folks to take me for him"
Whereupon the guard entered into
q vigorous defense Of McAdOO and Nc
A,ioo. on the other hand. assaulted him
self on all sides. Several trains went
by while the guard and the former
secretary argued Finally McAdpo
convinced his friend that maybe, after
all. this fellow .McAdoO wasn't much
Of q citizen. and started on. hut the
guard. as parting shot. shouted:
well. you've got 10 admit that he
must have been some guy to marry
the presidents daughter. anyhow"
A few days later. the guard learned
that he really had been talking to the
former cretary..-Buffal0 Sunday
Express.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
"HaIcyon Days"

The seven days preceding and the
seven days following the winter SOL
stice. which falls on Dec. q or 90. were
the halcyOn days of the old world. In
modern dictionary halcyon has come
to he a synonym for idyllic, peaceful
or happy. but among the ancients 1t
was the name of a bird now called
the kingfisher. and the ii days nearest
the winter solstice were called halcyOn
days because ii was ut that period that
the bird deposited her eggs on the
rocks by the margin of the sea. or In
floating nest in the midst of the
waters. out of consideration for the
halcyon bird. which was supposed to
be favored by the gods 1t was ex-
p pected that the sea would remain calm,
that the eggs might not suffer injury.
The superstition persisted In spite Of
the storms that often prevailed at that
period. some OF the ancient writer's at
tributing to the kingtisher the power
of arresting the violence Of the waves.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
OVERLOOK THEIR BEST BETS
piscentsnt, Common to Ordinary Men,
Spoils the Real Happiness Within
Their Reach.

John Burroughs had good estimate
Of value when he wrote:
II have kept apart from the STRIFE
= and fever Of the world, and have
sought the paths In the quiet fields
and byi still waters. know that all
this clamor and competition and tur-
MOL of the world are the result OF
the fury wirh which we play the game.
What is all this noisy civilization and
all this rattling machinery OF gov
eminent for, but thar man may have
just the sane aud cOntented life that
! am living. aud On the same terms rs
I do? Men can find II In the next
field. beyond the hill--a land of peace
and plenty---if one has peace In his
heart and spirit Of fair play In
his blood.
There is contentment Ia the sun
shine. IN the rainfall, In the 'lew ana
in the hills. the fields and the flowers:
there Is cOnteniment In the roll Of
the tides, In the rising moon. In thu
song of birds. in the mountain: mere
Is the dignity Of calm and pence In
every attribute of material world save
In man alone; and when we come to
mans ease we find him disrcgar'l'ng
his gifts from natnre--an unhappy pro-
testing disconnected. aggressive, tight
Ing animal. unsatstied with that which
lies close to his hand. and contend
Ing always for something he has not
Too many unhappy souls are giving
too much of life for what they Will
ever receive for fiIeir eXertions. George
NJ. Farley writes In Seattle Past
InieIstgencer. II would seem that
after mans days work Is done he
might give himself over to pence and
cOnIentnent. and TO the enjoyment nf
what he has gained for himself. But
: instead he feels called upon 10 go ont
nj eventide and join the Fourth Ward
Protest club. and formulate his de-
mands In II separate and distinct par
agraphs, all of them of primal impor-
lance to his future happiness. or so he
ayers. He fOrgets what he has in
his eagerness for what he has not.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
HEoeED IN BY SUPERSTITION
Customs OF Thousands Of Years In,
fuence the Daily Lives OF At.
rican Natives.

did not realize until was ont in
the African bush how complex /, tie
iif' of savag native. ana low com.
pleiely he T.. hedged IN by ru'es and
prohibitions the breaking IF whrii r
sult' often N death If only by reason
of his entir heller is'the inv olul'iliIy
OF these rules writ, u Rritish traveller
On .na occasion y burly. deeh-,;llrst-
ed native OF mine temporarily .ost lis
voice. He came 10 me and speak ~
in whisper SAN e"Bwana (AIas..r!
My most beautiful cllld Is dead. My
eldest hut less beautiful child. IL Ill.
My wife has run away. taking with
her my best cooking pot. am no.
feeling well myself. Is II your will
that go away to sacrifice one chicken
that the Evil Eye may he averted?"
|, laughed at this idea until re
membered that, according to the eth
biologists, the natives have lived n thi
stage of ignorance for thousands o
years. performing every act of life II
accordance with those rules and pro
hibitiOns.
For instance. there are many strange
customs in connection with journeys.
Before a long journey Is undertaken
offerings must he made and cOnplicat.
ed ceremonies performed. The journey
must be abandoned or the course al.
tered II hyena has crossed the trail
in certain way. or If a wOodpecker
calls from one side of the road. In
any case. It Is the custom when cross.
ing the first stream To dip the end of
the bow into the water and place II
to the lips. IF a man drinks from a
stream he Is about to cross. he must
retain the last mOut! ful and spit II
back into the water when he reaches
the far bank.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
NEW RAIL CONTROL IN FRANCE
"comnnittee Of Exploitation" Put In
Charge Of Lines by Govern.
ment Decree.

Paris,-A decree instituting the
committee of explorations" to have
control of the railroads in France will
appear In the Journal Official tomor
row.
This is in accordance with the plar
of NJ. Claveille,. minister of public
works. which provides for the collabo
ration of representatives of com
merce and industry or railway work
ers with the heads Of departments anc
directors in the management IF the
roads.
The committee will comprise high
er official of each line as president.
the operating managers of all lines
three representatives, of commerce anC
industry designated by the ministe.
of public works and three repre- senta
tives Of the employees, also designated
by the minister.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
Kinderaarten In Smaller Towns.

Statistics just compiled by the kin
dergarten division of the bureau OF
education show that approximate
21.0S5 children were enrolled in kin
dergartens i'm towns under 1880 popu
latIon during the year 1918, In chargy
of 500 kindergarten teachers.
The hammer states for kindergarten>
in smaller places appear to be Michi
gan and Wisconsin. the former state
with 40 kindergarten teachers and
4.015 pupils. and the latter state with
rs teachers and 1880 children in at
tendance al kindergartens In smaller
towns. California has 81 kindergarte'
tschers and 2a37 pupils In cities I'M
der 2,50N population Iowa, 50 teach
frs and iT5Q children; New Jersey
40 teachers and 1912 pupils; and Ne
braska. 90 teachers and 1.T+6 children
The Nebraska figures indicate spe
cial effort to reach the smaller towns
with kindergarten facilities.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
"Seraeant- m a Jorisrn."

The war has heen responsible for
many new words. ana the term "ser-
geant-na jerism" conveys meaning
which is we'll understood not only In
the British army but by, the average
civilian. though not always by this
title. good sergeant major is in
valuable In the army and 1t Is the am
bition of nearly every soldier to- rise
some day to the dizzy heights of a
warrant officer. The sergeant major
has certain amount of power. and
sometimes tries to make things I'M
comfortable for those who do not
-bOw Town" before him. UnfOrtu-
nately the type Of person who fiaunts
his petty powers In ones face Is not
confined to the army. and because
there are today few people who have
a0l m t with this type. the term ''ser-
geant-ma jOrism'' has. not unnaturally.
come into more or less general usage
Christian Science Monitor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-29
OWES LIFE TO BAD SERVICE
Enelishman Willing to Die, but Re-
fused to Wait for Starvation
to Do the Work.

Owen Wister, the author. was talk
ing In Philadelphia about England's
disorganizcd train service.
"Thcy told Inc strange tale In Bir-
mingham," he said. 1T seems that
young Birmingham broker wns disap
pointed In love, 8nd went out on the
railroad and laid his head on rail.
intending to end 1t all.
"'rhe London express was due In
three minutes, and the broker closed
his eyes.
"Ile waited, very pale, eyes closed,
Now and then he gulped. The three
minutes seemed long time passing
A long, long time. The rail sgot very
uncomfortable. The broker twisted
and turred his neck Il little. Finally
he looked at his watch. The train was
late--1O minutes late. With sigh hr
laid his head down on the rail again
well, to make long story short,
the broker waited and waited for that
Internal London express till-f he
hadn't gone away at last for bite to-
eat-he'd surely have died of starva'
ton"