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War and Literature. L

It is customary to associate war with the development of intellect. But as respects the inspiration of the Napo- leonic wars, they were preceded as well as followed by a burst of French literary activity. What were the spe- cial war influences that affect Shakes. psare? If the theory is sound the pres ent greatest of all wars should prepare us for super -Shakespeares and super Darwins. But in fact the lifetime of most men of genius Is long enough to comprehend at least one great war. And making allowances for the briefer span of Keats or Shelley, is it not logical to conclude that the relation of genius to war is less one of cause than of coincidence?- York World.
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NATURALLY HE WAS PEEVED
Cost Indiana Gentleman Just One Fine Ham.

Louis E. Laitner, constable In the corOner's office. is peeved and he has right to be.
 Wingie, as he is known about the courthouse, likes to hunt. He also likes rabbits as food. AS rabbits were selling for 35 cents apiece he decided 10 go get some with the aid of dog and gun and thereby have the fun of hunting as well as the pleasure of eating and at the same time reduce the cost of living.
 So he borrowed a dog from one of his friends and hiked for the country The result of his marksmanship for the day was two rabbits, but Wingie was happy when he returned home with 70 cents worth of game, so he put the dog in the basement for safe keeping, and went to bed perfectly contented.
 In the morning. when he went to get the dog his joy turned to gloom. The dog was there all right, but a per fectly good ham. which was stored in the basement, was gone. That is, most of It was gone, and what was left was unfit for use as food, because what the dog had not eaten he had ehewed or dragged over the floor.
 That ham stood me three dollars" Said Laitner. when telling about the incident. ''and I had half a notion to shoot the dog, not so much because I mourned the loss of the ham. but the ScOundrel is q traitor, as 1t all hap pened on 'meatless' Tuesday. ."-Indi- annapolis News.
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HIS CAMOUFLAGE IN DANGER
convlvial Gentleman Evidently Had Relied Too Much on It's Being
 Closed Season for Oysters

w. B. 1'rites, the novelist, is in Paris with the American troops, and at dinner at Paillard's he told a camou- flage story.
 "A young American officer" he said. "came to Paris from flying camp on a furlough and celebrated his first eve ming in the metropolis a little too gayly. His mother had an apartment in the Avenue de Messine, and ne drove home at the evenings end with the firm determination that the good lady should never know how pickled he was.
 "He got In noiselessly and began to search the apartment for place to hide He thought of hiding under a bed, then of getting into wardrobe. but finally he found two portable tin baths, and these gave him an excellent idea.
 He undressed silently, curled him. self up in one of the baths and drew the other over him. Then he chuckled to think how well he had managed and went off to sleep.
 His mother in the small hours hnd- ing his bed empty, made search for him. At last she came to the two su proposed baths, peeped through a crack. and said:
 "'Are you there, dear?
 ''The crack widened little. wild eye looked out. and voice whispered: ::
 'Sh-sh! Go-hic-away, or you'll spoil my camouflage. I'm a-hic- nNShtpr r"
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FREE "HOOTCH"

A Sparkling Stimulant, Full of Wit and Humor. Free copy will be sent upon receipt of your name with ad- dress complete. Write to G. Mitchell 397 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Smokinu Out Siackers.

The papers are telling of western Kansas pastor who has hit upon the proper way to smoke out the slackers. In one of the recent war fund drives a
 meeting was held at which the pastor rose and said: "We are assuming that all of you are Americans, otherwise you would not be at this meeting. We assume that all Americans stand back of the boys who are fighting for us. Now we are not going to ask how many of you will give to this fund. All we want to know Is how many are not go- ing to give. All those who are not going to give anything will please stand up." You know the rest.-Kan- sas City Star.
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REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS
 OFFER ID SURRENDER

BERLIN, March 14.-Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, who led the revolution of 1920 resulting in the overthrow of the Ebert government has offered to surrender himself for trial provided he will be guaranteed safe conduct to be im- mune from arrest on German soil.
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CITY HALL OF FAIRBANKS
 IS DAMAGED BY FLAMES

Quite furry was caused in Fair, banks this week when the city hall had caught fire. The flames had a good start before the inmates were aware of anything being wrong. Strenuous work on the part of the department saved the building the the rear end of the dormitory, the council chamber and office is reported to have been badly gutted and the contents water soaked.
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WEATHER STATIONS
 ID AID ORCHARDIsTs

SPOKANE, March 14.-Eight subor- dinate weather stations will be estab- lished throughout the orchard districts near Spokane this spring by the U. s. weather bureau according to an- nouncement made by E. M. Keyser in charge of the local weather bureau.
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FOUR DEATHS IN BELFAST

BELFAST. March 14.-Four deaths occurred here today from rioting.
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BUSINESS TRANSFER

Jack Collins recently sold his build ing and business on Fourth avenue, in Anchorage to George Valear, and will devote his time to the Evans-Jones coal company business of which he has a fourth interest.
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SENATOR BoRAH GOES OVER
 TO RANKS OF THE ENEMY

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Senator Borah is constantly conferring with democratic senators regarding the Pa cific treaty, and is now regarded as a Wilson follower.
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FIRST AID CLASSES AT HEALY

Classes in first aid treatment have been rnaugurated at Healy py J. E. Wilcox of the U. s. Bureau of Mines All employees will take course of one weeks training in care of the injured
Evening star., 1922-12-10

Y YOU'D you like to visit Taos.
NA/ that Interesting. picturesque
v little town in New Mexico
ha hnr Of I.,
Evening star., 1922-12-10

and a little after that patrol wagon
whizzed to the curb in answer to a
policeman's call at box phone.
he was the most miserable poor
soul you ever saw. and when his eyes
frightened at the prospect Of getting
ride 1T was enough towel. any
way:
of all the fringe Of people-m.n
and women-who might have given
him plying thought there was
only one In the crowd to voice senti
ment. And all he said was:
Where did he get it?"
And the others laughed. And next
day, Just by chance, "A local paper
printed a lovely piece about the
good-natured sympathy of an aver
age Washington crowd.
\ MOTION PICTURE masterpiece is
coming pretty soon. II will be
founded on great character in th,.
, Old Testament. And the advance
agent is going to let us all in on the
money il coS;--barrlng on. item which
! IL would he too small for even his
column to mention, except-you know
about little drops of water and little
grains of sand.
When they w'rc filming Job. th.
great patriarch's iirst appearance had
to be done over at a cost OF = thou
sand dollars becaus- he had fastened
his robe with d sa:,,, pm
A nice man Was telling about il in
newspaper Office The Other day H..
said il showed that the most rcliabi.-
actors are not as careful AS the =
might be.
Also. it showed that the production
| fs not the work of that great master
of the screen who put automobiles,
fountain pens. hidden ears and
French heels in a BalZac story. He
,ad
primitive era should show the seeds
of coming progress. or something lik"
that-and where could Job find a
more assuring promise Of events tu
come than a safety pin for his Biblical
robe
Evening star., 1922-12-10
AROUND THE CITY
BY Mamie Lancaster

TT is generally conceded that two
and two make four-but just to
show that the rule Of arithmetic
has it's exception, here is a small
mention of a man who put two and
two together and made five OF it.
And being a man who makes busi-
ness of lending money. it would seem
he ought to know:
Quite a little time ago, counting bl
years, a youngster starting in busi-
ness for himself borrowed $500 from
a relative who lived in Baltimore, and
returned 1t on time with full interest.
That makes two.
A little later on, he saw an oppor-
tunity to branch out, and borrowed
two more hundred dollars from the
Baltimore man and returned II on
time with full interest.
That made two more hundred dol
lars. And two and two make four.
Time went along until the Washing
ton man now has quite large for
tune. and also young son doing
larger business than his own And.
as he prides himself on not owing a
cent, you can get note on the sur
prise he must have felt the other day
when down comes the Baltimore man
on him with a bill for $500. He said
it was a moral debt which tho Wash
ington man owed him because it was
the borrowed money that rut him In
the way of making a success
He had put two and two together
and made five of it.
* X X +
A WOMAN in line to pay her tax
made the best OF a slow crawl to
the window by watching the gay TOM
foolery of a boy in front. He was at
Evening star., 1922-12-10

the stage of youth that has more
bones than 1t quite knows what to do
with. and the good nature of him
reaching out a gray sweater arm to
clinch with a passing buddie: swap
ping humorous repartee with another
boy who seemed to belong around. and
taking in with alert interest every
little thing that made up the "atmos-
phere" of the occasion--so entertained
the woman that when he turned to
lock back a an Incoming addition to
the tag-end Of the line, he caught her
friendly grin.
With impediate kindness he offered
to give her his place. but. Of course.
she refused. and after that they en-
joyed together his little fun-snaps of
When at last he reached the win
dow. the clerk. who was doubtless
tired, though that is what a clerk is
paid for. shipped out somewhat crust
| lily:
Name. please"
The boy showed his paper through
! and. with a snip as crusty, though
any one could tell he was just in fun.
answered to title that was of the
; rae OF rulers IN rhe back ages VIXEN
Judah was-to Which he added
from Ireland.
You are no such thing. came
from Ireland myself and there never
was a name like that in the coun-
try"
The boy turned back to the woman
and winked. And she winked in turn
and patted his arm-which is one of
! the compensations OF the years. and
that was all except-except:
1t showed that even so admittedly
universal gift as Irish humor has
its exception. same as arithmetic.
\ \ y
IT'S clothes were of the thin. rag
1 1 gedy brown that is poverty's ma
tional color. and his feet were suf-
fering from that thing man calls a
jag. Pretty soon he fell on the bricks
Evening star., 1922-12-10
Easier for Sleepers.
rom the Christian Herald

From the Christian Herald.
The members of the church commit
tee were out on shopping expedition
to improve certain features which had
fallen into sad decay.
They entered a store and asked to
see some cloth. They were shown some,
but didn't quite approve.
NO." said their spokesman. don't
think that is quite what we want"
what is 1t to be used for, sir? asked
the salesman.
'For covering the church pews."
oh" I see!' mused the salesman.
You want something with . nap on
it,
Evening star., 1922-12-10
MOTHER! Even Bilious, Upset. TongueCoated Children
Love this Pleasant, Harmless Laxative

of the stomach and bowels without
gripping or upsetting the child.
Tell your druggist you want only
the genuine California Fig Syrup
which has directions for babies and
children of all ages printed on bottle.
Mother, you must say california" !"
Refuse any imitation.
Evening star., 1922-12-10

A teaspoonful of California Fig
Syrup now will thoroughly clean the
little bowels and in a few hours you
have a well. playful child again. Even
if cross, feverish. constipated. or full
Of cold, children love its "fruity"
taste, and mothers can rest easy, be-
cause 1t never fails to work all the
souring food and nasty bile right out
Evening star., 1922-12-10
An Adage Flouted.
nm tbe Ohio State Journal

From the Ohio State Journal.
1t is an unpleasant duty to disagree
with the highest authority, but our per-
sonal experience is not that a soft an
ewer turneth away wrath, but that II
merelymaketh'e EN- think we're too proud.
or something, to fight and lureth 'em
on to give us another whack.
Evening star., 1922-12-10
Same as Before.

From the Sydney Bulletin.
And your friend really married J..
typist. How do they get ono"
''Oh, same as ever. When he di,
tates to her she takes him down"
Evening star., 1922-12-10

A reviving vogue in furniture is
the love-seat. that Settee known to
the earliest masters of the craft,
Chippendale. Sheraton and the Adams
Brothers. and which was always de-
scribed as accommodating two, II
they sat very close together There
are several examples at Mount Ver-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04
BIRDS CROSS ATLANTIC.

A record OF all birds observed in
Great Britain and the British coasts
that are not indigenous to the British
Isles. but have flown thither from the
continent, is kept by the London Zoo
logical Society. Naturalists, ornitholo-
gists lighthouse keepers, masters OF
vessels, coast guardsmen, farmers and
country gentlemen throughout Eng
land report strange birds that they OBJ
serve giving the date and circumstance
of their observations.
This list, it is said, reveals many
strange happenings. Birds native to
eastern Siberia and China, north Afri-
ca and Arctic regions have been OBJ
served in Great Britain, but, OF course,
this is quite rare. There are, however,
number of recorded instances Of
American birds crossing the Atlantic
and being seen and shot in England.
Now and then birds that are not
strictly migratory gather in enormous
hocks and sweep over several hundred
miles of country. The cause OF this
action is a mysery to the students OF
bird life. Many years ago, which is a
matter OF historical record, Turkey
and Bulgaria were invaded by numer-
GUS focks OF the bird known as the
rose-colored pastor. These birds prov
ed destructive to the vineyards and
growing crops, and the peasants had
to turn out in force and kill them. 1t
is said a flock of these pastors would
strip a tree of its fruit in few min
t1tec
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04
A DROP is NOTED
IN FARM WAGES
FARMERS OF NEW YORK ARE
PAYING PRE-WAR SCALE BE-
CAUSE OF DROP IN PRICES.

ITHACA, N. Y.-Men who would
rather remain idle than accept any
thing less than wartime wages will
receive scant encouragement from the
farmers this year, for, according to an
investigation just completed by John
B. Shepard, of the United States bu-
reau Of markets and crop estimates,
the farmers are engaging men at
wages equal to only slightly above
those paid in 1917, and they are en-
ploying only half as many hired men
as they had that year.
Wages Are Lower.
In the various sections of New
York wages range from about 10 per
cent below these figures to ~ per cent
above, being lowest in the least pro-
ductive regions and highest near New
York city and in the fertile portions OF
the western and central counties. On
the whole there is no scarcity Of ap-
plicants.
The reason for this general situa-
ton is that the prices of farm prod
ucts are so low and expenses so high
that it is only the exceptional farmer,
with a very fertile farm, who can
make a hired man earn enough to pay
his wages.
A farmer in the dairy section Of
the northern portion of New York puts
the problem this way: 1--WE paid So
a day last fall for threshing and filing
silos. This season we are exchanging
work and getting along without hired
help because we cannot afford it with
the prices we get for our produce. II
we were compelled to depend on hired
help we would have to sell our farms.
The largest farmer on this road hired
man for only one month last year.
Low Prices Cause.
The rest of the year he traded work
with his neighbors, he and his wife
milking twenty-five cows by hand.
Another farmer who lives i'll a pro-
ductive section writes: I'm this vicini-
ty farmers are very discouraged over
the very low prices of all farm pro-
duce as compared with the high prices
for labor, fertilizer. threshing, freight
rates, taxes, etc. OF course, it is only
natural for each individual farmer to
raise all that he can, as this is his only
means of deriving an income. How
ever, less hired help will be kept, be-
cause farmers cannot pay the wages.
One and two years ago farmers hard
ly realized how far the decline in farm
produce prices would go, but today
conditions are different All prices Of
farm produce are at the low mark,
with no relief in sight for some time
to come and all farmers feel like 60
ing safe, buying no machinery, max
ing no improvements and contracting
no debts. This | consider very seri-
GUS condition for the farmers of our
country"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04
Deserved Tribute to
Useful Dawson Man
From the Albany Herald.


Editor Flanders, of the Ocilla
Star, has discovered that Irwin
county grown rec is more whole
some and palatable than the aver
age article of commerce. The same
discovery awaits others who will
try it. Not only is this rice the best,
but it can be raised by the farmers
of this section at a profit for home
use. No other kind should be sold
in the stores Of this section.-Tifton
Gazette.
This discovery was made in Ter
rell county some years ago, when
John r. Mercer, to encourage the
raising OF rice for their own use by
farmers of this section, supplied
them with seed rice at cost, and in
stalled a rice hulling machine to
clean the homegrown product. All
of the natural sweetness and nutri-
ton is retained by the home grown
rice. There is as much difference
between it and the highly polished
commercial rice as there is between
a juicy and savory country ham and
the strong, unpalatable packing
house product. Our contemporary
is right; there should be more home
grown rice on Georgia tables
News.
This affords opportunity for saying
about Dawson's distin-
guished and most useful citizen, Col
onel John r. Mercer, which the Her
aid is pleased to say. He has been
doing things like this rice experiment
tation or demonstration to which The
News refers for a good many years.
Some years ago he distributed rust
proof wheat seed to start the farmers
of this region to growing wheat, and
he put up at Dawson a good flour mill
to convert the grain into flour. and
now many farmers in Southwest Geor-
gia are eating bread from homemade
-four. Col. Mercer also established the
first real dairy enterprise, so far as
our information extends, in this part
OF the state and put up in neat and
attractive blocks ready for market as
good an article of butter as anv to
be had in the country. He is utilita-
rian and developer who puts his mon
ey into practical things and applies
his energies to the demonstration OF
their utility. Unassuming and unos-
Col Mercer seems to find
pleasure in the development OF the
agricultural and horticultural possibili-
ties OF Southwest Georgia. and if there
is another man in this section who
has done more on this line during the
past twenty years he has escaped our
notice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04

TIME TO INSURE against storms
with Z. ]. PACE & co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04
LEPROSY PROBLEM
REMAINS WITH U. S.
SURGEON GENERAL ADMITS
FEW CASES ARE KNOWN BUT
IS STILL A MENACE.

Though leprosy is comparatively
rare in continental United States, &C
cording to Surgeon General Cumming
it is still a public health problem OF
much greater seriousness than seems
to be popularity supposed. Its virulence
wakes and wanes in accordance with
laws that are not known, and, he says,
"our present comparative immunity
does not lessen the necessity for being
on guard"
In the past we have not escaped" "
he continues, in a bulletin OF the
health service on the disease. In 1886
leprous beggars were so common in
New Orleans that they had to be seq
regated in a leprosarium. In 1904 three
per cent OF the population OF the Ha-
waiian islands were epers. In 1890
California had to establish a leprosa-
rum, and Louisiana and finally Massa-
chusetts followed.
I'm 1902 the public health service
found 278 lepers in the United States,
AS OF whom had been born in this
country, and seventy-three only OF
whom were under any restraint.
Today, according to the best esti-
mate obtainable, there are from 500
to / 800 lepers in this country, num-
Der OF whom are known to have &C
CURED the disease in. the Philippines
When we acquired the Philippines
several thousand lepers had to be and
still are segregated in settlement at
Cuhon. Foci of the disease exist in the
United States on the Pacific coast, ii
the northwest, in the gulf states anc
along the Atlantic seaboard.
In February, 1917, congress pro
vided for a national home for lepers
to be administered by the public health
service; but so strongly did the vari-
Gus states object to the founding Of
such an asylum within their borders
that it was not until four years late!
the service was able to carry out
the provisions OF the act by acquiring
the state leper home in Louisiana.
Part of the home has been re-
modelled; and work on the remaining
necessary alterations and additions is
proceeding.
While it is too early to say that I
specific cure for the disease has been
found, it is certain that the ethyl es-
ters constitute a most valuable agent
in the treatment of leprosy, especially
for young persons and those in the
early stages of the disease; in Older
persons and advanced cases the indica-
tons are less promising. On the whole
the results have been so favorable as
to make the outlook distinctly hope
full. But only time can tell.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04
ROW OVER MIXED JURY;
HUSBANDS UP IN ARMS
MEN AND WOMEN KEPT IN
SAME ROOM TWO NIGHTS
TO CONSIDER CASE.

The storm which arose in St. Paul,
Mimi, over the confinement of seven
women and FIVE men for two days and
two nights in a mixed jury case has
been given additional momentum by
the declaration of Governor ]. O.
Preuse:
Never would | allow Mrs. Preuse
to 60 through such an ardeal.
The jury sat in the case OF George
Thomas, charged with stealing an au-
tomobie, and returned a cerdict OF
guilty after two days and two nights.
Husbands of the women are up in
arms over the case They didn't mind
doing the housework and caring for
the children during the day, but when
at night their wives were locked with
the men in one jail room, where there
was no screen to shield the feminine
section OF the dormitory, they became
greatly angered.
According to the jurors, the first
night the women slept but little, but
the second night every one went to
bed early, the men facing the wall I'M
til the women were in bed. Jailer Hart
declared the women were the better
sports, for one of the best looking OF
the five men made a long plea the
first night for segregationh which was
more than any of the women did. y
Last episode "Avenging Arrow" at
Palace Saturday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-04

Last episode "Avenging Arrow" at
Palace Saturday