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Tad Jones.
dler and- sailor teams. Smith was
captain of the Notre Dame eleven in
1911.
large number of former college
and high school football stars are now
working in the shipyards of the North
west, and Smith believes it will not be
difficult to recruit some strong elevens
Bong these workers.
Alcohol May Be Distilled
From Fumes of a Bake-Oven
Through the seizure of a still in a
bakery in New Mexico, where a quan
tity of alcohol was discovered that had
been distilled from bake-oven fumes,
considerable discussion has taken
place concerning the manufacturing of
alcohol as a by-product of bread. The
till was a crudely constructed affair,
the vapor from the bread being con
ducted from the oven into a worm,
which was cooled by passing through a
barrel of water, condensing the vapor.
The baker was not arrested, as It was
clearly shown'that no evasion of the
law was intended. However, posses
sion of still is in violation of the law,
and this one was seised by the In
ternal revenue service. The baker
states that alcohol can be manufactur
ed for war use at a very smajl cost by
fay bake shops and bakers in large
dtlea. The practicability of the plan
remains to be worked out
The Torrent System.
The Torrens system.of registering
ownership of real property is in
effect in California, Illinois, Mas
Oregon, Minnesota, Colore
Washington, New York, North Car
Ohio, Mississippi, Nebraska,
tenth Carolina, Virginia. Georgia,
Blah. North Dakota, South Dakota and
Growing Drugs a New Industry
Production of Herbs Necessary in Industrial Arts and Med
icine is Daily Increasing.
That the growing of herbs, necessary in the industrial arts and in medicine,
Is increasing by leaps and bounds In the United States is the opinion of mem-
bers of the American Pharmaceutical association. The war furnished the
necessary stimulus when the most important drugs became otherwise unobtain-
able.
Not all that is being done can be published, but rumor has it that plants
used in gas warfare are now being grown "somewhere in America." The air-
plane industry, too, accounts for the high cost of castor oil, which is valuable
since it does not gum. Castor beans are being extensively grown in Florida,
Texas and southern California.
Japan, among the foreign countries, has most rapidly taken up this plant
cultivation, according to Clare O. Ewing, acting pharmacognocist of the bureau
of chemisty. Nippon now exports a huge amount of insect powder, besides
furnishing the United States with castor beans, mustard seed and valerian.
The plant industry is not primarily a commercial game, as it is too expen-
sive, for the most part, to be profitable, say the growers. Much experimenting
is being done today by the federal and state governments, by botanical
gardens connected with the universities and colleges, by drug houses and
Individuals. In the case of certain drugs they have succeeded in producing the
best quality and at a profit.
Doctor Rusby, dean of the College of Pharmacy, Columbia college, New
York, and scientific director of the New York botanical gardens, said: "Suc-
cess is possible, but is bound to be limited. Inexperienced and ignorant people
will meet with failure. Special knowledge is needed to grow drugs. A good
fanner is not enough. The man must be a trained botanist as well. Each
separate drug must be studied and the methods of growing it be experimented
with. Again, only a relatively small number of drugs can be grown in any one
region."
The most important drugs now being produced in this country are:
Digitalis, the well-known heart tonic, which was found to be growing wild on
the Western coast and is now collected. The University of Minnesota culti-
vates digitalis for the government.
Belladonna, which was difficult to obtain but which is grown on a large
scale today.
Henbane leaf, which is still being experimented with by many. It is diffi-
cult to get, but is valuable in both medicine and the Industrial arts.
Of the less important plants which are being cultivated, there are: Golden
seal, a rare and expensive drug, difficult to grow. Twenty-five years ago it sold
at 15 cents a pound. Today It is $5 and $6 a pound. Sage, peppermint, .burdock
root and Indian hemp, a narcotic.
Shipyard Elevens Expect
Many Scrappy Games With
Soldier and Sailor Teams
Professional football will be played
In the Pacific Northwest this fall.
Brace Smith, for four years star half
back of the Notre Dame team, is now
a shipbuilder in Seattle, and with Tad
Jones Is making plans for several ship
yard elevens to be pitted against sol-
FATTENING
TURKEYS
The turkey, being somewhat of
wild fowl, does not take kindly to
small pens and is usually fattened on
the range. Birds that are to be mar
keted for .the holiday trade are given
all the cracked corn they will eat
twice a day. When freezing weather
comes early and destroys insect life
it Is advisable to furnish some form
of meat feed, such as commercial meat
scrap, where birds can have easy ac
cess to it.
In case a local market is to be sup
plied it is possible to feed turkeys In
crates. The birds are put In small
crates in a quiet, protected building
and fed three times a day on batter
made of cornmeal, low grade flour,
meat scraps and a small amount of
bran mixed with buttermilk. This
method is more expensive and only
practical where markets are to be sup
plied. The old range method of fat
tening is more desirable as well as eco
nomical.
Care should be taken to remove all
breeding stock from the birds select
ed for market, as it is not desirable
that those to be kept over should be
come too fat.
American Medal of Honor
Is the Hardest to Gain
The Most Rarely Awarded
Naval and military men of America
claim that their medal of honor, the
equivalent to Britain's Victoria Cross,
is the hardest to gain, the most rarely
awarded, and therefore the most pre
cious and least known of all such dec
orations throughout the world. When
a man is entitled to wear an inconspic
uous broote star pendant from a blue
ribbon on which are 13 white stars, It
Is certain that he has performed a
deed of almost superhuman fearless
ness. The Medal of Honor is a five
pointed star with a medallion In the
center bearing the head of Minerva
and around it "United States of Amer
ica" in relief. On each ray of the star
is an oak leaf, and the points them
selves are trefoil-shaped. A laurel
wreath In green enamel encircles the
whole, and this wreath is surmounted
by the word "Valor," which in turn
Is surmounted by an eagle that at
taches the decoration to its ribbon.
The holder of this decoration, if an
army man, wears, when In service uni
form, a button or badge, six-sided, and
made of blue silk* with 13 white stars.
If in the navy the decoration is repre
sented by a small red, white and bine
bow knot
For Reflection.
There's nothing so unimpor
tant as self-importance.
The man who is always wel
comed at home is usually wel
comed everywhere else.
Success is nothing more nor
less than doing well at the right
minute something that the world
wants done well.
The reason some men succeed
is because they are determined
to make the knockers and the
scoffers take back what they
said.
Cellulose Dressing.
Swedish physicians have perfected
a cellulose dressing for wounds that
is made in thin sheets like tissue paper
from chemical wood pulp.
Uogs. and Cats Are Wanted
In Experimental Work by
The U. S. Dept. of Mines
The United States government wants
dogs and cats. The feline and canine
creatures have come into their own,
observes a Baltimore correspondent,.
They are being taken in large num
bers all over the country. Just what
use is being made of them is not
known, though some of the cats are
being used for experimental work in
the government laboratories.
The municipal dog shelter in Balti
more is furnishing, on an average, 75
dogs a week, and an effort is being
made to secure as many cats.
All dogs at the dog shelter on Co
vington street were requisitioned by
the bureau of mines at Washington
six weeks ago when 112 dogs were ta
ken. Since then all that have been
collected in the city have been turned
over to the government agents.
The bureau of mines in asking for
them asserted that they would pay
all expenses of shipping, which great
ly lessens the burden here as the dogs
do not have to be killed as heretofore.
Licensed dogs which are picked up
are held for 15 days before being sent
away, .but strays are shipped as soon
as received. Sick or maimed animals
are not wanted and they are killed.
Before the government asked for
these animals, only dogs were taken
by the "dogs catchers" throughout Bal
timore. Now, however, the felines are
more desired by tlfe government than
are the dogs. Kittens are not desired
but especially are the nice fat tabbies
wanted. So if any housewife desires
to be really patriotic all she has to do
is to put kitty in a sack and call the
"dog catcher."
List of Foods Which the
U. S. Food Administrator
Advises Everybody to Eat
This is a list of "protective foods:*
Brussels sprouts.
Cabbage. Cauliflower. Celery. Collards.
Lettuce. Milk.
Onions. Spinach. Swiss chard.
If we include some of them In our
diet every day, we will be sure of get
ting enough mineral matter.. These are
all foods which the United Stater
food administration advises you
eat.
BREAKFAST.
Hominy Grits With Top Milk.
Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Welsh Rarebit.
Buttered Beets.
Pear Salad.
DINNER.
Pan-Fried Perch.
Creamed Potatoes.
Scalloped Onions.
Brown Betty With Cream.
MERRY JESTS
Their Real Worth.
One day as a leading lawyer and
judge, both of Boston, were walking
together the lawyer said:
"Judge, let's go into partnership.
Tou furnish the money and I'll furnish
the brains."
The Judge quickly pulled out a two
cent-piece from his pocket, and hold
ing it in the palm of his hand said to
the lawyer: "Very well, old chap, cov
er that"
THE TOMAHAWK, WHITE EARTH, MINN.
Qualified.
Sergeant (after
investigation as to
parentage). Mon,
ye seem to hae no
qualifications for
entrance into
Scottish regiment
think, noo,
think hae \na
property in .Vot
land?
Recruit (hope-
fully). Well, yea,
I have a pair of
trousers at the Perth dye works.
Art of Substitution.
"Neurasthenia." said Mrs. Bigguma
to her cook,
MI think we will have
some chicken croquettes today out of
that left-over pork and calves' liver."
"Yes'm," said Neurasthenia, called
Teeny for short. "An' we got a little
bread dressln' what went wid the pork,
mum. Shall I make some apple sauce
out's hit, mum?"
Money That Flew.
"Riches have wings!**
"John," said the woman with the
weary voice. "I wish you'd stop read
ing about the reports of that airplane
Investigation."
At the
Professor Do
yon subscribe to
the theory of evo
lution
Mr. Newrlchf
don't think so,
Where's It
UahedT
Chapter From Revelation.
*Ts your husband a member of
secret sodetyF
"He thinks he h\ but he talks
to sleep."
Words off Wise Men.
FourthLibertyLoan LabelforR.F.D.Boxes
Keep thy spirit pure from jjj
worldly taint by the strength of
virtue.Bailey. ft
Be what your friends think jjj
you are avoid being what your
enemies say yon are
Subscriber
FOR ATTACHMENT TO SUBSCRIBER'S RURAL MAIL BOX'
What Is Sugar?
By the U. S. Food
Administration
Sugar is a food as well as a flavor.
One of the simple food lessons the
United States food administration has
driven home is "Food Is Fuel for Fight-
ers." Sugar is one of the conspicuous
fuel foods. Its great advantage is that
it is quickly burning, and gives its en*
ergy to the body more rapidly than
other kinds.
The commercial granulated sugar we
buy at the store is "not the only sugar
on the shelf." Some of these other
sugars have popular names which de
note their origin, such as grape sugar,
fruit sugar, milk sugar and malt sugar.
Their technical names are, in order,
glucose or dextrose fructose lactose
maltose.
The beet sugar Or cane^ sugar that
we buy from the grocer*Is also an
'ose." It is called "sucrose."
The department of agriculture tells
us that while the canes and the sugar
beet are the* only commercially Im
portant sources of sucrose, this form
of sugar is also found In the stems
and roots of sorghum and cornstalks
In the carrot, turnip and sweet pota
to In the sap of some trees, such as
the date palm and sugar maple in
almost all sweet fruits, and in the
nectar of flowers.
When a sucrose, or ordinary su
gar, Is taken Into the body and goes
through the process of digestion, it is
changed Into glucose and fructose.
Lactose goes through much the same
process, forming glucose and galact
ose. Maltose, too, changes into glu
cose.
Glucose is a simple sugar very easy
to digest. As it is manufactured to
day, it contains absolutely no harmful
substances.
We need to remember that all the
sweeteners the United States food ad
ministration asks us to use In place of
"sugar" are sugars, too, and though
not always in as convenient a form,
they give approximately the same food
value and flavor.
#go right
forward and be happy.Pome
roy.
The bigot Is like the pupil of
the eyethe more light you put
upon it the more it will contract
Holmes.
A man can never be a true
gentleman in manner until he is
a true gentleman at heart
Dickens.
The price of liberty is eternal
vigilance.
Bronze Powder Is Now Made
In America, Not in Germany.
The United States industries use
practically 6,000,000 pounds of bronxe
powder annually, and 86 per cent of
our total consumption was formerly
Imported from ttermatty, but It Is now
"made In America." For many years
German manufacturers have been
practically controlling the bronse
powder trade In this lueaUj, due to
the fact that they have been offering
prices which were leas than those of
the American producers. Bronse pow
der Is manufactured in over 200
grades, differing In color and texture,
French Increase Wheat Crop.
The total production of wheat in
France this year Is estimated at 60,-
960,000 quintals 0664900,000 ousbels)
being an increase of more than 26 per
*ont over last year's crop, according co
:ho TtitrT.-_.lF-a**
Fourt
liberty
Loan
The above is an exact reproduction of the label issued by the govern-
ment for use of subscribers residing in the countryto be placed on their
rural free delivery mail boxes during the campaign. Six million of these
labels will be issued and distributed through the various district committees
to subscribers to the loan. The idea in giving this label is that the subscrip-
tion window card issued in former campaigns cannot be seen in the win-
dows from the country roads. This mail box emblem will be very important
to rural residents.
Food Administration Urges
Test for Wheat Waste Jells
How to Rectify Operation
A matter of unusual importance to
giain growers is the food administra
tion's official test for clean threshing,
says Indianapolis News. By this
rule any farmer can test the work of
the threshing machine he has hired.
The test is made by directing the straw
blower against a blanket, sheet or can
vas during the time the weighing de
vice trips five times, recording two and
one-half bushels. If more than one
pint of wheat is winnowed from the
straw on the canvas, bad work is Indi
cated. One and one-half pints indi
cates a loss of 1 per cent. If more
than three pints is foundwhich
means a 2 per cent lossreasonable
time should be given to correct the
bad operation, and a second test should
be made. If improvement is not ob
tained, steps should be taken through
the county threshing committee to dis
continue operations until the avoidable
waste is corrected.
Most threshing committees have for
mulated detailed rules for the guid
ance of threshing crews in effectively
stopping waste of grain. But more ef
fective than the rules and regulations,
the food administration believes, has
been the eagerness with which farmers
and threshermen have accepted their
harvest-time responsibility and the dil
igence with which they are now stop
ping every source of grain waste.
Oh heart of mine, we shouldn't
Worry so!
What we've missed of calm we couldn't
Have, you know!
What we've met of stormy pain.
And of sorrow's driving- rain.
We can better meet again.
If it blow!
We have erred in that dark hour
We have knoT/n,
When the tears fell with a shower
All alone 2
Were not shine and showers blent
As the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
With His own.
For we know, not every morrow
Can be sad
So forgetting all the sorrow
We'have had
Let us fold away our fears.
And put by our foolish tsars,
And through all the coming years/
Just be glad.
Whltcomb Riley.
Mental Hygiene, Distinct
Innovation in Army Work
"For the first time in the history of
warfare," says New York Medical
Journal, "mental hygiene as practiced
among the soldiers is given the prom
inence it deserves, and, profiting by
the experience of England and France
in .the present war, the surgeon gen
eral was impelled to inaugurate an
elaborate organisation, both in num
ber and plan, to take care of any men
tal disturbances detected In the camps
or among the soldiers during the war.
This is a distinct innovation In the
army medical work, for the subjects
of'mental hygiene and of mental and
nervous diseases in general, as occur
ring among soldiers in war time, were
for many reasons either slightly treat
ed or neglected altogether."
Exalted Men,
Hollow trees are always the stiffest,
but the mightiest oak. If sound, can
bead. The more exalted a man hi by
station, the uwre powerful should he
be by kindness. There Is no policy
like politeness, since a good manner
often succeeds where the best tongue
has failed. Politeness Is moat useful
to inspire confidence In the timid and
encourage the deserving.Magooa.
Purchase of Danish West Indfes.
Under the terms of-the sale whereby
the United States bought the Danish
West Indiesnow called the Virgin is
landsfrom Denmark, it was stipu
lated that German vessels in the bar
bers of the Wands should not be com
mandeered in the event the United
States golnc to war. with Ccruxanr.
Lusitania May Be Raised
By a New Salvage Machine
That Also May Save Others
It is not unlikely that one of the first
great undertakings after the war will
be the raising of the Lusitania, notes
New York World. The vessel car
ried a huge treasure to the bottom of
the sea. Its value is estimated at $14,-
000,000, of which $2,000,000 is in gold
and silver, brass and copper a like
amount in jewelry and other per
sonal valuables $5,000,000 in negoti
able and unregistered securities in the
ship's vault, anJ a cargo valued at $5,-
000,000. Mud\ of the latter is be
lieved to be uninjured.
The great ship Res on the shifting
sands at the bottom of St. George's
channel, in 270 feet'of water: Divers
and pontoons cannot operate at this
depth, so an entirely new type of sal
vage ship has been designed by a ma*
rine engineer, Carl J. Llndquist. Af:
the surface it will be only about thirty
feet in length and half that in width,
but sweeping downward is a hull
which may be extended to a length
of 300 feet, and which is mounted on
big wheels, resting upon the-bed of
the sea.
Near the bottom is a large search
light, capable of illuminating the wa
ter for a distance of thirty feet or
more, and by means of this the helms
man, far below the surface, will direct
the operation of a hollow, flexible steel
rod. When the sunken ship is located,
a powerful stream of water will be
forced through the rod, to clear away
the sand which has drifted high around
the lost craft.
Four enormous perpendicular pon
toons of hollow steel will then be
sunk, two on each side of the ship,
and to them will be attached huge
cables, passing under the sunken hull.
When all Is in readiness the vessel
may be lifted to the surface. There
the gaping wound in her side can be
repaired and the ship floated into port
This is but an outline of a most in
genious plan, one single feature being
the hinged bases of the pontoons,
which permit them to sway back and
forth in stormy weather without re
leasing their burdens.
Nor will their usefulness end" with
the raising of the Lusitania. The ocean
bed off. the west coast of Europe is
dotted with rich prizes. Near Havre, in
150 feet of water, rests the Parthenon,
with a $7,000,000 cargo the Healdton,
an American ship, carried $3,000,000
worth of goods to the bottom off the
Dutch coast, while but ten miles from
the Lusitania the Arabic took her
fatal plunge.
Mother's Cook Book.
Fatal effect of luxury and esse!
We drink our poison and we est disease
Indulge our senses at our reason's cost,
TiU sense Is pain and reason hurt or lost.
Salads for the Family.
.The salad dressing is as important
In a good salad as Is the combination
of ingredients.
For the lover of olive oil no dress
ing is as good as the French dressing
and mayonnaise. In the present con
dition of the market when high grade
oil is so costly we will have to use
some substitute. Corn oil is a fair
oil, of good flavor and may be used
in mayonnaise, giving us a most agree
able if not as fine flavored a dressing
as olive oil.
Put a yolk of egg with a half tea
spoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of
powdered sugar, a pinch of mustard
and cayenne with two tablespoonfuls
of lemon juice in a cold bowl, beat
with a dover egg beater until thick
and well blended, then add a table
spoonful of corn oil, beat well and
continue to add the oil, beating well
after eaclj addition until a cupful of
the oil is used.
Combination Salad.
Take two cupfuls of chopped apple,
one finely diced banana, a dozen chop
ped dates, a cupful of chopped celery
and a cupful of good salad dressing.
Mix well, and season with salt and
a dash Of cayenne. Serve In nests of
lettuce.
Sweetbread and Almond Salad.
Parboil a pair of sweetbreads, and
stand aside to cool. Cut up In small
pieces. Blanch twenty-four almonds,
dry in the oven, then chop rather fine.
When ready to serve, cover a dish with)
crisp lettuce, mix the almonds and
sweetbreads,, add a half teaspoonful
of salt, a dash of paprika, a table
spoonful of Worcestershire sauce and
mix thoroughly.
Add a stiff mayonnaise dressing and
arrange on the lettuce.
Ceylon Tomato Salad.
Peel and chop three solid tomatoes
after removing the seeds, add a tea
spoonful of salt, a tablespoon!ul of
lemon juice, tablespoonful of chop
ped onion, the same'of green pepper
and a half teaspoonful of paprika,
Mix and turn into the dish In which It
Is to be served. Stir coconut cream
until thick and poor four tablespoon
fuls over the tomatoes and serve.
To make the coconut cream, grate
a good sized coconut and poor over It
a pint of belling water, stir and. let
stand until all the goodness has been
washed out of the nut Turn into a
cheesecloth and press dry. Let thin
milk stand over night and by moraine
a good thick cream win he formed!
over the top. Remove the cream and]
use the milk underneath for varies!
sauces.

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