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F MSO'S TABLETS SmBlphMailed'Fne—mddreaa poatcard THE PISO COMPANY 400 Piao Bids'. Wairen.Pa. Saw Everywharm ' 60 Cents That Old Guy. • Mrs. \Carico a middle-aged and talk- ative curalist, was appearing in a suit brought by her husband. She insisted on loudly commenting on each answer given by tile first witness. Repeatedly the judge requested her to keep quiet, but she .persisted in audibly disputing the words of the witness. Finally the. judge said: \Mrs: Carico, the court demands that you remain, quiet. Unless you do so you mill be held in contempt.\ Giving the judge a savage look, the woman turned to her attorney and in- quired : \Who is that old guy that's buttin' in all the time?\—Harper's Magazine. Green as Grass. \I heard -you had a cow for sale,\ began the lady who had just moved out from the. city, \and as I'm thinking of buying one, I—\ \Wall interrupted the farmer, \thar's that Jersey. Tliar's one good p'int in her that—\ \Oh* gra-cious! That would never do; I'd need a quart at least,\ ex- claimed the' lady.—Boston Evening Transcript. Honesty Is the .best policy for the inan who can't Steal'enough to pay a good lawyer. -\ - - - • The man who boasts of near suc- cess is like the chap with a nickel in n six-centrfare trolley car. THE WATIETOWN RE-UNION. A Conserving Food The recognized value of . Grape-Nuts .as a \saving\ food for these serious times, rests upon real merit Unlike the ordinary cereal Grape-Nuts re- quires no sugar, little milk or cream, and re- quires no. cooking or other preparation in serving. A trial is well worth while lor those who sincerely desire to save. \There'* a Reason\ Fitoess Seme ci Eguilib for Army riumOneof the Most Applicant Must Pass . *.v _\.'J '... Flying Important Tests The physical examination of candidates for the aviation branch of tKe army is.more rigid than that for other branches. Amongihe most important tests a man has to pass is that of his sense of equilibrium. How! this is done is described-hy Dr. Charles P. Small of Chicago in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The candidate is seated in a Barany chair:—so called after the dis- coverer of.the organs of equilibration. This is a swing with footrest,: a.lbrjglhandle with which it can be whirled around and a catch by -which it Can be stopped at once with the examiner's foot. The man's eyes are. closed^ and his head i» tilted at .about thirty degrees. The chair is then rotated'\'to the right, ten revolutions in twenty seconds, and suddenly stopped. 'Theapplicant is told-to open his eyes and look straight i n front! of him at soine objec.t. , If he be normal, his eyes will make jerky move- mehts to the left for about twentyrflve seconds. The-test is repeated, with the chair whirling toitlie left, •wliich will produce eye-jerks fo the right. The examiner stands in front of the still blindfolded candidate, tells him to extend his right arm directly in front of Mm and with his fore- finger touch the tip of the_examiner's. Then he is told to Taise his arm above his \head and bring it down to exactly the same spot. This is repeated with the left arm. The chair is swung around ten times in ten seconds, and the instant it stops the examiner touches the candidate's forefinger as before and tells him to repeat\the raising and lowering of the hand. If he be normal he will not touch the finger, but will \past point\ several inches t o the right of it. The test is repeated to the left, and the normal man \past points\ to the left. Those experiments test the normality of the horizontal canals. That for the perpendicular canal follows. The candidate bends forward at an angle of 90 degrees>, eyes .still blindfolded^ his head resting on his fists held on his knees. The chair is rotated to the right' ten tim.es in ten sec- onds. The instant it is stopped the man is told to sit upright. If normal, he will fall toward the right. The-test is then made by swinging to tho left, when he will fall to the left. This method of testing the sense of equilibrium has superseded all others because i t is the most exact. •••••••••••••••••••••••••a j Mother's Cook Book, j If I have faltered more or less In my great task of v happinesa If I have moved among my race And shown no happy morning face ( H beams from happy human eyea Have moved me not, if morning skies Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain. Lord, thy most pojnted pleasure take And stab my Bpirft broad awake. \ —R. L. Stevenson. Food for the Family. Com meal dishes are very good when good meal and careful preparation is thought worthy of attention. Even the member of the family who doesn't like com meal, may be won over if appetiz- ing dishes, well prepared, are served. As a mush with good top milk there is nothing better for the youngster's sup- per, and even grandfather longs for it, If he has had New England training. Then what was left may be molded and fried for breakfast, a dish fit for the king. Tamale Pie. Make a mush by stirring two cupfuls of com meal into six cupfuls of boiling water, add one and one half teaspoon- fuls of salt and cook 45 minutes. Brown one tmion sliced in hot fat, add a pound of hamburger steak and stir until well seared, then add salt and pepper and two cupfuls of tomato. A sweet red. pepper or a green one as an addition. Grease a baking dish and put a layer of tile mush then a layer of the meat and cover with mush. Bake one-half hour. English sparrows make fine eating. In many places they are caught with a trap and a dozen or fifteen make a good meal for a large family. They may be baked in a pie like the Mother Goose rhyme of four and twenty black birds baked in a pie, • Good Pressed Meat. •Boil two pounds of pigs 1 hocks In salted water until the meat drops from the bones. In a separate pot, cook a pound of lean beef until tender. Mix the meat adding such seasonings as desired and mold in a loaf. The liquor In which the meat was cooked may be used for soup Or to cook corn meal mush, giving it a most appetizing flavor. Farmers Would Save Quail to War on the Boll Weevil When a Georgia farmer found the crop of a quail that he had killed on his farm loaded with boll weevils he immediately conferred with county au- thorities to ascertain if he could keep hunters off his land, which is not fenced. He was very much disappoint- ed when informed that he could not do BO. ~ It is stated on good authority that in farms in this part of the county where the quail and other insect-de- stroying birds have been protected the boll Weevil is but seldom seen, While on adjoining farms, where the public is permitted to hunt, cotton crops have -been practically devastated by them. A concerted movement is now on toot among the farmers to conserve the quail in an effort to combat the boll weevil. The jnatter will In.all prob- ability be brought to the attention of the legislature when It meets this sum- mer, with the Idea of \having more stringent laws passed fo* the protec- tion of insect-destroying birds. Says Hunting Dogs and Common Curs Possess War Service Qualifications \French war dogs are not the only ones that could be taught to do great service in the world struggle,\ re- marked H. R. Turner, a Kentuckian, discussing the marvelous feats per- formed by some of the dogs on the battlefields of France.. \The dog of America commonly called a cur has instinct for such sec- vice. Some patriotic women in the West have undertaken to train dogs for Bed Gross work, and they have found that the 'cur' dog is possessed of,all the natural qualifications for war service. But, in my judgment, the Kentucky hunting dog Is better adapted for this woijk than any other because of his wonderful Instincts. A few years ago a sportsman of Iowa had a hunting dog bred in Kentucky. It was an unusually.fine dog and dur- ing the 'racing' season in Kentucky he sent his dog back to Kentucky to take part In the fox chasing. After the sport was over the friends to whom the animal had been sent lost him. They were much perturbed, because they had promised they would see that the dog was sent safe back home to Iowa. After many days of search- ing, however, they sent word to the owner that the animal had disap- peared. Sixty days afterward tho'y were informed that the dog had re- turned to his home in Iowa.\ Brief Facts. There are nearly 500 sulpTiur % mines on the'lsland of Sicily. * Chairs, are being made of pa- * per, twisted and re-enforced * with steel rods. * A mustache guard that can be Jj; .# attached to any cup is an Eng- * * lish Invention, * * For portable electric lamps a * ^ screen to check their glare has % * been inverited. ,* % Fireproof barrels made from % * sugar mill refuse have been in- * % vented in Hawaii. T * * I * * vented in Hawaii. A company.in Japan has be- * gun the production of soda by * an electrical process. ' * Baking for a few minutes in % a hot oven will add to the life t j. -of sachet powders. % Texas Farmers Urged to Produce Peanuts for Use in Both Meal and Butter That former peanut manufacturer who said that people could exist for a long time on nothing else but peariut butter and crackers was doing a little gratuitous advertising for crackers, asserts the Houston Post. There is no reason why Texas peanuts should not furnish both bread and butter for all Texas people and there might be enough for a few favored mortals In other states. If the food and feed; campaign which is being conducted should result In the pi anting of 1,000,- 000 acres in peanuts (his year, Texas farmers will be richer by some $50,000,- 000 and the food, supply will contain, a plenty of one of the best foods in the world. And then if the food ad- ministration shall force the peanut factories to make a reasonable propor- tion of the nuts into edible meal the country Will have plenty of bread ma- terial as well as a liberal layer of but- ter for every slice. Special Njcqtine Tobacco Grown foivOther Purposes than Chewing and Smoking While half the trades seem to' be busy, to judge by advertisements, producing coffeeless coffee, tanninless tea,- and tobacco without nicotine, it does seem a bit incredulous to learn of seedsmen offering seeds guaranteed to produce tobacco with from three to ten times, as much nicotine content as is found in ordinary smoking and chewing grades* observes a writer in the New York Times. Of course, that is no evidence that the time-hon- ored belief that nicotine harms hu- mans has been discarded, for in the same seed catalogues one finds tobacco seeds commended to the planter be- cause they 1 ' will produce leaf with the minimum of the supposed poison. Doc- tors still tell us to smoke mild to- baccos, and the cigarette with its claim that its makeup carries little nicotine continues 4o grow in popularity. But there-are not a few uses for tobacco other, than smoking, chewing,- and snuffing, and nearly all of these demand a .weed that has lots of poison in It. Florists buy thousands of -pounds every year to burn in smolder-' ing piles in their greenhouses to kill Insects and eradicate the tiny moths that lay eggs that produce plant de- stroyers. And it is the nicotine In the smoke that kills the pests. Nicotine is about the most efficacious- remedy when garden plants are at- tacked by sucking insects. These de- stroyers cannot be harmed by eating foliage and stems with paris green and arsenic of lead, for they have long, sharp beaks; some carry probosr cises proportionately as long as an elephant's, and these they drive Into leaf and blossom stems and suck out the vital juices. Only a contact poison will kill them, and nicotine does it most surely. A green or pink or white plant louse, busily sucking the life out Of a plant, turns brown the instant nicotine touches his body, stiffens his legs, draws out his beak, and drops dead, ^Tobacco solutions that carry 80 per cent of nicotine sell for $1.50 a pint, hence the ambition to grow tobacco rich in the deadly essence. ASMIIEFORYOU | Accounts for It. \I was told that your neigh- bors, the Spats, were breaking up housekeeping.\ \Oh that ac- counts for the racket we heard in their flat this morning.\ The Reason. \The fortune-telling business Is a paying one, isn't It?\ \It ought to be when it starts off with a prophet.\ Social Ambitions. \Mrs. Comeup is not stopping at any expense to break into society. Her prizes at her charitable card par- ties are really princely.\ \What are they? Jeweled orna- ments?\ \No nothing so common as that. At her last patty the first prize was a ton of hard coal.\ Retribution. \I understand it was a gasoline car which struck Henry.\ '^Exactly, and that is one reason he Is 'smelling out a suit'\ Safe Enough. Bon Vlvant—Haven't seen Jack at the club for a week-. Mrs. Jack—No, Jack's been out of town. Bon ViVant—Oh, we were beginning to worry about him. We feared he was staying at home. Not to Be Disputed. \Have you any definite theory as to why the cost of living has in- creased?\ \Certainly; I think it is be- cause prices have gone up.\ Talking Photoplays Next; Eliminates the Phonograph and Utilizes Film Record Numerous attempts have been made to link the phonograph with the pro- jector and give speech to the silent drama. Inability to obtain perfect synchronism of sound and motion has been only one of the bugaboos en- countered. The limited capacity of talking-machine records, the difficulty of amplifying the sound suflicientlj for theater purposes Without increas- ing the foreign noises to an objection- able degree, and the Impossibility of cutting or mending a film without de- stroying the usefulness of the sound record have been other of the bewild- ering enigmas. Their solution has finally been undertaken in a new way and highly promising results attained. The newest system of talking cine- matography eliminates the phonograph and utilizes a film record that is pro- duced by photographic and rendered by magnetic, Instead of mechanical, means. This enables the sound and the picture records to be of correspond- ing lengths and synchronous. This method is described in the Marti Pip- ulur Mwhrnlcd Magazine, At a recent hearing of the Federal Trade Gommission there was intrdduced correspondence taken from the private files of Swift St Company, which showedthat the Company had been con- sidering for some time an educational advertising campaign. The need for this publicity has been apparent to us for sev 1 years* The gross misrepresentation to which we have recently been subjected has .convinced us that we should no longer delay in putting before the public the basic facts of our business, relying on the fair-mindedness of the American people. , The feeling against the American packer is based largely on the belief that the income and well-being of the producer and consumer are adversely affected by the packers' operations, resulting in unreasonably large profits. Swift & Company's net profit is reasonable, and represents an insignificant factor in the cost of living. For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift & Company were as follows: Sales $875,000,000. Profit* $34,650,000. This is equivalent to a $3,465. profit on a business of $87,500. If Swift & Company had made no profit at all, the cattle raiser would have received only one-eighth of a cent per pound more for his cattle, or the consumer would have saved only one-quarter of a cent per pound on dressed beef. Swift & Company, U. S. A. r,3 Got Even. \He called you an Insignificant little noodle, didn't he?\ \Yn-as but I got even wilh him, bnh Jove 1 I wrote him a lettnh, sign- ed It 'yemahs, wcspectl'ully,' and then schwatched out the 'wespectftilly,' ball jove.i\ FRECKLES •Now Ii the Tins to G.t Rid of Tkeie Uflr Spott There'H no longer tho slightest need of fcellnff aBhnmod of your freckleu, as the pre- scription othlnc—double strength—la Guar- anteed to removo these homely BPOIH. Simply get an ounce ot \othlnc—double utrensth—from your druKSlot, and apply a llttlo of It night and morning and you should Boon see that oven the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while tho lighter ones have vantshod entirely. It Is Heldom that more than ono ounce Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion. Be sure to ask for the double strength oth- lnc. as this Is sold under guarantee of money back If It falls to remove frecklcB.—Adv. Knew She'd Bought One. Wife—\I attended the mammoth sale today.\ Elulj—\Wlioi'e are yuu go- ing to keep the darned thing?\ Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOKIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and sec that i t Signature ^(^o/i^M^At In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria The prodigal son gets the fatted. veal, but the prodigal daughter Is lucky if she gets ii plnte of cold hash. To restore a normal action to Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowck, take Gar- field Tea, the mild herb laxative. All druggists. Adv. Barcelona, Spain, has 80,000 inhab- itants. Man worries quite a little here he- low—and the undertaker does the rest. Win the War by Preparing the Land Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops Work in Joint Effort the Soil of the United States and Canada CO-OPERATIVE FARMING IN MAN POWER NECESSARY TO WIN THE RATTLE FOR LIBERTY The Food Controllers of the United States and Canada are asking for ere»ter food production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat are avail- able to be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest. Upon tho efforts of the United States and Canada rests the burden of supply. Every Available Tillable Acre Must Contribute; Every Available Farmer .and Farm Hand Must Assist Western Canada has «n enormous acreage to be seeded, but man power is short, and an appeal to the United States allies is for more men for seed- ing operation. Canada's Wheat Production Last Year was 226,000,000 Bushels; the Demand From Canada Alone for 1918 is 400,000,000 Bushels To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs the men. The Government of the United States wants every man who can effectively help, to do farm work this year. It wants the land in the United States developed first of course; but it also wants to help Canada. When- ever we find a man we can spare to Canada's fields after ours are supplied, we want to direct him there. Apply to our Employment Service, and we will tell you where you can best serve the combined interests. Western Canada's help will be required not later than April 5th. Wages to competent help, #50.00 a month and up, board and, lodging. Those who respond to this appeal wil get a warm welcome, good wages, good board and find comfortable homes. They will get a rate of one cent a mile from Canadian boundary points to destination and return. ••For particulars as to routes and places where emplovment may be had apply to: U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Choice of Evils. \Why do you let your wife rule the house?\ \Because If I didn't let her reign she'd storm.\ Took the Right Train. \He came home on a freight train.\ .\What was Ms hurry?\—Buffalo Ex- press, Some people's Idea of sympathy is to make the gloom thicker. There's a Reason. Hubby—\I never realized you wero so tall before.\ Wife—\I'm supposed to be. Am I not your better half?\ A walking stick has beeu invented that can bo converted into a camera tripod. Of 80,000 gnulunle nurses In this country 2,000 already are in active war service. How to Make Oatmeal Bread Healthful to Eat — Saves the Wheat 1 cup flour l?g cup* corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 5 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup cooked oatmeal or rolled oats 2 tablespoons shortening l|r cups milk No eggs Sift together flour, com meal, salt, baking powder and sugar. Add oatmeal, melted shortening and milk. Bake in greased shallow pan in moderate oven 40 to 45 minutes. This wholesome bread is easily and quickly made with the aid of ROYAL BAKING POWDER If used three times a week in place of white bread by the 22 million families in the United States, it would save more than 900,000 barrels of flour a month. Our new Red, White and Blue booklet, \Best War Time Recipes\ containing many other recipes for making delicious and wholesome wheat saving foods, mailed free—address ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., DeptW, 135 WiMiam St., New York FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR .\.-I • : .'-M &?:•. -•'•;.-4_r .«../?
