Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 June 1918 — Page 2

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Our Army and What it Costs Most People Figure Expansion Much Less and Cost Much Greater Than Facts Warrant

Most people understand that the United States army has been tremendously expanded in the year America has been at war. All have seen the army grow, in one sense they have watched the men go away, have written letters and sent packages to the boys. Few realize, however, that the army has increased 700 per cent, in round numbers, in that one year. Official figures from Washington show that it has. When America entered the war on April 6, 1917, the total strength of all branches of the service (Regular army, National Guard and reserves) was 212,0349,524 officers and 202,510 men. On April 6, 1918, the grand total strength of the American army (all branches) was 1,652,725 123.S01 officers and 1,528,924 men. The detailed figures of the old and the new armies, which are worth pre

serving, are as follows : Regular army National Guard Reserve corps (In service) National army Total

The cost of the army during the first year of the war is a thing that is generally overestimated. People are prone to think of the billions that have been appropriated instead of the actual amounts that have been expended. Official figures from Washington show that the total expenditures on the army for the year America has been in the war including every thing from new cantonments to shoe laces and a good many things not properly chargeable to the war were $3,006,761,907.15. That sum does not include, of course, the obligations of the war depart

mentcontracts made for the billions

be furnished this year; it is the sum actually paid out for materials already delivered and pay of the men for the time they have already served. There are

included river and harbor and civil establishment expenditures that would have

boon made had there been no war. The ment nnnronriations and expenditures for

Since the declaration of war congress has made the following appropria

tions for the war department : m Civil establishment ATilitnrv nstahlishment Rivers and harbors Total Withdrawals from the treasury have

tions during the period from June 15, 1917, to March 9, 1913, as follows : Civil establishment '? 6,517,918.70 Military establishment 2,891,606,885.S5 Rivers and harbors 1S,637,102.60

Manager George Stallings Is in the Game Heart andSoul on the Ball Diamond Fred Mitchell, manager of the Chicago Cubs, delights to tell stories of his former boss, Miracle Man Stallings of the Braves. When Mitch was Stall- j ing's assistant In Boston he had many a run-in with the manager, and he admits now that Stallings thinks more of a man who will answer him back on occasion. Stallings is a firebrand in baseball; never laughs, rarely smiles, doesn't jest, and roasts the daylight out of a George T. Stallings. man who makes a slip. He is also a nervous person, and becomes enraptured on the bench while he is watching a game, and plays the whole contest over, solo, as he sits on the players' coop. Stallings is merciless in calling down a player and criticizing his work. "A fellow made a bobble once while Stallings was watching from the bench," saidfMitchell. " 'Look at that boob,' said Stallings. 'What a bonehead! No, he isn't a bonehead; his head Is made of Krupp steel.' Another German Atrocity. Weird and wonderful are the mixtures that pass as tobacco in Germany now that the government has decreed that anything is tobacco that contains not loss than 5 per cent of that weed. The rest may be dried leaves of beech, cherry, chicory, hops, beetroot, sorrel, potato, rhubarb or coltsfoot. One German writer says that the result is "a rank offense, it smells to heaven." Cigars made from this "tobacco" go by the appropriate popular name of "Infamla Scandalosa." England to Grow Sunflowers. The production of sunflowers Is being encouraged In England. The ministry of food and production department has issued instructions on how to grow sunflowers and advises all persons to grow them, explaining that the seed is rich in oil and makes an excellent chicken food.

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April, 1917 Officers Men

April, 1918 Officers Men 5,971 3,733 0 0 121,797 76,713 4,000 0 10,698 16,893 96,210 0 503,142 431,5S3 77,300 516.S39 9,524 202,510 123,801 1,528,924 of dollars' worth of supplies that will detailed official figures of war depart the year are as follows : $ 1G,205,143.00 7,413,835,463.48 34,731,150.00 $7,464,771,756.48 been made under these appropria $3,006,761,907.15 PLAN AHEAD FOR BETTER POULTRY : One must plan ahead in order to be successful in any line of endeavor. Poultry keeping is no exception, writes an authority. If you do not have the breeding birds you need for the season of 191S, now is a good time to get them. There is a country-wide scarcity of good birds for breeding purposes, and one must expect to pay somewhat higher prices than in past years. It will not pay to get inferior birds in order to save a little of the purchase price. If you are just starting, or if you want new blood, you can buy either stock or eggs for hatching. Men are more likely to buy stock because they do not usually handle eggs so carefully as women and also because usually they have more money to spend. To buy stock is the safer plan, of course, and on the whole is better, but it costs more money. For both stock and eggs prices are high and will continue so. One cannot expect to buy eggs for hatching in 1918 in quantities, at $5 per hundred. Such low price are now absurd for eggs from stock of any decent quality at all. Most poultry breeders, except those who have a large number of birds of superior quality, are compelled to replenish their flock with new blood al most every year. Our flocks either go up or go down. Just because prices are higher than normal we must be careful to get good quality in what we buy. This is a time when poor stuff will not pay. There never was a time when it was so true that "the best is none too cood." It does not pay to keep inferior fowls now. Why They Are Called Tumblers. About 1,500 years ago the Saxons in England used drinking vessels that were made of horns of cattle or oxen. They were shaped like cones. As their bottoms were pointed they would not stand erect. When a man had his drink ing horn filled he disposed of its con tents at a single draught and did .not lay it down until he had drained it. These horns were tumblers in the sense that they would not stand upright. Although our modern glasses do not have this objectionable quality, the name thnt originated in early Saxon times still persists. Twenty Years Ago. Bicycles were as common as legs. Automobiles and millionaires were rare. Table board was $3 a week, or 5 a week with the "best room in the house." Hotels had a "bill of fare," and the "menu" with prices marked opposite was almost unknown. Appendicitis had just been discovered. Nobody wore white shoes, and palm beach suits were in the "alpaca stage." Jules Verne had a monopoly g on the submarine. Washington 5 Times. j

No Established Wheatless

Days, but Pound and Half Should Be the Very Limit TheUnIted States food administra tion has made wheatless days and wheatless meals optional in private homes. But that does not mean the lid has been taken off. It only means that the question of which day or meal shall be wheatless is left to the individual household. In other words, the food administra-' tion has made the reduction of whea coniJsnption a test of good citizen ship. Each citizen in the land Is asked, as a good American, to cut his individual wheat consumption to a pound and a half a week. That means to cut the ordinary, peace-time consumption In two. It doesn't matter on what day or what meals that is done, just so it is done. In that regard the food administration says: "In making optional the observance of wheatless days in private homes the food administration lifted n re strictions upon the consumption of wheat products. It is merely asking the American peopJe to reduce their per capita consumption to not more than lt pounds per week, .... "This is an absolute military neces sity. The method of saving is being left entirely to the individual. If it can be done without foregoing the use of wheat at any specified meal or on any day, the food administration's ur gent plea for further conservation will be carried out to the letter." : HAVE A LAUGH j o His Temptation. "I hope my husband won't get in veigled into any games with those card sharks." "Oh, he'll know when they are try ing to cheat him." ' "I'm not afraid of that, but you know, he's a sharpshooter." A Victim of Fate. i "When began said business," plutocrat wearily. "I made a solemn vow that when I had made an even million I would quit." "13 u t you've made that many times over," said the other man, "and still you are accumulating." "That's the curse of it. When ever I think I've made an even mil lion I find on figuring it up it's either a little more or a little less, and I've got to renew the heart-breaking strug gle." And the unfortunate man sighed heavily. Of Course Not. "Why am I rejected?" asked the applicant for military service. "Weak heart," replied the examining surgeon. "Weak heart?" retorted the youth. "If I had a weak heart do you think I'd want to go into this kind of a war?" Early Crop. "So you own a good many suburban houses and small farms. Live on any of them?" "No." "Then you don't raise anything yourself." "Oh, yes ; every spring I raise rents." Mental Industry. "It's wrong to say I don't work, mister," said Plodding Pete. "What work do you do?" "Brain work. I have to think up a terrible lot of excuses for not acceptin' jobs." A Patriot. "He's a real patriot, anyhow." "What makes you thing so? "He's taken a big government contract for the same profit he'd charge, a private corporation." An Excusing Spirit. "Didn't I see the grocer's boy kiss ms mornI Susan? j Yes,m But he ain,t to blume,. ma'am. 'Twas the the bad example." iceman set him Up-to-Date. "Has your cook anything deleterious in your daily diet, Mrs. Comeup?" "Sure, she has. We have everything now that's the style.' How President Kruger Decided Problem for Two Brothers That very canny person, President Kruger, was once called upon, as King Solomon before him, to pass judgment in a matter of ownership. The case was that of two brothers, who had been left a farm and could not agree as to the division which had to be made. They agreed that, rather than take the matter to the courts, they ! would let President Kruger decide. President Kruger appears to have hesitated about as little as King Solomon did. He instructed the elder brother to make what he considered a fair di vision, and then he gave first choice to the younger brother. A solution, like Solomon's, both masterlv and sim ple. Christian Science Monitor.

BLACK IS

Or Gowns Suitable for All Occasions and All Ages. May Be Relieved by Use of Colored Lining and Touches of Jet and Metallic Lace. With the spring season almost upon us, nearly every woman will have need of a smart new evening gown. Some thing simple and dignified is looked for in tnese aays or economy, says a fashion authority, and women gladly pass up the frivolous frocks of more prosperous days. Black is tremendous ly popular for evening wear, but it is usually brightened by quantities of fine jet or metallic lace. One of the loveliest black evening rrf-wrc c? rr o r rx r-C Vl o Air rxrry cr-ff-satin. If you have a black satin or Charmeuse afternoon frock, the waist of which is worn, you can use that to great advantage. If the skirt is rather narrow, use it as the foundation. First make a plain drop skirt of Dlack net over the satin, reaching down to the hem. A narrow band of jet sewed to the net will give it weight and make it hang well. A tunic with four points, also bordered1 with jet, goes over the net skirt and falls a little longer than usual. This tunic can be elaborately em broidered in jet beads, or you can buy black net that is already embroidered. However, it is not difficult to do one self, and if white tissue paper is held under the net, it will not be so hard on the eyes. Later, carefully rip the paper away. The bodice of the gown should be extremely simple. Make a plain dart fitted foundation of black satin and drape the net over it in soft folds. Shoulder straps of jet hold the bodice, while two loops of jet slip over the arm. Or you can make a bodice of net with long sleeves flaring at the wrist. A jet band is the only trimming on the sleeve. An interesting note could be given this gown by a corsage bouquet of gay colors. A rich red poinsettia would be GRAY MATTER AND CLOTHES How a Smart Girl Copied Hat She " Saw in Shop Window, Making a Most Clever Reproduction. Read about these two clever things that one girl did whose allowance for clothes was nothing what it should have been, which only goes to prove that pocketbooks don't always make smart clothes and that gray matter has a lot to do with it. She saw a hat she liked in a smart shop window. It was a trlcorn, with the most adorable trimming cockades on each of the three sides. But she couldn't afford it. How ever, she went straightway and bought a plain silk tricorn and then proceeded to copy those fetching little cockades. She painted a wooden button mold with some gilt paint, then covered it with some dainty figured chiffon. The result was that of an enameled ornament. She then used some long yellow and black beads, which she had on hand, and arranged them around the button as spokes in a wheel, backing the whole thing with "a plaiting of the folded chiffon. - ""This same girl did wonders to a plain blue chiffon blouse designed to be worn with a dark blue suit, but not quite dressy enough as it stood when bought. BLACK SATIN HAT AND BAG Clever sets are offered as spring accessories and among the latest and most attractive designs are those in satin decorated with wool embroidery and cut-out floral designs. This fetching hat and knitting bag of black satin are trimmed with gay-colored appliqued flowers.

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striking at the belt, especially when worn by a brunette. The girl with the auburn hair should select a few orchids (artificial If necessary) to wear, with her black dance frock. For those who find all black too intense, try black tulle or lace over a slip of flesh-colored satin. Finish the bottom with a deep flounce of silver lace and have a black tulle drop skirt. Silver embroidery should trim the tunic of tills style gown and silver banding used at the shoulders. This makes a lovely dance frock for the young girl, and one of which she does not easily tire. Black evening gowns are well suited to all ages and occasions, from the elderly matron with snowy locks to the golden-haired debutante. MILLINERY FOR SUMMER Ostrich feathers are having a re markable vogue this year for summer millinery. The attractive hat here illustrated is covered with pale blue ostrich plumage. COVERING THE HAT FRAME Sure Way of Getting Headgear That Fits and is Becoming How to Economize on Millinery. It is a difficult matter usually to covier a hat frame so that it looks well. However you can do this if you go about it in the right way. If you have an old hat made on a buckram frame that is becoming the best thing is to' re-cover that. " Then you are sure of a hat that fits and is becoming. You can cover the brim by making a bias band slightly more than twice as wide as the brim, joining it in a circle, folding it lengthwise through the center, slipping it over the brim with the raw edges toward the crown one on a line with the lining and the other on the edge of the outside crown and gathering the fullness along both edges neatly into place. The lining, which always goes in after all trimming has been placed, covers one of these gathered edges. Now cover the crown letting the raw edge of the crown piece meet the raw edge of the brim covering. Over this joining place a neat band of straw braid. Where the two ends of the braid meet you can arrange the flower trimming. Sometimes you can wind several length of straw braid around the lower part of the crown to make a band three or four inches wide. Short Peplum Pleases. The short, wired peplum is again sponsored by Lucile. An exquisite evening gown presented at the opening was made of silver cloth, pink pearls and sequins and pale pink tulle. The tulle was wired into an extremely short peplum, below which hung the draping of pearls and sequins. Delicate shades of green, mauve and orchid satin were combined in the bodice, and at the waistline there was a tiny bunch of hand-made ribbon flowers, the edges of Which were hemstitched and pecoed with silver thread. New Handbag Linings, Some of the new handbags show ä most interesting lining arrangement The silk lining is held in place of the inside of the silver frame by means of tiny artificial flowers, in dainty coloring in thin silk. A little bow of forget-me-not blue flowers, for instance, holds in place or at least seemingly holds in place the old gold lining of a black velvet bag mounted in dull silver. Tiny- rosepink flowers are used on the blue lin ing of a mauve velvet bag. Three-Quarter Length Gloves Some concern is felt by buyers of gloves over the difficulty in obtaining 12-Inch silk gloves, and the S-Inch leather glove, which the bell effect now applied to many of the high-priced waists and to the Eton coat will make quite necessary, lor the reason that these sleeves are worn only half way to the wrist.

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MARCH TO VICTORY Couraze Is a matter of the blood. Without good red blood a man has a weak heart and poor nerves. In the spring Is the best time tc take stock of one's condition. If the blood Is thin and watery, face pale or pimply, generally weak, tired and list less, one should täte a spring wuiu One that will do the spring housecleaning, an old-fashioned herbal remedv that Was used by everybody nearly 50 years ago is still safe and sane because It contains no alcohol or narcotic. It is made up of Blood root, Golden Seal root, Oregon Grape root. Queen's root, Stone root, Black Cherrybark extracted with glycerine and made Into liquid or tablets. This blood tonic was first put out by Dr. Piercein ready-to-use form and since then has been sold by million bottles as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. If druggists do not keep this in tablet form, send GO cents for a vial to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. x. Kidney disease carries away a largepercentage of our people. What is to be done? The answer is easy. Eat less meat, eat coarse, plain food, with plenty of vegetables, drink plenty of water between meals, and take an uric acid solvent after meals for a while, such as Anuric (double strength), obtainable at almost any drug store. It was first discovered by Dr. Pierce. Most every one troubled with uric acid finds that Anuric dissolves the uric acid as hot water does sugar. You can obtain a trial package by sending ten cents to Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, N. X. Say "Nope" ! to your Grocerman If he tries to put over on you something "just as good as" Red Cross Ball Blue In the words of the immortal Josh Billings There aint no sich thing." There is positively nothing as good as, or equal to BED GROSS BALL BLUE for producing clothes of such, white purity as bring a blush to new fallen snow. Try It 5 Cents Prove It Everywhere YOU CANT CUT CUT ?KS but you can clean them off promptly with and you work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. $2.50 per bottle, delivered. Will tell you more if you write. Book 4 R free. ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured Muiekt or LfcamcMf. EsUrf c-d Glisit. West. CyKi AlUri pain qukkly. Price S1.2S a kettle at drucfitt or delirered. Made is ifec U. S. A. by W. F.YOUNG, P. D. F.,31OTMukSL.S0rlnfl!rf. Mim. Skin Tortured Babies Sleep After Cuticura Soap 25 e. Oiitmect 25 tad 50. LARGE SUPPLY OF HIGH-GRADE CABBAGE and TOMATO PLANTS ready now of leading varieties. KW. 40c: 00. 11.35: l.DOi. COO; 5,000, 17.6Q. Orders 11 11 cd promptly br parcel post or express, not prepaid, and ,u a ran teed to arrlTe is good condition. U. D. Lancaster. Longrlew, TexasW. N. U., Indianapolis, No. 21-1918. French Testament. To assist the United States soldiers to learn French, and at the same time make reading the Bible more in teresting, the Bible society has issued a special pocket edition of the Gospel of St. Mark, containing the Gospel in French on one page and its counterpart in English on the opposite pae. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature ofi In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Sound of Drum Carries Far. At Efulen, West Africa, is a native drum, the sound of which can be hoard 20 miles away. Each African has his own drum roll, and when he is wanted he can be recalled from a great dis tanre. Old People Who Are Feeble aad Children Who Are Pale and Weak Would be greatly benefited br the General Streutaenlne Tonic Effect of GKOV'aVS TJLSTMLKSS chill TOKIO. It pariüe, and enriches tbo blood a&4 builds np the whole systeaa. A General Strengthening Tonic 'or JLdslta azMl CMldrea. 60c When the old boy with a sanctimonious face breaks loose he is generally the gayest bird of all. CORE THROAT frj or Tonamtis gargle with warm, salt water thn apply VAPORU

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