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ArttRlCAVrrH 7*0 MILLION
ran s otjv&au each yeah,
OVER V 5 per cent, of the sug^r used in the United
States is delivered .by ships. There is produced
about 800,000 tons of beet sugar and 250,000 tons of
can** sugar in Louisiana. The total consumption of the
United States is about 4,50.0,000 tons of raw sugar, which
makes about 4,250,000 tons of refined sugar.
If our coasts were blockaded as Germany's now are,
we would have available for the use of the people of the
United States* bnly one pound of sugar for every four we
use. Under such circumstances there is no doubt that the
American people would get along on this limited supply
without complaint,.
The United States Food Administration is asking
every American household to use not more than two
pounds of sugar per person each month for domestic
use. Reducing our sugar consumption here means that
.we will be able to help supply the needs of France, Eng
land and Italy. Sugar conservation on the American
table also means conservation of ships.
The Army and Navy have sent out an "S. O. S." call
for ships. "Save Our Ships to Transport Troops and
Munitions to France, in older that we may keep the fight
ing front where it now is and not allow it to extend to
our own homes," is the message.
There is ample sugar in the world for all require
ments ? in fact, there is a large surplus, bufon account
of the ship shortage it is not available for use in this
country.
Java, which produces 15 per cent, of the world's
cane crop, ;s too far removed. It requires 150 to 160
days for a ^hi,> to go to Java and return.
ARMY T BIG AID TO SOLDIERS
(Above) Boys write letters and enjoy refreshment# from Y. M. C. A.
tent during rest period on practice hike.
(Below) Standard War Work building; 450 constructed or authorized.
"If* always on th* Job."
That's what th?' aoldlor* and sail- 1
urn of T'ncle Sam say about tho War
Work of the V M C. A
Athletica arc* organized. reci PHtional
games ar?* f ered, educational elapses
are maintained, social timet* are ar
ranged with entertainer* and moving
pictures, Bible, classes are conducted
and a atrong program of religious
work developed.
Building 108 at Camp Greene, Char-i
lotte, N. C., was crowded tbe night Dr. j
Q. R. Stair gave hit famous sermon
on "The Potter'^ Clay." The invi-l
tation had been given and men were
etgnlng the War Koll and were being
presented with the customary RoldierA'
Pocket Testament. On? young man
approached by Physical Director As
thur E. Bagley upon the question of
making a decision, responded affirma
tively at once. When the Testament
va? handed to him he aaid: "I am do
ing something for you that I refused to
do for my mother. When I left home
In Idkho a month ago, ahe aaked me to
taka a pocket Testament with me, but
1 thought It was no part of a soldier's
kit This old Y. M. O. A. has surely
made me change my mind. I'm going
t? git down and write te her not to
worry a?y more."
A different kind of work is shown
in the experience of Captaiu Stanley
Borleska of the Portland, Oregon,
troops at the same camp. Borleska
was a member of the University of
Michigan football and track teams In
1S14 and was chosen for the mythical
all-star western intercollegiate foot
ball and track teams that year. He
told Bagley what the "Y" had meant
to him He said: "When 1 oame Into
this camp I wondered how I was groin#
to keep in physical condition. 1 saw
no opportunity or place to do any train
in* You Y. M C. A. fellows hare
! sort of made opportunities for me to
recreate and exercise, for since I have
j been here, I've averaged three even
i lug* each week out with my company
football team "
To keep up this work in Amerloa,
to follow the Holdiers and sailors across
the seas and to extend the same aenr
i ices to our a. ilea, the Y. M C. A. ia
conducting a great nation-wide cam
paign for $36,000,000 from November
11 to 19. The fttatee of Alabama, Geor
gia, Florida, Mississippi, North and
South Carolina and Ten leasee have
been aaked to contribute $1,(00,000 of
this Cbeoks may be aent to the local
committee or to O. K. Calhoun, De
partment Campaign Director, at AJL>
laata, Oa.
| IS CASTLE OF OLD ROMANCE
Haddoti Halt, in England, Has Been
t the Home of Man/ Persona
Who Were Famous.
Haddoo Hall is oik* of the old eat
; manor bouses in EnglamJ. It was old
when William tin? Conqueror came
from Normandy. wbtn 80x00 fforold
i fell nt Htnttfogi and Kngiund jjtassed
into 1 1??? hjintiw of the Norinnua, The
iboita of foni urit's of noble families,
? *??? i VverHs, I ( ii t in oils, Vernon*, all
famhus In English history, haunt Its
oaken halls, an exchange observes.
Swept, willful I>orothy Vernon tripped
down the miiim' wide stair by which
Kim escaped to meet her lover on her
sister's wedding night. The park Is
the Hame as It waa when young John
Manners nerved the old barouet as a
game keeper and won the daughter of
the manor.
At the death of Mistress Dorothy's
father, Hlr George Vernon, tip hall
ffUHxed Into the hands of the But
lands, who hoyi it to this day. al
though they do not use it aa a real"
dence. The place la open to Visitors.
The hall, a low, oblong building, is ivy
covered and gray with age. Over the
northern ramparts stands the I'everel
tower built by the first Norman own
er. ' To the south are the terraced gar
dens, where Elisabeth on her famous
visit to thesHall walked with Doro
thy.
The drawing room has a floor of
solid oak, cut from u single tree In
the park. The walls of the room are
carved with the arms and crests of
the Vurloua families that have owned
the manor. Before the huge fireplace
the queen must have sat as' she
watched the dancers, among whom
were Dorothy and the earl of Leices
ter. , _
lladdon Hall Is a castle of old ro
mance. The story of the lovers and
the queen has been told In almost
every tongue. Tt Is the English ver
sion of Romeo and Juliet with Doro
thy* Vernon and John Manners fur
nishing the leading roles In many a
novel and play.
TOWER OF BABEL NOT LOFTY
It Was Only 140 Feet High But Waa
Constructed Upon an Elevated
Foundation. _
The tower of Babel was only 140
feet high, but as It was bnllt upon an
elevated foundation It was the loftiest
object In Babylon, a city of low build
ings, spread over a flat plain. This
description of the most famous struc
ture of ancient times has been ob
tained from recent translations of old
Assyrian records, some' inscribed on
tablets of burnt clay.
The tower was a temple and the
architectural pride of .Babylon. The
lowest of its seven stories was 272
feet square and it was constructed of
the only available material, sun-dried
brick, faced with burned brick, It was
probably topped with an astronomical
observatory, or rather one for the use
of astrologlsts, a calling followed by
many priests of Babylon.
Babylon, with a population of 2,000.
000, was then the metropolis of the
world, and Its great area, twice that
of London, was encircled by a wall fin
miles In length. The tower of Babel
was a temple, containing wonderful
golden statues and other treasures,
and It Was In attempting to describe
these that the tongues of men were
confused.
The Age of Innocence.
Youth, like spring, taunts the person
who Is not a poet. Just because It is
formative and fugitive It evokes Imag
ination, It has a bloom too momentary
to be Self-conscious, vanished almost
as soon as it Is ,s<?t?n. In boys, as well
as girls, this beauty discloses Itself.
It is a delicacy as tender as the first
green leaf, an Innocence. like the shim
rnerlng dawn, "brightness of azure,
clouds of frugrance. a tinkle of falling
water and singlhg birds." People feel
this when they accept youth as Im
maculate and heed Its mute expec
tancies. The mother whose hoy Is at
twenty has every right to feel he Is
Idyllic, to think that youth has the air
of spring about it, that spring is the
morning of the gods. Youth is so
often handsome and straight and fear
less, it has Its mysterious silences, Its
beings are beings of clear tire in high
spaces, kin with the naked stars. Yet
there is In It something not less flerry
| which is far more human. Youth is
} also a Oolumbus with mutineers on
j board. ? F. H. In the New Republic.
?s Barristers and Solicitors.
The English keep up most of the old
distinction between physicians and
surgeons, barristers and solicitors. A
barrister alone can address the higher
courts and the parliamentary
* tees ; a solicitor most keep to oSee
work and courts of first instance. A
man with a grievance goes first to his
solicitor, who then Instructs or br*#s
a barrister for him. If that barrteftr
in the course of the trial wants a eq*
tsln evidence removed from the ra<DCd
he moves that It be struck out and act
stricken out as an American lawyer
would say.
Only barristers may becoaae j edges.
An English barrister, Just like Ms
American brother, takes a retainer,
when he Is engaged. Hut the rest of
his fee does not wait upon the term
ination of his case. He expects to; re
ceive a "refresher" from titie to tfine.
No Room.
"Have they a family skeleton In the
ciosetT*
"No. They nsed to have, hot her
do thee crwsft? it
LITTLE CAST ASIDE
How Military Stores on Mexican
Border Are Salvaged.
j Nothing That It la Possible to Repair,
or In Any Way Make Uceful, la
Ever Thrown way aa
Worthless.
? .
The most extensive Healer In Junk
on t lio Mexican liorder wears an olive
I drab uniform, two bars on hiH shoul
tier* ami a serious look, for business is
always rushing with ('apt. .Fred Fe
lix, Uncle Sam's Junk man In the car
airy division here, writes the Fort
Illlss (Tex.) correspondent of the New
York Sun.
As head of the salvage und reclama
tion department of the general quar
termaster depot herd, Captain Felix
ami his force of enlisted men are re
pairing and salvaging supplies which
have heen discarded by the United
States army In the border district.
Three warehouses, a part of the forfcj
machine shops, and IJIg yard down
town, are used for this work.
Tents which have been torn by the
winds are repaired by men who have
been sailors or who have experience
in repairing canvas. Canvas cot cov
ers which have been torn are cut up
Into small pieces and made Into'cloth
lug bags. These- cot covers were for
merly discarded. A tailor shop has
been established where worn and torn
Uniforms are rcpnlred, buttons sewn
on, the uniforms steam cleaned and
pressed and returned to the owners.
Army shoes which have been worn
by many marches over the desert
sands near the fort are half-soled by
machinery, ripped places stitched, new
laces Inserted and the shoes sent back
for further wear. Not a scrap of
leather Is permitted to be wasted by
the reclnmaiiou and salvage depart
ment. Shoes too badly Worn to be
repaired, and cavalry boots, are rip
ped to pieces and the leather used for
repairing other boots and shoes. The
scraps are then sent to market for use
In the manufacture of composition
belting.
Recently 1.% meat grinders for pre
paring meat* for cooking were con
demned and sent to the reclamation
department to be sold for Junk. In
stead, the parts were separated, reas
sembled and five good grinders obtain
ed, while the remaining parts were
stored for repairing other grinders.
Brokep ports were sold for Junk.
Wagons, automobiles, tank wagons,
soup kitchens and every other kind of
field equipment Is received by this de
partment. Wagontnakers replace worn
parts of transport and ammunition
wagons with new ones. All automo
bile parts are classified and a crew of
garagp men repair the cars as they
come to the shops. Even tracks for
caterpillar trucks are kept for repair
ing those big trucks which haul sup
plies over the desert.
Broken spurs, ragged guidons and
flags, eyelets from wornout puttees,
harness, saddles, the ropes and even
"bull whips" used by the army mule
drivers are salvaged In Uncle Sam's
big Junk shop here, and the govern
ment Is saved thousands of dollars by
repairing army property which other
wise would have to be replaced with
new.
Potash From Cement Dust.
? Extraction of potash from dust is
claimed as a possibility. .Tamos I).
Rhodes, a Pittsburgh manufacturer,
<'lalms to have made the discovery,
and at his own expense has arranged
to ereet a large experimental plant ad
joining the plant of a cement company
at Pastalla, <>., for the purpose of ex
perimenting for 120 days.
The f'astalia plant is In t,he hands of
a receiver and It was necessary to
get permission of the United States
district court before Mr. Rhodes could
enter into any agreement with the re
ceiver. This was granted.
Mr. Rhodes said he could extract
large quantities of potash for fertilizer
from the dust and waste of cement
mills that will be of great benefit to
the country In Increasing the supply.
It is understood that the United
States government is watching the ex
periment with Interest.
Dogs on the Battlefield.
Experiments made, in the training
of dogs as messengers with th'e ar
mies in the field have, it is stated,
given satisfactory results. The dogs
which have proved most receptive
under instruction are chiefly half
bred collies and retrievers. A rather
poor breed of bob-tailed sheep dogs
has also done well. All have been
trained to perform their errands
during heavy firing, both rifles snd
guns. They can be fired over as
easily as the ordinary sporting dog,
and, what is quite another thing, they
will fare fire at close range. Many
have shown amating skill in getting
over, under and through all sorts of
obstacles, Including wire.
Destination ? Berlin.
H. T. Bennett, n Seymour traveling
man, was standing on n depot platform
In a Kentucky town while a group of
colored men were waiting to entrain,
and overheard the following conversa
tion between one of the conscripts and
a colored girl who was bidding him
goodby :
"Well, Shui. are yon goin' with this
bunch? I suppose you are goln' to
France right soon, stn't you?" the girl
asked. *
"Not eKHcflr," replied the soldier
cnndldat;-. "1 suppose I'll go through
Frartce, but, you se?\ I'm on my waj to
Berlin." ? IiwVnnapolto News,
^VKITKS I ICOM FH.WCK
Ti lls uf Coot if Hunt mitl Kxplain* What
The During l?.
Herman llaruch, wfeo i? now in -n
vli*4' i? prance ami who loft Camden
n-.
,1 hp ini't r .ii tin. mm Kervuaw Cjlunrtlvi
i i o - w I Ill. il >t" !ii^ brother ami
in < uii' leu ( In* follow ing interesting let
ter
hear I J rot her and SiMar: Well I
h .* v?t had my first ioM- and ant rcudy
for another tbut not trying to break
au> records getting; it) an it is very ex
vitiug at/ tin"* ami not half aw hail
as it could be. Have had some very
interesting and funny Oxjieiieuroa, one
of thi'iii is tlit* lunch talked of cootie
hunt which usually begin* about bed
time. It even beat* fishing and 1 have
hat) a hundred times better luck a-s the
li r- 1 time 1 tried I caught about t<'n but
sJnef I have learned the game 1 am
uiuie successful and find that th^y arc
more plentiful in the 'seums of your
>hirt and breeches
A not he v sport is rat hunting, as they
grow very large, in these parti*, and
Homo are a* lur^e as un ordiyary sized
cat. The last to he mentioned hut uot
least is the duckiug game. The way
this is played; First you hear a whist*
ling noine coming your way and then it
is np to you to know bether you should
duck or not.- And if you mias your
Kite** the lirst time you will he counted
out for good and he the main party in
the march.
Frit/, has one had habit of dropping
things from the sky, but you do not
have to >vorry about this as it is a case
of hit or uiiits as you never hear them
falling, . ' ?
Trout Found in Town.
J. K. Spencer found a small trout,
about two inches long, on high ground
near Drake's stables, Monday morning.
Home people think that it raUied dowp
during the. rain Sunday night.
There have been many freports, In
different parts of the country, of small
tish and frogs raining down, as tbey
have been found on high ground after
rains. It is an impossibility, however,
for lish and frogs, or even their eggs,
to get up into tho clouds. The more
reasonable theory is that they swim
up from streams and ponds in the sur
face water during heavy raius.-rllen
nettsville Advocate.
"The Reason Why.*
1J. A. Thorna* Kluek folk
the be-?. I hey iirt- -?i.-utittmn,
,f?d all im-.ii. wu-. ru\ >
m>. ami Hie fwl 1 ? i 1 1 <l?>wn.
a rauae wery effect, ^3
ciHiM' un?? l)i>' < n,>, i r?fuiyve*iJS
The I'oult i> ?rv h^l
made to relieve all !!..?
Fowl family *ueh as Cholera
and walk ?3 the He us ,>
The Hog Heiiuxly win lk .M
Ueop "if the cholera, ami if JJjJl
the tirat *ta#>*? will mrc ?t u.f J
|)qn't forget to keep ?u iuu,i|3
tie of Karris' Colu- Ueaxxlj f..r n,J
It is so simple with ilroppn.^H
<hl Ul t an nlve ii Alv? a liottlii*
lis' lleallng Uejnedy for Cua*
Urulsrs on man ?>r l?e?*k fwj
fall. jk
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