It is reasonably certain that similar organizations will be formed in other counties to arouse the indifferent from their lethargy and make them realize their duties in these critical times.
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Put Idlers to Work.
Louisiana has enlisted side by side with Maryland and West Virginia in the campaign against idleness while the war is on. Henceforth able-bodied men who spend their leisure hours in the parks and sitting on surbstones and who refuse employment when it is offered to them will be compelled to give an account of themselves. The practical working out of the scheme was illustrated recently when a call came from the sugar planters for help. The police made a round-up, and all the idlers who were willing to go to work were released from jail, the others being sentenced to various terms in the local workhouses. General adoption of similar tactics is working wonders in other localities. Charitable institutions have also been asked not to feed any able-bodied men, but to refer all to official employment agencies, which will give them opportunities to earn their bread in the sweat of their faces—Portland Oregonian.
THE USEFUL PEANUT.
The peanut is a sturdy plant in time of need. Now when the food administration is asking that fats be saved, the peanut comes to the rescue in more than one combination.  There is pea nut butter, for instance. It should be more widely used. The only reason that it isn't is because people do not know how to use it. Even peanut butter sandwiches are seldom well made. 