Walkerton Independent, Volume 49, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 July 1923 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent ' Published Every Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS CO. Publishers of the TAT.Kra.TON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS T.AKKVILLB STANDARD THB ST, JOSaPH CO. WESKLIEB Clem DeCoudrte, Business Manacer Charles M. Finch, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES • I Ono Year... 6Lx Months. -J? Three Months.. . »»»»«.«»»»»* TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered si ths post office at Walkerton. Ind., as second «claso matter. hbJDIANAj ! BREVITIES! ♦. T T r 1 Salem. —Economy in the production j of pure bred hogs was discussed by E. H. King, of the animal husbandry department of Purdue university, before members of the Washington County Hog Breeders’ association. Mr. King advocated the raising of pure bred stock from the standpoint of economy, saying that selected stock would yield greater returns on the investment. The lecture was given in connection with a tour made by the members of the Washington County as- > soclatlon to inspect all litters entered by breeders this year in the ton litter contest. Evansville.—Philip C. Gould, judge of the Vanderberg Circuit court, took under advisement the motion of John C. Effinger to quash the indictment charging him with conspiracy to embezzle money from the Farmers’ Bank of Newburgh, after attorneys for the defendant and the state had argued the motion. Attorneys for Effinger contended that the Indictment was Invalid in that it charged him with conspiring with another to commit a felony. They argued that such an act is not a crime, as defined by the statutes. Cloverdale. —A large number of old neighbors and friends, former and present residents of Cloverdale, enjoyed a days outing and picnic in Brookside park, Indianapolis. The meeting was the first of its kind, and । was so thoroughly enjoyed by every one that an organization was formed and the following officers elected who will see to it that a like gathering will take place every year: President, Mrs. Frank Racobs; vice president, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Brower; secretary-treas-urer, Homer E. Hendricks. Shelbyville.—Quantities of liquor were found at the quarters occupied by Charles Hardebeck, in the office of the superintendent of the Shelby county fair at the fair grounds, and in the H. F. Gray soft drink establishment by the local authorities in raids. A third of a pint of alcohol was found at the rooms of Mr. Hardebeck and a pint of alcohol and empty bottles, which are said to have contained Intoxicants, were found at the H. F. Gray place. Marion.—Following proceedings filed by taxpayers, Judge Frank Chalres. of the Grant Circuit court, mandated the trustees and advisory board of Jefferson township to issue bonds for $6,700 with which to construct the Curry road. The refusal of the township officials followed the announcement of the state board of tax commissioners that It would not give authority for the bond issue. South Bend.—South Bend Post No. 50, American Legion, completed ar- j rangements for buying a permanent home. The property Is near the heart of the city and Is occupied by a large two-story residence. It Is the Intention to use the house for the time being, but within the next five years a modern office building, auditorium and clubrooms will be erected. Jeffersonville. —Jack Seitz, has been chosen playground director by the Jes- i ferson community service playground committee. The committee has accepted three playgrounds given by Individuals and organizations and is considering others, including part of the Revolutionary cemetery and bathing beaches on the Ohio river. Goshen. —Joseph C. Beck, sixty-two, for more than thirty-siv years a clerk In the railway mail service, made his last run before retiring on a pension of S7OO a year. Between Chicago and Cleveland on the New York Central railroad since he became a postal clerk In 1887, he has traveled nearly 3,000,000 miles. Indianapolis.—Taxes, fees and other sums due and collected by the state from the 92 Indiana counties In the first six months 0f.1923 amounted to $7,988,734, according to figures compiled by John B. Seitz, state settlement clerk in the office of Robert Bracken, state auditor. Indianapolis.—A decree of foreclosure for the sale of the Central Indiana railway, known as the “Midland railroad,” which extends from Muncie to Brazil r.nd was formerly known as the Chicago & Southeastern railroad, was entered In Federal court records by Judge A. B. Anderson. Greencastle. —Charles A. Rockwell, of Indianapolis, who resigned a position with the state board of accounts a few weeks ago. announced that he will become associated with the Insurance department of the Indiana Knights of Pythias. Muncie.- A stoek judging contest will be held at the Delaware county fair ground open to stock raisers from the eastern part of Indiana. Prizes will be awarded by local business men. Indianapolis. —Samuel Vatd'amp, of Indianapolis, a vlce-pr«'sld«-nt of the Van Camp Hardware and Iron company, died In a New York City hospital. Connersville. —Two men and two women were arrested and two large moonshine stills in operation were seized by a posse of seventeen men In i a raid on Bear Creek ridge In the ; southwest corner of Jackson township. a short distance north of the Fayette-Franklin county line. Huntington.—With wheat and corn both retailing at 90 cents a bushel, 11. O. Rice, a farmer, near Huntington, announced he will turn his hogs into the wheat field instead of cutting the grain and going to the expense of thrashing it.

STRIPPED GEARS CAN BE AVOIDED It ———— No Novelty to Hear Grinding When Careless Driver Starts His Engine. (By ERWIN GREER. President of Greer College of Automotive Engineering’, Chicago.) There is nothing more exasperating to the motorist than that horrible sound which tells a story of stripped gears. It is not In the permanent mesh gears, where shaft motion is turned Into axle motion that the trouble comes. If the rear axle gears are properly set and packed, they should never make any trouble. But It is In the shifting gears of the transmission, where gears come Into mesh at varying rates of speed and with the number of revolutions, load and several other things to complicate the situation, that there Is wear and tear. It would not be so bad If there were only wear. The tear is what raises havoc. It is no novelty to hear a grinding or clashing within a car when a careless driver starts or when he changes from one speed to another. If such a driver knew what was going on inside of It when this unseemly noise occurs, he would hire a chauffeur or else take a few lessons tn automotive mechanics to learn how not to abuse his machine in this way. If the driver were a chauffeur and the owner knew what such a noise meant it is likely the chauffeur would be sent to school or be out of a job. When the car is standing, the engine Is running In neutral and no gear on the transmission shaft is engaged. To start. It Is customary to disconnect the engine by disengaging the clutch and to move the lever so that the gears that give the slowest speed will engage. Once the car is under way and it is desired to increase the speed, the lever is shoved forward, moving the transmission gears forward until the gears that give sec<>aa speed are engaged. The wise driver, just at the Instant of shifting the gear, would throttle down his engine one-half and bring the number of revolutions of the gear Shaft to approximately that of the transmission shaft, which is kept In motion by the momentum of the ear. He will also stop for an instant in neutral before completing the shift to allow for adjustment. When both gears are revolving at about the same speed, the shift is practically noiseless and frictionless. In shifting to high speed the engine should be throttled more closely and the shift lever should hesitate ngaln if one would avoid the thump and jerk commonly felt when high gear is thrown In. Constant jerking and jumping, thus caused, rack the mechanism, chassis and body nnd shorten the life of each. Economy as well as comfort Is Involved in shifting gears properly. In reversing, to back the car. the gear operation intensifies the problem.- In addition to the difference. In speed and variance of teeth revolutions, there is added the contrary direction of the two gears which are to engage. To throw back on reverse, even at moderate speed, menaces the gears and shakes things up uncomfortably. Fortunately it is almost In variably necessary to fully ttop the car before reversing, and the necessity of caution in backing prompts very low speed throughout the operation. HOW TO ESCAPE MUD SPLASH Most Drivers Make Mistake of Getting as Far Away From Passing Car as Is Possible. When trying to avoid getting splashed with mud most drivers will get as far away from a passing car as possible. This is just the reverse of what one ought to do to avoid such nuisance. When the cars are ten feet or so apart, any mud that is splashed is sure to strike the body of the other car, whereas, if the machines are closer together, say three feet apart, mud that is splashed will only strike the wheels and the under sides of the fenders. What mud would ordinarily splash on the doors is much more likely to be caught under the running board when the cars pass closer together.

CHALLENGES WORLD TO AUTO RACE I I n iMw I OBfe I ,^s^ j Thi> youth, nt the age of ten, is trying to o .tdo Barney’ Oldfield, Ralph De Pultna. Jimmy Murphy, Tommy Milton and other speed demons of the rnotorrtn inc he is Frank E. ('ampbell, Jr., son of a wealthy New Yorker, who has h < :<r all of his own—built for his size, of Italian make, and capable of great speed. The young auto racer issues a challenge to any boy under sixteen, to a on a private course —the prize is a sliver trophy donated by his dad.

AVTOrtOBILE License plates with perforated | numerals is a new idea which is now ; struggling for recognition. • * « Because of the vibration, practically • every part of an automobile becomes loose. Apply the wrench and screwdriver occasionally to make sure that everything is tight.

# . . - Motor Maxims. An ounce of attention Is worth a pound of overhaul. An oiling a day keeps the repairman away. Look before you back. Spare the oil and spoil the car. A rolling car gathers no crowd. A tool in the kit is worth thousands In the garage. Service Is as service does. Fools rush In where experts fear to ride. A little knowledge of electrical systems Is a dangerous thing. An ounce of instruction may save a pound of repair. A skid to the wise is sufficient. MISALIGNED WHEELS QUICKLY WEAR TIRES — Many Miles of Perfectly Good Service Thrown Away. Thousands of perfectly good miles of tire service are thrown away actnally by motorists. It is all done innocently on the part of the car owner through misalignment of wheels. Although the wheels are out of line no more than a quarter of an inch, the resultant damage will be death for the . tire before It has given nearly all of the service which was built Into It by the manufacturer. When misalignment Is extremely bad the motorist must notice it, but in the lesser cases It cannot be detected wlth- ■ out an accurate test. Most up-to-date tire service stations are equipped with specially constructed Instruments for testing alignments. Many gas filling stations also use them while the car is stopped to be filled with gasoline, j Almost any tire service station will test alignment for the asking and will be glad to point out and correct the . cause of trouble. When wheels are out of line for any j reason, the result is h scraping which quickly wears away the tread surface. Instead of running straight ahead and accepting the natural traction surface friction, the tire Is compelled virtually to skid along sideways. This condition frequently Is the fault •of bent axles, but not always. It may be broken springs, loose spring shackles, sprung frames. lo<»se steering j knuckles, bent pinions, wornout bearings or wabbly wheels. SIGN TELLS ITS OWN STORY vrT fl l ~ ~*2 r . y. * . * - ■ - A warning to motorists at West Palm Beach. Fla., nt a dangerous curve near a school crossing. WELL WORTH REMEMBERING Car Invariably Rides Better Over Rough Roads When Engine Is Constantly Pulling It. A car will invariably ride better over a rough road if the engine is constantly pulling it. Most drivers speed up I and then apply the brakes when going over the rough places. The car al- • ways bounces more under this plan, j I and though the driver makes time be- > tween rough spots he loses it as soon as he has to apply his brakes. With the car running along slowly—in “high”— the rear wheels seem to cling to the I road better. The wheels are not so free to be juggled around by the bumps.

For the average motorcar a daily washing is as unnecessary and as harmful as a daily scrubbing of its- ' owner's hat. • * • : If the lines of the car are a little out of date, a little striping when the , car is being repainted will ofttimee bring it right into style. The most comfortable way of descending hills when running over the road at a traveling gait is to slow i down Just before starting the £ecl£4<

KEELER, AT 80, GOES TO WORK After fourteen years of enforced Idleness because of 111 health, J. H. Keeler, widely-known Maryland citizen, has gained forty pounds at the age of eighty years and gone back to work every day. Mr. Keeler, who resides at 3706 Thirty-Second St., Mt. Ranier, Md., gives entire credit for his extraordinary rehabilitation to Tanlac. “My stomach was In such terrible condition I could hardly digest a thing,” says Mr. Keeler. “It would swell to nearly twice its normal size and I would have frightful pains through my stomach and back. I felt so weak, dizzy and miserable work was out of the question. In fact, my friends gave me up on three or four occasions. “Five months ago I began taking Tanlac and improved from the very first bottle. I now eat anything on the table, have gained forty pounds, and am back at work every day. Actually, I feel like a boy again. It would be ungrateful of me not to praise Tanlac.” Tanlac Is for sale by ail good druggists. Accept no substitute. Over 37 million bottles sold. Tanlac Vegetable Pills are Nature’s own remedy for constipation. For salt everywhere.—Advertisement. Wrong One Landed. My best gentleman friend had called nnd, ns I was not yet “dressed up.” I asked my little sister to entertain Hin for a few minutes. As I was descending the stairs I distinctly heard her say, "S ster says If she lands you she’s going to ask you to tnke her to California on a honeymoon trip. Will you take me along?” I was so shocked I did not half look to see where I was going nnd fell headlong down the few remaining steps. My friend picked me up nnd said, “ ’Twas you instead of me who was landed.”—Chicago Tribune. A FEELING OF SECURITY Yon naturally feel secure when yon know that the medicine you are about to take ia absolutely pure and contains no harmful or habit producing drugs. Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer’s SwampRoot, kidney, liver and bladder remedy. The same standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintained in every bottle of Swamp Root. It is scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant and ia taken in teaepoonful doses. It ia not recommended for everything. It ia nature’* great helper in relieving and overcoming kidney, liver and bladder troubles. A sworn statement of purity it with every bottle of Dr. Kilmer’* SwampRoot. If you need a medicine, you should have the best, (hi sale at all drug stores in bottles of two sires, medium and large. However, if you wish first to try this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton. N Y.,' for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.—Advertisement. THING OF MOST IMPORTANCE Idle to Think Woman Would Look at Her Teeth When Her Hair Was in Consideration. The dentist was busy filling a young woman’s teeth. When he had finished the first tooth he handed her a mirror that she might see the result for herself. Then he continued his task, each time handing her the mirror after a tooth had been filled. Finally, when his task was completed and she had ! handed back the mirror with thanks, he asked: ‘‘Well, Mrs. Danforth, how do they look to you?” “Look to me? Why, I haven’t seen them yet!” she exclaimed. “I mean the teeth I have Just filled,” said the dentist, thinking site had not understood. “Oh. I forgot about the teeth,” she replied as she reached for the mirror. “What did you lock at each time, then?’’ queried the dentist, wonderIn gly. “Why. my hair of course.’’ —Harper’s Magazine. Telephoring by Night. Speech can now be efficiently transmitted by means of light over a distance of several miles, said Prof. A. O. . Rankine at the Royal Institute in LonI don. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was also the invento- of the photoplione, by which he , was able to transmit speech by light 1 over a maximum distance of 700 feet. The substance used is selenium, but unfortunately it cannot be relied upon Ito do the same thing every day. Control, however, is steadily being secured. Just Get Outdoors and Dig. The reason why a man imagines that he’s run down and needs a rest is beI cause nature is trying to convince him ; that he needs more exercise.—Boston j Transcript. What He Needed. I Smithy—l'm trying my best to get | ahead. Bruce —That’s fine. You need one.

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IS®(£X£XS)®®®<£X‘^^ 1 g i A Five-and-Ten j Episode f 1 £ 1 ® i © 1 By WILL T. AMES g g I (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) About the only person in the ‘‘five and ten store” who had any use for Lou Landers was Bobby McKay, the window dresser. “Lissun, pet,” said Mame Sloan to the Kaatz girl, who helped her at the candy counter, “she’s got a blimp bean, that one, ’cause she’s had two years in Commercial High. Gee! Bess Nlver Ilves on the same block with her, out In Greendale, ’n’ she says old man Landers ain’t had a day’s work since April. And look at her shoes! The likes of that, swelling herself — whatcha know!” “Ain’t it just!" agreed the Kaatz girl, ringing up a dime. If Lou’s rebellious discontent with a lot that compelled her to spend her entire vacation in the flve-and-ten made her far less than popular with the other girls, it had the opposite effect on Bobby McKay. . ... ...

“She ain’t any more like this bunch i of tlaps than money Is like the Heinies’ I marks," he decided. It pleased him mightily to see her hold herself aloof. So much so that when he discovered the superior Miss Lhnders was bringing her lunch and was crossing over to the common opposite to eat it In the shade of one of the old elms, instead of patronizing the store restaurant, Bobby promptly did likewise; though he had to have the lunch put up at the Greek’s, being an unattached, furnished room young man. At first Bobby’s device succeeded admirably. The window trimmer of n j five-and ten may, by contrast with the ruck of the personnel, be of consider- | able Interest to a lonely, discouraged drl who feels herself above her Job. her surroundings nnd her Involuntary business companionships. F< * a fortnight of consistently fne days the two nte their lunches in company, ami In company experienced the gripping i of a mutual magnetism. Then, all nt once, Lou woke up. Here •ho was. doing the same thing exactly that her mother bad done. In spite of all her desperate determination to do nothing of the kind. Hadn't her mother. nt seventeen, fallen head over heels In love with a brisk young mechanic— i nnd married him on a Joint capita) of thirty five dollars? Ami hadn't they pulled the devil by i the tall. so to speak, ever since—never getting abend more than a few dollars । and every once In a while being flat . broke, like now? And hadn't she sworn n long, solemn oath to herself never tj get caught In that kind of a mess herself? It wasn't that Lou had aspirations toward limousines nnd sables; envy of the rich never entered her head. But she bad learned the lesson of her parents’ higgledy-piggledy existence, nnd she didn't propose to live her own life with just about one payday be- ' tween her and destitution. That's why she was so keen after the commercial course which she felt sure would make her future reasonably secure. She wouldn’t have to mar- I ry the first happy-go-lucky that came along and start housekeeping on the Installment plan if she could finish school and earn a decent salary. And here she was, she repeated, get- ■ ting moony over a boy who—she had his own word for it —had had to quit school because he hadn’t a nickel to go on with am! become a five-and-ten-cent window trimmer instead of the electrical engineer he had planned to I be. If she let these moonings go on I । as they had been, pretty soon Bobby • was going to think of marriage and so would she! And that would be the end of every chance in the world for both of them. So that very noon, when Bobby, all broad smiles, lay in wait for her near the door, Lou told him flat that she didn’t want him to go across to the , common with her that day. “But, what have I done?" protested the dismayed Bobby. “Not a tiling. Bobby,” Lou answered, “but I’d rather not.” Bobby was twenty. Bobby was in I love. Bobby half suspected the truth. | Naturally Bobby sulked and proposed ;to show his Independence. So he I sauntered over to the common by him- I j self, rather grandly ignoring Lou, and sat himself down on the next bench ’ but one to hers, to eat his lunch, just byway of showing how little difference a girl more or less made in his young life. Also he picked up a newspaper »hat some predecessor had left behind and buried himself in it as he abstractedly ate his sandwiches. He pretended not to look at Lou and Lou actually didn’t look at him —for quite a while. When she did, she witnessed an extraordinary thing. Bobby was on his feet anxiously looking first in one direction, then another, till about the common and the adjacent street, obviously seeking some one —and obviously it wasn’t

PEAK IS AN EXTINCT VOLCANO

< Highest Point in Southeastern Asia Covers a Crater That Is by No Means Extinct. Mount Demavend, the highest peak in southwestern Asia, is an extinct volcano 50 miles northeast of Teheran. It has an altitude of 18,500 feet, and is the loftiest peak of the Elburz mountain range, which extends 500 miles along the southern shores of the Caspian sea and into Khorasan. Mount Demavend towers high above the surrounding mountains, which average about 12,000 feet in height, and may be likened to a guidepost in the ■series of ridges which separate the semi-tropical region in the Caspian basin, 81 feet below sea level, and the arid plateau 4,000 feet in altitude. From its summit the ships of the sea are viewed on one side and the Persian desert on the other. Although there is no record of an eruption in historic times, its summit is conical and the crater still is intact. Numerous hot springs at its base are

Lou, for she was In plain enough sight. A man arose from the bench on which Bobby had been sitting and started to move leisurely away. Bobby, instantly abandoning his survey of the neighborhood, started after the man, put himself in front of him and said something. The man made a threatening gesture, whereupon Bobby, still holding the newspaper in one hand, with the other seized the lapel of the stranger’s coat. After that the action was like a speed-camero film chase. The stranger smashed Boljby in the face, tore loose and dashed headlong down the dozen yards or so of park path to the street, across the sidewalk and into the roadway. Bobby, on his feet again quicker than he went down, was close behind. People stood stock still and watched, open mouthed. Lou. aghast, was conscious only of a sick fear. Front street is a traffic plague spot at times. A three-ton truck, momentarily stalled, had halted three trolley i cars and a flock of motor vehicles of i all kinds. As the fleeing stranger essayed to dart through the jam a shabby runabout, squirming ahead without hope of ultimate thoroughfare, blocked

his path completely. The man found himself, two paces from the curb, in a cul-de-sac with the flying form of Bobby almost at his heels. Lou saw the stranger turn, saw even from that distance that his face : was like the face of a snarling dog, J saw his hand whip behind him, saw j the flash of steel, saw a great daub of j red spring from nowhere and take the ' place of Bobby’s face. Lou felt that J she would never get her breath again ; —as though she were dying. There was a rush of people, and Lou ' found herself in it. There was the ’ shrilling of a whistle, a blur of blue uniforms, a tossing and flinging about i of arms and lens in a litle vortex. Dim- j ly Lou caught a fleeting glimpse of i Bobby-, white as a ghost where he wasn't crimson, with a policeman ■ holding him up and a writhing form that two other policeman gripped and ; menaced as they rushed it through the Jam to the patrol box on the corner. I “Bobbie I” cried Lou. But the cry i was no more than a whisper and was ! drowned by the clang of the ambulance . they took him away in. At the hospital that evening they let Lou see Bobby, fir he had made a special request that if by any chance a girl named Louise Landers called she I should be admitted and the doctor had said the long, deep wound nt the edge of the hair wasn't very serious. “I had Just read in that Chicego paper,” explained Bobby, “that there whs a $2,560 reward for this Bolvlck that kidnaped the Chalmers kiddie, i and his picture was In the paper. Then I happened to look up—and there was I his nibs, sitting right there; and him I supposed to be in Mexico. Say, Lou, I ! wns up in the air. I couldn’t see a policeman and be was leaving. So I just had to nail him. If I’d stopped to : think, maybe I wouldn't have done it ' —lt might have seemed silly. But you I don't know how much I wanted that I money, Lou —for the rest of the . course —and—well, for you. So I went ! after him ; and somehow I managed to j hang onto him till the cops came. I ; never knew I was cut until I began to ! wobble after they had him. All I kept * thinking about was twenty-five hun- । dred dollars —and you. Because you aren't the kind of a girl to waste your- J self on a five-and-ten window dresser, Lou.” Then all Lou's wisdom went a-glim- : mering. “Oh, Bobby!" she trembled; ' “It will be wonderful, of course; and we've lots of time. But I —l wouldn't care—now —if you were always going to be a window trimmer—or a window { washer; so there!” War on Predatory Animals. Many state game departments real- j i ize game cannot be protected merely i by controlling the shooter. Such states i encourage warfare against vermin, ; j Pennsylvania, for instance, pays boun- i ties on some four-footed enemies of game. And even Uncle Sam, peeved ; at the loss of $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 ' every year through the slaughter of domestic stock by predatory animals, | has directed the bureau of biological | survey to kill, trap or poison such i “varmints" as the mountain lion, tim- i ber wolf, coyote, bobcat and the stocki killing bear. Last year the bureau em- : ployed 266 men to do this, and it esti- ! mated they killed SO,OOO predatory । animals. Venomous Spiders. ! The jawbones of nearly all spiders ‘ are furnished with a curved claw, ' corresponding to the poison fang of the snake and used for the same purpose. This claw is perforated at the end, allowing poison to be ejected through the opening. The tarantula is another large tropical spider that sometimes is brought in with bananas and other fruit from Mexico or Central American countries. Many fruit handlers have suffered fatal results when bitten by this venomous insect, which secrets itself on a banana stalk, lies practically torpid during the voy- ! age on the ship and then springs out 1 if disturbed.

® ■ active, and the internal heat is sufficient to melt the snow about the summit and uncover large deposits of । sulphur. This substance is brought • down to the plains in bags as an article “of commerce. When She Marries. “Not one woman in a hundred marj ries her first choice. Her first choice. । perhaps, is not a living man at all, j but a supernatural abstraction in a 1 book, one of the heroes, say, of Hall | Caine, Ethel M. Dell, or Marie Corelli. : After him comes a moving-picture । actor. Then, perhaps, many more, i Then a young clergyman. Then the junior partner in the firm she works for. Then a couple of department managers. Then a clerk. Then a young man with no definite profession or permanent job. “In the end, suddenly terrorized by the first faint shadows of spinsterhood, -she turns to the ultimate numbskull and marries him out of hand.” —From “In Defense of Women,” by H. L. Mencken.

MRS. LINDQUIST TELLS WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE What Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Did for Her Kansas City, Mo.—“l was left in a very serious condition after childbirth

and no one thought I could ever be any better. Then came the ‘Change of Life* and I was not prepared for what I had to suffer. I had to go to bed at times to be perfectly quiet as 1 could not even stoop down to pick anything from the floor. I did not suffer any pain, but I waa

decidedly nervous ana could not sleep. For nearly two years I was this way, and the doctor was frank enough to tell me that he could do no more for me. Shortly after this I happened to see in a newspaper an advertisement of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. In a few days the medicine was in the house and l had begun its use and I took it regularly until I was well. I recommend the Vegetable Compound to others when I have the opportunity.’’—Mrs. May Lindquist, 2814 Independence Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Map Sea Floor in Contour. The first successful contour map of a deep sea zone has just been completed by hydrographers of the United States government. It shows the submerged hills, valleys ajid ’iffs over 84,000 square miles of the bed of the Pacific ocean. CHILDRENCRY FOR “C ASTORIA” Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother! Fletcher’s Castorla has been in use for over 30 years to relieve babies and children of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep without opiates. The genuine bears signature Too Expensive. “Does your wife object to your smok- ■ ing?” ‘‘Yes; she says we can't both afford to do it.” Just What She Wanted. “Bella married a house painter.” “She always talked about wanting a man she could look up to.” Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION CV~f INDIGESTKW s Hot water Sure Relief Bell-ans AND Zs| PACKAGES E^RYWHERE I —— Skin Tortured Babies Sleep Mothers Rest After Cuticura Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c,Talcnrr 25c. 16799 DIED in New York City alone from kidney trouble last year. Don’t allow ' yourself to become a victim by neglecting pains and aches. Guard against trouble by taking LATHROP’S HAARLEM OIL The world’s standard remedy for kidney; liver, bladder and uric acid troubles. Holland’s national remedy since 1696. All druggists, three sizes. Guaranteed. Look for the name Gold Medal on a very box and accept no imitation Do Your Feet Hurt? When shoes pinch or corns and bunions ache, get a package of Allen’s FootEase, the antiseptic, healing powder to be shaken into the shoes. It takes the sting out of corns, bunions and callouses, and gives instant relief to Smarting, Aching, Swollen feet. At night when your feet ache and burn from walking or dancing sprinkle some Allen’s FootEase in the foot-bath and you will solve your foot troubles. Over 1.500,000 pounds ! of powder for the feet were used by our Army and Navy during the war. Scic everywhere. FRECKLES Don't Hide Them With a Veil; Remove Them With Othine—Double Strength This preparation for the treatment of : freckles is usually so successful in removing i freckies and giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it is sold under guarantee to refund the money if it fails. Don’t hide your freckles under a veil; ret an ounce of Othiae and remove th»m. Even the first few applications should show a wonderful Improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing entirely. Be sure to ask the druggist for ths double-strength Othine: It Is this that Is •old on the money-back guarantee.