Walkerton Independent, Volume 49, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 September 1923 — Page 2

MRS. BUTLER'S ACHESANDPAINS Vanished After Using Lydia EL Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound W. Philadelphia, Pa. — * “When I cleaned house last April I must have overlifted.

for after that I had pains and aches all the time and was so discouraged. I couid hardly do my own housework, and I could not carry a basket of groceries from the store nor walk even four or five squares without getting terrible pains in my back and abdomen and lower limbs.

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I went to visit a friend in Mt. Holly, N. J., and she said, ‘Mrs. Butler, why don’t you take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound? ’ My husband said that if it did her so much good for the same trouble, I should try it. So I have taken it and it is doing me good. Whenever I feel heavy or bad, it puts me right on my feet again. I am able to do my work with pleasure and am getting strong and stout. I still take the Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills, and am using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Sanative Wash.”—Mrs. Charles ButLER,1233 S.Hanson St,,W.Phila., Pa. Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Miass., for a free copy of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Private Text Book upon “Ailments of Women.” How True. "Pa, what Is ‘rare judgment’?" "Any at all.”—From Life. Aspirin Say “Bayer” and Insistl Unless you see the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” only. Each unbroken package contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.—Advertisement. Being sorry for others Is often a mild form of boasting. Have You a Bad Back? You can’t be happy when every day brings morning lameness, torturing backache and sharp, cutting pains. So, why not find the cause and correct it? Likely it’s your kidneys. If you suffer headaches and dizziness, too—feel tired, nervous and depressed, it’s further proof your kidneys need help. Neglect is dangerous! Begin using Doan's Kidney Pills today. Thousands have been helped by Doan’s.^ They should help you. Ask your neighbor! A Michigan Case , Mrs. Frank Coszy~l bitt. 917 Merchant 7jy^”St.. Alpena, Mich., 1 "^^X-.^Ssays: "My back i j WwyE? hurt me and morn- ~ ' / jn gs it was stiff *-/ and lame. Sharp Jp pains darted through my back when I stooped . > < 11 over. I was weak —I V and nervous. Black I ’spots floated before my eyes and I became dizzy. Dull headaches bothered me and my kidneys were weak. I used one box of Doan's Kidney Pills and I was completely cured." Get Doan’s at Any Store, 60c a Box DOAN’S FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. Shave With ■ Cuticura Soap The New Way Without Mu^ My Picture on Every Package P.D.Q.W^ P. D. Q., a chemical (not an Insect powder) that will ac- xg-xz tually ria a house of Bed Bugs, Roaches. Fleas and Ants with its proper use—imposst- X hie for them to exist as it kills Ags their eggs as well and thereby ■tops future generations. A 3oc package makes a quart. ; Free—a patent spot in every package, to get them in the nard-to-get-at places. Special g® Hospital size, $2.50. makes 5 gX gallons. Tour druggist has It ■■ or can get it for yon. Mailed JBV prepaid upon receipt of price ill by the Owl Chemical Works. Terre Haute, Ind. Agent« to Place Home-Protection Contract*. Maximum benefit 11.000 No examination. Average cost has been 18 00 per year Nor'h America Benefit Corporation. Springfield, tit. Don't be a slave. Don't sutfer tntaery and be • joke to your friends. Stop that sniffling, snuffling and wheezing. Don’t battle for breath. Use RaxMah capsules—harmless, easy to take for prompt relief. Thousands in Detroit and Michigan enjoyed the first happy summer in years, thanki to Rag-Mah. No guess work- Biggest skeptics pleased with prompt relief. No case too severe. Just send 4 cents in stamps for prove-all trial, or ask your Druggest for a regular SI.OO box. RazMah Co., 2228 Congress SuW eat, Detroit

i ■ Winning the i ! Widow I By EVELYN B. WHITMORE • ; : oy AicClure Nvuopuper uc.de,) । "For twenty years the Widow Jones, utteuua.eu ui body but UeleriuiiieU ol mien, nail Lived next door to the colonel. Lu tact, only u good-sized yard • ' separated Ilie two places, and alter ail tliis time she bad come to the conclusion that the dapper little bachelor needed someone to look alter his material wants besides “that man Jed," who glowered like a thundercloud whenever she looked in his direction. : Furthermore, she decided to annex \ him if he were annexable. That settled, the widow proceeded to supplement her usual neighborly kind- j nesses with further expressions ol good will. These consisted oi appetizing dainties that she knew wouldn't fail to attract the eye and tempt the palate of any normal male human. Everything in the line of edibles, from soup to pie. found the trail to the colonel's door. When the “hand outs,” us Jed culled j them, appeared more and more fre- । quentiy, the colonel experienced a vague uneasiness. The climax came one winter morning as he was leaving the house. There in the snow, almost under his win- j dows, was the gushing announcement, | “Oh, the dear colonel! How 1 love the dear colonel 1” "Scheming individual,” muttered the angry little man. "What’s site after now?” striding wrathfuliy up the road. That some young torment might be the offender never occurred to hlui even when, from the tail of his eye, he noted a duplicate inscription scrambled across the snowy expanse of Widow Jones’ front yard. As his resentment abated, a sensation of fear came in Its stead. The widow was tall enough to look clear over the top of his head, and who knew what these designing females, especially widows, might do? Pictures of bodily kidnaping flashed through his brain, and he kept close 1 inside his own domicile for the next few weeks. The widow’s reception of the wrathprovoking words was equally explosive, and the colonel’s subsequent ducking for cover produced a snort of derision. “So the old reprobate thought he was acting smart, eh?” Het expression and tone registered contempt, j “Well, I'll let the little ’fraid cut se- i verely alone and see what will hap- ! pen. Maybe ’twill start something and maybe ’twon’t." She promptlj’ transferred her atten- ' tlons and culinary donations to Gramp Simpkins, who lived down next to the parson. For a while this arrangement j worked, then the colonel began to show alarm. The parson was a w!d- • ower and might be on the lookout for a wife for all anybody knew. Consequently, whenever he saw his neighbor leave the bouse with a suspicious- I looking parcel, he got out his field glasses and watched her. Sure enough, she turned into the parson’s driveway every time. "And Biny’s (her name was Arabine) the best cook in this burg.” he wailed, jealously. " ’Twas mighty nice i of her to fetch Jed and me those fast}’ messes." Now that it was too late, he wanted j what he couldn't have. (Such Is rhe perverse nature of the male of the spe- i cles). And he not only wanted more j of "those tasty messes.” but Biny, also. ' As that astute lady had wisely surmised. the way to his heart lay through his stomach. When he could stand the strain no longer, he Invented numerous errands that would take him over to her house. ■ His clock was forever gaining time, ; or losing time, or stopping entirely. Jed, the colonel’s man of all work, frowned disapprovingly on these mysterious proceedings. “What's he lurrupIng over there fourteen times a day for? And there he was yesterday,” disgustedly, "climbing that wiggling ladder to fix the water spout. S'posin' that angular widow had given the ladder a flip, where’d he landed? Right ker-plunk in her blasted old rain barrel!” Jed could be what he called “dinged profane” when the occasion demanded a display of verbal fireworks, and just now he felt like airing all that he had ever acquired. Later developments caused him to scratch his head in perplexity. And likewise to voice his disapproval of the whole business. “Just see what he’s done now!” he growled. "Gone and bought that fidgerator (what the thing was for Jed didn’t know; moreover, he didn’t care—not overmuch, anyway), and the new-fangled bureau contraption they call a shlverette (a least that Is the way it sounded) and a plush square art.” He couldn't understand why the colonel should waste good money on foolish “concerns.” when the house was full of stuff plenty stylish enough I

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Wonderful Process of Tempering Said I to Have Been Hi ought to Perfection by Two Americans. Chopping a cold crowbar into chunks with an ax and whittling a steel rod into shavings with a pocketknife are made simple performances j through a process of steel tempering ! that Is credited to two Inventors in | the state of Washington. In fact, a I steel ax and pocketknives that had I been tempered by the process are al- j leged to have actually been made to , perform these seemingly Impossible feats. Damascus steel would be of vastly Inferior quality to this tempered metal, according to the claims put forth on behalf of it. The process consists in I the use of certain chemicals In water 1 or oil in the tempering vessel. It Is declared that any kind of tool —from a blunt hammer head to a keen-edged razor —can be tempered to a perfection never before attained. Drills tempered by this process are said to I

for angular widows, or any other kind. However, the widow simply smiled serenely. She was cordial enough, but appeared to take no especial interest in ids various coinings and goings, and still carried "hand outs” uown the ' parson's way. Things went from bad to worse, ac- | cording to the pessimistic Jed, until the season catne when "a young man’s ; fancy (and an old man’s, too, apparently), lightly turns to thoughts of love." By tills time, the colonel had mapped out his plan of action. Early one Monday morning, dressed in his Sunday best, he left the house, singing gayly, “You have me hypnotized, mesmerized, paralyzed.” “Huh, hope she does paralyze you, and quick, too!” glared Jed with withering scorn. But the blissful lover tripped blithely on. In the middle of the road he met the town terror wearing an impish grin and an immense peony fastened to ids coat. “Hello, Bub," the colonel beamed; "that's a smashing button-hole bouquet you’ve got. Wbat’il you take for it—a dime?" “Sure, hand it over.” The dime changed owners and Bub's peony bobbed giddily from the colonel’s coat lapel. “Now where’s he going? ’ worried Jed, who had watched the transaction. He knew the colonel need« d a guardian the worst way, but, “glory be to the love of the United States." who I wanted to tackle a job like that? From tiie Willow Jones’ shed door came unmistakable sounds of vigorous scrubbing and the colonel beaded that way. If ids feet hud been prone to lag, the militant “rub-a-dub-dub" would have been an added spur. "Great Grief I” Biny exclaimed, as she saw Idm march bravely up the walk. She sniffed derisively. "All the common sense these he-creatures own could be packed it peanut shell and then leave room to spare. What's he parading over here wash day for, and all dolled up with that blazing posy?” She had an overwhelming desire to call out, “Hey, peony, where you carrying the little chap?” but refrained and bent chuckling over her tub. “ 'Morning. Biny,” chirped the colonel. “Thought I'd come over and help —turn the wringer or something." Suiting the action to the word, he grasped the handle and turned energetically while the solemn-faced Biny fed clothes to the revolving rollers. They were getting on swimmingly, the colonel exulted. Still, as everyone knows, the course of true love never did run smooth, and the colonel’s affair was to be no exception to the general rule. He presently struck a snug in the shape of an obstinate button that would not go through. Undaunted, he gave a tremendous pull to the wringer handle as Biny pushed from her side, and over j went bench, tubs and the colonel, the sudden deluge completely obliterating the little fellow. Awestruck by the catastrophe, the startled Biny stood like a graven Im- | age. When she became aware of strange gurgling sounds caning from beneath the biggest tub. she remembered that her suitor was burled somewhere under the debris, and set to work. "Suffering Jonah!” spluttered the wilted colonel as she flshed uim out of the wreckage. "Oh-h-h, Lemuel, dear,” quavered the widow. She was down on her knees in the swirling flood, pawing over the wet clothes in a frantic effort to locate the dear Lemuel's lost peony. In less time than it tukes to tell it. that gentleman had marshaled his scattered wits. He plunged ills dripping self down beside her in the soapy puddle, and clasping her neck with a strangle hold, planted full on her surprised lips a kiss that he would have termed “smashing.” If it did not strike forcibly on the ears of the watching Jed It was because he had been stricken stone deaf. “Well, I'll be everlastingly drawn and quartered!” Jed exploded. "Well —that’s settled; p'r'aps now I’ll hava little peace.” In the shed the tableau went on. “Biny, will you be mine?" gasped the colonel, his mouth full of soapsuds. “I’m famished for some of your waffles.” “Yes, yes. I’ll marry you tonight If you’ll just let go my neck. My windpipe’s almost squashed." The colonel, his eyes filled with visions of smoking waffles, subsided happily upon the cake of soap Followed by Silence. The boarding club was nothing to brag about, and Miss Sintons wished to entertain Mrs. L. and her little girl at dinner, so she decided to t ke them to a restaurant. Bin it was a college town, and Miss Simons soon learned that the boarding house meals were to be preferred, so she invited her friends there. The meal was almost over when Mrs. L.'s three-year-old he,d up the crust of her piece of pie, having scraped out the inside, and culled: “Mother, bone,” just as the landlady opened the door.

have stood the test of us< for 40 days without sharpening in driving the tun ne) on the Wasco mine through the hardest kind of rock. • > Reason Unanswerable On a southern train a drummer was , speaking with enthusiasm about his • home city. “My town is on the boom," he declared. “She Is a great little town.” There was a Jnrist In the smoker. He sniffed and demanded: “Why do I you say she is a great little town?" Would it not be equally proper to say *he is a great little town?’’’ “I don’t think so." “Give me a reason" “I come from Chanotte." Georgia Woman Defies Age. At the age of ninety-six. Mrs. Roena Brown, of Campbell, <ia.. shows no sign of losing her physical strength, she still being able to fell trees with the agility of a person thirty years I of awe.

REAL JOYS OF LIVING IN COUNTRY (■NSu, - -wt: n J When the sun begins to cast its rays right into your innermost bones, then Is the time to pack up, take the bus and family, and shoot away to some quiet country place for a few days to taste the real Joys of living. Here is a camping squad of autos and they all seem to be enjoying themselves while dinner is being prepared.

DISK CLUTCH IS EASY IN ACTION Mechanism of Unusual Qualities and Unit of Almost 100 Per Cent Perfection. (By ERWIN GREER. Prenident Greer College of Automotive Engineering'. Chicago.) The disk clutch is a mechanism of unusual qualities. Simple, easy to operate, efficient and lasting, hi view of the severe work which It has to perform and the excellent manner In which It does It. without attention, makes it a unit of almost 100 per cent perfection. There are times, however, Vhen one of these clutches after a period will begin to slip. This slipping condition will usually develop after the first two or three months’ service If it is going to slip at nil, and I am now going to try o make It clear, the reason of this and how to overcome it. Tliis clutch of the dry disk type is made up of a number of disks ari ranged alternately with a steel plate I against one fabric lined. The edges of the fabric-lined disks have a series of teeth cut around the outer diameter which mesh with corresponding । grooves In the outer drum. The steel l disks have keyway ; out in tiie edge of holes in tiie disks which engage in keys In the intern"! drum. When the clutch Is engaged these disks are firmly compressed by two springs acting against the compressor plate. Height of Disks. The height of the total number of disks piled one on top of the other and arranged the same as when in tiie clutch should equal or be slightly in excess of tiie distance from tiie shoulder to the edge of the internal clutch drum. When a car Is new the lined disks are bound to have high spots on them and after a few hundred miles’ running these high spots will he worn down, resulting In a reduction In the measure of the disk assembly. When the reduction Is sufficient to make the measurement of the disk assembly less than the measurement from the shoulder to the edge of the drum, then the compressor plate will strike the edge of the drum and the pressure of the springs will be against the drum instead of the disks, resulting in a slipping clutch. To Correct Slipping. To correct this slipping condition the only thing necessary Is to add something to the disk assembly in order to increase the measure of the disk assembly. Tills can he done by Installing one extra disk and the hest place to put It is against the shoulder of the drum. One disk is usually sufficient to make up the required amount. Do not put too many disks In as there would be a possibility of the clutch not releasing properly. Very often when one of these clutches starts to slip the owner will pour gasoline on it or tighten the springs. This usually does not help much as in most cases slipping is caused by the condition just given. Slipping of the clutch Is also caused by improper pedal adjustment. The clutch pedal at all times should have a slight amount of play so that there Is no doubt that the clutch is being held out by the pedal stop. Do not pour oil In the clutch housing as it will damage the clutch lining, making it too soft. Keep the thrust bearing greased. CARBURETOR MIXTURE TESTS Driver Soon Can Tell If Correct by Opening Petcocks at Top of Cylinders. You can tell if the carburetor mixture is correct by opening the petcocks at the tops of the cylinder (If the engine has them) one at a time and noting the color of the flame wdiich emerges from the cylinder while the engine Is running. If the flame Is a faint blue the mixture Is correct. If It Is red, too much gasoline Is being consumed, and If the flame is yellow the mixture Is too lean. An Emergency Pin. In an emergency a temporary taper pin may be filed from an ordinary nail or a stiff piece of wire to replace a taper pin that has broken on the magnetic drive or In some other Important location. Bearings Lopsided. When bearings begin to wear, they are soon knocked-lopsided, depending upon the thrust of the engaging member. Even the slightest amount of wear will develop a knock which greatly hastens the end of the bearing.

I EASIEST METHOD TO GET AT COMMUTATOR Task Is Simplified by Use of Thin Wooden Paddle. It Is difficult to get at commutators as a rule, due to the small opening at tiie commutator end of a generator or starting motor. This requires that some simple tool he made to get at the commutator through one of the brush holder openings. The easiest way to do this is to take the cover of a cigar box or some thin wood stock and make a small paddle about 4 or 6 inches long and about half the width of the brush holder. To use this simple arrangement for cleaning generator commutators first remove the most accessible generator brush and then wrap a strip of No. 00 sandpaper over the end of the paddle and use It through the brush holder I when the engine Is running as one would use a hand lathe tool. This will thoroughly clean the commutator and do it evenly. Under no circumstances use emery cloth or electrical cloth, as emery is a conductor and will short the commutator. Shorted armature i windings ( >n most machines will make themselves known by turning the segments of tiie armature a blue color, one shorted winding will make two segments 1W degrees apart or one-half way around tiie commutator change ' color. A dirty motor commutator causes • arcing and heating. This is also true if the contact faces of the brushes are cut and not smooth. If this condition is found, it is best to smooth the face' of the brushes, as they will cut the . commutator so badly in a short time that it will have to be refaced by taking a cut off of It in a lathe. HEADLIGHT FOLLOWS BENDS Lamps Controlled by Steering Mechanism in Such Manner That They Turn With Wheels. In illustrating and describing an automobile headlight, the invention of R. L. Rice and W. M. Jordan of Hovey, Miss., the Scientific American says: Tliis Invention relates to headlights for automobiles or similar vehicles, and has for its object to provide means wherein the headlights are controlled -MW) I I - Headlights Follow Wheels. by the steering mechanism in such manner that they turn with the steer- ; Ing wheels of the vehicle whereby the road is illuminated even on the sharpest turns. Further objects are to provide means by which the lights may be controlled to remain stationary, or may be removed and used as a spot- • light enabling the driver to readily carry out repairs. AVTOMOBHX The pan under the engine is a unit which is capable of making considerable noise if it is not properly fitted and rigidly secured in position. • • • One of the most common complaints among car owners Is the Improper action of the clutch. The clutch throw- । out collar needs constant lubrication. 1 A handy screwdriver can be made from a shoe buttonhook by cutting off the hook end, then flattening this and ■ shaping it to fit the heads of small screws. • • • With the aid of the oiling chart supplied with the car every grease cup should be inspected, filled if it is empty, and given a turn to insure pressure enough to force the grease Into the mechanism. High Oil Pressure. The oil pressure gauge on the dash sometimes registers high oil pressure | at slow engine speeds when the engine is first started. This Is due to the con- i gealed oil ta the Une leading to the i gauge, and also in other parts of tha , lubricating system. ‘

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Cleans the Paint. Remove finger-prints by wiping the paint with a cloth dipped in kerosene. Then go over the surface with a cloth wrung out of hot water. And After That! Tourist —Is this a quiet place? Fisherman —It was until people Started coming here to find quiet.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l Why He Called It “Portland” Cement In 1824, an English mason wanted to produce a better cement than any then in us^. To do this he burned finely ground clay and limestone together at a high heat. The hard balls [called clinker] that resulted were ground to a fine powder. When a mixture of this dull gray powder with water had hardened, it was the color of a popular building stone quarried on the Isle of Portland oS the coast of Eng* land. So this mason, Joseph Aspdin, called his discovery “portland” cement. | That was less than one hundred years z ago. Portland cement was not made in the United States until fifty years ago. The average annual production for the ten years following was only 36,000 sacks. Last year the country used over 470,000,- I 000 sacks of portland cement. Capacity to manufacture was nearly 600,000,000 sacks. Cement cannot be made everywhere because raw materials of the necessary chemical composition are not found in sufficient quantities in every part of the country. But it is now manufactured in 27 states by 120 plants. There is at least one of these plants within shipping dis- ; tance of any community in this country. To provide a cement supply that would always be ample to meet demand has x meant a good deal in costly experience ■ to those who have invested in the cement industry. There have been large capital investments with low returns. In the last twenty-five years, 328 ce- ’ ment plants have been built or have gone ■ through some stage of construction or financing. 162 were completed and placed in operation. Only 120 of these plants have survived the financial, operating and marketing risks of that ; period. Their capacity is nearly TO per cent f greater than the record year’s demand. * These are a few important facts about an industry’ that is still young. Advertisements to follow will give you more of these facts, and # will tell something of the important place ce- ? ment occupies in the welfare of every individual PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 111 West Washington Street CHICAGO ’eA National Organization to Improve and Extend the L set of Concrete Atlanta Denver Kansas City New York San Francis Birmingham Des Moines Los Angeles Parkersburg Seattle , Bo.ton Detroit Memphis Philadelphia St. Louis Chicago Helena Milwaukee Pittsburgh Vancouver, B. Dalia. Indianapolis Minneapolis Portland, Oreg * ashington, D.C. Jacksonville New Orleans Salt Lake City 2 Catarrh CLINICAL tests have proved that Zonite, the World War ,2311 antiseptic, is highly effective in A cases of nasal catarrh. \ p The antiseptic is used in dilution y as a nasal spray for this trouble. /T V V / / to the nsu " N I co us membrane and reduce a!> J< V normal discharges, thus clearing the nasal passages. Note: A more copious flow of mucous may be expected after spraying; it will soon disappear. Atomizer fittings must be of hard rubber. Tonite PCISC'NOUS

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