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Fage 6 THE M.UTIX TIMKS THURSDAY, JULY U. 1027 story WITCH-HAZEL FLOWERS TN THE fall of the year." said the Sandman, "there are yellow flow ers te be seen on bushes which have la ire and thick leaves. "These flowers are alongside of the twigs of these bushes and they are known as the Witch-Hazel flowers. "There are some that flower In the spring but the ones of which Tin speaking flower In the fall "Miss Witch-Hazel Bush was dressed p In her very best, and very, very proud was she. " 'I'm going to have an exciting time next summer,' she said. "'Instead of wearing a flower dress I shall think only of fruit and I will "Yes, You've All Heard of Witch. : Hazel." shoot forth seeds as my fruit pods burst and In this way more witch-hazel shrubs will be able to grow up. "1 really live for that wonderful time when I can shoot forth these seeds.- I shoot them some distance. It Is most exciting. 'I hope you will always be able to THE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H. IRVINQ KINQ . GOATS AND HEALTH A SUPERSTITION fairly common In this country and practically universal In England as well as I- cer tain continental countries of Europe, Is that if one keeps other animals, It Is a good thing to have a goat or two around also. The goats keep the oth er animals healthy. This is In accordance with the char acter assigned the goat as a bearer of the afflictions and sins of others from time Immemorial. Witness the scape goat of the Jews. Among the early races of India goats were sacrificed by the thousand at certain festivals as offerings to the deities of the lower cult" and the goat as a substitute for the human sacrifice of a boy was of fered to Dionysus, the wine-god. by the Greeks. In being thus sacrificed It will be seen the goat played his characteristic part, a part well ex pressed by a modern slang phrase olclng an old Idea. When anyone is made to bear the blame for the dere lictions of others we say, "He Is the goat," or "It seems I am the goat." So we can see why It Is well to have a goat or two about the place to take tpon themselves the diseases which otherwise might be attached to the other domestic animals and to absorb our bad luck. And the goat Is' especial ly dedicated to "being the goat" for animals from the fact that he Is sa cred to the great god Pan, the god of -the fields and farms and of the flocks and herds. In fact 'Pan was repre sented In Greek art as having the tipper part of his body like that of an elderly man while the lower part was like the hind quarters of a goat. ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) . o 0t Caffrttf lilt, t, 1W M M "A hick town," says Sophisticated Sophie, "Is a place where the only cover charge they know about is the undertaker's." , ' , (Copyright.) Martha Martin recognize mc which means that I hope you will always be able to know who I am when my leaves are falling. "'My leaves are broad and have straight veins. My leaves and bark go to make up my namesake In the medicine chest. 'Yes, you've nil heard of wlteh-ha-sel. Well, witch-hazel got Its name from our family, for we make witch hazel. "'We're not the kind either that crea tures turn up their.noses at as they do at old castor oil and some of those dis agreeable things. "'We're not to be swallowed. No Indeed. That's where we are so nice. " 'We dont go about with that wan ner which castor oil has as though to say: " "You'll be sick If you don't take us. Maybe we'll make you sick for a while, but In the end we will make you well." "'We dont make anyone sick first No, we're not like that As I said, we don't want to be swallowed I mean my Medicine Closet relative doesn't want to be swallowed. " 'Witch-hazel was never supposed to be swallowed. No, it can be used for burns and sprains and all kinds of sore places. But It is never to be swallowed. Never, never. "'We help gentlemen after shaving they can put our Medicine Closet Cousin over their faces and so keep their faces from feeling rough. "Oh, we're very useful. Homes, In ray opinion, aren't homes without us. "'We help headaches. We don't do people any harm either the way some horrid medicines will do. " 'No, we're cool and pleasant when some of the drops of the Wltch-na-zel family are put upon a big hand kerchief and then put upon the aching head. "'No horrible swallowing of us! We're to be used outside and not taken Insider "So," said the Sandman, "you may see Wltch-Hazel shrubs some day and you will know that It Is from the witch-hazel plants that witch-hazel comes and that Miss Wltch-Hazel Is going to shoot forth seeds from her fruit pods this summer. And. too, that she is already looking forward to that dayl" (Copyright) For Meditation oooooo. Bj LEONARD A. BARRETT HUMAN STORAGE BAT TERIES THE battery refused to turn the engine ever. The wiring was found to be In first-class condition, all con tacts were properly ,made, and yet the engine would not start Of course not; the battery had run down. One thing about an electric storage bat tery you can get out of It only what you put Into It Some persons start the venture in life with I e idea that all depends upon luck anl chance. If one succeeds In life's undertakings It Is because fa vorable circumstances created oppor tunities. Failure la due to the ab sence of a chance; and that chance is a matter of sheer luck. Those who have succeeded In life know the folly of this argument Their experience has taught them that opportunities are not created for peo ple so much as people create their own opportunities. The man wtio sits down and waits for something to turn up soon finds failure staring him In the face. The person who succeeds In life Is the one who Is prepared to seize the opportunity after he creates It Many persons have splendid chances but they lack the ability to take advan tage of them. The successful man Is the ready man, ready with the neces sary materials at his hand. Fifteen minutes of time have decid ed the fate of many an adventurer. Opportunities come on the wing, in the flash of the moment, sometimes only after a long period of time spent In creating them. He is a wise man who Is able to recognize an opportu nity even after he has succeeded In creating it. Whatever Is worth having In this world costs something. The most ex pensive price one can pay for life's success lies not In creating an op portunity but In preparation for It. There Is no short cut to the shining goal of success. This preparation con sists not only In becoming conversant with the principles of our chosen pro fession and how to apply them, but In making human contacts. In order to succeed with people we must first know them. Much time Is given to the study of arts and sciences, but too little to the study of personality or which some call the human soul. This Is a basic value, for upon it everything else depends. We get oat of life no more thai we put Into It. (, 1927, by Western Newspaper Union.) O Temporary Tie When you promised to; obey at the altar you waived certain rights. She Yes, but It wasn't a permanent waive. Natalie Kingston . i The large hat hat unusual potiiblU Itlea In the wardrobe. Trimmings ap pear to Impart a more feminine touch to the hats. Flowers and feathers fre quently soften rather trim outlines. Side treatments are much used while In some cases the trimming appears at the back at the nape of the neck. Natalie Kingston, the "movie" ao tress, whose rather large hats Intro duct this type Into favor, wears sev eral charming models in the film, "Diamonds In the Rough." O CKXOC0vCK4 How It Started By Jean Newton 0KKKKKXKOKO0OOKO000 CAPTAIN KIDD WHETHER It Is through a grown-up who attends a masque as Captain Kidd, a small boy exhibit ing his prowess with a toy sword and calling himself "Cuptnln Kidd or one of those periodic revivals of the legend of Captuln Kldd's burled treasure, we are never without some reminder of this character who has come down to us not only in legend and tradition and fiction, but In history. For Captain Kidd, though a highly colored and romantic figure, Is no fic titious character out of a fuble or old play, as many people who are unfa miliar with his origin may Imagine. The authentic ancestor of the modern masquerading Captain Kidd was Wil liam Kidd, a British navigator who lived from 1050 to 1701. He was a well-known trader out of the colony of New York and during the war be tween England and France became fa mous for his bravery and his skill as a seaman. In 1005 Captain Kidd received com missions from the king to capture pi rates, and when, after sailing forth in his famous galley, the Adventure, he did not return with ships, it was rumored that he himself had turned pirate and was roving the seas wltn his stolen treasure. Learning of this, he sailed boldly Into Boston harbor and delivered to the governor a great hoard of treasure which he had cap tured. Nevertheless he was arrested, and history tells us, unjustly tried and hanged In London on May 23, 170L After Captain Kidd's death It was rumored about that he and his crew had burled Immense treasure along the coast of the United States. A part of the booty of the ship Quedagh was actually found secreted off Gardiner's island, off Mont auk Point, Long Island, (Copyrliaht.) UO IOU1XI10W That: 11. UUREKA," meaning "I have found - It out," Is an exclamation at tributed to Archimedes, the Syracuse philosopher, upon discovering a meth od of determining the purity of the gold In King Ulero's crown. The story Is that Hiero delivered a certain weight of gold to a workman to be made Into a votive crown, but suspecting that the workmnn had al loyed the gold with an Inferior metal, asked Archimedes to test the crown. The philosopher went to bathe and In stepping into the bath, which was quite full, noticed that some of the water ran over. It Immediately struck him that a body must remove Its own bulk of water when Immersed. When the Idea flashed across his mind, the philosopher Jumped out of the bath exclaiming, "Eureka, Eureka," and then ran home to try his experiment on the crown. He reasoned, silver Is lighter than gold, therefore a pound weight of silver will be more bulky than a pound-weight of gold, and be ing of greater bulk will remove mijra water. Henoe "Eureka" signifies an expres sion of triumph concerning a discov ery. It Is also the motto of the state of California. Anna S. Turnquist (, 17, by Western Newspaper Union.) O ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) J, WWW WW o w w w w w FAMOUS MINING STRIKES By THOMAS E. STEWARD A W WW W W O WWXWWW Search for New Mining Methods THE government's study of the Me sabl Iron district ends with 1W2 mid gives the shipments In that year as LVLIUVM tons of ore. Seemingly the author considered this a tremen dous figure, perhaps one that would not easily be surpassed. Yet In the years of the World war Minnesota shipped as high as 43,000,000 tons of ore In one year, and duplicated that record In ll23. The Iron ranges of the entire Lake Superior district. In cluding Wisconsin and Michigan, have shipped an aggregate of 67,000,000 tons In a single year. This Is the Increase of a mining Industry that began In 1302 with the modest shipment of 4.245 tons from the Mesabl range. Jumped to 4.275,000 tons In 1007, to 7,800,000 tons In HKK), and, as has been pointed out, to 13, 829.000 In 1902, 10 years after Its opening. Notwithstanding the Immense amounts of ore that have been taken from the Iron mines of Minnesota, hundreds of millions of tons of high grade ore remain. Estimates look forward to the ei haustlon of the high-grade ore supply In something like SO years. Meanwhile the mines experiment station at the University of Minne sota Is bending all of Its energies to the task of finding methods for "bene flclatlng" low-grade ores so thnt they may profitably be shipped. One method has been developed that makes It per fectly possible to use the rocklike "magnetite" ores of the eastern range, hut the method Is expensive and can be used only In years when the price of ore Is so high that these mines can be operated at a profit The state of Minnesota Is now appropriating some thing like $20,000 s year for use In experiments looking to the separation of iron from low-grade ores by a roasting or "metallizing" process that could be carried on near the spot where the ore was mined. This will be Important If It Is developed be cause most of the smelters using this ore are far away, at Chicago, Gary. Cleveland, Toledo, or elsewhere. Cost of transporting the ore Is great The rich ores, some of them containing from 60 to 05 per cent In actual Iron, can always be shipped, but from 45 per cent Iron on down to 25 per cent Iron, the ores are so lean that the shipper is paying an Inordinate amount of freight on mere waste material thnt must be thrown away at the other end. If the Minnesota School of Mines experiment station succeeds In accom plishing the method of "metallising" It will ad! millions of dollars to the wenltk that state will derlrs from taxes and- wlH Indefinitely pnlong Minnesota's mining Industry. Esti mates place the supply of low-grade ores on the Iron range at many bil lions of tons. Spanish Strike in Arizona THE region now known as the State of Arizona was a remote moun tain area In the northern section of Spain's American possessions bock In the Eighteenth century. As early as 1000 Spain had sent expeditions into the districts now known as California, New Mexico and Arizona, and some gold and silver had been found. In 1738 a remarkable deposit of sliver nuggets was discovered In Arizona, but it was exhausted in three years. The celebrated and rich silver strike In the Santa Rita mountains of Ari zona, made In the year 1700, has been described In an old Spanish work en titled "Apostolic Labours of the So ciety of Jesus." It says: "In the year 1709 a region of virgin sliver was discovered on the frontier of the Apaches, a tribe exceedingly warHke and brave, at the place called Arizona. "News of such surprising wealth at tracted a vast multitude to the spot At a depth of a few yards masses of fine silver of a globular form and 25 to 50 pounds In weight were found, and one lump, discovered by a gov ernment official, weighed 3,500 pounds. Many persons amassed huge fortunes, while others, equally diligent in the search, found nothing." Under the pretense that he was act ing for the safety of the treasure that had been discovered, the captain gen eral of the district sent troops who escorted the sliver train benrlng this wealth to his own headquarters. When he had his hands-on It he seized It In the name of the crown, claiming that it had been found on crown property. The discoverers had little liking for this procedure and appealed to the Mexican authorities at Gundalajura, but they were unwilling to take ac tion and referred the whole matter to the royal court at Madrid. Seven years dragged by before an order came from the Spanish crown, and even then It dashed the hopes of the miners. The crown claimed the entire property and whatever It had produced. ' This discouraging situation, together with repeated attacks by hostile In dians, finally put an end to mining in the Santa Illta mountains and no fur ther important mining was done In Arizona until about 1879. , Then came the silver strike at tho town of Tombstone, so named, It Is said, be cause of the frequent demand that arose for something to decorate a grave. ((E). 19 JT, Western Newspaper Union.) IS A HEALTHIER STRONGER GIRL Became She Took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Tha fertile valleys of Oregon hola to supply the tables of America. This la posiiblethroughtha magic of tat hum ble tin can. In one of the can ning establish ment s, Julia Schmidt was em ployed. It wtti com plicated work be cause she did seal ing and other parts of the work. It was strenuous work and she wssnotastronit girl, often she forced herself to work when she was hardly able to sit at her machine. At times .she would have to stay at home for she was so weak sho could hardly walk. For Ave years sho was In this weakened condition. She tried various medicines. At last, a friend of hers spoke of Iydla K. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound and she gave it a trial. "Everyone says I am a healthier and strougor girl," she writes. "I am rc-' ommendlng tha Vegetable Compound to all my friends who tell mo how they auffer and I am willing to answer let tera from women asking about It" Julia Schmidt's address la 112 Willow St, Sllverton, Oregon. Girls who work In factories know Just how Miss Schmidt fult I'erhspa they. too. will find better healta bj; taking tho Vegetable Compound. Young Missionary Mother Stop! Didn't I tell yon that It la very wrong to fight t Johnny I know It I'm Just trying to teach Willie that For Dancing, Ten. ni. Coif, sic, let this bo jour firit thougkt for foot comfort. Tha Antiseptic, HmU ing powder to halt into jrour shoes. Sold tmywhtrt. El Plagiarism Ethel I'.ut. papa, he says he cannot live without me. Father Tell him to think up a new one; I told that to your mother. Hoston Transcript CHILDREN CRY FOR "CASJORIA" Especially Prepared for Infanta and Children of All Ages Mother I Fletcher's Castorla has been In use for over 80 years to re lieve babies and children of Constipa tion, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diar rhea; ullnylng Feverlshtiess arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Ilowels, aids the assimi lation of Food; giving natural sleep without ophites. Tho genuine bears signature of All the rising young men should be trained under a successful mun. We all say the obvious thing, of bourse. It's expected. No hope! He's gone! "Flyosan ALWAYS Dont kill flics and mosquitoes one at a time, Flyosan the first and only effec tive fly and mosqnito spray (non poisonous) kills all the flies and mosquitoes In your Louse la only a few minutes. , But use Flyosan Itself. Don't take chances with Inferior imitallons. Rid your home quickly, thorough ly, not only of flying pests hut also of the filthy, deadly genus which each one carries. "Swatting" only $catter$ these Pttwmnn't hiu tht right InMmctirtrtm for mnrh ln . On whmtt drugt are oUL is;-. . r t A Professor Forgot All About Dinner Party The iibseiit inlniled professor who, starting to dies for a formal dinner, thought tie was getting ready for bed nnd was found there by his wire, has a rival for wool-gathering honors lu a certain English dean. This dean had Invited some friends to dine at Ills house, mid on their arrival a llttl nheud of tlmo he suggested thai In tho Interval of walling they might like to walk through the grounds. After spending a quurter of nn hour ndintrliig the flowers, shrubs and greenhouses, hey came suddenly upon a door In the wall. "Ah." said tha deuii to his astonished guests, "this will be much nearer way home than going hack to tho front," nud all un conscious of his Invitation ho opened the door nnd bowed Ihoiu out Huston Transcript Both Johns Honored When Mr. and Mrs. James Cain muss! of Bristol. Conn., welcomed their first baby, the father decided that trio child should be mimed John, after the father's older brother, who had been very kind to tho family. In two years another boy arrived and Mrs. ' lumussl said It was h turn. She, too. hud a brother John, who had been a boon to her family. So the second boy also was named John. Tnt fetoat foellnf ni! A' trmA breath Ii due la lnlleiluN I"' ! mwlleina w.-il a a tuiiiv, Wright's India) V.g.labl 1'llli are 'lb. AJ. Still Falling At school nt Lankershlm the other day, the teacher asked Huddy Cohen If he knew what a fulling out mount. "Sure 1" exclaimed Huddy, "we. have one In our family right now!" "Why, Huddy, you don't mean your father and mother ara not getting along?" "Sure they dot Hut daddy's getting buldl" Roman Mosaic The Hrltlsh museum Is soon to re ceive a lino example of Itoninn mosaic pavement In 17M somo laborers discovered It at'Orkstow hall, on tha Itlver Uumber, where It remained un til the owner recently agreed to Ita removal. Composed of small colored cubes, It depicts various Roman scones. Mammoth Pail A Keeno (N. II.) concern hni com pleted a pull for a preserve manufac turer. The pull holds more than a Ion of Jelly and will be dlsplnyed at nn exhibit In Madison Square garden. New York. Tho pall, with cover, weighs 225 pounds. Nobody Simons I had a reul time at tha dance Inst night. Edwards Hut yon can't dance. Simons Well, did anybody? I'nth Under. Good Reason Len Teoh, Frank left his home for her. Jim Whjrt Len Oh, hers was a better one. A Feminine Test Orace Why did you refuse him? Certle Well, he said he'd die for me nnd I'm curious. Sometimes, It may be, a picnic U got up for the pleasure of not In viting somebody. Happiest people are those who do what they like nud somebody decides to pay them for It After "He It Resolved" nlwaya comes "Oct out nnd work" If any thing Is to l accomplished. kills,' says Doc Fly millions of disease-hearing germs. Here i$ the right iniecticUt for each iiuecti . , ; FLYOSAN, Liquid Spray kills Alee 4 moaqOlloee, PETERMAN'S ANT FOOD eiUnnta.ua ami, PETERMAN'S DISCOVERT, Liquid-..un nliiatea bedbug, PETERMAN'S nOACIt FOOD exUrmW nattfa thai eockroaeh arnij. PETERMAN'S MOTH FOOD prole. la agalmt mothe. You mutt have a specific Insec ticide for each Insect No single Insecticide will exterminate them aU. We have had nearly 50 years' experience. We know that is true. S00FIMiAt..,N.T.&