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By Jo h n K endrick Bang*.
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T H E KIN DLY P H IL O S O P H E R
NELSON MILES
I C A N 'T e a y so m a g o o d
a b o u t a f e lle r
I'm g o ln ' to k e e p m y m o u th
e h u t g o o d a n d t ig h t.
A nd If I k n o w fo r c e r ta in th a t
h e'e y e lle r
I'm g o ln ' to tr y w ith a ll m y
m a in a n d m ig h t
T o d ig d o w n d e e p In to th e In n er
H im
T o e e e If th e r e a in 't s o m e th in '
to u n fo ld
T o s h o w t h a t a l l h is y e lle r n e s s
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Is b u t th® s ig n o f s t r e a k s o f
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X T E L S O X A. M ILES, one of our
g re atest soldiers, w as born In
M assach u setts A ugust 8, 18»), and
11'ed through som e of the m ost won
derful events th e country hus ever
seen.
" hen he W'as in his 'teens, he went
to B oston and found em ploym ent In
a crockery sto re — a tam e enough oc
cupation. But he had studied m ilitary
science and. w hen the Civil w ar broke
out, he ra ised a com pany of volun
tee rs and en listed w ith them a s th e ir
fr iffie
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JUNGLE
V j t h C h e e r u p $ a n d ¿he Q u ixies
com m ander. T hat ended nis m ercan
tile c a re e r and began au ex trem ely
Illustrious m ilitary one.
H e fought
through th e w ar, though w ounded a
couple of tim es, and stead ily rose In
rank, being decorated fo r services at
C hancellorsvllle and a t F a ir O aks. By
the end of th e w ar. he w as in com
m and o f an arm y corps.
B ut th e re w as m ore w ork left fo r
a m an of his abilities. H e w as sen t
out to subdue the In d ian s—Indeed, he
got th e nick nam e of "In d ian F ig h te r
M iles." H e brought th e C heyenne and
the C om anche In d ian s to term s,
chased th e fam ous S ittin g Bull over
the border Into C anada, and conquered
the te rrib le Apaches.
H e w as sent
abroad as th e c o u n try ’s re p re se n ta tiv e
to a tte n d Queen V icto ria's diam ond
jubilee, and, a y e a r late r, w as nom
inally In c h arg e of th e m ilitary o p e ra
tions In th e Spanish-A m erican w ar.
A ctually, though, he d irected th e a l
most unopposed P o rto Kico expedi
tion, doing som e very w onderful sani
tatio n work In th e islands a fte rw a rd s.
(© G e o r g e M a tth ew A d a m s.)
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MRS, T R A P D O O R SPID ER
£ 'H E E R U P 8 gave a gasp o f su rp rise
w hen he discovered th a t th e
gro u n d w as rising u n d e r him. H e w as
sta n d in g rig h t In his own fro n t yard,
not a ste p from his little palm -leaf
h o u s e ; a n d w here could any one be
s a f e r th a n In his own fro n t y a rd ? Yet
th e re w as no m ista k e about It, th e
gro u n d u n d e r C heerups w as moving.
W ith a little sp rin g he Jum ped to
one sid e a n d th en w hat do you sup
p o se h ap p en ed ? A sm all piece of e a rth
lik e a tin y lid popped rig h t up Just
w h e re he had been sta n d in g und out
poked a little head.
“Good m orning, Mr. C h eeru p s,” sjiid
a sm all voice from u n d e r th e lid. "I'm
Mrs. Spider, Mrs. T rap d o o r Spider, and
y o u r n e a re st neighbor, I guess, so I
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‘‘I A m
T his petite “m ovie” s ta r w as born in
Joplin. Mo. She w as e ducated in K an
sa s City, and lived th e re until several
years ago w hen h e r fam ily moved to
Los Angeles. Miss S ta rk e has been
seen In m any p ictu res th a t have m et
general approval. T his is one of her
la te st pictures.
fo r anything. I Just c an 't w ait to h e ar
m ore a bout th a t w onderful house.”
“ W ell, It Isn't very polite to In te r
ru p t, I m ust say, Mr. C heerups." said
Mrs. S pider w ith a gentle little hum.
“B ut If you be good. I’ll go on, and
m aybe I will tell you how I fu rn ish
my house, too.”
© by L ittle B ro w n A Co.
W hat’s in a Nam e?’’
M IL D R E D
M A R SH A L L
Fscts about your name, its history;
meaning, whence It waa derived; sig
nificance. your lucky day, lucky jewel
SELM A
T F F A IR nam e» should be given to
f a ir wom en, Selm a is a fa v o rite In
fem inine n o m en clatu re. It 1« an old
C eltic nam e, m eaning “ fa ir,” aud
nurned th e lieautlful d au g h ter« of Ire
lan d and S cotland for g e n era tio n a fte r
g e n e ra tio n . F in ally It t-pread over the
b o rd e r Into E ngland and w as s tr a ig h t
way adopted a» a natio n al favorite.
T h e B ible re co rd s a Selinai, which
m ay he tak e n a« Identical w ith Selm a,
and th e n am e 1« th u s given a religious
significance. T h e D utch also have a
Selm al w hich Is g en erally reg ard ed as
th e e q u iv a le n t of Selm a. O therw ise,
th e re is little h isto ry connected w ith
th e nam e, which p e rsisted because It«
sound, a t well a t Its significance, w as
fair.
In th is co u n try , th e S outh adopted
Selm a, p ro bably because of It» asso
c ia tio n w ith fem inine b eau ty and
e q u ally b ecau se Its vow els a re well
su ite d to th e soft, slu rrin g p ro n u n c ia
tion of Dixie. M any lovely S outhern
ers. to a s ts of V irginia and C aro lin a
countlea, h ave h o m e th e nam e and
m ore th a n one s ta te h a s bestow ed the
n am e on one of its to w n s or sm aller
c ities.
It is fittin g th a t th e pearl, symbol
o f beau ty a n d charm , ahould he sel-
m a 's ta llsm a n lc gem It proml.-es her
g re a t fa scin a tio n and th e pow er of a t
tra c tin g ad m irers.
M onday Is her
lucky day and 5 h e r lucky num ber.
t £ ky Wheeler gyBdleete.)
HE WHYsf
SUPERSTITIONS
S v H. IR V IN G
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TH E M OON A N D IN SA N IT Y
T_T OW un iv ersal w as fo rm erly the
A A belief th e re waa a d irec t connec
tion betw een th e moon und Insanity Is
show n by th e fa c t th a t o u r words,
lunacy and lunatic, a re deriv ed d ire c t
ly from L una, th e L atin nam e of the
Homan moon goddess corresp o n d in g
w ith th e G reek Selene. L una w as the
moon and rh e w as only one of the
v a rious personifications of th e moon
w hich e x iste d In all m ythologies and
of w hich Isis of th e E g y p tia n s a p p ea rs
to have been th e original. It used
to he a comm on belief, am ong snllors
especially, th a t If a person slept In
th e m oonlight he w as liable to go mad.
T h a t su p e rstitio n Is still In ex isten ce
a s Is also th e m ore common one th a t
lu n atics a re m ore violent w hen the
moon Is a t the full. E ven T h ack eray .
In his story of "C ath erin e," a p p e a rs
to c red it th is m istak en b e lie f; and It
Is not so very long ago th a t resp o n si
ble p hysicians begun to doubt the th e
ory.
It Is very com m on su p e rstitio n to
day th a t to sleep In the m oonlight Is
dangerous— th a t “ som ething will hap
pen" to one who does so. a belief su r
viving from th e Insanity sup erstitio n .
T ib s Idea of th e connection betw een
I th e moon and in san ity is derived from
th e belief of th e an cien ts th a t In sp ira
tion and m adness w ere closely con-
nected. T h e p ro p h e te ss of th e Del
ph ian sh rin e w orked h e rse lf into a
frenzy b efo re »lie u tte re d her oracles
and th e p rie s ts of th e m oon goddess
b athed th em selv es In h e r refulgent
beam s to o b tain In sp ira tio n and de-
claim ed from h e r a lta r s a f te r th e m an
n e r o f m adm en.
M odern m edical science declares
th a t th e re Is not th e slig h te st connec
tion betw een th e moon and Insanity
and m odern re sea rc h show s th a t Hie
w hole Idea is a su p e rstitio n surviving
from th e days when th e p rie s ts of Isis
by th e bunks o f the N ile w aved th eir
wild a rm s to w a rd th e ir shining god
dess a n d w ith "eyes In fine frenzy
rollin g ” declaim ed h e r o ra cles to ud
aw e-struck people.
(©
T h e w a strel son had com e to the
end of Ills resources, and aent a p ite
ous appeal to his fa th e r for funds,
saying th a t If they w ere not forthcom
ing he would sta rv e to d e ath . He re
ceived th is cru sh in g reply In th e form
of a te le g ra m : “As you have m ade
y our bed. so m ust you lie on It." T he
quick-w itted scape g ra ce w as equal to
the
occasion,
and
w ired
h a ck ;
"H av e n 't a bed. T h e sheriff took It
y e sterd a y .” A su b s ta n tia l check waa
th e rew ard fo r Ids wit.
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Tim e’s Heavy Hand
Had Made Changes
T w o b ro th ers, who th irty -n in e years
ago In th e ir hom e In G erm any looked
so m uch alike th a t th e ir frien d s som e
tim es confused them , m et recently In
M assillon and failed to recognize each
o th e r until they w ere Introduced, says
th e C anton (O hio) R epository.
T hey w ere H enry L ascldnske, of
C anton, and his b ro th e r C arl, who had
Ju st come to th is c o untry w ith hts
fam ily. W hen th e fo rm er cam e to
A m erica th irty -n in e y ears ago he w as
tw enty-tw o y ears old and left his nine-
teen-year-old b rother. C arl, a t home In
G erm any. T h e a rriv a l o f th e la tte r
a n d hts fam ily In th is country was un
announced. W hen the tw o m et at the
hom e of Miss M ary K utrih, of M assil
lon. n e ith e r knew th a t he waa face to
face w ith his b ro th er
T hey c h a tte d for som e tim e before
Miss K u trib Introduced them to each
o th e r a s b ro th e rs T hen they lost no
tim e In calling up boyhood memories.
Deride» Police.
N ashville, T en n .—N ashville h a s a
m idnight prow ler who m akes th r e a ts
to kill, and then keeps his prom ises.
T he n« w sp ap ers and police a r e fran-
tic slly try in g to solve th e m ystery.
A th re a t th a t he would e n te r a D el
la aven u e house w as c arrie d out when
th e m a ra u d er e n te red a house and
slashed th e th ro a t of Mrs. M orton
Sm ithson.
T hen he w rote a le tte r deriding the
"hum police" o f N ashville and a sk
ing. “W ho Is th e Joke on now ?” A
week la te r th e e d ito r of a N ashville
n ew spaper received a le tte r sa y in g :
“I prom ise to com e buck to D elta
avenue M unday night, and I also prom
ise th a t no one will live to tell th e
ta le a f te r I leave th e house. I will
kill first and not leave a ch an c e of
gettin g c au g h t."
T h e le tte r, scraw led on yellow p a
per w ith a pencil, w as sig n e d : “Y ours
truly. T h e M idnight M arauder."
W hile a week before th e n ew sp a
pers and police took th e first th r e a t
as a Joke, serio u s alarm w as occa
sioned by th e second. A special d etec
tive detail w as se n t o u t to c a p tu re
the man.
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New Y ork.—A S outh A m erican lln
er reached here w ith fo u r sick hut
happy men. T hey w ere In th e sh ip 's
hospital and w hen rem oved to E llis
Island to be se n t hack on th e next
ship leaving for B uenos Aires, th e ir
faces w reathed In sm iles nt th e ir luck
T h eir lives had been saved by a dog,
a little brow n Pekingese, ow ned by
Mrs. R odolfo I,e B rett o f Chicago.
T h e m en had slipped aboard the
liner In B uenos A ires.
W ith th ree
days' food supply they slid down the
m ain v en tilato r.
On th e th ird day, w ith th e ir food
gone, th ey realized th e ir m istake.
How ever, they hung on five days more.
Then, w eakened, th ey a tte m p te d to
come out of th e ir hiding place and
su rren d er, but nil four fell e x h au ste d
nt th e sm all Inndlng Inside th e v e n ti
lato r about ten feet from th e rim . At
this point Is a sm all opening.
Ching Lee, th e little Pekingese,
found g re at delight In plnylng about
the v en tilato r, and on th e eighth
night o u t he becam e excited and
harked for several m inutes. Mrs. I.e
B rett saw th e arm of a mun stlckiug
through th e sm all hole
Mrs. Le B re tt sent fo r an officer,
who found th e men.
Tot H as Perilous R ide
on Auto Running Board
M arq u ette, Mich.—A fter a ra th e r
wild rid e on th e running hoard of his
d a d ’s c ar, w ith th e fa th e r u n a w are
th a t his child w as In such a perilous
position, a three-year-old son w as re s
cued when th e d riv er of u not tier car
Inform ed the fa th e r of th e b abe's dan
ger. T h e Identity of th e f a th e r w as
not learned, for In the excitem ent he
picked up th e child, placed him In Ids
c a r and drove aw ay quickly.
Jo h n
D eschntnheau
noticed
th e
c h ild ’s d a n g er and fra n tic a lly signaled
th e d riv e r to stop. T h e la tte r thought
som e one w as try in g to pass him, so
he “step p ed on th e gas."
1
D escham hesu, seeing th s t his p u r
su it Increased th e baby's danger, sw ung
off o nto n side s tre e t and broke the
speed lim it In circling th e block to
head off th e driver. H e succeeded In
blocking th e p a th o f th e c a r a n d forc
ing It to halt.
“You have a baby on th e running
board o f y our c a r,” DescliHinbeau
shouted.
T h e f a th e r n e arly collapsed when
he saw w hat had tak e n place.
Ring Long Lott
by M c C Ie r e N e w s p a p e r S y n d ic a te . I
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W it S aved Situation
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lu r e N e w a ^ a p e r B y a d ie a ta .*
Lame, Tired, Achy?
A re you tired, lam e, a c h y - w orried
w ith b ack ach e? D o you suffer sharp
paiua. headache®, diiziiieiui and disturb-
. .! ics*
I < I di«s
your k id n eys n eed a tte n tio n .
W hen
th e kidneys fail to properly tilter th e
blood, body im p urities accu m ulate and
cause poisonin g o f th e w hole system .
Such a con d ition m ay lead to serious
»u kness. lx n t n
If you sus
pect your kidneys, w hy n ot give D o a n 't
r i l l t a trial? D o a n ’« have been used
succeesfullv over th ir ty five years—are
recom m ended th e w orld over.
A ffc
y o u r n e ig h b o r *
W arns of Coming Crime» and
Dog Saves Lives of Four
Stealing Ride on Ship
Glad to Know You,” Replied
C heerups.
th o u g h t I wonld be frien d ly and m nke
th e first call." W ith ttrnt out clim bed
M rs. S pider onto th e ground and stood
e y in g C heerups, a s If a little doubtful
o f h e r welcom e.
“I am glad to know you,” replied
C heerups, a s cordially a s he could for
his su rp rise, “ but I nev er d ream ed —•”
“ No, of course you d id n ’t.” cried Mrs.
S p id e r w ith a m erry tw inkle In at least
six of h e r eight round eyes. “ Nobody
w ould be expected to d ream o f a neigh
b o r's house rig h t tinder his nose, o r his
to e s r a th e r. B ut th a t's the best p a rt of
It, you see, s ir ! My house is tucked
a w ay so snugly u n d e r y our y a rd th a t
you w ould h ard ly notice th a t I'm there.
D o you th in k you'll m ind?”
“N ot a t all, not a t a ll.” chuckled
C heerups, beginning to be am used.
‘‘B u t I w ould like to know som ething
a b o u t th is c u rio u s house of yours. How
do you build It?”
“ I don’t ; I Ju st dig It.” hum m ed Mrs.
By
Spider. ‘T dig w ith my fa n g s way
down deep Into th e e a r th —oh, about
tw o fe et—th en I c arry aw ay all the
d irt I've dug out a n d hide It, so no
one will know I have been digging.
Now I call th a t clever, don 't you?"
"I should say so.” gasped C heerups,
grow ing m ore and w ore astonished
every m inute.
“And now you a re w ondering why
my house doesn't get w et in a heavy
show er," continued Mrs. Spider. “ But
you see. I alw ay s choose a location
w here th e w a te r will run off—the side
of a hank, for Instance— and I m nke
my tunnel tu rn a little to one side at
th e bottom ."
‘‘T hen It’s Ju st th e shape of a sto c k
ing. Isn't It?” cried C heerups, clapping
Ids hands.
“ Well, w h a te v e r a stocking may he I
don't know ," snifTed Mrs. Spider, “hul
I flud th a t a com fortuble way to build,
anyw ay."
“ W hy, d o n 't you know a bout stock
ings, Mrs. S p id er?" said C heerups.
"T hey a re such useful t h in g s ! T hey
a re w hat boys and g irls hang up on
C h ristm a s Eve and find full of sw eet
m eats und n u ts and lovely p re sen ts In
th e m orning.”
“ Bless me. but .von do say funny
things, Mr. C h e e ru p s !" sp u tte re d Mrs.
Spider, grow ing a little cross. “T h ese
above-earth folks, w ith th e ir q u eer
w ays and big w ords, a re beyond my
u n d erstan d in g . T h e sensible ones all
live below ground. I guess.”
“Oh, p lease do excuse me. Mrs.
S pider,” pleaded C heerups. "I w as
only tea sin g a little, and honestly, I
w o uldn't m iss th e re st of y o u r story
N O C T U R N A L F IE N D
PREYS ON W O M E N
A C a liforn ia C ase
CUT-PRICE C O M P E TITIO N
" Ife— T h e p rice o f th e ala rm clock
w as $1.50, hut I got a discount, so It
only cost mA 98 cents.
H u sb a n d —Y'es. hut you know very
" e ll you could h ave got the sam e
th in g at B row n's fo r 75 cents.
" 'I f e — T h a t
m ay be, hut then
B row n's w ouldn’t h ave ta k e n a n y th in g
off.—Good H a rd w a re.
Diogene» and His Lantern
"H ow do you use a la n te rn In your
se a rc h fo r an honest m an ?" ask ed the
citizen.
”1 lend It to a m an," an sw e red Di
o g e n e s; "an d If he re tu r n s It I know
lie's one In ten tho u san d . You see,
th e la n te rn te s t Is th e best avatlahle.
T h e um brella has not yet been la
vented."
How Come
“ Do yon know ." observed nn oil-
stock sa lesm a n a f te r u nloading several
hu n d red d o lla rs' w orth of w orthies«
s to rk , “ I fee! so rt o f rig h te o u s today."
"Y ou?
Illg h te n u s? " sn o rte d
hl«
p a rtn e r. “ How'» th a t? ”
“T h e guy 1 sold th a t stock to w as
going to buy a used c a r w ith the
m oney."— A m erican Legion W eekly.
NOT SO W ONDERFUL
John F erns, re
tir e d J u s tic e o f th e
p e a c e. 3636 1st A v e ,
S a c r a m e n to . C a l i f ,
sa y s
"My b a c k
p a in e d c o n t l n i a l l y
a n d w h e n 1 s to o p e d
It w a s d iffic u lt to
s t r a i g h t e n , fo r
t h e s e p a in s d u g In
d e e p e r I h a d to g e t
up nigh t® to p a s s'
th e k id n e y s e c r e - '
tlo n s , w h ic h w ere«
s c a n ty .
A fte r u s
in g D o a n s P i lls . I w s . rid of th«
trouble.**
D O A N ’S
P IL L S
60c
STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS
F o .te i M ilb u r n C o , M ig Cb.m., Buffalo. N. Y.
Men w ho co u rt tro u b le soon
th em selv ce w edded to If.
find
“ THE FOUNDATION
OF HIS HEALTH”
A m ong th e thousands w ho have publicly
expressed indebtedness to Tanlac for
norm al weight, health and strength, l® a .
H. W hite, w ho recently said:
“ T he foundation for m y present excel
lent health was laid by Tanlac. For m onths
1 had been run-down. 1 had lost all enjoy
m ent for food anti suffered great discom
fort- from Indignation. M y liver was slug
gish and th at tired fooling was on m e all
the tim e.
“ T hree bottles o f T anlac relieved my
troubles and s t a r t t i m e off w ith a system
so thoroughly toned up and renew ed th at
I soon found iny self fouling like a uew man. * *
T anlac Is for sale by all good druggists.
A ccept no substitute.
T anlac V egetable Pills for constipation;
matte and recoim ueuded by th e uiauufac-
turors o f Tanlac.
T
ANLAC
POLL Y O U H H E A L T H
If we a re w rung an ally Is alw ays
welcom e.
IS IT YOUR STOM ACH?
“ D on’t you think It’« w onderful to
««« a m un w ith a wooden leg d an ce ? ”
“ Not w hen you gee ho m any iiivu
w ith wooden heads doing it.“
Ditappointing
T h e p u m p k in la m o il fn lr to a®e.
F o r y e llo w lu s t e r y o u c a n t b e a t It;
P e r h a p s tlm t'a w h y It s e e m s to be
A
g o l d b rick " w h e n y o u tr y to e a t IL
Saw the Ring Before
She— It MPPina to in« I hut I’ve seen
till« rinir before. A re you su re th u t
I ’m th e only girl you e v er loved?
H e —Yen! w e w ere engiiged once be
fo re ; don 't you rem em ber?
Helping Her Along
Sacramento, Calif. — “My stomach
went back on me, everything I ate
caused pain and d is
tress, I grew nerv
ous, weak and pale
and it seemed that
I had pains and
arhes all thru my
body. I was too
m i s e r a b l e to h«
.
a r o u n d w hen I
v started to take Dr.
’ P ierce’s G o l d e n
Medical Discovery
, and it relieved me
of all nervousness
and stomach trouble and completely re
stored me to g<x»d health
I could eat
without being distressed, in fait, I never
felt better." Mrs Grace Sheldon. J2J7-
9th Ave. All dealers; or send 10c foi
trial pkg of tablets to D r Pierce’s In
valids' Hotel in Buffalo. N Y
“ I am going to leave you fo rev er,”
deci n red th e Irate wife. "W h at do you
su.v to th a t? "
“Call In y o u r d re ssm a k e r and I’ll o r
d e r a golng-aw ay gow n."
Piles Disappear
A Slam
Peterson’s Ointm ent
L an d lo rd (o f th e Sonkem h o tel) —
W hen a poor fellow ask for a n g lit's
lodging I Invurlahly ta k e him In.
M cC austlc— T hen you tre a t him Ilk*
a re g u la r g u e st.— B oston T r a n s c ilp t
Running to Form
“Com e on. now !
You have to go
w ith m e." sa id th e G rim R eaper,
" J u s t a m inute," said th e flapper.
“I'll h ave to get my c o m p a rt first."
W OULD. NO DOUBT
L ynn. M ass.—T h irty y e a rs ago Mrs.
M ichael A hern lost her w edding ring
w hile w orking In h e r g arden in E ast
B rid g ew ater. Mrs. T hom as M urray,
w ho now occupies th e sam e house,
found th e rin g In the garden, and recog
nlzlng th e In itia ls on it, re tu rn e d It to
Mrs. A hearn.
“ P le a s e let m e tell you." anys P eter-
Don, " th a t f o r In sta n t re lie f from th e
m isery o f blind, bleeding o r Itching
piles, th e re Is n o th in g so good a s
P e te rs o n ’s O intm ent, a s th o u sa n d s
h a v e testifie d .” B est fo r old so re s and
Itch in g skin. All d ru g g ists, fit) cents.
Indispensable
S a a a f e , ffo o th in g a n d h e a lin g
d re ac in g f o r c u ts , acalda, b u rn » ,
r o u g h e n e d , d r y a n d c h a p p e d a k in
a n d f o r a ll c o m m o n « k in tro u b le « ,
* * V a « e lin « ’ * I 'e tr o la u m J elly h « «
b e e n in d ta p e n s a b le I n m e d i c a l m e n
a n d m o th e r « f o r o v e r h a lf a c e n
t u r y . K e e p a Jar o r a tu b e h a n d y ,
A
c a n n a o u a n mpo . company
I t .f«s swlsffs
17 Htate Street
Vaseline
O=
M a n Catches Baby
in Three-Story Plunge
New Y ork.—An unidentified
young m an In th e Bronx saved
th e life of tw o -y e a ro ld M oe
Klem Hnd th en d isa p p ea red
As he ap proached an a p a r t
m ent building he suddenly ran
w ith o u tstre tc h e d arm s. Women
and c hildren scream ed ns th e ir
eyes tu rn e d to th e o b jec t o f his
gaze.
P erch ed on a window ledge on
th e th ird floor w as little M oe
looking down at frie n d s on the
s tre e t and giggling Inside th e
a p a rtm e n t th e hoy's m other,
busy In th e kitchen, w as u n
a w are o f h e r ch ild 's danger.
T h e calm s tra n g e r sta tio n e d
h im self w ith arm s o u tstre te h e d
as little Moe lurched fo rw a rd
w ith s scream and h u rtle d
th ro u g h th e a ir H e Cell Into the
m an 's arm s, th ro w in g him off
feet, b u t he held tig h t to the
haby. w hich waa only slightly
Injured.
A crow d g a th e red but w hile
women w ere c rying and seeking
to kiss th e young m an be w alked
aw ay.
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N u ly w e d —Why not h ave sp lit peas
for d in n er?
Wlfie— So w e m ight.
B u t—e r —
w o uldn't It ta k e a long tim e to split
th e p eas?
Green’s
August Flower
The Motorist’» Lament
O f a ll s a d w - rda
O f t o n g u e o r pen
T h e s a d d e s t a r e th e s e :
I t's fis t a g a in
Didn’t Take
Mrs. B row n Did y o u r son get a c er
tific ate from th e g ra m m a r school?
Mrs. T ow n No. All he got w as his
v a ccin atio n se a r. M entally he w as so
h e alth y th a t Ids e d u ca tio n w ouldn’t
take.
Of the Same Mind
W atson - T h e r e goes a m an ’ envy,
i ml, w hat Is m ore, be envies me.
K ltson— W hy?
W atso n — W e w ere both a fte r tb o
sam e g ir l—a n d I m a rrie d her
fu t
C o n s tip a tio n ,
In d ig e s t io n a n d
T o r p id L iv e r
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6C9oc beetle«. Ah dru g gut a
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