. r.. WHEN BALDY FADDEN DISAPPEARED By CLARENCE L. HAY (A by Vlwrt etorv fuk. Ca.) T S.11H1 moit liuportuitt pereon on Hester atreet we "Ilaldy ad deu," but "Uuldy" was "t aware or wi ingn esieem in which lit waa held. Uli Inability to esilmat till own Important' resulted from a luck of year. II w tut four, and at that Interesting period of llf oo t not able to reognlt hi tutu In tl commuolty. It n on on duy In early aprlng that "Uuldy Fuddeu" surprised Healer street, snd made Ha mixed population us up all tli expressions or astonish mailt they knew, "Ilaldy" dlaap pardl It waa not a common disap pearance resorted to by tli ordinary child who wishes to muk It parenia familiar with lb agony produced by a temporary parting j It wa a atartllng, mysterious dlsuppesranee, that stirred tli Kaat aid from tb "l'unhundl" to "Hell's Kitchen." Tb Caperellls occupied a front apsrtmeui on tli fourth floor of a ten mtnt house and on tin morning of tb myaterlous disappearance Mrs. Ca partlll placed her an on Ilia llttla Iron Or balcony overhanging tli etreet. Tb relcony wa but four feet long and two wide, with a railing that waa twice tli height of Cuprlll, junior, and It bad neither trap nor ladder. Tb Bret and only thought which leaped wllh atunnlng force Into tb lulnd of tli women compelled her to aprlng to the railing and alar with wild eyea Into the atreet beneath. Hut there we no commotion auch aa bar Imagination had pictured, everything waa peaceful Half a doxen Ion fere atood around uunaicernedly In front f Mulligan's aatoon; I'letro and Hup tteto, th frulterrra next dir, wer atandlng chatting on th aldewalk, wbll th vendor of popcorn, atandlng nearly nndernealb the Caparelll apart ment, yawned lutlly aa ba atared at tb psa.era by. Kurtheniu're, ther waa no trace of "Ilaldy KaiPleo," allv r dead, on th atreet or afdewalk. Th woman, frantic with npprehen elon, acreemed out a torrent of quee Uona to the men on the street, but they algnined In a doxen different way that they wer Ignorant of th whereabout of her eon. Th fright ened mother gaxed hopclcaaly up and around, and then, recognlalng bow Utterly Impoaalblo It would he for "Ualdy" to leav th balcony In any other way, ah ebrleked again and again, and Heeler atreet aroa to wreetl with the myatery. Unlee "Ilaldy" had eiiddehly grown wing and flown Into apace, ther wer but four way to account tor bla non appearance: The first end, of course, the motit probable, waa the theory that b bad fallen Into the atreet, but th evidence of twenty-fit people, who wer In different poeltton In front of th apartment houae, awept the eur mlea to th ecrap heap of knocked out suppositions. Tb eanut vendor of fered to atak bla Immortal aoul agalnat ten rent' worth of nut to prov that nothing bad fallen from th Caparelll apartment, and th hug vol Uiu of lupportlng evidence, added to tb feet that ther were no rt of "Ilaldy visible, or no algna to prov that h bad it ruck th street In a for clbl manner, proved that the peanut vendor waa not reckleaa In wagering bla aoul against a quart of nuts. Th suggestion that someone, atand lng at a near-by window, might bav booked "Uuldy" by meana of a long pel waa alo icon led, when the real dent of the Km a to th left and right bad been examined. A cousin of th Caparellla who, ahlle admitting that ah bad aeen "Ilaldy'' on the balcony, waa above auaplclon, lived to th right, and a brother workman of "llulily's" father realded on th left. Ill repu tation waa unimpeachable. Tb roof wa now th only place to look for tracea of kidnaping, but th roof of fared no aolutlon to th growing my - tery. Th Junltor had not unlweked th trap door up to Die time that "Ilaldy" had disappeared, and, on either aide, th roof of th house waa Jnecceaslhle except by mean of lad' dara and rope, and regarding thea there wn not the illghteat truce to prov Unit they bad been used. Th myitery waa stupendous. At ten o'clock flv detectives of th Italian squad, who thought Uiey de tected tb work of th "Hlack Hand, wer busy on th spot. Eleven police- men wrestled with th crowd and clews In turn, and Mra. Caparelll, In between numerous hysterical tits, gave Interview to thirteen different news paper men, ' who photographed the wonderful bnlcony and then rushed way with the new. For the unex- plalnable and unnccountuhle la always new. If "Hnldy" had been annulled up on th atreet Ilk hundreds of other Kitst-ilde children, the Incident would have been of only paragraph value, but the fuct that he had left th balcony by way and nieuna that aug- geated the aupernatural made the die- ppearanc of grent news value In dull sen son. "Uuldy Fadden" ap peared In lettera flv Iridic long, and speclul spook writer, who hod Just contributed series of articles to leading tnngur.lne, waa employed by on sheet to Inveatlgat and to search light the myatery. Two houra after the disappearance neater atreet waa blocked to traffic, Ten thousand theories hud teen ad' vanced up to that time, It wa aug' geatud that "Buldy" bad ben booked by Hi trailing anchor of sn'ulrshlp, that be had been grubbed by an eagle, or bad been consumed by spontuneous combustion. Suppositions didn't end ther, A man suggested Unit "liuldy" bad suddenly developed the alleged gift of th wis men of the Yuqul and walked away on tli atmosphere, Other hinted darkly at the inyaterl oua powers possessed by a withered lady from Lomburdy who resided across th street, while iimny more muttered pruyera and culled upon pa tron saints to protect them from the devil, whose finger, they cleurly per ceived, wa In th pie. Th 'thing wa Incomprehenailil. From a mull bulcony, 40 feet above th ground, In on of th most thickly populuted district In the world, a child hud been ajilrlted away right from under hf mother's eyea, snd flv detective, eleven policemen, three spook authorities and three thousand people were unable to tell how the thing had been done. Th disappear anc of "Ilaldy redden" threatened to tecum on of th myaterle of the century, and In the cars It took prece dence of politic and Block Jobbing, while the doings of' the "(Hunts" and th "Box" wer forgotten In th babble of conjecture. A It often happen In canes of the kind, Caparelll, aenlor, waa aaved much of th anguish that th dlsap pearanc of th boy brought to hla wife. A messenger had been dis patched to acquulnt the father, after Investigation bad proved that "linldy" waa not on or around the horn r ener vation, but It happened to be on of those day when fool thing heppen on after th other. Caparelll, aenlor, bad been transferred from hi regular gang that morning, and had been sent out to th llronx to assist on a dump. Tb messenger waa an Italian new to th city, and not having any money In bla poaaeaalon at th moigerit he ran to acquaint hla countryman of the misfortune, and, furthermore, laboring under the Idea that the Ilroni Waa but a few hundrtxl yard away, he started to walk. Whil b was plugging gal lantly northward th mystery In Hea ter street waa deepening, and Capa relll, aenlor, waa busily engaged shov eling refuse of varloua ktnda that wa being dumped Into tb pit. At flv o'clock In th evening Heeler treet wa a teething mas of eager- eyed, excited people waiting In an at mosphere charged with mystery. The day, that had opened brightly, bad turned dull and heavy, and on the minds of people born In southern Ku rope the unaccountatle dlsepiearance of "Ilaldy Kadden" worked like mental yeast In raiting all the terrors of the psat from tb dark corner of their brain. ' It wa half-past flv when the first Illuminating ray pierced the gloom surrounding th hsppenlng. Itaptlstn, who owned the fruit shop to the right of the Caparelll aparlment houxe, dashed through the crowd that strug gled on the stairway, and shouted a message over the head of th women sympathising with th mother -f the lost boy. 'Caparelll !" he (creamed. "Capa relll 1 Ah. Mother of flodl Caparelll haa The child I He baa him!, Ah. It la good, good I Caparelll Just telephoned that h bad 'Ilaldy' I Ah, It la good! Ha haa hlra at de dump away out- out, ah. yea out at de llronx I" After screaming out the meaaag he fainted In the hallway, but upon being brought round, he repeated th aston ishing Information. Caparelll, aenlor. bad spoken to biro over th 'plmn from a rubblah pit far out In the Itronx, and asked him to Inform Mra. Caparelll that the child was aafe, and that he, Caparelll, waa then on bla way bom with th lost on. Hester street gained. The mystery waa not yet explained It had deep ened. What devilish agency had spir ited the child away from hla mother to the place bla futher waa working? I'lou Italian muttered their prayers a they waited for th explanation thut would b forthcoming. Caparelll'a arrival was something that will b long remembered on the Kaat aide. With "Italdv Fadden" on hla shoulder he walked through a crowd of cheering, shouting people till h placed th boy In hi mother' arms. Heater atreet wept Excited women waved tablecloths from the windows, and men howled with Joy. Then curiosity grasped tb crowd with a clutch of Iron. Th moh swept around Caparelll, shrieking for expla nations. They trreatbed their ques tions In acore of tongue, and pushed madly behind th laborer In their wild pursuit of knowledge. Caparetll turned and put up bla band. "Der la leetla to tell he anld qui etly. "I see It all on' I tank de good Lord. 'Ilaldy' haa told m dut he wa on de balcony, yea, et I so. 'Ituldy' waa dere. an' underneat', ah, I tank da good God, was do truck loading up de rotten bnnanna dat Blptlsto sends to de dump. Ah, you see It now! 'Ilaldy' fell Into de rotten bananna tin' sink down In dem. You underatHn'T No on let him, an' when he full de driver whip up hi bora an' not aeeln' 'Ilaldy,' drlv my boy all de way out to de dump v. her I waa work. Ah, when I see my boy tipped out at my feet I link him dead I I cry an' I cry again, but h waa only stunned an'-" Heater atreet drowned bis sobs with a cheer thut went rushing away up toward Chinatown. When It had died away, a shrill vole broke th silence with a yell of: "Churnul! Churnul! Orl about the flndln' of 'Duldy Fad den.'" Hut th article by th spook author ity that bad uppenred In tb enrller edition hud been cut out The banana truck had suited tb spook la th lust round. Madge Bellamy Charming Madg Bellamy waa born In Hlllsbero, Texas, and rscelved her education In San Antonio. 6h I B ft I Inch tall, weighs 112 pound, haa dark hair and brown eyea. One of th meet beautiful of "movie" stars, h haa been n In torn of th most popular picture. In 'rrre-e"''''''':?":':"'": Your a Bj ANDREW r. CVMUEK. U.D. 0 Health RICKETS T-JICKET8. or rheehitk la the reault A of bad nutrition, affects all the tissue of the body, and chiefly leavea Ita mark on tb bone which It aofl- ena and then deforms. It usually occurs before the third year, but tb bone deformities appear later. ' It la caused by food which la not aaslmltated, but also by neglect of tb akin, bad air. Insufficient sleep, etc. Th children of the poor bav It, but o do those of tb rich. In this coun try It I common among negroea and Italians, but not among Irish or Ger mane. In th great European cities on a It everywhere. Th urine of rbacbltlc children contain phoephatee In abundance and the hones, being de ficient In lime, bend and, break eually. Ithachltlc children bav soft spots In th bones of the skull; and th membranou portions of th skull, here you notice throbbing and pulsa tion In an Infant, ami which ougbt to harden during th Drat few inontLs of life, remain aoft ' All the bonea of tb skull, Instead of being firmly united, ar loos and eas ily moved. Tha face of a rhacbltlc baby email, and tb bead seems dispropor tionately large Th liver, spleen and lymphatic gland are enlarged, the muscles aoft. and tbe ligaments weak. Tb child' appetite may b good, h may even aeem voraciously hungry hut hla food doesn't appear to nourish him. he become fretful, geta diarrhea and this alternates with constipation. He la sensitive, erica when touched, hla diarrhea la oflVmdve, tbe appear ance of bla teeth la delayed, and when they break out, they are Irregular and of poor quality When h begin to walk, the weak ness of th bone of the legs become apparent and they bend or break easily; the Jolnta are weak and he fulls frequently. . When b trie to move himself with bl arma, tbe arm bonea bend or break and there mny ba an out ward bump on the spine. On the enda of th rib ther are knoba or bead-like structures, the breaat bon project and tb child becomes pigeon breusted.- Tbe pelvis may become deformed and, In females, this haa' a very tin portent beurlna upon the luccessfut delivery of offspring, if Impregnation should ever occur. . Ithachltlc children are frequently bow-legged, knock-kneed or flat-footed; they are also aenalilve to bron chltls and croup, mid die from thee dlseaaea more frequently than children who bav better physical develop ment. If they reach maturity, they ar short and poorly formed and their llmlis often reveul the murks of early disease. Ithachltlc children should be taken to tb mountains or acushnre, If possl ble, and aliould bav ahundunc good plain rood wnicn they can as similate which will be Indicated by th change In their stools and In their general nutrition. Fata In tha form of cod-liver oil. or olive oil, should he given them also aa much of egga, milk and cereal aa they can dispone of. Treatment with mechanical apparatus la Impor tant to prevent deformities, and they should hav all possible benefit from public parka, aen-batba, sleep, fresh air, and llf In tb country when tbla can be provided. (tb BT Oiotii Matttuw Adams.) Pneumatic linings for autnmobll cushion! hav been Invented that can b Inflated to take th place of spring and padded upholstery, mrtT STOCK W NEWS SOY BEANS FED TO PIGS ON PASTURE Boy beans aa a supplement for corn fed to phi on pasture compared fu vorably with tankage, especially when mineral were fed, In experiment con ducted recently at tb Indiana station. With pig on alfalfa or clover pasture, and with corn at 84 centa a bushel and tankage at 115 per ton, th toy bean av been worth f 1.48 per bushel with out mineral and f l.bl per bushel when minerals were fed, according to C. M. Vestal, who had charge of tbe test. In tbe teat which hav been carried on during the past three summers pigs weighing about 70 pounds wer self fed corn and supplement on clover or alfalfa pasture to market weights of slightly above' 200 pound. On a ration of corn and soy beafia tbe pig gained 1.5 pound per bead dally and consumed 818 pounda of corn and 43 pounds of toy beans for every 100 pounda of gain. When mineral mix ture of leu part acid pboxphnte end one part salt waa added to the corn and aoy bean the gain were In creased to 1.0'J and tha feed consumed per 100 pounda gain wa &!3 pounds of corn, 24 pounda of beana and 6 pound of mlnerila. On corn and tankage on paatur th pig gained at tha rate of 1.63 pound and took 3.12 pounda of corn and 26 pounda of tankag for 100, pound of gain. Tb 20 pound of beana and 0 pounda ef mineral tbu replaced 20 pounda of tankage and 7 pounda of corn without reducing th gain to any appreciable extent When tb came ration were fed to similar plgt In the dry lot tbe beana wer leas valuable than on pasture but wer still a rather good substitute for tankag when mineral waa fed. On corn and any beana alone the pig gained 1A pounda dally and required 304 pound of corn and 88 pounda of beana. The addition of mlnerala In creased the galna to 1.62 pounda daily with a consumption per 100 pounds of gain of 811 pound of corn, 63 pound of besns snd 7 pounds of mineral. On corn and tankage tb pig gained at th rite of 1.61 pound and took 842 pounda of corn and 33 pound of tank age. In tbe dry lot. It will be noted. tbe soy-bean conaurdptlon waa consid erably higher proportionately than the tankage consumption when both ar compared with th corresponding con sumptions In the paatur tests. In th dry lot aoy beana and mineral and tankage made pork at about th earn costs, while on pasture tha costs of th oy beans-mineral gain were about 80 centa teea per hundred pounda than when tankage waa fed. Appar ently beana, assisted by a good min eral mixture, can be profitably used for pig running on good pasture. Other recent feeding teata at the In diana atatlon show clearly that fatten ing boga will cat wbol soy beana aa readily aa ground toy beana In one teat galna made by pig fed the two klnda of beana wer Identical, while In another whole beana produced slightly larger gains. In both teeta lesa corn but more bean wer required by th ptga fed whole beana. In cost of galna the pig fed the onground beana bad a alight advantage. Crude Petroleum Useful as Cure for Hog Mange Crude petroleum a dip la th rem edy for the mang In hoga. Since rmde petroleum varies In compost tlon and tome klnda ar Injurious to th skin car must be taken In using It. If a particular kind haa been pted before and known to be all right, It may be used on all the herd, but If It baa not been tried It la good plan to teat It out on a few of tbe hoga before treating all of them Jtrands of heavy composition ar recommend ed because of their high content of sulphur. If one dipping la not effec tive It should be repeated In one or two weeks. Nourishment for Lambs Itefore leaving a lamb to get Its own nourishment, aee that all lock and tugs of wool are trimmed away from around the udder of the ewe. The young lamb will often tuck at such tag Instead of the ttt It not only fulls to get milk but It mny pull off and swallow tome of th wool. This may cause much trouble and ven the death of tbe lamb. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I H I a a a a Live Stock Items HI I I I I I I 1 1 HI I I I I I I I I I I "Hotter alrea better atock." e . . Of all farm animals, horses are tbe most likely to he harmed by moldy or spoiled corn, according to Mr. C. II. Btange, dean of veterinary medicine at Iowa stute col leu Cracked barley can be Included In tb feed ration for chicks after they reach th age of flv or six weeks. It never pays to overcrowd hene tbey need a comfortable bouse, dry and roomy, with plenty of fresh al and sunshine. Grain feed auch aa sprouted oats. cabbage, turnips, beets and rape are neceatury for the lieulth of th pullets. A dlaeas sluillur In symptoms to roup I sometimes cuuaed by lack of green feed. PORTLAND Portland, Oregon. iMalky Select Residentia.1 St Trtnaient It mm TaaUiin, PortWn. Onaa. Modem Fireproof American Plan RATES MODERATE Better Franklin Service-Storage and General Repairing ANDERSON & RICE, 404 Finest Animal Swimmer. The finest animal twlmmer among animal are deer and beara. A deer will frequently awlm acroaa broad tukea, or visit Islands for tbe sake of good grazing. Red deer, when bunted into tbe tea, hare been known to twlm for mile. Chines Walled City. Peking la surrounded by a wall 60 feet higii and 40 feet thick. The walled portion of the city la IS mllea In circumference. Tbe city la one of the few waited places of alza remain ing aa they were In ancient times. Pin Production Large pin factories Tb output of tb throughout the world totala something like 84.000,000 a day. It these plna wers placed end to end tbe Una would stretch half-way acroaa tbe Atlantic. few weeks' total would encircle tbe earth. Picturesque Cities. ' Damascus lead the world In pic turesque cities. , It bazaars are tbe most Interesting In tbe Near East One can buy there products of the looms of Persia, tbe silks of China and won derful bras and Inlay work. Crdi( Mobllier Scandal. The Credit Mobllier, construction company, organized under a cnaner (torn tbe Pennsylvania legislature, waa charged In 1872 with corrupting public office boldera. It made enormous profile from tbe Union Pacific rail road. Main Boundary Dleput. Tbe "Aroostook War" ia tbe popu lar name given to the move tha atate of Maine made In 1839 to enforce It rights on th territory claimed by Itaelt and Canada. It coat tha state million dollars. Abolish "Woman Killer-" The bom of few rooms with wall beds and built-in feature, long popu lar In California, Is coming Into great- er favor throughout tha country. They .rcoDimodata tha family Just as well. save money In construction and are not "woman killers.'' Invaluable Bible. The "Silver Bible" containing a translation of th four gospels by Vlfllas la tha only extant writing In tbe Gothic language. It la about 1. 400 years old snd la preserved in the Upsala university, Sweeden. Called Down. ."Don't throw banana peelings on the edge of the Grand canyon," aald a ranger to a carelesa tourist, "You want aomebody to slip and fall three miles?" Louisville Courier-Journal. Uncle Et Sex. "Even admit tin' dat folka am de scended from monkeya," remarked Un cle Ezra, "Ah knowa aoma people dat ain't no tpectul credit to delr ances tors." Boston Transcript. A Difference. Fllntlna "They aay at twenty ahe waa the observed of all observers." Carnovskl "Yes, and now, at elxty, she'a preserved of all preservers. Town Topics, Sable Philosopher You needn't pray for do good Lord ter put you on de right road; you knowa befo'han' when de road's right an' when It's wrong, fer you's got a conscience what makes no mistake. Atlanta Constitution. I . Ancients Knew Corn. Corn la found among the relics of the most ancient trlbea of Indiana. It waa cultivated by all the agricultural natives of which there la any record. Danger of Bad Teeth. "Hud teeth are hotbeds of germs that may cause meningitis and blood poisoning," says Doctor Bronte, spe cialist of the government. Repair Cracks In Plaater. Equal parte of plaster of parla and whiting mixed with water is good to repair cracks In walls before they are painted or papered, FOR YOUR PRODUCE VAUDEVILLE PHOTO-PUYS , Complete Chang Sgtturday Adults, Week day Matinee 20c; Evenings, Sue. Continoua 1 to 11 p. m. 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The Island of Java In tha Indian ocean la tbe center of the most active and moat destructive volcanic region In the world, the East Indies. Java haa the doubtful distinction of having 21 active volcanoes. Scoffing Laugh. A ecoffing laugh la generally re ferred to aa Abderlan laughter from Abdera, aeaport town In Thrace, noted aa the birthplace of tha cynic. Democritna, who la known as tha Kughing or acoffing philosopher. Only the Shell. t Tbe pastor who waa fond of figures O' P-1 klng a funeral ora- llon- 118 wa nl uures. "anenos. we have here only the ahell of th man, tbe nut la gone." The Church man. Rocky Mountain Peak. Mount Maaalve, which la 14.424 feet high, la the loftiest peak of tbe Rocky mountalna In tbe limlta of the United States. Mount Brown, thought at one time to be higher, haa proved to be lower. We'd All Like to Try. i A multl-mllllooaire aaya that money cannot measure happiness, but he la not willing to lend bis yardstick to those who would Ilka to prove It. " Canary Ventriloquist. A canary that sings, then replies ventriloqulully aa if tbe notes cams from far away, la owned by a New Zealand man. , Eggaact Fact Laid Down. Farm life haa Ita drawbacka, but It isn't necessary to put down a quar ter when you eat an egg. Dulutu Herdld. Worth It In Australia a man walked CO miles In his sleep. We understand that when he got back the aermon had finished, raising Show (London). Women and Her Clothos. When men stars at her, ahe knowa everything la fixed right; when wom en stare at her, ahe wondurs what Is wrong. , On the Mske. In the country life Is what you make It, while in th city life Is what you make. Columbia Record. I You. Want a Good Position Vary well Take the Aeceuntaney aad Bualneae Manafemant, Privet aatarti al, Calmlater, CematemaUr, SUMtra. phle, Panmanahla, Mr CeaBsterevW ira' Ceur at Behnke-Walker Th foremast Buaineee Colter ef the Nerthwaat whlrh ha woe mere Aeoufwev' Award end Gold lledal thea aay ethae school la Antarlra, Ban lor eur auc Cataloa. fourth Itraat Haa Ifarriai Portland, Or. Iimao M. WaJkerL m P. N. U. NO. 30, 1924