Oklahoma Girl Strong as Boy "I.oulso Alice was I fretful, nervous and I all run down from whooping cough," I says Sirs, F. J. Kolnr, 1730 West 2-lnl St., I Oklahoma City, Okla. "The llttlo I could I foroo hor to ent wouldn't ever digest She became un dcrnvlght, sallow nnd weak. "Then I decided to try California Fig Syrup, and the results surprised nie. Her bowels started working tm- mediately, and In llttlo or no time she was eating so she got to be a pet nt the table, always asking us to pnss things. Her weight Increased, her col or Improved and she began to romp and piny apiln like other children. Now she's the picture of health, and strong as a boy." Pleasant-tasting, purely vegetable California Fig Syrup acts surely and Quickly to cleanse your child's stom ach and bowels of the souring waste that Is keeping her half sick, bilious, allow, feverish, listless, weak and puny. Cut lt'a more than a laxative. It tones and strengthens the stom ach and bowels to these organs con tinue to act normally, of their own accord. Over fonr million bottles used a year shows Its popularity. Ask for It by the full name, "California Fig Syrup," so youH get the genuine, en dorsed by physicians for 50 years. For Cots,Bams,Bniises,Sores Hanford'i Balsam of Myrrh Hmr a tm trrt Will If a arita. AH Man. Urn Work Man's first effort to control the Mis sissippi wa's by building levees. The first planters thus sought to protect their own plantations and passed the danger along to the next fellows. Gradually the levees were enlarged and extended until they now form a set of parallel banks long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. They have cost, so fur, more time ?2o0,000,U00. Large,Generous Sample of Old Time Remedy Sent Free to Every Reader of THs Article More than forty years ago, In a small way, good old I'astor Koenlg began the manufacture of Fastor Koenlg Nervine, a remedy recommended foi the relief of nervousness, epilepsy, sleeplessness and kindred aliments. The remedy was made after the for mula of old German doctors. The sale were small at first, but toon Increased end another factory was added to meet the Increasing demand. Today there are Koenlg factories In the old world and Pastor Koenlg Nervine I not only sold throughout the I'nited States but In every land and clime. The manufacturers want every read er of this free offer to try the old remedy at their exense. They will send a large, generous sample to e"ery one who mentUms this article. Try It and be convinced. It will only cost you a postal to write for the large, genemns sample. Address: Koenlg Medicine Co.. W North Wells street. Chicago, Illinois. Kindly mention yonr local paper. Large Italian Families Palaizolo dello Stella, I'dlne pror luce, Italy, with an average of mure than nine children, all Fascist, to er ery family, claims to come closest to Mussolini's Ideal of a prolific Italy Its population Is about 2.8UO. divided Into 40S families. 1 these, three have 10 children; one, 14; eight, 13: eleven, 12. The lesser trllies, snys the St. Louis Pnat-Iilxpatrh, Include eleven families with an even dozen; twenty-two wllh 11 offspring, and thirty-four with 10 A Leak Ethel She trie so hard not to lei anyone know her age. Mnyhelle She can't very well. Tou see, she Is a twin, and her brother, the other twin. Isn't afraid to tell how old he Is. Itro!t News. . Too Good to Bt True Mrs. iH)tlie 1'imr Mrs, Nuokte down! Her husband treats her like servant. Mrs. Gazoof What! Do you mean to tell me he gives her all his money and lets her boss the whole housej Garfield Tea Was Your Grandmother's Remedy For every stomach and Intestinal ill. This good old-fashioned herb home remedy for consti pation, stomach ills and other derange ments of the sys tem so prevalent these days Is In even greater favor as a family medlclnt than la your grandmother's day. How to Avoid INFLUENZA f.il Notlilnf FW ' eftaeta, WlUa (ii, yrotaat rou airalnal CoMa, In. oanaa Orlppa aa kaapin roar orirana at dlffeatlon and allmlautloa tetln ami rmi araiaai tree Im PMenoia aaeamulatlona. Natura l BameSt IM? Tabletel does Bora than eaarelr aaoM pleaaaJil and eaer bowl aeU'ia. It tones and etrenetheni Uw trslen, Ineraaa tag raalelaaee earaiae dlaaaaa aad InfaaUaaa. at a Ma Baa at Taw Prwef I i'-WfJ-ijaJiS i LI The Thames (Prpart br lha NaMonaJ Oeorraphla aVK-taty, Waahluatoa. D. C) FOLLOWlNd the Klver Thames from Its birthplace 73 miles west of London to that great metrop olis, leads tli traveler through a countryside full of history and tradi tion, and still retaining, In spite of Its nearness to the throbbing port and streets of London, the atmosphere of Dy-goue centuries. At Crlcklade the river Is little more than a rivulet In fact, toe loval peo pie all refer to It as "the Ilrook." The first 11 miles to Lechlade Is not really navigable water, and for most of the distance one must walk In the bed of the stream, guiding his canoe over the shallows, which occur every few yards. Where there la sufficient depth of water progress Is Impeded by the heavy weeds. At Lechlade the river becomes nav igable, though from here to Oxford truffle Is scanty, and It Is rare to see anything larger than a rowbont. The river winds Its narrow, tortuous course between long, level meadows or rushy banks. Black and dun rat tle wading In the shallows; nn old bridge or a comfortable riverside Inn haunted by anglers, for the river here Is full of fish; a heron winging his slow way home these are the most exciting scenes In a day's paddle. Hut though this country Is not on the grand scale. It has a quiet beauty all its own, which Is remembered when more spectacular places are forgotten. Lechlade Is a Cutswold town, built round the wide and sunny market place, from one side of which rHu-s the Sixteenth century church, with lis spire so loved by the pet Shelley. The houses are of stone, brick being a rarity In the Cotswolds, and have an air of mingled spaciousness and dignity which Is most attractive. Newbridgt and Its Old Inn. A steady, uneventful paddle of 13 miles brings one to Newbridge, which. like New College at Oxford and the New Forest, Is of great antiquity, be ing In fact the oldest bridge on the river. On the bank Is the old Inn bearing the quaint sign of 'The Rose Re vived." lis signboard was painted by Sir Hamo Thorneycroft, and rep resents a rose In a glass of beer. In which liquid It appears to be flourish ing greatly. Over the signboard Is a smalt penthouse to act as a defense against the weather. Four miles below Is the ferry where Matthew Arnold saw the Scholar Gipsy "crossing the stripling Thames at Hablockhythe," and about a mile on the right the tillage of Cumnor, where wus enucted the tragedy of Amy Itob- sart, described by Sir Walter Scott In "Kenllworth.' At this point one comes In sight of Oxford, but as the river describes a great horseshoe curve, It Is some time before be approaches the outskirts of the city. The sordid nature of the lust two miles, covered with railways, warehouses, and gasometers. Is only equaled by the memory of Its depart ed gloried. On tiie left, where now Is a ceme tery, stood the great Abbey of Osney, and Just below the old keep of Oxford castle rears Its houry head from among the hideous litter and lumber of a gas-works and a railway; yet It was the scene of one of the nioxt ro mantic adventures of the Middle Ages. In the year 1142 King .Stephen was beaicglnK the castle, In which wai Ids rival, Mutildu, A frost set In, fol lowed by a heavy snowstorm, and the cuxe of the garrison wus desperule. Hut Matilda was a true i'lautugeiiet. With four chosen knights, dressed ull In white, she stole out of a little postern gate, nnd under cover of dark ness fled ocr'ips the frozen river and over the snows to Abingdon, seven long miles away, where help awaited her. A little farther on the river divides und passes under the old Grand Font, or Folly bridge, the center of Oxford's aquutlc life. Beauties of Oxford. Oxford Is one of those towns, which, like Home, Prague and a few others, ure reully the procrty of the woild, rather than of a single nation. It Ix Impoxsllile in so short an article to give more than a cursory glance al its many beauties. It should be re membered that, with Cnmbrldge, It Is the only example remaining of a unl vertdly with a tradition of communal living In colleges, Independent of the university organisation, which goes hack hundreds of years. The city Is a living link with what ever Is or lias been best In Kngllsh life through the agps. and forms In itself an epitome of Kngllsh social iid natlonul history, at Pangbourne. There Is tho view from Carfax down 81. Aldates to the tower of Chrlxt church, where Great Tom still strikes, at 9 p. tu., hi 101 strokes, the num ber of undergraduates, as ordained by the founder of the original col lege. Cardinal Wolsey. Or climb he Itadcllffe Camera and look at the city lying outspread, with the noble tower of Magdalen away In the distance. Every college has some peculiar at traction and tradition of Its own the library at Merton, with Its chained books; the old city walls In New Col lege garden; the chapel of Christ church, which Is also a cathedral a unique distinction; the sundial at Oriel. From Oxford the river rani to lit ley, little village two miles below. This stretch Is the scene of the col lege bumping races the Torpids In the Lent term and the Fights In the summer term. Roth are eight-oared races, extending over a week,' the boats sturtlng In a line-ahead forma tion, 1.7) feet apart In both sets of races the principle is that euch boat endeavors to overtake and touch the one In front, and If successful takes Its place on the succeeding day. Few sights are more beautiful than tills the crowd of undergraduates running on the tow-path, the long string of raring boats and the line of boats and barges crowded with bright bias ers and pretty dresses. Illley mill Is probably the most photographed place on the Thames; and, with Its mellow red roof guarded by the tall poplars. It Is worth pic turing. Paddling Through Charm and History. Two miles below Is Saudford, where from time immemorial the King's Anns has been the goal of under graduate boating parties. Once hrough Sandford lock, one paddles on to Abingdon past the Nuneham woods, which In placet here come down to the water's edge. Unfortunately, for most of the distance the banks are too high for a small bout to command an extensive view. Abingdon has fallen from Its high estate. In bygone days the ahttots of Abingdon dominated the whole dis trict; but their monastery vanished at the Reformation, and not even the site of It Is now known. Relow on a backwater lies the little village of Sutton Courtenny, consist ing of a long row of old KnglUh cot tages, a village green, and a fine ave nue of trees a perfect; specimen of the small hamlets which sleep by the banks of Father Thames. A mile below Is Clifton Hampden and "Rnrley Mow," nn old thatched Inn, one of the quaintest on the river. Its low-pitched roof, beamed walls, and latticed windows give It a really story book appearance, and Inside the Impression of unreality Is Intensified. Relow Clifton Hampden Iiorchexter lies, a mile away on the left, another Instance of fallen greatness. In tlm Seventh century It was the scene o( the baptism of Cynegll, the first West Saxon king to become a Christian, and In the Tenth century It was the see of an enormous diocese which stretched to the I lumber. In later years the Austin friars built a great priory hero, of which the abhcy church remains as one of the chief glories of the river. Iiorchester has vanished from history for M) years, but It re mains a village of singular peace and charm. The next few miles are somewhat lacking In Interest, One paddles through Khllllngford ; Wulllngford, n great strategic point In the Middle Ages, but now a sleepy and uninterest ing town ; under the Great .Western railway bridge at Moulford, and then down a straight two-mile reach on which the Oxford university trials nre rowed before the eight to row against Cambridge are selected. , Half way down the reach Is the Deetle and Wedtte Inn, nn old hostelry rebuilt about fifteen years ago and having Its unusual sign prominently displayed. ' A mile below are the twin villages of Goring nnd Htreatley. They occupy what was the most beautiful spot on the Thames, but now, alas, are crowd, ed wllh the houses of the newly rich; und what was a paradise Is now an Inferno of money and motor cars. The country round Is still unspoilt and the reaches down to Pangbourne full of beauty. World Mainly Coed I have an honest conviction that those who occupy the world's best p, alt Ions earn them honestly, and that politeness, and nearly always more I ban the nsual honesty, follow dlstluc Hon. E. W, Howe's Monthl. FLASH m : The Lead Dog : r j W. N. USatvlaa Publiahini Co. , haaaaanaimtaa...... SYNOPSIS ' I'p the wild watara of tha un known Vallow-l.aK, on a wlntar'a hunt, Joornay llrork MoOaln and Uaapard Laerolx, his Franeh-Crae coniraila, with Klsah, Hrock'a ?uiiyand (hair doa tanm. Iirork's nlher bad warned him ot tba dangar ot his trip. CHAPTER II 2 On the Yellow-Leg Trail Through the early afternoon the deeply loaded canoe followed the flat coast From tha stern Guspard, the better canoeman, driving hit narrow blade with the stralght-artued lunge of tha Cree, watched with frowning yea the Increasing blackness of the northe.n horizon. The sun was hanging over tha muskeg behind tha spruce teyond the marshes when Gaspard glanced Into the north and shook his head "We better And ramp ground be fore de Mde leav oa." he warned. "We run up some creek." "You'ra right," Rrork replied. "We can't run the chance of getting the flour wet." For n hour the paddles of the canoemen churned the gray bay wa ter aa they reconnoltered the flats ahead for a hospitable creek mouth Into which they could run for ahelter from the blow which threatened them at the turn of the tide. Aa the .uuskeg smothered the sun, Gaspard stood In the stern, searching the beaches to (be north. Somewhere ahead a friendly little river must cross the marshes to the sea, or a hospitable sa-d spli thrust out to meet the tide. "Loo1 s as If we had a night In the boat ahead of us," said Ilrock, as the stern-man sat down and slleotly too.'' up his paddling again. "If she blow hard when de tide come In. de boat will mi," was the gloomy cjmment of the other. On they traveled, searching for way In to a" dry camp ground on the marshes, but In vain. Then, aa the tide turned, the wind rose, and Ihe bronxed faces of the canoemen set grim with the knowledge thai the filling of their boot on the flats meant the abandonment of their winter on the Yellow-Leg. For without flour they dared not enter the unknown country. Kneeling in the bow, teeth clamped. the stuhhorness of his Scotch ances try battling all thought of failure. Ilrock drove bis paddle wllh all the splendid power of his muscular arms and back From the stem the sinewy Guspard -taking them on the quarter eased ihe nose of the able boat through Ihe short sess. Rut loaded as I bey were, the stern-man realised that Ihe rising wind would soon kirk up a ea In which Ihe heavily loaded canoe niuld not live. It was a matter of minutes. Ills decision was quickly made. "Look out I" he cried, "we rum In bore!" And burying Ids paddle, with the prompt aid of Ilrock he awung the bow. Rilndly they drove the boat In through the thickening dusk As they shot Into the while shoals they dropied paddles, sclxed their setting poles and pushed desierutely on through Ihe low breaking flood tide. Suddenly the canoe stoppej with a Jolt, thro In, the polers forward to their knot I. A following wave lift ed and swung the stern Inshore. Tie next would wash over the boat, grounded broadside on, filling her. The flour I . Leaping Into the water, desperate with the fvai of (he loss of the pre clous car- , with a great heave Ilrock eased the bow off the hummock be neath It, ""d wllh Gaspard pushing at the stern, hended the lightened boat In over the Hals where she grounded beyond the break of the waves. They re dry aa a none:" snouted R rock, reaching under the heavy can vas to the flour lings. "Whew I That was a close roll I" "Good t ing de beach Is flat here," cried Gaspare "I tho't she All for ure." The tlde'a not half mil yet, la Itr "No, we got to float de enno' In, aa da uue rises, iuu iia nut tor oe boat and I go back to high ground and build fire." . Bo, with Ihe stern lashed to a pole to keep tha boat from swinging, Ilrock curled op In the canoe to wait for the tide to float her, while Guspard went Inland with kettle and frying pan, for the hours of toll since noon bad left them desperately hungry. It was not long before Ilrock aaw a light flicker, back on the marsh. Uls empty stomucl clamored for the tee and fr'ed goost that Gaspard was cooking. Then for space, his tired body conquered hi in and h dozed, to be wakened by Ihe swinging of tus ennoe, utloat, sgaln, In the tide. Tumbling out In his water-tight seal kin boots llrork guided the craft throutr- the shallows until she again grounded, and, lashing the boat to setting pole, ne alerted for the Or where he tea awaited hint, A he crossed the p.nrsh to the alder thicket which served at a partial .windbreak for the fire. chorus of yelps dial letiged hit approach. "Say, I'm half starved, cook r cried the hungry youth u he fought off the caresses if the welcoming doga, "How about a little bite?" Gaspard smiled as ha turned the sputtering goose in the pan with his skinning knife. "You lucky you not half drown, You stake de boat when you leave her!" "You bet Rut she's far In now where there's no wash. I'll go buck when I've filled tills hollow, and bring her In aa the tide rises." 8o dogs and men ate their supper by tha little fire of driftwood while the 'wind rocked the alders above them. After midnight, wuco the tide had turned, they brought their tent and blanketa In from the canoe and rolled up for uoeded rest after the hard day. Ry daylight, a kettle of goose was already bubbling over Ihe fire, for the wind bad cleared tha weather and long paddle up tha coast lay before them. Aguln, with the doga following Ihe shore, the canoe beaded up the coast. "Tonight wc camp at de Rig Owl tomorrow de Yellow-Leg," said Gas pard. settling Into vicious stroke. "Right I Tomorrow the Yellow Leg P' And the paddlea churned the gray bay water aa the boat aped up the low coast. Late In the afternoon, the lean face of Gaspard wldvued In grin aa be searched the coast to the north. "lere aba Is, de Rig Owl" be an nounced with satisfaction. "We mak' good turn today, eh, Ilrock T The following noon the voyagers reached Ihe mouth of tha Yellow Leg, which, like all west coast riven, de bouches Into the bay through a delta. "The Yellow Leg, at lastl" cried Brock. slaQdlng to tha canoe, hands shielding eyes. 'Rig river I" replied Gaspard, "aba got free mouth." 'Ily golly, there's that schooner again I" Rrork pointed Into the north. Gaspard'a black eyea studied the dark object on the water, far up the coast. "W'at she haug off die riviere forT' he muttered. 'I'd sure like to run on up the roust and have a look at them," aald Rrock. 'No, we got big Job ahead before de frecie-up, Ilrock." Then wllh a sweep of bis paddle, Gaspard swung lha bow Inshore. "Here we go for de big hunt on de Yellow-Lrg." Iay by day through the following week the canoe bound for the un mapped headwaters of the Yellow-Lrg bucked the strong current. Ofteo they were compelled to get out the track ing line, and. walking the shore, tow the boat op through water too strong for poles to push her. And nowhere on the shores of the wild river did l hey meet with signs of a portage or old camp ground. Aa be watched tlm wilderness pan orama unfold before him, the realiza tion that It waa free country on trapped, theirs, by the law of the oorlb thrilled Rrock to the marrow. Then one day Hie river forked. "Which wayr asked llrork. "We tak' eouf branch," replied the etern-uian. "Once, te de nord of Starving Riviere divide, my fader aaw beeg luk". It might be headwater of dla branch." "He waa beaded tor that lake coun try when he left your camp last win ter, wasn't heT" Gaspard nodded. "He went to look ovalr de country for game sign." "He couldn't have starved, Gsspard. He waa too good a hunter; he must have met wllh an accident. " "No, he had plenty grub w'en he left an' he waa beat hunter een dts count ree." Osspnrd's voice roughened to husktness aa he soke of the father he had loved. "Somet'lug hapien he nevnlre starve so long as be can travel." "Queer thing not a dog ever worked his way back wolves, I suppose." "Not a dogl" For a spact they sat In all tnce while the canoe drifted, the dark fare of Gaspnrd 1-ecroli bitter wllh the mem ory of his lost father. (TO 1119 CONTINUED.) Coit Employed for Telegramt in China The transtnlnlon and receipt of tele grama In China la not to easy at In western countries, because the Chinese language lurks an alphabet and ex presses Itself by characters and signs that represent words. In consequence, for purposes of telegraphing, an exact list has been mode of signs In quan tity suluclcnt for ordinary correspond ence, and to euch of the signs a differ ent number la given which Is transmit ted by the Morse telegraphic system. The code consists of O.WX) cipher, the whole forming a pamphlet of 40 page, each one of which contain ten series of V0 characters with Ita corresond Ing number. On receipt of a telegram the oTator looks up in his book the characters represented by tha numbers transmitted by tli apparatus and transcribe them Into legible Chinese. Washington Sunday Star. Th fieffer Pari ' "We cannot choose good friends," aid III Ho, Ihe sage of Chinatown, "bill must hope to llv to worthily thai good friends may choose US." Washington Star, Lay up treasure In heaven. No one on earth will try to rob yoo of them. 1() RESIST TIIF, ATTACKof colds or grippe put i r system your blood In order. Ilulld up your hnnlth, with that splen did herbal ton. lo. Dr. harm' Guidon Medical Ula- covnry, which has stood tint tost of sixty years of approval. Tho air we breathe Is often full of germs, If our vitality Is low we're au oaay mark for voids or pneumonia. One who has used tho "IMacovery", r "U M D", writes thus: Suulaiia, Waah, "Whriwrrf I art tied, walk anil all ivwdoarn, or my attrnath la all fnta, I Uka ( Mlb id Ilia 'dnlilrn tMkal 10a. covfiy' and It lulnsa Uaill niv alianalU, balUla ma uu ami niakra uta Iral lika a new pataum. II nut only acta aa a tonic I nit milrliaa and InitMi tat Iba IiWnnI. I alaya m(unen4 Uia HliiUIra Mnlteal lilacum;' aa a lank and UM reiki."."-Mia J J. Kiauaa, Ul N. Ilrlrna aL HuM uc Ul.kla. All ualan). Write Dr. I'torce's luvsllds Hotel la RulTalo, N. Y for true advice. '"WE Q RtlUft A pbaaaat, aOWttoe m- la and AOr aliaa. And aa rarnaW, aa I'lKtra Initial aud a-naat nalva, )c 1'AKK.KK'S HAIR I1ALSAM ilUan oiwlnut ai.MaliaallnJ Maatnraa Caiaa and I v B I "anaa? a l.rar awl raaM MaU ..IVV 1 a ri "ta nragtl.fca FLORFSTON SHAMPOO-Md fnf aaa ta) rnniiarlliMi with 1'ark'r a llalr llaiaaat. UahaaUaa hair auft and Safff . aa wnta hy mall at drug alrU Ulacui Clunk! Wuika, I'alcbugoa, N. f . SUFFERING ELIMINATED Itrvara torrna la treating Kertal and toloo tnwblrs hy Ihe llv. C . Oust mi !M Kl.H Al mrthnd a Mr a. In 0-r WHim AS. M NANlK of fil l"! f.lJMI. MIMI r VKV. Krrl M.r.11 Hand Inlai l tut lt una. aaWaiiSiaraaaaiadaa. REOALyj colon clinic Matacte-Bowad Miilale lie's got a kit of culture, hasn't lie I Has Yes. but It' all physical. Cold NJ Cau$ No nconeeniencer Hlnircr can't atwnv kivn front ralchlnc cold, but the rnn -i-t that best of any cold In a few hours ami 10 ran you. Gel Pnoe'S Cold Cofnnomid Hint comes In pleasnut tasting tablets. one or which will break up a cold so lulckly vou II be astonished. Adv. Mi,al Daalk by Inchas The life of fourteen loon lbs old boy who waa attempting to crawl scron the railroad tracks at Kanaae City, Knn waa aavetl when sn sp proachlhg train was' atopim Just ae the front end of the engine extended over the hoy. The bahy, raising hie bead suddenly to see what all the coniinotlon waa about, humped hie head nn the engine and started to cry. but Ids mot Iter soon consoled him. A Caining Raligioa) MnharsmrdaiiUin Is sweeping down aver Africa rapidly. This religion he a great aptieal to tha unlives' ador ation of ceremony and dress. The first thing that happens when a vil lage has turned Mohammedan la general order to kill all pigs. WHAT DR. CALDWELL LEARNED IN 47 YEARS PRACTICE A physician watched tha rfanilta of ennstition for 47 ysars, and belinvad that ne matter how careful people are of thalr health, diet and exercise, nnit.ipa tinn will occur from time te time. Of next importance, then, Is how to treat it whan it canine. Dr. Caldwell always was in favor of getting aa close to nature aa possible, brnne his remedy for email- Pition, known ss Dr. ('aid well's Hynip pain, Is a mild vegetable conisiutiiL it ran not harm the system and )a not habit forming, riyrup I'eniin Is pleasant' tasting, and youngsters lovs it. Dr. Caldwell did not approve of drastic pliyaies and purges, lie did noi bcllev they were good for anybody's system. In a practice, of 47 yeara he never saw any reason for thalr u when riyrup I'epain will empty tha bowela Juaa as promptly. Do not lot a day go by without t newel movement. Ho not sit and hope, but go to Via nearest druggist and get ona of the generous bottles of Dr. Cald well's Hyrup Tepsln, or write "Syrup Fepsln," Dent II R, Montioello. Illinois, fur free trial bottle. AKi'A'ffV you El in - bTJ' gA- 4rSF2rl W. N. U, PORTLAND, NO. 2-1020.