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Show T fafOlY . JOHN L Diamond-Studde- COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. UTAil "HOCKED" K4S BELT Year's of fk Ideas Day i d H.avywelght Pual listic Champianship Trophy Was Pledged for $1,800. Thought for the New Year A We .went Into the pawnshop of the street Simpsons to ask about . John U Sullivan', diamond championship btlt, which he "hocked' Forty-secon- d J fef "Ha thla heavyweight belt ever been taken outr was asked 1,800. Qraham Bonner u!..-nI- ,n w ! -' Ll-Buil- I iu ir,i keep-piece- , ley were in her ot know that. dreams, too, but he OJ manj narrow-minde- the '".VOTBW HPtVtm UNION T HAS been a very Joyous aay, said the New Yenr. ' It hus been my first day here aud I must say 1 have greatly enjoyed it. "Old Mun Winter is not,at all the chilling, cold creature I expected him to be. By no means. Of course it is true he is cold, but his spirit is a nice one. He has the kind of cokings about him that I like. It doesn't make people feel unhappy, hut it makes them feel like walking and doing things. It makes them feel energetic and glowing. "It has been such a beautiful day, too. As for the people they have been fine! 9 "They have gone about wishing each other a happy New Year and the greetings have been so pleasant and cheerful. "Now I have a few new Ideas. Perhaps they are not really new. Put thev are new to me. I've heard lt said that there i s , r e a 1 y nothing so very new. "Anyway, I'm going to tell these Ideas of mine. "Whether they are new or not, I am hoping everyone will like them. "!?ow todav has wvvu uir luci un,l f v Jof Hie year, as ev- - V"ja"eryone knows. Ev- eryone has wished everyone else such delightful wishes. That is no news. "But my ideas are these: "Why not keep up this spirit all through the year? Of course I do not mean that everyone should wish everyone else a happy New Y'ear every day of the year. "That would be very foolish. "But I would like the same F'rit to be about all the time. I would like lt if everyone felt that they were wish ing the best for everyone else at all times. "It would be so nice If people could feel happy toward others all the time. "For example it would be so nice not to have any jealousy about. It would be so nice not to have some envious of others. "It would be wonderful If when one person heard that some friend had had good luck for It to make them happy 1 d ! pre-rou- s! ! sweet-scente- f 1 ' f-f- spirit I de-Th- Straight Curbing With Sharp Edge Compels Motorist to Drive Out mwrnm TIMES DAMAGED EtSiLY ARE 36-fo- ANUARY In Japan Is the month of rest and festival; rest after hard work and harvest; festival us an auspicious beginning of the year. Before the end of the old year pine branches are set np by the gateways, shrines of gods, hearth, well and other places. These pine branches, signifying constancy, are hung with a straw ring made to imitate a Jewel, with rays of light radiating from It, and stuck with a dried sardine, a leaf of evergreen, pieces of paper and a bit of edible seaweed. These rings are also put on uluiost all artleloa nf fi,n,iti. representative and kitchen implements, and this Is said to let them take one year." The festival of "going over the year," or "Toshlkoshi," is sometimes called "Toshitori," or "taking the year," and Is- a busy time for the housewife. She has to cook many different dishes, all of which have prosperous significance besides her regular rice and bean soup. When food is ready gods are served first, but only in miniature. Lights are put before tbem ; sake liquor is offered in a pair of small vases, which, by the way, I have often seen used for flowers In America. Before the eoria on the shelf they hang highly colored leaflets, each with a lucky meaning, One Is the god of fortune under an Curb With Sloping Surface Permits Car Owner to Park His Car Flush With Bottom of the Curbing. Well-Rounde- d t - j ut "Do two and two always niaka four?" This Is not the prologue to a vaudeville wheeze, uor Is it the opening wedge for an intricate and techuioal dissertation upon the raiultlcutlons of some such subject as integral calculus. The answer as you may have expected is "No." The retisons simple, logical and uncontrovertible truths based upon uctual experiment. Auy motorist who bus suffered the torture of on some lonely unexpected blow-out- s road, traceable directly to "stoue or any other of bruises," "rlm-cuts- " the divers lire ills that conie of too close association with the ancient sawtooth edged curbing, will rise in Immediate defense of the statement once he reads the facts assembled. For argument we will suppose. thHt the street that fronts your borne is 3d feet wide from curb to curb, and that the particular type of curbing used Is square-cornerestraight and as is usually the case where this type Is In use, sharp of edge. Rounded or Sloping Face. Going further In the process of argument we will suppose that this Is cement curb with a replaced by Car Having Had Several Seasons of Wear Invariably Develops Irrl- tating Noises. The car which has had several seasons of use Invariably develops squeaks and rattles from vibration and wear, and in many cases from lack of attention In oiling and In To locate the sources of noise is a matter of systematic ex amination and testing, which should be done aftej" all dust and mud have been washed away, nuts and bolts tightened, lubricating passages denned and the car thoroughly oiled and greased. v Car Is Jerked In Starting and Strain l lnuMwr4 1 tT Entire Mechanism. i K 1 1 1 n 6 rpj f fir ? t ADJUSTMENT OF AUTO DOORS i Wooden Wedges Placed Under Body Of Car Will Remedy Trouble In Opening and Closing. ml K A When the doors on one side of the body of an automobile do not fit properly, either binding so that they ar Rounded Cement Curb. hard to close or fit too loosely, with so much clearance that the catch will not rounded or sloping face, graduating snap, the trouble may be remedied by approximately two Inches In from the wooaen wedges under tne body placing road at the top and equipped with of car. Metal places may also be the rounded corners. used. In either case, the wedge shouM How much wider, then, would the bolted through the frame bo that be effective surface of your street beIt will remnln firmly in place. come with this change? "Four Inches" you say, adding the two and two of I each side. You're wrong.The effective width of the street beTesting Bearings. comes Increased at least 24 Inches, and possibly three or four feet. Motorists .The motorist Is sometimes will see the reason for this at once. pu..led to know just what No carel'ul driver will squeeze his car shape his hearings are In and close to a sharp-tippeperpendicular does not know how to test ' them. Connecting rod bearings curbing. Me knows that disastrous Injuries to the tire fabric will result. should be tested by tapping them very gently with a ham mer and watching for play. For the crank shaft bearings, rock the shaft a little hard with petcocks open; if you can do this the bearings are all right t - d, fin" AVTOrtOBILK - i Extra tires not In use on the car should be stored In a cool, dark, dry place. I'M - For safety, economy and driving ease, all brake operating parts should be kept well lubricated. i f , - i; - Except for removiag grease or oil fp ts, sonp should never be used when washing the body of a car. - h ed with' precious goods, her sails out- , spread, on her decks men busy with rigging and oars. A Japanese poert Is also printed on it: Square-Cornere- 9 d tl Need- - Grabbing clutch trouble Is the oj poslte of slipping. The clutch takes hold too suddenly, so that the car la jerked in starting and needless strain la Involved for the entire power transmitting mechanism? Grabbing Is caused by too heavy spring iressure, by facings that have become rough and dry, by end play In the clutch shaft, by too Unlit an adjustment. The driver who Jams tn his clutch Is quite likely to product a grabbing action. 1 ,1 auspicious gem, with a bagful of gold coins, coral and other precious things. Another has a bundle of edible seaweed, which is called "kobu." The phrase "to rejoice" in Japanese is "yorokobu ;" so seaweed (kobu) means rejoicing. The last has under it a lobster A person doubled up with age reminds one of a lobster with its doubled up waist. So the lobster quite often is picturesquely representative of "the aged of the sea." When the family have bowed down before the gods they eat the great meal and a few rounds of sake were ceremoniously served in former days. Once you have eaten this feast you have added one year; and a chid born In December is said to be two years old right after this meal. I used to be reminded by older people that I should be a better boy from the first of January, as I had added one year during that one night. They say that one night of the thirty-firs- t of December Is worth fifty days of usual days, and those who go to bed early this night will grow old that much in one night. Early on the first of January New Year's callers begin to pour in. What do they say? With heads bowed down and hands on tlie slll they mumble: "Congratulations for the opening of the new year; we received your favor last year, and pray that It will be continued in future." This phrase Is so common that both sides speak at the same time, and yet both are well understood. One says, "Won't you come in?" "No," answers the other; "I "Then have more houses to call." come when you are through," and the caller goes. If the caller should come Jn he is sumptuously feasted with food and drink. Superstitious people find omens and meanings in dreams, and the Japanese must have good dreams tm begin the year. For this purpose they put a piece of paper under the bed. On this paper a Japanese junk is printed, load- - sea-foa- JS TROUBLES CLUTCH GRABBING vs I SOURCE OF RATTLES LOCATE ! - World's Fairs In 1922. e The "world's fair" was an stretched his wings and flew extravagant, flimsy fairyland that ier every day ; but his wings were housed, for the most part, objects of satisfied. In his dreams came a art and education exhibits, and disap i of vast heights and boundless peared as If wrecked by an earth is of the earth streaming away More than 50 world's fairs quake. tth him; black water and white are scheduled for Europe this yenr, but gray water and brown land, blue their main object will be the extension jr and green land, all flowing back- - of commerce rather than the proud exI from day to day, while the cold hibition of local and national treas fued and the warmth grew. ures. Europe now regards such ex4 felt the empty sparkling nights, positions as valuable agents for pro far above, quivering, burning; moting trade; in this attitude lt re i far below, quivering more in the turns in principle to the fairs of the water and felt h's great wings; Middle ages, says the Scientific AmerI strong, all sufficient, carrying him ican. The sample fair held at Prague fiid on. last year, though but a minor example, 8 was in her dreams, too, but he brought together 2,500 exhibitors. Exjot know that. hibition trains are supplementing the Is time to go '" he cried one day. advertising value of the fairs; witare coming! It is upon us! ness the compltely-equippetrain too. H must gu Good-by- . my wife ! brought from France last fall that That would make the very uir full by, my children!" For the Pas- - made an extensive tour of Canada. of happiness and cheer. I don't mean of Wings was upon him. that I think everyone should go about J was stored to the heart. "Yes, with a silly grin. That would be fool on Bees Bumble Spree. time to go! she cried. "I arn Bumble bees, remarks the London ish and tiresome. '! Come." "My Idea Is for them to have their Daily Express, swarm to a bed of was shocked, grieved, astonished. hearts smiling so that their words In a Heme Bay garFrench marigolds ', my dear !" he said. "How Inebriated. would be cheery and so that they sYou cannot go on the den and become shockingly so much goodwill toward so frequently would feel These carousals occur !t Flight! Your wings are for a wom- each other. owner of the the that garden, ling tender little ones ! Your body I had a talk with the Old Year just has turned the adjoining bed of r the Wonder of the Gleaming an, before he went. inebriates' home, au into we! not for days and nights of hollyhocks "He told me that the one thing to which she carries the bees. They fless snaring Yon cannot eo I" inwhich had made him really sad at hour's an from awake glorious ie did not heed him. She spread bed of times had been the senseless quarrels toxication on a wings and swept and circled no ter and ugly words and mean speeches has after The flowers. morning Jmd hijh above as. in truth, she which once in awhile he had heard. bee. drunken rors for the l,een doing for many days, though Such things he said had made him Hive bees and butterflies are not afid not noticed it. And wnen a year cries tnere is and cry. carry dropped to the ridge-pol- e beside fected, They sip decently sorrow in the air. like liauor gentlemen. their where he was still muttering ob- , "He told me that the reason, or at Other flowers, notably a variety of rM. "Is it not trlorions sho pried least one of the reasons, why every helenium, stupefy the and sodum el They nre the nearly' ready !" one was so happy narcotic m Unnatural Mother!" he burst all bees, wild and hive, by the remain at Christmas time The insects "You have forgotten the Order nectar they yield. was because every ature! You have forcrotten vour intoxicated for the whole night, and one felt happiness sun. the Iren! You Win?, nrodnns tpn- - are resigned to sobriety by and wished friends helpless Little Ones!" And he and happiness or his highest ideals were shat- Lured "Skeeters" to Death. merriment. season pede"And it is the I During the recent hot ft the Precious Little Ones stood strians In a Jersey suburban town were Christmas row on the ridge pole and flapped mystified each night about bedtime by and the New Year strong young wings in high an unusual performance in a residence. that I would spirit darkwere as hlo- as h like to see kept up Every window in the house '.mis of for as a matter of fact he was ened except one. A bright light all the year, fy, a Young Stork himself. "As I say, these round proportions was seen upon the tiie tne air was beaten not be new white with screen of this window; now at may "'isand wings: It wna liko annw now at the bottom; now In the ideas of mine, but i top; t ar- h'lver and there was a center, moving rapidly as with a set they are ideas I "is. whirlwind, a hurricane of purpose. feel very strongly. the Army of the Sky The solution, as discovered, reveals "For example, I would like it if f- and Inthen due pi array, and streamed a new plan of warfare on mosquitoes. mothers and daddies were just the I'Ward. The man of the house hit upon tl same all the year as they were at full of remembered Joy and mort scheme of putting a flashlight on the Christmas time, and if children were He. finding the high sunlight screen to induce the mosquitoes to the same too, wanting to do for each were tnen J than her dreams, she swept alight upon the wire. TheySome other, saying kindly things. nights rt swatter. far Sllmmer-lanwith finished I would like it if grownups never L! and her ; at seen Bd with the happiness of later the flashlight device was children's feelings those grownhurt on the 1 Flight, swept beside her. don't understand children. I who work, in a dozen other houses ups Sun. York New wish they would never say things to I' 70uuarp Mother!" he panted, thoroughfare. up wlth th fraught hurt the feelings of children. .... . . ties" oh..r cneu 1 "The New Y'ear is young and knows "but joyously, of Healing. Plants Stork l,ef0re I of was a Mother- -, one can feel hurt when one Is "Art the wrote that William Cole who in l" Mime Simpling" in 1CC6, believed firmly and very young. would like it ir cnnnren inri he storks were And I Flying. (he healing virtues of plants, exter certain hurt the feelings of older people never upon theories his bused acted as though they felt never supposed and of growth 1923 nal appearances or tiresome. old ' Tear to have been impressed on the plants they were es " told me someunng the Yeail spotted Old Thus The adorned fowi,Prt with holly. f!y guardian angels. to about that and the Old Year told me Been" and mistletoe, were supposed o? tuhgworth youtl f? leaves tony diseases how the feelings tf older people could " ur me Bnow. indicate its efficacy In curing t the wal- be hurt. of of the lungs, and (he shape for afv was let's wish everyone a nappy good It nut to show that Lnd supwere tk. .,.rs UP" the stare. New Year and happiness all through fections of the head. Hants it In infiu. the peculiar the rear and let's keep wishing posed to be under we When the time. and the all moon, our hearts ence of the sun. the or In cross impatient think of mean or and to possess virtue relative posit on things to say let us say tium their with to Yr U i," to the Year' to ourselves. at the time they were gathered, them. ruled heavenly body which old-styl- NOT MAKE FOUR eycwzo At of Christopher Richardson. mn0, ere nesting. the aged Thomaa Simpson. and vnune stork , EC "Now that you know about tfeio. it" he with replied, "I may as well tell you' that mainly consorted ne kind and had it was redeemed April 29, 1904 We ''nfc' th ladies, either had it here, down la our safe for i nO tiitiUBHi l" three years." a city of quick opportunities married his attention was as Being well as a city of adversitv. New M ! ruTed utn Tork pawnshops are rare La- spots foi fawn that Triumph of Art, the study of human character, ana upon thPir Nest, a 7, young woman came in and planked a special Creations uieir he moved by the small diamond ring on the highiv poi Deeply was ished rosewood-toppecounter an-demanded ?35 in a hurry. "You must intense rpvprence. r..vfl trtlOOu. hurry," she pleaded, "for I have ai - appointment with my hairdresser and Gleamof the Her Nest; t need the money to pay for a . penim "reasure ot muooui nent wave." the Breast, Frooding Patient The queerest case of sentiment Hau-n. U'ilV w ii ;:s. , i"!. I the pawning some years ago of three Ones. Little of Group ?iuo bills by an elderly woman ti, iiduously ne lumntu black. When told she could not go mc uw to neip the nest, more than $250, She was satisfied ac- i if his impassioned seeming to know that the mone :n hur :1!11 their behalf, devoutly given her had to be borrowed, and its rformed his share of the brooding hunted in her turn. When share of the orerhead added in. "I would not SDend the hills ho he thought continually as cause they were issued bv th -i'. one with the Brood H eminent to a bank in which mv dead When lie was on tne nest ne huslmnd was president," she ex sat ht all the more of Her, who plained, and polntlnz at the name m. noble such to so lovingly, long, one of the bills, added : "That wns hi? name." , flew fair Spring by, happy days She did not redeem the bills nt The Autumn. Lt summer gentle the end of the year, and they went fc ones grew larger and larger ; It Into circulation to meet the $54 inkiore and more work to keep their beaks shut in terest due, the net loss on the pawn lening, widening books being $4. intmeiit. etn parents new xur shop A twenty-dolla- r gold piece pawns them. feed to i in the days grew shorter, the sky for $15, and many are pawned, be;n" s with some sentimental lr, the wind colder; there was value to their owners. The interest success, in small and bunting on $15 for a year is $4.50. reams he begau to see sunshine, Recently a pearl necklace worth i. sunshine after. day; day burning W . .. .. . . .., i i was offered through thf $1,000,000 j ; Ot limitless oiue uars, ueep yei of bright New York loan offices and flnali of fire; and stretches found a home Raymond G. Carroll, shallow, warm, fringed with tall in Philadelphia Public Ledger. and rushes, teeming with fat VTU. 1 ..... n I tt. . mi liua been so simplified by the development of efficient forms and simple methods' that the cost usually Is less than that of the old type. This Is true whether the curb is made by the monolithic process, concurrently with construction ot the street. In which event tt Is called "Integral curb," or Is placed with s gutter unit, after the street has been completed. Added to the safety and economic appeal to the motorist, this type "sells itself readily to the taxpayer through Its permanence, lack of maintenance cost and beauty of design. A street may be SO feet wide, or may be considerably less. The little slope on the curved curb makes all the difference in the world. It might make the difference between life and death. A rim-ctire Is a hidden menace. The motorist whose tires have suffered from curbing Injury Is riding over a volcano, lie cannot see the breaking down of the Interior fabric. He does not know It exists until the roar of the blowout comes as a belated warn. ing. Two and two do not always make four." ' TWO AND TWO DO r Japanese . 3 4 . Na ka ki yo no, To no ne fu ri no, . Mi na ine a me Na mi no ri fu ne no, O to no yo ki ka na. Translated roughly, this means: After s ound sleep of long Renting swake in bed, 1 hear a cheerful Bound Of a sailing vessel Gliding over the billows. night. The poe.n In transjatlon loses' its power of calling up associations. But one can imagine himself living near an inland sea, with Its nooks, hays and offings, pine groves and plum blossoms hanging over from the hilly shores, the sun as yet below the horisson, and In the mist he can discern a vessel gliding smoothly, leaving merry songs of sailors behind to be carried away by the spring breeze. i d .tv-t- - 'f" & Curbing Avoided. Are you sure that the universal joints are getting the attention and : lubrication Is to Be Soap and emery powder, mixed to a laste, is excellent for polishing In consequence be parks from six Inches to a foot away from the curb. The serviceable width of the street Is cut down just that many Inches. If a car parks directly across the street, multiply the decrease by two. A rounded cement curb with a sloping surface permits the auto owner r park his car flush with the bottom cf the curbing. There Is no possibility of Injury to his tires, and the center of Mie street tfemdf effec' tive for 'rsiflie. Sharp Corners ' Dangerous. Sharp comers make Intersections dangerous for driving and the Insanitary collection of refuse and dirt ngftlnst the sharp curb wall Is done nway with. The first rain flushes the gutter Immediately, and this sanitary feature of the sloping curb reconi-- 1 meuda it strongly to property owners. they deserve? pointed un- metal parts of a car. si There Is no hill too steep for sMttotnobile to climb, if the car Is in good condition and properly hnndled. 'When swinging around a turn or 'n passing another car remember that the bumper protrudes several Inches, and allowance must be made for proper clearance.. , - en-fi- re Don't, leave your automobile standthat throws off a ing tinder gummy substance, as it Is hard to remove and may eventually spoil the paint on your car. Tl ... ! nM L UI,n .. f condition, use energy equal about four hoisepower. or a large proportion of the power of the cur. good |