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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER, UTAH BRAZIL Like tQ UniiecLS The average man doesnt waste any Tin From Malay. 'The amount of tin exported from politeness on his wife. the Federated Malay States in the last year was 87,370 ton, valued at Some pimple cant even be crazy W1 ,010.532. without attracting uttentlon. What is Castoria ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric; It b pleasant. It contains neither Drops and Soothing Syrups. Its age b its guarOpium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. antee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea ; albying feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Boweb, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over SO years, has borne the signature of Cnas. IL Fletcher, and has been made under hb personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ore bat Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and & Children Experience against Experiment. Genutne Castorla always bears the signature of C Just-ma-Goo- d" fjr wmmaasammsBBaaausam Savings Banks Booming. Tlie ravings bunks of this country have more than 0,000,000 depositors. Los Angeles Times. When Aloft. I was Just reading that an clergyman lias bwonie an aviator A high churchman, eh? KIDNEYS WEAKENING? BETTER LOOK OUT! Kidney and bbdder troubles dont They grow disappear of themselves. upon you, slowly but steadily, undermining your henlth with deadly certainty, until you fall a victim to incurable disease. p Stop your troubles while there b betime. Don't wait until little pains come bic aches. Dont trifle with disease. To avoid future suffering begin treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules now. Take three or four every day until you feel that you are entirely free from pain. n This preparation has been one of the national remedies of Holland for centuries. In 1UMI the govern well-know- PERSONS OF ROYAL DESCENT In Natural Course, Millions Might Lay Claim to Blood of William the Conqueror. is of special Interest to tbe people of the Uulted States these days. It is in the air that America and Brasil are to become better acquainted before reconstruction days are over. And if for no other reason Brazil, is Interesting to us because it Is, like the United States, a melting pot of the nations. When President-EleEpltado Pes-so- a was here recently he said, in a public address: MIIaving in mind the close relations which have always existed between our two countries it is not surprising that the entrance of the United States In the great European conflict should have had a decisive Influence on Brazils procedure. To the precious title of friend, uniting our destinies and claiming our share of effort and sacrifice, we added that of ally allied to the nation which has just furnished to history the most brilliant examples of ability and force. "Now that the monstrous scourge has disappeared from the face of the civilized world, and nations, Impelled by accumulated energy in the making up of lost time, are to resume their old life of peace and toll, Brazil will rejoice in continuing to develop more and more the relations of every kind which bind her to the United States, and to strive for. this end will be one of the fondest endeavors of my government. It is thus of particular Importance that the United States endeavor to understand the conditions of life In this vast melting pot of the nations. The melting pot of Brazil is not juBt like ours. It seems, however, to be quite as complicated a boiling. The facial diversity In Brazilian society Is ns pronounced as is the variety of Its geographical groups. A study of the home life is a study in ethnology. The original Portuguese stock is found In all phases of transition from unadulterated purity through partial and complete mixtures with native Indian and negro and fusion with foreign nations Italian, German, English, Spanish and American. The Brazil of today Is a melting pot of races and nationalities as heterogeneous as It is distracting to the chance traveler, says Clayton S. Cooper In New Tork Sun. On beginning to ask questions one finds himself entangled in an Intricate maze of fusions between Portuguese and foreigners and Brazilian foreigners, Brazilians who are Brazilians and Brazilians who are ethnologlcally caboclos or mestizos, or sertaos; or Brazilians who locally .or historically are Paullstas, plunged suddenly Into this diverting congeries of human, national and amalgamation. Is Inclined to sympathize with the probable enlightenment of Colonel Roosevelt, who is reported. to have Inquired of a sea captain concerning the population of a certnin West Indian Island, when the old sea dog replied: Well, there are some Spanish, a few French, some Portuguese, a few Dutchmen and a dozen other races the Lord didn't intend. The rrauzlng wonder of all (especially to n North American less familiar with European races, and holding decided views concerning color lines, etc.), is the manner in which this country is slowly, and apparently with harmony and democratic social and racial relations, evolving a distinct Brazilian type. The salient characteristics of what Is becoming to be known as the true Brazilian character Include the e aristocratic culture and high of the old family Portuguese stock, at once Latin and Moorish by inheritance, the exaltation, daring and passion of a vigorous aborigine's blood, softened by the affectionate, emotional strain of the African, especially in north Brazil the whole shot through with typical modernity and enterprise that marriage and general contact with European races have afforded. With such elements, the national home life of Brazil Is being compounded. The Latin races are said to be lacking in homelike qualities, as compared with English or Teutonic peoples. Moreover, the Portuguese, who gave Brazil formative principles, were more truly the copyists of Roman civilization than any other European stock, ond the Romans were famous for their slight attention to the home. Tet Portugal has been ever a land of homes and her new world Brazilian daughter has inherited her instinct It is a land placing great emphasis on family life. There is always danger. In writing of a subject like Brazilian home life, for the narrator to overgeneralize. Home and family life Is, like the civilization generally diverse, and it is necessary to decline the stratum of life one Is talking about if an attempt is made to find universal characteristics. There Is the home of the serlnguero or rubber gatherer in the lonely fastness of the Amazon wilderness, and the tepee of the still ravage Indian of the forest jungle. The fisher folk, a considerable clan scattered along the Brazilian const from the extreme north to the Argentine boundary, have a life distinctive, bringing their hauls of fish ashore in frail looking boats and in light hearted talk and song sit about their rude huts at twilight to sup on a bit of farina, a drop of native whisky and some of the Brazilian dried beef to the accompaniment of the violao. Indians, or sons and daughters naShould one be just to the many races or of a half a dozen foreign home and social life of this gisided because Brazilians are who they tions, were born In Brasil. gantic country, he must needs write The visitor freshly landed and also of the occupations of the gauctu RAZ1L - ra-cl-ul k- ct Bruzlllan-Portugues- e, Gerraan-Brazlllan- s, Dutch-Brazlllan- s, pure-blood- ed I'Aelll-genc- or Brazilian cowboy, living his daring and picturesque exigence apart ou the southern interior plains ; then there Is the important section of Brazillun society best seen In Its original home in the state of Minus the fazendelro, or caiplra, as he is sometimes culled, the country magnate whose wealth is his proud plantations, and who lives also more or less Isolated with Ills family, constituting his own kingdom independent and free and hospitable as was any of our old southland plnnters, or any medieval baronial lord. It is this land holders class that makes a strong appeal to young and old Brazil alike. This king of the land and horses and wide distances fascinates and calls forth something Inherent In the Brazilian character. This country is first of all an agricultural domain of colossal area, and the fazendelro still holds In his hand the nations key. Of him one has said: Such authority as he knows has vanished perhaps from the greater part of the world, but In Brazil It rules unquestioned,' forming a powerful bond between the soil and Its owner. In his powerful solitude the land owner Indulges in his love of Intellectual culture, he inclines toward philosophy; he possesses a certain natural eloquence. This Brazilian aristocracy enjoys political as well as social power. They form the structure, the framework of all part? politics; they are its strength. Its very life; It is they who govern and administer Brazil." One Is confronted here with the remnants of a feudal oligarchy, with the culture and refinement belonging to it in the middle ages of Europe, but with the striking difference that this older and Influential Brazilian social order Is being voluntarily changed and mixed with a complex variety of mass population, slowly but surely forming n democratic society, in which the spirit of republicanism and equality Is stronger even than the spirit of the national religion. Any concrete description of a home of the better class Is a biography of the life and characteristics of the Brazilian woman the wife and mother. Domestic existence is peculiarly her sphere of action and Influence, and from this throne of home life she rules, and also shines. Brazilian women are not only nice to look at and intelligent conversationalists ; they are furthermore the mothers of men." It Is a land of large families, eight and ten children being no exceptional thing In a Brazilian home. The upbringing of children is not attended with any superfluous modern fads, and eugenics, twilight sleep, birth control, together with other reforms of our. northern efficiency civilization, are a? yet unknown. ment of the Netherlands a special charter authorizing granted Tts sale. The good housewife of Holland would almost us soon bn without food as without her Real Dutch Drops," as she quaintly calls GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil 1apsulcs. Their use restores strength and is responsible in a great measure for the sturdy, robust henlth of the Hollanders. Capsules. Take them a directed, and if you are not satisfied with results your druggist will gladly refund your jnoney. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on the box and accept no other. In sealed boxes, three sizes. The Possibilities of Peat. The Commercial museum of Philadelphia has been bolding a large exhibition to illustrate tin; possibilities In the utilization of pea. There ure about 11.188 square miles of peat hog In. Ilie United States, capable of protons of ducing more than 1 fuel. Tbe exhibit shows liow, apart from its urn; as fuel, ienl may lie spun Into yarn, made into paper, used for packing, etc. It is vnlunble ns a preservative. as it contains large amounts of lmmic ncld. Ground up pent may ulso lie used ns a filler for fertilizer, nmklng possible the use of slaughterhouse waste fur this purpose; also as a filler for stock feed, such as Its manufactured products include Insulation, soundproof hoards, paving stones, and alcohol. Scientific American. There are inure claims of descent from William the Conqueror Ilian from nny monarch In the world, and In most cases a descendant of (his king comes down n line of 13 or JO other royal personages, although sometimes the descent from monureh to plain, until led yeoman seems lo have been accomplished In two or three generations. There is practically uo limit to his descendants today and one genealogist says this fact is accounted for by the statement that, according to the regular proportion of increase in each generation since his time, the descendants of William the Conqueror would now iniuiher more than twice the present imputation of the British isles. So, Rebuking Daddy. Alice's father was an engineer with of course, It Is very easy to see how many of them came over to the United a decided conscience. His work came before pleasure, absolutely. States. Oh, daddy, pleaded the child one As Ordered. day. please go with ns to the ball A rookie who was detailed in the game this afternoon ! mess hall for u week, got along fairly Simply cant, child; too much to well until one day the head cook suid: do, was the hurried answer. OIi. daddy You'll never go anyHe Put some water on the fire. went out into the storage room to where You're so dutlfled. open a can of peas, and when lie cuine Few men are powerful enough to back, (he fire was out. keep their faces closed. In the United Kingdom there are Bald to be 1,500,000 spinsters with no The owl Is the most solemn looking bird and the most stupid. hope of marriage. mo-lass- 1 ! 535E5552SSSE53SH5ESE5S53S5525S52555E525E5E5i 25 Cents Will buy a Big Package of POSTUM Cereal weighing over a pound, net What are you paying for coffee? j ' |