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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL September 7, 1928 Old Childish Pastime i~ ;tttr:i,li:l: ~:;p\;;1 l•p '-~'l' nt i:t t; ;·• h n1i1•t.l1 ., t,·i'··rt a ,.,. i:d·11 rt".(': !~·,J w ~·; ''Mumbletr-pPg" Is the torr<'tt name for the rhil(ln•n's game; also "mum· ble-tlle-peg." Tl1e latter Is probably tb1: olrlPr d!'signntfou for the g:rme. and is r](~srr·ipti,·e of the penalty of the loser, who must pull a ppg from the ground with his teNh. The f(nme consl~ts or a spedflc srries of play~ performeu with a penknife. ~~~ w ··tl~.:L:(' t~w !• ·r'l .::~lt·at,HII t;tl;\< 1 11 (' ••h:td i·- :.!.\t ~l tilt~ tl:tll" o! ~ t.i:: '. ht• .-·!::rn .. wi1l:"llt lr·•si ttlt- .: r \., ''"·:1 d:t• pridotP:-o, r!lut p.:~"'Pd :!i!C(' 111'11 tin~! I h~· lr.q• li 1!1i'. 1: .ll t'Vt'll 'fliP hh~ P'\C:·pl fur Hll p·;! ;·..; Is French Term lr. ;I <l. W!!l; \\'Pt:!d S('OI'tl (0 \1\[Cf f. fn1· llh·iJ 11\\'iJ partit·nlur atJ· ~t\ ~lH-' ~u r,,atlilJ in to ft He It 1, h•·•·nr:r~ 1lip n>ke nf their uu, wi. h~la1H1int! thf',Y ur~ thor~l'll>':l>IP uf it liS SU( h. II OW po~~ih!e for tJwsP ,;,-ho nre- tn('n iu tli<'ir I•PI·suns lhtl~ to belheir tlllrtY !- the most cunning of all animals. tire coyote has It ull ovpr 111m. He can avoid traps Hnrl pitfalls that the ordinary fox would slt•p lnlo. They rate the porcupine 11s the dumhr~t. Texas m Lead htsa fh1-it nH. •s:-::1ge tH the ron~H~ss repuhlk of Texu~. in nec~mher, l'l"f•:<i<lPnl ~lirllhf'au H. Lamar ur~<·d pnJ\·ision fnr puhlic 1111. A (Juotution from his >nesnppe:11·s u(l<•n e,•pry puhlieutlon stnte ~r~tem. F:arh yenr some of ;tate money Is sprnt on edueation, and T~xas has the permanent school fund of any Dance of the Moors The mot'l'i~ dante is an old English uance of 1\\oori~h ori;;ln. \\'hen dan('eU in Alay day erlelll'ntlons It was an elaiJor·ate ('ostume rlnnce. Tht>re were se' erul \'ariatinns of this rhtn<·e, the two most popular helng the sword dance and the ril.Jhon dance. I Ripe lor Scrap Heap all tire agitation nhout youth nge? Youth and age nre states , .. The bPiief of age Is a of t11e Dar'k a~;es an.i si11mtri he to the di~rard, along with tt.at the earth Is tint and to vote,- Earliest Form ol Bread Wben bread was first mude, salt was probahl_v the only other logredl· ent useu lwsiMs the nour nnd water, os there wns no baking powder, nnd yeast wos not used until brewing beer from germinated barley had hecome known. The J£~ryptlans had Jlerfected holh huldng und brewing 1,500 years before the beginning of the Cbristiun era. Tuesday "Thieves' Day" A United States silver dollar piece contains 41:!J> ~rrains of silver. The value of 8llver 1·uries with the flnc· tu:.ilon of 1lie market. As 8 genera\ wle, 11 silver dollar piece hns lln actulll value of betwePn 4!'i and 50 cents. -The l'athtin(ler Magn~ine. Dry Those Tears Business "Good Will" As the motor numlac was tearing From a business stan(lpolnt the along the ro·ul nt GO miles nn hour term "good will .. means the estnblisheil he taught si~;ht of u prett~· girl. He ' popularity of a business house, tending tmnetl to guze at her nnt! said: "\V!UJt to maintain Its custom; the value thnl n Sturmer I" Had his widow known !his a business has o\'er and above Its she might ha>e Sp<'nt less on the stocl< in trude and the money in\'eStPd wreuth.-Montrea: Star. In it; often fl;;uring us one of the as· sets of a IJusiness and sometimes as the vrincipal asset. Brand New Service "Astronnnutits" hns been given recognition by the French Ac-ademy of Gaboriau's Crime Stories Stience. This newest of the srlencrs Most of tl1e thrilliug ct ime romances deAls with the celestial forces that of Gaboriau, the great I•'rench tH·o· may be encountered In attempts of duter of detecti\·e stories, were writ· human beiugs to navigate umong the ten au new,;paper !lotion. Gaborinu, stars. who died in 1813 at tile age of thirtyf!ight, Is· said to ha\e been Bi~mnrck's Seldom Hurt by Silence fuYorite autt<'r, says the Gas Logic Use your ears. Most of us, men Magazine. as well 11s women, tulk too mueh. And we thereby miss a lot. Joseph J!'fChess 5,(]00 Years Ago? fet·son, the grent nctor, wrote In his I. game ref'embling cltess was plnyed autoblogrntJhy, "I have seldom had In Inuia over 5,000 year~ ago. It occasion to regret my silences."- spreac1 Into l'ersia und Arabia and was Grit. broug11t Into Spain by the Arabs in the Eightt century. Tbe name is derived from the Persian shahmat, checkmate Remarkable Engraving or klng-confounded.-1\lentor Mnga'Ihe Lord's prayer has been enzlne. Jra ved Inside the eye of a needle. It Is Invisible to the naked eye and mu~t Saracen Clock Makers be viewed under a microscope, which enlarges It 72,000 times. Clock muking was pr·acticed by the Snrncens, who claim to have Invented the striking clotk, when Hlcltnrtl was Cardinal Virtue• on his Crusades, and by the end of The entire grace, happiness and vir· the Thirteenth century this was an es tue ot a young man's life depends on tablished profession in Italy. his contentment in doing what be can Violins I~ a stnndanl size for violins Is seldom depar·ted fr-om, or very ~liglrtly. Amati made small· than tl1e other gn•at mul(rrs. the sumller ones were only ocea· Tire ,·iolins of ~tr·a~Ji\ arius Early Use ol Coal was knnwn to thP ancient It was an nrtkle or hm:sel'onsnmption dul'in~ thP Anglo pPt'iod as P:l rly as 8;.2 A. D. ,·us prohahly thP flr·st cnunwhkll eon! wus used In nny conquantities. Excellent Rules are two things whir·h will us happy in this life if we at· to them. The fit-st is, nev~r to ourselvps ahout what lYe cannoi nn(J the second, nerer to ve~ about whnt we can help.- 1~ who Is respon~ihle ror ii,~ amount for the debts (If the IJusi A sill'nt or sperlal partner t~ responsible only for the of money he puts Into the Monster Snowdrop dutifully, and In staying where he Is peaceDbly.- Ruskin. Disposal Planned A certain city council Intimated that "all dirt, refuse, etc., mug! be lm · medintPIS removed, otherwise the coun1 cil will tu ke It into their own hands." lVhen Canary Molts Canari~s pea~arlls. There is a saying among criminals that 'l'uesday is r(lbbers' day. It Is consluered a lucky day on which to embarl( on a crime. And there is an old tradltlon that If a crook commits a crime on that day and is not cuugltt he will be successful the t·est of the year and will not be punished for his crime. Dollar Varies in Value stem of 11 giant snowdro~ In Ahenleeu measured 17 'lJ. to the ornr.\', the sl>l'Hth .-onupwnt·d for another lnr·li. Thl' of its outer petal men~urp(J Its tip to Its ,htnctinu with the fully I% lrH'hPs. The term ·'mirltlle pea~antry" de lines a class of people in Hussia. It b compnRPu of wt•ulthier those who not onl.v wnrlt on farm~. hut have progressed In the point that they lrire other pl'a,unt• to worl( for thPm. Their stntu~ i~ hard to rleterminP, sinre the~· are part Jli""Jl''f'ty owners an1l part toilers. Or(·npatinn and u'e an• title~ of ownflt'shlp. 'l'he peasant t~ not free to de,·elop Into un ub~ent~e landlord. The word ''Sault" Is l•'rench and Is Old Custom Kept Up trunslnted "Falls of St. Mar·y," trom "Saul( Ste. Marie." "Sault" Is the A quuint cer-Pmony was curried out some word that appears In "somerat Leighton Buzzord, Betlfordsh!re. sault," meaning "leap." The word , England. o fpw dnys llgo. A choir should by right be pronounced "So," boy stood on his bead ilurln~ the but custom bus given It the pronuncia- rending of the will ot Edwurd Wilkes, tion •'Soo." a Seventeenth century London mer· chant, who hPqueathed land to the town on condition that this procedure Coyote Cunning Followers of the trapllne say that, beo followed in connection with the an although the fox wns once considered nual beating of the boundaries. men ,\ Ru11sian Peasant Ctast Chinaman the First "Ancient inscr·iptions glorify person· Ill spendors," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "The art of nd writing was another of the early dlscovel"les of m.v august nath·e land."-Washington Star. I renew their feathers once !t yeur. A(lult" molt lnte in the summPr. Young birds molt the .ln,·enlle hnd.v plumage nftcr lraYin~ t11e nest, but ket•p I he first growth of wing nnd tail feathers for a )eur. Canaries ore ·' some"· Ilat unll und stupid whr·1 e mo Itlng ond should be disturbed us little as possible. Poet Long Honored The custom or tl•e Romans of mak· lng a Jlilgrimnge to 'l'asso's tomb has been obsen·ed since 1595. Tnsso died on the dny before that on whkb he was to ascend the eampldoglio to receive the poet's crown. A votive llrmp has recently been placed on n slender marble pedeslal before Tasso's tomb. Financial Term In automobile tinnndug n balloon note refers to a note In which the lust lnstullmPnt Is much !urger than each of the preceding installments, which are equal In amount. Usually a new agreement Is made to extend the payment of the last installment when due. Nuts Closely Packed 1 Page Three :++<~..:·H++++•!o•:·->·H•+++·H..H++! ~ 5,: ARE YOU •'• ~: SUP'!":"RSTITIQUS + •i• ~ :~: C?he Easiest Way to KeeR in Style '•' ~ ¥ .;. ??? •!• ~: • • • + • T By FRANK ELLIS, JR. '•' >!• •:• ~: ..:~ •!• •!• :+++:~·t+•!...lt+tl•+•!u!**!••!•+•!..!n%.++!•+·!·~..:.+~· Lucky Days I time has come to take a N I:USSIA, when n man thinks the wife, he will put a turquoise ring Into his pocket on Whitsunday anll go Into the Summer park (at LenlniJurg) deter· mined to bestow thl s trln ket on somebody before tbe day Is over, but ha vlng no Idea when he sets out who the lady will be. A common saying runs: "Born on Monday, fair of face, Born on Tuesday, full of grace, Born on Wednesday, sour nncl sad, Born on Thursuay, merry and glad, Born on Friday, worthily gl\·en, Dorn on Saturday, work bard for your living. Born on Sunday, .vou will never !mow want." The Spaniards hold Friday to he n very unlucky das. and np,·er umlPr- The Br·azil nuts are contained In a round, woody pericarp, or seed vessel, almost the size of a man·s head, within which there ure maiY,I of the seeds or nuts. 'fh~>se are packed so closely that It would be quite' Impossible to replace them, once they were removed. POPULAR SPEAKER Everything had been done to mnl'e the meeting a success. A large hall had heen engaged nnd a widely known speaker was to ntt.,nd. The gr·ent man arrived In rather a rutfiPd ft·ame of mind, and, after a hurried glance or two about him, betkonPrl to the chairman. "I should like a glass of water on my table," he said. "'l'o drinl; ?" the chairman asked No woman would wear dresses. or blouses, or stockings of a color tbnt'll decidedly out of style or faded, If all of us knew ho1v easy it Is to make things fresh, crisp anrl stylish liy the quick magic of borne tinting er drelng, Anybody can tint or dye successful· ly with true, fadeless Diamond Dyes. Tinting with them is as ea8y as hlnlng, owlbhl~·. anrl dyein~ takes just a little louger. "Oh, no," came the sureastlc reply; New, stylish colors appear lil'e ma:::~. 1 make a hahit of condtHiing my right m·er the old, faded colors. Dia''PPP<'h with a high dive.''-Londor mond Dyes nPver :;pot. stl·eal' or run. An~wet·s. ThPy are real dye~. li'.;e those used wl1Pn the cloth was made. Insist on them 11nd save disappointment. SELF-SUPPORTING My new G4-page illu!'trated hook, ''Color Craft," gives hundreds of money-saving ltiitts for renewing clothes and draperies. It's Free. Write for It now, to Mae 1\Iartin, Dept. D-143, Diamond Dyes, Burlington, Vermont. Sign ol Age Smashing the Adage When you recall that the very best baseball game you ever witnessed was played on the village pasture lot back of the grist mill and that the admission fee was exactly zero, then you're growing old. my boy, you're growing olll.-Aibany Knickerbocker Pre~. ,..Jj (.L"')>" Tolerance Becuuse 8 totul eclipse of the sun Is aboi"P. my own head, I will not therefore Insist that there must be an eclipse In America also; and because snowflakes full before my own nose, I need not believe that the Gold coast Is snowed up.-nlchter. Great Britain'• Standard The Union Jack Is an amalgamation of the flag of England (the red cross of St. George), tile flag of Scotland (the white diagonal cross of St. Andrew), ailcled in 1600, and the flag of Ireland (the red diagonal cross of St. Plltrlck), added In 1801. Old Roman Goddess Vesta was the goddess of the home and fire, and her temple was the oldest In Rome. It contained no Image of the goddess, but had a fire which wns rekindled by friction on tlte Roman new year and attended constantly by the vestal virgins. To Keep Them Warm Little Katherine, aged three, was much Impressed by ntr first glimpse of a motion tllrture theater. Seeing the red velvet carpet on the stairs, she exclaimed: "Look, mother; the steps have blankets on them to keep tbem warm!" Land ol Little Lile TheN! are no fur-bearing animals of any kind on the land within the Antarctic circle. Nor are there any Inhabitants. A few sea birds along the coast constitute about oil the animal ll!e there Is In the Antarctic region. "::io you Sen!lnwntnl Smith-01(1 tr-IPnds are the he~t fr·il'nds, ~re they not? Harriet Harrlfax-'I'hey are not. ''l'hey ha\'e nn uncrl'ing m~ntory for ~·our age nntl ,rour family secrets, an!l thPy tell 'em. f,f/; .1-H·I+--r - nerer expect to marry, ".\"n, sail, Ah 'SlWclS to kN•p right on nu1~in' mull own liviu' till Ah die." All Alike A tuke anytlling, consequently, on this day. The I•'inns think Munday 11nu Friday ore bud days in which to transact busine~s. To wear green on Fritlay Is lul'i<y. It was on ~'riday that Columbus discoYered America. George Washington was born on that day, and the Pilgrim ~'others reached the Plymouth Hock on ttrldny. • • • Word and Letter Divination D IVINATION hy words or characters is of 1·ery ancient origin, beIng used by the Greeks and nomuns A boy or man would post himself In a doorway and when consulted he would cast dice on a tablet which contained a number of \·erses. The verse on which the dl·e fell would be the proper direction. This form of divination was derived from the Egyptians. Among the ancients there was also a divination by opening some poems at hazard, and accepting the first passage thut turned up as nn answer. Even Socrates believed In this superstition. A species of word divination was culled cledonismantln, the good or evil presage of certain words uttered without prpmprlitatinn when peNons rame ~irl"s a girl. A ud evf·n tt.ough she looks nen"r paRs I Ike sin, ~h~~·11 A mirror without looltlng .n. )~ Ouch! It a\\·ful tile way that flap· per is ilanrrin~ on that young mnn's ned; I" exd:timed ~Irs. Gmucl• disJrugte(liJ as 8ltP poiuted to the pas•ing car. ' ":'\ol as awful as It will be the wuy sl1e·II he on his neL·k in a couple of ycm·s r.·om now,.. growled her hn~ bnnd. "l~n·t Taxi Driver I use Champion Spark Plugs because they help to make my service more dependable. Champion is the better spark plug because it has an cxclwive &illimanitc insulator spe• ciaUy treated to with• stand the much higher te01peratures of the modem high-compression engine. Also a new patented solid gasket-seal that remains absolutely gas-tight under high compression. Special analysis electrodes which assure a fixed spark-gap under aU driving conditions. It's a Great Age · "1 think I'll stop in this hardware store a minute." ''\Yl.at do you want to buy In there I"' "I want to see If they have son•ething I ran take to relieve the inuigl'slion I got from eating this dt·ug store lunch." Grand G'pera "~aw you in a boL party the other night." hi was there.'' "And how diu y(Ju eujoy the opera?'· "~!~· hostess was in very poor CHAMPION voice." Spari{'Jllugs Her Infinite Variety Toledo, Ohio "lley, you ha ,.e a lock of dark hair in the back of your wat('h, a blond one, and one of henna shade.'' · ".ill from the same girl, my boy.'' ~------------------------------------------- Dependable for E"cry Engine Fair Enough HAD A MUZZLE ON STROPPING IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PERF The "He wltn dances must pay the fiddler." "Why not? Yon haYe to settle witb the tailor if you wear clothes.'' -LouisviiiP Courier-.Journnl. SHAVE the new Tiring rost-"Your tlowH I.Jeds are a parnlllse, old man." ParkPr "Garden of Weerlin', I c11ll !t." Charity eo,·ers a multitude of sins be alloweu to remain un· COYer!'{]. I that should People are warned against green apples; hut they eat all other kinds ot green fruit. Pup-I guess that thing bites I Speakin' ol Endurance is a nationwide SENS~IION Absolutely proves that stropping is essential to a perfect shave T HE new Valet AutoStrop Razor was introduced last May. It created a sensation. Small wonder,since itproved a vital fundamt:ntal of successful ' . snavmg. Its automatic self-stropping feature demonstrated that all barbers are right -have been for 2,000 years. Because they always strop their razors before they start a shave. The reason for this is that after the first shave the cutting edge of the finest blade that can be made is a row of minute needle points until it is prop. erl y stropped. This smooths out and re-aligns these tiny jagged hooks. Everywhere wise men are turning to the new Valet AutoStrop Razor because it is the only razor that sharpens itself and assures you of a super-keen smooth shaving blade. k • What's more, 21 years of research and a million dollars have been spentin im· proving the new V aletAutoStrop Razor. Not only the razor itself but the blades have been materially bettered. A new type guard enables you to use the full shaving edge of these keener blades. You insert or remove them instantly by pressing a button. Blades are locked in a firm, non-flexible grip that .dim• inates vibration and pull. No need to remove the blade to strop and dean it. (@). 1928. 'Vcstern Newspaper Unlon.) Also ••• a New and Finer Shaving Creatn Try the new Valet AutoStrop Raror. Give it a fair test. You'll soon be fast friends with it. Use of Sharkskin The chief use vf sharkskin In the Industrial field is to take the place of leather. It Is used for maldng shoes, pocketbooks, traveling hJgs and other leather accessories. Sharl<s' meat Is edible. Tile liver oll Is sold and used for oil tanning of sldns and In the manufacture of soap. The ~hark flus are a rlellcacy wltb the Chinese, ns they cook them to wake a gluten ::.ou [). You'll enjoy the most perfect and fast• est shaves you ever knew. And '\'Ou'll hold up your hand and say "Never Again!" to the use of an unstropped blade. Beautifully finished model• complete tuidt blades and an improved strop in handsome cases at $1.00 to $25. together In uny way. It was a ruvorite method of word di dnntlon among the Pyth11goreans; at Smyrna the oracles of Apollo were thus Interpreted. The Greeks oftl'n referred to mlsfor· tunes as ·being caused by the slgnlfiration of proper names. Divination by the Bible and key Is a form still practiced. A key Is placed on the first page of the Gospel of St. .John, taking care thnt the ring of tbe key Is passed over the pages. The book Is then closed and a cord attached to it. The person trying this form of divination places the Index finger of his left band In the ring, and pronounces the names of fifteen dlffermt places In which the treasures may be found. If the key mo,·es on the finger that holds It, the omen Is considered favorniJie and a searrh in the place Indicated is made. Try a tube ~VALET A~!2§!fop RAZOR AutoStrop Safety Razor Company, Inc., 656 First Ave., New York City Cupid should erect a danger signal whene,·er he breaks the ice between two lover>'. You're ott• surprised To find that folks stlll \Vhen you know they've BtHm touring in a ftivv. live, The sm:~ller the town the more tmportant it9 INtding citizen considers himself. He Has To "The man who gi,·es fit when he Is wrong," said the <•rator, "Is a wise man, but the man who gires In when he is right Is--" "Married," suld a weal; rol<'e In the audieu~e. Good Reason for It Auto 'l'ourist-lla, road lixed ut last. eh? Whut was the cause of it? • Farmer (ut road,ide)-'l'he eomrnls sioner of roads had a breal;rloi\'U here ~rereral weeks ago. Last Request Doctor-About nine putiPnts out nr ten don't live through tllis orwr·utinn Is there nnytlling I CHn clo for you before we hPgin? Du~l;y Pntient-lus~nh. 1\ir•dl.v hanu me my hut. DON'T suffer headaches, or any of those pains that Bayer Aspirin can end in a hurry I Physicians prescribe it, and approve its free use, for i' does not affect the heart. Every drug• gist has it, but don't fail to ask th& druggist for Bayer. And don't take any but the box that says Bayer, witb the word gmui1t.e printed in red: College Bred "College rertaluly has made my bOJ o-rer." "You can hardly rL'Cogni.:c him now, ell?" ":'\o-he hardly recognizes me." Among Lile's Best Experience Good manners, good breeding and refinement are seen by a social au· thority as among the most beautiful and useful and worth-whlle things In the world.-Woman's llome C{)m pan ion. "What's the hardest thing about roller skating wh~n you·re teaming?" asked a hesitating young man of the iustructor ut a rink. "The Ooor," answered the ottend ant. 1 Paper lor Currency The Appeal ol Danger 1 The paper used In making our cur· rency Is protected by statute penallz· tng Its manufacture for other purposes. The paper is of the toughes1 linen and Is made by a serret process City Vlsitur-Why do boys leure the farm? Discoaraged Farmer- BeL'llll~P theJ cau't race trt.:na to a crossing wilh o mowing machine, I reckon. Aspirin t. the trad4" muk of Baytr Manutaeture .r Monoacetlcacldeater Ill SalleJllcacll |