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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Fridayt April27t 1928 . POULTRY · fltTS · HOW TO BUILD UP MUSCLES By J. J. TOEDT Wilaon Avenue "Y," Chicago. MEAT SCRAPS OR MILK IN RATION Hom~-gr·own teeds should be used as muclr as possible in the ration of , the farm flock, but grain feeds should be balanced with milk or meat scraps or both, says Georbe Ghostley, poultt·y speclalitit of the agl"lcultural extension "Plf-c/(. E!IIJI«ct=.. ·~ service of the Gniversity of MinnePosition - dltting, j1;rnsping toes sota. Ground feed called mash, ns well as g-rain, Is necessary. The fol- • with hnnrlR. E!ghtlr Exercise-Hold on tight to lowing will give good re~ults, ·he says: 1 toes, roll buck und return to sitting Grafn-cracl<ed yellow corn, two parts: wheat, one part, and heavy oats posture. a hair part. 'l'he eighth exercise is called "Ba<·k Mash-One hundred parts each or I You start nt sitting JIOsi· Ralance.'' bran, middlings, ground yellow corn, tion, grasping your feet firmly ut the ground oats, and meat scrap, three 1 toes, arms must ue between legs. Now parts each of salt and charcoal. 1IIIk is au extremely valuable food 1 pull .vour feet .off the floor and roll fot· poultry-more ,·al~able even than I haekwnril, then retul"ll to sitting posi· for hogs. ~'eed sldm milk or butter- tion. If you do not get this the first m!lk If possible. Heduce the meat few times, keep at it. Hoi! backward scrap one-half if there Is milk before and forward, tugging and pulling for the birds all the time. It they have all you are worth. Even though you milk only to dr·inl{ the meat scrap can do not get back to sitting position, gu be scrapped entirely, particularly It n s far ns you can. 5 per cent more bonemeul is adder.l , to the mash. , One pint of cod Ih·er ol! to each • hundred pounds of mash, mixed first with charcoal and ilwn with the other · !ugredii'Dt~. makes a valuable addition to the ration. The ~nsh should be before the hens in hoppers or feeders all the t!me. More grain than mash should he fed during the cold weather Position-Lying on your side; legs with the rever~e tl1e case in summer. straight, toes pointed. One arm restFeed lightly of gruio In the morning. Ing on thigh, oUter under head. \\"ar·m water, oyster sh(•II, grit and Ninth Exercise-Raise arm green or succulent feed such as alfalfa head touching lloor OYer head. or clover leaves, mangels, carrots, same time raise leg high. cabhagP, cull potatoes, rutabagas or Lying position on your right side, sprouted oats should be furnished. legs straight, left arm straight restChanges should be made gradually. ing on tbe side of the thigh, right arm cun be extended beyond the head or bent with head resting on !t. The ex· erclse is to raise left arm over head, slightly bending arm at elbow, touchWhite Hollands are thought to ho1·e Ing floor over head, at the same time originated from sports of the original raising left leg as high as possihle. wild turk~ys. and perpetuated by se- (This latter lllOYe is callec abtluct!on lection and bree<ling. In fnct, some in- or leg.) • At the same time that you raise formation leads to the belief that the \Vhlte Hollan(!s were perfe~ted !n Eu- tlt.e arm, you also raise the le~. EmDo tl1is rope, where mnge was restricted and phasize raising leg !iigh. over to turn and connts twenty-four nomadic habits mo~t deH!rable, and twenty-four continue UP.tl side left the by AmPrlca to then Iuter returned counts with the raising of rigltt arm ~ome of the early Dutch .,cttlers. Thi~ docile, the on based and Ie.~. largely he may domestic temperament, characteristic of \\'hlte Holland~, which would indicate the restricted nrens of Europe of that day, rather than America. Too, ''S 1.11 13.. • "R.o t.L ': White Hollands nre said to haYe been Arms faif·ly well-known ln England early in Positiun-Lylng on chest. the Nineteenth centL-..y, and it may be straight in line witb body overhead. due to their for·eign invasion so to Lf.'g>~ struigltt. speak, that they were later to become Tenth Exercise--Roll o>er onto well !mown !n the land of their na- your back, holding arms, le;;~ >tnd til'ity, than were some of the other body stilT, ani! return. Then roll opstandard vnrietie~ which were perfect- posite way. ed in America. Roll over onto your chest with arms extended OYer head in stra.ight line with the body. Now stiffen up arms, body and legs and while In thb stiffened position, roll OYer onto your Turkpy poults sh?uld not be fell any- back. Continue this rolling sideways thing the first 48 hours after hatch- right ond left at least twenty-fou~ Ing. If they ha 1·e free range, thes counts. If you are o1·erweight, you will piclt UJ> some seeds and insects. should do this on a fairly soli'd sur- I I II • By ELMO SCOTT WATSON HU Is Uncle Sam7 As everybody knows, he !s that genial, lanky !nd!vid· ual dressed !n a star· spangled coat and stri]Jed ,..111!!~-.4 trousers and wearing the tall beaver hat who is nni\•ersal!y acceptl'd a~ the s~·mbol of the L'n!ted States, just as John Bull !s the symhol of England. But who WAS UnclE' Sum? That !s ~o say. R real person who was the orig-inal of t11is figure, made so familiar to ali of us hy the rartoonlsts? The answer Is: there was. hut although Samuel Wilson. a native of XPw York and n government contmc. tor during the war of 1812, is snld by most historians to have heen this origInal, there are a few inconsistencies !n tbe commonly-acceptE'd story of Samuel Wilson's being the or·iginn! I'ncle Sum which need to be reconciled and some account also nel'rls to be taken of n fictitious pprson. the product of a Cmlltdian humorist, before the history of •'Uncle Sam" ran be dPclm·ed cor~plete. Two states claim the honor of he!ng the burial place of the original L'ncle Sam. Recent!>· the United !'re~s sent out the following diRpateh which pr·e· sents :-lew York's claim to that honor Catskill, N. Y.-Few persons know that thl• peaceful Hudson river vil!ag• is the birthplace of one of the most famous nicknames ancl trndemarkR thf world has ever known. Uncle Sam, who was largely respon~ sible for the feeding of the American forces duri'l'g the War of 1812 w•• a naUve of Catskill, ncconling to Chnrle~ A. Elliot, a grand-nephew of the fa mous "U. S." ·r I daughter, Mrs. Claea Zumbaugh, both living at Albion, the foJlowlng facts • were obtained and tully verified. Samuel Wilson, one at triplets, tw;, boys and a girl, was born at \Vilming- ton, Del., March 4, 1778, the son of and Mary Wilson, who ~!armaduke came to America from Scotland. There were no other children in the family. companying them as far as where Man- in the Hudson valley early in the Nine- young teenth cE:ntury. The countn·sirle knew them as Uncle Sam, Uncle t-;at and Uncle Ned. Samuel, who Jived fn Troy, cnme to Growing to manhood there, Samuel with his brother joined the Lewis and Clark Northwest expedition In 1804, ac- D., is now located. These spent tl.le winter then\ returning to St. Louis, Mo., In the spring. Later they returned to Troy-on-theHu~son, N. Y., where they joined with one Elbert Anrlerson, who owned and dan, N. m~n ratsk!ll during the War of 1812 to take active part tn the ftrm e>tabllshed by opera ted a gener·al f;tore. Nathaniel. declared in 1812, the Anderson stor~ was converted Into a government supply headquarters, with Antlerson as commiss:try and Samuel \\"ilson ns his superintendent, afterward a quarter· master. Among llr. 'Yilson's dutie~ was that or examining and marking all packages for government u~e. The mark placed on the!:ie containers Wks Ttey were under contraet to supply beer and pork to the United States army, ~rawing their supply from Oreene, Dela,vare, and other centra New York counties. Many of the casks •hipped from th• Catskill docl< bore the government mark "U. S." upon them. The nation was young then and the abbreviation r.t tts name was not so common in that day as in this. So one day, when a boatman asked the man who was branding a pork shipmPnt what the two letters revre- Rented, the brander replied: "Why, 1hat means Uncle Sam, the senior partner at the firm." The boatman thought It wa' a grellt joke. He carried the jest down the river. retelling it whenever opportunity afforded. Thus, Oncle Sam, the American, came Lnto being, a character unint(lntionally created by an unknown boatmr:n but de•tined to rank wtth world's the flgures of history and fiction After the war, Uncle Sam returned to his business at 'l'roy and hts son~ W"reate~t When war with Great Britain was "E. A.-U. S." Wilson was known bl" his associates as "Uncle Snm," and onE' day when a long~horeman \\'as af'lked the meaning of these Initials, he replied by baying: "For EllJert Anderson, the commissary and Uncle Sam, hi• superintendent, for he and the Unltetl States are all one. He represents the government. too." Meant ns tl joke. the Idea took hold and ~Jr. Wilson's name, "Uncle Sam,'' since that timE" has passed current as a personification or the United States tbe world o1·er Later Uncle Sam began to appear ir. caricature, In many guises befryre th< Civil war. Although tall and •lenrler as Mr. Wilson was, tt is thought the present conception at Uncle Sam, whJch began to appear In cartoon In Benj3min and Albert. He died In Troy July 31, 1844, and Is buried tn that city, t>ut his namesake lives on, a truly lm mortal being In the opinion of his mil· the eRrly ·~os. had Its Inspiration In the tall. gaunt figure of Abraham Lincoln. lions of patriotic nieces and during the war. He was on board the Constitution In that famous twentyfive minute battle with the Guerriet e when •he latter was sunk off Car< P.ace. In this battle Uncle Sam was cited tor gallantry by Capt. I•aac Hull, and when he was honorably discharged nPphew~ But Inr.liana al~o lays claim to holding within ber soil the dust of this famous character and that claim was put forth recently in the . fol· lowing article IYhich appeared tn the Intlianupolis Star: Kendailvllle, lnd.-A woman's Intuition and her love of patriotic h'•tory has led to the discovery of the last resting place of the original "Uncle Sam," whom admiring millions 0f Americans have held Jn worshipful esteem. A chance remark came to the ears oJ !l!rs. Louise B. Young of Kendallville associated with your correRpondent fn the publication of the Noble Farmer, an agricultural publication. Her nose for news scented n. story, and arming herself with a camera, she set out for the facts and obtained a picture of the tombstone erected at the grave at Uncle Sam, burled In a little obscure graveyard near Merriam, Noble county, Indiana, on the route of the Llncolu highway. The stonecutter made a mistake of thi r teen years In the date ot his deatn, which has never been recti· fled, as the famlly hoped at some time to erect a monument fitting the charac- ter It represented. VIsiting the son. John M. Wilson, ninety-three years old, and his grand- Relief for Filipinos Driven out of business following the recent opening of a new road untl the subsequent !ntrorluc·tion of motor trtldt trnnsp<Jrlation, 1,000 UUII·cat-t drivers !n the mountain province of the Philippines are facing destitution. They constitute more than one-half the !nhnbitants in the vicinity of Tagudin, which !s enjoying one ul the !Jest rice crops in years. Efforts are being muile to Interest thew !n rice Star~ There are spots on some of the stars as well as on the sun, arcord !ng to astronomers at the University o1 Wisconsin. They touQd that many stars shed a variab le iight, due, they believe, to spots on their su rfaces. Spota Found on Sidetrack Trouble Never bor row trouble. If the evil Is n ot to come, It Is useless, and so much waste ; It it Is to come, best keep all your strength to meet lt.(l.'ryon E dwards. The teiPphone operator was spending a~ holiday by the sounding sea. On the tir·st morning, howe1·er. she hncl ocrnRion to rate thf maid of the Iorlgln;;s for real or hfin!;ined negligencP. "\\'hy didn't you call me as I told you, this morning?" she demanded. "I flicl, miss," reqliri! the maid, with nn !n.lurerl air. "f called out 'SeYenthirty !' and nil you ses was 'Line'll busy!'" "Uncle Sam" had a varied experience identity of Uncle Sam a secret. How· ever, a chance remark furnished a clew which when followed brought the allOve story, which was freely told and fully verified. Uncle Sam died March 7, 1878, In Kosciusko county, Ind., at the age at one hundred years and three days. H!s body 'vas later removed to Merriam where It now rests with other mem- bers of the family. Accompanying the Star story !s n photograph of Uncle Sam's gravestone which has since been widely printed in newspapers throughout the country. On tbe gravestone appears the !pgenil "Soliller of 1812-S.\MUEL WILSON-Died Mar. 7, 18G;j, Aged 100 Years & 3 ds." From the t\\"li accounts gil'en aboYe, lt Is upparent that, while there Is no doubt as to Samuel Wilson being the original of Uncle Sam, t11e conflicting testimony on his death and burial raises ~ome interesting ttuestinns D\d he die on .Tul.v 31, ISH or o'n ~Inrch 7, 1863 or on Murch 7, 18i8? How did the stone-cutter happen to make the mistake of 13 years in the date of his death? Is he lmried in '!'roy, N. Y. or in the obscme little cemetery nenr Merriam, Inrl.? The cvntt·ibution of a Canadian humorist to the history of Uncle i:iam is rather an !nc·idental one, lnll interestin;:, nel'ertheless. In lSK• Judg-e 'l'lwmas Chanrller ll!i.liburton of Windsor, :\"m·a Scotia, created a charactN known as "Sum Sitek of Slickville, Onion county, Connecticut," who,;e adventures appeared anonymously in The Nova Scotian. Later it was pulllished ns a boolt by the etlltor, Joseph llowe, under the name of "The Clockmalwr, or thP Doings of Sam Slick of Sliekl"ille. • A copy was l~nt to Bentle,·, the F:n;;:lish publisher, ll'ho Issued an English edition. To the l·:nglish Sum Slick was the American, ln his shrewd suy!n;;s, his shrewd business dPalings rants he sold to his son John ~1.. who that the United now lives at Albion, Ind., while the! and in his boasting nation in the greatest the was States was and Harrison Jim a to went other also used In Indiana. world. Con,;equently the pletures of After the War at 1812, Uncle Sam Sum Slick, as drawl! by Herv!eu, a went to Pennsylvania where he was Frenchman, and Leech, the artist who Ulaited In marriage to a Miss Susan Anderson of Cumberland county. To maue Punch famous, for the English this union ten children were born- editions of "The Clockmaker," cumt! seven boys and three girl•, as follows: to be looked upon as the symbol of Noah, David, Andrew, Snmuel, Anthony, James, John, blary, Angeline the United States and some uuknown artist, whether English or American and Lucinda. is unknown, at some unknown time, By trade and profession Uncle Sam was a tailor and a doctor. His son, went a step further wltb the concep· John, now has a 1ance that was use-1 tion of the typical American. He by Uncle Sam to alleviate the suffera goatee to Sam Slick s adtled Ing of his patients, In the ~ld days smoothsha1•en face, put some stars In when "bleeding'' was regarded as a cure-all for most ailments. the i.Jatbnnd of h!s tall hat. some As time rolled on, and the caricature more stars on his coat and stripes ot Unrle Sam became more and more in use, hts family developed a strong on his trousers, held down by long antipathy to this familiarity, and when straps, and behold-Sam Slick wus they moved to Indiana among strang- Uncle Sam, the symbol of America ers they resolved to avoid any furth"-r publicity along this line and kept th@ henceforth ! he received two land warrants fror.: the government. One of tllesP war· growing and to lutr·oduce Into that territory a new variety of rice thut will permit the harvesting of two crops u year and ilouble the yield. The gOI'· ernment is di~trlbuting the seed, which Is especially uilapted to the climate there. Too Late to Change The rain was pouring steadily down ani! the children were feeling distinet· ly unhappy. With their faces pressed close to tbe window panes they watched the water flowing torrentially Deep Artesian Wells Oxyacetylene-welde d steel pipes. 24 inches in diameter, having n wall fl>eelghths of no Inch thick, will encase three artesian wells which have been sunk In widely separated sections of one of the large 'l'exns cities to supfllt'ment Its water supply. Owing to the geologlcal formation of the locality, the wells had to be drilled to a depth of l ,6,j0 feet. The steel pipes which encase tbem are to t~·p!cnl down the gutter toward the drain. "1 nm afraid we'll have to give up the Idea of going to the zoo, children;· t·emarked their mother. "You see, !t'8 never going to leave ofT." "But, mummie," protested little Maurice, who had set his heart on an elephant ride, ·•we mu"f: go! Yes, we must, 'cos I've put It down in my lliury that we went!" Hadlum ra~·s that penetrate metal l:i Inches thick are betng used to hunt for hidden !laws !n castings In Uussla. extend downward 280 feet, and according to engineers all surface seep• age w!ll positively be eliminated. This unusual and costly precautionary measure, says the New Jersey publ!c utility information committee, !s n striking Illustration of tbe steps taken by water supply companies to safeguard the public against disease. Unhappinesa Defined As a general tbing unhappiness Is just a case of selfishness reeling sorry for itself.-American Magazlna. Keep Poults Hungry for First 48 Hours Anyhow which will 1"ary the amount and ldnd fuee. of feed that may be needed after 4S hour~. It Is best alwa~·s to keep them just hungry enough so they will be huutin.~ feed and getting the exercise that !s required for best growth · eggs Hard-boiled lil·abllity. and chopped fine nud mixed with corn· Position-Lying on chest as in Ex· bread crumbs have been found gPnerclse X. emlly satisfactory the first week, aft· Ele,·enth Exercise--Raise arms high er which whole wheat· and hulled oats and legs hil!h, holding knee straig-ht. nrP good. Keep them out of wet grass The position Is: lying on your until they are well along. Three lit- chest, the same as in ~~xerclsr X. ters of eg~s Jl(>r year are generully arms !n straight line wit!. the hody. about all that will he salisfactorv to r Arms str·aight, legs straight, point 1he hatch, because late-hatched poult>' are toes downward. Raise arms and lrf'S likely to be less thrifty. ns high as possible. Legs must not be hen! at the knees. You ma~· not succeed In raising leg vr>ry hi;::h. The legs should be mised fr·om the hips Mites do not live on the chickens down. El'en though you raise them by dny, hut come out and ~uck their one Inch. keep nt It and ~ou will only !ill of hlood when the birds are roost- 1 yourself how far you will surprise ing. F!r~t the poultry house must he after a little practice. them raise Trash, nestln~ cleaned thoroughly. material, etc., should he taken out an1l p.,.~-~~ burned. 'l'ben go over the whole house thoroughly with crude petroleum or .:..~----............... . ...... carholineut11. using eltl1er a spray pump " -r/lf.·]Jou;Bwe.. ·K!Ct(:· or brush to supply the material. Petroleum is cheaper but the cnrhol!neum Position-Same as XI, hut hands gpts into the cracks better and lasts resting on ftoor near chest, arms bent. longer. Twelfth Exercise-Kick yourself. This exercise Is a rest exercise"The Double 1\lck." Your position is same ns last exercise, with the It Is Inadvisable to dispose of an the of the arms, whlch slwuld exception older goose ani! keep young geese for hanils resting on ftoor and bent be breeding purposes, provided the older chest. Flex both legs your to close bird Is In good health. Young ~~:eese yourself. If you do kick and quickly will often lay during their first year. the buttocks touching in succeed not but the eggs are usually Infertile and you can do It, at keep time, first the the number produced Is seldom a~ counts Twenty-four practice. with It high as would be produced b.v an oldthis. on er female. Females of the Canadian Kill Harmful Mites \1.--- .... -------- -- Geese for Breeding -- "-" ' ----- breeds do not lay, as a rule, until they ore three years old, but femaiPS of any of the breeds may be kept for breeding. . ---· '';fi:Tt:fft(/(-TF.• /(/Ct(~ l'.osttlon-Same us Xll. Exercise-Alternat e kick. Eggs that >tre tested out of IncubaThirtt:enth Exercise-"The Altertors up to th• 14th day muke good late Kick" is similar to Exercise XU, teed for youn, chicks If properly pre- except thut you start with one knee pared. They should he hoileil for at bent. As yot. extend the right, you lea~t 30 mlntites so as to kill all germs flex the left. Do this as fast us pos· that may be In them. Then pull·erize / sible. This Is also a rest exercise, them In a jar or some container, using J and hHps to change the circulation a square stick that will thoroughly after the more diftlcult exercise. mix tLe contents anrt pulverize the Fh€·11 ns well us the Interior pvrtions. Think It Over The only ilanger !n feeding eggs lies it1 Man who mun would be D.lust rule not coo\;lng them long enough or overthe empire of bimselt feeding.. Eggs for Chicks Learn to Concentrate High Protein Feeds AJ:ent meal or meat scraps are high protein feeds and are found In most chick ma~lhes or laying mashes. They are ured in connection with dried buttermilk In mnny teeds to furnish the animal protein which is lacking In grains. Experiments ha1·e shown that chicks or laying hens do better when supplied with animal protein to bal· ance up the protein and other ingredients found !n groin~. Be sure thul these products are all clean, fre~h and sweet. Concentration Is the secret ot strength in politics, In war, in trade, In short In all management of human affairs.-Emerson. Two Million Leper• The world bas 2,000,000 lepers to· day. One-fourth of them are in Chln11., whUe India bas ne•Jrly as many. I Maybe lt'1 Brain Duat The only gray matter some people have Is dandrutr.-Farm and Fire&ld~ Mos- people know this absolute antidote for pain, but are you careful to say Bayer when you buy it? And do you always give a glance to see Bayer on the box--and the word genuine printed in red? It isn't the genuine Bayer Aspirin without it! A drugstore always has Bayer, with the proven directions tucked in every box H Why? A woman engaged a new maid, who seemrd to be self-possessed unil independent. On the first morning after her arr!Yal not a sound wus heard In the house, so the mistress rang the bell. There was no reply. Fiunll~· she called up the stairs: "Are you awake, ~Jary?" "Yes, rather," answer·ed the maid. "\Yhy"!" EASILY MADE UP J.IJ)!r!n II the trade mark ot Ba.yer Manufacture o! !rlono&cet!cac!dester or Sa!IC111Cacld Women Oddly Employed Substituting the tt·owel and mortar tor the rolling pin and coo~book, forty-five women In Liverpool, England, are engaged in the trude of bricklaying and building, the Commerce department repor·ts. The wo!"" en are snid to be as efficient nt thei"!" unusual task ns are the mascul!nP Two other L!l·erpool bricklayers. women fish tor a I!Ylng. the report revealed. White Hollands From Original Wild Turkey A<eording to F.lliot, this Is the story of the origin of the nickname. There were Samuel, Nathaniel an~ Edward Wilson, brothers, who were as- sociated in the meat packing busine~s HIS MISTAKE 'How MuchWateP Should Baby Get? ":A Famous :Authority's 'Rule 'By 'Ruth 'Brittain "I can make up my mini! !n a mo· ment, Miss :Sharpe." '·No doubt, ~Ir. Sapp-it shouldn't be much of a task." Genius My faith In genius great and good Occasionally must relax. l don't belelve John Milton could Have figured out his income tax. Too Realistic During the making of "Cncle Tom'1 Cabin," they natur·nlly came to th~ ~cene where Simon Legt·ee has to whale the tar out of Uncle Tom. Everything was ready, the Josh lifted and about to fall when L'ncle Tom let out a yell. "Hold eYerythin~." he bellowed. "I forgot to put on the cork undershirt." Baby specialists ngree no1nulays, that during the first six: months, hallie., must llave three ounces of ftuhl per pound of hor.ly weight daily. An eig-lnpound baby, for im•tance, neetls twenty-four ounces of lluir.l. Later on th1 rule is two ounc-es of lluitl per pounrl ot body weight. The amount of !lultl Nerve Bu'y Bu>iness Man-Can't you absorber.l by a breust-fPtl baby !t' besL read? The sign on that tloor mean~ determined br wei!lhing him before unr.l after feeiling for the whole duy; pr11·ate. Cnm·asser-I know-nnd I'm glad ani! it is easily calculated for the botit's there. It there·~ anything I hate. tle-feu one. 'l'lwn make up any deIt's being Interrupted when l'm talk- ficiency with water. GiYina- bah~· ~utlidcnt water oftNt Ing to a prospect!Ye customer. relic1·es ltis fe1·erHt, cr~·ing, upset ani! restles~ fpell~. lf it do\'~n't, g-ive him WANTED THEM OUTSIDE a fell' drops of Pletchl'!"'s Cast. ria. For thPse and other ills of hahip, and children such as colic, cholera, diarrhea, gas on ~tomach ami bow!'h', constipation, sour >tomach, loss of sleep, underwei;;ht, etc., l<>ailln~ phystdans ~ny tht·re's nothing so effectil·e. lt i"-' purely Yegetable-t he recipe Is m the wrapper-anr.l millions of mothers haYe depended on it in oYer thirtY ~·ear~ of eYer Increasing use. It regulates bally's bowels, mal;cs him sleep and eat right, enables him to get ful' oourishment from his food, so he Increa>cs in IYI'ight as he should. With each package you get a book on jfoth· Goof (seeing lady of house angry) erhood worth its weight in gold. ..,-1-I guess you want me to take Just a word of caution. Look for my gum shoes outsir.le7 the signature of Clws. H. Fletcher on L. 0. H.-Yes-and without remov- the package !;·o you'll he sure to get Ing them, please. the grnnine. The fort,·-t..:nt bottle3 contain thlrty-fiye doseB. The Unattainable · He said he was a highbrow elf, He talked us all to sleep. He couldn't quite explain himself, Because he was so deep. Just as Good Movie Star-! can never marry you, Joe, andHe-But what? Movie Star-If you'll come around at the studio tomorrow I'll Introduce double.-EYerybody 's my to you Weekly, Tough Luck "Did yer 'usbatJd get the job 'e went after?" "Naw, 'e went an' yawned jus' as they wuz goin' ter give It to '!m." Wonderful .Johnny-l'd like to live in Iceland. Mother-\Yhy? Johnny-Teacher says that up there the .days are s!x months long-ani! just think how big an ail-day sucker would be! Trouble Ahead Edwards-! don't think much about drums, but I think I'll get my little son one for his birthday. Che,·ter-You don't know much about boys, e!t!l!'l'. Has More oF It He (worried)-! don't feel right about this powder of yours on my cont. She (nonchalnntly)-lt' s quite all rlght. I ba1·e plenty of more ln my compact. No Confidence in It "Why did you let your steno;;rnpher go? Wasn't her stenography dependable?" "Yes, but she had to fix her fa~P too often.' House of Coal The acme of advertising has been. acbiered by the cbamher of commerce ot the little town of Middlehoro, Ky. The town !s !n the heart of one of the country's richest coal mining regions and the chamber's building. pictured lq the Farm Journal, is n shiny black bungnlow-bu!lt of uniform lumr~ o~ coal set In cement. OF Courae Browne-What made Ernest marry Ethel? Baxter-Ethel, or course. HELPED DURING MIDDLE ACE Woman Took Lydia E. Pink· ham's Vegetable Compound' D~m·er, Colo.-"I haYe taken si:t bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's_Yege-• _ _ _ _.;..._.,. table Compound and will take morr. I am taking it as a. tonic to help m through the Change of Life and I am telling many of my friends to take it as I found nothing before thld to help me. I had so many bad fee:lin~:s at night that I could not sleep Md for two years I could not go down town because I was afraid of falling. l'Jy mother took the Vfgetable Compound ~-ears ago with good results and now I am taking it during the Change of I.ife anr.l recom· mend it."-)lns. '1'. A. ?\fiLLER, lOll Ar.lams Street, Denver, Colorado. W. N. l:l., Salt Lake City, No. 17-1928. ( I |