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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
Sewerage and Paving

An adjourned meeting of the
city council held in the Board of
Trade rooms last night, was Mt
tended by a representative number
of private citizens. Civil Engi-
neer Hiram McElroy presented
his report on the sewerage and
water works and paving project,
for which he has made survey,
and he addressed the meeting Civ
ing the details of the mat ter, as he
did at meeting the night before
when only few citizens were
present. The matter is being con.
sidered by all parties interested
and it is probable that a bonding
election will be called with view
to providing funds for carrying
out the project. Next week we
hope to publish resume of Mr..
McElroy's report.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14

can contains full solid weight.
The canning of surplus vegetables
and other products of our farms
orchards, when putup in this man
ner, can be made a source of profit;
and possibly at no distant day,
each farmer and fruit grower will
have his own little cannery, and
operate it to this end.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
A panaereu. Juror.

81 don't like the looks Of that juror
with the big ears and the long. pointed
chin" the defendant In the case whis-
pered to his lawyer.
"He has an ugly mug" said the law.
yer, ''that's fact"
ut isn't altogether his looks though"
conf1ded the client; "he's paying too
blamed close attention to the testi.
mony."- Chicago Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14

If you sit in cool draft when you
are heated and get stiff neck Of
lame back, you will be looking for
something that will ease the pain.
Fix your mind on Billiards. Snow
Eminent and don't be talked out of
it because it is the best pain reliev-
ing liniment you can get anywhere.
Price 25c. SOC and $l.00 per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
advertisement
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
suffered Eczema FIFTY Yea r.- Now We'll

Seems long time to endure the
awful burning, itching, sinarting,
skin disease known as "tetter"-
another name for Eczema. Seems
good to realize, also. that DR.. Hob
sons Eczema Ointment has proven
a perfect cure.
Mrs. ID. l.. Kenney writes: -"
cannot sufficiently express my
thanks to you for your DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. 1t has cured my
letter. which has troubled me for
over fifty years" All druggists, or
by mail, soc. Peeiffer Chemical Go.
st. Louis. Mo. Philadelphia, Pa.
advertisement
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14

"Cheerfuiness can become a habit.
and 1t is wonderful how good habit
of this kind will help us over hard
places"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
The Best Pain Killer

Bucklen's Africa Salve when APP
piled to cut, bruise. burn or scald.
or other injury to the skin will i'm.
mediately remove all pain. E. K.
Chamberlain of Clinton, Me. says
1t robs cuts and other injuries Of
their terrOrs. AS II healing remedy
its equal don't exist" Will do good
for you. Only 25c at All Druggists.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
Minister Praises this Laxative

Rev. III. Stubenvoll of Allison, Ia.
in praising DIR. Kings New Life Pills
for constipation writes ;-"Dr. Kings
New Life Pills are such perfect pills
no home should be without them.
No better regulator for the liver and
bowels. Every pill guaranteed Try
them. Price 25c. at All Druggists.
advertisement
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14

j. HI. McQuaid was in town
from the Bermont section yester-
day, and he was telling of a plan
he has that will aid greatly in
spreading the fame of Punta Cor
da and Trabue county and help
further the development of this
superb section of Florida. His
plan is to organize a company and
drill for oil or gas, which he be-
lieves can be obtained here. Mr..
McQuaid was for years with the
Standard Oil Co., engaged on the
field for them, and he knows some
thing about drilling for oil. He
says that it is only necessary to 90
deep enough here. If his plan
is carried out, Puhta Gorda will
reap rich reward from it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14

The canned tomatoes put up by
E. w. Lawson of Acline, which
are being sold by the Pnnta Cor
da grocers, are of very fine quail
ty and should command ready
sale. The tomatoes, which are of
medium large size, are peeled and
placed in the cans whole. Each
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14

When you yawn IA good deal in
want to stretch frequently it is an
unmistakable symptom of malaria
and unless you do something at once
you are booked for spell of chills.
Herbine is a chill medicine that " i'll
prevent or cure the disease. 1t
drives out the Impurities on which
the malarial gem thrives. strength
ems the liver and cleanses the bowels.
Price zoe. Sold by all druggists.
advertisement
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
Pecan Nuts.

Try cracking pecan nuts by placing
them on end in the nut cracker. One
vigorous crushing OF the cracker will
split the nut open through the center.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-08-14
oNina Advice.

sillicus-Do you ever give advice?
Cynicus-Not unless I'm pretty sure It
won't be Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
GIded Horse on Weather vane Not Yet Extinct

mates below have gone and that a
machine creaks and snorts where they
lived.
If you are walking along G street
between 9Th and TIN and will look to-
ward the northern sky you may see
high up, always heading into the wind,
another gilded horse with flowing
name and uplifted tail, and probably
dstended nostrils, though his position
is too far up in the air to determine
that point without field glasses.
He is trotting on gilt horizontal
bar and seems to be striking at least
a 2.20 gait He is well extended. He
seems to be about to win. No other
horse is near him. He wears no har-
ness. No sulky or driver is behind
him.
He is a bold, proud-looking horse
and it is refreshing for horsemen to
look up and see one of their four
footed friends who has not the de-
jected mien which so many horses III
the streets wear. 1t is pleasure to
them to contemplate this horse, even
if he is gilt horse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

boiling together two teacupfuls OF
granulated sugar and one teacup Of
water. Boil until the strip strings
from the spoon or hardens when
dropped into cold water. Pour over
six quarts of freshly popped corn and
stir well.
Popcorn Balls-One pint of sirup,
one pint Of sugar, two tablespoonfuls
of butter, one teaspoonful Of vinegar.
Cook till the strip hardens when
dropped into cold water. Remove to
back of stove and add one-half tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in table
spoonful of hot water and then pour
the hot strip over four quarts of fresh
ly popped corn, stirring till each ker-
mel is we'll coated, when it can be
nodded into balls or into any desired
form.
In formation on choosing varieties
Of popcorn for planting, on the care
of the growing crop, on harvesting
and storing popcorn, on hand-poppers
and methods OF popping corn is all
contained in the bulletin. There are
many photographs, too, including
those of ears, kernels, and peppers.
The bulletin can be had on applica-
ton to the division of publication Of
the department of agriculture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
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RIBBON FLOWERS ARE
DAINTIEST OF GIFTS
Bv JULIA BoTToMLEY.

Exquisite ribbon roses, corsage
bouquets Of ribbon violets and nose
gays Of small ribbon or silk buds-all
scented-are among the Christmas
offerings for this year that hardly
cost more than the time 1t takes to
make them. This item of cost Is an
important one to most of us. There
are so many that we wish to remem
Der, at the holiday season, that even
modest gifts mount up into a total
which it is unfair to ourselves for US
to spend. The one way out Ia tc
make up things In which the ideas
and work make value. Our friends
appreciate these more than any other
sort of gift.
To make the little buttonhole bor
quets shown here, requires a bolt OF
light purple or dark lavender velvet
ribbon, spool of green covered wire
called "tie-wire," and one small
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

blown pines. A windmill crowns this
height, at point only a few feet
short Of the summit, and it's sails as
they sweep round must overtop a
thousand feet-a considerable eleva-
ton for land generally spoken of as
without q hill. The summit Of the
Vrouwenheide itself is $40 feet above
sea-level
Across this upland runs a bleak and
rutty track, whereon can be seen carts
loaded with brushwood collected from
the hillside, or sand quarried from the
roadside. Sometimes cow is in the
shafts, with a dog as an auxiliary har-
messed to the axle underneath. Noun
tains!" says the White Queen. "Ihave
seen mountains to which that would
be valley" Yet these high lands
of Holland are we'll. worth visit. 1t
is not because Of their height that we
are charmed with them, but on ac-
count Of the quaint blending of low.
land rplacidness with upland energy.
ALI beauty, says Bacon, contains some
thing strange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
MAASTR|CHT HILLS
Commonplace Elsewhere, They
Are Mountains in Holland.
Character About the Dutch Uplands
That 10 Quite Their OWn--it 10
at Meerssen That Netherlands
Take lilly Proportions.

Berlin.-I suppose that a traveller
opening his eyes suddenly upon the
hills near Maastricht, in Dutch Linn
burg, after having been conducted
thither blindfold from some other
country, would not find them very re-
markable. But let him approach them
over many miles OF fiat landscape fol-
following the barge route Of the Zuid
Willems canal, and they appear the
most romantic of mountains. The
eye has for so long grown accustomed
to the low skyline and monotonous
level that it is hungry for hill. The
spur Of wooded heights and the castle
crowned Petersberg seem to rise as IL
by magic over the water. Towed by
slow horses. or more frequently pulled
by powerful tugs, the familiar Dutch
barges and schuits, reminiscent of
ploders and the sea, pursue their way
unperturbed by the unaccustomed
heights. 1t is as if Holland had stray
ed into other lands.
Yet there is q character about the
Dutch uplands that Is quite their own.
At Meerssen the familiar scenery Of
the Netherlands begins to rock and
swell and adapt Itself to the hole of
mountaineer as II encounters the coun-
try of the hills. But it struggles to
preserve it's nationality, and succeeds.
For instance, near Geulem, between
the stream and the ridge of hills, Is
planted a poplar wood. Through the
glades OF trees, which are placed with
an orderly reserve unusual elsewhere,
glimpses of the swelling green upland
appear, and the mingling Of formal for
est with the steep valley-side is what
one would imagine Dutch mountain
to look like if there were mountains
In Holland-and there are. AS the
traveller ascends the valley OF the
Geul he discovers lowland scenery
half merged into the romantic atmos-
phere Of the hills. An avenue remin-
cent of Hobbema leads the eye to fan
tastic caves and steep accents, and a
paved yard appears that might have
been subject for De Hooghe did 1t
not end Unexpectedly In a fantastic
cliff in which an oven and a stable
appear strangely.
The outer galleries Of some old quar-
ries have been used as houses. and 1t
looks somewhat eerie to see a door
open in the rock and an old woman
hobble out, or to see lights at night at
little shattered windows dotted about
In unexpected places in what at first
sight seems to be barren precipice.
AS the country rises towards Sim
pelvelde it becomes less wooded, and
takes the character of a rolling up
land Of cornlands and cultivated fields,
here and there becoming a waste of
heather and bracken. The soil Is of
sandy nature, and the top Of the
Vrouwenheide, the highest point in
Holland, abounds in stunted and wind
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

VIZ ASHINGTON.-The boundaries of
w the universe have been discov-
cred, according to a report received
at the National Observatory from
Prof. r. 7. A. Innes, director Of the
Union Observatory at Johannesburg,
South Africa. The announcement is
regarded with interest by astronom-
ers all over the world.
The universe, Prof Innes asserts, Is
contained within the space girdled by
the Milky Way, and he figures that
the most distant star In that wonder
full girdle is $40 light years distant
from the earth. Inasmuch as the
planetary system, of which the earth
Is member, Is commonly supposed
by astronomers to be close to the cen
tiers Of the arena embraced within the
Milky Way, and inasmuch as light
travels $4,000 miles second, or
over five and three-Quarters quadril-
lion miles year, the diameter of the
universe, by Prof Innes's calculation
is 34,951 100000 miles. This is the
distance light would travel in 1850
years. A ray Of light takes sixteen
minutes and thirty-six seconds to
traverse the diameter of the earth's
orbit
The so-called "hellum stars" the
Johannesburg astronomer AYERS. are
the most distant of all stars from the
earth. The helium stars are peculiar
to the Milky Way.
Is there anything outside the uni.
verse? On this point Prof. Innes does
not venture a positive opinion, but he
says that the most powerful tele-
scopes penetrate far into space. be-
yond the boundaries of the universe
revealing nothing. In particular, he
says, there is absolutely no sign of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
Nothing Beyond the Milky Way but Empty Space

other universe of similarly constituted
systems.
He looked out beyond the universe
the air in South Africa is very clear
but his telescope discovered in those
far-away clouds called "nebulae.
which some astronomers suppose to
be star-systems in process of forma-
ton. Many of these nebulae are srar-
al-looking, and the conjecture is thSt
they are whirling around and around,
condensing themselves into solid
globes, on which life may later ap-
pear.
The number of stars, according to
Prof. Innes, Is limited, falling far
short of the number of people on the
earth. He estimates the mass of the
universe as equal to AL, 900 times the
mass Of the sun. That is to say, the
combined mass Of all the globes, big
and little, in the universe Is as heavy
as AL 900 suns. OF stars 100 times as
massive as the sun there are 800; OF
stars ten times as massive as the
sun there are 5000; of stars equal
in mass to the sun there are 100000;
and Of stars smaller than the sun
there are 10000, 900, loo, 900 Of which
are one-tenth the mass Of the sun, g.
100000 are one one-hundredth Of the
suns mass, and 100000 are one one
thous>ndth Of the suns mass. There
are besides small stars in scattered
clusters, equal in the aggregate to l.
900 times the suns mass.
1t is probable that majority of the
stars, he adds, have a greater sur
face brilliancy than the sun. Thus, as
in tho solar system, nearly all the
mass is contained in few bodies, the
large majority contributing but slight
ly to the total. The stars are we'll
mixed as to sizes, small stars occur
ring where there are large ones and
large stars being found where small
stars are numerous.
Prof. lines other conclusions are
that there Is no serious absorption OF
light in space, that 1t Is improved that
the sun and stars radiate into empty
space, and that the existence Of dark"
suns is quite without demonstration.
not one being certainly known.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
PLAN FOR MEMORABLE TIME
tuberculosis Day, DecembeT 2, Is to
BE Participated In by Hundreds
Of Thousands.

Nearly 100000 members of the
Young Mems Christian association of
he United States, including several
thousand members of the allied health
eagues, hundreds OF physical direc-
ors and 345,000 members of the phys
cal departments will be urged to CO.
operate in the tuberculosis day cam
oaign during the week of December
I, according to an announcement made
rom the headquarters of this move
uent in New York.
Lectures and discussions on tuber-
;ulosis will be held on Sunday after
loon, Devember z, and during the
week preceding or the week follow
ng that date, by many organizations
connected with the Y. M. G. A. Prom
nent speakers in various cities Of the
country will address these meetings.
Fhe details of the program are being
worked out by DR.. George ]. Fisher,
director of the physical department of
he international committee of the
association.
Secretaries of the local branches of
he Y. M. G. A., or members of the as
ISOLATION who are interested in this
subject can secure literature, free of
charge, from the office of the Nation
al Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis, los East
Twenty-second street, New York city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
Labor Department Clerks Have to Do Rea! Work

n Jerks Of the department OF labor
~ are nursing blisters and calloused
spots on hands and knees, and the
new quarters of the latest executive
department Of the government smells
of arnica and healing ointments. Nov
ing day for the department came
around, and as the appropriation for
moving covered only the transfer of
she furniture from the old quarters
to the new, the clerks were pressed
into service to rearrange the desks
and filing cabinets and other para
phernalia.
"Oh, it was fun" said Chief Clerk
Watson, displaying difficulty in max
ing his stiffened fingers grasp a pen
and wincing when he attempted to
get out of his swivel chair. THE work
had to be done, anyway, and the clerks
we're the only available persons to DO
1t. It's all in a lifetime. and don't
We belong to the department OF L.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

II HE gilded horse that once trotted,
3 galloped, pranced and dazzled on
the weather vanes above many of the
stables of Washington has become
rare, but he is not extinct. He may be
furnished, but he still holds up his
head and tail. He is not so forlorn
looking as most of his brother and sis
ter horses in the Streets. The writer
early in the spring wrote an honorable
mention Of a gilt horse on weather
vane on a stable converted into a
garage on Columbia road near 18th
street That horse is still there and
he still seems unconscious that his
neighing, nickering and champing
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
Popcorn Can Be ProftabIy Raised on the Farm

~ HIRTY dollars worth Of popped
i corn in the form of scent packages
for the market represents an outlay
of only about 81 or $3.50 for raw ma
terial, according to farmers bulletin
(No. $3.50 just issued by the depart
ment of agriculture, entitled Popcorn
for the Home" Sufficient popcorn to
make $50 worth of scent packages
can be grown on piece of land 40
feet long and 20 feet wide.
The specialists in corn investiga-
tions who write this bulletin say that
popcorn has considerable value as a
food and when properly prepared for
the table it is superior to many of
the breakfast foods now on the mar
ket
If it is desired to grow popcorn as
a field crop, the surplus stock not
wanted for home use can usually be
sold to local merchants at fair price,
or it can be profitably sold directly to
consumers.
Dealers who put-up popcorn in 10
cent packages for the retail trade us
ually have number of good recipes
printed on the outside of the package
Some recipes for popcorn CONNECTIONS
that have given good results are the
following:
Chocolate Popcorn-Two teacupfuls
of white sugar, two ounces Of choco.
late, one-half cup OF corn strip, one
cup Of water.
Put these ingredients into kettle
and cook them until the strip hard.
ems, when put in cold water. Pour
over four quarts of crisp. freshly pop.
ped corn and stir well to insure the
uniform coating Of the kernels.
Sugared Popcorn-Make strip by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

Dor? And / believe we made good"
The ordeal continued several days
and although the department OF COM
merce had loaned all of its available
laborers, charwomen and messengers
to the fitting laborites. the muscle.
weary clerks had to lend their as.
sistance.
The work of the department of la
Dor is dropping behind as a result OF
the exodus.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
'CASCARETS" FOR
SLUGGISH LIVER
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliouSneSs or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

Turn the rascals out-the headache.
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight Strengthens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

Chicago. Hadley OF
Missouri told the representatives oil
the railroad systems in the Mississip
pi valley that he would not accept the
$4,000 a year job offered him for five
years II the acceptance of it meant his
real living in Chicago. He desires tt
remain In Missouri to oppose SenaaM
Stone for reelection.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
TEACHES GIRLS TO HAMMER
Married Women Admitted to Carpen.
tering Class in Toledo Public
Schools.

Toledo, GA young woman's class
in carpentering, with 10 enrolled the
first day, has been organized in con-
nection with the manual training de-
partment of the public schools. Sew.
eral married women have been admit.
ted with the girls. Members of the
class are to be first taught the use OF
hammer and saw and later instructed
in making artistic furniture. The
class is believed to be the first OF
the kind in the United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27

sage ornament. It requires from one
to one and quarter yards Of rather
heavy satin ribbon, about two inches
wide. The petals are made by cut
ting the ribbon in lengths of two and
a half inches. A tiny covered wire
is tackled in with invisible stitches
along the sides and upper edge Of the
petals and these petals eurlsd back
over e hatpin. The lower edge Is
folded to shape the petal and sewed
to place. A heavy wire forms the
stem. Fasten at one end of this a
small wad of cotton the size of a
thimble and cover it with bit Of silk.
winding it to the stem with thread.
Next wrap a bit of ribbon tightly
about this center and then place the
petals, winding with thread and tack
ing with stitches to the stem. When
the rose is finished fasten 1t to the
millinery foliage and stem, or wind
the wire stem with green baby rib
bon, If millinery stem is not used.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-27
Pain in Back and Rheumatism

are the daily torment of thousands. To eff
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the cause Foley Kidney Pills begin
tc work for you from the first dose, and ex-
ert SO direct and beneficial an action in the
kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
ment of kidney trouble soon disappears.