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meow. they were pulled out into the
daylight.
Here are some Kittens they
heard some one say. and before they
knew il they were carried up some
stairs and into warm room. some
one handled them and petted them,
and suddenly the same voice cried
out: oh. see, mother. ono Of them
has six toes"
Then poor little Six-toes was
hauled out and handed back and
forth for the people TO examine.
That was Just the beginning Two
Of IN" kitGes d sappcarcd on" day
and wer" never seen again. but the
three that wc~c left got their eyes
orcu yer. soon and began TO grow.
The, were all happy but Six-toes.
IL" was awkward and his feet
looked Nk" mi,tcns. and he stumbled
about, and the other kitties would
laugh AT him. Even the little = ri
who owned them would point al
SiN-tOcs when any one camr around,
and tell OF his d"formitv.
The other kittics bil Six-tOes and
crowded him away from the saucer
OF milk, and treated him shamcfuly,
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Dear Annie Laurie:
fell deeply In love with young
man a few years ago. He made m"
think he returned my love, but
he would not let me speak his name
to any Of my friends. When We met
any Of my friends he always made
them believe ! was his wife. | got
angry about it. but he said that 1t
vas only a joke
One day we met a gentleman from
his own town. After few days that
gentleman came to where | was
staying and told mo that my friend
was married. ] could not believe II.
hut it was true. He does not love
his wife. as he was forced into
marrying her. He left her two days
after he was married.
He says he loves me. and ! love
him, but he cannot obtain a divorce.
am causing my parents so much
worry that It Is breaking my heart.
am torn between two loves-my
rarents' and my friends. I have
plenty Of friends, but have no
thoughts for them. My parents arc
well-to-do. My friends tell me l am
rather good looking. 7 care not for
money or looks. | only want him to
myself But I cannot bring disgrace
on my parents. and what am to
do? 7 love him too well to give him
up. I have tried and failed. I have
travelled all over. met many friends,
but care for none but this man.
Can you tell me what to do? Will
your answer be as my darling
mamma says: Forget him" Don't
SIX me to do that. / have tried for
three years. and have failed. think
Of him day and night. If you can
tell me of anv way to forget him ]
will thank God the day I saw your
name. Thanking you in advance. /
remain
DOWNHEARTED GIRL.
~ EAR me, Downhearted, | don
blame you for being blue.
should think you would be
There's nothing peculiar O
about your case at all. 1t Il
perfectly simple, and you are just ont
girl in a thousand others who have beer
exactly the same experience.
The man you think you love has de
ceived you. that's all. and you ought t
have known he was deceiving you Whcr
he acted the way he did.
There's nothing funny about a man!
that he is married to yO,
when he isn't, and why shouldn't he al
low you to mention his name to any o.
vcur friends? That fact alone should
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ceased, the pilgrims stopped dancing,
and the procession wearily climbed the
steps and entered the church. But
once inside the band struck up again
and then, followed by the once more
uanclnS and leaping multitude. the mu-
slcldns led the way around the inside
OF the church past the tomb where lies
the body Of St Wilibrord. once more
rose tne cries TO the saint until the
noise became deafening, for here in
the church the most efficacious part
OF the entire pilgrimage is supposed
TO focus.
Then tn" procession passed out
through the door again into the shad :
cnurchyard, and there the final steps
were danced. the last cries given
and the final blessings made, and the
pilgrimage was at an end
The reason tor this strange ceremony
is due to the firm belief that those who
dance i'm ST. Willibrord honor, or
those who send proxies TO dance for
them, will be relieved Of epilepsy and
kindred complaints, and that various
diseases among cattle will be cured.
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SCIENCE OF STARING.

An investigation was recently under
taken by the psychologists OF Clark
University to determine whether there
is any 'telepathic" occult or mysteri-
Gus forces at work which make children
and men and women conscious that they
are the objects of staring.
When you turn your head, suddenly
aware that you are stared at, you, as
we'll as the one under surveillance, are
amazed il not fabbergasted. You are
almost on the verge of believing that
some unseen spiritual power has been
at work. Yet 1t is not so.
What actually was discovered in the
experiments upon several hundred sub
jects who were thus exposed to the
stern glances, apparently without their
knowledge, was this: -.Ts.
Fifty in each hundred were totally
oblivious to the steady espionage. Of
wriggle. exhibiting self-consciousness or
fidgets, many were so naturally self
conscious and vain that they had al
ways a well-nigh pathological delusion
that people were staring at or inspect
ing them.
The others who felt that they were
looked at intently with eyes strained
upon themselves were subjects whose
muscular sense was extraordinarily
we'll developed. who were very aggres-
sive. active, mobile, and ever alert to
each little movement and shadow or
actively round about.
Staring and Superstitions. y
In brief. the very type of individual
who is keenly alive to his environment.
who is prepared for all emergencies,
who in practical life anticipates the
very contingencies which afterward
arise, whose senses and tissues are
sharply responsive to vibrations of air,
ether and material things, are the very
ones that know when they are subjected
to firm gaze.
Much of the poetry as well as the
nonsense associated with the beliefs OF
the efficacy of staring has been fos-
tered by supersititions. traditions. and
the other restricted logic of the thought
less, though much educated. civilized
man The absurd beliefs of the I'm
fluence'' of so-called .'evil eye" want
of knowledge about hypnotism over
snakes and wild beasts by the steady
spread broadcast and then accepted as
facts by the sheer weight OF verbal
repetition and the printing press are in
part responsible for the errors.
To stare each other out of counte-
nance Is only possible in persons Woe
fully wanting in sense of humor and
ethics. The etiquette of polite circles
taboos all staring, while boys who glare
at each other before a battle usually
allow their spleen thus to peter out and
fade away.
The ancient belief that the stare in a
murdered persons eye contains the por-
trait of the assassin Is nonsensical The
eye cannot, either in life or death, main
tain anv fixed picture of anything In
much the same unsubstantiated way
we are told that an honest man will al
ways look another straight in the eye,
whereas the crook fails TO do so.
Like the other seven seas of rubbish.
this has as much reality as snap of
the fingers. To stare into another's
face until his or your eyes drop is a
contest of wills. in which the strongest
wins Honor. morality, and honesty
have nothing to do with it.
(C'opvright 1914. Newspaper Feature Service
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TINES BEDTIME STORY
THE SIX-TOED CAT.

CCan,riSht. 1914. hv F. L. YoderD
~ nee upon a time in a market
basket. under A house. just
" off of the main street. five
kitties were born 10 a poor
OLD lady eat who had been deserted
hy all of her friends.
+ She was worn and scraggly and
sick. bnt the kitties were round and
fat and gray. and just as pretty as
toy cats. For several days they did
not see any one but their mother.
She would sneak in and out Ike a
shadow. But one afternoon she did
not come home at all. That even
ing when the kittens were ready to
die Of hunger, and they had cried
their eyes nearly open. and were so
hoarse that thew could scarcely
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Three Minute Journeys
By TEMPLE MANNING.
Where Men Dance In Religious Parade.

IN THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUX
/ EMBURG, whose neutrality its
i young duchess 50 spectacularly de-
Tended not many weeks ago, ] once
witnessed an amazingly strange process
sion in the quaint town Of Echternac ch.
from down the street came the sound
OF drum. accordion. and a pipe, and
then ] caught the flash of a banner
carried before the clergy. Slowly. in
piOus state they came, and behind them
wildly moving mass Of paraders.
hand-in-hand. eight and ten abreast,
and they were skipping and lcaping up
INTO the air to the compartment OF
loud cries Of blessings upon the towns
patron saint. St. Willibrord.
Young men, boys, and old men came
leapinG and shouting down that street
in unbelieva bic numbers, and for the
four solid hours that ! followed them
they seemed never to stop save at rare
rest places.
AT last we came to the goal OF the
pilgrimage, the parish church Of IS.
Peter and Paul. Then the music
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FEW MOMENTS! NO IND |GEST|0N0RS SICK,
DYSPEPT|C STOMACH-PAPE'S D|APEPS|N

you will wonder what became q CS
indigo /iOn and distress Millions OF
men and women today know that it is
needless to have a bad stomach. A
little Diapepsin occasionally keeps the
stomach regulated and they eat their
favorite foods without fear
II your stomach doesn't take care OF
your liberal limit without rebellion: if
YOUR food is a damage instead of a
help. remember the quickest, surest
most harmless relief is Pape's Diapep-
SIN. which costs only fifty cents for a
large case at drug stores. It's truly
wonderful-it dgests food and sets
things straight. so gently and easily
that it is astonishing. Please don't go
on and on with weak. disOrdered
stomach; it's so unnecessary-Advt
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bat hC did not complain. He made up
his mind TO get away as soon As he
had learned to make those funny
paws Of his behave.
Although he had to eat the lcaV-
incS, and sleep on the ground he grew
fat and pretty. and was petted by the
liutlc girl, hut he could not stand the
taCnts Of the other kitties
Now in the afternoons, the kitties
and the little girl. with her toys,
played out in the bright sunlight in
the open yard. The little girl mad
small toy flying machine which was
very dear to her. But after 4 time
she forgot about it and the EitticS
too, and would run away and leave
them.
This gives me my chance to get
awaE to. TabbyIand" said SiX-toeS
one day when the little girl had gone
away. leaving him strapped in The
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WhyYou | urnNervously
When YouAre StaredAt
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERc
A. B., NJ. A, NJ. d. Johns Eopkins}.

.- EACHER Johnny is looking me-" is a not in
s frequent complaint in school. 1t is not however
i limited to youngsters to feel annoyance. Grown
also, when stared at feel i'll ease if not
absolutely resentfu1.
jealous ain accompanied by his lady love does
his utmost to destroy the admiring of and
every passing member Of the male species by ercey
staring him.
At home paterfamilias obtains obedience by d
stare than with the rod To spare the is spoil
the child. Neverthe father looking top
the latest his specaces fightens bad
little boys into conduct fixed steady
1t is by the little tots alone who
and fdgety when they become that
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Digests all food, absorbs
gases and stops fermen-
tatiOn at once.

Wonder what upset your stomach
which portion OF the food did the dam
age-do you? Well, don't bother, If
your stomach is in a revolt; if sour.
Gassy and upset. and what you lust ate
has fermented into stubborn lumps. YOUR
head dizzy and aches; belch gases and
acids and eructate undigested food :;
breath 1oui, tongue coated-just take
Pape's Diapepsln. and in Ave minutes
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Near Relatives.

Iuother?" asked Bobby, as he sat with
his mother on a ferryboat.
That is a Sister of Charity, my boy.
replied his mother
Bobby pondered deeply for a moment
and then he said. Which is she, mother,
Faith or e?'-Bazaar.
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could
the
visitor them
by
wonder Why keep wondering and wondering wonder all like
world
fired the
in
to
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her
a L ustso can in
spilled?
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The Washington times., 1914-11-03
By ANNIE LAURIE.

, have made you realize that there was
something wrong about him.
And now you've found him out for the
sneak and pretender that he is. and you
are trying to persuade yourself that it
is all right for you to go on caring for
this GOOd-for- nothing who is doing his
best TO ruin your life, just as he has
ruined the life of the poor woman who
really is married to him.
What a foolish girl yOu are: no won
der your parents are worried about you.
Now little girl, sit down all by your
self and look this matter straight in the
face. Why should YOU think this man
will be good to you when he has been 50
cruel to the woman he promised to love,
cherish and protect?
How can YOU believe ono word he says
after the way he has deceived you? He
declares he does not love his wife, and
left her two days after he was married
to her. What a cur to tell such thing
as that.
Why do YOU believe that it is true?
The probability is that his wife will not
live with him because she has found
him out exactly what he is.
Don't imaSine that you are the only
girl who il trying to comfort him for
his loneliness.
Depend upon it, You are Just one in
number. | do hope they are not all SO
foolish as you.
Your feet are in a quirksand, little
girl You are sinking. sinking down
with this man who has broken on"
woman's heart and who wants to break
yours just to amuse himself.
Get away from it-get away from him
if il kills YOU to do il. Haven't YOU any
brother to look out for you?
A good sound thrashing is what this
charming friend of yours needs. ! hope
you'll find some one to give it to him
Forget him. and blush to remember
that You ever thought of him at all.
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HO7u Can Any Girl "LOve' a Sneak? ?

Is to ignore it. The more you emphasize
the fact that he is self conscious among
strangers. the more self conscious he
will become. Constant mixing with
strangers will cause the feeling to grad
uaIlv disappear. When out in company
strive TO talk about subjects in which
he Is interested and you will find that
he will unconsCiously enter into the
conversation.
Anxious-Continue to write to the
Washington man whether the young
man from your home objects or not.
The only man who has a right to OBJ
jeCt to anything of that kind is your
tiance. If you begin to give into
such things YOU will find that the
man will want to dictate to you
about your actions and that your 9TH
er men friends will gradually drift
away. Then if the critical young
will be left without friends. You will
haveEto start all over again TO make
new ones.
Miss Lorton-You should learn not
to believe everything which is told
him yourself. The girls who carry
tales to YOU may desire (" separate
you and your friend for some reason
of their own. The fact that he talks
to the girls when vou are not around
is not proof that ne is not faithful to
you Why shouldn't he talk to girls?
Don't YOU talk 10 men when he is not
present? Men do not make love every
time they converse with a girl. you
know, so do not he so silly about
nothing. Continue to like him and to
think he IS nice until ycu yourself
find out that he Is not. Never listen
to bearers Of tales.
(Copvright. 1914. Newspaper F"lture ServiceD
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Is the Mind of Man
Like a Little all?
THE papers were full of the news
Of a terrible battle.
BY WINIFRED BLACK.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature SeTNiceo

"HE papers were full of the news
Of a terrible battle.
The capital of a great nation
had been moved from its ancient
dwelling place: armies of men were
moving each other down with scythcs
carried in automobiles: airshipS were
dropping bombs into the streets, known
from one end of the world to the other;
heroes were dying. brave women were
choking back their tears. towards were
running from the enemy: the whole
world was in tumult. but my friend
had not read the paper.
She was not interested in the war.
Then some one came and said: Did
YOU see the article this morning on
the second page it was? Didn't you
notice the name of the man who wrote
II" Well. he's cousion of the Hamil-
tons. those people who were such
friends OF the Goodenoughs, who had a
cottage here last summer" And my
friends. who was not interested in the
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eighteen years old weigh, and what
should be his height?
a boy of this age should weigh
about 140 pounds, and should be about
. feet 10 inches in height
c. s. Ham desirous of growing a
beard, but the growth Is too thin.
Gould you recommend sometime. ..r,
make it heavy? - . -
Massage olive oil into the nsr,,
where you wish hair to grow.
Anxious.I had an operation for
appendicitis nearly year ago T Am
past thirteen years old. Do you think
that ferris waist could he worI
without producing any trouble from
the scar? 'iii
You will have no trouble fpnm tbs
scar no matter what you wear
NJ. C-Will you please tell me some
exercise to reduce the face, as my face
Is too fieshy? :
Massage will reduce it. t-
Daily Reader-Am seventeen. Have q
ouIl pam in my head. Have had n
apout month. Also dizziness. what
causes this, and what will cure it?
Have the eyes examined. and eat figs.
apples, oatmeal. olive oil, drink three
glasses of water before meals. and taEe
charcoal after meals.
3 Gas neither smoke nor cbew
ouy much Ice cream and candy. for
which have a great craving. Is this
bad Off me? t''''
Probably the greatest fault in The nee
or Ice cream and candy Is the fa.t, that
they are usually eaten between meals
and thus destroy the appetite for otbey
substantial foods. If you use tbern AZ
an let u De as dessert after vour
use such natural sweets As 6cS and
oates or to use fresh fruits.
i. b. HIS it prudent for a man and
woman of proper ages and in good uty-
sical condition, but who possess similar
or ike Ephysicat characteristics. TO be
carried? Fer instance If both ha ve
blue eyes and light hair and fair com
piexions, or both. are zbrunettes, having
PACK eyes and dark hair. Should there
be crossing of physical csfaracteriSsf-s
as well as of tenperam4nts In or,iey.
tnat chlidren may be richly endowed
physically and mentally? -
1t is correct physically ant bioIoSi-
cally Tor such couples to marry. II in
not essential to cross such characteris-
tics. The children will be different any
how.
Mrs. NJ. J.-How can Il reduce nv
weight l am twenty-five years of age
and weigh 165 pounds =.
Do not eat any greasy, starchy or
sweet foods Go to bed early. Exercise
every day. Play tennis and dance az
much as possible.
Or. Htrshberg UiH arStCer questions
for readers of this paper on medical
hggicnic an dSQRitdtion cp6jectS that ars
Of general interest. He tciH not under
tdke tn PreScTt6e or oBer adptcs for in
diriduaI cases. Where the subject ,s noe
of general interest letters tUil be an
s,ccrcd personally, If stamped and uCf-
dTeSsrd eHreiOpe is enclosed Address on
inqutricS TO DR.. L. h. HirShberg, core
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Answers to Health
Questions

G. W. D.-I have my hands almost
continually in metol- ol-hydroconen-pyro
This is unhealthy work is it not?
It is You should use rubber cloves
if possible:
f. R. Flow much should boy
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l~~2

Miss Laurie will welcome letters Of
inquiry on subjects of feminine inter-
est from young women readers of this
paper and will reply to them in these
columns They should be addressed to
her. care of this office.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03

Little Lonesome-You should not ask
the object of your affections to come
back. Grit your teeth and try to do
without his company until he returns to
you OF his own Tree VIII, tor ne mace
the quarrel There was no reason for
him TO neglect you because he disagreed
with some of your people. If he really
cares for you he will return as soon as
his temper subsidies. If YOU make the
advances he is more apt to fly off into
another temper. Act inditferently and
YOU will find that he will not be 50
6uick 10 repeat the performance.
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r. Y. ay-Rashfulncss is not a trait
to avoid in selecting a mate, 1t will not
mar YOUR happiness. The best way to
help your friend to overcome the trait
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Mrs. NJ. J.-How can L reduce nv
weight? | am twenty-five years of age
and weigh 165 pounds
Do not eat any greasy, starchy or
sweet foods Go to bed early. Exercise
every day Play tennis and dance as
much as possible.
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1ou VIII have no trouble from the
scar no matter what you wear.
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VI. C.-Vill you please tell me some
s: exercise TO reduce the face, as my face
is too feshy? - :,
Massage will raduco IL
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1t Is correct physically ana bioIogf-
cally for such couples to marry. II is
not essential to cross such characteris-
how.
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Daily Reader-Am seventeen us,o
dull pain in my head. Have had !,
apout month. Also dizziness. What
causes this, and what will cure ite
Have the eyes examined, and eat figs
apples, oatmeal. olive oil, drink three
glasses Of water before meals. and take
charcoal after meals. "a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-22

The Lockney State Bank at Lock ney. Texak, was closed because of enbezzIement of s1o.ooO by an of dcial-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-22
RUh BULL

Among those who are busi1y engag- ed harvesting their ice crop are Rob ert Bowker, Dwight M. Fuller. Ban
 ford s. Beach and Gustave eMacholow- ski.--Four tables of whist were en- tertained Tuesday afternoon at the home of Miss Josephine Carey. Those winning prizes were Mrs. Charles En- sign. first, a lunch cloth; Mrs. Howard S. Beach, second, tray cloth, and Mrs Arthur E.. Plumb consolation. The following ladies were present: Mrs. Joseph M. Tucker, Mrs. Bristol, Mrs. Charles Ensi gn, Mrs. Arthur E. Plumb, Mrs. Charles N. Evittsy~Miss Verna Barskie, Mrs. Banford s. Beach, Mrs Burr F. Beach. Miss Cora E. Beach. Mrs. Howard s. Beach, Miss Mildred Tucker. Mrs. Leon Beardsiey, Mrs
 Emil T. Berger, Mrs. Albert Linley
 Miss Ruth Linley. and Mrs. Samuel Ward Miss yerna Barske of White Plains was a, guest Tuesday night at the home of MT. and Mrs. Howard S. Beaef1.-Nfrs.a Bristol of Warsaw. N. Y who since before Christmas has been visiting at the home of her brother, Charles Ensign, returned yes- terday to her home in New York Miss Laura Beach of South Norwa1lx spent the weekend with her cousin, Miss Dorothy Beach.--Sherwood M. Br.insInade of Daniels Farm is il with a, severe cold and neuraligia and under the care Of pr. Wales of Mon roe-The new officers elected by Trumbull grange, No. 134, F. of H.. will be installed on Friday evening by Brother Alex Sinclair of Monroe, as sisted by Mrs Herbert Joyce of Step ney Coffee, cake and sandwiches will