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The Keota news., 1916-06-30
erownino's Peculiar Eyes,

BrOwnings eyes were peculiar, one
having a long focus, the other very
short. He had the unusual accom-
plishment (try 1t and prove) of clos
ing either eye without squirting and
without any apparent effort. though
sometimes on the street In strong sun
ed. He did all his reading and writ
ing with one eye. closing the long one
as he sat down at his desk. He could
see an immense distance. He never
suffered with any pain In his eyes ex-
cept once when as a boy he was try
ing to be vegetarian in imitation OF
his youthful idol Shelley.-BOston
Transcript.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
Confidence.

Why does this country tend always
to belittle its wealth. its works. Its
men and its power to meet calamity?
1t does. and yet we are thought to be
q people unembarrassed by m0desty.
Yankee bOastfulness is proverb In
the world, but no Yankee ever told
quite all the truth. He never dared.
and, besides, he could MT make him.
self believe the whole length and depth
and breadth Of 1t. Distrusting their
own Judgment. the American people
lack confidence in their great estate.
Their temperament Is rich In daring,
faith and optimism. but poor In conf
dence. which is quality that comes
with time. A young people perhaps
should not have 1t. 1t Is not good to
have everything.-New York Times.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cutieura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Bathe with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch.
ing instantly. clear away pimples.
blackheads. redness and roughness. re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation.
heal red. rough and sore hands ~
we'll ~ most baby skin troubles.
FREQ sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
Surprisingly Unoracious.

Surprisingly Unsracious.
"Germany's reception of President
Wilson's last note was ungracious."
The speaker was Joseph III. Choate,
diplomat and lawyer.
Germany. In this instance" he con-
tinued, 'reminds me of the chap whose
Office a beggar entered.
~ amt had nothing to eat for
two days, boss said the beggar. Can't
ye help me Out!'
".rd like to. my man. was the re-
ply. but sprnined my foot on Il blu
collector Yesterday"
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

western Newspaper Union New. service.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

Plenty.
"Did you so in for oratory when
you were at colleger'
mot much. but I've been let In for
q lot of 1t since I got married."
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
LATIN . AMERICAN PEACE PRO.
po9AL REFUSED ~ SEC
RETARY LANSING.
10000 GUARDS READY
MILITIA RUSHED TO STATIONS
ALONG BORDER UNDER or.
oERe ~ GEN. PER3AINo.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Presid Wilson on
Monday in 4 conversation with one OF
his advisers said Carranxa must COM
ply 1T once with the United States
demands for the release Of the Amcri-
can prisoners and rcpudiate Trevtno's
orders to oppose movements of the
American troops before there can be
any prospect Of peaceful settlement
States and Mexico.
The President said he expected an
answer from Carranza within forty
eight hours. II 1t should be refusal
OF the demands. Mr.. Wilson said he
would initiate action by Congress to
deal effectively with the situation.
The President was advised Of a
concentration of Carranza troops
west OF Chihuahua, where the
American prisoners are held. This
movement is Interpreted as an tndt-
cation that Carranza contemplates re-
sistance. and possibly = declaration OF
war on the United States.
With the Americans under Gen.
Pershing patrolling that district.
which IL about seventy miles west OF
Chihuahua, the acute danger Of an
other battle is fully realized here.
Efforts toward Latin-American me-
diation in the Mexican crisis. favored
by Carranxa officials, collapsed with
out having reached the stage OF a
formal proposal to the United States.
Columbus. N. M.-Ten thousand OF
Carranza's cavalry have been con-
centrated at Buestillos, seventy miles
west Of chihuahua city. according to
reports here. The command is made
up largely of veterans of bandit cam
paigns in southern Mexico and has
been moved north In twenty military
trains.
San Antonio, Tex.-Diplomatic ex.
changes between the United States
and Mexico have ceased to occupy the
attention Of army headquarters here.
With the regular army, officers and
men, ready for any eventuality on the
border, attention has been turned to-
ward preparations for the arrival OF
national guardsmen and the whipping
into shape of those army units which
will take the place Of the troops now
stationed along the Rio Grande.
Twelve thousand guardsmen start
ed for Somewhere in Texas" Monday
nixht. Nine thousand followed on
Tuesday, and In few days Gen. Funs'
ton will have 10000 men to supple
ment the regular army units at bor-
der stations.
Washington-The army appropria'
ton bill carrying increases in appro-
prfations of $2s.00O.000 over the
amount in the measure as 1t was re
ported by the committee. was passed
BY the House.
The principal additions to the
measure were Increases Of $4.Oo9.0oc
for machine guns, $3.000.o00 for
horses, 100000 for medical sup
pIies. q. 900 900 for the manufacture
Of arms, 100000 for ordnance sup
plies, S5.ooo.ooo for field artillery
$4,000, 900 for field artillery ammuni
ton, snd q. 100000 for summer train
ing camps.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

Too many men want to run the coun.
cry instead Of attending to their own
Knitting.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

If you wish beautiful. clear white
clothes. uss Red Croo Bag Blue. At al
good grocefu. Adv.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
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The Keota news., 1916-06-30
n YoU or ANY FRIEND

ouflef With RheumAtism or Neuritts. acute OF
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma-
tisun-Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful bOOk
ever written, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse 4.
Case, Dept. @. w., Bgockton. HAsS--Adv.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

II n wOman's face Is poem 1t
should be lineless one.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

A wedding tour abroad will some
times cure man from wanting to
travel with his wife again.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
So Paw Says.
I NJ -SsS xNsh IN

JICtl6 LeluUtI-SHy, pNW, WHut
would you call wealthy neighbor-
hoOdf'
Paw-One In which every family pa
trOnizes the icemnn, my son.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30
The people are called upon to con-
dense the milk of human kindness.

Why do we always speak Of man
"having temper" when he let's 1t go!
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

Red Cfoss Bag Blue makes the laundreal
All good grocers. Adv.
The Keota news., 1916-06-30

Raw onions are recommended as a
cure for sleeplessness.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
Sorrows of an Author.

Many Of the sorrows Of the author
in this living present are quite as ac-
tive as $50 years ago when William
Oldys lived and died in London. The
'blue pencil' was as remorseless then,
though under some name now forgot.
ten. Oldys tells how he wrote some
valuable article of nearly two sheets
and how the bookseller, 'for sordid
gain and to save little expense III
print paper, got Mr.. John Campbell to
cross it and cramp it, and play the
devil with it, till he squeezed it into
less compass than sheet" The book
borrower Of that time was the same
neglectful person that many Of us
know today, and Oldys sighs ovel
books he has lent which have never
been returned. He was q keen anti
quarry, delighting especially in musty
manuscripts, and, half in temper and
half in good humor, tells Of "Old Coun
selor Fame, who gave me a parcel of
manuscript and promised me others
which lie never gave me nor anything
else besides barrel Of oysters"
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
An Early IroncIad.

Many people imagine that the first
armored ship was the ''iron cased frig-
ate" Gloria, launched for the French
navy In 1857, yet, according to the Pop
uiar Science Monthly, the Dutch built
an armored vessel nearly 300 years ear
lier: That was in 1885, when Antwerp
was besieged by the Spaniards. The
Dutch took one Of their biggest ships,
cut her down and erected on the deck
a battery with armored and sloping
sides, within which they mounted eight
OF the heaviest guns the factories Of
the day could produce. The roof of
the battery formed an armored breast
work for men armed with crossbows
and shotguns, and there were gratings
IN the roof to provide ventilation for
the battery below. A contemporary
picture of the Finis Belli, as she was
called, bears striking resemblance to
the Merrimac, which was designed and
built on precisely the same principles.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
Tendency Is What Counts,

OF course there can be no such thing
as perfection in this vale of tears, but
the man who turns his back upon it OH
that account hasn't good common sense.
The man who is low down and tending
upward is nearer perfection than the
man who is high up and tending down.
ward. Tendency is the profoundest fact
in life-in religion, education, society,
politics. When an astronomer sees a
>onAc! for the first it:0e he will asceE-
tain its direction. even If fts ,.easress
is only a minute or two, and will de-
scribe its course among the stars for
weeks ahead. He simply studies the
tendency, and one can tell where
man will be ten years from now by
the same sort of mathematics. That
tendency may reach human perfection
il 1t is started right and the direction
maintained.-Ohio State Journal.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
disappointed.

disappointed. ... .....
Time passed. There was no trace of
Bowles, but the thoughts of the vigil
lance committee had been turned into
other channels and no movement was
made to execute Arbuckle. Six months
he remained in Jail and would proba-
bly, have remained till the crack Of
doom had not court been organized
to take the dispensation Of justice out
of the hands Of self constituted COM
mittee. When this occurred the prison
er's case was loeted into, and since
there was not sufficient evidence
against him to warrant his trial he
was discharged.
few days later Bowles, accom-
panied by wife, turned up, happy in
being a bridegroom. He had been
turned down by the bride, but she had
relented and given him hope He had
gone for her, but being modest man
and fearing further disappointment
had kept the reason for his going to
himself.
The day after Bowles' return Ar
buckle availed himself of the newly
established court to bring suit for dam
ages for false Imprisonment against
every one Of the committee Most of
them had some means, and Arbuckle
turned everything he had into money
to pay his lawyers. Arbuckle won his
suit and received round sum from
each and all who were able to pay
Those who were not able to pay he
kept in Jail two days for every one he
had spent there himself.
Such was the ignominio.ls end of the
vigilance committee and the beginning
Of court law in western city
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
Cough Medicine for Children

Mrs. Hugh Cook, Scottsville. N. Y,
says: About five years ago when
we were living in Garbutt, N. Y,
doctored two of my children suffering
from colds with Chamberlains Cough
Remedy and found it just as repre-.
sented in every way. 1t promptly
checked their coughing and cured
their colds quicker than anything I
ever used" Obtainable everywhere.
ADV.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28

AS this issue completes the
files of the Pioneer for 1916 we
wish to thank our readers for
their gentle consideration dur.
ing the year. We have made
mistakes at times, both of omis.
sion and commission, for which
we humbly ask pardon; and then
again there were other things
which modesty prevents US
from mentioning. Our mistakes
have been called to our attention
in many cases and we are also
pleased to state that we have al
so received words Of cheer and
praise that have in a measure
offset the feelings caused by
harsh criticism. Our path of
thorDs, as it were, has at times
been frightened with a few roses
We have also received most
substantial support and encour.
agement from many of the bust.
ness men of our city, altho we
feel that there are some who
have failed to take advantage OF
the opportunities offered by ou1
advertising columns and as a re-
suit both have suffered a loss ol
business. Present conditions
are ideal for deriving benefits
from a we'll managed advertising
campaign and we trust thai
those who have not been hearing
the calls of Opportunity" viii
awake.
With the knowledge gained b,
the hard knocks of the past yea1
we hope to be able to make the
Pioneer a better paper than evel
and earnestly solicit the co op
Grafton of our readers in doina
so. If you have news item dt
not be afraid to tell US about i
or drop it in the mail. with youl
signature attached. Owing tt
the great amount of travel b,
auto many good personal item:
are missed. Be sure to tell u.
about your auto trips. A little
assistance en- the part of oul
readers and we could double the
space used for local items. Som,
have been helping US in thes,
items and have our most SINGER,
thanks.
In closing we wish to extent
to our readers, to the bushes!
men, to those who have given u.
a cheering word, to those VIII,
have helped US with a word o
needed advice, to those who hav,
helped by honest criticism t,
Improve our work, to one ant
all we extend our sincere wisl
that the New Year of 1917 whicl
is upon US, will bring happiness
a real happiness, whether it b.
in the form of health, wealth o
wisdom. A community of hap
by people makes an ideal plac
in which to live and we live il
Hope. ..
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
pLow BY NIGHT ON FARM.
Tractor Equipped With SearehIisht
Works Continuously For Two Qaxa

Lansdale, Pa.-Plowing at night by
artificial light is an innovation on the
farm of the Lansdale Mushroom com.
pany at Lansdale. The late spring
made it necessary to devise some means
to catch up in the work, and the plow-
ing by night idea was hit upon.
The plowing was done by tractor
engine equipped with an acetylene gas
tank and powerful searchlight. Three
shifts worked continuously for forty
eight hours. Ten acres Of land were
plowed in twenty-four hours.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
Its Enterprise.

1T was all very well for Solomon
to point to the ant for all example Of
industry, but better example for
provider would have been a chicken"
"Why chicken?"
Because it always comes up to the
scratch when it is a question Of max
ing living American.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
Sentenced to Attend Church.

Gallon, o. Mayor Biehl recently
sentenced Sylvester Shade, found
guilty of stealing two dollars worth
OF brass from a traction company, to
three years in the workhouse and
hne of $50, but remitted the sentence
II Shade keeps clean, sober and at.
tends church at least once Sunday.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28

a. All notices OF entertainments of
any nature at which admission is
charged given by local organizations
are charged at the rate of five cents
per line per insertion.
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28

See Mutt and Jeff" SATURDAY.
night at the Rijou, also the great
war drama, ''The Victoria
Cross"
The Hope pioneer., 1916-12-28
The Truth,

The Truth.
Mary had little lamb,
And Furthermore we state,
She had it in restaurant
And tangoed while she ate.
Chicago News.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
"The Parson of Papamept.v

a story that has touched people
hearts and compelled them to forget their
own troubles. has been filmed by Pal
las Picture-Paramount, and comes to
Loew's Columbia for the first part of next
week. The Parson of Panament," writ
ten by Peter B. Iyne. won instantaneous
and enthusiastic praise and comment
from the entire country. An opportunity
to portray this role has been given to
Dustin Farnum. For the last half Of the
week Mae Murray, the Jesse l. Lasky
star, will be seen in Paramount picture
entitled '"The Big Sister" There are a
number OF clever children working with
Miss Murray in the picture, which Is
said to be one OF the most appealing
photoplays in which the dainty little star
has appeared.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Germany's EGYPTIAN Dream

Current cartoons from Germany reyes
the extent to which the Kaiser evidently
has been indulging in dreams Of Egyptian
conquest In a number of these drawings.
reproduced in Cartoons Magazine, the
pyramids, the Nile, the camel, the hippo-
potamus, and John Bull figure conspicu-
Ously. One artist fashions a Trojan horse
from a giant hippopotamus, and into the
interior Of this creature the entire
Kitchener army is seen disappearing.
Another artist cariCatures John Bull as a
common or garden Nile horse" whose
habitat is along the Nile, and who "is
worse than he looks. dangerous in the
water. but clumsy on land, and is be-
coming extinct in Egypt" In a cartoon
entitled "A Vision in the Orient" Eng
land Is represented riding a camel, while
beyond the pyramids appear the
silhouettes of the advancing Germans.
We see John Bull in the role OF Antony,
while Egypt, as Cleopatra, tells him that
taint heart never won fair lady. One car
toon, which displays considerable fancy,
purports to be a modern version of an
Arabian Nights tale. Over the domes
and minarets Of Bagdad two German
soldiers are seen flying, escorted by a
little Muck" who, when the entente
powers tried to play mean tricks on
MIN, went out and fetched a pair of
other Mucks, who are now going to
drive the bad Mucks out Of BaSdad.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
"The Eternal MagdaIene.v

Julia Arthur's wonderful success, The
Eternal Magalene," will be presented al
Polls Theater beginning next week with
EuGenie Blair in the title role.
Since its first production in New YorL
early last fall, THE Eternal Magdalene'
has aroused more interest and wide
spread discussion than any other play
seen during the year.
Robert Mclaughlin. the author, is a
newspaper man of great experience. Much
OF the material he used in The Eterna
Magdalene" he gathered in the course o.
his newspaper work. The characters ar,
drawn true TO life, and the subject of the
play, is handled from a modern View
point, and with its relations to present
day conditions constantly in mind
An excellent cast, supporting Eugenis
Blair. has been assembled for its presen
tation.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
GIFTS TO THE KITCHEN.
BY FRANCES MARSHALL.
your kitchen well equipped

Is your kitchen well equinped7
If 1t isn't, perhaps you feel that you
cannot afford to eXpend the money that
it would be necessary to spend to make
it so. Then why don't you and the other
members OF your family make gifts to
the kitchen instead of to each other un-
til you have accumulated the things It
really needs to make it a good house
hold laboratory
or course, these things may cost any
where from a few cents to many dollars
apiece and you cannot hope to aCcumu-
late many of the expensive ones 1t is
often the little ones, however. that bring
the most happiness and real comfort. We
have got used to doing the more difficult
parts of the kitchen work in a laborous
way and many of us win have to do
them in this way until we die, Potatoes
must he pared by hand, dishes must be
washed. spinach must be cleaned and
the floors must be scrubbed. OF course,
in big hotels or the kitchens of million
aires where lahor-saving devices are in
stalled many of these humdrum duties
are performed by machinery.
We may be able to install in our kitch-
ems, too, some of the wonderful labor
saving devices. But for the most part
the gifts we make to this room must
be small.
One small glIt that Is always appreci-
ated is a high stool on which one can
sit before the sink for dish washing or
before the table for mixing cake
Another gift is a little Cretonne case
for pencils and a pad of paper This is
a piece of Cretonne not more than six
inches square. 1t Is fitted with three
pockets, in the center and largest of
which small pad of scratch paper, on
which lists for grocer and butcher and
notes and tabulations may be made In
the side pockets There are several small
pencils for making the notes. This case
fitted with two little brass rings, is hung
on taCks.
Then there is the kitchen sewing kit
a square of cardboard covered with Gre
tonne, and fitted with needles and a big
spool Of coarse thread This is used to
sew up chickens and other stuffed meat
Another gift might be a wire dish
rack in which clean dishes can be dried
A wire-covered cupboard in which food
Of various kinds can be kept from flies
and dust, is useful. and so is a glass
oven door, through which the baking
going on within can be watched.
Copyright, 1851
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Wiping Out An Industry

At the request of our National Govern
ment, the Bethlehem Steel Company en-
tered upon the manufacture of armor
plate. 1t has co-Operated. for years
with the Government, furnishing armor
for the use Of the navy. It has invested
seven millions in its armor plant, yet
Senator Tillman proposes that the Gov
ernment shall manufacture munitions
and wipe out the armor plate of the
Bethlehem Steel Company. The Bethle-
hem Steel Company has offered to make
armor for the United States at a price
to be agreed upon by experts to the sat
isfaction of the Secretary OF the Navy
lower price than has been paid by the
Government for ten years and substan-
TALLY lower than is paid for armor by
Austria, Germany, France or England
and even by Japan which has its own
munitions plant. When the bill for a
government munitions factory was be-
fore the Senate. these facts were brought
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Coming Attractions.
"RanOna.'' -

Extravagant claims that point out
many unique features, are made for w
II. Clune's cinema operate production
OF Helen Hunt Jacksons famous roman
tic novel Ramona" which will be seer
for the first time here at the BelascC
Theater, Monday, September l.
Eight months of la Dor were expended
upon its making involving costs running
into hundreds of thousands. The film 1!
the biggest ever made, more than two
miles long, and a specially provided or
chestra interprets with music every in
cident of the three-hour long run In g
score made up of more than 800 sepa
rate compositions.
There are ships and missions and In.
dian villages; whole tribes OF natives
take part in various scenes and count.
less panoramas of California's natura
scenery, the most beautiful In America
are shown.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
v a q deytIIe,

Labor Day holiday week is a red
letter occasion in vaudeville and next
week Will find the B. F. Keith Thea
ter Offering a mammoth bill in honor
or the period, headed by May TuIly's
spectacular production, The World
Dancers" featuring Emile Lea, Tom,
Dingle, Doris Lloyd and other terpsi-
Chorean stars. the company numbering
sixteen artists. A starliner of beauty
and popularity combined in marked
degree Will be Cecil Cunningham, who
rose to stardom in vaudeville in a
remarkably short time last season
Others listed are Aveling and Lloyd
Two Southern Gentlemen" Walre,
Shannon. Marie Annis and Company in
The Garden OF Love" the Stanley
trio of bouncing comedians: Ezra Mat
thews and Company in Prosperity
Lew Wilson. The Variety Boy" Pau
Gordan. the pipe organ recitals and
the Pathe news pictorial.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27

hood. We make no mistake when we 60
home. Old scenes and old faces give US
new life for the worlds conquest.
Riley's words have made many a man
think, and not only think. but pack his
grip and buy his ticket for the first train
home. A few days there does him a world
of good. The old farmhouse, with its
family associations, the winding road and
river, the shop, the orchard and flower
garden with its little grave. the hills and
pasture where, a barefooted boy, he drove
the cattle, the brook where he fished for
trout, the meadows, still fragrant with
the odor of hay; the barns where he
played on the haymow with other boys
and lay up close under the roof when 1t
rained: the little schoolhouse by the road
side, and the old country church not so
far away-are scenes that bring back his
lost youth.