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Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
"What Is It, 6eauty?"

summer mornings they had had swims
near the shore, and how they all en-
joyed theml
"But II was night, and everyone
was In bed. 1t was all so still. But
Beauty couldn't sleep. There was a
strange smell which made his head
feel so queer and as If ne almost
couldn't breathe.
"'Sniff-sniff,' went his little nose in
the air, and still he couldn't under
stand it. But lie knew there was
something quite wrong about it. And
1t reminded him of the stove, yes,
that was 1t, the gas stove when It was
being lighted to cook the dinner. But
that strange smell had never been so
strong and had never kept up for such
a time.
"There was danger In that smell.
He knew 1t. And he sat up straight
in the darkness and wondered what
could be done.
'.He ran into the kitchen. And there
the smell of gas almost knocked him
over. For one awful moment he felt
as though he would just lie down and
die, but forgetting about, the queer feel
ing in his head by thinking Of those
upstairs he ran to the room first of
the two boys. and then OF their little
sister, and then to the door where
their mother and daddy slept.
Scratch went his nails on
the door. And then more and more fu.
riously he scratched. He whined and
he cried, and at last the daddy got up,
feeling very sleepy.
"'What is 1t, BeautyY he asked. DO
You want to come in this roomP Were
you lonely downstairs. It's not morn.
ing yet, you know And then the
daddy aot terrific Whit of gas. The
gas is escaping in the kitchen he
said, and we would never have known
II but for you, brave Beauty And
as the daddy turned on the gas which
had all been left on by some dreadful
mistake. they all said: 1T was brave
Beauty who saved our liVesr"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
ASTHMA
!INSTANTIY RELIEVED WITH
ES1i[IL:IIINS
oRhohEY REFUNDED ASK ANY DRUGGIST

have been a standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original imported Haar-
lem OIL your great-grandmother used, and
are perfectly harmless. The healing, sooth-
ing oil soaks into the cells and Inning Of
the kidneys and through the bladder, driv-
ing out the poisonous germs. New life.
fresh strength and health will come as YOU
continue the treatment. When completes
ly restored TO your usual vigor, continue
taking capsule or two each day; they win
keep you in condition and prevent TO
turn of the disease
Do not delay a minute. Delays are es-
pecially dangerous in kidney and bladder
trouble. All druggists sell GOLD MEDAL.
HARLEM OIL Capsules. They viii refund
the money if not as represented. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are inn
ported dire>s trom the laboratories in Hol-
land. They are. prepared in correct guam
tity and convenient form, are easy to take
and are positively guaranteed 10 give
prompt relief. In three sizes, sealed pack
ages. Ask for the original imported
GOLD MEDAL Accept no sabstitHtsA--
Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR SUNBURN, TAN
Try I'll Make this lemon lotion
to whlten your tanned or
freckled skin.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons In
to a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yesi 1t is
harmless.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
A Different Parlor,

Look here, Austin" severely said
the landlord of the Petunia tavern, ad-
dressing one of the prominent and in
fluential loafers cooked back in their
chairs in the shade of the hostelry, Il
can't have you telling that sort of yarn
out here. The windows behind you
are open and the dining room girls
are working right inside"
"There wasn't anything the matter
with that 'un Just got off," aggrieved-
ly returned Austin Anguish. ut was a
regular parlor story"
"Yes!--a tonsorial parlor story
Kansas City Star.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Little Bow Also observant.

1t was Immediately after supper that
a visitor came to see father. Little
boy, four, climbed up in big chair
and looked at him. The gentleman
smiled at little boy, and, pointing to
some very noticeable marks around his
mouth, said: 81 know what you had
for supper-raspberry sauce" Little
boy examined the visitors face and
finding no remains Of his last repast
he exclaimed: "You didn't have any
thing for supper"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Bobby Guessed Rinht.

Bobby wanted to go fishing for min
nows one day with his little playmate,
so without asking his mother, of he
went. Pretty soon his mother saw
him coming up the street all wet and
soiled and asked him where he had
been.
Down, by the brook. catching min
nows."
"Bobby, why didn't you ask me if
you could gOF'
'Why, would you have let met"
"NO, of course not"
That's what I thought"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Millino Corn Flour.

1t has been found possible to use
much of the wheat-milling machinery
of the United States for milling corn.
In this way the output of cornmeal
was almost doubled within FIVE months.
Instead of using 100000 barrels of
wheat flour each month, America can
now depend upon corn products for
all breadstuff demands.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Ancient History.

Jack was unusually keen and quick
Titted. All of the young women of the
store In which he worked teased him,
but seldom with profit
"Oh, Jack" said one of them one
lay, sit is a good thing you're only
dfteen while I'm twenty-three, or I'd
set my cap for you"
"Yes, you're twenty-threei You were
twenty-three- the year milk was five
cents a quart"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

The Strong Withstand the Heat of Summer
Better Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled 70
90 through the depressing heat Of snmmer by TAX
and enrches the blood and builds up the whole sys-
tenn. You can soon feel Its Strengthening Inyigor-
atfng Hnect 60c
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Imuortant 10 Aothora
Fore.

Mrs. Nabor-Does your husband
play golf. ATS. NuwifeT" Mrs Nuwife
mo, he doesn't use that kind of lam
guage."
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

A fool refuses a paying Job today
because he has thankleSs one for to-
morrow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

Some men are always looking for
the handle that will enable them to
pump you.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Superior Attitude.

Yes, Constance, you can make an ap-
pie tree bare by picking the leaves
off.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

Every country is the brave mans
home.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28

helpful experiences, cur beautiful MEM
Ories and the new friendships which
have come to us as the gift Of the old
year. and let go Of all the rubbish that
might hinder our endeavor in the year
that Is just opening its door into new
and untried ways.
Let US cast Off our old garments Of
doubt and disappointment and failure.
and put on the shining garments OF
hope and faith and courage. Let us
draw on all the undreamed Of sources
within us for broader outlook.
mere determined endeavor and great.
er accomplishment. Let US possess
ourselves Of higher ideals of life and
It's privileges and responsibilities and
q determination to live up to the best
there Is In us during the days OF the
coming year. And above all, let uS
hold fast to our faith In the goodness.
cf God, for so shall we be enabled tr.
go forward. hopeful and unafraiI int.
the unknown and untricd ways II II:
New Year
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
NEW YEAR SOON GROWS OLD
Fades and Passes Just as All Things
EarthIy-onIy the Spiritual
Endures and Satisfies.

The heart-breaking thing about the
New Year is that he becomes old. We
run out to meet him today as he ar
rives rosy-cheeked, and ruddy, stamp
ing his feet, drawing off his gloves,
unbuttoning his great coat and shak-
ing Off the snowfiakes. How buoyant
and hopeful he is! He has his pockets
full of good things for us, we are sure.
How he wins us y How he inspires us !
We can do great things with him. BE
Is so different from the old fellow who
Is gone. Poor Old Year! He got pref
ty stale toward the last. And then,
too, we got so we didn't feel just COM
Portable with him. He had seen so
many q pur mistakes and failures. 1t
Will be easier to make new start
with him out Of the way.
And now for this yOungster! We
shall keep the past from him. He shall
not know word Of 1t. All his things
are new. Ours shall be also, new
words, new thoughts, new ways. Good
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
The Old Year
and the New

The Old Year sat beside the hearth,
In thoughtful mood; the hour was late
And ere he vanished from the earth,
The past he fain would contemplate.
II brought wealth OF Joy for those
Who had o'erburdened been with grief
He said. "and for unnumbered woes
Furnished the cordial Of relief.
ITO some I gave a gardens bloom,
Sweet pansies and forget-me-nots:
To some the cypress and the tomb.
The barrenness OF desert spots.
With love tarried for while
Breathing the sweet Elysian air:
And bidding Hope serenely smile
Across the threshold of Despair.
II entered on my natal hour
Burdened alike with bliss and bane.
Commissioned by my Lord to dover
Some hearts with ease, and some with
pain.
Where happiness had rich increase;
shall be honored long, I know;
But those I robbed Of Joy and peace
They will be glad to have me go!
i've followed many a bridal train;
Have watched by many lonely bier;
With birth and death. with loss and gain,
Made up the record of the year.
And now beside December's gate
Where hangs the years alarum bell.
I pause to scan the past and wait
The sound Of my own funeral knell.
"One!-How the hours have slipped away!
Tvo!-Some will weep with sore re-
gret; -
Three!-Could I still on earth delay
Four!-Some good I might accomplish
yet. .--. a.
Five!-An angelic song awoke! ..a
Six!-Surely are the fetters riven.
Seven!-Soon shall hear the final stroke
Eight!-Chime sweetly with the clock OF
heaven!
Nine!-I am nearer to my goal!
Ten!-Time must eternity begin!
ElevenL-Awake, immortal soul!
Twelve!-Farewell! and let the New Year
I'M" ......... q. ....... ...
II come the Old Years debts to pay!
I come his promises to keep;
To walk upon the worlds highway,
And deck the grave where dear ones
sleep.
Where he gave smiles may give tears,
Life's path with good or i'll bestrew;
For unto him who views the years
The new is old. the old Is new"
Josephine Pollard.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28

Whenever I am starting out
Upon a fresh new year
I always stop to think about
The one no longer here,
The year that's dead travel back
And let my memory run
In contemplation through the stack
or things I could have oone.
check tho deeds I meant to do
With those did. and find 81
That I neglected quite a few
Real chances to be kind. ....
learn the words I meant to say
To comfort and to cheer.
And yet postponed them for day.
I didn't speak that year.
And then to my disgrace find
That had paused to smile
And do those little actions kind
I'd not have lost a mile.
I learn now that the chance has gone
That I have missed a lot,
For all those deeds could have done
As easily as not.
And when at last life Is through
And all my course Is run, b
In deep regret I shall review
The deeds I could have done.
And shall wish had to tell
Where nothing may be hid
The many things I could as well
Have done. vet never did.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
to get this mlx-up over and back o

to get this mix-up over and back %
her-bless her!"
"Don't lose hope" encouraged Roy
Barley. Zone Of the fellows just got
a letter written by his sweetheart last
September. 1t has been chasing him
all over the frontier. About your pris-
oner-make you any trouble?"
"Not bit of it." declared Dale in q
spirited way. "The bear"
'The bear!" repeated Roy in Won.
derment.
"Oh, forgot to tell you that my
catch was a bear" spoke Dale. II
came across him curled up in a pit, a
performing bear. strayed from some
mountebank master in one of the )om-
barded villages. Soon as he saw me
he acted frightened and humble. and
when I patted him uttered a jolly
growl, turned somersault and stood
on his head"
| "You don't mean itr'
"Come. I'll show YOU"
Dale led the way to the guardhouse.
Outside Of it was gathered a noisy
group. Half way up the flagpole was
a great shaggy monster who cleverly
reversed himself slid to earth, turned
a dozen graceful somersaults and
walked around On his hind feet.
"Oh, We'll put him on our vaude-
Vile program as the one leading at
traction tomorrow voted a dozen OBJ
servers. whats the row!" as cheer
ling echoed from the other end Of the
lencampment. From a dust-covered,
battered automobile two men were
throwing off packages.
"Belated mall" announced the
driver. Section A. Throw off the
plunder,. men, and you hungry fellows
grab and distribute"
Boxes, packages, tied-up bundles of
newspapers and letters passed from
hand to hand. Roy BARLEY was most
active in the work of sorting out the
heterogeneous mass.
Something for you, Dale" he called
poising square box before hurting It.
Il say" inspecting the marks on the
box" It's been up and down the whole
battle line"'
"See If there isn't letter." directed
Dale, placing the box beside tent
and his eyes were eager and hopeful
Doubtless the box held remembrances
from some home group, but his soul
was hungry for something more priced
Nothing for you," called out Roy
running over the letters In his hand
"Hey! look out for your box"
Z Roy spoke just I'm time. Old Bruin,
unnoticed, had been shifting intrusive
ly at the box. Then he had paved 1t,
his claws piercing the frail pasteboard.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
AMONG NEW YEARS RICHES
Trials and Suffering a Part Of Rich
Heritage God Gives to Each Of
Hls Children.

Part Of the rich heritage that God
has planned for you in the New Year
is suffering. He will permit in the
life Of each child Of his a portion
just the right portion-of difficulty
and trial and temptation. What we
see In those trials and temptations
will largely determine the riches that
will be ours In this year. A Christian
layman recently wrote to a friend !:
"How fine it would be to go out in
the opening year so yielded that,
every fresh circumstance or trial or
temptation would prove to have the
sweet face Of Christ concealed in It,
or bursting like flood Of glory
through some rift in the cloud and
filling with radiance our uplifted
faces 3, SO that each new obedience
should be but the parting Of the cur
tain, ushering us into new wonders
and experiences Of his inexhaustible
riches and fullness. Old things would
then be continually passing away. all
things constantly becoming new"
What glories Of abOunding grace
that the worst Satan can do against
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28

tillery at the front somewhere In
France"
"Oh, brought in captive was his
careless reply. "Ran into the skulker,
marched him into camp and left him In
the guard house. Any letters?"
"Nary a letter. They say the mail
packs here are four days overdue, but
they're rushing holiday stuff to the
camps"
Dale Webster sighed and his face
grew wistful. 1--WE been expecting one
letter particularly. You're my friend,
Roy?" ="
"After your carrying me on your
back half dead across the worst part
Of No Mans Land, with the Boches
plugging away for keeps. guess SO y
"And you remember Winnie Trask?"
"As a memory. sweet and fragrant
as field of daisies!"
swell, one night in dugout just
couldn't help but write her way back
home there what ought to have said
to her before we left. Three months,
and no word. fancy 1 was too pre-
sumptuous. If knew that Winnie was
caring for me, thinking of me, ut home,
I'd never get lonesome. I'd fight double
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28

by, old things; we greet the New Year.
But even before our New Years
resolutions are all made, the New
Years day grows old. Light the can
dies; the day Is dying. The shadows
deepen. Our new New Year already
Is taking on age. We cannot keep
him new; can we keep the new that
he brought to us? In the first gloom
Of the new year we know that we
cannot. The guests of the day are
gone. The flowers we chose with such
care are withering. The tempting
feast-fragments. Is there no abiding
thing? The old year was like this.
The old year was like It; the new
year will be and years and years
all alike. Time is their body; their
soul Is eternity. And as they come
one after the other they bring to us
the gifts of their body and the gifts
of their soul. The one wakes old and
passes; the other endures and salts
fes.
Welcome, New Year Show us your
good gifts and help us to choose
among them such as you and the other
years that come and 60 can leave with
US until the perfect and unendlng
day.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
First Observed by Romans.

The observance Of January as the
beginning Of the year we borrow from
the Romans. The first Christian en-
perors kept up the custom Of New
Years observance, though it tolerated
and afforded the opportunity for idola-
trous rites, but later the western
church opposed three days Of penitence
and fasting to the Pagan celebration
of January "a. D. 487). BY degrees,
however, the church, in the eighth cen
tury, abrogated the fast, and the ear
lier and more congenial jovial customs
were gradually resumed and have con-
tinued to the present.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
NATURE SETS GOOD EXAMPLE
Discard Things That Hinder and Re-
tain Only That Which Is Helpful
at Dawn Of New Year.

Once again the New Year opens It's
door for us to enter In. The old year
is leaving us. and II we are wise we
will let him take with him all the i'm
pedimenta that has handicapped us
during his reign. We will dismiss the
old mistakes and troubles and grudges.
and entering blithely into the New
Year, we viii begin all over again.
Mother nature has set us an exam.
pie which we will do we'll to follow.
All the good golden grain, the ripe
fruit and all other precious gifts she
has permitted us to garner and retain.
And then she proceeded to do away
with the rubbish. She put her spell
upon II and 1t withered and died, WAS
plowed under. and became the ncedful
fertilizer for another yosr. -
And 80 all the good and sw" and
beautiful things thhi the old y>", has
given us we are permitted I" Keep.
We noay hold ongO our SUCCESSES. oar
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
new Year BELLS
Custom Of Ringing Them 0rigi-
y mated in the Dim Past.
Believed to Have Been First Used
About 400 A. D.-Chimes Thought
to Be Possessed Of supernat-
urai Power.

a LWAYS, everywhere in our land,
N we look to the ringing of bells
to announce the death Of the old
year and the birth Of the new. Not
until we actually hear the bells ringing
from the church steeples, somehow, do
we really turn to each other and ex-
claim Happy New YearI"
All Of which brings us to the ques-
ton of why people ring bells. They
seem to have figured in the life Of
man way, way back in the dim and
distant years. And they have been
used to convey messages of various
sorts to those within sound of their
alarm.
Among the ancient Greeks those
who made the nightly rounds Of the
camps and garrisons used to ring a
bell at each sentinel box to make sure
that the soldier on duty within was
awake. They also put bells upon the
necks of criminals to warn all people
to avoid them. The Romans used bells
to announce the hour of the bath.
1t Is believed that bells were first
used in churches about 400 years after
the birth of Christ. And by the twelfth
century they were in common use in
churches all over Europe. Most of
these, however, were hand bells, made
of thin plates Of hammered iron, bent
into a fOur-sided shape and fastened
with rivets and bronzed. Then gradu-
ally, as people began to hang the bells
In steeples and belfries, they became
larger.
In 1734 a huge bell was cast In Mos
COW, Russia. 1t is over twenty-one feet
In height and diameter and weighs 193
tons. The largest bell in America is in
the Cathedral Of NOtre Dame, at Mon.
treal, and weighs 29,4OO pounds.
In all ages and all countries, the
material most used In the manufac-
ture Of bells has been a mixture of
two parts Of copper to one Of tin,
called bronze. At present about thir.
teen parts of copper are used to four
Of tin. Bells have been made Of iron,
steel, gold, silver. brass and even of
glass, though when made Of glass they
have been found too fragile for prac-
tical use.
Back In the old days, the people be-
lieved that bells possessed supernat-
ural power; by ringing them ut certain
times, they believed, storms. pestilence
and famine could be averted.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28

the child Of God In this New Year.
only furnishes fresh opportunity for
God to pour out the treasures Of his
unspeakable Gift! The promise to
supply every need of ours accord
ing to his riches In glory In Christ
Jesus" Is not promise for the life
to come, when all sorrow and sick
ness and temptation to evil will be at
an end. but 1t is n promise made in
full view of every trial and tempta-
ton that we shall meet today. Let us
then count 1t all Joy when we fall into
our difficulties and trials, confidently
remembering that along with each
Of them we have--Jesus.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28
Maxine a New Year.

The virtue of a New Year is not In
its change Of name. The first days Of
January are so exactly like the last
days of December that we have to
make a conscious and continued effort
to write the proper date on our letters.
If this Is to be a New Year indeed.
we must make 1t so ourselves, putting
into 1t new hopes and ambitions, new
resolutions and effect. The virtue OF
the New Year is In the new aspiration
and persistence we bring to 1t.
The Twin City star., 1918-12-28

He shifted again, uttered satisfied
grunt, and. seizing 1t in his powerful
jaws, shook 1t.
"Whoop! a fruit cakew yelled q
watchful soldier, and grasped 1t as 1t
rolled to the ground. "Hurrah!"
Some knitted socks and dozen lit
tie packages tied up with ribbon fell
out Of the shattered receptacle. Dale
uttered sharp gasp. Among them
was letter. He snatched 1t up and,
afiush and quivering, secreted it In his
pocket quickly. a.
But not for long. When he had d.
vided the cake among his importunate
comrades and gathered UP the num-
berless mementoes from home, he got
to his tent speedily. He opened the
precious missive, his eyes ,parkled, he
kissed 1t fervently and his face fairly
shone.
What wild, riotous, fun-producing
New Years day! Old Bruin did him.
self proud, and Dale never sang the
patriotic songs apportioned him on the
program so thrillingly.
II say" observed Roy quizzically as
the day waned, you've acted like some
wild schOOlbOyw
Reason tor cried Dale ferveTftly,
and his heart beat faster against the
cherished missive lying next to it
the letter from Winnie saying: II have
always loved you, and, though halt
the world separates us, love you now
more than ever"